WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.540 You know, looking at others and how God has dealt 00:00:02.540 --> 00:00:06.440 with them doesn't necessarily give you the idea 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:09.080 of how God wants to deal with you. And it might. 00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:12.060 It might give you some really good ideas, especially 00:00:12.060 --> 00:00:14.179 if they are doing things according to the Word. 00:00:14.460 --> 00:00:17.260 The important thing is that you know the Word 00:00:17.260 --> 00:00:20.780 of God, you know the character of God, and you 00:00:20.780 --> 00:00:32.399 follow Him. What's it to you what they do? God 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:35.820 promises in Joel 2 .28 to pour out His Spirit 00:00:35.820 --> 00:00:39.399 on all humanity. Welcome to Global Outpouring, 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:41.479 where we contend for that promised outpouring, 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:44.979 we equip for that outpouring, so that we may 00:00:44.979 --> 00:00:48.159 engage in that very outpouring. I'm Philip Buss. 00:00:48.259 --> 00:00:50.939 And I'm Sharon Buss. Welcome to the podcast today. 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:54.259 We're going to talk about something that very 00:00:54.259 --> 00:00:57.000 well could be life -changing for you. Because 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:00.759 we're going to investigate things about like 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:04.680 not taking things personally and not judging 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:07.280 people when they're doing things differently. 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:11.359 And we're basing it on a scripture that if you 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:13.980 put it in today's language, it's what's it to 00:01:13.980 --> 00:01:21.319 you? Thanks so much for joining us today. 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We are 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:01.280 delighted to hear that there's somebody that's 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:03.780 listening and that the Lord is using this in 00:02:03.780 --> 00:02:07.599 your life. And also, while you're on our website, 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:11.400 you can go to the events tab and look at Convention 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:15.479 2026. We have it up on our website under events. 00:02:16.219 --> 00:02:19.219 And there's a link there where you can make reservations 00:02:19.219 --> 00:02:22.860 at the hotel. We're going to be at the Hilton 00:02:22.860 --> 00:02:27.000 Hotel, St. Louis Airport. It is just a couple 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:29.240 blocks down, I think, from where we've been in 00:02:29.240 --> 00:02:31.520 other years. So it's very close and it's very 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:34.780 convenient to fly in or to drive in. It's right 00:02:34.780 --> 00:02:38.520 by the interstate. So very easy to get to. And 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:41.680 we'll be having wonderful speakers. Tony Kemp 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:44.560 will be with us and Dean Braxton and Anna Werner. 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:48.659 Claren McQueen, and I'll be speaking also, and 00:02:48.659 --> 00:02:51.860 we'll have awesome, awesome, wonderful worship. 00:02:52.180 --> 00:02:54.780 People come from the nations, and it's a life 00:02:54.780 --> 00:02:57.439 -changing experience, and you begin to make relationships 00:02:57.439 --> 00:03:00.520 with people of like precious faith, and there's 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:02.780 something just so wonderful about that, and it 00:03:02.780 --> 00:03:05.780 goes on for eternity. These relationships are 00:03:05.780 --> 00:03:09.840 for always that God puts together. So today, 00:03:09.979 --> 00:03:15.129 we're going to look at John 21. This is after 00:03:15.129 --> 00:03:18.710 Jesus has resurrected from the dead. And we have 00:03:18.710 --> 00:03:22.069 the disciples, you know, Peter says, I'm going 00:03:22.069 --> 00:03:25.050 fishing. So they go up to Galilee, and they go 00:03:25.050 --> 00:03:28.449 fishing all night, and they catch nothing. Sounds 00:03:28.449 --> 00:03:30.710 like how it was at the very beginning of their 00:03:30.710 --> 00:03:32.250 ministry. I know what that feels like. Oh, yeah. 00:03:33.150 --> 00:03:35.550 Yeah. Of course, I didn't stay out all night. 00:03:35.750 --> 00:03:39.729 No. And so Jesus shouts at them, and how's it 00:03:39.729 --> 00:03:42.569 going? And they realize that it's Jesus. And 00:03:42.569 --> 00:03:45.930 Peter jumps in the water and swims to shore, 00:03:46.069 --> 00:03:49.849 and Jesus has fish already on the fire. He's 00:03:49.849 --> 00:03:52.990 got breakfast ready for him. After they eat breakfast, 00:03:53.389 --> 00:03:57.250 Jesus asks Peter three questions. You remember 00:03:57.250 --> 00:04:00.610 that story. And, you know, he's grieved about 00:04:00.610 --> 00:04:04.789 Jesus keeping on asking him three times, do you 00:04:04.789 --> 00:04:07.310 love me? And, of course, it's really dealing 00:04:07.310 --> 00:04:09.909 with the fact that he denied Jesus three times. 00:04:09.969 --> 00:04:13.370 So he's kind of undoing that. And then he goes 00:04:13.370 --> 00:04:15.729 on to say this in verse 18. You want to read 00:04:15.729 --> 00:04:17.550 that, Philip, from the English Standard Version? 00:04:18.689 --> 00:04:21.790 Truly, truly, I say to you. When you were young, 00:04:21.949 --> 00:04:24.569 you used to dress yourself and walk wherever 00:04:24.569 --> 00:04:27.589 you wanted. But when you are old, you will stretch 00:04:27.589 --> 00:04:30.389 out your hands, and another will dress you and 00:04:30.389 --> 00:04:34.170 carry you where you do not want to go. This he 00:04:34.170 --> 00:04:36.550 said to show by what kind of death he was to 00:04:36.550 --> 00:04:39.329 glorify God. That's an interesting thought, that 00:04:39.329 --> 00:04:43.569 your death glorifies God. Go ahead. And after 00:04:43.569 --> 00:04:46.850 saying this, he said to him, Follow me. Peter 00:04:46.850 --> 00:04:49.230 turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved 00:04:49.230 --> 00:04:52.110 following them, the one who also had leaned back 00:04:52.110 --> 00:04:55.069 against him during the supper and had said, Lord, 00:04:55.290 --> 00:04:59.290 who is it that is going to betray you? When Peter 00:04:59.290 --> 00:05:02.350 saw him, he said to Jesus, Lord, what about this 00:05:02.350 --> 00:05:06.129 man? Jesus said to him, If it is my will that 00:05:06.129 --> 00:05:08.889 he remain until I come, what is that to you? 00:05:09.129 --> 00:05:12.050 You follow me. What's it to you? What's it to 00:05:12.050 --> 00:05:16.180 you? You follow me. So the saints spread abroad 00:05:16.180 --> 00:05:18.720 among the brothers that this disciple was not 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:21.779 to die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he 00:05:21.779 --> 00:05:24.560 was not to die, but if it is my will that he 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:27.819 remain until I come, what is that to you? What's 00:05:27.819 --> 00:05:33.000 it to you? So the Message Bible puts it similarly 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:36.620 from verse 20, turning his head. Peter noticed 00:05:36.620 --> 00:05:38.819 the disciple Jesus loved following right behind. 00:05:39.060 --> 00:05:41.519 When Peter noticed him, he asked Jesus, Master, 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:43.800 what's going to happen to him? Because Jesus 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:45.920 had just told him how he's going to die, right? 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:49.240 Jesus said, if I want him to live until I come 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:51.519 again, what's that to you? What's it to you? 00:05:52.019 --> 00:05:56.040 You follow me. And that's the whole message here. 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:59.180 You know, whatever God's doing in somebody else's 00:05:59.180 --> 00:06:02.939 life, what's it to you? You follow me, right? 00:06:03.740 --> 00:06:07.079 And, you know, it's about the rumor. And John 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:10.339 is saying, He didn't say that I'm going to stay. 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:13.980 He just said, what's it to you? And then I like 00:06:13.980 --> 00:06:16.360 what the Amplified Classic says, and I'll just 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:19.639 cut to the chase here in verse 22. Jesus said 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:23.000 to him, if I want him to stay, survive, live 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:26.560 until I come, what is that to you? What concern 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:31.480 is it of yours? You follow me. So whatever is 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:34.060 going on around us, we get so easily distracted 00:06:34.060 --> 00:06:38.120 by what's going on in other people's lives. that 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:43.040 maybe there's an inclination to get jealous. 00:06:43.300 --> 00:06:45.779 Especially in ministry. Yeah, especially in ministry. 00:06:45.939 --> 00:06:48.500 Or what if somebody gets away with something? 00:06:48.899 --> 00:06:51.500 The Holy Spirit won't let me get away with it. 00:06:51.660 --> 00:06:54.279 I remember Dean Braxton talking about one time 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:58.639 he was just relaxing in a hotel where he had 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:02.740 been put before he ministered, and he put his 00:07:02.740 --> 00:07:06.759 feet up on the coffee table. And the Holy Spirit 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:10.089 said, You know better than that. Oh, that's funny. 00:07:12.290 --> 00:07:14.430 It's like, you know, anybody else can put their 00:07:14.430 --> 00:07:16.589 feet up on the coffee table, but no, you know 00:07:16.589 --> 00:07:20.889 better, right? So I was reminded of something 00:07:20.889 --> 00:07:23.329 that the Lord gave me in my journal a couple 00:07:23.329 --> 00:07:26.709 of years ago when we were fasting. And the Lord 00:07:26.709 --> 00:07:29.529 said, I didn't choose you for what you were. 00:07:30.269 --> 00:07:34.000 I chose you for what you would become. You are 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:36.759 still in the process of becoming what I created 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:39.600 you to be. Learning to be completely dependent 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:44.959 on me is key to your destiny. Destiny is not 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:49.000 a destination. A destination is thought of as 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:52.560 a place where you stop. Your destiny is eternal 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:56.240 and will continue to grow and mature for all 00:07:56.240 --> 00:08:03.920 eternity. Isn't that beautiful? to have a unique 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:07.399 destiny. So quit looking at others to emulate 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:10.480 them. The saints and generals of the faith will 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:13.240 inspire you to press on and persevere into your 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:16.220 destiny as they did theirs, but you will never 00:08:16.220 --> 00:08:19.220 be exactly like them. They will be cheering you 00:08:19.220 --> 00:08:22.300 on to follow the Lamb. Remember Jesus said to 00:08:22.300 --> 00:08:25.740 Peter, follow me, you follow me. They will be 00:08:25.740 --> 00:08:28.019 cheering you on to follow the Lamb, to walk in 00:08:28.019 --> 00:08:31.329 the Spirit and not in the flesh. As you walk 00:08:31.329 --> 00:08:34.570 with me, leaning on my holy arm, you will grow 00:08:34.570 --> 00:08:37.610 and mature into what I intended for you from 00:08:37.610 --> 00:08:40.710 the beginning. It's not what you think. It's 00:08:40.710 --> 00:08:43.809 even better. Don't be afraid when I lead you 00:08:43.809 --> 00:08:46.789 into a place of risk and vulnerability, like 00:08:46.789 --> 00:08:50.409 Moses and Israel at the Red Sea shore. Moses 00:08:50.409 --> 00:08:53.669 received plenty of complaints, but he had to 00:08:53.669 --> 00:08:57.169 obey me. So I could use the situation to deal 00:08:57.169 --> 00:09:00.269 with Baal Zephon, which was an Egyptian god, 00:09:00.409 --> 00:09:03.690 and the Egyptian army who depended on that false 00:09:03.690 --> 00:09:07.669 god. I want to show myself strong in these days. 00:09:07.990 --> 00:09:11.070 Your trust in me will help you to be obedient 00:09:11.070 --> 00:09:16.929 in spite of how it looks. Beautiful. So, you 00:09:16.929 --> 00:09:19.429 know, looking at others and how God has dealt 00:09:19.429 --> 00:09:23.340 with them. doesn't necessarily give you the idea 00:09:23.340 --> 00:09:25.899 of how God wants to deal with you. And it might. 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:28.940 It might give you some really good ideas, especially 00:09:28.940 --> 00:09:31.059 if they are doing things according to the Word. 00:09:31.340 --> 00:09:34.120 The important thing is that you know the Word 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:37.659 of God, you know the character of God, and you 00:09:37.659 --> 00:09:41.919 follow Him. What's it to you what they do? You 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:46.690 follow me. Right? You be you. I mean, that's 00:09:46.690 --> 00:09:48.809 one of the sayings that goes around these days. 00:09:49.129 --> 00:09:54.409 And there is a certain amount that can be out 00:09:54.409 --> 00:09:57.029 of sync with God. If you're just trying to be 00:09:57.029 --> 00:10:00.210 you and you're being you in the flesh, well, 00:10:00.289 --> 00:10:02.909 that's not going to accomplish anything eternal. 00:10:03.590 --> 00:10:08.190 But you be you in your walk with God and don't 00:10:08.190 --> 00:10:11.629 try and get all of your orders from other people. 00:10:17.450 --> 00:10:20.350 particularly. It's good to have someone that 00:10:20.350 --> 00:10:24.769 you can depend on to give you good guidance. 00:10:25.730 --> 00:10:28.830 And if you have somebody that's really good, 00:10:29.029 --> 00:10:31.990 they will take you back to the Word, and they 00:10:31.990 --> 00:10:34.450 will pray with you and help you find the will 00:10:34.450 --> 00:10:38.669 of God by the Holy Spirit. It's not like continually 00:10:38.669 --> 00:10:42.450 looking for a prophetic word. Oh, come on. Yes. 00:10:43.450 --> 00:10:45.549 If the Lord gives you a word through someone, 00:10:45.730 --> 00:10:49.049 you pray into that. Yeah. But don't go to a place 00:10:49.049 --> 00:10:51.850 where you get a prophetic word every other day 00:10:51.850 --> 00:10:54.509 or something like that because you'll end up 00:10:54.509 --> 00:10:58.049 getting confused. Right. And the bottom line 00:10:58.049 --> 00:10:59.970 is you need to do the thing that the Lord told 00:10:59.970 --> 00:11:02.649 you in the last word he gave you. Yeah. So if 00:11:02.649 --> 00:11:05.830 you're really seeking a word from the Lord, let 00:11:05.830 --> 00:11:08.610 him find you, not you always try to find him. 00:11:08.789 --> 00:11:10.899 Right. Because he'll have the right person at 00:11:10.899 --> 00:11:14.100 the right time that can give you just what you 00:11:14.100 --> 00:11:17.720 need to hear. And also, just know this, that 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:22.580 sometimes, and I've seen it happen, sometimes 00:11:22.580 --> 00:11:27.340 a person with a prophetic gift will look at you 00:11:27.340 --> 00:11:30.320 in the spirit and see what's going on in your 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:32.779 flesh and read your flesh instead of reading 00:11:32.779 --> 00:11:36.039 your spirit. And they'll prophesy according to 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:40.860 what they see in your soul realm. that isn't 00:11:40.860 --> 00:11:44.480 necessarily from God. I've seen it happen. Even 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:48.240 yesterday after church, one of our, I think it 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:50.259 was Cheryl said, can I take you out to lunch? 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:54.759 Oh, yeah. Cheryl Simpers. Okay. Sometimes if 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:57.480 someone takes you out, they got a word or a hammer 00:11:57.480 --> 00:12:00.779 for you. No, what she had was really good. She 00:12:00.779 --> 00:12:02.519 had a tremendous word. We'll have to come back 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:05.200 to that one and have her on again. That was really 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:07.360 tremendous. Because it's something for the whole 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:10.240 body of Christ. It's powerful. Yes. So we'll 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:13.059 tease you with that. It'll be coming up. Yes. 00:12:13.259 --> 00:12:16.039 We'll have to have her come again. It was a good 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:20.350 meal, too. Yes, it was. Very nice. You know, 00:12:20.370 --> 00:12:24.070 your destiny is not a destination. That's very 00:12:24.070 --> 00:12:27.529 good. You need to realize that your destiny is 00:12:27.529 --> 00:12:32.210 like ever, and I use this word loosely, ever 00:12:32.210 --> 00:12:35.669 evolving. It's because it's ever growing. Your 00:12:35.669 --> 00:12:38.809 destiny really is growing. Your ability to get 00:12:38.809 --> 00:12:41.250 to where you think you're supposed to be in the 00:12:41.250 --> 00:12:44.389 spirit has everything to do with your willingness 00:12:44.389 --> 00:12:48.809 to follow Jesus. Follow the Lamb whithersoever 00:12:48.809 --> 00:12:54.029 he goes. That is how it is if you want to be 00:12:54.029 --> 00:12:58.269 that person that God made you to be. So we had 00:12:58.269 --> 00:13:02.090 Nehemia Gordon on our podcast a while back, quite 00:13:02.090 --> 00:13:05.850 a while back. And he is a Karaite Jew, which 00:13:05.850 --> 00:13:08.490 means he's a scripturalist. Even though he comes 00:13:08.490 --> 00:13:11.870 from a long line of rabbis and very, very famous 00:13:11.870 --> 00:13:15.529 rabbis, doesn't follow the rabbinic tradition. 00:13:15.710 --> 00:13:18.629 He follows what the Word says, which I love. 00:13:19.629 --> 00:13:24.049 He's not a Christian. Personally, I think he's 00:13:24.049 --> 00:13:27.490 going to be, but he's going to find his Messiah. 00:13:28.289 --> 00:13:31.629 But he says about this that when we're trying 00:13:31.629 --> 00:13:34.169 to find something about the will of God or when 00:13:34.169 --> 00:13:36.669 we're trying to interpret a scripture, here's 00:13:36.669 --> 00:13:39.850 how he says it. Work it out for yourself in fear 00:13:39.850 --> 00:13:42.850 and trembling with prayer and study before the 00:13:42.850 --> 00:13:46.190 creator of the universe. Beautiful. So you're 00:13:46.190 --> 00:13:49.870 asking your heavenly father, what does the scripture 00:13:49.870 --> 00:13:52.870 mean? And the wonderful thing is a scripture 00:13:52.870 --> 00:13:58.590 can mean many, many things. Every time you read 00:13:58.590 --> 00:14:00.610 it, you can get a new shade of meaning or get 00:14:00.610 --> 00:14:03.870 a whole new revelation about it. But you compare 00:14:03.870 --> 00:14:06.370 Scripture with Scripture, and you compare it 00:14:06.370 --> 00:14:08.929 by the Holy Spirit and all of those things, and 00:14:08.929 --> 00:14:12.929 you ask for wisdom from others who have wisdom, 00:14:13.009 --> 00:14:18.330 right? So the thing about Scripture is you can 00:14:18.330 --> 00:14:21.649 also get it wrong. Interpret it wrong. And you 00:14:21.649 --> 00:14:24.990 can interpret it wrong. And the reason why the 00:14:24.990 --> 00:14:27.210 Pharisees and the Sadducees didn't recognize 00:14:27.210 --> 00:14:30.110 Jesus was because they weren't interpreting the 00:14:30.110 --> 00:14:33.409 scripture correctly. And they were also adding 00:14:33.409 --> 00:14:36.950 to the scripture. So one of the things that was 00:14:36.950 --> 00:14:40.370 going on, especially with the Sadducees, the 00:14:40.370 --> 00:14:44.049 Sadducees had this idea that everything is in 00:14:44.049 --> 00:14:47.269 the here and now. If you read... In the Gospels, 00:14:47.269 --> 00:14:49.370 in the book of Acts, when it mentions the Sadducees, 00:14:49.389 --> 00:14:51.269 it says they didn't believe in the resurrection. 00:14:51.409 --> 00:14:54.070 Resurrection, right. Well, not only did they 00:14:54.070 --> 00:14:55.850 not believe in the resurrection, they didn't 00:14:55.850 --> 00:14:58.929 believe in the afterlife. They just thought, 00:14:58.990 --> 00:15:02.509 when you die, you're done. So all of your rewards 00:15:02.509 --> 00:15:06.629 and judgments are going to be in this life. So 00:15:06.629 --> 00:15:11.850 that's why... Like Annas, who was the high priest. 00:15:12.110 --> 00:15:14.850 Remember there were two high priests, which never 00:15:14.850 --> 00:15:17.070 should be. There never should be two high priests. 00:15:17.230 --> 00:15:19.830 So his son -in -law. Right. So it was Annas and 00:15:19.830 --> 00:15:23.149 his son -in -law Caiaphas. Well, Annas had been 00:15:23.149 --> 00:15:26.529 the high priest and he was the patriarch of the 00:15:26.529 --> 00:15:31.190 family. So when he had somebody killed, stoned, 00:15:31.190 --> 00:15:35.490 I suppose, for breaking the Sabbath. He was deposed 00:15:35.490 --> 00:15:38.429 by Quirinius, who was the governor at the time. 00:15:38.809 --> 00:15:42.090 So he put in his son, and his son only lasted 00:15:42.090 --> 00:15:44.429 a year or two. And then he put in Caiaphas, and 00:15:44.429 --> 00:15:47.230 Caiaphas lasted about 18 years. 18 years, wow. 00:15:47.690 --> 00:15:51.750 He was out before the destruction of the temple 00:15:51.750 --> 00:15:53.289 then, wasn't he? Yes, he was. He was already 00:15:53.289 --> 00:15:56.669 out. He was. And a couple more of Annas' sons 00:15:56.669 --> 00:16:01.759 ruled for a while as high priest. They were out 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:03.720 of there. But it's interesting what the Talmud 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:06.879 says. The Talmud says, Woe to the house of Annas. 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:10.100 Woe to their serpents His. They are high priests. 00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:13.080 Their sons are keepers of the treasury. Their 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:15.299 sons -in -law are guardians of the temple, and 00:16:15.299 --> 00:16:18.279 their servants beat the people with staves. Oh, 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:22.059 wow. So they had a bad reputation. Really, really 00:16:22.059 --> 00:16:25.840 bad. And they were... monopolizing the sale of 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:28.679 sacrificial animals and money changing at exorbitant 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:32.240 prices. It was really bad. Josephus talks about 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:37.039 them as well. So anyway, that's why they had 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:41.120 to go to Pilate to ask for Jesus to be killed, 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:45.679 because they knew they weren't allowed to do 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:48.720 capital punishment, especially about a Sabbath 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:52.220 breaker, which they... said Jesus was, but it's 00:16:52.220 --> 00:16:53.940 because they didn't understand the scripture. 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:56.779 And they were adding to the scripture, you know, 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:59.720 the thing about fussing at him about telling 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:01.840 the man to take up his bed and walk. Well, it's 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:03.600 the Sabbath. You're not supposed to carry anything. 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:07.599 Well, the law doesn't say that. Where they get 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:10.619 that, as I understand it, is from Nehemiah, the 00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:12.859 last chapter of Nehemiah, where Nehemiah is all 00:17:12.859 --> 00:17:16.160 upset because these merchants aren't keeping 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:19.059 the Sabbath. And they want to run the market 00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:22.119 seven days a week. So they're carrying their 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:27.339 goods into Jerusalem to sell. And so he tells 00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:30.460 the keeper of the gate to close the gate when 00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:33.500 Shabbat starts on Friday night and don't open 00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:36.259 it until it's over. So that these guys who are 00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:39.380 busy carrying their merchandise won't carry their 00:17:39.380 --> 00:17:42.039 merchandise. And the Pharisees turned it into 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:44.440 you're not allowed to carry anything on the Sabbath. 00:17:45.180 --> 00:17:48.509 Duh. That's a totally different interpretation. 00:17:48.569 --> 00:17:52.309 How do you get that? Yeah, there was an excuse. 00:17:52.890 --> 00:17:56.150 Yeah. Well, they're trying to do in the flesh 00:17:56.150 --> 00:18:00.369 what God wants done in the spirit. Right? So 00:18:00.369 --> 00:18:05.740 it helps us to understand that. It's important 00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:09.200 for us to not judge people based on how God deals 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:12.319 with us. If it was wrong for them to carry on 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:14.099 the Sabbath, let it be wrong for them to carry 00:18:14.099 --> 00:18:16.940 on the Sabbath, but don't make anybody else do 00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:20.839 that. I mean, it's not written that way. It was 00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:24.619 tradition of men. And Jesus was always pushing 00:18:24.619 --> 00:18:26.700 back on their traditions, right? Because they 00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:31.140 weren't part of the actual Torah, right? Yeah. 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:35.119 So there's a beautiful writing by G .D. Watson 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:40.099 that says, others may, you cannot. And I remember 00:18:40.099 --> 00:18:43.000 Sister Gwen, our founder. We had a tract. Yes. 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:47.839 And we published it in our magazine years ago. 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:49.799 One of these days soon, we're going to have our 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:52.980 magazines archived onto our website so you can 00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:55.319 read them. Haven't quite gotten there yet, but 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:57.799 it's a project that's in progress. But I just 00:18:57.799 --> 00:19:01.799 want to read this to you. Sometimes God deals 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:04.039 with others differently than he deals with us. 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:08.200 And especially if he's called us to a deep walk 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:11.880 with him, then other people can get away with 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:14.539 stuff that the Holy Spirit won't let us get away 00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:17.900 with. Like, what's it to you? You follow me. 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:22.140 So here's what Brother Watson says. He lived 00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:27.440 over 100 years ago. If God has called you to 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:31.240 be really like Jesus, He will draw you into a 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:34.519 life of crucifixion and humility and put upon 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:36.920 you such demands of obedience that you will not 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:39.680 be able to follow other people. See, that's the 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:42.960 thing. What's it to you? You follow me. You'll 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:45.160 not be able to follow other people or measure 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:48.200 yourself by other Christians. And in many ways, 00:19:48.380 --> 00:19:52.339 he will seem to let other good people do things 00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:55.740 which he will not let you do. Other Christians 00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:58.279 and ministers who seem very religious and useful 00:19:58.279 --> 00:20:02.119 may push themselves, pull wires, and work schemes 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:05.619 to carry out their plans, but you cannot do it. 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:08.940 And if you attempt it, you will meet with such 00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:11.240 failure and rebuke from the Lord as to make you 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:14.839 sorely penitent. And it goes on along those lines. 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:17.140 I won't take time to read the whole thing, but 00:20:17.140 --> 00:20:19.400 it's something that we need to understand. We'll 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:22.019 put a link to the whole thing in our show notes 00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:24.490 so that you can. Have a look. Well, let me just 00:20:24.490 --> 00:20:27.190 read the last little bit. Settle it therefore 00:20:27.190 --> 00:20:30.829 then, that you are to deal directly with the 00:20:30.829 --> 00:20:34.130 Holy Spirit. Remember, Jesus said, follow me. 00:20:34.849 --> 00:20:37.609 What's it to you? What other people do? You follow 00:20:37.609 --> 00:20:41.240 me. You are to deal directly with the Holy Spirit 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:44.980 and that he is to have the privilege of tying 00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:48.839 your tongue or chaining your hand or closing 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:52.099 your eyes in ways that he does not seem to use 00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:55.859 with others. Now when you are so possessed with 00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:59.200 the living God that you are in your secret heart 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:03.769 pleased and delighted over this peculiar personal, 00:21:03.769 --> 00:21:07.650 private, jealous guardianship and management 00:21:07.650 --> 00:21:10.849 of the Holy Spirit over your life, you will have 00:21:10.849 --> 00:21:14.990 found the vestibule of heaven. Wow. Isn't that 00:21:14.990 --> 00:21:19.009 beautiful? Yeah. Wow. So we'll put a link to 00:21:19.009 --> 00:21:23.029 that and even a place where you can order packets 00:21:23.029 --> 00:21:27.529 of it. But I just wanted to bring that idea of, 00:21:27.630 --> 00:21:30.930 you know, others can do things that the Holy 00:21:30.930 --> 00:21:35.049 Spirit won't permit. you and me to do. So then 00:21:35.049 --> 00:21:40.630 what happens when somebody does something that 00:21:40.630 --> 00:21:44.829 offends us? What are we going to do? So when 00:21:44.829 --> 00:21:48.809 Jesus was resurrected and his disciples heard 00:21:48.809 --> 00:21:51.269 that he'd been resurrected and he had made his 00:21:51.269 --> 00:21:54.390 appearance on the road to Emmaus, and they're 00:21:54.390 --> 00:21:57.609 all still hanging out in the upper room, afraid, 00:21:57.750 --> 00:22:01.490 they're locked in, and Jesus suddenly appears. 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:05.420 And he says, shalom. Shalom. Peace be to you, 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:08.700 right? The jaws must have dropped. Oh, yeah. 00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:11.700 Yeah, and he showed them his hands and his side. 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:15.619 And when the disciples saw the Lord, they were 00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:18.759 filled with joy, delight, exultation, ecstasy, 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:22.380 rapture. That's John 20, verse 20 in the Amplified 00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:26.619 Classic. And then Jesus said to them again, shalom, 00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:29.430 peace to you. Just as the Father has sent me 00:22:29.430 --> 00:22:32.509 forth, so am I sending you. And having said this, 00:22:32.609 --> 00:22:35.769 he breathed on them and said to them, Receive 00:22:35.769 --> 00:22:40.069 the Holy Spirit. So we need him to breathe on 00:22:40.069 --> 00:22:44.349 us and give us his Holy Spirit. Every day. Now, 00:22:44.609 --> 00:22:47.549 here's the key that I want to get to. Verse 23. 00:22:47.849 --> 00:22:50.630 Now, having received the Holy Spirit and being 00:22:50.630 --> 00:22:53.529 led and directed by him. And that's inserted 00:22:53.529 --> 00:22:57.700 by the authors of the Amplified Classic. If you 00:22:57.700 --> 00:23:01.059 forgive the sins of anyone, they are forgiven. 00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:05.880 If you retain the sins of anyone, they are retained. 00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:11.940 Wow. Wow is right. Yeah. So we have a job to 00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:16.579 do by the Holy Spirit. This forgiving, this idea 00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:20.299 of forgiving sins. First of all, if you get offended 00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:25.359 by somebody, you need to forgive. What does Matthew 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:29.680 6, 12 say? It's part of the Lord's Prayer. And 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:32.240 forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven, 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:35.920 left, remitted, or let go of the debts, and have 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:39.440 given up resentment against our debtors. Wow, 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:42.240 that's huge, isn't it? Give up resentment. Oh, 00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:45.059 you mean that's in the same category? Kind of. 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:50.920 So what we miss a lot of times, because most 00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:55.829 of us have memorized it from childhood or maybe 00:23:55.829 --> 00:23:58.869 early adulthood, we've memorized the Lord's Prayer, 00:23:59.089 --> 00:24:03.210 we don't realize that Jesus goes on with a footnote 00:24:03.210 --> 00:24:07.329 about forgiving. And that's in verses 14 and 00:24:07.329 --> 00:24:10.589 15. For if you forgive people their trespasses, 00:24:10.750 --> 00:24:14.390 their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, 00:24:14.569 --> 00:24:17.849 letting them go, and giving up resentment, your 00:24:17.849 --> 00:24:20.839 heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if 00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:23.180 you do not forgive others their trespasses, their 00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:26.380 reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting 00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:29.099 them go, and giving up resentment, neither will 00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:34.339 your Father forgive your trespasses. Now, haven't 00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:36.480 we heard testimonies of people who've been to 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:39.960 hell? Yeah. Christians in there because they 00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:44.359 didn't forgive. Right. Wow. Very, very serious. 00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:48.299 Yeah. And I think you have to be really... dedicated 00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:52.900 to unforgiveness and bitterness to get to that 00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:56.880 point where you refuse to even as you're transitioning 00:24:56.880 --> 00:25:00.559 into eternity. I believe if in the moment of 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:03.819 your departure that you ask God to forgive you 00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:08.220 for your unforgiveness, because it says it very 00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:10.299 clearly, if you forgive the sins of anyone, they're 00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:12.920 forgiven, and then your heavenly Father will 00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:16.920 forgive you. So I like what the passion Translation 00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:19.279 gives for the Lord's Prayer. Would you read that, 00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:23.380 please, Philip? Matthew 6, 9 through 15. Our 00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:25.960 beloved Father, dwelling in the heavenly realms, 00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:30.759 may the glory of your name be the center on which 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:34.220 our lives turn. Isn't that beautiful? Yeah. Manifest 00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:36.559 your kingdom realm and cause your every purpose 00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:39.700 to be fulfilled on earth, just as it is in heaven. 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:42.980 We acknowledge you as our provider of all we 00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:45.799 need each day. Amen. Forgive us all the wrongs 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:48.539 we have done as we ourselves release forgiveness 00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:52.720 to those who have wronged us. Rescue us every 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:56.160 time we face tribulation and set us free from 00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:59.220 evil. For you are the King who rules with power 00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:03.740 and glory forever. Amen. And when you pray, make 00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:05.880 sure you forgive the faults of others so that 00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:08.180 your Father in heaven will also forgive you. 00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:11.000 But if you withhold forgiveness from others, 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:14.940 your Father withholds forgiveness from you. That's 00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:19.740 really clear, isn't it? So Jesus demonstrated 00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:24.799 that he had the authority to forgive sins. So 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:27.779 remember that he's telling us we now have authority 00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:32.200 to forgive sins. In Matthew 9, 2 through 8, I'm 00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:34.779 going to read from the Amplified Classic. They 00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:37.279 brought to him a man paralyzed and prostrated 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:40.880 by illness, lying on a sleeping pad. And when 00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:42.920 Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed 00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:46.319 man, Take courage, son, your sins are forgiven, 00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:50.500 and the penalty remitted. And behold, some of 00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:53.160 the scribes said to themselves, This man blasphemes. 00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:55.839 He claims the rights and prerogatives of God. 00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:59.720 But Jesus, knowing, seeing their thoughts, said, 00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:02.740 Why do you think evil and harbor malice in your 00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:05.279 hearts? For which is easier to say, Your sins 00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:07.579 are forgiven and the penalty remitted, or to 00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:10.470 say, Get up and walk? But in order that you may 00:27:10.470 --> 00:27:12.710 know that the Son of Man has authority on earth 00:27:12.710 --> 00:27:16.309 to forgive sins and remit the penalty, he then 00:27:16.309 --> 00:27:18.930 said to the paralyzed man, Get up, pick up your 00:27:18.930 --> 00:27:22.069 sleeping pad and go to your own house. And he 00:27:22.069 --> 00:27:25.210 got up and went away to his own house. When the 00:27:25.210 --> 00:27:27.009 crowd saw it, they were struck with fear and 00:27:27.009 --> 00:27:29.609 awe, and they recognized God and praised and 00:27:29.609 --> 00:27:32.650 thanked him who had given such power and authority 00:27:32.650 --> 00:27:37.900 to men. So that word for forgiven. Your sins 00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:40.559 are forgiven. Your penalty remitted. That word 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:45.059 in the Greek means to send away. To send away. 00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:49.279 To bid going away or depart. It's used of a husband 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:52.099 divorcing his wife. Like, I divorce you, get 00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:55.299 out of here. It means to send forth, to yield 00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:58.259 up, to expire, to let go, let alone, let be, 00:27:58.420 --> 00:28:01.880 disregard, to leave like a topic and not discuss 00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:04.960 it now, to omit, to neglect. to let go, give 00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:08.900 up a debt, forgive, to remit. And there's more. 00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:11.200 I'm not going to take time to read all these 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:12.900 things. They're in the Blue Letter Bible, if 00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:15.339 you want to follow it up, the Blue Letter Bible 00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:21.319 app. The idea is to go away. And it comes from 00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:27.640 863. 863 means to send away. It also means freedom. 00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:30.799 And pardon, deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, 00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:34.039 remission. And then it goes on, you know, just 00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:38.359 a few verses. Jesus said in Matthew 26, 28, For 00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:40.140 this is my blood of the New Testament, which 00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:43.319 is shed for many for the remission of sins. So 00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:47.019 it's Jesus' blood that we depend on for the remission 00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:50.200 of sins. And that's how we can remit other people's 00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:54.180 sins. We can become their intercessor and ask 00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:57.990 God to see. the blood of Jesus over their sins, 00:28:58.009 --> 00:29:01.309 and to hear his cry, Father, forgive them, they 00:29:01.309 --> 00:29:05.970 know not what they do. We can carry that to him 00:29:05.970 --> 00:29:09.809 as intercession. One of the things that helps 00:29:09.809 --> 00:29:15.130 us deal with offenses is 1 Corinthians 13, verse 00:29:15.130 --> 00:29:19.309 5, and the latter part of it. From the Amplified 00:29:19.309 --> 00:29:24.170 Classic, it says, God's love in us does not insist 00:29:24.170 --> 00:29:27.529 on its own rights or its own way, for it is not 00:29:27.529 --> 00:29:30.950 self -seeking. It is not touchy or fretful or 00:29:30.950 --> 00:29:34.130 resentful. It takes no account of evil done to 00:29:34.130 --> 00:29:36.650 it. It pays no attention to a suffered wrong. 00:29:37.609 --> 00:29:43.349 That amplifies the idea of don't take offense. 00:29:44.150 --> 00:29:47.829 Love doesn't take offense. If we are truly letting 00:29:47.829 --> 00:29:52.619 God's love flow through us, we can let it go. 00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:55.619 Yeah, because a lot of times in offense, you 00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:57.920 don't know the rest of the story. It's true. 00:29:58.279 --> 00:30:00.559 It's true. And most of the time, people don't 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:03.339 mean to offend you. Most of the time, people 00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:07.279 offend you accidentally. You mean something and 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:10.599 they heard something else. They interpreted your 00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:14.460 words incorrectly or your actions. Or we interpret 00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:18.160 someone else's actions incorrectly. And it makes 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:20.569 it easy to become offended. Yeah, and you have 00:30:20.569 --> 00:30:24.390 to deal with offense very quickly because if 00:30:24.390 --> 00:30:27.450 you don't, it'll just start, it'll be part of 00:30:27.450 --> 00:30:29.869 you. Yeah, it's true. And eventually it can affect 00:30:29.869 --> 00:30:32.349 your whole nature. Yeah, it can become bitterness 00:30:32.349 --> 00:30:36.349 and then bitterness controls you. So intercessors, 00:30:36.529 --> 00:30:40.670 right? We can become intercessors. And one of 00:30:40.670 --> 00:30:44.730 the best illustrations of that in the Word. is 00:30:44.730 --> 00:30:48.089 Moses when he comes down from the mountain. He's 00:30:48.089 --> 00:30:51.289 been 40 days in the presence of the Lord. What 00:30:51.289 --> 00:30:54.609 an amazing thing that has just happened to him. 00:30:54.670 --> 00:30:58.410 He's just been with God and learned all these 00:30:58.410 --> 00:31:02.009 things that God wants him to teach. And he comes 00:31:02.009 --> 00:31:06.529 down and he finds out that in his absence, his 00:31:06.529 --> 00:31:11.670 people have said, what happened to Moses? He 00:31:11.670 --> 00:31:15.839 must have been consumed by that fire. And, you 00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:19.880 know, Aaron, make us gods to worship. So Aaron 00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:23.460 gathers up all of their gold and throws it in 00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:25.579 the fire and out comes his calf. Yeah, isn't 00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:28.559 that amazing? At least that's what he said. I 00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:30.440 don't think that's what really happened, but 00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:35.319 it was his excuse, right? So Moses comes down 00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:40.789 and hears this reveling going on. The Lord said, 00:31:40.910 --> 00:31:45.130 I'm in Exodus 32 and verse 9. The Lord said to 00:31:45.130 --> 00:31:49.549 Moses, I have seen this people and behold, it's 00:31:49.549 --> 00:31:53.250 a stiff -necked people. And don't think it's 00:31:53.250 --> 00:31:56.049 all about the Jews, you guys, everybody listening 00:31:56.049 --> 00:31:59.109 here. It's not just about the Jews. It's just 00:31:59.109 --> 00:32:02.269 that they did it really well. We can all be very 00:32:02.269 --> 00:32:04.970 stiff -necked, right? Yeah, that's true. But, 00:32:04.970 --> 00:32:07.769 you know, God used them as an illustration for 00:32:07.769 --> 00:32:11.119 how the rest of us are. So these are stiff -necked 00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:15.000 people. Now, therefore, verse 10, now, therefore, 00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:17.440 let me alone that my wrath may wax hot against 00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:20.079 them and I may consume them and I will make of 00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:25.579 you a great nation. And Moses said, Lord, why 00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:29.319 is your wrath hot against your people, which 00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:32.119 you brought forth out of the land of Egypt with 00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:35.619 great power and with a mighty hand? Why should 00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:38.599 the Egyptians speak and say that? For mischief 00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:40.700 he did bring them out to slay them in the mountains 00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:42.480 and consume them from the face of the earth. 00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:45.759 Turn from your fierce wrath and repent of this 00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:48.960 evil against your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, 00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:51.359 and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore 00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:54.740 by your own self, and said to them, I will multiply 00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:56.960 your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this 00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:59.259 land that I have spoken of will I give to your 00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:02.319 seed, and they shall inherit it forever. And 00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:04.339 the Lord repented of the evil which he thought 00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:10.660 to do to his people. and asked God to reconsider. 00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:15.099 He became the intercessor when God really could 00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:18.140 have and should have probably wiped him out and 00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:21.140 started over with somebody whose heart was already 00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:24.819 toward him. But Moses reminded him of his covenant. 00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:28.779 And especially when you're interceding for someone 00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:31.759 you love, someone who has done something that 00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:34.099 they shouldn't do, someone who has disobeyed 00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:37.849 the Lord. Instead of being judgmental about them, 00:33:37.990 --> 00:33:41.609 if you'll become their intercessor, they'll get 00:33:41.609 --> 00:33:44.089 back a whole lot faster. Because remember what 00:33:44.089 --> 00:33:47.869 Jesus said to the disciples, whosoever sins you 00:33:47.869 --> 00:33:51.710 remit or forgive, they're forgiven. But whosoever 00:33:51.710 --> 00:33:54.970 sins you retain, they're retained. It puts them 00:33:54.970 --> 00:33:58.930 into a cage. And they can't get out. And it's 00:33:58.930 --> 00:34:00.650 not that it's impossible for them to get out. 00:34:00.769 --> 00:34:03.170 If they repent, God's going to forgive them. 00:34:03.289 --> 00:34:07.150 But if you hold that against them, it could very 00:34:07.150 --> 00:34:12.650 well keep them from ever feeling the Holy Spirit 00:34:12.650 --> 00:34:17.170 encouraging them to repent. So when we ask God 00:34:17.170 --> 00:34:20.289 to see the blood of Jesus, to forgive them of 00:34:20.289 --> 00:34:25.489 their sins, we're asking him. to make it possible 00:34:25.489 --> 00:34:28.110 for them to be freed and send the Holy Spirit 00:34:28.110 --> 00:34:31.010 to them, the Spirit of truth, to bring them to 00:34:31.010 --> 00:34:33.090 repentance. It's the goodness of God that leads 00:34:33.090 --> 00:34:36.150 to repentance. So we're asking God, shine your 00:34:36.150 --> 00:34:38.610 goodness on that one, even though they're misbehaving. 00:34:39.269 --> 00:34:41.449 We know that they're doing something they shouldn't 00:34:41.449 --> 00:34:44.130 be doing. We know that the thing that they did 00:34:44.130 --> 00:34:47.730 that really hurt us should be punished. But Lord, 00:34:47.789 --> 00:34:50.590 we're asking for mercy. We're asking for mercy 00:34:50.590 --> 00:34:52.889 so that you bring this person to repentance. 00:34:53.769 --> 00:34:57.550 And it's just amazing what happens when you start 00:34:57.550 --> 00:35:01.530 to ask God to forgive them. It gives you the 00:35:01.530 --> 00:35:04.809 grace to forgive also. And of course, in the 00:35:04.809 --> 00:35:07.210 book of Daniel, I think it's chapter 9, he goes 00:35:07.210 --> 00:35:10.670 to repenting on behalf of his people, even though 00:35:10.670 --> 00:35:13.710 he was such a godly man that he didn't need to 00:35:13.710 --> 00:35:17.469 repent for himself in particular. He was really 00:35:17.469 --> 00:35:23.590 godly, but he took on himself the burden of repenting 00:35:23.590 --> 00:35:26.170 on behalf of his people. And we can do that, 00:35:26.170 --> 00:35:32.150 too. So, you know, just recognize that the accuser 00:35:32.150 --> 00:35:36.210 of the brethren is trying to separate you from 00:35:36.210 --> 00:35:38.329 the people who are trying to offend you or who 00:35:38.329 --> 00:35:42.409 did offend you. It's the accuser. OK, so I have 00:35:42.409 --> 00:35:48.219 a story. Years ago, when our daughter was young, 00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:53.659 I remember there were several times that I would 00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:57.739 put our daughter to bed and I'm doing stuff to 00:35:57.739 --> 00:36:01.559 finish up the day. And Philip has already finished 00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:04.699 up his day and he's gone to bed already, right? 00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:09.239 Yeah. Happens more often than not. You just get 00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:12.719 done before I do. I'm slow. I'm very slow. And 00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:17.630 you're just... More fast. Anyway, so I remember 00:36:17.630 --> 00:36:21.429 it happening on multiple occasions that in this 00:36:21.429 --> 00:36:24.389 situation where I'm tired, right? I'm tired. 00:36:24.510 --> 00:36:28.769 I really should have quit sooner. And I get this 00:36:28.769 --> 00:36:32.550 thought in my head that Sister Gwen, our founder, 00:36:32.730 --> 00:36:36.550 was saying things against me behind my back. 00:36:37.070 --> 00:36:43.039 And I started getting angry and upset. I think 00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:46.159 I was actually going to bed upset. And then I'd 00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:48.719 get up in the morning, and she would be nice 00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:52.940 and kind and loving like she was most of the 00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:55.900 time. Not that she was perfect, but none of us 00:36:55.900 --> 00:37:00.239 really are. And then I thought about what I was 00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:03.659 thinking the night before, and I kind of dismissed 00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:07.440 it. And it happened several, several times. And 00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:11.849 then one night, I woke up to the fact. that this 00:37:11.849 --> 00:37:16.070 wasn't Sister Gwen. This idea was coming from 00:37:16.070 --> 00:37:18.590 the accuser of the brethren. And I said, oh, 00:37:18.690 --> 00:37:24.969 devil. You are the accuser of the brethren, and 00:37:24.969 --> 00:37:29.389 I am too tired to even listen to you. Like, I 00:37:29.389 --> 00:37:32.429 didn't even rebuke him. I just said, that's enough. 00:37:32.630 --> 00:37:36.730 I'm not listening to you. And I only had to do 00:37:36.730 --> 00:37:39.469 that about two or three times, and that never 00:37:39.469 --> 00:37:44.420 happened again. So we have to recognize when 00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:47.980 the accuser is operating, because he does. He 00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:51.920 does tend to operate. And I remember Dean sharing 00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:55.400 with John Thomas about, he shared with us also 00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:59.239 about how communication in heaven is thought 00:37:59.239 --> 00:38:02.260 to thought. Thought to thought. But you have 00:38:02.260 --> 00:38:05.519 to ask for permission to give a thought. That's 00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:07.500 really interesting. You have to give permission 00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:10.840 to get a thought. So that's the protocol of heaven. 00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:14.820 So what he told John was that at the beginning, 00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:17.820 when Lucifer got it into his head that he was 00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:21.980 going to overthrow God, he sent out a message 00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:26.519 to everybody in heaven about this overthrow, 00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:29.840 about this rebellion. And, you know, I'm going 00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:32.260 to be this, and I'm going to do that. And, you 00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:35.940 know, I guess the idea was, join me. And one 00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:38.500 third. But he sent it out without permission. 00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:42.659 Everybody gets this thought in their heads. And 00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:45.139 that's how he still operates, for heaven's sakes. 00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:48.440 That's how he still operates. All these ideas 00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:51.500 that come into your head, that's not from the 00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:54.940 Holy Spirit. And it's not from your spirit. Okay, 00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:59.329 your soul realm. The part of you that fears and 00:38:59.329 --> 00:39:01.889 the part of you that hates and the part of you 00:39:01.889 --> 00:39:05.309 that doubts and has unbelief, that part of you 00:39:05.309 --> 00:39:11.849 is more receptive to a lie. Okay. So we have 00:39:11.849 --> 00:39:16.409 to recognize when the accuser is giving us a 00:39:16.409 --> 00:39:21.409 thought, right? Yeah. So one third accepted the 00:39:21.409 --> 00:39:24.869 thought and two thirds said, no, you don't. I 00:39:24.869 --> 00:39:28.340 mean, two thirds said. I'm following Jesus. I'm 00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:32.139 sticking with God. So, you know, we have to recognize 00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:37.480 when we're being spoken to out of that dark realm 00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:41.239 and rebuke that devourer. You know, the Lord 00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:44.280 rebuke you. You know, I bring the blood of Jesus 00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:47.239 Christ against you. Yes. And those kind of things. 00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:51.079 You are trespassing. Get out of my life and go 00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:53.900 to the... Outer darkness and wait for the judgment, 00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:56.760 whatever, you know. But go to the feet of Jesus. 00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:58.239 That's another thing that you could tell him. 00:39:58.280 --> 00:40:00.360 Go to the feet of Jesus. I will not have you. 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:04.760 I will not accept that wrong thought. And, you 00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:07.019 know, deal with temptation the same way. I bring 00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:08.920 the blood of Jesus Christ to bear against you. 00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:11.820 That's good, yes. And that reminds me also of 00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:15.380 a story that Peter Snyder told about, and he 00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:18.079 didn't tell us what was going on, but there was 00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:21.489 something that was troubling him. And the Lord 00:40:21.489 --> 00:40:24.150 said to him, and he was begging the Lord to take 00:40:24.150 --> 00:40:28.869 it away. And the Lord said, you just follow me 00:40:28.869 --> 00:40:32.809 and do what I told you. Rather than sitting there 00:40:32.809 --> 00:40:36.869 trying to fight this thing and struggle with 00:40:36.869 --> 00:40:39.110 it, what it's doing is it's trying to get your 00:40:39.110 --> 00:40:41.550 attention and keep you distracted from following 00:40:41.550 --> 00:40:45.909 Jesus. So following Jesus is really what it's 00:40:45.909 --> 00:40:48.889 all about. You follow him. What's it to you? 00:40:49.289 --> 00:40:53.429 What that thing says. You follow me, Jesus says. 00:40:53.710 --> 00:40:58.170 And so when we will just follow him, that's where 00:40:58.170 --> 00:41:00.250 we get the victory. That's where we get the breakthrough, 00:41:00.429 --> 00:41:03.090 is following him. And I want to close with another 00:41:03.090 --> 00:41:05.969 story that Sister Gwen, our founder, used to 00:41:05.969 --> 00:41:11.110 say. She told about this woman that had a friend 00:41:11.110 --> 00:41:13.650 or a relative, I don't remember which it was, 00:41:13.849 --> 00:41:19.599 that was in very, very serious condition. She 00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:23.380 was having a hard time breathing. It seemed like 00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:26.639 it was going to be life -threatening. And the 00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:29.599 doctors weren't giving her any hope. And so this 00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:33.579 woman was somehow in the ministry. I don't know 00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:36.420 if she was a minister or if she was a music minister 00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:39.159 or something like that. But she was praying for 00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:42.699 this friend of hers, a relative. And the Lord 00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:46.000 spoke to her and said, take her to that A .A. 00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:49.139 Allen meeting that's coming up. And I will heal 00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:53.280 her. And she said, but Lord, I've heard terrible 00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:57.719 things about A .A. Allen. And they didn't even 00:41:57.719 --> 00:42:00.800 have internet back then. Oh, no. That's true. 00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:03.760 Would have been even worse now. So she said, 00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:07.539 is he guilty or not guilty? And the Lord said, 00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:11.679 guilty or not guilty, I stand with the accused 00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:17.199 and not the accuser. So what is that to you? 00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:20.139 What's it to you? What's it to you? Follow me. 00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:24.739 You follow me. So she obeyed the Lord and took 00:42:24.739 --> 00:42:28.179 this friend or relative to an A .A. Allen meeting, 00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:32.900 and God indeed healed her. Because guilty or 00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:35.440 not guilty, he stands with the accused and not 00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:39.800 the accuser. Which is very comforting that even 00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:43.519 when I've done something wrong and I'm repentant, 00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:46.179 the Lord is going to stand with me. And even 00:42:46.179 --> 00:42:49.059 before we repent, he's there. He's there for 00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:52.719 us, and he's there for us to follow him. He's 00:42:52.719 --> 00:42:55.000 there to breathe on us and say, receive the Holy 00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:59.179 Spirit. He's there to take us out of temptation 00:42:59.179 --> 00:43:02.099 and deliver us into breakthrough. He's there 00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:06.039 for us, regardless of what anybody else is doing. 00:43:06.679 --> 00:43:11.860 What's it to you? You follow me. You follow me. 00:43:12.119 --> 00:43:16.460 So, Father, We just ask you right now to minister 00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:23.280 your love to all of our listeners, to enable 00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:27.099 each one to take that 1 Corinthians 13 5 into 00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:30.900 their heart, that your love, your love operating 00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:35.639 in us isn't self -seeking, and it's not looking 00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:38.099 for its own rights or its own way, and it's... 00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:41.300 not touch you or fretful or resentful, and it 00:43:41.300 --> 00:43:44.219 takes no account of evil done to it. It pays 00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:47.840 no attention to a suffered wrong. Lord, we're 00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:50.719 asking you to give each one of us the ability 00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:55.179 to rise above. Lord, to rise into your glory, 00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:59.380 to rise into praising you, to rise into interceding 00:43:59.380 --> 00:44:02.619 for those who have harmed us or for those. those 00:44:02.619 --> 00:44:05.119 we don't even know, that we can see that they're 00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:08.960 doing evil. Lord, we just ask you to use us by 00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:11.840 your Spirit, to keep us walking in the Spirit 00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:16.039 and not in the flesh, that we won't operate with 00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:18.840 the suggestions of the accuser of the brethren, 00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:21.840 but we will walk with you, that we will follow 00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:25.940 you, and that we will work with you in the outpouring 00:44:25.940 --> 00:44:28.980 of your Holy Spirit, Lord, that you will use 00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:32.969 us to intercede for those who are out of sorts, 00:44:33.090 --> 00:44:35.829 for those who are out of sync with you, for those 00:44:35.829 --> 00:44:39.389 who are lost. Lord, give us the heart of intercession 00:44:39.389 --> 00:44:42.429 for the lost. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:44:43.150 --> 00:44:59.880 Amen. 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