Ebenezer Okronipa

Speaker: Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa

Key Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 13:1-3, 1 Corinthians 14:1, Matthew 22:37-39, 1 John 4:7-8

The Greatest Quest: Love is not merely a spiritual option; it is the ultimate pursuit of the Christian life.

The Supremacy of Love: While spiritual gifts like prophecy, tongues, and miracles are desirable, they are "nothing" and "meaningless" without the foundation of love.

The Definition of Maturity: Spiritual growth is not measured by the intensity of one's spiritual gifts, but by one’s capacity to love and forgive others.

A Law of Necessity: Following Christ requires prioritizing love as a command, not a suggestion—loving God with all your heart and your neighbor as yourself.

For the Body, Not the Individual: Spiritual gifts and anointing are given to serve and protect the "weaker" members of the church body, just as the most vulnerable parts of the human body are the most covered and cared for.

Against Elitism: True spiritual power rejects social elitism; it does not favor the wealthy or educated over those who appear less prominent.

Kingdom Value: Anointing is intended to bring deliverance and change to others, not to build a personal reputation as a "major prophet" or servant of God.

Pastor Okronipa identifies six grave dangers for those who neglect the walk of love:

Faith Failure: Faith is "powered by love" (Galatians 5:6); if love is absent, your faith will stop working regardless of how many scriptures you confess.

Hindered Prayers: Harboring offense or bitterness against anyone—including family or leadership—acts as a barrier that prevents God from answering your petitions.

Disconnected Fellowship: Because "God is love," failing to love others means you are stepping out of alignment and fellowship with God's nature.

Open Doors to the Enemy: Bitterness and unreleased anger provide a "foothold" for demonic oppression and spiritual instability.

Zero Kingdom Profit: Even the most extreme sacrifices (like giving all your goods to the poor or giving your body to be burned) have "zero reward" if they are not rooted in love.

Spiritual Blindness: Claiming to be in the "light" while hating a brother means you are actually walking in darkness and deception.

Examine the "Heart-o-meter": Regularly check for hidden bitterness, jealousy, or envy that might be hindering your spiritual progress.

Celebrate Others: Mature love celebrates the success, gifts, and strengths of others without the need for competition.

Repent of Lovelessness: We must surrender ambitions and spiritual activities that are not rooted in the nature of Christ, which is love.

Closing Thought: "To grow spiritually is to grow in God, and to grow in God is to grow in love, because God is love."

Speaker: Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa

Scripture Focus: 1 Corinthians 13 & 14, 2 Thessalonians 3:5, Ephesians 5:1-2

In the Christian walk, there is a distinct hierarchy of spiritual priorities. While the church often emphasizes power and gifts, Scripture redirects our focus toward love as the "more excellent way."

The Command to Pursue: 1 Corinthians 14:1 instructs us to "Pursue love." The Greek word used here is dioko, which means to eagerly chase or hunt, much like a predator pursues its prey.

The Difference Between Desire and Quest: You are told to desire spiritual gifts but to make love your quest. You can desire something without chasing it, but a quest requires an intentional, life-altering pursuit.

The Goal: Love must be your "bullseye"—the very center of your spiritual aim.

1 Corinthians 13 highlights that the highest levels of spiritual operation are rendered useless if they are not fueled by love.

If you speak in the tongues of men or even angels but lack love, you are merely a "sounding brass" or a "clanging cymbal."

Without love, powerful prayer and tongues become an "empty sound" that is frustrating and irritating rather than transformative.

One can understand all mysteries and possess all knowledge, yet if love is absent, the person is "nothing."

Even faith that is powerful enough to remove mountains is profitless without the component of love.

Giving all your goods to the poor or even giving your body to be burned (martyrdom) profits you nothing if the motivation is not love.

Correction on Human Love: Often, we mistake "kindness" or "human affinity" for God's love. True Agape goes beyond loving those in our circle; it is a supernatural disposition.

The Bible establishes that love is the greatest of the abiding virtues.

The Abiding Three: Faith, hope, and love remain, but love is the greatest.

The More Excellent Way: 1 Corinthians 12:31 transitions into the love chapter by promising to show us a way that is superior to all spiritual offices and gifts.

To pursue love is to pursue the very nature of God.

Directed Hearts: 2 Thessalonians 3:5 is a prayer that the Lord "direct your hearts into the love of God." This implies that our hearts need divine navigation to stay aligned with His love.

Imitating the Father: Ephesians 5:1-2 calls us to be "imitators of God" as dear children.

The Standard of Christ: We are commanded to "walk in love, as Christ also has loved us." This is a sacrificial love—one that gives itself up as an offering.

An "excellent" church is not defined by its social gatherings or the fame of its leaders, but by its operation in love and the Spirit.

Love Removes Barriers: When a church walks in the love of God, tribalism, social status, and personal offenses disappear.

Gifts Flourishing in Love: Spiritual gifts (prophecy, healing, miracles) should be evident in the church, but they must be exercised through the "more excellent way" of love to be effective.

A Burden for the People: The greatest drain on a leader is not the exercise of power, but the emotional labor of counseling those who are not walking in love and are thus easily frustrated or offended.

Make the love of God your Great Quest. Do not be satisfied with merely being "spiritual" or "gifted." Ask the Holy Spirit to direct your heart into a love that is sacrificial, consistent, and modeled after Jesus Christ.

Prayer Point: "Lord, direct my heart into Your love. Let my life be an imitation of Christ's love in every word and action."

Preacher: Rev. DR. Ebenezer Okronipa

Life is filled with many challenges, calamities, and sorrows that can cause people to feel backward, negative, or overwhelmed.

Definition: A turning point is a divine encounter or a specific point in time that shifts a person from backwards to forwards, negativity to positivity, and sorrow to rejoicing.

The Reality of Struggle: Everyone, regardless of their background, faces something that weighs them down—be it in education, marriage, health, or personal shame.

The Human Response: In the midst of problems, people often look for help in the wrong places, such as:

Juju/Occultism: Seeking supernatural help from sources other than God.

Human Influence: Relying on wealthy or influential people who ultimately have limitations.

Destructive Habits: Turning to drugs, alcohol, or other vices to numb the pain.

Key Thought: Human beings are limited and will eventually fail you, even those with the best intentions.

If God created a perfect world, why is there so much suffering?

The Perfect Beginning: God created everything perfect in the Garden of Eden, with man made in His own image.

The Fall of Man: Through the deception of the serpent and the disobedience of Adam and Eve, sin entered the world.

The Consequence: Every challenge—sickness, broken hearts, mental breakdowns, and poverty—is a manifestation of the "death" that resulted from sin.

Jesus Christ is the only one who can truly change a person’s situation because He is the Way, the Truth, the Life, and the Light.

Case Study: The Woman with the Issue of Blood

The Condition: She suffered for 12 years with a constant flow of blood.

The Frustration: She spent all her money on various doctors but only grew worse.

The Isolation: Under Levitical law, she was considered "unclean," leading to spiritual, emotional, and social isolation.

The Encounter: She heard about Jesus—the one who healed the blind, the deaf, and even raised the dead.

The Act of Faith: She told herself, "If I may but touch the hem of His garment, I shall be made whole".

The Result: The moment she touched Him, 12 years of suffering ended instantly.

Pastor Okronipa outlines the A-B-C-D steps to receiving a miracle and salvation through Jesus:

A - Accept: Acknowledge that you are a sinner in need of help.

B - Believe: Have faith that Jesus came to die for your sins and was resurrected for your justification.

C - Confess: Declare with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord.

D - Dedicate: Commit your life to serving Him forever; this includes joining a community of believers (the Church).

Jesus wants your joy to be full. He is able to move you from obscurity to prominence and from being a "nobody" to a "somebody". No matter the generational curse or the length of the struggle, an encounter with Jesus is the turning point you need.

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa

Scripture Focus: 1 Corinthians 15:20-23

The Definitive Event: The resurrection is the single event that sets Jesus Christ above every historical or religious figure.

Fulfilled Prophecy: Unlike other leaders who died and remained in the grave, Jesus predicted His death and His return to life, bringing salvation to humanity.

The Consummation of Promises: Jesus is the fulfillment of every promise God ever made to man; He is the "one single heart desire" and vision of God.

The Firstfruit: Christ has risen from the dead and become the "firstfruits" of those who have fallen asleep (died in faith).

The Two Adams: * Through one man (Adam), death entered the world.

Through another man (Christ), the resurrection from the dead came to all.

Life in Him: "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive."

Moving Beyond Application: Many Christians have weak faith because they try to apply the Word to their lives rather than seeing themselves in the Word.

Living Expressions: We are called to be "living expressions" of the Word of God—Word in motion and power in action.

Subjective Understanding: We must lose our "objectivity" toward life and subject our understanding entirely to what God has said.

Breaking Lineages: When you find yourself in the Scriptures, you are no longer a victim of generational curses or bloodline patterns; your bloodline is now defined by Christ.

To have strong faith, one must understand Jesus in three specific roles:

The King: The sovereign ruler.

The Savior (Messiah): The one who delivers.

The Lamb of God: The sacrifice who takes away the sins of the entire world (including the media and unbelievers), not just Christians.

The Scrutiny: As a "Lamb without blemish," Jesus' life was questioned and scrutinized by man, yet He died sinless for the sake of sinners.

The Victory in Hell: After His physical death, Jesus' soul entered Hell to defeat Satan and take the keys of death and Hades (Revelation 1:18).

The Power of an Endless Life: * Other resurrections (like Lazarus) were returns to a mortal life that would eventually end again.

Christ’s resurrection introduced a "new kind of life"—Zoe, which is eternal, incorruptible, and undying.

No Fear of Death: Because Jesus holds the keys, a Christian should not fear death. It is not an end, but a transition to being present with the Lord.

Authority Over Sickness and Poverty: Resurrection life (immortality) is at work in our spirits now. We can use this "on-diability" to combat cancer, diabetes, and lack, as these are expressions of mortality and decay.

The Witness of the Spirit: Even though we did not see the empty tomb physically, the Holy Spirit reveals the truth of the resurrection to our hearts, creating a transformation more powerful than physical sight.

Core Message:

"Everything that is supposed to be the foundation of our faith and the foundation of our hope is already outlined in the Bible... our story has already been written."

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa

Matthew 21:9 (Hosanna – Save us now)

John 1:29 (The Lamb of God)

Isaiah 53:5

John 19:30

Luke 22:19

Matthew 26:14–16

The celebration of Jesus was a sign that He is the Messiah.

“Hosanna” means Save us now.

Jesus came to give:

Peace

Salvation

Restoration

Jesus came for:

Deliverance from sin

Eternal restoration

Transformation of the soul

Jesus is the Saviour of our souls.

Jesus paid the full price for our redemption.

We do not need to pay again.

📖 John 19:30 — “It is finished.”

Because of His sacrifice:

We can claim everything salvation provides

We have access to grace, freedom, and new life

Jesus is the Lamb of God.

The Lamb represents:

Sacrifice

Vulnerability

Divine selection

📖 John 1:29

Jesus was chosen by God to be sacrificed for humanity.

The breaking of Jesus’ body was for our sake.

📖 Luke 22:19

His suffering brought:

Healing

Redemption

Restoration

Wherever betrayal is present, Satan is involved.

Judas is often blamed, but many believers also betray Jesus through:

Wrong choices

Compromise

Personal gain

Betrayal causes a person to lose spiritual quality and integrity.

Sometimes one prayer is not enough.

You must continue praying persistently.

Breakthrough requires:

Consistency

Endurance

Spiritual hunger

Jesus is the Messiah who came to save, restore, and transform lives.

He paid the full price, so we can live in freedom and victory.

However:

We must guard against betrayal

We must remain committed to Him

We must persist in prayer

Salvation is free, but sustaining your walk with God requires commitment.

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa

There is a difference between activity and accuracy.

Life is not about just doing something.

Destiny is not guaranteed when power is not at play.

Power is best explained through experience.

📖 Acts 10:38

“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power…”

Even Jesus needed power to fulfill destiny.

As a man with a mandate, you need a mantle.

A mandate without power is frustration.

Power is a force that:

Controls a generation

Causes systems to submit

Establishes authority

Enforces destiny

If you are not empowered, you will be controlled by others.

When people are empowered:

They become rebellious to negativity

They refuse oppression

They resist limitation

Having a good heart without power is useless.

Having nobility without empowerment is still useless.

📖 Acts 1:8

“You shall receive power…”

Christianity without power is theory.

Men of prayer are men of power.

Power flows from:

Prayer

The Holy Spirit

Spiritual alignment

Intimacy with God

Destiny is not fulfilled by wishes.

You don’t fulfill destiny by emotion.

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa

📖 1 Chronicles 12:32

“And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do…”

The sons of Issachar were:

Men of understanding

Men who knew the times and seasons

Men who knew what Israel ought to do

They did not just know the time —

The Issachar anointing is:

The grace to discern times and seasons

Insight into what must be done per season

Spiritual intelligence for your generation

The ability to interpret what God is doing now

It gives men:

Direction

Counsel

Strategy

Alignment

Do not compare yourself to others

The sons of Issachar had knowledge and counsel for their generation.

Don’t measure yourself by how others are performing.

Pray for discernment and alignment

Ask God for:

Understanding

Spiritual sensitivity

Alignment with His agenda

Discernment is knowing:

Many people fail not because they lack strength —

When you know your season:

You don’t force things.

You don’t compete wrongly.

You move with precision.

Tuesday Teaching and Miracle Service

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa

📖 Genesis 1:28

The word fruit comes from the Greek word “Karpos” (often spelled Kapos in notes), meaning:

The result of life in a living organism

The visible evidence of vitality

Fruit is proof that you matter.

When you refuse to produce fruit, extinction begins.

God wants us to do well in the area of fruitfulness.

Sympathy never changes lives.

Faith changes circumstances.

If something happens to you, the solution is in you.

True fruit is contained in souls.

True fruit is:

The product of the gospel

The produce of the gospel

Lives translated from death to life

📖 Mark 16:15

The gospel is:

The power of God

The wisdom of God

The gospel is God’s message to men that brings salvation.

God does not save men by angels.

📖 2 Corinthians 5:18–19

There must be a message in your mouth.

If you are not fruitful in soul winning, you are jeopardizing your future.

Souls are valuable.

The devil fears the gospel — therefore he brings distractions.

Distraction is one of Satan’s most effective weapons.

Satan is aggressive against the gospel because:

A gospel kept in the church is power being wasted.

A seed kept in the bank does not grow.

Fire that stays in one place eventually dies.

The gospel is fire — if it does not spread, it weakens.

Spiritual power activated by prayer and the Word.

Communal love — unity and fellowship.

Population — growth through evangelism.

📖 Luke 19:10

📖 Luke 10:2

Everyone who believes must labor with Him.

📖 Mark 16:15

📖 Ezekiel 33:6–8

There is no miracle without the gospel.

Fruitfulness is not optional — it is a command.

The proof of life is fruit.

If the gospel is in you, it must move through you.