Christ Embassy Inferno: We Will Build A Better One—Chris Oyakhilome

<h4>Christ Embassy Inferno<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Pastor Chris Oyakhilome&comma; founder of Christ Embassy church&comma; which got burnt on Sunday&comma; June 23&comma; has assured that he would build a better church auditorium&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Below is his statement<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;22600" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-22600" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-22600" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Chris-Oyakhilom-a-300x177&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Christ Embassy Inferno" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"177" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-22600" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em>Pastor Chris Oyakhilome<&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>GLOBAL SERVICE JUNE 23RD <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>SUNDAY MORNING<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>REV CHRIS OYAKHILOME DSC DSC DD<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&lpar;Pastor addresses the LCA fire situation&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>When something like this happens don&&num;8217&semi;t be moved one bit&period; Move beyond it&period; Instead of debating the cause&comma; move beyond it&period;&period;we are not like this world&period; We don&&num;8217&semi;t reason like this world&period; Was I surprised&quest; No&period; Not even the slightest surprise&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>When something like this happens&comma; we have to remember that we are not of this world&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Every single day&comma; God protects us&period; He protects everything that he give us with his glory and his grace&period; Everyday his angels are with us&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>We cannot think for a moment that God somehow is blaming us because that would mean &&num;8220&semi;so what was He doing&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Was he there&quest; Were his angels there&quest; Of course&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Everyday&comma; God protects us from every evil&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>There is so much evil trying to come to us everyday&&num;8230&semi;a lot that we don&&num;8217&semi;t see or know about&comma; but he protects and delivers us&period; &period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>When you are sleeping&comma; you don&&num;8217&semi;t know what happens&comma;&comma; yet God takes care of us&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>So&comma; when something bad like this happens&comma; you praise and thank him as you would have done if it didn&&num;8217&semi;t happen&period; Thank him all the same&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Why&quest; Because you understand how He thinks&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Every opportunity&comma; Every thing that happens in your life is for a greater glory&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>So our thinking should not be &&num;8220&semi;What a great loss&&num;8221&semi;&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>We built that with everything we knew up until that time&period; We will build a bigger and better one&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>God just gives us an opportunity to do something about it&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>We will clear up the place and build a better one&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Let the devil lick his wounds&period;  <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>We must look at life from the spiritual&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>This is not what you call an accident&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>We are not ordinary people&period; We are helped All the time&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>So&comma; everything that happens in your life is on plan&period; There is no accident to the child of God&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Don&&num;8217&semi;t ask God why&period;&period; Just say &&num;8220&semi;Thank you Lord Jesus&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>So what are you going to do&quest; Act&excl; Give into it&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Make sure to giveva donation to LCA&&num;8230&semi; your cell&comma; family&comma; company&&num;8230&semi; Do it&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>As cell leaders&comma; soul winning is utmost in your to life&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Matthew 28&colon;18-20<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>How beautiful are these words&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>If you&&num;8217&semi;ve heard the term &&num;8220&semi;The great commission&&num;8221&semi;&comma; this is where it comes from&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Saints of God have used that term from several generations&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>We have a commission to take the message of Christ to all the world&period;&period; All nations&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Then&comma; he said to Baptize them in the name of the Father&comma; the son and the holy Ghost&&num;8230&semi;That means Jesus&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Teach them to observe the same things Jesus passed to us&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Mark 16&colon;15-18<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>How could anybody read these words and not be moved&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>V19- and they &lpar;the disciples&rpar; preached everywhere&period; They went forth&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Personalize it&colon; I got forth &comma; preaching everywhere for the Lord is with me&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>You are to preach the word&comma; His own is to confirm with signs&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Luke 24&colon;26<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Something beautiful here is this&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Matthew&colon; He told us to go and teach everyone all things whatsoever he commanded us<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Mark&colon; He told us to preach the gospel <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Luke talked about the CONTENT of the message you are to preach and teach&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Remember Luke stated that many had written already but he was writing having had perfect understanding of those things that pertain to Jesus&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>&&num;8230&semi;That repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among All nations&period; &period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>That was significant&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Preach the gospel to every creature&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Teach All nations&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>How come the disciples felt they should keep it among the Jews&quest; Maybe they thought they would find Jews in every nation&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Thank God it was the Same Luke that gave us the book of Acts&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>In Acts 15&comma; they finally settled the Fact that the gospel was to go to all nations&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Luke 24&colon;49-52<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Bethany was the Date place&period; It was significant&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>How would you have felt if you had been there that day when Jesus Levitated after you had seen him crucified&comma; buried and resurrected&period; You had even eaten with him&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>&lpar;There are still people that believe Jesus escaped and never got crucified on the cross&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>V53&colon; They returned praising and blessing God&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>How do you bless God&quest; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Blessing the Lord is thanking Him&period; You give thanks to God&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Same thing with Praise <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>How do you praise&quest; With words of thanks&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>When you are thanking him&comma; you can lift your hands&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Lifting of the hands is part of worship&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>E&period;g&period; when you pray&comma; you can kneel&period; Why do we do that&quest; It&&num;8217&semi;s part of your homage&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>So&comma; take the message everywhere&comma; knowing that he is with you even until the end of the age&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>I did tell you that you need to modify the church services&period; The structure of Sunday services a lot of times is based on what the Pastor is acquainted with&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>I&&num;8217&semi;m advocating for certain changes&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>We will be doing the will of God which is very vital&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Once the changes are made&comma; make sure you follow&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>For those in LCA&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Look at the building and don&&num;8217&semi;t cry<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>We have God&&num;8217&semi;s grace in massive abundance<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Pastor Chris<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&num;ICLC2024 &num;PastorChris<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;