That's not rebellion.
When my son now makes his own cereal and puts on his own clothes, I'm not going to say,
oh, you're such a rebellious son.
Who told you to change?
Who told you to cook for yourself?
He's growing.
So here you will grow.
To the degree that you yourself are going to give yourself bread to eat.
And what does the scripture say?
I am in need.
The scripture says that everyone who believes in him will be called son of God.
And here it says that I am also a god.
I am also co-inheritor with Christ.
But how if you don't have that knowledge and that growth in him?
I have not seen a righteous man forsaken.
And look in the Bible.
Oh, Pastor, but that's a righteous man, not me.
We are made righteous by him.
We are made righteous by our faith in him.
In other words, I am an American citizen.
United States.
American citizen, yes sir.
You know why?
I look Mexican.
I eat Chilean tortillas.
But I am American citizen.
I have been born again in the United States.
I vowed before I judge.
And I told him I reject my Mexican nationality.
That's not right.
Yes it is.
And I vowed.
I make a commitment and I pledge allegiance to the United States.
And the judge said, well that's enough.
But you must do you know how to talk the language.
See there's a process.
So we must grow in our faith.
You must learn to read the Bible.
Learn to defraise words.
But be like a child.
Ask questions to God.
Go before your heavenly father.
He will give you the answers.
He will give you the petitions that you ask him for.
And if you don't understand and you don't know how.
Well then yes, go to the pastor.
Go to the elder of the church.
Go and ask for help.
Because when this little boy, when he was seven years old,
he would say, dad, I'm going to ask for help.
He would say, daddy, can you help me?
Help you what?
Show me how to ride a bike.
Daddy had to go to work.
He was super busy.
He would ask his cousin.
Next time I know, he's jumping ramps with his cousin.
Do you understand what I'm saying?
Don't just sit there with your arms crossed.
Grow in your faith.
And your total dependency on God.
That he's giving you a huge family.
We have brothers here that are blessing to me.
They encourage me.
They take depression away.
Just with a text.
Sometimes doubt comes into my mind because I'm also attacked by doubt.
And I go to the word and then I will have a text that comes in.
Oh, I was praying for you.
So let's keep going.
Faith begins with him and is perfected in him.
According to verse two, it says that he is the finisher,
the one who completes the story.
An author is the one who owns the story.
An author is the one who thinks about it, has an idea, and then will write it down.
What did God write about you?
When you're going through tribulations and struggles,
when you have a need,
whether it be in your physical body or financial,
Romans 12.3, let's go there.
For I say through the grace given on to me,
every man has been given some sort of faith to start with Jesus.
Romans 12.3 says,
for I say on to you through the grace has been given on to me,
to every man that is among you,
not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think.
I am not better than you.
Like I keep on telling you,
I speak to everyone here and I keep on affirming you.
I am not better than you.
As a matter of fact, I don't think you're better than me either.
Go and look at your car, take off a wheel,
let's see how far it can get,
or if you leave the tires on, but just cut off a little,
from the battery.
Each one, the scripture says,
according to the measure of faith that the Lord gave out
to one person he gives a tire,
to some people he gives the keys.
Someone has the keys, but they don't have any batteries in them
for the control.
God gives out a measure of faith to some people,
have bigger ones than others, but they're unnecessary.
For the body of Christ,
never think that you are better just because you speak tongues
if God uses you.
If God uses you to heal someone that's sick,
don't think that you are better than the sister
that comes up and just prays.
It doesn't matter how strong the car is,
it could be a VA motor.
But a little thing,
take out this little thing,
a little really important cable,
and it'll just be broken.
That is faith, people.
So God gives out a measure to the people.
Sometimes I bite my nails off,
and then I have an itch somewhere, and I regret it.
And I'm like, dang, why did I just bite my nails?
I'm itchy.
Something is insignificant as a fingernail.
Luke 17.5.
Faith has the capacity to grow in each one of us continually.
We open with this verse
that the Apostles said unto the Lord,
increase our faith.
So if you didn't believe,
or if you don't believe right now,
in the healing,
in the complete healing, total healing,
may the Lord increase your faith today.
Ask the Lord for an increase.
If you don't believe,
or it's hard for you,
accept that the Lord is your provider.
Even though you're living a need,
ask the Lord to increase your faith in that area.
I have not seen the righteous man forsaken,
nor his offspring be begging for bread.
Is someone bullying you?
Yeah, they bully us at this age too.
The armor of the Lord,
the angel of the Lord surrounds me,
he protects me, and he defends me.
Friend, I lived through this.
There's this one time this really big man,
a secular man came up to me,
and you know how the Lord sent his angel?
He sent two young men
that played football in high school.
I won't keep telling you my stories.
He said,
I'll keep telling you.
Whatever you want with preacher,
you're going to have to take us.
What do you want with the pastor?
You have to fight him.
And there was a huge goliath there.
I couldn't with the football players.
I was sharing it with my wife,
and I was so joyful.
So how can we grow in faith?
1 Peter 1, verse 8 to 9,
through relationship.
Amen.
Number two,
through hearing the word of God,
and three, is fixing our eyes on Jesus.
I just gave you the scriptures
to grow in our relationship with God
or in our faith in God.
It's really important.
Scripture says that even though we have not seen him,
if you believe,
although we don't see him right now,
we are filled with joy,
with joy unspeakable and full of glory.
Verse 9,
there it is,
obtaining the faith,
the end of your faith,
even the salvation of your souls.
Scripture says,
the Lord will fulfill his purpose
in me.
Pastor, I fell into sin.
I have good news for you,
because God loved you so much
that he sent Jesus.
He made you righteous.
You are made righteous through faith in him.
How many times is the righteous man going to fall?
How many times have you fallen?
Have you fell?
I doubt that you've been counting how many times you've messed up.
And if it's more than seven times,
the Bible doesn't say that after seven times
you're not going to be forgiven.
Scripture says that we have
an attorney that intercedes for us
if we were to have sin.
That is the faith that I have.
And when I see my attorney,
I remember I have to be suited up.
I have to be good,
because I don't want to go up to the court of the highest judge.
You have to be crazy if you like going to the court with the judges.
I don't think there's anyone here that loves going to court.
So you have to align yourself. Get up.
If the righteous man falls seven times,
the Lord will pick him up seven times.
That is faith.
Another point is that we have to keep our faith pure.
First Peter 1.7.
And I'm wrapping up.
First Peter chapter 1 verse 7.
That the trial of your faith
being much more precious than of gold that perished,
though it be tried by fire,
might be found unto praise and honor and glory
at the appearance of Jesus Christ.
Our faith rises, it grows,
when it is tried,
when what faith is tried, say my faith,
not Pastor Joel's faith,
and that faith is much more precious than gold,
that although it perishes, it be tried with fire.
Have you ever felt that your faith is more precious than gold?
And is it be tried with fire?
Have you felt that you've gone through a fire?
I have good news for you.
More good news.
When you go through fire,
that's what's going to take you to growth.
It will not burn you.
Fire will not burn you.
And the flame of that fire will not burn you.
That's not Pastor Joel just making things up.
That is the Word of God.
And the Word of God is truth.
I am a liar.
Every man is a liar, but God is truth.
Sato, ya quiero traer casa, señora, ayúdame.
Lord, I want to preach already, help me.
Hallelujah.
Tenemos que prepararnos para los días que vienen en pueblo.
We have to get ready for the days that are coming, people.
We have to lead us to growth.
Our faith is going to be tried,
but the purpose is for it to grow.
I need like a big muscular man.
There was a man that was like very muscular before.
For those muscles to grow, he had to work them out.
And it would cause him pain.
He was in the gym one time.
I couldn't walk the next day.
Do y'all remember that?
And then my wife told me,
Oh, look at your legs.
Hallelujah.
And I can say that because that's my wife.
People, it hurts.
The trial that you go through,
the tribulation that you go through,
it will produce in you a greater weight of glory.
A faith muscle that will be stronger,
that nothing can move you.
It will stiffen you in the spirit.
Hallelujah.
I ran out of time.
Let's pray.
But we have to grow and faith people.
Close your eyes.
There is a need to grow.
It's in the heart of the Holy Spirit,
in the heart of the Father,
that we may grow in faith,
just like Jesus,
when he was presented to the temple in Jerusalem.
The Bible says that the child grew
in staturine and wisdom.
I pray in this hour, Father,
that you take us to the growth,
that you take us into the growth of knowledge in Jesus Christ,
the author and the finisher of our faith.
Holy Spirit, grow us in your faith.
The level of faith that you have given us,
like the talents we want to be faithful,
produce in us a holy anger
to say enough is enough.
I am going to invest my faith.
I am going to put my faith to work
and grow in multiplies.
And then I may be found faithful.
Close your eyes
so that you're not distracted.
Right there where you are,
the Holy Spirit is working.
Working.
Yes.
Father, we receive your spirit by faith.
We receive an increase of your faith.
Your word says,
I sow an appalled harvested.
What I'm saying is that you are the one who gives growth.
You are the only one
that helps us in our faith.
I pray, Heavenly Father, at this time
that our faith will be increased.
Those who find it difficult to live in holiness,
and I am one of them,
the need to live in holiness every day,
producing us the desire and the longing to want to be with you,
to show you more.
Lord,
give us faith
so we may believe in you.
Now we may believe that we have everything in you.
Give us faith
to believe for the restoration of our marriage.
Increase our faith
in marriage,
in our relationships with our family,
in our businesses.
Increase our faith, Father.
We pray at this time
that you may hear us
when we cry out to you.
If there is someone who doesn't know how to pray,
Holy Spirit,
you are the one who helps us
in our weaknesses.
We don't know how to come to the Father,
but you, Holy Spirit,
I declare in decree
that you are the one who takes us and guides us
to all truth and righteousness.
When we need righteousness,
you guide us on how to pray
when we have some kind of need.
Your Holy Spirit teaches us how to pray.
Give us more.
Give us an increase of faith
that we may be able to go to your throne
in confidence, your throne of grace.
Even when we are in sin,
we can draw near
as your children
to the throne of your grace
believing,
being convinced
that you empower us
to go and draw near to you.
You are not just looking for your Holy Children.
The purpose for sending Jesus to die on the cross
is because you love the sinner.
Holy Spirit,
convince our minds
when we are in sin.
You convince the world of sin
and persuade us to go to the throne of sin
that you will not reject us,
that if we come to you and we are
and we repent,
recognizing our sin,
we have the Council of Jesus Christ
who intercedes on our behalf
day and night
and that you receive us, Father.
Give us that confidence through faith.
Give us more.
An increase in faith
so that we can say as the soul is said,
I will put my eyes up into the mountains
where my aid is coming from.
Where will it come from, people?
My help comes from the Lord.
Who is that King of Glory?
The one who created the heavens and the earth.
I bless you, people.
The one who created the heavens and the earth
will not let you fall
in the name of Jesus.
The one who keeps your life
is Jesus Christ.
You're a keeper.
You are there.
If you have straightaway, go back to him.
Increase your faith to go back to him.
The Lord is your shadow.
He is at your right hand.
The Lord is your shadow.
The sun will not wear you out during the day.
Increase your faith.
Keep it here going.
Turning down your life.