Introducing Bishop Tudor Bismark as an apostolic voice to the nations from the age of 17 till now as he preaches the gospel from Zimbabwe to all over the world, Pastor Poju invited him to the podium to minister.
Mounting the pulpit, Bishop Tudor started his message by thanking God for his mercies upon our lives, for the good and the bad of 2020, he led the congregation in singing the worship song – ‘imela’.
‘Imela, imela, okaka oyekeruwa
Imela imela, eze mo….’
Taking his scripture from Matthew 13:11, where Jesus spoke in parables about the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus spoke a lot in Parables, which is an earthly story with heavenly meaning. A believer must be given to know the secret of Kingdom.
Pray this – ‘Heavenly father, give to me to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.’
Luke 8:10
Speaking further, the preacher said of 17 different mysteries mentioned in the Bible.
Including
1. The mystery of the kingdom of God
2. The mystery of Israel
3. The mystery of iniquity
4. The mystery of God
5. The mystery of godliness
6. The mystery of God’s will
7. The mystery of Christ
8. The mystery of the gospel
9. The mystery of faith – the currency of the heavens.
10. The mystery of incarnation
11. The mystery of Ressurection
13. The mystery of Body of Christ
14. The mystery of Israel’s blindness
15. The mystery of the rapture of the church
16. The mystery of the Antichrists
17. The mystery of Babylon the great
The focal point of today’s message is on the MYSTERY OF FAITH.
The mystery of faith is the currency of the heavens, because it is by faith we receive what we cannot see.
There are three branches in this scripture on the use of faith.
1. The fundamental of the faith theology.
That is the most basic believe in God and his existence.
2. The act and art and science of believing.
The art and act of faith is knowing how to work a thing.
The science of faith works with order, just like Jesus did in organising the multitude into groups of fifty when he was multiplying the bread for thousands of people to eat.
The science of faith also believes in the natural order of things, like how we don’t check the chairs before we sit on it.
3. The mastery of a lifestyle.
Here it is impossible not to believe, because like Abraham, your face is strong, it doesn’t stagger at the promises of God. Until faith becomes a lifestyle, trusting God will be difficult.
Faith is a mystery. It works when you cannot see. So faith is working for you right now though you may not see it.
Once manifestation comes, there is no need for faith, there is need for management.
Faith demands order.
Once something comes into manifestation, one has to grow in management.
Faith pleases God and when you pray for it , God will send you opportunities to increase your faith.
Faith is predicting your future. It is activating and calling into existence your future.
In Gen. 30. Jacob activated his future through faith here.
This was what Jacob did when he realized he could use his faith to wrestle with the angel of God.
Faith moves Jesus.
Just like the story of Lazarus, when Jesus became the resurrection and the life to bring him back to life.
We could access this power of resurrection and the life into our lives even right now like the woman with the issue of blood did (Matt 9).
Some of us have forgotten how to believe, how to surrender, how to serve and how to keep trusting God. We must be revived and start believing God again.
The woman with the issue of blood had to touch the garment of Jesus, so that Jesus’ fruitfulness will also become hers.
Today, we can decide to touch the garment of Jesus and receive life for whatever deadness we are experiencing.
Just like Jairus begged Jesus to help his unbelieve, today, we can come to Jesus to help our faith.
The story of two men in Matthew 17, when Jesus met with father Moses and Elijah and in their discussion were joking about the agency of grace. Jesus warned them not to tell anyone what they had seen till after the resurrection.
Afterwards Jesus met the boy who was demon possessed from little and cast out the devil which his disciples couldn’t cast out. This was a manifestation of faith.
He prayed for God to increase our faith.
This is the generation to witness manifestations that has never been witnessed in history.
It is time to believe that your faith will fight for you, it is time to believe God.
Matthew 8 also had the story of a centurion who had faith for the healing of his sick servant.
This impressed Jesus and he marvelled at the faith of the centurion.
And as Jesus sent the word over to the sick servant for immediate healing, we can sent forth faith to our situations wherever we find ourselves.
Having survived three times from sickness in 2020, Bishop says his faith has grown even larger in 2021.
Hold on to the power of God and believe what God says and what He has promised.
If you are like Paul and your ship has broken right in the middle of the sea. While you are swimming for your life, hold on to the largest piece of your vision, because you will build on that again.
The bishop sharing his life story of him being the first of ten children and how with his mum, they joined the Pentecost movement in Zimbabwe while he was just starting his O’level.
Today he is preaching the gospel all over the world, the same with all his siblings, they are all doing great for the Lord, serving all over the world in different capacities. Though they started so small, their manifestation has become massive.
And his ministry from starting very small is now grown and is in 40 countries.
Bishop Tudor closed his message by praying for the congregation –
May God bless our hands….
Those hands will build things that generations will wonder at, they will write books and songs that nations will marvel at, they will build legacies and do great things
God is blessing our baskets…
Like the little boy that had five loads but got blessed till he had 12 extra baskets.
Our storehouses will be opened and we will feed the nation, we will feed our enemies and our cups will never run out.
Amen.