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Isaiah 60:22
A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Zachariah 4:6
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
Luke 1:23-38
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
The Burden so far...
- A little one who is poor, contrite and trembles at God's Word.
- A little one who is insignificant, inconsequential, hungry and thirsty.
- A little one who is shattered, crushed, naked, weak, and feeble.
- A little one whose shoes of experience, expertise, knowledge has been taken off who falls before the commander of the Lord’s army.
- A little one who, just like Jesus, shone His glory, power, strength and ability; has been disabled permanently and reduced to zero.
- Jesus, after being reduced, preached the gospel of repentance to become a thousand.
- Going = multiplying. When this little one goes out to preach the gospel, souls are saved, disciples are made and signs will follow.
- Conversely, if this little one who has received mercy does not go as instructed, he will not multiply.
Wait, before you go...
Zach 4:6
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
Luke 24:49
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Jesus, The Little One Who Became a Thousand
Isaiah prophesied His birth (Chapter 9), His death (Chapter 53) and in Chapter 61, right after saying this little one will become a thousand, the next statement is - how will this happen? Jesus read this portion of Scripture and testified of Himself before the people (Luke 16-21).
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, the Spirit of the Lord has anointed me - to do what?
- To preach the good tidings, liberty, acceptable year of the Lord.
- To preach the good news, glad tidings, gospel.
- To who? The poor, meek, wretched, prisoners, mourners, brokenhearted, captives.
Isaiah’s prophesy was fulfilled in the life of our Lord in the New Testament at many point and junctions of His life.
At Conception
The Holy Ghost overshadowed Mary His mother. This was confirmed when the baby in Elizabeth’s womb received the Holy Ghost when Jesus the Baptiser by fire visited him in his own mother’s womb.
At Baptism
This was confirmed by the symbol of the dove resting on Him and the voice of affirmation from heaven.
At Several Points Throughout His Ministry Here on Earth
It was not a one-off infilling for our Master; it was a continuous, constant infilling.
However, at the beginning of His ministry, at baptism, there was a significant infilling that was notable, that was palpable, detectable by the sign of a dove and the voice of God, at least to John the Baptist.
Prayer Points
- Father, please pourYour Spirit upon me without measure, without limits, not in rations, not in, not in trickles, not showers, a downpour, a flood.
- Ezekiel 47 - Plunge me totally into the river of the Holy Ghost. Let me be overwhelmed completely, submerged into Him.
- Dear Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ, the New Creation man Himself, You must increase in my life and I must become extinct, not only decrease but become extinct in the name of Jesus.
- Come upon me just as You did at Pentecost. Come Lord, please come.
But there is a Caveat...
- The matter of Judas must be settled permanently, irrevocably, irreversibly, conclusively once and for all before we can move from Acts Chapter 1 to Acts Chapter 2.
- Not a physical Judas now, but a spiritual Judas inside me, who even though he has gone his own way and was finished at Calvary, yet he still remains in form of dead works and sinful habits.
- Esau is an antitype of this Judas, he waylaid Jacob with 400 men when Jacob was returning to the land of promise. His descendants, Edom also prevented Israel from passing the short cut through their land on the way out of Egypt into the promised land.
- This led to Israel taking a longer route. They were then faced with temptations which led to murmurings, death, striking of the rock etc., culminating in many perishing in the wilderness including Moses.
- Similarly with us, at this brink of our entering our own Pentecost and our own Acts Chapter 2, our own promised land, Judas lurking inside you and I will waylay us and prevent us from experiencing the fullness of the Holy Ghost.
- Just as Peter and other disciples had to decisively deal with Judas before their own Pentecost, God must help us to deal with ours.
- We are not the ones waiting for the Holy Ghost my brethren, He is waiting for us. Waiting for empty vessels, empty containers.
- Just like that widow, as soon as empty vessels finished, the oil stopped flowing. In the same way, if there are no empty vessels, the oil will not even begin to flow.
Prayer Points
- What is the JUDAS still lurking inside of me? What are the Esaus still raging inside me? Lord, I beg, as you helped Jacob and showed Him mercy, please, I beg, show me mercy. Overpower them for me in the name of Jesus. Overpower Judas in me in the name of Jesus.
- Dig them out; dig Esau out of my life. ESAU did not seek Jacob for 20 years, but as soon as he heard that Jacob was coming to possess his inheritance, he began to rage - a real rage with 400 men. Father, as you conquered Esau for Jacob, please do for me.
- The help God rendered Jacob was the dislocation of his hip bone. Father, push my hip bone out of joint; let me become permanently disabled for life; let me be always in need of help; always in need of a crutch, an aid, a support the HOLY GHOST.
- The help God rendered Jacob was a change of name after he told God that he was a supplanter. Please, call your real name out before God so that He can change it for you.
- Jacob was a failed case of both vertical and horizontal discipleship, but mercy came for Him one last time at Peniel for the sake of God’s covenant with His father, Abraham. But we have a better covenant by the blood of Jesus, cut, sealed and delivered at the cross. Lord for Your sake, come for me one last time; let Your mercy prevail over my life; break my hip through discipleship; don’t let my discipleship fail.
- The help God rendered the disciples was that Matthias took Judas’s bishoprics, and forever, nobody saw, thought or remembered Judas ever again in their midst. Lord, replace Judas in my heart, in the seat of my soul, mind, emotions, will and intellect. Replace him with the crutch of the HOLY GHOST. His bishopric in my life let another take, the HOLY GHOST.
Going = Multiplication
- When we go, men will be saved.
- When we go, signs will follow, the sick will recover, demons will be cast out.
- When we go, we will multiply our own kind.
- When we go, those who have not heard the gospel in the power of the Holy Ghost, will hear.
- In order for this little one to become a thousand, we must go and preach the gospel.
- The Mystery of the Gospel has been and is being proclaimed to us. It is being proclaimed in us. It reduced us and is reducing us to zero, now the Mystery of the Gospel must be proclaimed through us and multiplied through us.
Power from on High to Go...
Acts 1:8
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (KJV)
But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power to testify about me with great effect, to the people in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth, about my death and resurrection.” (TLB)
Modus operandi of our going…
Jerusalem – Immediate circle of influence; family, friends, neighbours, colleagues at work.
Judea – Another borough, another city, in the train, at the shopping mall, in the plane, on the bus.
Uttermost part of the world – Afghanistan, Syria, China, Burundi, ancient tribe or civilisation.
List of names in my Jerusalem
WE WILL MUTE OURSELVES AND TAKE 5 MINS TO WRITE OUR OWN LIST OR TO UPDATE IT.
Go to your Jerusalem, and preach the gospel
PRAY FOR ALL THOSE ON YOUR LIST.
Go …no longer us, but the Holy Ghost
Mark 4:28-30
The woman then left her water pot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
John 16:7-8
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
JUST ONE EVENT LONDON: J JOHN
- Let us pray for this evangelistic event.
- Lord, let the correct, full, unadulterated gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ be preached.
- Confront men with the question of sin and of righteousness; bring men to their knees at the foot of the cross.
- Dear Holy Ghost, please convict men of sin, of unrighteousness and of judgement in the name of Jesus.
- Save men, save neighbours, save friends, save family members in the name of Jesus.
