Culled
and revised from a sermon from Dr. D.K Olukoya. General Overseer of the Mountain
of fire and Miracles Ministries.
Sermon
Date: Sunday, 25 January, 2015
@ MFM
Headquarters, Lagos.
THE STONES WILL CRY OUT
What we
are looking at today is not a sermon but a message. It may sound like a sermon
but it is really a message from God to you all; message to all members,
workers, minister, pastors of all churches and to the whole world. This is a
call to personal revival; it is a spiritual call as a warming to everyone. The
message form the lord is very dangerous to ignore because ignoring it will lead
to a devastating end.
"And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should
hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry
out." {Luke
19:40}
The bible
is saying here that; if you keep quiet, the stones will cry out
"And think not to say within yourselves, we have Abraham to our
father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to
raise up children unto Abraham." {Matt 3:9}
God is
talking about stones here again in another scripture. He says; He will raise
stones up, as children.
There is
this song we use to sing, in those days that now rings bell; Yoruba - “Ebe
mobe o Oluwa ma fi okota ropo mi”; English translation says; “I beg
you lord, do not use stone to replace me”.
{Isaiah 6:1-8}"In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also
the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the
temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he
covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts:
the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the
voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. Then said I, Woe is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and
I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the
King, the Lord of hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live
coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he
laid it upon my mouth, and said, lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine
iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Also I heard the voice of the Lord,
saying, whom shall I send, and who will go for us?
Then said I, Here am I; send me”
Verse 8 is the origin of the popular song:
Isaiah heard the voice
of the lord and he says, here am I, send me
Here I am, Send Me
Anywhere for you
Isaiah heard the voice of the lord and he said, here am I, send
me
Isaiah
was a prophet; Isaiah was working in the palace; Isaiah has been there for
year; what a fearful passage. Isaiah was on ground but God was announcing; who
shall I send?
A man can
be very busy working very hard, doing church activities yet God will be asking,
who shall I send?
Why God should be looking for someone else when Isaiah was on
ground. Isaiah was working very hard, prophesying and preaching; Isaiah was
working like many ushers and choirs of today; many are even coming to the house
of God without group of house fellowship; they just come hear the message, get
the prayers, share the grace and they go away. Each time heaven looks down and sees the position of Man, they cry out
loud; who shall we send; who will go for us.
Heaven
sees the people on ground are not doing the work assigned to them; how can a
person will occupied with a great work but not satisfying the cry of heaven.
I Decree upon your life: Heaven will not regret
over your life in the name of Jesus.
Isaiah
was in the palace working but he did not know or see that his very position has
been advertised in heaven; God was looking for somebody else. When Moses died, it is normal for
replacement, likewise, Elijah. When Judas, God advertised his position; because
God was not making profit; no concrete advancement. Can you honestly answer the
question: Is heaven making profit from your life? Have
you become a liability to the angels of God?
Listen
beloveth! Not every movement is advancement; you may be swinging or rotating in
one spot. Why should you be there and heaven will say there is nobody there;
why should you decide to become history why you are still living; why should
you decide to be staled where you are proclaimed to be fresh. The thing about
God is this; God can go out of his way to allow you go on; to support you; you
want job, gives you, wife, He gives you, children, He gives you, house, He
gives you. Car, He gives you. Meanwhile, God is quietly looking for a perfect
alternative and at the end of the day discards the person.
There is
a mystery called replacement stone; when people engage in what is called,
guilty silence. You are not doing anything specific for God; not representing
heaven in the place God has put you; rejecting the call of God. The command and the warning is loud and clear; that your failure to cry
out for you position and quickly change, will lead to replacement. If
you don’t cry out, then the stones will cry out.
I pray for you: You will not be
replaced with stones, in the name of Jesus.
The
stones will cry out if you refuse to cry out. If the disciples of Jesus did not
cry out the stones would have cried out.
What does it mean to cry out?
1.
To witness for Jesus
without shame: As you are, how many
people have you witness Jesus to, in the last six months; either by you words
or activities. Some call themselves mfm member and they sleep around; such
people are disgrace and embarrassment to the church and Christianity. How can
you not preach to that man you surrender yourself to, to sleep with you? This
is why people are being replaced. This is the message from God! Know there you
stand. Witness for Jesus without Shame.
Illustration story
One sister in this church said she met one boy and they started
talking and became friends. One day she decided, contrary to our teaching here,
to visit the brother in his house.
She said when she got there; the boy that
claims he was born again, she was coming from church; the boy was coming from
church. Instead of the brother asking; how was service today? Immediately she
sat down, the first question he asked was, what she wanted to drink, she said,
just water; he brought water. The next thing the brother brought out was a condom; the person that is visiting for
the first time. The sister quickly ran out; but some will not run, they will
not become a disgrace and embracement to heaven.
2.
To publicly declare your stand: In some places I used to work in those days; anytime we are
going on a trip and I am the leader of the group, some people grumble loudly. They
say; what Daniel! That means on this trip, he will not release money for us to take
alcohol; they know my stand, what I believe in. When the trumpet of your life
is blowing an uncertain sound; nobody knows if you are on the right or left.
The bible says if you want to be cold, be cold; want to be hot, be hot; don’t
be hot-cold, not lukewarm. If you want to be MFM person then be, if you don’t
want, then don’t come here; go to the places that you can do what you like.
Here we prepare people for heaven, to fulfil their destiny. MFM is not a
fashion parade church, here we don’t entertain; this is not an entertainment
center.
3.
To let
your light shine before all men
4.
To declare the lordship of the lord Jesus Christ: Anywhere you are, if they have not nicknamed you; this one only
knows Jesus, he has become “iya Jesu” mother of Jesus; if they have not
nicknamed you then you are not declaring Jesus; not yet witnessing.
5.
To Announce yourself on the lord side: To shout and Cry from your hear to yourself that you are on
the lord’s side.
6.
To Tell the world that you are a Christian
Failure
to do this crying out would be writing a Korea letter to replacement by stones.
It is important to pray: “O Lord! Don’t
replace me with Stone”
What are stones?
ü Stones are Unlikely
people, who you never though would get
born-again; all of a sudden, they got born-again; all of a sudden God filled
them with Power. They were formerly native doctors, now they have become
preachers; you claim you have been born-again since you were young; your father
is a priest, mother deaconess, bishop and so on, you will now be carry the bags
of this people. Why; because you were not fervent as you should be, so they
have been replaced.
ü Rejected People: People that their past lives are been dirty and stinking; but
has rebranded them. The bible says; Eyes of God goes to and fro to know whose
hearts are pure; God is now using stones. Some will say; I was there, when they
started was with the mass choir; I was, I was; are all stories.
ü Stoney hearted people; People who originally hate the gospel and may even be killing
Christians. Eventually many will realize
that, there is more to life then fashion, make-up, sex, parties, making money.
ü Those written-off by
the world: People that are thought to be
useless; you say this are thieves, robbers. That robber at the right hand of
Jesus entered into paradise; He called Jesus Lord! when others are saying
crucify him; He negotiated his salvation on that cross with Jesus.
ü People from the
dunghill of life
ü Chronic unbelievers
ü Wicked people; you see witches and wizards drop their materials and surrender
their lives to Jesus.
Pray like this, where you
are; My Father, do not replace me with stones in the name of Jesus.
Have God
placed you in a position his kingdom; in mountain of fire, guard it well. There
are thousands of people ready to take your place.
God said; if this one keeps
quiet, this stone will cry out.
With this,
I realized that, Support, popularity, fame, prosperity, expansion is not a
yardstick that you have divine approval.
Lesson from
Wilderness Experience of Israelites
Go had
decided and concluded that He was going to destroy those people that said they
were grasshoppers. He declare that, the generation was a wasted generation and
He was going to waste them. There was a hanging judgment on them. One would
expect immediately, this declaration was made, they will die one by one,
through hunger, diseases and so on but
surprisingly, God gave them water from the ground, gave them meat, yet they
were wasted. God was doing all this to the people, He swore to destroy.
Couldn’t
it be that all the sweat, success story, breakthroughs, testimonies that you
have, could it be that it’s been reserve for you final wastage; because God was
blessing people who were under the sentence of wastage. It is a fearful thing
to know that God is busy searching underground for you replacement, It is a
serious matter.
We all
need to be carefully; the minister, leader, worker; If you decide you drop your
assignment, you will be amazed at the number of replacement stones that will
rush in to replace in.
Illustration story
In 1989,
when Mfm newly started, we had one person playing the organ, anytime he is
upset, he walk off; one person with guitar; anytime he is upset, he walk off.
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You see
people today; heaven places you in the prayer warrior team, evangelism team,
you are busy saying; we started together; you need to be careful so that the
lord will not replace you with stones.
Reason for Replacement by Stones
One quite
reason why God wants to replace many is due to their secret sins; cleverly concealed sin.
Your sin
is not a sleeping dog that should be left alone. Every sin requires a constant manufacture and reinforcement with any
other sins. That cleverly concealed sin is the root of so many other sins.
That
secret sin is polluting your prayers; it is strengthening your enemies. That
secret sin is a signal to God that you are taking your internal issues of
heaven and heal casually. If you take this message casually you will become a
casualty.
Illustration story:
A man murdered
another person; but this person struggled with him before he killed the person.
In the struggle one button of his coat fell down.
Every
cleverly concealed sin; secret sin can make you to smell in the nostrils of
God.
Thank God
Isaiah got another chance. Isaiah was able to identify the reason his position
was being advertised; it was unclean lips.
Just
unclean lips made a prophet undone. Then consider many of us who do not only
have unclean lips, but unclean hands, unclean eyes, unclean heart, unclean hears,
unclean legs.
Isaiah
did not fornicate, steal; it was only unclean lips that made heaven to
advertise to replace him with stone.
Illustration story:
A man arrived
heaven and found a giant notice board with advertisement.
I pray: Heaven will not replace you, in the name of Jesus.
Symptoms of being in the garden of Replacement by Stones
1.
Dry or
no quite time: wake up in the morning, no bible no prayer; heaven is
calling for your replacement because you can’t continue like that.
2.
No fresh revelation from heaven: Instead of spiritual activities that will make heaven give you revelations,
you are busy with unproductive chats
3.
Dry Bible study: Many can
pray, but to sit down and study the Bible is a problem. You do not attend Bible
study in church; you are only interested in prayers.
4.
When sleep has overtaken your prayers life.
5.
When dreaming of Stealing your Bible in dream.
6.
Failing in spiritual activity in the dream.
7.
Naked in the dream.
8.
Going from meaningful dream to meaningless dream.
9.
Going back to old sin: Go back
to the old sins that you left before you got born-again; the heave is calling
for you replacement
10.
Speaking powerless and dry tongues.
11.
Too busy to hear from God.
12.
Level of Secrecy is very high.
Why did
you stop those things you were doing for God? Who or What kept you quite? Is
your friends? Critics? Worldliness or poor time management?
You need
to arise and repent; shake yourself away from this satanic vacation the enemy
is putting you; Jump out of the sinking ship to the savior boat. You need to
cancel your travel ticket to the grave of nonexistence.
I wish to
announce to you now, God its raising Stones; Stones are being raised and they are
waiting to fulfill divine purpose. Ever ready to replace you.
What Do You Do?
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Make a
U-turn.
Rediscover
those things that made you the apple of God’s eye.
Go back
to your first love with God.
You used
to do soul lifting praise worship; you have stopped, go back.
You used
to do fervent prayers; you have stopped, go back.
They used
to call you mother of Jesus because of your uncompromising stand but you have
now begun to compromise, repent.
All the
worldly things you have left, one by one you are bringing them back.
This is a
warning from heaven Stones are being raised and you would not be able to bind,
stop or cast them away.
Make up
your mind; if your bible is dusty, blew the dust and start meditating on it.
This is a call to sit down and reevaluate your spiritual life. The bible in
your head is those, you have learnt when you were a child, no new ones.
v Genuinely Repent.
v Ask for Forgiveness and mercy.
v Ask of the grace of a second chance like Isaiah.
v Renew a lasting covenant with God.
Remember
the bible says; the stones which the builder rejected have become the chief stone
of the corner.
Illustration story
Many
years ago when we were very young Christians, there was a crusade. There is
this brother that is very wicked and loose. He doesn't care about anybody, smokes hemp; He mocks and despised Christians. We did not know we were looking
at a stone. A man was invited to come and preach and this wicked boy was
present. When the man of God took the altar call, this boy was the first
person; he surrenders his life to Christ. That same day he got the baptism of
the Holy Spirit, started speaking in tongue and seeing vision.
This was
the same wicked brother, good for nothing cult boy; now is praying in tongues,
praying for the dead people; all the people that have been born-again for years
are now following this former-wicked boy and are calling him; daddy ! Daddy! May Stones not Replace You!
Prayer Points
1. My Father! Have mercy on me! In the name of Jesus
2. Powers! Assigned to waste my salvation, die! In the name of
Jesus.
3. I refuse to be wasted, by the power in the blood of Jesus.
4. O God Arise and Revive me, In the name of Jesus.
5. Thou power of the strong man, blocking my chances, die! In the
name of Jesus.
6. Powers! That wants me to labour in vain, die! In the name of
Jesus
7. My life! Hear the word of the lord, move forward by fire, in the
name of Jesus.
8. Where is the lord God of Elijah? Arise; catapult my destiny, in
the name of Jesus.
Seven
Fold Amen with Faith!!!
Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen!
Amen! Amen!
2015 is your Year of multiple
restoration and unparalleled Favor in the name of Jesus
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