28/07/2026
TEACHING MESSAGE - PART 6*
*By:*
*His Eminence, Most Rev'd Archbishop Prof Amb Dr Sam Nwambu*
_Patriarch, Primate, Metropolitan_
_Chancellor / Dean, More Than Conquerors School Of Theology & Seminary Umueri_
_ACOABAI WORLDWIDE_
*THEME: WHO IS A QUALIFIED BISHOP? - PART 6*
*Text:* _2 Corinthians 11:28, Philippians 2:20, 1 Corinthians 4:15_
*OPENING*
Fathers, we have seen *FOUNDATION, FUNCTION, FUTURE, FIRE, FRUIT.*
Today in Part 6 we speak of *FIGHT* — _The Battles, Burdens, and Bruises of a Qualified Bishop._
*The Bishopric is warfare. It is not a throne of comfort. It is a place of sacrifice.*
If you are not ready to fight, you are not ready to govern.
*21. A QUALIFIED BISHOP CARRIES THE CARE OF ALL THE CHURCHES*
_2 Corinthians 11:28 - "Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches."_
A Bishop does not think local. *He thinks territorial.*
He must:
- *Bear the burden* for churches beyond his own.
- *Feel the pain* of brethren in other cities and nations.
- *Refuse tribalism* — The success of one Bishop is the success of all.
*A qualified Bishop loses sleep over the Church, not over his car.*
*22. A QUALIFIED BISHOP IS GENUINELY CONCERNED FOR THE STATE OF THE SAINTS*
_Philippians 2:20 - "For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state."_
There are hirelings, and there are fathers.
A qualified Bishop must:
- *Visit the sick, the poor, the struggling* — Not send a protocol officer.
- *Know the names* of his sons and their struggles.
- *Weep with those who weep* — Compassion is not weakness. It is apostolic.
*God is looking for men who care, not men who count offerings.*
*23. A QUALIFIED BISHOP BEGATS SONS THROUGH THE GOSPEL*
_1 Corinthians 4:15 - "For though ye have ten thousand instructors... yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you..."_
Instructors teach. *Fathers beget.*
A Bishop must:
- *Labor in travail* until Christ is formed in men — _Gal 4:19_
- *Correct, rebuke, and restore* — Love without truth is deception.
- *Spend and be spent* for the souls of men — _2 Cor 12:15_
*If you have not travailed for anyone, you have no right to rule anyone.*
*24. A QUALIFIED BISHOP ENDURES HARDSHIP AS A GOOD SOLDIER*
_2 Timothy 2:3 - "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."_
The Bishopric will cost you:
- *Reputation* — You will be misunderstood.
- *Relationships* — Not everyone will like your stand.
- *Rest* — There will be nights of prayer and days of battle.
But a qualified Bishop *does not quit*. He endures. He fights. He stands.
*The crown is for those who endure to the end.*
*THE WAR CRY FROM THE THRONE*
Beloved House of Fathers, mark this well:
*A QUALIFIED BISHOP IS:*
21. *A Carrier of the Care of the Churches*
22. *Genuinely Concerned for the Saints*
23. *A Father who Begats Sons in the Gospel*
24. *A Soldier who Endures Hardship*
*THE 24 MARKS OF A QUALIFIED BISHOP - THE ACOABAI STANDARD:*
1-4: *FOUNDATION* | 5-8: *FUNCTION* | 9-12: *FUTURE* | 13-16: *FIRE* | 17-20: *FRUIT* | 21-24: *FIGHT*
*HEAR THE SOUND:*
*This is not a position. This is a war.*
*This is not for the faint. This is for the FAITHFUL.*
*ACOABAI WORLDWIDE is raising men who will bleed, build, and birth nations.*
*NIGERIA NEEDS FATHERS WHO WILL FIGHT. THE CHURCH NEEDS BISHOPS WHO WILL STAND.*
*THE HOUR HAS COME. ARMOUR UP. ARISE AND GOVERN.*
*ACOABAI WORLDWIDE*
_Established In Honor. Governed In Power. Sent To The Nations._
_(Romans 8:37)_
_“Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold on eternal life” — 1 Tim 6:12.