14 December 2008, 6PM

Apostle Andre

God's Word is full of secrets, but He reveals it to us

“Eye has not seen and the ear has not heard what the father has prepared for those that love him, but by His Spirit he reveals it.” If something has been revealed to you nobody can take it from you, it is yours.

Deuteronomy 29:29

There are certain things that God keeps to himself. He doesn't share with us. People can struggle all they want to, to know, but they will never know it.

But what He has revealed He has given to us. So we, as spirit fulfilled believers, live by revelation knowledge; knowledge that has been revealed to us.

If you have a revelation about your wife or husband, then you look at them differently. You look at them with other eyes. It is true. You will look differently if you have a revelation about your children, about the church, or what you supposed to be doing in life.

Revelation is the thing that no one can take from you and motivates you without effort.

Paul said that things have been revealed to him.

God reveals it and once you see it clearly you can do it.

He said: “you see your calling brethren …” If you never seen yourself doing something it is very difficult to do it. If I say to you, play the piano, you would say no. Why? Because you have never seen yourself doing it; it is very difficult. Hilton was 6yrs old and he said, “I want to play the violin.” None of us can play the violin. Where does that come from? My great grandfather played the violin so it was in his genes, but he saw Emma play the violin in Church, and he has played ever since. He saw himself doing it. You must see yourself doing it.

Before one cricket season Aje had been very sick, when the term started. At the 1st cricket game they picked him for the side and he said he did not practice. I told him to go lie on his bed. He thought I would throw the ball for him. I said, “close your eyes, relax and bat. I will come back just now.” After a while I went back. I asked him how many did he score? He said, 40 runs. I said, okay,  go play. The next day he scored 40 or 42! Without practice. You must see yourself doing something. Who gives it to you? It is God, in any area of your life.

People who rob a bank first see themselves doing it a thousand times.

You don't rob a bank by accident, it is very carefully planned. It’s a long process. It is very carefully planned and then they rehearse it. Sin is the same, You see yourself sin before you sin.

People see themselves smoking before they start smoking. It looks so manly to smoke, but they don't know that people die of lung cancer. The guy who advertised camel died of lung cancer, it is a fact.

You need to see yourself doing the good things too. It’s what you see on the inside. What the word of God does is that it changes the picture. It changes the picture of how you see yourself and how you view other people. Till you get a revelation of who you are in Christ. Then suddenly things are different. You die to the old image. God produces a new one. Only his Word can do that.

You can't  do it by motivation, because you are not the creator. God has got to do it by His Word and His Spirit.

You must first see yourself rich before you become rich. If not, and you win the lotto, you will loose it. People loose millions. They don't know what happened to it. Why?  They never saw themselves rich so they didn't have capacity to use it. They just had the capacity to loose it.

Let God change the inner picture. He reveals things to you. You must first see yourself married before you can get married. That’s how it works.

One day we did Cinderella in church. Billy was the ugly sister and Leigh was the mother. Yvette told the story. Theresa wanted to be Cinderella and so the ugly sisters treated her badly. Then someone said, “I’ll be the prince,” and Derek got up and said, “no, you are not the prince, I’ll be the prince. That is my girl there.” He saw it very clearly. He made up his mind publicly and he came and was the prince and tried on the shoes.

Then I said that Jesus is the prince and he has got a shoe that just fits for you, and 24 people got saved that morning.

Suru, the mime artist, did the archer that shoots the eagle and kills it. He picks it up and walks off with it. Then the eagle starts flapping again and flies off.  Then he bowed down acknowledging the superiority of the eagle, and we gave an alter call after that and many people got saved.

None of us said anything, I didn't even explain about the cross or Jesus or hell. I just said who wants to give their lives to Jesus. What did they see? They saw the archer and an eagle. But what did they see? They saw their sinful condition. God choose the foolish things to astound the wise. Sometimes we try to explain too much. We try to save people and we can't, it has got to be supernatural. Jesus died for your sins. To believe that He can keep you. You get saved and for 2 weeks you are holy and then you full of holes after that. It is very hard to believe that He can keep you till He comes. To believe that you are still going to make it after serving Him for 26 yrs etc.

You wonder why you don't have this passion I had the 1st two weeks of trying to save the whole  world. What has happened to me? Well, you have matured.

It is what you see. It's not mind control it is what God reveals to you. What He reveals to you belongs to you.  If you can see it you can have it. He has given it to you already. That is where prophesy comes in. You got to have vision for your life, for your family and business.

Acts 1:13-14 “when they had entered they went up into the upper room where they were staying….

These all continued with one accord in prayer and in supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus.” They had one purpose of mind, great secret, unity.

We need incentives to preserve the unity in a church, in marriage, in business, in a team.

We need to make a decision that we want unity. Unity is the key to God’s power. It is seen in the book of Acts and in this day and age. We need to know how to walk in unity so that God's power can be manifest in our lives, in our families, in our homes and in our meetings.

Acts 1 reveals certain incentives to unity, and in other portions of Acts.

Acts 2:1-4 “When the day of Pentecost had fully come they were all with one accord [With one purpose of mind] in one place and  suddenly …. they were all filled and they began to speak in tongues as the spirit gave utterance.” Wonderful things take place where there is unity. He says that where brethren dwell together in unity, God commands His blessing upon people. God commands His blessing upon people in unity.

Acts  2:44  “Now all who believed were together  and had  all things in common.”

Acts 2:46   “they continued daily with one accord, in the temple, eating with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor” The Lord added daily.

Acts 5:12  “Through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonde