The Perfect & Permissive Will of God

Opportunity to be in God's presence this morning. God is so merciful to us and his church. I always like to give the background story behind the Word that came. So it's always kind of fun in summer.

So this morning I was just praying normally, then I was not reading scripture normally so and a scripture popped up. So I prefer even though this will be like a Bible study instead. Because God is saying that the church needs to study his words more often that we need to study the Word. You know, there's a difference between preaching and difference between studying the word of God.

Preaching is like proclaiming and declaring blessings to the church or things like that. But there is also need for us to study the word. Bible says study to see yourself are proven to God. A workman that need not be ashamed.

Before I before we go into the topic of today, I saw something that a verse that struck me that I feel that should be shared with the church. First Corinthians chapter 6 from verse 9. First Corinthians chapter 6 from verse nine. And I read, do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God?

Do not be deceived. First Corinthians 6, verse 9. Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, homosexual sodomites, thieves, covetous, drunkards, moribi labs, no extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

The reason why I quoted the scripture now is because I asked myself who wrote this thing? This was Paul that wrote this thing. Guess who was writing it to. He was writing it to the church.

And you would think that because his church. There are some things that should not be mentioned in church, like this thing. Maybe you should be talking to unbelievers. People that are in the world is telling the church, don't be deceived.

The unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God. Neither fornicators, neither people are doing, committing adultery or people that are doing idolaters, nor homosexuals. No sodomites, not thieves nor covetous. Now I'm asking myself, is it that Paul do not know that he's talking to Christians, he's talking to believers in the church.

But yeah, Paul is saying this thing. And I got to understand that. Okay, that means there is a tendency for you to know the word of God, hear it every day, and yet you can be deceived and still commit fornication. I know the funny thing you can.

We can still do all of this thing that I mentioned here. I. I am idolatry for Example, you can still do all those things mentioned here and you still think that because you are doing so much for God. God not really considered that. Brethren, I think God is trying to tell us something here.

I don't know why this particular verse, this is not a topic anyways, but I feel that God wants to say something here that don't allow yourself to be deceived. Just because we are doing a lot for God, Just because I am doing so much for God does not warrant me to go into any of these things. Does not warrant me to commit idolatry. You know, we commit idolatry today in different ways.

By us giving our time to something else other than God, we are sometimes committing idolatry. Anything that takes the time that is meant for God, you give it to another thing that is idolatry. The time you are meant to be studying, the time you are meant to be praying, we give it to something else. Sometimes our work becomes our idol.

We give so much emphasis on the work that becomes an idol. So I'm saying here that what is telling us to do, don't be deceived. He's talking to believers. This letter was written to believers, not unbelievers.

People that know very well. So the fact that Paul has to tell, imagine, I'm sure you might be talking to elders, talking to people that have been in church for years, telling them, don't be deceived, don't do any of these things. So this world is also a word of His Word, like a reminder for the church. No matter how much I live for God, it doesn't warrant you to do anything.

You don't have the liberty to now go into all of those things. And you now be like, at least I've done much. And sometimes we use our donations, we use our generosity in the church and everything to cover up your flaws. May God help us in this world.

I don't emphasize too much on that. So the topic today, I was reading the Book of Numbers and something popped up and I was like, okay, what does this thing mean? The topic is the perfect will of God and the permissive will of God. The perfect will of God and the permissive will of God.

And if you notice the trend of what is going on this year, I'm telling you, if you are very sensitive in spirit, you see that God is actually moving. Sometimes it might not look as if things are shaking. That that's what things don't need to shake before God moves. God does not need to come with lightning bolts or whatever before he's moving.

I don't know if you understand what I'm saying. So the perfect will and permissive will of God. Why did this topic come? I got to understand that there is actually a perfect will of God for his church and a permissive will of God for his church.

But God will have us that we allow his perfect will to be done in the church. I want to look at some true stories today and trust God to lead us and we can learn from that story. Like I said, I rather that we do a Bible study that even in preaching because we need to study the Bible and see everything that is happening now. There's nothing that is new under the sun.

Whatever you are seeing today, there is a story in the scripture that tries to explain what is happening now. But the problem is that many do not study the scripture so much. Let's look at the book of Numbers. Numbers chapter coming.

Numbers 22. Looking from verse 18. Now listen carefully to this story, this story of Balaam and Balak. Balaam was a sorcerer who happens also to be a prophet.

Somehow. Somehow strangely, he was also someone that could hear the voice of God and speak God's word. But he was doing it. He was also a sorcerer like he.

Okay, in modern language he would sound like a native doctor. Balak was like a native doctor, but he could hear the voice of God. God was speaking through him. That one is even another story on his own.

But the fact that God could speak through somebody that is like a pagan or someone that practice witchcraft or juju, don't you think? You know, that's another thing that will help break some stronghold in life of people. Many people in the church feel that God cannot speak to them. I think you should go and read the story of Balaam.

If you know who Balaam was, you know that you yourself, you can hear God. This guy spoke, he prophesied four accurate, solid prophecies concerning Israel. And he was in the midst of sorcery doing all this juju oracle thing like that. And he spoke expressly what God said he heard from God.

And God said, you are only permitted to speak what I tell you to speak. If God can speak through that kind of vessel, you know, because the people in church today, many of us will think that, oh, I must be of a certain level, I must be pure, holy before God can speak to me. Bible says, my sheep hear me and follow me. That means if you have given your life to Christ, hear God.

So it's not a matter of my. It's not a matter of how Pure, how holy. I see. Because that thing has hindered a lot of people from receiving from God.

That's why you always see them running to prophets, running to high pastor, running to this, running here. Meanwhile, you can hear the same thing. Isaiah, I'm not saying that God cannot tell you to go and meet somebody to speak. But I'm saying that the one that sensitized in that man is also in you.

But there are cases where God will tell you, go and meet somebody, go and talk to this person. But I'm saying that God can also speak to you the same way he spoke to the prophet, the same way he can speak to a diviner. Diviner, he can also speak to you. I said, that's by the way.

Anyways, I think that word is for someone. So now let's look at numbers 2218. We trust the Holy Spirit to help us. Now, I've already given the context.

Let me just give you a little context before we go there so you understand where we are coming from. The people of Israel, they have grown and multiplied so much that they were doing too much. So Balak was afraid. I was like, ah, I cannot fight against these people.

Said, let me call somebody to curse them so that they can be weakened. They believe in the kings. Then they. They always relied on spiritual powers because they know that, oh, to run a kingdom, you need power.

That seems to happen in government today. You think you can run Nigeria, you can run things without something holding you. Either you are holding God or you are holding something else. That's.

That's one thing. So anyway, so he called them to come and cause them so that he can receive blessings. But let's look at now the story from verse 18. Now remember, the topic is what the perfect will of God and the permissive will of God.

Now, Balaam answered and said unto them, okay, let me. Okay, let me start from. Let me start from verse 12. Okay, let me start from verse 7.

Let me start from verse 6. Now come, therefore I pray thee, come. Curse me these people, for they are too mighty for me. Per venture, I shall prevail.

Then we may smite them, and I may drive them out of the land. Why? What? That he whom thou bless is blessed and him whom thou curse is cursed.

Verse 7 now says, and the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the reward or divination in their hand. And they came unto Balaam and spake unto him the words of Balaam. And he said unto them, lodge here this night, and I will bring you Word again as the Lord shall speak to me. And the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

And God came unto Balaam and said, what men are these? And Balaam said unto God, now you know the city. Funny thing, verse 9 God is asking Balaam, who are these people? Is it that God did not know who these people are?

So whenever God asks questions, you have to understand, whenever God asks a question in the Bible, he's trying to check your heart. He's trying to allow you to check your own heart. Do an inward check. When God asks Adam, where are you Adam?

He's trying to allow Adam to understand that something is wrong with him. He's no more where it's meant to be. So whenever God asks a question, understand that it's not because he doesn't know he's the God of knowledge. He's trying to allow Balaam to understand.

Look at the people that are coming to him. And Balaam said unto God, Balak, the son of Zipporah, King of Marba, sent unto to me, saying, behold, the people is come from Egypt that cover the face of the earth. Now come cause them per venture, I shall be able to overcome them driving out God. Now look, this is where we are coming to now.

Verse 4. And God said unto Balam, thou shalt not go with them. Thou shalt not cause these people, for they are blessed full sp. He has said it.

That is what perfect will of God. He has already told him clearly once. Now verse 13, Balaam rose up in the morning and told them, I'm just. Let me just start paraphrasing.

Because of time he said, the Lord refused me to give to leave to go with you. And they went away. And they went to go and tell Balak. Now he brought in more people to bribe him.

Still you can see what's going on. He brought him open to bribe him. Now, now Balak sent more princes and everything. Verse 16 we jump there same thing happened again.

Verse 17 he said, Will promote thee with very great honor. I will do whatever he says unto him. Come therefore, I pray thee, curse me these people. Balaam now said again that even if Balaam give him silver and gold and everything, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more after all those things.

Now therefore I pray you, are you here this night? Night that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more. Are you seeing what is happening there? So you see that it's a matter of the heart.

It's a matter of the heart. Balaam already had something in mind. He already had something in mind. That is why he went to ask God.

Somehow he went to ask God the second time because God has already said it. Now look at now, this is what this bad has showed me. And God said unto Balaam at night, if the men come to call thee, rise up and go with them. But yet the word which I say unto thee, thou shalt do.

Now ask yourself, is it that God changed his mind the next day or what? God just said something here. Now he's not saying that if these people come to you, rise up and go with them, but yet shall the word which I give unto you, thou shalt do. Now start asking yourself questions.

So whenever you're reading the scripture, ask yourself questions like, wait, what is God trying to do here? Like, is it not the one that just said, Is it not the one that just said Jesus? Now he's now saying something else here. Did I change his mind?

So if you look at another translation, they said that night God came to Balaam and said, if this man have come to ask you to go with them, get ready and go. But do only what I tell you. Now this is where we are coming to. Now I am this.

I believe that every word that is coming, God is trying to tell his church something. The Bible says, let in the earth hear what the Spirit says to what the churches. What God is saying to one is saying to all, let him die. What the Spirit says to the churches, God is saying that I have given.

I've told you already what to do. Stop asking me. You see, let me tell you something. If.

If you. Let's go to the second story itself. That is verse number one. I will come back here.

We'll come back here. Now let's look at the second instance of this thing. Let's look at First Corinthians 6, verse 8 to 10. Sorry, the story of David, First Samuel.

Sorry, story of Saul, First Samuel 8, verse 7. Let's go. First Samuel, chapter 8, verse 7. Now see the second one.

You see? First Psalm 8, verse 7. And the Lord said to. Now let's look up 1, verse 6, verse 6.

But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the Lord, listen. And the Lord said unto Samuel, hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee, for they have not rejected thee, for they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. Verse 9.

Now therefore, hearken unto thy voice. How be it yet? Protest solemnly unto them and show them the manner of king that shall reign over them. And Samuel told all the words of the Lord of the Lord unto the people that asked them.

And he explained. He now described the kind of king that will be them. What am I saying? Did you see that?

Now look at that instant. Even in the wilderness, the people complained. God was giving them manna. The people complained and God did what allowed them.

I am saying that there are certain things that is the perfect will of God for a church. But if you insist on your will, God will permit the permissive will. Brethren, I want us to pray that God help me to seek your perfect will for your church. Many of us will have watered down God's perfect will.

Do you know that is God's perfect will? He said, in the last days I'll pour out my spirit upon what all, all flesh, all your sons and daughter. Words, prophesy. Young men will dream, will see visions.

Old men will dream dreams. This God's perfect will for his church. But I'm saying that if you insist on your own, if you want to control what God wants, God will allow you and see and see you go to heaven. But I'm telling you that you will miss out on so many things that God have done.

I. I said something one day, one time like that. It's good to plan. It's good to have a direction, it's good to have a goal. But make sure you give room for the Holy Spirit to come in this.

You're in a boat. You're in a boat, right? It's good to say, okay, we are traveling. You know, back then they travel with boat.

Ship. Right? You're traveling from Africa to another continent. It's good.

Okay, that's our destination, final destination. Right, but can you just permit the Holy Spirit? Say Holy Spirit. Okay, fine.

This is where we are going to. But just in case. So just in case you want to, you know, take us to maybe a place better or just in case you just want to override this. Feel free.

Anytime. Anytime. That is how the church should be led. As many that are led by the spirit of God.

They are the true songs of God. I promise you this word is not rehearsed. It was just this morning, just around at 6:30. Like I was doing my normal distance because I'm reading Bible in a year, so sometimes it just pop up.

And I was asking myself, is it that God changed his mind? You just go to said, don't go. Nelson said, if you go tell them this thing. Now let's go Back to that one we're going back to now.

Let's go back there. See, listen carefully. Something's going to happen. You're saying something clearly now.

You see this won't break a lot of things that some of us, we have believed so much. God has said a word. You now because of your upbringing, because of the way you are brought up on everything thing you not start watching down the world. God will allow you.

He. He cannot force you. He will not force you. He has spoken something.

You now want to cheapen your own addition extra. You have just sp it. Oh Allah. Let's look at it.

Number 22 again. Now see the funny thing God. It now looks as if God was joking or whining. I was not like wait, is it that God was joking with this guy?

If the men shall come to you, rise up and go with them. But yet the word which I say unto thee, thou shalt thou do. And Balam rose up now see, he said if they come to you to call thee, rise up. Now look at verse 21.

Take note to see. Let's go. Verse 19 again. Oh sorry, verse 18.

Let's go 18 again. So understand what's going on. Said unto the Sabbath servant of Balak, if Balak will give me his house of fever, I cannot go beyond the word of God to do less or more. And I say now therefore I pray thee, tarry ye also here this night that I may know what God will say unto me more.

What else are you looking for? You see, sometimes God has answered our prayer. But you're looking for. You are still.

You are still feeling that? Okay, God said don't go to that person, leave that person alone, leave that business. But see what will happen with us. We still go and be praying about that thing.

You are very clearly. Three people have told you. Say sir, sorry, God told me that I. I don't think you should go in that business. Someone else is telling you.

I don't think you should go. That someone. I don't. But you still want to do and still go and be praying.

Let your will be done. Ah f. Bring this thing. Let it come down, let it come all. When you pray against the word of God, you are going astray.

And God can permit it go. That's the only thing you see. If you believe that God does not exist, do you know what happened to you? God will make sure that he doesn't exist in your life.

That's how terrible it is. He said in hearing, they will hear in seeing. Sorry, they will try to Hear, but they will never ever be able to hear. They say, ever learning, but never coming to the truth.

That's the New Testament. I can't recall the exact verse. He said that there will come a time that people will be reading this Bible. They'll continue reading it, they'll come to church every Sunday.

But they'll never ever be able to understand God. Why? Because they have set their hearts. They have blocked their hearts.

See, if you block your heart when God is speaking, God will make sure your heart becomes reprobate. That's what he did for Pharaoh. God showed this guy Pharaoh mercy how many times he got to a point that the Bible now made it clear that God now had him his heart first. Look at what happened first.

Pharaoh was the one hiding his heart. He was hiding his hands. Slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly. No, no, no, no.

Say you are trying to show that you are strong, okay? God now made it that everybody else repented. The people, the people that were advising Pharaoh to do bad, they were like, ah, sir, I think it's time to stop. These guys will kill us.

In fact, the people that were around, they were saying, ah, Pharaoh has gone mad. He's already mad for the fact that he has seen four plagues. The people could not replicate it again. They were like, Olga, you don't do.

Do you want everybody to die here? He continued, why? Because the Bible says God. Now what?

Harden his heart. Pray that God does not hide in your heart. You see, there are certain things that simple instruction God can give you. You keep adding your heart.

Small, small things. If you continue ignoring God's instruction, what happens is that God leads you to heart, to your own heart. And you continue working in the path. And guess what?

Uniformity. You will never be able to know that you are wrong. If God does not. If God will not show you mercy.

And that's very sad. May we not go to the point with God that, huh. You know, there's a way you can go astray so much that you continue going that is like road of never return. That okay, Even if you want to go back, it will take.

It can take a century, hundred, you know, to God a thousand, you know, like a thousand years. Like one day in God's eye. So it's not nothing much. If God say, oh, before this, I do this thing again in this church next 100 years, God forbid.

May not be that God has said something. Look at now God has said something. Zechariah 8. May not be that because of the hardness of her, because of one thing or the other your human understanding they trying to say.

I've said this thing Abi and you don't want to believe. Fine. No. Allah have your way.

Take. No, no, no take. Do what you want to do. Continue praying.

Pray the ones do the way you want to do. Continue fasting, continue doing all your things. Don't listen to me, okay, Continue permissive will of God Because God is merciful, God is faithful. He will not allow you to perish.

But that perfect thing he wanted to do that maybe he will have done in just two weeks. We have done it in two weeks. What took some generation hundreds of years to accomplish, he can do it in one. See, it doesn't take God doesn't take God anything to register me today I go to China.

How many did you think to wreck the building yet he wrecked seven story building, ten in one day. One day. He doesn't pay God anything to wreck his church in a single moment. But I'm saying that if we continue to add in our hearts like this guy.

If you have your own conclusion, if you are writing the conclusion of the matter in your heart before God has written it. I'm saying that you will never be able to come to certain things of God. See, I, I, I think ah, God help us. Thank you Holy Spirit.

See, God has to help us. See, let me tell you something. 2026. Oh God, this 2026 is very crucial to this church.

I'm not even joking. If, if, if we get it wrong. Now I see it's not, it's not prophecy of, it's not doomed or anything but I'm, I see, I said God is trying to tell us See, be careful this year if may not be that we will labor in vain. God forbid.

But see, I'm saying that if you, if you are, if you box God, if you box him, if you try to put him in your container, you want See people are. There are a lot of witches in this church. Go, God have mercy. Now let me tell you what now when you say what you think is about.

No, no, let me explain what I mean which is witchcraft is basically you trying to manipulate God to please you. Anytime you try to manipulate something to your own outcome, that's witchcraft. You know when the Bible witchcraft you think it's about going to juju and point this concussion. That one is even the local, that's even the lowest form of witchcraft which the highest one witchcraft is the one that does not look like wearing red clothes.

You're not wearing red clothes. You're not going to To Bush, you are. You are a normal human being, but you are manipulating people. You are manipulating things so that I can please you.

You are trying to manipulate God to answer you in a certain way. That is witchcraft, see? Or you manipulate somebody. You tell the person different things so that the person will adjust your distance.

That is witchcraft. That's how witchcraft do. Now they will try to do something so that you stop doing what you are doing. See, I'm saying this now.

I said, who has bewitched you, oh foolish Galatians, that you were walking in the spirit, suddenly you now went back to the flesh. I don't know that First Corinthians came. You see, I was asking myself, why is Paul saying this thing to the church? Is it that the church does not know?

Thomas, it's possible for us to be deceived. Even the very late can be deceived. I'm saying, don't think you are too big in God that you cannot be deceived. You can be deceived.

That's why you always pray. God, search my heart every morning. Pray, check, check Gospel letters me, Lord, check my heart. Check my heart right now.

Did I speak too harshly? Was I rude? Was I cold? Was I proud?

Check me, check me. And when somebody now corrects you, you are now blocking it. You see, if you continue blocking your heart, suddenly nobody will correct you again. And guess what?

God allowed to continue in that direction. And you can continue praying on a matter and nothing will change. We are talking about the perfect view and permissible will of God. And I'm saying that God, just because God permits something, this is.

This is the part that people don't like to hear in the church. Just because God permitted this thing does not mean that that's his divine will, does not mean that he approves it. Can I prove this to you? Did God not permit that the Israel should have a king?

He permitted them. Was it? Was it? Was it?

Did he approve of it? He said, let them not allow. See, not because I permit something. Sometimes I can't permit something because you lack understanding.

So I'll just say it's fine, sir. But deep down, if you ask me if you are. If you are very close with me, I'll tell you to be honest, I will not allow that thing. If I.

If, if I. If you were very close, but because you are far away from me, so I can allow you. It's fine. You see, that's.

Anything that now God has to help us see is a call for prayer, for repentance. Okay? Look at now you see the same thing that happened to this guy Balaam. Now let's start the story of Jesus Christ.

I, I have a group chat. So I, I asked this question this morning. I was like, ah, is it that God was joking when he told Balaam, don't go with Balak the next few verses. He said, if you go with them, make sure you speak my word now.

Okay, I was trying to arrive at something. Let's look at verse 22 on that. Numbers 22, verse 22. Look at verse 21 said, and Balaam rose up in the morning, saddled his ass and went with the priest of moab.

Look, verse 20 now said, and God's anger was kindled because he went, Jesus, are you getting what I'm saying? Verse 20 said, if the men come to thee, rise up and go with them. Is it not God that said it? Verse 20, not saying God's anger was not kindled because he went and the angel of the Lord stood in the way of for an adversary against him, Jesus Christ.

Now he was riding upon his ass and the two servants were with him. Now go and read your other visit. Now see the point. See how, See how the God of this age has blinded the eyes of men?

Do you see how? Let me show you how blind this guy was. Someone that heard from God will not see that an angel of God was standing in front, blocking him from passing. The donkey could see the angel of God and could speak.

Balaam, that heard from God, how many times do you know him that heard him in night? Twice. Why did you not see the angel? How did God see when you hid in your heart?

You would think, you would think he's still God. Meanwhile God has left the picture. Since I asked that question. Do you think God's presence is still here?

See, God is everywhere. Don't get me wrong, but do you think God's presence is still here? As you said that question. Ask yourself that question.

Ask yourself that question. There's something called the man, see, Was God not with the Israelites in the wilderness? Yes, he was with them, but guess what he said? No, I'm not going to dwell with these people again like the way I was.

I'm going to stay outside the camp. But God was still with them now. But the proximity has now stretched. I'm saying I have to say, is God still with us the way he was before?

Don't see, remove these pride, See, God will help us in Jesus name. So you see that now and that. So that's what I'm saying here God kindred with him. God permitted it, but he did not approve it.

That's why he was angry. Now what now shocked me past again is that the donkey was talking. Guess what? It's as if Balaam have seen a donkey talking before.

Because look at it. See this bad. And the Lord verse 28. And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass and said unto Bellam, what have I done unto thee that thou sweeten me these three times?

Guess what? The next verse immediately balance said unto the ass, thou has mocked me. I would, I would there wear a sword in my hand. I will have killed thee.

Can you imagine? So this guy did not even press pause and say wait, did this donkey don't stop? He did not just even look and say eh? He did not run away.

He answered the donkey immediately. That shows how blind the guy was. He could not even understand that something deep was just happening. Now, now, now, now, now see the parts now let me shock you now.

Verse 31. And the Lord did what? Opened the eyes of Balaam and he saw the angel. What am I saying there God gave the first instruction, don't go with them.

He went to go and ask again. Fine, go with them. So that means he not because he acts twice, but because of the state of his heart. He had a preconceived something, he was looking for something, that's why he asked twice.

Now I'm going to go to the story of Jesus Christ. When Jesus was about to die on the cross, guess what? Do you think that Jesus did something similar to what this guy did? Now Jesus Christ knowing fully well that he was going to die on the cross and he was going to die a very painful death.

But guess what? In the Garden of Gethsemane, what was Jesus doing? He cried and prayed how many times? Three times.

On what? The same matter. And I asked do you know why I said this thing when I posted this, I asked my my guy this question and so on. I said that I made a conclusion that okay, it's not, don't ask God the second time when he has made it clear what you should do.

Then the guy now asked me that okay, what of Jesus Christ? That he knew that he was going to die on the cross. He's not asking God, God if this cross can pass over me. Jesus asked three times.

But what was between the outcome of Jesus prayer? Because this one too went to pray second time because they came again to ask him like, it's like there was pressure. God has told you. God maybe God maybe People came to you.

They came to ask for something. He said, okay guys, wait, let me go and pray to God. And God told you, don't give them what they want. I came out, sorry guys, you can't give me that thing.

Okay, I'm sorry about that. Fine. They went, they now came with more people. Just picture it in this money end.

Maybe government say they want to give you an offer. Or maybe client, maybe your business. Somebody came and say, I want to offer you something. And God told you clearly, don't, it's a very big contract.

And God said, don't full stop. You know, if you say anything, you don't say, don't do it, finish. But because your mind is there. He said, no.

Then I came again with a bigger offer. Ah, you now start reasoning. Maybe his devil that told me so let me go ask again. And guess what?

You now hear a voice saying, go and do it. I knew the funny thing, it was not Satan that said it the first time, was not Satan. I said the same time. Second time was who God.

And God spoke to me in the night, the same way he spoke to me the night first time. Hey, God has to help us. You see, there is perfect will of God. There's permissive will of God.

Now look at the outcome. What was the outcome now why do we need to seek perfect will of God and not permissive will of God? Now the Israelites, they sought the per will of God and guess what? They suffered.

They suffered. Why did they even pick pharmacy will of God? Why? Because they saw what other nations were doing.

They said, ah, other people, they have kings. Look at their structure. They have so many things doing well, they are doing a lot of things. What if God has said no, this is for you, for you people, this is what this is.

I want you to behave. This is why you need to pray. You need to like, you need to saturate yourself with prayer. And sometimes you need to fast because the flesh is loud.

There is something in your heart. That's why you have to ask God, walk in my heart. You see, it's a continuous work. No?

No matter how much you have asked God to search my heart. Search my heart every month. Search it every, every moment. Lord, as you're working this, search my heart, Lord, check me, check me.

Where is this thing coming from? Is it from pride? Am I seeing? Am I seeing?

You know, look at on Sunday. In fact, that Sunday topic was very powerful. God really spoke. He said, even if I get myself bones for the gospel and I don't have Love, it's not sin.

That thing is determines what what is there? What is causing you to do? Why you coming to church? What is the exact reason that is it out of you are trying to do self righteous or you trying to.

I'm saying that if your heart posture is not right and you are sick, God is. You can fall into error. You can enter the permissive will of God. And this thing has happened to many people's marriages.

Was it the perfect will of God or was it the permissive will of God? There's a perfect will of God concerning your business. There's a perfect will of God concerning everything in your life. But if your heart is not right, you might enter the permissible will of God.

And the promising will of God is just that. It might take you a longer time. I'm still talking about the story of Jesus. The outcome of Jesus's case when he prayed three times was that Jesus posture was right.

He said but Lord, not my will or dying. He was begging, please eat this cup. It's not like maybe a business came to you. I'm like God please if you can give me this thing, please.

Honestly, I don't want to die. Maybe I want this money. He's just being honest. Lord God, seriously I. I literally want this.

You see, I think the secret there is honesty. Don't come to God with this spiritual pride. Oh father, help me. No, there's where you come with like.

Like you are righteous. God sees your heart. He already knows what's in your heart. So there's no way of faking it.

You know sometimes we are praying and you're trying to cover up some things when you are praying. Dude, just come open, open your heart. God already sees it. I didn't mean many Bellak and Balaam have said that.

Oh God, honestly I need money. Because he was seeing that money, he was like let me shock you if you go few verses later. Okay, let me tell you the outcome of this Balaam story. At the end of the day, Balaam only blessed the people.

You see. You see Bemeshi will doesn't mean that it will end up bad with you. No, God still used it for his good. But let me tell you the outcome of Balaam himself.

After few chapters later. Verse 30, chapter 31. You see where Balaam comprises compromise because of that money. He still now did something bad.

Because see what he did? He told Bella that. Okay guys, let me tell you, I know I prophesied good to these people. Well let me tell you how you can destroy them.

He now told them that, see, bring fornication into the camp, bring immorality into the camp, just bring it and they will be destroyed. He now told them. He told him man made wisdom to destroy the people. And he now got money, you see.

So at the end of the day, he got his heart to desire. Had he been, he listened to God first time, he wouldn't have ended up in that thing collecting money. So God is seeing ahead and he's giving a perfect view. But sometimes human nature, the flesh spirit is winning, but the flesh is weak.

That's why you have to what? Pray in the Spirit. Let me just read this one to close because I feel that there needs to be emphasis. There's no.

I. I notice there's not much emphasis on praying in the Spirit. Let me show you something and we'll just wrap up there because there's something you say my mind is unfruitful. Let me just show you. I, I saw it this morning.

I, I don't even know why I was praying. Just came like First Corinthians 14:15. See, see, I pray. My prayer is that you open your hearts.

God wants to release something. But if your heart is still hardened, you will just be doing permissive will of God and not perfect will of God. Conclusion. He said verse 14.

For if I pray in the Spirit, my Spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is my conclusion? This Paul talking. Paul now concluded.

This is my own conclusion. And this is my own. This is my own. This Paul concludes.

This also my own conclusion. I will pray with the Spirit and I will also pray with my understanding. Do you see that? I will pray with this Spirit.

I'll pray for some time with this Spirit. Then I also pray with my own human understanding. You see, I will see. Now I will sing with the Spirit.

And I also sing, man. Do you see that you can sing in the Spirit with the Spirit. I can sing with your understanding. You can pray with the Spirit and you can pray your understanding.

Merge two of them together and you'll be more powerful. You'll be able to see more things. You said eyes have not seen, ears have not heard. Nana has yet entered to the heart of man what God has in store for his children.

But see the clothes. Some people will stop there. Do you know the next verse says something very powerful, but the Spirit of God has revealed it unto us. Who is us?

The church. How will the Spirit of God reveal it unto you if you are not engaging the Spirit? How that means you will only be this kind of believer that will not be able to see what eyes have not seen. You will not be able to hear what ears have never heard.

See, God wants to do something that has never been heard of. He wants to show you something that never been seen. He wants to make you think of something that has never been thought of. But we must open our hearts.

I pray the Lord will help us to understand this word. Like I said, it's a Bible study. It's not even a preaching. It's more like we have gone in there to see the outcome of B.

We will have looked at the case study of Jesus Christ and the difference between Jesus Christ prayer Joy was praying three times and Balaam praying going twice to pray for the same thing when God has already told him something and how the outcome of his own was permissive and Jesus own ended up being the perfect will of God. So we go to God in prayer and pray that Lord Jesus let your will be done on earth as it not my will oh God, not the will of any pastor, not the will of any man. Let the will of God be done on it in this church on earth is this church as it is already done in heaven, so it has been done in heaven. We just need to align yourself with heaven's mandate for the church so that his will be done.

May the Lord bless His word in Jesus name Shall we go to God in prayer so daddy prayer and that lead us in prayer.