Welcome to the God's goodness podcast where our mission is to encourage and highlight God's
goodness and modern-day miracles. We are your hosts, Josh and Chelye Hankins. Today we have
with us a special guest. We have Joseph Chacon with us and he was introduced to us by a friend
you have heard before. She's done a couple episodes with us, Wendy Lawson. We met the
buckles through Wendy and then we met Joseph through the buckles and then Joseph already knows
Wendy. So it's just a small world and I love this. And then today what's really neat, maybe you'll
see this video in social media one day because Joseph brought with him a videographer. So we've
been wanting to do that and he just brought him along. So we got all kinds of new things happening
this month and I'm just so excited what God is doing and with that we're gonna have Joseph open
us up with an opening prayer and then we'll get into it. Alright sounds good. For the Lord we
thank you for this great privilege to partner with you in spreading your word globally. Thank you
for this vision of God's goodness podcast. Thank you for how far you've brought this vision. We
ask the Lord you will be part of this gathering. This message that is about to go forth, let your
spirit influence everywhere that will come forth from our lives. Let this ways be anointed to heal,
to deliver and to transform lives. Be the king of this meeting and have your way in all that we do.
Let your name be glorified in the lives of your people. We bless and honor you for this great
opportunity once again to partner with you in spreading your word globally. Thank you Jesus. Amen.
So tell everybody where you're from Joseph. This is really exciting. Alright Joseph Jackon is from
Ghana originally here on the mission assignment and schooling as well and I'm blessed to be
part of this program today. Awesome we're very glad to have you here. Thank you. I'm very excited.
So where would you like to start? Well, praying through this meeting the Lord wants me to just
speak on how to give yourself the better life that you deserve. I trust that everybody around
the world wants to experience a better life. For sure. Absolutely. Yeah and this is what miracles
are all about. Yeah this is how what miracles are all about. Miracles is about experiencing a
better life. So personally that has been my desire growing up. I wanted to get a better life because
I don't like the kind of life I was experiencing. Yeah I just didn't like it. I just didn't like it.
You knew something was better. I knew there's something better than what I was going through. I
had become an addict. Yeah and anytime I find myself smoking marjuana I just tell myself this
is not it. This shouldn't be me. I cannot continue my life like this and it's something better. I
just need something better than what I'm going through and it takes a miracle to actually
experience a better life and that's why every one of us needs miracles every day because every day
you wake up there's something better God wants to do in your life. Oh absolutely. Yeah absolutely.
He wants to give us a life abundantly not just a life right. He didn't just create us that we
just know about. He gave us a life that would be full of thrilling life. That's it. That's it. So
every time we wake up there's something new God wants to do and that craving should be in our
hearts that we need a better life. We need miracles every day and so I've always wanted to get this
new life that at least I wouldn't see myself in that mess but how to get out of it was a challenge.
It was a challenge until one day something crazy happened. I was trying to become a reggae star as
well as Rastafarian stuff like that and largely disappointed when we wake up every day is an
opportunity for us to experience a better life. God does new things every day like the scripture
says that he daily loads us with his benefits. He daily loads us with benefits. And so I got a
contract from this recording studio and they signed me the last day for me to finish with my
recording so that I can get what they call front money pay me and then start working with me. The
studio got bent. There was fire outbreak. Very sad. I was just looking at this money I was about
to get and this is a fire outbreak and this thing is going on a mess. The studio engineer just
looked at me and he said my friend it looks like something is fighting you somewhere. And that
word was like a bullet that was shot in my heart. I went back home that afternoon and I said I need
to end it all. If something is fighting me I better die and leave that thing alone. In this point
you had no relationship. I had no relationship with Jesus. What were you recording at the studio?
Music. So you're an avid musician? Musician. Perfect. I was a musician. And so when I go home I
actually bought some poison that I was going to drink so that I ended all and I mixed the poison
came out from my little ghetto sat on a bench and then I was just imagining how people will come
and see my dead body and pick me up and then how my family people are gonna conduct my funeral
and all that. I was just imagining that in my mind. So you were prepared? I was prepared. When I saw a
young man with a red polo shirt on I still remember that image to date. A blue jeans and a brown
sneakers just walked by me and he said can I talk to you for a minute? He has a Bible in his hand.
I said why not? He didn't read a verse but he looked down on the road just looked down and drew two
boxes on the floor. One box looks that little and the other box looks huge. And he said my friend
these two football fields. The little one is filled with gold and the huge one is also filled
with gold. If I ask you to choose which one are you going to choose? And I said I will choose the
huge one because that's abundant. I said I like the blue one. He said well you have been following
the little plot of land or field of land that is filled with little gold and you just lost it and
you wanted to end your life. But God asked me to tell you go shave your hair. I was in dreadlocks.
Go shave your hair. Find a church. Attend that church. God has a plan for your life. You will be
saved and then this huge land that is filled with gold will be yours. And so this man you've never
seen before in your life. I've never seen a more. He knew. He called you out for exactly what you were
going to do. He called me out. That's the blind providence right there. And right there that thought
of ending my life just vanished. That was it. That was it. It just vanished. But it took me another
two years for me to meet somebody who called introduced me to the kingdom of God. I didn't go
to church right there but they thought of ending my life dying drinking that poisonous stuff to
die just went away. And it took me another two years to get somebody to introduce me to the
kingdom of God. Now remember the first day I was privileged to be part of a church service. I had
a pastor preacher, a powerful sermon. At the end of his sermon he quoted from 2 Corinthians 5 and
17. And he said if any man be in Christ he is a new creation. All things have passed away. Behold
all things have become new. And I was like this is what I've been looking for all years. If any
man be in Christ he is a new creation. All things have passed. I don't need this old rocket life.
I don't need this kind of life I'm living. And it's something better. And if I can find this in
Christ I better surrender. I better surrender my life to the Lord. So he called out people who
want to give their lives to Christ. He should come forth and then I run towards the altar,
gave my life to the Lord. Guess what? When I went back home I was expecting to see new life. All
those bad evil desires I just wanted them to leave me. But somehow somehow I didn't experience that
so the next time we went back to church same pastor preacher powerful message at the end of the
message he quoted 2 Corinthians 5 17 as an altar call if anyone is in Christ he's a new creature.
All things are passed away behold all things have become new. And then I was sitting there with
this cousin of mine who introduced me to the kingdom of God took me to church I was sitting right
there beside him I was telling myself I need to go again. So he saw me moving towards the altar
and he tapped me he said Joseph where are you going? I said I'm going to give my life to the Lord. But
you did this last week I said you know something that didn't work. That didn't work for me and I'm
pretty sure this one is going to work. I went forward surrendered my life to Christ and I tell
you before God and man from that day the new life that flows from the throne of God the new life
that Christ promises that he gives to all that are testing I've started having a feel of it and I
have never stopped getting tested for this life. My whole life was changed I could see Christ at work
in me. It's a slow process. Yeah I could see the change of life that Christ promised at work in me.
This thing is bigger than material things. This better life that we're talking about is bigger
than material things something bigger than that. Is that inner peace? Is that inner joy? Is that inner
satisfaction that you are at peace with God? And you have the life of God flowing through you every
day. And listeners I just want to encourage you that you can get for yourself the better life you
deserve. You can get it. It's in Christ Jesus and if you want it you can get it. That is the
miraculous life that we're talking about is a life filled with miracles filled with abundance of
peace abundance of joy abundance of fulfillment which money cannot give you position cannot give
you says cannot give you I don't know what you're looking for not any other thing can give you that
kind of life except you get into the kingdom of God. I love that you were not satisfied with how
you had to return the first time but you weren't satisfied with Christ working in you at that point
because you didn't see the evidence you feel the evidence and so you were determined to do it again.
Yes. And I love how that you knew that you knew that that time was going to work. Yeah. Right. So
God called you into completion. He called you and you did it and he said hey it's not done yet
and you weren't satisfied either like you guys were connected very well on that front that he
that he pursued you and then once you got a taste you pursued him back and I just love that I
absolutely love that I wish more people would understand that he does pursue us and at one point
we have to pursue him back that's not a one-way street. Beautiful. Beautiful analogy and so what
I want to take away points that I want to leave with our listeners today is that they will be
properly introduced into the kingdom of God. There will be properly introduced. There are a lot of
people in church but they are not in Christ. There are a lot of people in church but they are not
in Christ. True. Jesus said to me years ago that your position in church is not a substitute to your
standing in Christ. Your position in church is not a substitute to your standing in Christ so you
can even be a clergy man and not be standing well in Christ. You can be a pastor and not be in Christ.
You can be anything in church and not be anyone in Christ because the scripture says if anyone be
in Christ not in church because Christ is a vehicle that transports us into the kingdom of God.
The only way. The only way. Right. But thank you. You can't take any of it. Christ is the only vehicle
that transports us into the kingdom of God. I am the way, the truth and the life. No one goes to the
kingdom of God. Goes to the Father except through me. So Christ is the only vehicle that transports us
into the kingdom of God. So if you are not in Him you cannot experience the better life that you
deserve because He paid the price for you to live this better life. He paid that price so you deserve
it because Christ paid the price for you to live that better life. I keep telling people from that
day till now I don't have problems. I don't know. I don't have problems. I don't have worries.
There are no issues in my life to worry about because He's taking all my burdens. He said come
unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest when you get into that vehicle.
He will give you the rest indeed and that's the kind of miraculous life He wants to give to everyone.
People meet me and they say in church sometimes in church people will see me in church and they
say we need this kind of your excitement, your joy. Where do you get it from? In church.
That's Christ. That's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's
in church sometimes church will be over and then I'll see some rich folks in Chevrova because
they will talk me and then we want to talk to you after church and then after church they'll
they'll go talk to me. Where did you get your joy from? Where did you get your happiness, your excitement?
How is it that we see something inside of you we want? We are all in church but not everyone in
church is in Christ. Right and how funny it is that they turn to you they turn to the physical
tangible thing they can see to ask how you did it. Yeah. Instead of reading their Bible and
understanding that Jesus is joy. Thank you thank you thank you once again. You're doing it. The joy of
Lord is our strength right? Yeah. And so they're coming to you because you are a model of it. Yeah.
And they're forgetting who the author of it is. Thank you. So let's now let me show you three
examples from the Scriptures of how to be properly introduced into the kingdom of God. We see that
of Nicodemus in joint chapter three. Nicodemus was a teacher of the law. You know but he saw
something about Jesus that he didn't have. And so Nicodemus he went to Jesus at night and was like
what's up? What's up? What's going on? Why are you so different? Why so different? I want to be like
you. I want to see the things I'm seeing in your ministry also in my ministry and Jesus properly
introduced Nicodemus into the kingdom. He said unless you are born again you cannot enter into
the kingdom unless you are born. And this is the mission link. People confess all right that Jesus
is their Lord but they are not born again. It's a whole experience to be born again. It's a whole
experience from just saying Jesus Christ is your Lord. You know even the devils know that Jesus
Christ is Lord. Yes. Demons know that and they tremble the Scriptures say even demons believe
and they tremble. So being born again is a whole experience. It's a new experience that everybody
needs and that is the kind of experience that Nicodemus needed and Jesus said you've got to be
born again and he was like do I have to as old as I am do I have to enter into my mother's womb and
be born you know and Jesus let him understood that that which is born of the Spirit the Spirit must
do a work in your life. The Spirit must do a work he convinced you of your sin. Yes oh thank God he does.
The sanctification process is a slow one but it's gradual and very gentle. Very gentle.
God needs to swear a breath. Yes he's very loving you know and let's look at the Sancturion in
Acts chapter 10. He was a pious man but he wasn't born again. You know the Scriptures actually
recommended him that he's a pious man dedicated man but he had not had that experience that new
bad experience and so look at how God sent an angel from heaven to his home. In the middle of the day
to announce to him now you're a good folk you've been given arms and praying always and all that
dedicated and your arms your your arms have ascended into heaven it's like a memorial in heaven and
all that we respect all those things but you need something better and look at how God initiated
his new birth by asking him to send people to go for Peter so Peter can introduce him properly
to the kingdom properly introduce into the so that's my emphasis today that if we want to
experience the better life that we deserve we got to be properly introduced into the kingdom of God
and now my last example is that of the Ethiopian you know in the book of Acts chapter 8
26 to 40 he's been traveling from Ethiopia to Jerusalem suburb after suburb just to worship
just to serve the Lord meanwhile he didn't know the Lord he was saving
you know and look at how God initiated his new bed his new bed experience
God again has to interrupt Philip and say Philip you better go to this place and Philip
chased after that chariot caught up with that chariot he was reading from my desire he didn't
know what he was reading he asked Philip can you help me out and he was helped he was properly
introduced into the kingdom of God and how great is that that God sent somebody to that Ethiopian
man who was struggling with the word yeah a man that knew exactly how to answer the questions a man
he knew exactly how to speak the heart of God to this person how incredible that is
and God is so sending people yes and he's still sending angels too and God's goodness podcast
is that kind of instrument that God is using to reach somebody to be able to be properly introduced
into his kingdom so there are various avenues that God is using those day like social media
the way of God is everywhere on social media these are God's avenues to reaching people with a
message of the kingdom so that they can properly be introduced into the kingdom of God
say it out i would like us to read from Colossians chapter one from verse 12
Colossians chapter one and from the verse 12 13 and 14 hopefully
is a given tense onto the father which have made us meet in other words which has qualified us
to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light God has qualified us through the redemptive
work that Christ did on the cross all mankind Jesus didn't pay that price for just me and you
he paid that price for everybody those who are born today those who will be born tomorrow
those who will ever be born and those who were ever born into this world Jesus paid that price for
every one of them to come into this world and experience a better life the better life that
they deserve Jesus paid that price for them and look at verse 13 he said who have delivered us
from the power of darkness from the power of darkness you know the scripture says that darkness
has covered the world and grows darkness the people but God will arise on us and his glory
will be seen on us and he said who have delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us
into the kingdom of his dear son translated us into the kingdom of his dear son see who you are
is not as important as where you are he translated us into the kingdom of his dear son who you are
is not as important as where you are when it comes to spiritual truths because
when you are born again your position has changed yes and you know what man lost in Adam was nothing
but divine positioning divine positioning is what man lost in Adam because the day
Adam disobeyed God God took him away from a certain position so when God said the day you
eat this fruit you shall die what is it talking about in the actual sense talking about you will
be relocated so Adam was relocated he was moved from the Garden of Eden to another place so what
we lost actually was positioning divine positioning so the Garden of Eden is not a geographical
location is a spiritual positioning where man will have access with God man will have access
with the kingdom of God man will have access to the blessings of God man will have access to the
peace of God man will have access to the joy of God man will have access to all the virtues that
are in God and all the benefits that are in God so what we lost in Adam was positioning and what
Jesus came to do was reposition us that is why he said without me no one goes it's a positioning
I am the way the truth and the life without me no one goes to the Father no one have access
to the Father it's a positioning and here Colossians say that we have been translated in other
ways transported we have been transported to a new location a new position so people of God
we need to understand this message about the kingdom is a message of repositioning
and if we get to understand this message of repositioning I'm telling you life on earth
will be a beautiful thing for everybody I agree 100% I think many Christians that are
Christians to go to church get content with worshiping God get content with their life as is
because they have Christ and they miss out that you're mentioning access they have VIP access
they have backstage passes they can sit with the star right they can sit in Jesus's trailer they
can have 100% unfettered access to every part that God has to offer and they don't have to just sit
in the pew they don't just have to sit there and love God they can experience life abundantly
and I love that you kept mentioning you have access to things and that's what that brought to my
mind is like VIP access you're not just any person right you are a you are a son and your daughter of
the king of kings the most high king and I think that's tremendous the access just really brought
that to light that too many of us are content with our standing in God and we failed to miss out that
he has something better for us beautiful something better no that's good I'm taking this in thank
you you know he's got something better is I said something here let me just quote that before I
read the vase I said the place of effortless miracles and endless possibilities is living in
the kingdom of God the place of effortless miracles endless possibilities is living in the kingdom of
God so when you come into the kingdom of God you have come into a place of effortless miracles
endless possibilities are you assessing these effortless miracles are you assessing these
endless possibilities are we assessing them we just content like you said content we are not
assessing these effortless miracles we are not assessing these endless possibilities because
we have been content we are too content and it shouldn't be like that because we have been
translated into a kingdom where we have access to endless possibilities I think a lot of it drives
from us having the gumption to say that God has saved me and that is enough and we're missing out
that God has also given us promise after promise after promise and none of his promises return void
none of his word returns void nothing that he has promised us will we not get we just have to reach
out and take what he is giving us that's awesome it comes back to the question of what salvation is
people doesn't even understand what salvation is I was sharing that with sister carol yesterday
night and I was like salvation to me this is how I define it and it's scriptural is freedom from
sin and it affects and dominion over sin and its effects freedom from sin and it affects
and dominion over sin and it affects let's just look at Romans chapter 6 and 23 very powerful verse
and that what salvation is look at that it says for the wages of sin is death I just said that
talking about what we lost in Christ because it's repose death is not the absence of a thing
death is the relocation of a thing death in spiritual sense is not the absence of a thing
people think that somebody's dead is absent nobody dies we only relocate so when your
relative or somebody dies in your mind you think I'm not gonna sit down or the person just relocated
because death is not the absence of a thing so when God told Adam the day you will eat this fruit
you shall surely die he was not talking about his absence he was talking about his relocation
I'm gonna take you out of this garden and put you somewhere else because that's what that means
and indeed when he did that God took him out of the garden and put him somewhere and God asked
cherubimms to God the garden so that he will not have access into the garden again he lost his VIP
accident he lost his VIP accident beautiful go to back state you see and so so that is it and so
roman says for the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ
the gift of God is eternal life you see so that's what salvation is salvation is freedom from
sin and its effects and dominion over sin and its effects so if your freedom from sin is not
yet established you cannot enjoy all the benefits of salvation if your dominion over sin and the
effects of sin is not yet established you cannot enjoy all the benefits of salvation so it's something
you press on it's something you grow you keep growing you keep growing in Christ the more you
grow in Christ the more your star your salvation status gets higher without spiritual growth your
salvation status does not go higher and when your salvation status does not go higher you cannot
enjoy the benefits the VIP benefits you will be robbed of that and so the trick is the devil want to
keep majority of we believers stacked where we are first grade we're not making any progress
spiritually any progress in terms of growing spiritually scripture says and Jesus Christ
grew in wisdom and in stature and he was in favor with God and man he grew in the spirit
scripture says John the Baptist grew in the spirit he works strong in spirit
he works strong in spirit so spiritual growth is one thing that is not being emphasized very well
in the church and it's also because people have not properly been introduced to the new bed because
the new bed what is born there is your spirit that is born so when your spirit is born you will do
everything to keep that spirit to grow you understand you will do everything to keep that
spirit to grow because it's not born as a baby like Peter said as new born babies desire the
sincere new born baby it's not talking about a little child talking about your spirit your new
born spirit your new born special desire the sincere milk of the way so that it can grow by it
and so people have become stacked and not wanting to grow spiritually because in the first place
they are the way to introduce into the kingdom properly so that they can be born again like Jesus
introduced the kingdom to Nicodemus and he was born again like Philip introduced the kingdom
to the Ethiopian inoc and he was born again and baptized like Peter introduced the kingdom to the
centurion and he was born again and baptized in pew that's the connection I think too many of us
when we get born again fail to make the correlation that we're born again in the spirit and we assume
that our bodies our flesh our evil flesh is also born again and it is not and it has habits and it
has deep scars and grooves and trauma that it's going to fight the spirit so that it can stay
comfortable it can stay in sin and it can stay where it knows it is and that's why we have that
conflict when we have Christ it's because now we know that what we do is in sin and now we know
it we don't want that and I like the parable with the two wolves the one is evil the one is good
and which one grows is the one that you feed right so how do we and how do we fight this fight between
our flesh and our spirit well we feed the spirit we don't feed the lust of the flesh we feed the
spirit and therefore we can grow in Christ if we feed this this the flesh and we hope that the spirit
can convict us we're playing a very dangerous game of non-growing we're just staying where we are
we're just trying to be happy balancing this when God says no I want to give you life I don't give
you a bunch of money like take this spirit let that flesh go man you don't need it I will give you
everything you need don't worry about a thing and it's really hard for us because we're very
conceptual we see things and we want to blame our flesh for so many things this is just
thanking the spirit for all that it's doing we want to we want to blame the flesh instead so we're
putting the focus on the wrong thing and I think we need to get back to a point where we put our
focus solely on the spirit and less on the flesh even if it's doing something you don't want the
more we focus on it the more we think about it so if we just ignore it completely and just build
that faith with Christ through our spirit and that born again will take a little bit of a different
shape for us beautiful you know what I like so much about why you said the more you feed the spirit
the more the spirit gains control over the flesh so and let's go back to the garden of Eden what
happened there was feeding go to man don't feed the flesh because remember he said the day you
eat of this fruit all right you shall surely die the second came in if you eat it you will know good
and evil you know good and evil you know good and evil this is when the that is carnality
all right the knowledge of good and evil is carnality your sensuality has come alive
that's why a child doesn't know good from evil because the child cannot be canal
and Jesus said unless you are converted and become like children you cannot enter
into the kingdom a child doesn't feed the flesh more than the spirit because the child is so spiritual
until he starts growing physically and he becomes more physical or canal than spiritual
100% the more he's surrounded in the world the more he lives in the world the more the world takes
its foothold on him beautiful and it's the reason why you should raise your kids in a certain way
so they grow up with strong legs in Christ and and they don't deviate they don't turn from it
beautiful right that's that's exactly why that scripture is there because if you let them be
raised by the world yeah and then you're upset that your child doesn't go to church anymore and
doesn't believe in Jesus I mean that's your fault yeah that's true that's true the foundation was
wrong and so this thing about feeding is very critical to our progress in the kingdom feeding
because that's what happened in Genesis God actually did not ask man not to eat the tree of life
because it was the tree of life and it was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you know
which is canality and the tree of life which is spirituality is the tree of life is an emblem
or symbol of spirituality and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is an emblem or symbol
of canality and so it started from the garden god said if you eat the tree of the knowledge of
good and you'll be canal and you'll be relocated you'll die you you'll die just let me read
Romans chapter 8 very powerful verses from this five it says that for they that are after the flesh
do mind the things of the flesh but they that are after the spirit the things of the spirit
for to be can only minded is death see when you feed your physical body you will be can only mind it
you'll be robbed of your position in Christ to be can only minded is that but to be spiritually
minded is life that is the tree of life is an emblem of the spirit spirituality so when you eat
which is the word of God the tree of life is the word of God so if you eat of the word of God
you'll be spiritually minded and you'll get life and so people must come to understand that the word
of God is not just a book to read the word of God is not just a story is food for the human spirit
people don't even see the word of God as food for the human spirit because God kept consistently
say that I will give you pastors after my own heart who will feed you with my knowledge Jesus
confronted Peter in the book of John I think John 20 tries and said do you love me more than this
and he said yes you know I love you I said then feed my lambs feed my lambs feed my lambs feed my
lambs feed them with what with the knowledge of God with the word of God so we if we want
this better life that God has pictures for us through Christ's death and resurrection we've
got to awake though there's a need for spiritual awakening there's a need for spiritual awakenings
that we are not conscious of our spirituality we've become too kind of that we are less concerned
about our the status of our spiritual life yeah yeah that's good it's something that I believe
American churches have drifted so far from in the last 60 years that we forget we're all we're all
about trying to get the numbers right we're trying to get certain things and and we don't pursue the
spirit as much as we try to pursue the numbers we try to pursue how many people we can convert
rather than the quality of the conversion yeah right so if I convert a thousand people but I
don't disciple any of them what am I really done you've done nothing you know and and so I feel that
that is a limp that we have in Western churches that we are more into filling the church than we
are filling the the body of believers with Christ beautiful beautiful that's an important truth
and it's not just in America it's worldwide I can only speak it's worldwide is an arrow from the
pit of hell let me call this scripture Saint Corinthians 4 and 4 very powerful scripture
it says that in whom the God of this world have blinded the minds of them which believe not
less the light of the glorious gospel of Christ who is the image of God should shine on them
you know the devil has blinded is an arrow from the pit of hell that has been shot against the
church so that we will not upgrade our spiritual life we will be less concerned of of growing
spiritually because that's the only way we can raise the army that can conquer the kingdom of
darkness here on earth when people are being built up in the Lord growing in the Lord will
become a formidable army that the enemy cannot defeat so when we don't have that army is it
the king if we open up our news we all know what's happening it looks like the devil is winning
you know everywhere in the world but it shouldn't be like that we shall win the kingdom of God
should win the church of Christ shall win we shall determine what shall happen in this world
how it shall happen and when it shall happen we are in control not the devil the devil is not
in control the devil is an illegal immigrant here on earth this wealth was not originally
created for him he was created for us and now that we have been repositioned we have to grow
and take our proper place because the scripture says in Galatians 4 a hair as long as a hair remain
a child he cannot inherit his father's kingdom because he's still a child even though he's the
head of all things because as long as he remains a child and so the devil would do everything to
keep us spiritual children not spiritual adults not spiritually matured people he's afraid of our
full potential you're right if we knew what we could do and we were capable of with the authority
that Christ gives us would be dangerous even more dangerous to the devil thank you for that word
he's afraid of our full potential so he will do everything he can to keep you from maximizing
that potential he wants to keep you small yeah that's why I said we need an awakening you know
and but in teachings like this is what we'll bring that awakening so that the body of Christ can
wake and take our proper place right I mean if God is the ultimate being in the galaxy the ultimate
being ever known right in existence and he calls us as his children who are we to be anything less
than what he means than the children of the ultimate authority in the universe right thank you
like who are we to settle for less for being the devil's footstool for for being manipulated by
the enemy who are we we're daughters and sons of the most high god god almighty and he is above
everything and he puts the devil at his footstool yeah not us so we're higher than the devil we
should start acting like it far higher than the devil far higher that's the truth far higher than
him well Joseph thank you so much for coming on today we really appreciate the sharing of the word
we appreciate your humble beginnings I really enjoyed listening to how you sought and pursued
the Lord I wish more people especially Christians would not be satisfied with where they are and
seek him with their whole heart to say that I know there's something more for me this can't be it
this can't be that God got me this far to only have gotten me this far right and I prayed that for
everybody that listens to this podcast that they would know that God has a life for them full of
abundance full of joy full of not just contented like you'll be contented all things of course but
he wants to give you that joy and I'm very thankful for the words that you've spoken here today
Amen, it's grateful for having me
It's been a delight so I wanted to the Lord laid on my heart that we should do an altar call
and do you want to lead us in that like you know if anybody needs to come to Christ you know
I have never led an altar call have you yeah I would imagine you have a submission yeah so would
you do that that's right yeah all right so this is the greatest privilege that we want to give to
you right now you might find yourself in a church but has not properly been introduced to Christ
we want you to know today that Christ is the only vehicle by which you can be saved
he's paid a price for your salvation for your reconciliation with God and you need that in
a peace with God you need that total forgiveness of your sins he's done that job for you and we
want you to honestly look deep into your heart and know that you need a savior you cannot pay the
price for your sins and somebody has done that his name is Jesus you are going to accept this work
that he's done for you by knowing that indeed you cannot you cannot do it on your own you need somebody
and he's Jesus if you are convinced that God sent his only begotten Son into this world to pay the
price for your sin and give you this precious eternal life we want you to say these beautiful
ways that we are going to say just rehearse them with us with your whole heart and trust that a
new work will begin in your life it's a work of salvation and then if you don't have a church yet
we will recommend that after this prayer you go look for a church and tell that pastor you've
accepted the Lord Jesus Christ and you want to begin the new life that is in Christ they will
help you and you will grow in the Lord and your life will never be the same again all right so
put your right hand on your head or your chest and say this beautiful words with me say dear Lord Jesus
dear Lord Jesus I believe in my heart I believe in my heart that you came into this world that you
came into this world and pay the price for my sin and pay the price for my sin that I may be saved
that I may be saved and become a child of God and become a child of God today today I confess with
my mouth I confess with my mouth the Lord Jesus the Lord Jesus you are the savior of the world
you are the savior of the world the Messiah the Messiah the son of the living God the son of the
living God come into my heart come into my heart fill me with your Holy Spirit fill me with your
Holy Spirit wash me with your blood wash me with your blood cleanse me with your blood cleanse me
with your blood make me a new creature make me a new creature grant me grace grant me grace to
live my life for you to live my life for you and for you alone and for you alone thank you Jesus
thank you Jesus for saving me for saving me amen amen congratulations if you've said the
prayer. God bless you and then we'll love to hear from you. Amen. Amen. And again,
don't settle for just being converted. If you receive Jesus in your heart, go seek
discipleship. Go seek a church. You can reach out to my wife through email or
however you get to Holy Spirit and I'll help her address and we'll find a church
for you in your area. Just give us a call or email us. We'll figure it out because
it would be morally irresponsible for you to accept Christ and then go about
your day without going further. We don't want you to flounder. No. We want you to
thrive just like Jesus does. Well thank you so much for listening and if this
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