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1. The Real You 7

2. You are a New Creation 11

3. You have the Life and nature of God 13

4. You are the righteuosness of God! 17

5. You are Justified! 19

6. You are Sanctified! 21

7. You are delivered! 23

8. God’s Spirit Abides in you! 25

9. What do you do when wrong thoughts

come to your mind? 27

10. What do you do when old friends try to

discourage you? 35

11. What do you do when persecutions and

afflictions come? 41

12. The Holy Spirit and You! 47

13. Must you go to church? 57

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Dearly Beloved,Dearly Beloved,

Dearly Beloved,

Congratulations on the free gift of

eternal salvation which you received when

you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and

Saviour.

I want to share with you truths that

are fundamental to the Christian life; upon

which you can build a strong and vibrant life.

Study this material diligently and it will yield

for you an eternal harvest.

I pray that God will give to you, the

Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowl-

edge of Him; the eyes of your understanding

being enlightened, that you may realise how

great is the hope to which He has called you

and know all that is freely given to you in

Christ, Amen.

This material will help you start off

your new life in Christ Jesus. As you study it,

look into your Bible and study the scriptures

yourself.

I believe that the message contained

in it will change your life and help to shape

your future according to the principles of

God’s Word.

God bless you richly, in Jesus’ Name,

Amen.

Pastor Chris OyakhilomePastor Chris Oyakhilome

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome

19991999

1999

THE REAL YOU

You are more than the body that you

see. You are more than the case that houses

your senses (your senses of sight, hearing,

touch, taste and smell). Inside you, there is

something much more than your body. It is

the spirit, and this is real man. This inner man

is the one the Bible refers to in 1 Peter 3:4 “But

let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that

which is not corruptible, even the ornament

of a meek and quiet spirit.”

When a man’s body dies, his sprit

lives on. He is still as much the human per-

son he was before he died; he hasn’t lost any-

thing except that he has lost the ability to func-

tion in the physical world. his body may be

dead but the real person, the spirit man still

has all the consciousness he had before he

died.

Jesus Christ told a story in Luke

Chapter 16 about two men who died. One was

a beggar named Lazarus. The point is not that

he was a beggar; but that though he was poor

he had a righteous hear. When he died, he

was taken to Abraham’s bosom. The second

man also died. That man had been rich in his

world, but in spite of the fact that he had ev-

erything in this world, he did not live a righ-

teous life.

Noted that when he died, his body

was buried on earth, but Jesus said that in hell,

he lifted up his eyes and saw Lazarus in

Abraham’s bosom and he recognised Lazarus.

This means that he could still see. Then he

called out to Abraham ‘please help me’ (you

see, he could still talk). Abraham spoke back

to him and he heard Abraham’s voice; imply-

ing that he could still hear. The man said that

he was still thirsty, and not only was he

thirsty, the place was dry. And he begged;

“please let Lazarus come and give me a drop

of water to cool my thirst; yet another point

to note-he could still feel.

All of his senses were still intact. In

fact, he could remember because he sad,

‘Please, send somebody among the dead to

go to preach to my brothers’. He said he had

five brothers on earth ‘maybe if someone from

the grave goes to them from among the dead

they will believe’. He remembered!

This lets you know that man’s spirit

lives on. And when a man is born again, it is

his human spirit that is born again.2

Corinthians 5:17-18 (KJV) says,“Therefore if

anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old

things have passed away; behold, all things

have become new. Now all things are of God,

who has reconciled us to Himself through

Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of

reconciliation.”

YOU ARE A NEW CREATION

Now that you have given your life to

Jesus Christ, you have made Him the Lord of

your life. You are no longer what you used to

be. You may still look the same outwardly,

but inwardly you are a new person altogether.

That is what the Bible says. You are not “one

like a new creature”, but a “a new creation” –

a new species of being that never existed be-

fore (2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV).

You are not reformed, refurbished, or

renovated; you are a new creation – a new

person altogether. However, the fact that you

are a new creation inside, does not meant hat

outwardly, you will look different. If you had

a low hair cut before you were born again,

the style would remain short; you wills till

have the same job, family and neighbours.

The point however, is that now, your values

have changed; you have anew set of values

because you are a new person on the inside.

YOU HAVE THE NATURE

AND LIFE OF GOD!

Being born again, God has given you

the power to become His child (John 1:12). The

nature of God has been imparted to your hu-

man spirit. You now have anew life; the life

of God that Jesus Christ makes available to

everyone who believes in Him. What a privi-

lege! You are therefore partaker of God’s na-

ture (2 Peter 1:3-4).

God is now your Father! How? Na-

ture is reproduced by birth; that is why a dog

will always give birth to a dog. And John 1:12-

13 says “But as many as received Him, to

them gave he power to become the sons of

God, even to them that believe on His name:

which were born, not of blood, nor of the will

of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God”.

He has parental instincts towards

you. You are a member of the Household of

God, and therefore a citizen of Heaven where

God dwells. God is responsible for you. He

will supply all your needs according to His

inexhaustible riches in glory by Christ Jesus

(Philippians 4:19). He has a good plan for your

life, which was set in motion the moment, you

were born again. You are a love child of a love

God, and you have been born into a love fam-

ily. This is very important. He gave you this

new life to become a member of His Kingdom.

The Bible declares that God has given

you eternal life. This is the life that is inside

God, which make it possible for Him to be

Who He is. This is the God kind of life. This

life made it impossible for the grave to hold

Jesus Christ. This is Resurrection life! And

this life is now in you.

“And this is the record, that God hath

given to us eternal life, and this life is in his

Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he

that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

These things have I written unto you that

believe on the name of the Son of God; that

ye may know that ye have eternal life, and

that ye may believe on the name of the Son of

God” (1 John 5:11-13).

It is only the one who has the SON

that has this life, because his life is actually

contained in the Son of God. When you re-

ceived Him, you received the life.

This life makes it impossible for you

to be defeated by any situation. It always put

you above. Just think! It is impossible for God

to be destroyed or defeated. Now you have

His life: you cannot be destroyed or defeated

because that same Spirit that raised up Jesus

Christ from the dead, dwells in you (Romans

8:11).

YOU ARE THE RIGHTEOUS OF GOD

2 Corinthians 5:21 says, “For he hath

made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin;

that we might be made the righteousness of

God in Him”.

Imagine God performing what may

be called a nature-transplant. He made Jesus

to be sin for us, so that we could be made the

righteousness of God in Him.

This is what made it possible for Jesus

to die a sinner’s death in your place. The re-

sult is that you can now stand before God

without any sense of guilt, fear or sense of

inferiority (Hebrews 10:19, Romans 5:1).

YOU ARE JUSTIFIED

What does it mean to be justified? It

means to be declared not guilty. As far as God

is concerned you are not guilty of any offence.

The Bible says, “Therefore being justified by

faith, we have peace with God through our

Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1). You have

been justified

Jesus took the punishment for your

sins when He died on the cross, though He

was not guilty of any sin (I Peter 2:22). God is

no longer holding your sins against you. The

Bible says “To wit, that God was in Christ,

reconciling the world unto himself, not im-

puting their trespasses unto them; and hath

committed unto us the word of reconciliation”

(2 Corinthians 5:19).

YOU ARE SANCTIFIED

Let’s imagine for one moment that

you fell into a ditch, you got very dirty and

someone came along and rescued you – that

is, “got you out of the ditch”. The next thing

you’d have do is to get yourself all cleaned

up. In other words, “get the ditch out of you”,

and that takes time and effort.

I Corinthians 6: 11says “… but ye are

washed, but yea re sanctified, but ye are jus-

tified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by

the Spirit of our God”.

Sanctification is in two phases: first,

God gets you out of ditch, that means you are

born again and immediately, the Bible de-

clares you sanctified; set apart from the world

unto God. Then you must get the ditch out of

you by subjecting your mind to a cleansing

(renewal) process through the Word of God

(Romans 12:2).

The renewal of your mind is a con-

tinuously process. Your mind was trained to

think in one way: to see things physically be-

fore believing. Now, by renewing your mind,

you allow your mind to see things God’s way.

You re-train your mind to see things form

God’s perspective. Then you’ll speak God’s

words, God’s ways and get the results that he

gets from His word.

YOU ARE DELIVERED

“Giving thanks unto the Father,

which hat made us meet to be partakers of

the inheritance of the saints in lights: who

hath delivered us from the power of darkness,

and hath translated us into the Kingdom of

His dear Son” (Colossians 1: 12-13).

From the moment you gave your life

to the Lord Jesus Christ, you became a mem-

ber of God’s Kingdom. In other words no de-

mon hatched out of hell’ can harm you. You

are free from any covenant you ever entered

into, knowingly or unknowingly. You are free

from very habit, sin, sickness, or disease that

ever held you bound. Why? Because you have

been delivered from the powers of darkness.

The Bible says that God has delivered you out

of the control and dominion of darkness and

has translated you into His kingdom. You

never have to be afraid again. God is your

Shepherd and His eyes of protection will al-

ways be upon you (Psalm 23:1).

The Bible says: “If the Son therefore

shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed”

(John 8:36). God has delivered you into His

Kingdom, which is where you are now. It is

where you belong. You have already been

(note: this is past tense) delivered from the

power of darkness.

GOD’S SPIRIT ABIDES IN YOU!

Another great part of this new life is

that the Spirit of God comes to dwell in you.

When the Spirit of God takes up His abode in

you, He enlightens you on the Word of God

and he gives you new understanding on the

Word.

So when you study the Bible, you

have a new understanding in your own spirit;

it becomes applicable to your life.

Another thing the Holy Spirit does is

to remind you of God’s Word (John 14:26). In

addition, He gives you the power to be an ef-

fective witness of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

“But ye shall receive power, after the Holy

Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be wit-

nesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all

Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost

part of the earth” (Acts 1:8).

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN ……

WRONG THOGHTS COME TO YOUR MIND

Being born again does not stop you

from being tempted, but you must not yield

to temptation. The Bible teaches that anytime

we are tested, God always opens a way of

escape (1 Corinthians 10:13). So when wrong

thoughts come to your mind, you must:

(1) REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE A

NEW CREATION

These thoughts come to you as an outside

force, a form of temptation from the devil. You

do not manufacturer them in your mind es-

pecially now that you are born again. The

Bible says that we (born-again believers) have

the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2: 16). You

must remember who you are now, a new cre-

ation! God always wants us to remember that

we are new creations, and that he has given

us the new life. This new life is what you have

to believe in.

(2) WALK IN OBEDIENCE

Obey God! Let us suppose that the

though of a bad habit, comes to you. The pres-

sure is so much on you to do that wrong thing;

you might even go as far as the beginning

stages of the wrong deed. But right there when

you remember that you are born again; new

persons, you suddenly have the courage and

boldness to shrug it off. Obey God! You see,

being born again does not mean that wrong

thoughts do not come to you but the point is

you should not allow them to take a hold of

you. Refuse them! Someone has rightly said,

‘you can’t stop birds from flying over your

head, but you can stop them from building a

next there.’

You may not be able to stop these

thoughts from coming to you because they are

an outside force but you can stop them from

lodging within you. Don’t let the wrong

thoughts lodge with you, don’t let them gain

dominion or mastery over you. You can stop

by thinking on the right things instead.

(Philippians 4:8).

Suppose you were a stage artiste or

performer and you wee to play the role of a

woman, though you are actually a man. You

would put on a woman’s dress and wig: and

perform and talk like a woman, but you do

not forget that you are a man at the end of the

act. You get off the stage and you go back to

the dressing room change and walk down the

street. When you set out to work on Monday

morning, you don’t forget that you are really

a man. You talk like one and live like one. It

would be ridiculous for you to go back to

work and talk like a woman, behaving the

way you are acting onstage the other night.

The same thing applies to you now. You acted

the wrong way before you were born again,

but now you have anew life: the new life is

the one you are supposed to live now. You

have been playing the role of a woman for

along time and sometimes you forget your

lines; but then you remember again that you

are really a man, and you correct yourself. You

wise up and say, “Oh I’m not a woman, I’m

on stage, I’ve got to be real”.

That is the way you should stop a bad

habit. Say “Look “I’m born again! That’s my real

nature.’ No matter the habit: when you re-

member (and you will remember), STOP! Say

to yours: I’m born again! Stop it right there! Do

not let the cycle go on and don’t be ashamed

to tell anyone involved in it with you, “Oh

I’m sorry I can’t do this because I’m born again.’

Get rid of bad habits by replacing them with

good ones. Do this deliberately. Find out

godly character traits from the Word of God,

and train yourself in them through practice.

(3) BE A DOER, ACT THE WORD

God does not want us to be hearers

only but doers of the Word: “But be ye doers

of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving

your owns selves. For if any be a hearer of the

word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man

beholding his nature face in a glass: for he

beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and

straightway forgetteth what manner of man

he was.” (James 1:22-25).

You become a doer of the word when

you remember the word and act accordingly.

And you will always remember it. That is one

of the things the Holy Spirit does in us. Jesus

said, “He will remind you of the things that I

taught you’ (John 14:26. Thank God the Holy

Spirit is right here; He helps us remember the

Word! And when you remember, you must

act on it. Don’t be troubled about remember-

ing; the Holy Spirit will bring it to your re-

membrance. But you must always be ready

to obey Him when He brings these truths to

your mind.

(4) REMEMBER THAT SIN SHALL

NOT HAVE DOMINION OVER YOU

You must remember one thing; these

thoughts do not have the power to gain mas-

tery over you unless you allow them “For sin

shall not have dominion over you ….” (Romans

6:14). Sin shall not gain lordship over you, it

will not have the upper h and because you

are not under the law but under grace. That

is what the Bible says about you.

God has delivered you from the pow-

ers of sin and of darkness, and delivered you

into His kingdom: “Giving thanks unto the

Father, which hath made us meet to be par-

takers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

who hath delivered us from the power of dark-

ness, and hath translated us into the kingdom

of his dear Son:” (Colossians 1:12-13).

That is where you are not that you

are born again. That is why the powers of

darkness cannot have dominion over you.

Because they are in the realm of sin, you are

in the realm of God’s life, which supercedes

sin: so you see, they cannot have dominion

over you.

Colossians 1:14 says, “In whom we

have redemption through His blood, even the

forgiveness of sins”. In Christ Jesus we have

redemption; this is our present day posses-

sion (Ephesians 2:5-6). We are not trying to

have it: we have it now. We must retain this

consciousness of the Word of God and rejoice

in it.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN ….

OLD FRIENDS TRY TO DISCOURAGE YOU?

Now that you are born again, you be-

long to a new family. You don’t belong to your

old family anymore. This does not mean you

must completely abandon those old friends

and acquaintances or reject them. But you

have to be a light to them. They are still in the

dark, because they do not have Jesus Christ

in their hearts. You must remember that you

have become the light of God to them, so share

with them to follow Jesus.

When these people try to discourage

you, what are you supposed to do? The Bible

says that in the last days there will come scoff-

ers who will do every wrong they can think

of, and laugh at the truth (2 Peter 3:3-4).

Scoffers are those who try to discour-

age you and take you back to the old life, but

you must refuse to be moved by them refuse

to allow their attitude stand in the way of your

fellowship with Christ. Refused to be “un-

equally yoked” with them. Don’t accept their

counsel. Instead, maintain your stand for God

and His word.

UNEQUAL YOKING

In the early days of mechanised farm-

ing, the farmer would yoke two animals, for

example, two donkeys or two oxen and at-

tach them to a plough and the two animals

would plough the ground as they move to-

gether. Because they were yoked together, the

two animals had to move in the same direc-

tion, wherever the first one went, the second

went too. The farmer directed them and they

had to go in the same direction, as long as they

were under the same yoke.

Now if both of them were donkeys, it

was called on ‘equal yoke’, but if one was a

donkey and the other was an ox it was called

an ‘unequal yoke’ (because they wee not of

the same kind). If we are to be yoked together

with anyone, it must be an ‘equal yoking,’ that

is, a Christian and a Christian walking to-

gether in companionship. But if a Christian

and a non-Christian are in companionship

together, they are unequally yoked. And god

is saying: ‘Don’t be unequally yoked together

with unbelievers’ (2 Corinthians 6:14-16).

So you see, if you and a non-believer

are in companionship, living the same life,

then you are in an unequal yoke, and this is

wrong. God does not want you be in an un-

equal yoke, but to be equally yoked with other

Christians, doing the same things. Non-believ-

ers cannot be your best friends. No matter how

moral a person is, as long as he is not born

again, he cannot be your best friend.

It is impossible and unacceptable be-

fore God, because it is an unequal yoking.

Your assessment of an individual can never

measure up with God’s assessment. Once,

God sent Samuel to the house of Jesse to

anoint one of his sons as King of Israel (Samuel

16:1-13). When Samuel saw the first son of

Jesse, Eliab, Samuel said, ‘surely this must the

Lord’s anointed before Him’ because he was

huge, tall and handsome. But God spoke to

the Prophet and said, ‘don’t anoint him, because

I have rejected him’. He said, ‘for man look at the

outward appearance but God looks at the heart,’

the inward man. So your assessment of an in-

dividual is at the most, based on the outward

appearance; what he says, how he looks; you

can have all of those kinds of opinions about

him but you see God looks at the inward ap-

pearance.

One who is not born again does not

have the right spirit with God. The only way

by which one can be right with God is to be

born again. This is the only time the person

qualifies to be your best friend. Until he is

born again, he cannot be your best friend; he

does not qualify by God’s standard to be sure.

Now that you are born again, you desire

should be to please God, so you must not use

own standards. This is very important.

Keep your heart on God’s own and

He’ll see you through (I Corinthians 10:13).

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN ….

PERSECUTIONS AND AFFLICTION COME?

In Mark 4:1-9, Jesus told us about the

parable of the sower. The man went to sow

his seeds and some fell on stony ground, some

on hard ground, some among thorns and

other on good ground. In verses 16 & 17, the

Bible says “and these are they likewise which

are sown on stony ground; who, when they

have heard the word, immediately receive it

with gladness; And have no root in them-

selves, and so endure but for a time: afterward,

when affliction or persecution ariseth for the

word’s sake, they are offended.”

He is talking about those people who

have no root in themselves, and so endure

affliction only for a time. He says that although

these people eagerly accept the word, when

afflictions or persecutions arise for the Word’s

sake they are offended; this has happed to sev-

eral people. What Jesus is saying here is that

there are many people who really do not have

a deep love for Him. They are excited about the

world of God because of the promises of eter-

nal life, happiness and answered. But they

don’t really have a deep love for God. So when

persecutions come, they give up. This is said!

When persecutions and afflictions come, fol-

low the Word:

(1) YOU MUST HAVE DEEP

LOVE FOR GOD

God wants you to have deep, strong

love of Him. Love can increase or decrease.

The more you think about Him, listen to His

words and have fellowship with Him in

prayers; the greater love you will have for

Him, because love increases with acquain-

tance. The more acquainted you are with God,

the more you love Him; the more you listen

to His Word, the more you love and discover

Him, and t hen the more of Him you receive.

And when you have this strong love for Him,

the Word of God becomes a rooted in your

heart. So that when you are faced with any

situation, you know God’s position concern-

ing it and you promptly declare God’s stand

about it.

The Bible says that life and death are

in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:20-21).

And also, that out of the abundance of the

heart, the mouth speaks (Matthew 12:34-35,

37). When you fill your hear with God’s Word,

no matter the situation, you will see things

God’s way and speak the same. And it will

come to pass!

(2) Dont’t Give Up!

You must not give up when problems

arise! Being born again does not mean that

problems will not come, neither does it mean

that there will be no trials. What it simply

means is that in the face of all difficulties, in

the presence of all problems, God would take

you through. As in Psalm 23:5: “Thou

preparest a table before me in the presence of

mine enemies …” You may be right in the

presence of your enemies but they cannot

destroy you: the persecution cannot destroy

your life.

God doesn’t want you to give up. You

must stand strong! No matte how hard or dif-

ficult seems, never give up! God will bring

you though, don’t be discouraged; remain

faithful to God and He will never disappoint

you nor forsake you. You will win in every

circumstance of life, because they become sub-

ject to you. Isaiah 43:2 says when you go

through the waters it will not overflow you

and when you go through the waters it will

not overflow you and when you go through

the fire it will not burn you. When you follow

Jesus Christ, serve Him with all your heart,

follow Him no matter the challenges.

“But thanks be to God, which giveth

us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stead-

fast, unmovable, always abounding in the

work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that

your labour is not in vain in the Lord” (1

Corinthians 15:57-58).

“For whatsoever is born of God

overcometh the world: and this is the victory

that overcometh the world, even our faith” (I

John 5:4).

You see, God gives us the victory

through our Lord Jesus Christ, so, we can’t

be losers. Study carefully I John 5:4; it talks

about the victory that overcomes this world,

which is our faith. Live by faith; you are an

overcomer; you are not a loser, you were born

an overcomer; because you are born of God,

the offspring of god; born of God’s Spirit.

THE HOLY SPIRIT AND YOU.

‘To be born again, is to born of the Spirit

of God’ (1 Corinthians 12:13, John 3:5-8). The

Holy Spirit becomes an integral part of your

life, so you need to understand who He is,

and recognise His work in your life. You must

understand what He has to offer, so that you

can enjoy the abundant life that is available

in Christ and receive the fit (1 Corinthians

12:8-10) and power (Luke 24:49, Acts 1: 4-8)

available to you through Him.

WHO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT?

In different parts of the Bible, we find men-

tion of the Holy Spirit.

- In the Old Testament, we see Him im

part power and ability to do extraordi

nary (Judges 14:6, 19).

- In the New Testament, we see Him

even more prominent in the birth,

ministry and life of Jesus (Luke 4:18).

- The Holy Spirit is also seen in Acts 2:

1-4 in operation in the lives of the dis

ciples of Jesus. He is god. He is a Di

vine Person and He is the third Per

son of the Trinity (John 14:16-17, John

15:26).

- He has been in existence before time

(Genesis 1:2).

- He is the expression of God’s power.

In other words, He is the part of God

that accomplishes whatever words

the Father speaks (Genesis 1.

- And He is the Spirit of Love, Power

and Sound Mind (2 Timothy 1:7).

- He is the Spirit of Liberty (2

Corinthians 3:17).

WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT?

It is also worthy of note that the Holy

Spirit is NOT a force, wind, oil, a dove though

from scripture we see Him symbolised as

such. He is not “tongues” though he gives the

utterance to speak. He is not “power”, but He

brings to us the power of God. He is not the

Spirit of bondage to fear (Romans 8:15). But of

Liberty (2 Corinthians 3:17).

WHY WE NEED THE HOLY SPIRT?

- The Holy Spirit gives us divine power

(Acts 1:8). This word “power” translated from

a Greek word “Dunamis”, actually means “the

dynamic ability to cause changes.” When the

Holy Spirit comes to live in us. He gives us the

ability to change things in our lives and in the

lives of others.

- He gives us boldness to preach the

gospel (Matthew 28: 18 - 20, Mark

16:15-18);

- He guides and directs us (John 16:13,

Romans 8:14)

- He comforts us (John 14:18, Acts 9:31)

- He instructs and teaches us (John

14:26, 1 Corinthians 2:11-21)

- He walks with us and becomes a part

of our daily lives (John 14:17).

- He bears witness with our spirits that

we are children of God, and therefore

partakers of His riches in Christ Jesus

(Romans 8:16; Ephesians 1:13-14).

- He gives us the freedom to approach

God in live (Romans 8:15, 2 Corinthi-

ians 317; 2 Timothy 21:7).

YOU CAN HAVE A RELATIOSHIP

WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT

In John 14:17, Jesus says ‘Even the

Spirit of Truth whom the world can not re-

ceive because it seeth him not, neither

knoweth him: but ye know him; for the

dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.’

To have a relationship with Him is to

recognise His presence and acknowledge His

ministry in your life. You must therefore

spend time in His presence communing with

Him and getting to know Him as a friend. You

can have this relationship by spending time

to pray; studying the Word; obeying the

prompting and bidding of the Holy Spirit.

When you are born again, you are

baptized into the Spirit of God. To be bap-

tized means to be immersed inside completely.

For example, you can take a rubber ball, and

immerse it into a large tub of water in such a

way that the ball is totally covered by the wa-

ter. This is what happens when you are born

again: you are immersed like that ball into Holy

Spirit. But you know it is one thing for the ball

to be covered by the water and a different thing

for the ball to be filled with the water and also

covered. For the ball to be filled, there must be

a way for the water to enter in. in other wards,

the material of the ball must permit the water

to flow in to it. In the same way, when you are

born again, you must receive the Holy Spirit

into you and be filled with Him.

Again, being field of the Holy Spirit is

not a singular experience that occurs once in a

lifetime. Rather it is a continuous daily experi-

ence (Ephesians 5:18). This relates to your con-

sciousness of His Presence, and constant

acknowledgement of His ministry in your life.

You can be constantly filled with the Holy

Spirit, as you grow in your fellowship with

Him, through Praise, prayers, Study of the

Word and consistently adhering to His instruc-

tions and prompting. This way, you can be led

by the Spirit of God.

SPEAKING IN OTHER TONGUES

As I mentioned before, the Holy Spirit

gives to God’s children, the utterance to speak

in other tongues. One of the signs which the

Lord said would follow the believers is that

they should speak with new tongues (Mark

15:17).

This is a spiritual and supernatural

ability by which the believer communicates

directly with God from his spirit and its is

imparted to you as a gift by the Holy Sprit.

Speaking in other tongues is sometimes re-

ferred to as “Praying in the Spirit”. When we

speak in other tongues, we speak directly to

God (1 Corinthians 14:4) and our spirits are

edified or built up (Jude 20). Our spirits are

also energised and refreshed (Isaiah 40:3).

Once you received the Holy Spirit,

you can speak in tongues anytime you choose.

He doesn’t speak through you but He gives

you the ability to speak. So you can go ahead

and talk to the Lord in tongues when you

desire to.

When you begin to speak in other

tongues, you will become more fluent as you

continue in practice. It is just like a little child

who just speaks his first few words. The more

he practices speaking, the more fluent he gets.

This is the same with speaking in tongues. It

is a new language and although you did not

need to learn it, you become more fluent as you

continue to speak. And as you speak in

tongues often, it will enhance your spiritual

development and lead you into other gifts and

manifestations of the Spirits of God.

MUST YOU GO TO CHURCH?

In Matthew 16:18, Jesus spoke of His

Church, which represents His body on earth

(I Corinthians 12:5-14).

“For as the body is one, and hath

many members, being many, are one body: so

also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all

baptized into one body, whether we be Jews

or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and

have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

For the body is not one member, but many” (1

Corinthians 12:12-14).

We are the body and Christ is the

head. All Christians (born again) are mem-

bers of His body, and of one another (1

Corinthians 12:27). And just as different parts

of the human body cannot function in isola-

tion, the different members of the body of

Christ cannot function effectively on their

body. This is because God gave different gifts

and calling to members of the Church, so that

the whole church may benefit (1 Corinthians

12:18-24; Ephesians 4:11-12).

Attending Church is therefore in obe-

dience to God’s will, and enables us to bless

and edify each other with different gifts of

God – miracles, healing, prophecy etc. you are

able to obtain a better understanding of the

Word that is taught, hear testimonies and

witness miracles. Praying and worshipping

God together, brings on a “corporate anoint-

ing” of the Holy Spirit, ministering to each

member of the congregation in a specify man-

ner (Hebrews 10:25; Acts 1:14; Psalms 133:1-

2).

Walking in the Word on your own is

an uphill tasks when you are not attending a

“Spirit-filled” Church; but participating fully

in such a Church enables you to find out a

more about the Church and her embers. You

are also able to develop your spirit (the inner

man) to maturity. This makes your walk in

the Word easier and more productive.

As a Christian, you must identify

with a local assembly, a Church you can call

activities. Otherwise, you’ll deprive yourself

of a lot of God’s blessings and will be walk-

ing out of line with the Word.

Now that you are born again, walk

in the consciousness of who you are.

GROWING UP

The Bible says that as you hear God’s

Word, faith comes to you. I recommend the

following messages for your spiritual devel-

opment these messages are designed to show

you how to be fruitful and productive and

cause faith to rise in your heart to do just that.

Get yours today and see a transformation in

your life.

1. Now that you are born again (1 tape)

2. Explaining Christianity (1 tape)

3. Growing up in the Word (1 tape)

4. Growing to maturity

5. Building your spirit (1 tape)

6. Being filled with the Spirit (1 tape)

7. Victory in the Word (1 tape)

8. The New Birth series (12 tapes)

For additional information about the ministry

and materials by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome,

please contact:

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