WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.140 Thank you for always listening to our podcast. 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:30.800 We hope they are a blessing to your life. Okay. 00:00:31.460 --> 00:00:33.140 And as you're going there, let's just put your 00:00:33.140 --> 00:00:36.479 Bible up in the air. Come on. Just put it up 00:00:36.479 --> 00:00:43.840 in the air. Tonight, Holy Spirit, pierce us with 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:51.479 your word. Forgive us for not rightly honoring 00:00:51.479 --> 00:01:00.270 your word. Pierce us until we become... In Jesus' 00:01:00.469 --> 00:01:05.590 name. I want to encourage you. There's no greater 00:01:05.590 --> 00:01:11.349 supernatural encounter. I'm probably a little 00:01:11.349 --> 00:01:14.609 loud by the way. I'm gonna start screaming and 00:01:14.609 --> 00:01:18.189 it's gonna get crazy. Okay, just wanted to warn 00:01:18.189 --> 00:01:24.079 you. Sometimes I think we want to just come and 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:32.280 get zapped. We like falling over. And I love 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:39.400 that. We love the power. We love the anointing. 00:01:40.060 --> 00:01:46.700 But I believe that the greatest purest and most 00:01:46.700 --> 00:01:51.420 supernatural encounter is when the very words 00:01:51.420 --> 00:01:56.780 of Christ pierce our hearts to such a degree 00:01:56.780 --> 00:02:05.079 that we actually become like Him. God doesn't 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:08.840 want to just give us a one night touch. Listen, 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:19.639 he's not that cheap. He wants to form himself 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:27.009 inside of a people until we start shining. So 00:02:27.009 --> 00:02:32.530 often times, we got the spirit over here, and 00:02:32.530 --> 00:02:36.189 we got the word over here, and there's no such 00:02:36.189 --> 00:02:43.490 thing as separation. In 1947, Smith Wigglesworth 00:02:43.490 --> 00:02:51.110 prophesied that the next great awakening in the 00:02:51.110 --> 00:02:53.949 world would come when the church rightly honors 00:02:53.949 --> 00:03:02.990 the spirit And the word. Because they are one. 00:03:03.250 --> 00:03:07.689 So we're not approaching the Bible tonight. We're 00:03:07.689 --> 00:03:11.710 approaching the Lamb. He's the volume of the 00:03:11.710 --> 00:03:16.990 book. We don't want to know the Bible. We want 00:03:16.990 --> 00:03:23.770 to know Jesus. And He gave us 66 books to discover 00:03:23.770 --> 00:03:27.969 who He is. So it shouldn't just sit on our shelf. 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:36.379 I open it when Pastor Daniel teaches me. We shouldn't 00:03:36.379 --> 00:03:38.500 want falling over more than we want His Word. 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:45.099 We should say, Jesus, I want you to come into 00:03:45.099 --> 00:03:51.719 me. And if I'm going to go down, I better come 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:56.000 up more like Jesus. Or we just had a show tonight. 00:03:59.679 --> 00:04:02.979 And you know I love you, right? And just so you 00:04:02.979 --> 00:04:07.379 know, if I say something that offends you, he 00:04:07.379 --> 00:04:11.699 didn't say it. And he didn't say it. So you don't 00:04:11.699 --> 00:04:14.300 have to leave their churches. Because I'm going 00:04:14.300 --> 00:04:16.079 to get on a plane and I'm going to go back to 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:21.620 Florida. So if you don't like me, I'm not your 00:04:21.620 --> 00:04:26.449 pastor. Your pastors are sweet. Okay, but I'm 00:04:26.449 --> 00:04:30.170 not here to entertain you tonight. I'm not here 00:04:30.170 --> 00:04:34.790 to please you tonight. Our job is not to entertain 00:04:34.790 --> 00:04:40.209 you. Our job is to equip you. So even if it feels 00:04:40.209 --> 00:04:46.050 like a sword going in, just know that this is 00:04:46.050 --> 00:04:51.170 how the Spirit of God works. He's a sword that 00:04:51.170 --> 00:04:58.699 pierces. It says the word separates bone from 00:04:58.699 --> 00:05:06.000 marrow. It deals with your lies. Anyone ever 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:10.139 been reading the Bible? And you just went there 00:05:10.139 --> 00:05:14.800 to read. But then all of a sudden you're crying. 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:18.360 And it's reading you. And you're like, I didn't 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:21.100 realize how many things I needed. to heal in 00:05:21.100 --> 00:05:28.379 my heart. It's the only book in the world that's 00:05:28.379 --> 00:05:35.000 alive. And I think that we've had an apostasy 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:39.800 that's taken away from the Word. And we've settled 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:45.800 for services. We don't need services. The world 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:47.680 would have been saved a long time ago if it was 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:53.259 up to services. Jesus would have come back in 00:05:53.259 --> 00:05:59.100 a Catherine Coleman meeting, I promise. There's 00:05:59.100 --> 00:06:04.339 more power. powerful services to go to. It's 00:06:04.339 --> 00:06:08.639 not until a group of people begin to see who 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:15.279 they are that the cry of creation, the groan 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:21.439 of creation that's crying out for change, it's 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:23.480 going to come through the manifestation of the 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:30.560 sons of God. So we got to learn some stuff. Amen, 00:06:31.259 --> 00:06:34.209 amen, amen. Thanks Noah. Alright, go to Isaiah 00:06:34.209 --> 00:06:39.069 6. I'm not going to get there anytime soon. I 00:06:39.069 --> 00:06:42.629 just want you to go there and stay there. Just 00:06:42.629 --> 00:06:45.750 so you can have your Bible open. And then I'm 00:06:45.750 --> 00:06:50.170 going to work my way there. And it will come 00:06:50.170 --> 00:06:54.810 together in Isaiah 6. But I'm going to start 00:06:54.810 --> 00:06:58.250 in Hebrews 6. I don't want anybody to turn to 00:06:58.250 --> 00:07:02.170 it. I want you to pay attention. Just keep your 00:07:02.170 --> 00:07:08.040 Bible open. open in Isaiah 6. The point of this 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:15.360 conference has been unveiled, right? In Isaiah 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:18.420 chapter, I'm sorry, Hebrews, Hebrews chapter 00:07:18.420 --> 00:07:25.639 6, there's this profound revelation that the 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:30.850 writer of Hebrews brings us into When he's talking 00:07:30.850 --> 00:07:36.629 about an oath that God made with Abraham, and 00:07:36.629 --> 00:07:41.009 God comes to Abraham, and he says when he looked 00:07:41.009 --> 00:07:45.689 at Abraham, he wanted to make a covenant with 00:07:45.689 --> 00:07:52.620 this natural man. This natural man, Abraham, 00:07:54.680 --> 00:08:02.980 wasn't strong enough to carry his side of the 00:08:02.980 --> 00:08:09.560 covenant. Okay? As amazing as Abraham was, God 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:13.980 had it in his heart. I want to make him some 00:08:13.980 --> 00:08:19.310 promises. I want to make him a covenant. But 00:08:19.310 --> 00:08:23.209 if I'm going to be on this side, Abraham is not 00:08:23.209 --> 00:08:29.329 strong enough to be on this side. So what he 00:08:29.329 --> 00:08:33.929 does, according to Hebrews 6, is when he wanted 00:08:33.929 --> 00:08:38.730 to make an oath with Abraham, it says that God 00:08:38.730 --> 00:08:45.769 made an oath with himself. And he made this oath 00:08:45.769 --> 00:08:51.679 with himself. Hebrews 6 tells us to show the 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:57.539 character of who He is. And this oath and covenant 00:08:57.539 --> 00:09:04.139 God made with Himself about Abraham, it says 00:09:04.139 --> 00:09:08.179 is the anchor of our soul in the Most Holy Place. 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:17.200 Here's the picture. You're the Christian in the 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:23.990 middle. That's weak. struggles, you cannot hold 00:09:23.990 --> 00:09:28.210 up the other side of the covenant. So what God 00:09:28.210 --> 00:09:31.570 did, and now let's just say I'm in the most holy 00:09:31.570 --> 00:09:36.529 place, because that's where we are, by the way. 00:09:37.590 --> 00:09:42.830 He's standing in the middle, humanity in the 00:09:42.830 --> 00:09:46.990 middle, and God is standing on one side, and 00:09:46.990 --> 00:09:49.480 God made a covenant with himself, and God standing 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:54.940 on the other side. And God's covenant with Himself 00:09:54.940 --> 00:10:04.039 keeps you in proximity to Him. You have no power, 00:10:04.460 --> 00:10:09.139 no strength within yourself. Listen, to keep 00:10:09.139 --> 00:10:16.419 yourself close. Only by what God did with Himself. 00:10:18.820 --> 00:10:24.779 You had nothing to do with it. We were full of 00:10:24.779 --> 00:10:30.919 sin, full of shame, full of guilt. We were like 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:38.179 the woman in John 8. Caught in the act of adultery. 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:42.580 Jesus is preaching in the temple. And what did 00:10:42.580 --> 00:10:46.860 the religious Pharisees do? They brought the 00:10:46.860 --> 00:10:52.980 sinner to church to expose her. Religion doesn't 00:10:52.980 --> 00:10:59.279 want you whole. It just wants to expose your 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:03.700 sin. Right? So they bring her to church. They 00:11:03.700 --> 00:11:07.340 expose Those are in front of everybody. Check 00:11:07.340 --> 00:11:09.259 this out, she wasn't even looking for repentance. 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:15.379 She wasn't even looking for forgiveness. She 00:11:15.379 --> 00:11:21.720 was just caught. And this is who God is. He stoops 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:25.990 down into the dirt. And he begins to write in 00:11:25.990 --> 00:11:29.710 the sand. I think people have this idea that 00:11:29.710 --> 00:11:35.289 maybe he was writing their sins. I just don't 00:11:35.289 --> 00:11:37.889 think that God would combat shame with shame. 00:11:41.970 --> 00:11:45.909 My personal conviction is I think he was writing 00:11:45.909 --> 00:11:51.730 things like Hosea 2 in the sand. That talks about 00:11:51.730 --> 00:11:58.539 people who were once a bride. who prostituted 00:11:58.539 --> 00:12:05.299 their bridal ship. And the kindness of God says, 00:12:05.700 --> 00:12:07.779 we will allure her into the wilderness and win 00:12:07.779 --> 00:12:14.559 her back. They caught a woman prostituting herself. 00:12:16.659 --> 00:12:18.759 And I think the Lord was saying, this is why 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:27.299 I came. His kindness draws men to repent. Just 00:12:27.299 --> 00:12:31.019 so you know, I don't care if you grew up in church. 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:36.340 Just so you know, we were all the women in John 00:12:36.340 --> 00:12:38.720 8. And God stooped down for every single one 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:43.080 of us. But then you go to church long enough. 00:12:44.899 --> 00:12:47.179 And there was nothing of your strength that brought 00:12:47.179 --> 00:12:52.759 you to Him. The scriptures say, Jesus says, if 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:58.220 I be lifted up, I'm going to draw all men unto 00:12:58.220 --> 00:13:03.220 myself. You know what the word draw means in 00:13:03.220 --> 00:13:10.100 Greek? It means I'm going to drag you. Like you 00:13:10.100 --> 00:13:15.179 think you made a good decision. You have drag 00:13:15.179 --> 00:13:22.179 marks behind you. He came and He found you when 00:13:22.179 --> 00:13:26.299 you smelled like pigs, when you were worthless, 00:13:27.659 --> 00:13:33.379 and He kissed you. And he said, I want you. And 00:13:33.379 --> 00:13:36.100 somehow you found your way to some altar somewhere, 00:13:36.340 --> 00:13:41.720 or on the floor in your bedroom, while you were 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:44.960 still a drug addict, while you were still an 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:49.340 alcoholic, while you were still a hypocrite, 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:56.139 and he said, I want you. Okay, not one of us 00:13:56.139 --> 00:14:00.279 believes for a second that we were worthy of 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:08.059 any of that. But at some point in church we start 00:14:08.059 --> 00:14:11.740 thinking that we have to hold up the other side 00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:15.259 of the covenant. Now listen, I know that this 00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:19.120 is offensive because everybody thinks your behavior 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:23.179 is everything. I'll teach you tonight how to 00:14:23.179 --> 00:14:29.200 fix your behavior. Because the gospel is not 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:34.980 behavior modification. The gospel is you were 00:14:34.980 --> 00:14:40.419 crucified when he was crucified. You died when 00:14:40.419 --> 00:14:43.519 he died. You were buried when he was buried. 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:48.539 This is all in the Bible by the way. You were 00:14:48.539 --> 00:14:52.120 raised when he was raised. And you were seated 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:56.039 in heavenly places when he was seated in heavenly 00:14:56.039 --> 00:15:00.960 places. And again, you did nothing to earn it. 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:05.559 It's unbelievable. Like absolutely zero. God 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:12.019 doesn't come and clean you. He kills you. And 00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:15.620 then He raises you up again. And you relate to 00:15:15.620 --> 00:15:18.940 the old person again. Okay, so is anybody married 00:15:18.940 --> 00:15:25.000 in here? Okay, now listen. If I had to walk around. 00:15:25.309 --> 00:15:30.710 I'm married, happily married. I have four beautiful 00:15:30.710 --> 00:15:34.389 children. If I had to walk around with my wedding 00:15:34.389 --> 00:15:41.330 vows in my back pocket, the legal certificate 00:15:41.330 --> 00:15:47.110 document, the law. and I'd have it in my back 00:15:47.110 --> 00:15:52.309 pocket, that every time I met a female, I had 00:15:52.309 --> 00:15:56.070 to pull out the law, just tell her to keep a 00:15:56.070 --> 00:16:02.259 safe distance, and read the law. So I don't commit 00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:07.080 adultery. I would have a problem. I would need 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:13.860 pastoral counsel if I'm that tempted that I constantly 00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:20.309 have to go back to the law. Right? Like if I 00:16:20.309 --> 00:16:23.990 went to the grocery store and I needed my brother 00:16:23.990 --> 00:16:28.049 to be there with me, when I walk down the checkout 00:16:28.049 --> 00:16:32.269 counter and tell him, listen, now before we walk 00:16:32.269 --> 00:16:35.950 down that counter, I need you to hold both my 00:16:35.950 --> 00:16:42.230 arms back because I love stealing Snickers. I 00:16:42.230 --> 00:16:44.750 know it's silly, but this is what we do in church. 00:16:44.769 --> 00:16:52.009 This is how pathetic we are. So we want the law 00:16:52.009 --> 00:16:54.370 because we are going to fight our arm to not 00:16:54.370 --> 00:17:02.149 steal the Snickers. Or, you just aren't a thief. 00:17:03.309 --> 00:17:06.309 And I don't know about you, but when I go to 00:17:06.309 --> 00:17:09.490 the grocery store, I'm literally never thinking 00:17:09.490 --> 00:17:13.710 about stealing. Anybody think about stealing? 00:17:14.609 --> 00:17:18.690 Don't raise your hand. I mean, hopefully you're 00:17:18.690 --> 00:17:29.309 not walking around so uncontrolled in your members. 00:17:29.769 --> 00:17:33.029 Listen, do you know that I'm just, now just hear 00:17:33.029 --> 00:17:38.849 me out. If the Lord came to me and it just became 00:17:38.849 --> 00:17:45.690 okay to all of a sudden commit adultery, do you 00:17:45.690 --> 00:17:51.039 know I still wouldn't? Someone asked me why. 00:17:52.680 --> 00:18:01.059 Why? Because I love my wife. Love is stronger 00:18:01.059 --> 00:18:06.500 than the law. So listen, rather than telling 00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:13.539 a generation to come get right with God and behave, 00:18:13.829 --> 00:18:18.789 we should teach them about love. And listen, 00:18:19.049 --> 00:18:23.029 not your love for Him, because that's not good 00:18:23.029 --> 00:18:28.309 enough. And it'll never be good enough. But what's 00:18:28.309 --> 00:18:33.269 His love for you? Listen, I wasn't planning on 00:18:33.269 --> 00:18:37.700 going into all this, but... We have a lot of 00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:43.460 preachers that are yelling at people, love God 00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:47.720 more. But we never tell them why they should 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:56.049 love God more. You see the gospel is not that 00:18:56.049 --> 00:19:02.269 Jesus died for Jesus. We got to be careful with 00:19:02.269 --> 00:19:06.329 this narrative that we're not really a part of 00:19:06.329 --> 00:19:08.990 this in any way, that none of it's about us. 00:19:12.769 --> 00:19:20.329 It sounds humble, but it's deceptive. Because 00:19:20.329 --> 00:19:28.380 Jesus The whole storyline is that He wanted you. 00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:34.940 The whole Gospel is that He died for you. So 00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:37.859 if you never come into a revelation of the love 00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:46.099 of God, you'll never love Him. I actually believe 00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:51.200 the secret to zeal People are always like, oh 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:53.119 man, another message on the love of the Father. 00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:58.000 When are we going to have a holiness movement? 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:03.720 Ever hear that stuff? I struggle with that stuff. 00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:08.619 Because we don't even understand holiness. What 00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:10.619 do you mean when you say a holiness movement? 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:17.740 A movement of really well -behaved people? Like, 00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:21.079 do you realize holy means altogether separate? 00:20:23.380 --> 00:20:29.980 It's like a whole new identity? Righteousness 00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:42.869 bears fruit onto you're separate now? So hear 00:20:42.869 --> 00:20:49.609 me out. We're doing a lot of stuff in church. 00:20:49.849 --> 00:20:55.769 Trying to hold up our side of the bargain. Just 00:20:55.769 --> 00:20:59.809 like the Galatians. Paul comes to them in Galatians 00:20:59.809 --> 00:21:10.019 3. And he says, you foolish Galatians. Who has 00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:20.980 bewitched you? That. Who has bewitched you? You're 00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:24.099 doing incredible. You gotta say it in Spanish, 00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:28.289 that you're doing incredible. Come on, don't 00:21:28.289 --> 00:21:31.529 have false humility. Tell them. Let's go. I love 00:21:31.529 --> 00:21:37.410 it. Says, who has bewitched you, you who started 00:21:37.410 --> 00:21:45.750 in the spirit, have now gone to works. You came 00:21:45.750 --> 00:21:51.990 weak, but you got too strong. And the gospel 00:21:51.990 --> 00:21:58.730 is stay weak. I boldly proclaim, That I will 00:21:58.730 --> 00:22:02.930 forever be a needy Christian. And I know that's 00:22:02.930 --> 00:22:09.190 not popular. But I've got a need for God. And 00:22:09.190 --> 00:22:14.230 without having a need for God, we're too strong. 00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:21.099 So from the beginning, God's covenant with Himself, 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:28.539 the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, had 00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:32.019 a conversation. You're going to be made in the 00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:34.420 image, the likeness and receive the righteousness 00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:41.680 of God. And you weren't even invited to the meeting. 00:22:43.450 --> 00:22:49.009 He didn't ask for your opinion. And God's covenant 00:22:49.009 --> 00:22:56.170 with Himself anchors you in His proximity. Okay, 00:22:56.269 --> 00:23:00.369 so then that takes it further. So then we don't 00:23:00.369 --> 00:23:04.839 go in and out of God's presence anymore. Jesus 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:11.119 actually tells us to abide in His presence. We 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:15.700 don't worship to get in His presence. We don't 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:19.980 dance and shout to get into His presence. I know 00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:26.509 we love quoting the verses. I'm sorry that I'm 00:23:26.509 --> 00:23:30.349 gonna say this. But you realize entering his 00:23:30.349 --> 00:23:37.990 courts with praise, I love that. But after the 00:23:37.990 --> 00:23:47.099 blood of Christ. I'm in His courts. I live in 00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:50.440 God. Not because of what I've done, but because 00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:54.740 of what He's done. So now my praise changes. 00:23:57.930 --> 00:24:03.109 I'm not praising my way to Him. I'm praising 00:24:03.109 --> 00:24:08.509 because dirty me is with Him. You've got to see 00:24:08.509 --> 00:24:13.569 this. I don't worship to get to Him. I worship 00:24:13.569 --> 00:24:18.089 because I'm in Him. Like we have something to 00:24:18.089 --> 00:24:23.990 be thankful for. Right? Intercession. We've made 00:24:23.990 --> 00:24:29.029 intercession reaching for God. What are you reaching 00:24:29.029 --> 00:24:35.009 for? God reached for you. Listen, intercession 00:24:35.009 --> 00:24:43.349 is you're standing in a gap. Between what? What's 00:24:43.349 --> 00:24:49.369 the gap? Like, could you be a bridge between 00:24:49.369 --> 00:24:54.849 God and the world? Rather than intercession being 00:24:54.849 --> 00:25:00.190 reaching? Right, we like the word travail, right? 00:25:03.609 --> 00:25:09.130 Travail. Travail is the pain of giving birth. 00:25:11.690 --> 00:25:15.849 Intercession is about giving birth. birth to 00:25:15.849 --> 00:25:19.890 something that's in you. If we never find the 00:25:19.890 --> 00:25:24.569 God within, we will live our whole life on a 00:25:24.569 --> 00:25:30.730 wrong pilgrimage. We're on a journey that is 00:25:30.730 --> 00:25:37.269 deceptive. We're looking, we quote Isaiah 64, 00:25:39.849 --> 00:25:41.829 oh, that you would rend the heavens and come 00:25:41.829 --> 00:25:48.359 down. It's great for preaching. It moves rooms, 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:53.299 but we never keep reading. Because as you keep 00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:57.759 reading in Isaiah 64, He says, when I did rend 00:25:57.759 --> 00:26:03.000 the heavens and come down, no one was paying 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:09.099 attention. And then you get to Isaiah 65, and 00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:14.480 it says, like a father I've held out my hands, 00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:22.440 come to me all you who are weary. We can't move 00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:27.180 on just yet. You can't go in and out of a temple 00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:32.839 when you are the temple.