LINE UPON LINE (THE POWER OF STRUCTURED KNOWLEDGE) WITH APOSTLE JOSHUA SELMAN ||06||07||2025

Recap

The video opens with an extended worship session, moving from songs about holding on to God through hardship to declarations of love for Jesus and the peace found in God’s presence. The congregation is then led through prayers for God’s power, wisdom, and a receptive heart before the service turns to testimonies and the main message.

Testimonies

Several testimonies stand out:

• Blessing describes receiving a posting to Nigeria’s Presidential Villa after a long process and obstacles with her paperwork. She also gives thanks for God’s protection during her years as a police officer.
• Godaba shares several family breakthroughs: after six daughters, her parents welcomed a baby boy; her father stopped drinking, became a Christian, and resumed caring for his family; and she and her siblings continued their education despite a family pattern of interrupted schooling.
• Joyago recounts a dangerous pregnancy complicated by growing fibroids and severe blood pressure. She says she and her baby survived an emergency C-section, the fibroids were removed, and her blood pressure later returned to normal.
• Chinedu Austini testifies that he no longer needed the neck brace he had worn for a spinal condition. His family also welcomed a baby boy after expecting a girl, and he received a new job opportunity.

Other testimonies from outside the room include a promotion and company car, a long-awaited job approval, an ear blockage clearing, and a woman’s recovery from fibroids and prolonged bleeding. The stories prompt lively responses from the congregation and reinforce the service’s emphasis on faith and gratitude.

Main Message: “Line Upon Line: The Power of Structured Knowledge”

Apostle Joshua Selman’s central point is that having many spiritual teachings or experiences is not enough: knowledge must be properly ordered, balanced, and applied to produce lasting growth and victory. He compares this to assembling a skeleton bone by bone or cooking with the right ingredients in the right order. Having all the parts does not guarantee a sound result if they are put together incorrectly.

Selman distinguishes a personal relationship with God from simply accumulating biblical information, then describes the believer’s growth as a journey from salvation into transformation and empowerment. He highlights three important supports for that journey: the Holy Spirit, the Word, and a teaching priest.

He also warns that spiritual experiences should be tested against Scripture. Teachings can become unhelpful when received with a closed mind or resistant heart, or without the faith and obedience needed to act on them.

A major theme is the danger of learning spiritual ideas out of sequence. Selman cautions against pursuing spiritual gifts without first grounding oneself in Christ, teaching holiness without the power of the cross, or presenting faith only as a way to get things from God. He stresses that believers should love God beyond the benefits they hope to receive and remain faithful even when prayers seem unanswered or life brings hardship.

His candid examples bring moments of humor, especially his comparison between spiritual growth and cooking. He jokes that he may be able to cook, then paints a comic picture of throwing everything into a pot and accepting whatever comes out “with thanksgiving.”

The message closes with practical assignments: identify areas of life where victory is still needed, take stock of one’s spiritual understanding, and revisit any foundational lessons that may have been skipped. The congregation prays for gaps in their understanding to be filled, and Selman invites people to commit their lives to Jesus before speaking blessings over the church.

Personalities Featured

• Apostle Joshua Selman — preacher and service leader
• Minister Dunsin Oyekan — guest worship minister
• Blessing — testimony giver
• Godaba — testimony giver
• Joyago — testimony giver
• Chinedu Austini — testimony giver
• An unnamed service host/announcer — leads announcements, prayers, and testimony segments

Other testimony accounts are read aloud, including those attributed to Chukuno Nonso, Yah, and Nancy.