UNLOCKING THE SUPERNATURAL
A Message Delivered By Pastor Abraham Ojemeh on Thursday Chapel
Service, March 27, 2014
We are living messages of the supernatural, Isaiah 8:18, “Behold, I and the
children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel
from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.”
The Lord told me in 1990 concerning the Chancellor, Dr. David Oyedepo, “If you
are having some problems understanding the written Word, study this man, he’s
a living message.” I did not even know this scripture then. And I made a
commitment that I must make my life a living message.
As Christians we are witnesses of the ‘supernaturalty’ of God. Whether we like it
or not, we are sending messages and that message should be one of the
supernatural. We are to lend credence to the scriptures, in Genesis 1:26, “And
God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth.”
When Jesus said in John 14:12, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on
me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do;
because I go unto my Father,” he was not reading a poem, he meant it.
I saw a scripture in Isaiah 43:12 many years ago that challenged me as a Christian,
in the later part, God said, “…..therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that
I am God.”
In other words, unbelievers can never understand me except through you.
Whatever you manifest, whatever you do and say will become how they know me
to be. And in Acts 1:8 at the take-off of the ministry of the Apostles, Jesus told
them, “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 Judaea, and in
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
I came to a conclusion that Christianity has no meaning without the supernatural.
In 1 Corinthians 2:4, Paul speaking, said, “And my speech and my preaching was
not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and
of power...”
In 1 Corinthian 4:20, “For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.” One
of the proofs of Christianity is the tangible, touchable transformation in the life of
a mortal man. To me, that is the strongest evidence of Christianity.
In Acts 4:13, “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived
that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took
knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.” They could not ignore them
because they became enigmas.
As a Christian, if you cannot draw a line between when you were born again and
when you were not born again, then, there’s a problem. In 1 Peter 3:15, the Bible
says, “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an
answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with
meekness and fear...”
I did a little research and find out that Christianity is not only a ticket to heaven,
but also an empowerment to make impacts on earth. We must be connected to
the power available to us in redemption so we can maximize our benefits here.
I still cannot understand why a Christian would fear what the world fears. Because
of the sin nature, we lost the supernatural nature in the Garden of Eden, but
Christ came to restore our place to us. We are no more under the nature of sin.
We are now in dominion over the works of the devil. We must unlock the
supernatural because we need it.
Your new birth qualifies you for the supernatural, but it takes scriptural command
to unlock it, Isaiah 45:11, “Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his
Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of
my hands command ye me.”
In Mark 11:23, the scripture says, “For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall
say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall
not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall
come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.”
The issue of declaration is inevitable in the school of the supernatural. You cannot
claim what you cannot proclaim. If it is too big for your mouth, it would be too big
for your hand. Every sign and wonder is a product of sound.
In the school of the supernatural, the opposition will only respect your
declaration, not your size. Psalm 18:43, “Thou hast delivered me from the
strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people
whom I have not known shall serve me.” Verse 45 says, “As soon as they hear of
me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.”
A closed mouth is a closed destiny. You must give a voice to God’s Word for
access to manifesting the supernatural.
To Gain Supernatural Access By Sound
1. You must speak boldly – Luke 21:14
2. You must speak in faith – Daniel 3:16:18