It's good to have you here with us again. May
God bless your life and we thank you for connecting
with us. After 2020, after COVID, the church
has not been the same. The body of Christ has
not been the same. The Lord Himself did a hard
reset to the entire world. And then that hard
reset we needed to realign to what it is that
he wanted to do. And I believe that the churches
are still trying to find their way. Because there's
something in particular that's happening. Holy
Spirit is retaking the church. And so he is breaking
systems, paradigms, systems that are religious,
systems of men. So now he himself is taking initiative
in preparation of the bride. And we are in that
boat. And so we need to be very aware of what's
going on. We need to be understood of what's
happening. in our nation, in our city, what's
happening globally. The Lord is speaking continually.
And I really believe that in this season, He
is leading the church to a place of great maturity.
And in that place of maturity, we're going to
have to face certain things. We're going to have
to be real and evaluate our own lives. I believe
that we can't continue doing things the way we
have. You can't continue in your marriage the
way you have for those of you that are married
here. Forgot for a moment I'm in a young adults
conference. But you can't continue living your
life the way that you have. This season demands
change. Let me repeat that. This season demands
change. And because it demands change, I'll give
you wisdom. Do you know what is the fastest way
and the less? This painful way for change is
when you're yielded to Holy Spirit. The more
you learn to yield to Him, the faster you'll
see your walk will be. And processes do not become...
in your mind processes. Because you won't see
it as a desert. You'll see it as a place the
Lord is preparing a garden that's going to rise
up from within all of the things you're going
through. And so there needs to be a shift, a
change of perspective. And I believe that's what
Holy Spirit has been doing. With our house, that's
what He's been doing. say and humbly say that
in this last year, by His grace, I've grown more
in my personal walk with the Lord than in the
last 27 years that I've been walking with the
Lord. So today I want to give wisdom towards
what the Lord has been doing, because my prayer
is that I turn 50. I already turned 50. I turned
50. I'm gonna turn 51. But this is my prayer.
That you don't have to get to your 50 to see
that type of transformation for your own person.
That you in your own life, in this walk with
the Lord, you can lean in on fathers, and you
can grab hold of the wisdom, and apply the truth
of God in your life, and that God can fulfill
in your life. What a normal person would take
10 years, he can do it in two years. Because
in one year, he did what he hadn't done or what
I haven't experienced in 27 years. So I believe
that there's a time of alignment But as we go
into this message, I need you to understand that
it requires humble hearts Say with me humble
hearts Unfortunately, this generation is gifted
with a lot of things. It's fortunate, but it's
unfortunate at the same time Your greatest strength
will be your humility. Seriously, the quicker
you learn to go low, and the more that you approach
someone or something with humbleness, you'll
be able to appropriate of that wisdom. Because
there's a people not here, not you guys. It's
over there in Great Britain. that there's a lot
of pride. Again, it's not you guys. Let me get
in the message. So I believe that as a body,
even as leaders, Holy Spirit has been leading
us to a place where He's unveiling. He's removing
the veil. Let's lay a foundation. When Christ
died, scripture says that the veil in the temple
was ripped. And then Paul writes in 2 Corinthians
chapter 3, in verse 16, J .C. touched it earlier.
Go there real quick, 2 Corinthians 3, 16, just
to lay a foundation. Because it's going to take...
humility to receive this message, but I could
assure you that when you leave from this place,
something changed in your life. Not because of
me, not because of my preaching, but because
Holy Spirit is so involved in transforming your
life. In John, in 2 Corinthians 3, 3 verse 16
says, but when one turns to the Lord, the veil
is removed. And verse 17 is key because it says,
now the Lord of what he's speaking of in verse
16. He says, when one turns to the Lord, the
veil is removed. And now the Lord, that same
Lord of what he's speaking about. Is the Spirit.
Read verse 17. Now the Lord is the Spirit. And
where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
There's a better translation that actually, it's
more tied to the original, and it says where
the Spirit is Lord, then there's freedom. When
the Spirit is Lord in your life, then you'll
find freedom. Then verse 18 says, and we all
with unveiled faces, beholding the glory of the
Lord are being transformed into the same image
from one degree of glory to another, for this
comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. I'm going
to submit this and then we're going to advance
with something else, okay? The Lord is removing
the veil from houses. Exposing. But at the same
time, He desires to remove veils from your eyes.
Pastor, I don't have a veil. Well, culture gives
you a veil. Where you come from, your background
gives you a veil. The fact that you come from
generations that came from religion, religion
will always place a veil. And what does the veil
do? What is the purpose of a veil? It's to conceal
something that's on the other side. That you
can't see it correctly. And you can't see it
appropriately. This is why we need to understand
all the prophets until Jesus were veiled. from
one way or another. If you read before in verse...
15 verse 14 verse 13, it says that Moses had
a veil. 2 Corinthians. And we're not going to
go in there because I don't have time. But the
veil does not allow you to see the Lord correctly.
And again, it requires humble people to understand
you have been veiled. tell you that the Holy
Spirit to those that He's removing the veil,
it's not one veil. It's multiple veils. It's
generational. Hundreds of years that man has
been veiled one way or another. We see Jesus,
we see God through religion. There's a veil.
We see God through culture. There's a veil. God
wants to rip these things off. That you can truly
see God correct. The first time man was able
to see God correctly. It was when Jesus was walking
here on earth. Jesus was fully unveiled. And
people were able to see God correctly. For this
reason the religious leaders were upset with
Jesus. Because they saw God from a different
perspective. So this Jesus appears And he appears
unveiled, and he starts to express the mind of
God, correcting the religious system. He starts
to tell them, you have heard it said, an eye
for an eye. But I say, if they slap you on one
cheek, give them the other one. You have heard
it said that adultery is to sin sexually with
another woman's wife. But I say to you that even
if you look at a woman with lust, you've already
sinned. So he was bringing correction. He was
bringing correction to a people that saw God
from a specific perspective. For the first time
man was able to see how God truly loves. For
the first time man was able to see how God was
merciful. For the first time man was able to
see the compassion of the heart of the Father.
Jesus said in John 14, he said, you see me, you
see my father. I'm the exact expression and the
exact imprint of the father. So as you see me,
you will see my father. I don't do anything that
my father doesn't tell me to do. The words that
I speak, I don't speak of my own. Come on, that's
Bible. I speak what my father tells me. So man
was able to see God correctly for the first time
through a person named Jesus. Jesus was the only
one, He is the exclusive person that is given
to reveal the Father. And Holy Spirit has been
given to us to reveal the Son. And I come to
say, Church, there's an unveiling that's coming.
He is leading us to a place to remove the veil.
What for? 2 Corinthians 3, 18. What for? What
is that unveiling needed for? One, to see God
correctly. Two, that you can be transformed into
the image of God. But we all with unveiled face,
beholding in a mirror the glory of the Lord,
are being transformed into the same image from
glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the
Lord. You and I were created, Jesus came, recreated
us so that now we can become the image of Himself
here on earth. This is the truth. Romans 8 -29.
Look at the person next to you and tell them,
do not get distracted. The pastor is going to
go a little fast. And you don't want to lose
what God is going to teach us. Through the life
of the pastor. Romans 8 -29. But it says, for
those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to
what? To be conformed into what? The image of
His Son. So you came, God called you, you tended
to the call, and the very first thing I need
you to understand is that there's an unveiling
that's coming to your life now. The Lord wants
you to see differently, and it's not because
you're here in Burning Lamp. It's what's in His
heart. This is what is His desire. He is working
a work in the bride. So what does it look like
to be unveiled? What happens when you allow Holy
Spirit to work Himself in you? Because let me
leave a few things clear. Holy Spirit is not
here to help you accomplish your dreams. He's
not here to make you famous. He's not here for
you to obtain the things that you want. He is
the helper. But He comes to help you fulfill
the purpose. of God in your life. A veil is removed.
We need to understand. Holy Spirit is here. And
I need to also understand that Jesus Himself,
He positioned you that He Himself now is fully
in you. Say with me, God is in me. Through Holy
Spirit, God is in you. So what does it look like
to live unveil? Write this down, number one.
As you walk becoming unveiled, the greatest purpose
for you is to allow Holy Spirit to conform you
into His image. Write this down, please. Your
calling. Because some of you say, I don't have
a calling. I don't know what my calling is. Can
I have Romans 8 .29 again? This is your calling.
Isaiah 29 is your calling to be conformed into
the image of Christ. Your calling is not to be
a pastor. That can be your gift. That can be
the ministerial gift. Your calling is not to
be an apostle. It's not to be a prophet. It's
not to be a teacher or a businessman. You're
calling. You are called. You have been called.
You have been saved. You have been born again
to be made into the image of Jesus Christ. This
is the reason why He saved you more than to save
souls. God the Father wants to duplicate the
image of His Son in all of His sons. So number
one, the reason why or the way that we live unveiled
is to allow the Lord to establish the image of
Christ. to be formed in us. Look at the person
next to you and tell them, tell them, you're
going to look more like Jesus. And you can tell
them, and I'm going to look more like Jesus too.
But you got to believe it. Having knowledge of
the word, alone, does not transform you into
the image of God. Coming to church on Sunday,
or on a Saturday, or going to Bible study, or
having your studies in a cafe, Walking with a
Bible does not transform you into the image of
Christ. What transforms you into the image of
Christ is when that veil is removed. When you
submit your life to the Lordship of Holy Spirit
and you learn to walk in the Spirit, not in your
strength, but yield it. With your hands off.
He has full control. Uzzah touched the ark. And
he died on that instant. Holy Spirit told me,
it's time to remove your hands. Hands off. It's
not your life, it's His life in you, working
through you. Please say Amen. So is the image
of Christ... being formed in you. When you live
an unveiled life, you start to look more like
Christ. You stop justifying your bad attitude.
You stop justifying your laziness. Your boredom.
Life becomes exciting. Because you are being
transformed into the image of Jesus. And when
people see you, they don't see you. They see
the one who is being formed in you. And when
people think of Christ, may they think of you.
Are we here? I don't know if I'm getting too
much in your face, but it's okay. I don't know
when was the last time you had a father figure
actually shake a few things in you. And I'm not
saying I'm your father. So, just to be clear.
Number two. What occurs when I live an unveiled
life? Number two. We have the blessing of seeing
the Lord correctly. I can see his heart for me.
I have access to his mind for me. This is not
just the word. This now is becoming flesh in
me. I'm starting to believe the things that he's
spoken of me. When I am unveiled, I'm able to
forgive the way Jesus forgives. I'm able to have
compassion the way Christ has compassion. I become
merciful as Christ is merciful. The fruit is
coming out. Number three, when I live unveiled,
this is gonna mess with religion, but it's okay.
We have access to the same exact life of Christ.
To the same life that Jesus had here, I now have
access to. I am as loved as He is loved. I am
not less loved. I don't have to try to do things
to be loved. He loves me. The Father loves me.
exactly as he loves Jesus and you should shout
an amen because religion is telling you to shut
up you got to believe this word John 17 verse
23 John 17 verse 23 says I in them and you and
me and we're gonna get back to that that they
may become perfectly one so that the world may
know that you sent me and love them even as you
loved me. You are as loved as He is loved. Stop
looking for love in the wrong places. There's
a man called Jesus who laid His life for you.
Let me give you wisdom. The world does not know
what love is. Because the world does not know
Jesus. Love is found exclusively in the person
of Christ. That's why the world can't love. Because
they've never been loved. They don't know how
to be loved. How can they give something that
they themselves don't have? And that's why you
can't be yoked to different yokes. Why? Because
it is Christ in you, forming His love, establishing
His love. You are as loved as Christ is loved.
Whether you want to believe it or it's hard for
you to believe it in this moment. Read the Word.
Holy Spirit, unveil us. That we would know how
loved we are. Not only that you would know that
you love like He is loved, but Scripture says
that you would be perfected in love. That's the
working of the Spirit. Because the perfect love
of God casts out the... cast out all fear. Something
happens when you are walking on velo and you
know how loved you are. Anxiety for some reason
no longer is a part of you. Depression is no
longer a part of you. Suicidal thoughts are no
longer a part of you. Identity issues are no
longer a part of you. Because you know who you
are. You're being established in Christ. You're
allowing Holy Spirit to do His work in you. Please
say Amen. Pastor, I know I'm loved. Then live
like you're loved. Don't throw theology at me.
Let me see your fruit. Let me see you walk in
love. Pastor, I know love. Then why are you still
holding a grudge with your brother? Why are you
still upset with your brother? Because love forgives
all. Love believes all. Love sustains everything.
This generation needs to learn how loved you
are. Oh you guys are really quiet.