Bishop Prof. Julius O. Soyinka

Welcome to the Month of September: Your Entrance to Everlasting Victories. All glory be to God, the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, for His goodness and faithfulness in every area of our lives, we are kept alive by His mercies to end the month of August well, and to begin the month of September.  We give Him praises and adoration, and with confidence in His words and His power, we go into the remaining days and months in the year 2020, and we shall have a glorious and victorious ending to the glory of His name in Jesus name.  As we move from September to December, the Lord is sending His word to you and your family, introducing Himself as Jehovah Nissi. He will take over all the battles in your life, and give you permanent victories on every side in Jesus name. Exodus 17:13-16  And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utter

The Blessings of the Blood of Jesus Study Text: John 6: 53 - 56 Introduction: -      Many Christians either do not know or forget the blessings that we receive through the blood of Christ. -      We need a clear understanding from the scriptures, the blessings that we receive through the blood of Christ so that we can enjoy those blessings that God has for us. -      The following are the blessings that God has graciously granted us through the blood of Jesus: 1.       Cleansing of Sins -      Revelation 1:5-6 ... To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, .. to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. -      Jesus cleansed us from the stain and the guilt of sin by washing us in His own blood. -      There are two kinds of sin that the blood of Jesus deals with powerfully.   a.      The known sin; sins in our lives that we are aware of. -      When we become conscious that we have committed a sin, we  can appropriate the cleansing power of the blood of J

Divine Intervention for  a Supernatural Conquest: Study Text:  Joshua 6: 1 - 7. Introduction: -    There comes a time in everyone’s life when one is faced with what seems like an impossible task or situation. Such as: 1. Having a difficult task or responsibility to carry out.  2. Meeting a a great and urgent financial need. 3. Recovering from a deadly or life threatening illness. 4. Receiving deliverance from a serious demonic affliction. 5. Restoration of what the enemy has stolen, either in the physical or spiritual. 6.  Striving to overcome a bondage of sinful habits, drug addiction towards a closer walk with God. 7.  Struggling to be free from serious family troubles such as conflict between couples, stubborn and wayward children, etc. -   All these things could be exhausting and frustrating situations; all these things could be very difficult and seemingly impossible tasks.  -    They can be described as a great wall or obstacle to overcome or to get around in your life. They coul

UPGA SERMON FOR SUNDAY SERVICE: ENOCH: UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF WALKING WITH GOD. Study Texts: Genesis 5: 22 - 24; Hebrews 11: 5 - 6 Introduction: -   God is always looking for a walking partner, someone whose heart can be after His own heart, and who will only do what is well pleasing to Him.  -    God created man for the enjoyment of a walking relationship that involved companionship, dialogue, intimacy, joint decision-making, mutual delight, and shared dominion.  --    God longs to walk with you, which is why his arms of grace have been pulling you into a closer walk with him. -   Enoch was the first man in the Bible who walked with God. Even though men began to call upon the name of the Lord in the early days (Genesis 4:26), Enoch was the first man to uncover the true delight of walking with God.  -   He found something even Adam didn't experience. He pressed into God until he learned how to commune with God through every facet of life.   -   Enoch's example continues t

All glory be to God in the highest, for making us to see the end of June, and the end of the first half of the year 2020 in good conditions, despite the troubles and turbulences all around. Praise God for His goodness and wonderful works over our lives and our families. As we enter into the second half of this year, I bring you the word of God from the Throne of Mercy: Psalms 121:1-8  I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. We all need divine help in running the r

UPGA SERMON FOR SUNDAY SERVICE: SERVING GOD WITH A GOOD CONSCIENCE. Study Text: 1 Timothy 1:18 - 20; Acts 23: 1 Introduction: -   Conscience is the power of the mind, by which we distinguish between what is right and what is wrong. -    It is the faculty within us that testifies to us concerning the standards of God, and the things that are acceptable to Him. -    Conscience is an independent witness within us. It is a gift of God and it is indestructible. Conscience functions like a judge within us.    -   It activates guilt internally when the behaviour is evil, and likewise peace when there is a good act. Romans 2: 14 - 15.  -. We shall discuss the topic under three sub-headings: 1. The Purpose of a Good Conscience. 2.  The Pathway to a Good Conscience. 3.  The Products of a Good Conscience. 1.  The Purpose of a Good Conscience:  -   Conscience has many fold functions in our lives.  1.   It points us to what we ought to do.  -    It is an interior sense, which points us to our oblig

UPGA SERMON FOR SUNDAY SERVICE: Steadfastness in the Kingdom Study Text: 1 Corinthians 15:58  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. Introduction: -   Steadfastness is an essential principle in Christian character. There can be no success nor prosperity in the Christian life when this principle is wanting.  -   Just as Christian fortitude is noble, and pleasing to God, so a lack of steadfastness is ignoble and highly displeasing to God. -  We shall discuss the topic under three sub- headings: 1.  The Explanation of Steadfastness in the Kingdom 2.  The Expectation of Steadfastness in the Kingdom 3.  The Evaluation of Steadfastness in the Kingdom 1.  The Explanation of Steadfastness in the Kingdom: -  To be steadfast and unmovable is to be spiritually grounded. A steadfast person knows what he believes and cannot be “tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown