WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:03.120 As we go into July, God bless you big time. 00:00:03.279 --> 00:00:06.080 Let's exercise even more faith and let's give. 00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:18.320 I believe God has the resources we need, and we shall have a jubilee season worth the kingdom because we are raising an altar saying thank you, Jesus, for being with us for 50 years. 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:20.399 A whole 50 years. 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:22.000 God gave us this land. 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:23.839 By the way, this is 10 acres. 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:25.679 It was five acres, five acres. 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:28.239 They were amalgamated into one title. 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:30.800 And we didn't pay for it. 00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:32.560 God has been good to us. 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:35.359 He has also done so many other miracles. 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:36.719 He deserves the praise. 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:39.359 Let's give him the praise that he deserves. 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:41.200 Our God is mighty. 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:45.039 And above all, he has given us you, the people. 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:49.039 And I know Pastor Ambrose and I will get a chance at a point to share testimonies. 00:00:49.119 --> 00:00:50.320 We are moved by God. 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:58.799 When we came here, like the first service, uh Ambassador King um uh Mike Mobea, remember we used to gather here at the first service? 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:01.200 In fact, the pulpit was not here. 00:01:01.439 --> 00:01:03.600 The pulpit was a wooden pulpit. 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:07.359 It would be put there because you you wouldn't come up here. 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:14.640 So we would put the pulpit here, it was wooden, and about 50 to 100 people will be sitting around here, just around here. 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:16.799 The rest was empty. 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:18.319 Was empty. 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:20.879 Even the second service, you remember? 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:23.519 People we were blocking upstairs. 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:28.640 Martin is here, the usher, and they were blocking all over Uko because we didn't have people up here. 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:30.879 People are just down here. 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:33.920 But now see what the Lord has done. 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:40.400 People of every nation, you look at these flags here, it's our celebration, what the Lord has done, they have come. 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:42.000 And so we are very grateful. 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:46.719 We can say thank you by giving to the Lord, and God will bless you big time. 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:58.239 As we celebrate 50 years of God's faithfulness at Parklands Baptist Church, we give thanks for his goodness and the legacy he has built through this ministry, Parklands Baptist. 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:00.719 This is our golden jubilee. 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:09.759 It is more than a celebration, it is an opportunity for each of us, each of us to be part of the next chapter. 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:16.479 We are preparing for the next chapter, the next 50 years, next chapter of God's work. 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:20.240 And that's why we are saying a legacy, a destiny. 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:22.319 A legacy, a destiny. 00:02:22.639 --> 00:02:28.639 As we journey towards this historic milestone, our Jubilee budget stands at 36 million. 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:36.479 And we thank God that 1.8, which I've just announced here, has already been raised through the generosity of God's people. 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:41.840 We trust Him to provide the remainder as we continue to partner together in faith. 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:55.280 Alongside the J100 Challenge, we invite members, families, professionals, businesses, organizations, and friends of PBC to participate in our Golden Jubilee Partnership opportunities. 00:02:55.520 --> 00:03:10.400 These include our conference, revival meetings, dinner gala, and we shall have a fundraising Dina Gala on the 31st Friday, uh Friday, 31st July, this coming month. 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:12.879 And also Jubilee Expo. 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:18.479 And we know there are people with companies here, you're in the business sector, there is an expo, you can come. 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:27.840 And this expo will be on the 1st, which is Saturday, uh 1st of uh August, which is a Saturday, and second, a Sunday of August. 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:29.360 This will happen here. 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:34.000 Jubilee merchandise, like was announced earlier, is available. 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:36.719 Financial pledges, donations in kind. 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:50.719 Uh, we shall be giving an itemized budget, uh, itemized budget so that you see what are the items in this budget, and you could actually pick an item and you say, I'm going to run with that one. 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:55.199 Um, professional services are welcome, and corporate sponsorships. 00:03:55.439 --> 00:04:10.159 Whether your contribution is through your giving, your business, your expertise, your products, or by connecting us with potential partners and we are looking for partners, please connect us both local and also across Africa and other parts of the world. 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:16.720 Every contribution will help make this Jubilee celebration a lasting testimony of God's faithfulness. 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:35.839 As God leads you to partner with us, please visit the Jubilee Tent, which is outside through this door, straight on, um, or contact the church office 0.0 722 845401. 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:41.360 Or send an email to partnerships at parklandsbaptist.org. 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:42.560 I repeat that one. 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:49.040 Send an email to partnerships at parklandsbaptist.org for more information. 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:59.920 Together, let us celebrate God's faithfulness, build his kingdom, and leave a legacy that will impact generations to come. 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:01.759 In Jesus' name. 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:03.360 Glory to God. 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:03.920 Glory. 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:06.639 You just missed a chance to give another hand to Jesus. 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:08.399 He deserves the praise. 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:12.000 He's the one who has brought us this far. 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:18.000 Now, very quickly, I know Ken O'Kool, you've come with a guest from Sudan. 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:27.680 And because we are planning partnerships with South Sudan, Juba, for us to do work towards the north of Africa. 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:38.399 And because the church in Juba has the gift of English and Arabic, I know this is a very strategic partnership for us to grow towards the north as a church. 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:40.480 And in the next 50 years, we're going to be doing that. 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:56.000 For that reason, we have uh our pastor, our friend from Juba, he'll come very briefly, Ken, maybe very, very briefly, uh, because of time, to just uh say hello so that you put a face to this partnership God is bringing our way. 00:05:57.360 --> 00:05:58.720 Thank you, Pastor Simon. 00:05:58.959 --> 00:05:59.759 Praise the Lord. 00:05:59.920 --> 00:06:00.319 Amen. 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:01.839 My name is Ken Okul. 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:09.439 Um, whenever I'm in South Sudan, I'm blessed to fellowship at uh Glory Baptist Church in Juba. 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:15.759 And uh, I'm also blessed to have a pastor who ministers in both English and Arabic services. 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:18.639 Um, maybe he'll just introduce himself. 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:20.480 Good afternoon, church. 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:21.199 Afternoon. 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:23.120 Uh, it's a pleasure to be here today. 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:24.879 I'm Pastor Eli Suoro. 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:27.920 I'm uh the pastor in charge of Glory Baptist Church. 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:32.319 I want to appreciate my brother Ken uh whenever he's in Juba. 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:39.199 He's our regular and committed member in the church, and uh we appreciate him for always being with us. 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:41.920 And I also bring greetings from the church. 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:52.319 Uh I just came here briefly this week, and uh uh I was to go back on Thursday, but I think it was God's will that I should stay behind so that I can fellowship with you this Sunday. 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:54.079 So it's a pleasure to be here. 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:55.759 The Lord bless all of you. 00:06:57.839 --> 00:06:58.319 Thank you. 00:06:58.399 --> 00:07:08.959 And uh Pastor Mashina, he's just bought some uh study materials so that we will try and uh replicate the home uh the house group studies back in South Sudan. 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:09.680 Thank you. 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:17.759 Thank you, Brother Ken O'Kool, for bringing us uh Pastor Ailey from Glory Baptist Church, Juba. 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:21.519 And I know from these small beginnings, a great work will grow. 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:24.639 When you go back home, say hello to the congregation there. 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:26.399 Yeah, thank you very much. 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:36.079 I'll share a very brief message, in fact, just part of a message which could form a series, and uh it is titled The Radical Anointing. 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:41.920 I'll be doing that after I do another one assign uh announcement that's very, very important. 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:54.240 Now, Mother Janet, I'm a mama, Janet Amwai Nyangao, went to be with the Lord yesterday shortly after 4 p.m. 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:56.959 in Kisumu Agakan Hospital. 00:07:57.279 --> 00:08:03.279 Mama Janet Amwaii Nyangao is a mother to our senior pastor. 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:17.839 And uh Pastor Ambrose, uh, we were together yesterday, part of the day in a meeting, and uh after that he flew um to Kisumu, and uh he was just there in time uh as the mother was going uh to heaven. 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:24.160 We talked again uh last night, and um um the family is together. 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:37.679 Uh they are doing the preliminaries, they have moved the body uh from uh to the morchery, and uh they are gathering now, even planning the other details, and they shall advise us accordingly. 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:47.360 Um, this announcement is to let you know what has happened, but also to invite you to be partakers of this journey uh in the life of our senior pastor. 00:08:47.519 --> 00:09:00.559 And uh we do appreciate Mama Janet Amway Nyangao, mom, who would come here once in a while, and some of you actually got to meet her, and appreciate her in a special way because uh her legacy is real. 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:08.960 She's left us her son, our senior pastor, Ambrose Nyangao, and also others within that family who have worked with us over the years. 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:21.519 There is the brother Jimmy, uh, some of you know him, the brother Steve O, uh, sister Elizabeth, the sister Lily, who is in the United States of America, and also Sister Christine. 00:09:21.679 --> 00:09:29.360 All these are people who have served this church, either here or Eastgate or other places, and therefore, mom has left us a tremendous uh legacy. 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:38.320 For that reason, let's stand with them, let's pray with this family, let's follow through as we give you the details, as we enter the remains of uh our mother. 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:45.120 And uh we pray um that through this journey there'll be unity and that God will continue to comfort and strengthen the family. 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:53.759 As I talked with Pastor Ambrose yesterday, he was very grateful and he was very thankful because he knows that mom is in God's presence. 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:58.080 And the Bible says to be absent from the body, to be present with the Lord. 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:03.600 So she's there in God's presence, thanking God and celebrating and worshiping forever. 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:11.360 So together with Pastor Ambrose and the family, we are grateful and we are thankful, and at the same time, we pass our condolences to this family. 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:16.639 At this point, I will pray as we commit this family to the Lord, Almighty God. 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:36.320 As a church, we commit uh Reverend Ambrose Nyangao, mother, and all the other children of the family, Nyangao family, into your hands, including the grandchildren, the generations that have come from Mama, Janet Amuye Nyangao. 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:38.240 Lord, we commit them into your hands. 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:52.879 Lord, we pray that you would be their strength, you'd be their stay, that grace would be served to them and common grace, and that God, you'd hold them by the hand in this moment of grief and take them through this particular season. 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:57.360 We pray, open the gates of the future to them and lead them very, very clearly. 00:10:57.519 --> 00:10:58.639 We thank you for mom. 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:03.360 We know she has left a good legacy, and we thank you for every day she lived. 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:10.879 As a church, we praise you and we shout a shout of victory because a heroine of faith has come into your presence. 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:15.279 We have prayed this prayer in the mighty name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:18.080 And we all say, let's give a hand to the Lord. 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:21.840 Appreciate Mama, Janet, Amoai, Nyangao. 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:25.120 With that, we will stand for a brief message. 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:29.360 Uh I'll just read the scriptures and then uh we will have a brief message. 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:30.639 Let's all stand up. 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:37.519 Our scripture reading today is from 1 Kings chapter 18, verse 25 to verse 40. 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:42.879 1 Kings chapter 18, uh, verse 25 to verse 40. 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:46.720 And the story, this story happens on Mount Camel. 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:58.480 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:04.960 Call on the name of your God, but do not light the fire. 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:09.039 So they took the bull given them and prepared it. 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:13.919 Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:17.279 Baal, answer us, they shouted. 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:19.440 But there was no response. 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:22.480 No one answered, and they danced. 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:26.960 This was a ritual around the altar they had made. 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:31.200 At noon, time was moving, the clock was ticking. 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:33.679 Elijah began to taunt them. 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:35.600 Shout louder, he said. 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:37.679 Surely he is a god. 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:44.639 Perhaps he is deep in thought or busy or traveling. 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:46.159 It's a sense of humor there. 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:49.679 Maybe he's sleeping and must be awakened. 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:59.279 So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. 00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:01.039 Midday past. 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:02.559 Midday past. 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:08.960 And they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:13.279 It took long, as you can see, but there was no response. 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:15.200 No one answered. 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:17.360 No one paid attention. 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:22.000 Then Elijah said to all the people, Come here to me. 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:27.840 They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the Lord which had been torn down. 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:40.720 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the three of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, Your name shall be Israel. 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:49.759 With the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord, and he dug a trench around it, large enough to hold two sears of seed. 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:56.639 He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces, and laid it on the wood. 00:13:56.799 --> 00:14:04.559 Then he said to them, Fill four large jars with water, and pour it on the offering and on the wood. 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:06.399 Do it again, he said. 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:07.919 And they did it again. 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:11.679 Do it a third time, he ordered, and they did it the third time. 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:17.840 The water ran round, down, round, around the altar, and even filled the trench. 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:41.279 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed, Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and have done all these things at your command. 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:43.919 Answer me, Lord, answer me. 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:54.080 So these people will know that you are, you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts, uh, their hearts back again. 00:14:55.600 --> 00:15:05.919 Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, the soil, and also leaked up the water in the trench. 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:09.360 This verse 38, I want us to read it together. 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:11.200 Verse 38, let's go back. 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:12.720 Let's read it together. 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:24.879 Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, the soil, and also leaked up the water in the trench. 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:25.840 Great. 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:31.759 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, The Lord He is God. 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.840 He is God. 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:36.639 The Lord He is God. 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:38.480 The Lord He is God. 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:43.440 Let's do the last part under quotes together. 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:44.639 Let's say it. 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:54.320 Then Elijah commanded them, seize the prophets of Baal. 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:56.000 Don't let anyone get away. 00:15:56.159 --> 00:16:02.159 They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishan Valley and slaughtered them there. 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:03.759 This is the word of the Lord. 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:16.960 Father in heaven, uh, even for the next few minutes, I pray that you would take your word, bring it to our hearts, and that this word would become what Elijah said in Jeremiah 15, verse 16. 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:22.080 Your word was found, I ate it, it became the joy and delight of my heart. 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:33.840 That this word would truly become true spiritual food to feed us and strengthen us for the month of July, and even, Lord, for the days that are here remaining in the month of June. 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:35.600 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:36.240 Amen. 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:37.759 We may have our seats. 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:41.519 The radical anointing. 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:01.120 Because the word radical uh means fundamental. 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:04.240 It means fundamental, it means fara. 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:17.839 It means far-reaching, it means affecting something, it means uh rather let me repeat, affecting something at its roots or root. 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:31.839 It describes change, action, or commitment that goes beyond the ordinary, that goes beyond cosmetic, and reaches the very foundation of a matter. 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:56.960 Radical, therefore, means something that brings change, that is profound, that is bold, that is decisive, that is complete, that is significant, that is wholehearted, and so the radical anointing challenges the status quo. 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:01.200 That is the radical anointing. 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:16.240 The anointing that was an Elijah was a radical anointing on Elijah, and Elijah, therefore, on Mount Camel challenges the status quo. 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:20.720 What status quo is he challenging? 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:26.880 It is one that has been brought to the nation by a woman called Jezebel. 00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:46.559 This woman was the daughter of Ethbal, and Ethbal was the king of Sidon, and so Jezebel came from Sidonian region, and she was a Phoenician. 00:18:47.839 --> 00:19:07.119 Sidon is the present-day Lebanon, and in the region where Jezebel came from, they were known for trade, they were known for wealth, they were known for worship of Baal, and also Asherah, that's pagan idols, they used to worship them. 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:28.400 Like I said, she was the daughter of Ethbal, and Ethbal was the king of that region, and so the king of of Sidon, Sidon area, marries his daughter, Jezebel, to the king of the northern kingdom of Israel. 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:31.440 And his name was Ahab. 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:47.200 And so you have Ahab, the king of the northern kingdom of Israel, and Jezebel, the daughter of the king of Sidon, the present uh place uh Lebanon, and they form a partnership. 00:19:48.000 --> 00:20:04.160 Now, as this lady came to the northern kingdom of Israel, she came as a package, and she brought in wares, you know, things from her part of the world. 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:14.400 And the things she brings are not just material statues of gods, it's also her faith that she's carrying and she's walking with it. 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:20.720 In other words, she's having a certain anointing, she's having a certain anointing. 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:28.799 But I say it is possible for people to do good and it is possible for people to do evil. 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:49.200 It is possible to have evil influence, and some people can be very influential in an evil way, but it's also possible to have a good positive influence, and people can choose and can be uh influencers in a very, very positive way. 00:20:50.480 --> 00:21:00.319 If negative influencers come to a community, to a city, to a nation, they start small in their influence. 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:08.720 The seeds of evil, they start small, and then they grow as they are allowed space. 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:28.000 When Jezebel came to the northern kingdom of the nation of Israel, she was accepted, she was received, she was given freedom of the city, and she was given like a license and a blank check, and she came in at to the highest level. 00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:35.039 It's an altar entering at the highest office, at highest levels, and that's where she's operating from. 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:55.200 And uh, and therefore her influence starts to grow, and uh slowly she begins to suggest, beginning with Ahab and then the key leaders, and then growing across into institutions and everywhere, um, that Baal is God and Asherah is God. 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:59.519 She's accommodated over the years to the extent that she's able. 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:06.960 To build a school of prophets, prophets of Baal and prophets of Asherah, and there were many. 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:22.160 And they went around teaching whatever they were teaching and propagating everything that uh you know she was propagating, and slowly the worship of Jehovah or Yahweh begins to be aged out. 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.440 Slowly. 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:41.200 Let me say that things start small, the things that form status quo, the things that now form culture, and the things that now become a way of life, stay start small. 00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:48.480 And then slowly they grow and they become a ruling spirit. 00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:55.039 They become a dynamic that is bigger than any one of us. 00:22:55.920 --> 00:23:00.400 And that is what happened in the northern nation, you know, of Israel. 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:12.160 This marriage between Jezebel and Ahab, and through that conduit, or rather through that open door, the Jezebelic spirit finds a resting place. 00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:25.440 In fact, as you will hear from the scripture, there is even a table where these prophets come and they are entertained and they are uh they are fed, they are paid by the state, as it were. 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:37.119 But this grew slowly, slowly, slowly, and the Jezebelic spirit finds root in the northern kingdom of Israel. 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:48.880 She was an ardent promoter of Baalism, that is Baal worship, and also an ardent promoter of Asheraism, which is the worship of Asherah. 00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:56.960 And uh people started subscribing, subscribers, subscribers, subscribers uh to this kind of faith. 00:23:57.359 --> 00:24:26.000 And uh now Baalism is a fertility god promoted sensuality, you know, and because of that, then in the nation entered the sensual spirit and also entered immorality, and for that reason, therefore, the family and its fabric was shaken and was being broken and torn to pieces because of something that entered the nation. 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:38.559 But also, not only was there sensuality, but a laser fair, you know, spirit, and also a hedonistic spirit. 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:54.000 This is a spirit of pleasure, and pleasure becomes an end in itself, and therefore people started pursuing all kinds of things because there was a ruling spirit, and that spirit had actually dominated. 00:24:55.359 --> 00:25:18.079 In the book of Revelation, it is mentioned in Revelation 220 as a way of reference, yeah, how this Jezebelic spirit tears the fabric of families and nations and cities and cultures and just destroys everything. 00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:22.000 Nevertheless, I have this against you. 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:23.599 This is the church at Theatra. 00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:26.000 This is a word to the church at Theatira. 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:31.519 You tolerate that woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. 00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:39.680 By her teaching, she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. 00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:46.559 And so you can you can see it is referenced to a spirit, the spirit, Jezebelic spirit. 00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:50.799 And it comes, it is entertained, and slowly begins to grow. 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:57.920 The same way you see your child doing something that is not right, and somehow you kind of let it grow. 00:25:58.079 --> 00:26:07.839 And then when the child is 18, 20, you're dealing with something formidable, something entrenched, and something saying, This is my space. 00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:10.079 There's nothing you can do about this. 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:13.839 And you reach a place where you feel you really can't change a thing. 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:32.960 And uh Jesus did talk about uh a strong man in Matthew chapter 12, verse 29, and uh these things happen slowly, very slowly, and they come, they entrench themselves, ideologies and philosophies and other things for the kingdom of darkness. 00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:43.680 And uh he says, or again, how can anyone enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? 00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:46.960 Now, then he plunders his house. 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:50.640 And this is how I bring Elijah. 00:26:51.119 --> 00:27:02.559 Because you see, in the text there are two key people, a worker of evil called Jezebel, and there is a worker of good called Elijah, and then there is a warfare. 00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:10.640 There is a there is a there is a major warfare between evil and good, and this warfare is happening at altars. 00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:15.839 Let me say this, and I'll say it before from here, altars matter. 00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:26.880 Altars matter, and let me tell you, there are altars that are usually set up that influence the life of people, whole neighborhoods, and people start behaving in a certain way. 00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:29.200 And I say altars matter. 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:34.400 In the first service, I talked about um Kiambu Road now. 00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:38.319 There are so many, what are they called, those two stops? 00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:41.680 Pastor Masina, do you know what I'm thinking? 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:44.880 All the liquor, so you know. 00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:54.400 They are strategically zimequa pandehi, pandehi, pandehio. 00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:58.000 You drive from Mozaiga Police Station, you're going to Kyambu Town. 00:27:58.160 --> 00:28:05.680 Of course, you'll see car bazaars, and then you'll also see all these liquor stores, and they are well paraded, decorated. 00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:08.640 It's like they are beckoning, you know. 00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:12.160 I mean, you pass there and you feel like something is calling. 00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:15.680 Even a pastor sometimes, you know, feels like maybe I should drive in here. 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:20.720 This place is looking very well decorated and uh, you know, better than the other places. 00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:24.480 Very inviting, very beckoning, you know, seductive. 00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:26.319 It's called the spirit of Jezebel. 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.839 And very manipulative. 00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:30.160 That was the other thing about Jezebel and witchcraft. 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:32.319 All that coming together. 00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:41.359 And even strong people end up badging because of the of the temptation and you know, and the appeal that comes from there. 00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:44.480 So they're looking very nice, and especially at night. 00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:50.160 And not just Kyamburo, I think almost everywhere in the city. 00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:57.279 The enemy comes sowing, sowing here, sowing a seed there, sowing a seed there. 00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:59.680 You know, sowing here, there. 00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:01.680 This family, one child. 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:03.359 Tutashika Moja. 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:06.240 That family, two children. 00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:15.680 Yeah, the other family, the mother figure, the other family, the father figure, and uh it's a strategy, it's a strategy, Jezebelic strategy. 00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:26.559 And uh she came in a small way, at the top, accepted, covered the whole place, a worker of evil, sowing seed all over. 00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:32.000 Then the other side is Elijah, the worker of good. 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:37.119 Today, because I say the message will be short, and we can do this as a series, uh, moderator. 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:39.680 I know we have another meeting shortly after this. 00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:43.519 I am praying that God raises Elijah. 00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:46.640 Hallelujah! Did you hear me? 00:29:47.039 --> 00:30:00.720 I am praying God raises Elijah who will open their eyes and see what the Jezebelic spirit is doing in our day and our season and begin to do something. 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:05.440 And so this message has three points, but just mentioning that first point. 00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:15.119 When you come to the Elijah side, we need to confront because the radical anointing confronts the power of darkness. 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:25.599 Number two, the radical anointing demonstrates the power of God, and number three, the the the radical anointing restores people back to God. 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:38.720 It will be a series, I believe I'll finish sometime, but just taking that first point as as I'll be releasing you very shortly, is to say, Elijah's confront, Elijah's confront. 00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:45.680 And it is good and better when the confront the com this confronting here. 00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:52.880 I told you the word radical means uh uh thorough, far-reaching, affecting something at its roots. 00:30:53.039 --> 00:31:03.599 This it describes change, action, or commitment that goes beyond the ordinary and reaches the very foundation of a matter, and it brings change that is profound and is succinct. 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:07.440 It just brings complete change, complete change. 00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:15.839 Therefore, Elijah rises, draws a line, and he says, enough is enough. 00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:19.839 And Elijah draws the line on Mount Carmel. 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:28.000 Later in your own study, you can go back to 1 Kings chapter 18 and read verse 19 up to 29. 00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:37.440 18, 19 up to 29, and you see how he drew the line and how he invited the confrontation. 00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:47.440 Because he's saying, those prophets that dine and eat with you, Ahab, get them, and I want you to bring them to the mountain with me. 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:56.400 Because today we are going to have a duel between good and evil, and today there is going to be warfare. 00:31:56.799 --> 00:32:06.559 And today I am going to demonstrate that there is a living God who never went to sleep like the other God of the other side, who is gone on holiday and is gone on sleep. 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:12.000 And today I'm going to demonstrate that there is only one God, you know, Yahweh, Jehovah. 00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:16.079 In fact, the name Elijah means it has two parts, El and Jah. 00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:18.160 You know, Eliahu. 00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:19.119 Eliahu. 00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:21.440 It means my God is Yahweh. 00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:25.599 He's from Tishbe in Gilead, from the eastern side of the river Jordan. 00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:28.480 This gentleman is a firebrand. 00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:30.880 He's a firebrand for God. 00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:32.880 And he draws a line. 00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:37.039 And I pray for the young people to arise in Jesus' name. 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:39.039 Young people, arise. 00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:46.240 Because if you don't arise and take your position, nobody else is going to do it for you. 00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:52.559 With all the things that have are happening, and you stand and you say, Ah, I've drawn a line. 00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:55.920 Elijah stands and he says, I have drawn a line. 00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:58.799 And he says, Come, come up, come, come to this place. 00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:00.960 And it is now Mount Camel. 00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:06.079 It is called the duo, uh, that fight on Mount Camel. 00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:09.440 It is forces of evil and forces of good. 00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:32.960 And right there, Elijah invites uh invites the forces of darkness and says, We are coming to a door, and we will see whether it's your God or my God who reigns and rules and prevails, whether it is the Jezebelic spirit or is the Holy Spirit who must drive this nation. 00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:40.400 And uh so the confronting, that's point number one, confronts the powers of darkness, is a divine confrontation. 00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:47.200 Therefore, uh today, as you leave, what I'm saying is don't sit back and be indifferent. 00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:54.480 Jubilee, one of the words of Jubilee is reset to bring the house back to order. 00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:58.400 Reset, bring the house back to order. 00:33:58.640 --> 00:34:04.559 Because at that time, so many things had happened, and the nation had gone off order. 00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:19.599 Is a time to implement Matthew 6, verse 10 that says, Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on others is done in heaven, and therefore, what is happening in heaven as a pattern, bring it down. 00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:25.039 Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven. 00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:38.880 And so Elijah takes a position and he takes a challenge to challenge strongholds, expose deception, because through the Jezebelic spirit, idolatry had entered, replacing worship. 00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:42.559 Compromise had replaced conviction. 00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:49.280 Yeah, the nation is trapped between two opinions, and all that was good had been deleted and replaced with someone. 00:34:49.360 --> 00:35:08.159 So it is time to bring back their house to order and the nation to order, and Africa to order, and the global order, because we talk about global orders, world trade order, I don't know which other order, but and these things have grown slowly. 00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:18.000 All those orders you hear around the world have grown slowly, and some of those orders have brought so much evil, so much death, so much poverty, they have marginalized so many people. 00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:22.480 But Elijah is rising and he's saying, No, this must not continue. 00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:25.280 And therefore, divine confrontation. 00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:31.760 A mark of radical anointing is divine confrontation in the name of Jesus. 00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:34.639 And Jesus confronted status quo. 00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:38.000 He also confronted many people who are demonized. 00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:43.280 Yeah, for example, in the book of Mark, chapter 1, verse 21 to 28. 00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:51.199 You know, as I come to a close, he's he's dealing with a situation there, and uh he must not leave it the way it is. 00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:57.440 They went to Kaprana home, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. 00:35:57.760 --> 00:36:04.079 The people were amazed at his teaching because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. 00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:16.800 Just then a man in their in the synagogue, uh just then, a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out, What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? 00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:18.880 Have you come to destroy us? 00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:21.840 I know who you are, the Holy One of God. 00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:26.320 Look at Jesus, taking the mantle, taking authority. 00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:29.920 He's now, this is what you call the radical anointing. 00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:32.480 The Holy Spirit moving a person. 00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:36.719 It's radical anointing, and it is you are moved by God. 00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:41.760 And at that point, you are unstoppable, you are not afraid, you are very bold. 00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:44.159 You call things by what they are. 00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:46.480 Be quiet, say Jesus Stanley. 00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.519 Come out of him. 00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:54.000 The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek. 00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:58.480 The people were all amazed that they asked each other, What is this? 00:36:58.719 --> 00:37:01.199 A new teaching and with author authority. 00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:05.440 He even gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him. 00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:11.280 I said, Believers, take your mantle again in Jesus' name. 00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:16.960 Walk with the authority and radical anointing. 00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:21.360 I told the first service I went to, I visit hospitals a lot. 00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:31.199 So during the week, I went to one ICU and HDU, and you're walking, there are so many patients there, and you can see the suffering people are going through. 00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:34.719 And you talk to the families, the bills are very high. 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:41.119 One family will say one million, we are now at three million, we are now at four million, and all these bills are very, very high. 00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:45.840 And then you remember that Jesus has a solution. 00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:55.840 Because he said, by the stripes of Jesus, we can you imagine, Pastor Mashina, I know you go to Agakan Hospital every Thursday, and we send a team there, a big team there every Thursday. 00:37:56.000 --> 00:38:00.000 Can you imagine you walking one time and you say, Me, I'm entering this hospital. 00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:05.119 At the gate, I command every patient out in Jesus' name. 00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:09.199 Now I say that somebody is saying, Ah, Pastor, which world do you live in? 00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:11.760 That is totally impossible. 00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:18.239 You see, we've been socialized in a certain way, and there is a status quo that has been allowed. 00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:27.119 But God is saying in Matthew 19, verse 26, with man this is impossible, but with God, all things are. 00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:30.400 This is an army that's going to leave this place. 00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:40.159 And with radical anointing, whereby you look at the deceased burden in a village, and you say, This must not stay. 00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:45.360 I am standing here as a servant of God and I'm calling heaven. 00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:48.400 I know there is technology, I know there is science. 00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:50.719 Yeah, I understand everything. 00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:56.239 But in the name of Jesus, I am commanding this deceased from this place. 00:38:56.639 --> 00:39:06.559 Because Matthew 17, verse 20 says, if you have faith, the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, be remove from here and to do what? 00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.679 It'll be gone. 00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:11.039 So some of you have lived with things you need to not live with. 00:39:11.280 --> 00:39:16.719 Elijah stands up and says, This Jezebel story is going to stop right now. 00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:19.360 And uh, an altar is raised. 00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:23.280 The prophets of Baal try all they can, all the hours, nothing comes through. 00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:34.639 But eventually this servant of God comes here and he calls the fire of God, and the fire descends, leaks everything as far as sacrifice is concerned, and people are able to see the work of God. 00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:35.840 I want to say this. 00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:41.679 Jesus said, I think it's John 14, verse 12, greater works than this you will do. 00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:50.480 He was referring to his works, and he was saying, You, my followers, you shall do greater works than this. 00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:55.360 Let me ask church again, where are the signs and wonders? 00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:57.920 Where have the miracles gone? 00:39:58.239 --> 00:40:03.840 Why is it that man is struggling in their own strength and pulling them everywhere? 00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:07.440 Uh, you know, and uh yet God is there. 00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:11.119 There is a status quo that has been accepted. 00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:19.360 It's a status quo of disbelief, is a status quo of lack of faith, of sitting back and not expecting the move of God. 00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:22.960 This year of Jubilee, Parkland's Baptist has come 50 years. 00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:24.480 We have seen the hand of God. 00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:28.960 As we move another fifty years, I declare we shall see signs of wonders. 00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:30.320 Hallelujah. 00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:36.800 We will take a proactive position and we shall begin to engage the status quo. 00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:48.800 I shared in the first service how these days matatus will run on the roads, they are stopped, a policeman comes to the window, and even bribing is normal. 00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:57.440 And so people who sit at the back, they are seeing, they're in the matatu, they are seeing that's not a divine exchange. 00:40:57.920 --> 00:41:00.239 They are seeing what is happening. 00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:04.719 No one, I I mean, no one even gives a second thought. 00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:19.280 And slowly, after oiling the system, the the matatu goes, and maybe the driver is whistling and singing, and maybe there's a chorus joined by everybody in the batattu here, and nobody says a thing. 00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:26.000 In the first service, I challenge the congregation and I say it, is there anyone who has been in a matatu? 00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:27.920 Or I'm talking to myself. 00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:30.079 I have do people see these things? 00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:32.000