Apostle Allison Smith Conliff calls believers to full surrender, righteousness, and spiritual seriousness, insisting that God is not a failure and cannot lie, therefore believers must stop trying to control God’s process and instead conform to His will. The preacher stresses that God doesn’t need our “help” (arguments, timelines, demands); He requires obedience. As believers mature in Christ, the “baggage” and repeated sins that once easily trapped them should fall away because they trust God to handle their lives rightly.

A major warning is given about the season of festivities and social pressure: as celebrations roll from one event to another, many drift into the world. The message is clear: don’t “jump in the world” during festive seasons, because “when you’re in the world, you party with the devil.” Instead, the church must learn to have joy in God without compromising salvation, because understanding what we have in Christ produces reverence and stability.

A strong section addresses music and spiritual influence, teaching that music “carries a spirit,” and that lyrics and atmospheres can feed either the Holy Spirit or an evil spirit. The preacher links this to the fall of Lucifer, created for worship but desiring to be worshiped, and warns that what people repeatedly listen to can “get a play in the mind,” become part of them, and influence behavior. The instruction is to choose music wisely and keep spiritual gates guarded.

Using 2 Kings 6, the preacher shows how Elisha repeatedly protected Israel because God revealed enemy strategies to him, even conversations spoken privately “in the bedchamber.” This becomes a call for God to raise up holy, accurate prophets and prophetesses today, people who aren’t driven by show, money, or personal agenda, but who carry real spiritual intelligence that restrains wickedness and protects others.

The sermon highlights the moment when Elisha’s servant panics because the Syrian army surrounds the city. Elisha answers: “Fear not… those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” The preacher teaches that Satan’s strategy is often isolation, getting believers to feel alone, then attacking their thoughts. But believers are never truly alone; God’s presence and heavenly resources remain active, especially in warfare seasons.

When the blinded Syrian forces are led into Samaria, the king of Israel wants to kill them, but Elisha forbids it and instructs that they be fed and sent back. The result is significant: the Syrian bands “came no more” into Israel for a time, implying rest came to the nation through one prophet’s wisdom, discipline, and obedience. The sermon draws the lesson: spiritual authority isn’t only power, it’s character, restraint, and obedience that can shift a whole environment.

The Apostle praises longevity and consistency: Elisha served for decades (not a short burst), and the sermon challenges believers who grow tired quickly. Elisha’s life is presented as evidence that a sustained relationship with God produces durable ministry and impact.

A striking example is emphasized from 2 Kings 13:20–21: even after Elisha’s death, a dead man revived upon touching Elisha’s bones. The sermon uses this to illustrate how deeply God’s power can rest on a consecrated life, “fire in the bones” that outlasts the person’s earthly life.

The sermon closes with a New Testament escalation: when Jesus died, the veil tore, the earth shook, and tombs were opened, with “many bodies of the saints” raised and appearing to many. The preacher uses this to argue: if such power was seen then, and if Elisha under the old covenant saw such manifestations, believers under grace should expect greater, yet that requires holiness, obedience, humility, and surrender.

Rec. Date: 10th November, 2024