One Night with Dr Creflo Dollar Review

It was on a warm tuesday afternoon that I joined the throng that was standing on a queue outside the Dirk Van Der Hoff building, waiting for the doors to the auditorium to be opened. It was two hours before the tuesday night service could commence yet the crowd outside suggested otherwise. The doors finally opened and we went inside. After a brief intercessory session the service began at ten minutes before six. Some of the VIPs on the night were already making their way into the auditorium, amidst jubilant cheers from the congregation.

The sensational Incomparables choir started on a high note with some African choruses which were followed by some African worship before Mandla and Sbu could take to the stage. It was during their performance that Bishop Gitonga- the host for the night arrived, followed shortly by DR Creflo Dollar and his team which included his son. After a brief introduction and welcome of the guests on the day, Uchechukwu Agu went on stage to perform his internationally acclaimed hit "My God Is Good." After Uche's performance it was time for the main event of the evening.

Dr Dollar's message thus commenced. It was based on the fact that "You are a Spirit, You possess a Soul and You live in a Body." Dr Dollar would use this phrase to ultimately drive it home. When a Christian is saved his spirit is born anew and become a new creature. The very power that raised Christ from the dead resides in the inside of him. The Christian immediately becomes hundred percent like Christ- in his spirit. But his soul (which includes his mind) and his body (which includes the senses) remain the same. Basically the body is carnal and it always is at war with the spirit. Hence if the soul and body are left as they are then the power that was deposited into the spirit becomes of no value.
Progress cannot result if one does not align his soul (and consequently the body) with the spirit. The soul was depicted as some sort of a bridge between the material and the spiritual. Before one is born again, the soul is in total agreement with the body and the spiritual lies dormant. But once one is born again, one needs to renew his mind so that it might come into total agreement with his spirit. For one's soul/mind to know what it is that which the spirit is all about one will need to look into the spiritual mirror which shows exactly how one's spirit (already) is. That mirror is God's word. A christian needs to read his bible and hence renew his mind accordingly.

When the mind is renewed then it will be in total agreement with the spirit. When this agreement is reached then the body/flesh is defeated by majority rule and it will have to submit to the spirit. When this state is fully realised then there is nothing that will be impossible, all things are possible. "You are a Spirit, You possess a Soul and You live in a Body." Once a person come into this stage he can be able to fully embrace and live in the blessing.

The following scriptures were read to bring the message home: 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ; James 1:23-25 ; 2 Corrinthians 5:17 ; Ephesians 3:16 ; John 1:16 ; 1 John 4:16 ; Philemon 6 ; Romans 8:6