16/09/2026
IRC LAGOS 2026
DAY 2 - Message Highlights
Speaker - Pastor Oje Oheweri
The identity of the church is the wife of the Lamb. Christ is the bride groom and the church is the bride of Christ (Revelation 19:7). That you are the bride of Christ does not mean that you are ready for the marriage. Once you realise who you are, your entire life purpose is to prepare to meet him.
Jesus told the story of 10 virgins, their identity was not in question. The grounds by which some were turned away was not their identity but for their state of preparedness. (Matthew 25:1-13).
In today's church we bask around the glory of our identity in Christ, we are quick to say about our identity in Christ and what God has made us to be, but then there is a preparation that follows that identity and if you are not preparing you are walking contrary to the goals that God has established for those who belong to Him.
You cant flirt with Christ and flirt with the world.There is no in betweeness in your relationship with God, you are either for him or against him. There is an expulsion from the body. The one who takes away is the one who grafted in (John 15: 1-2)
The condition to been grafted in is faith, the condition to been taken out is the lack of faith (John 15:2). Lack of faith because where there is faith there is obedience. Faith without works is dead.
The proof of your preparedness is enduring faith.
What brought you in is the word of God, what keeps you in is the word of God.(John 8:30 -31)
When faith saved you, grace appointed good works to you. You are saved by grace and careful to maintain good works.(Titus 3:7-8)
You can walk away from your salvation. By patient continuance in doing good things, you are seeking that which you have been promised. (Romans 2:7)
A back slider is one who love the world.
False doctrine can remove you from Christ (Gal 1:6)
You are qualified by grace to be presented at the wedding of the lamb. Between the time you get qualified and the time you get your inheritance, there is one assignment giving to all believers; walk in the Spirit. (I Peter 1: 3-5,Colossians 1:21-23).
The measure of maturity is love. The process of purification is the process of preparation. Works of faith is what grounds you. The more you hear and do, the more you grow.
Spiritual growth makes you insulated from deception (Ephesians 4:13-14).
The moment you begin to believe false doctrine you are being rooted out. (1 Cor 15:58)