WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.419 Faith is more than a feeling or a theory. It's 00:00:03.419 --> 00:00:06.059 a decision that moves your feet, opens your hands, 00:00:06.219 --> 00:00:09.019 and activates God's promises. In our brand new 00:00:09.019 --> 00:00:11.820 book, Faith Act, Jeffrey and I take you on a 00:00:11.820 --> 00:00:13.839 powerful journey through some of Scripture's 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:16.800 most transforming moments, where ordinary people 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:20.699 dared to obey and saw heaven move on their behalf. 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:24.140 Order your copy of Faith Act today on Amazon. 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:28.719 Welcome to week number six in our series that 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:33.020 we've entitled, I Have the Receipt. Everybody 00:00:33.020 --> 00:00:38.100 say that with me. I have the receipt. Now, I'll 00:00:38.100 --> 00:00:41.780 fill you in on what all that means. Have you 00:00:41.780 --> 00:00:43.960 ever been to one of the wholesale shopping clubs, 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:49.820 BJ's, Costco, something like that? How many of 00:00:49.820 --> 00:00:53.320 you know that before you can get out... With 00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:55.460 the items that you have purchased, you have to 00:00:55.460 --> 00:00:58.179 stop at the door and show them your receipt. 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:02.399 Now, the BJs down in Davenport at Posner Park, 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:06.659 they will not let you out of the door until they 00:01:06.659 --> 00:01:09.680 look at every, at least me, because I do self 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:12.879 -checkout. Maybe they look a little closer when 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:15.640 it's self -checkout, but they look at every item 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:18.719 on my receipt, and they look at every item in 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:21.859 my shopping cart. And I've seen them stop people 00:01:21.859 --> 00:01:24.159 over like one item. They paid for everything 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:25.980 else, but they caught them. They had one item 00:01:25.980 --> 00:01:29.140 in there that hadn't paid for yet. And, you know, 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:32.420 when you're scanning 10 items yourself and you 00:01:32.420 --> 00:01:34.719 get to leave them in the buggy instead of taking 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:36.599 them out, you know, you just pull out the little, 00:01:36.700 --> 00:01:40.400 what do they call it? I call it a clicker scanner. 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:43.299 If you just pull that out and hit the barcode, 00:01:43.379 --> 00:01:46.159 sometimes you might, you know, you're trying 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:49.200 to get them all, but you can make a mistake. 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:51.939 But here's the deal. As long as you have a receipt, 00:01:52.060 --> 00:01:54.180 you have a proof of purchase. Everybody say proof 00:01:54.180 --> 00:01:57.099 of purchase. I want to ask you another question. 00:01:57.219 --> 00:01:59.019 Has anyone ever walked out of a store and one 00:01:59.019 --> 00:02:04.659 of those little alarms went off? Now, every time 00:02:04.659 --> 00:02:06.900 for me the alarms went off, I hope this is the 00:02:06.900 --> 00:02:09.860 same case for you. Every time for me when the 00:02:09.860 --> 00:02:12.080 alarm went off, it was because the person at 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:16.379 the register didn't deactivate the RFID, right? 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:19.159 So I was glad I had a receipt. Everybody say 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:22.780 a receipt. I was glad I had a receipt to prove 00:02:22.780 --> 00:02:26.780 that I had paid for it. Right? That's important. 00:02:28.379 --> 00:02:30.979 That's why we call this series, I Have the Receipt. 00:02:31.860 --> 00:02:34.819 This series is helping us be more established. 00:02:34.979 --> 00:02:37.379 Everybody say established. It's helping us be 00:02:37.379 --> 00:02:40.039 more established in one of the most central truths 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:44.520 of the Christian faith. What was purchased and 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:47.770 what is provided, Through the blood of Jesus. 00:02:49.990 --> 00:02:54.610 What did He purchase for us with His blood? What 00:02:54.610 --> 00:02:59.990 does He provide for us through His blood? You 00:02:59.990 --> 00:03:03.770 see, if we don't know what He purchased, and 00:03:03.770 --> 00:03:07.789 if we don't know what He has provided, then chances 00:03:07.789 --> 00:03:12.330 are we're not going to experience it. And some 00:03:12.330 --> 00:03:13.969 of the things that we've looked at, it's clear 00:03:13.969 --> 00:03:16.789 in the Word of God that they were provided By 00:03:16.789 --> 00:03:19.270 the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, by the blood 00:03:19.270 --> 00:03:22.430 of Jesus that He spilled, He paid for these things. 00:03:24.669 --> 00:03:31.050 So, where is our receipt? The Word of God contains 00:03:31.050 --> 00:03:34.870 a detailed receipt of what Jesus purchased with 00:03:34.870 --> 00:03:38.370 His blood. Everybody say, I have the receipt, 00:03:38.509 --> 00:03:44.150 one more time. Now, there's a lot of parables 00:03:44.150 --> 00:03:47.840 in the Bible. There's a lot of illustrations 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:50.840 that preachers use. I mean, like this receipt 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:54.460 being one. But the blood of Jesus is not just 00:03:54.460 --> 00:03:59.219 an illustration. It's not just symbolic religious 00:03:59.219 --> 00:04:05.139 talk. It's more than that. It's our covenant 00:04:05.139 --> 00:04:10.919 reality. Jesus said, this is my blood establishing 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:14.610 the new covenant. The blood of Jesus is full 00:04:14.610 --> 00:04:17.670 of spiritual power, even though he shed it 2 00:04:17.670 --> 00:04:21.490 ,000 years ago, and then he took it to the real 00:04:21.490 --> 00:04:25.470 holy of holies in heaven and put it on the mercy 00:04:25.470 --> 00:04:31.050 seat in front of the presence of God. It's still 00:04:31.050 --> 00:04:37.709 full of spiritual power. Still works. Hebrews 00:04:37.709 --> 00:04:41.240 9 .22. It says this, without the shedding of 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:45.819 blood, there's no forgiveness. Do you realize 00:04:45.819 --> 00:04:48.560 without Jesus shedding his blood, it would be 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:52.779 impossible for us to be forgiven? He shed his 00:04:52.779 --> 00:04:59.540 blood for us, for our sin, in our place, so that 00:04:59.540 --> 00:05:04.139 we could be forgiven. So the blood of Jesus makes 00:05:04.139 --> 00:05:06.240 forgiveness possible. Everybody say forgiveness. 00:05:07.899 --> 00:05:10.420 Colossians 1, 13 and 14. Now we're going to go 00:05:10.420 --> 00:05:17.240 through the first five weeks. Colossians 1, 13 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:20.300 and 14. For he has rescued us from the kingdom 00:05:20.300 --> 00:05:24.939 of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom 00:05:24.939 --> 00:05:31.399 of his dear son, who purchased our freedom and 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:39.069 forgave our sins. So if you are in Christ, you 00:05:39.069 --> 00:05:43.790 have been purchased by the blood of Jesus. You're 00:05:43.790 --> 00:05:46.829 not your own anymore. He didn't just purchase 00:05:46.829 --> 00:05:50.290 your forgiveness. He purchased you. He redeemed 00:05:50.290 --> 00:05:55.290 you. Because we all started out in the kingdom 00:05:55.290 --> 00:06:00.610 of darkness. That's where we all started. But 00:06:00.610 --> 00:06:03.990 by his blood, he redeemed us. He bought us out. 00:06:05.100 --> 00:06:08.759 from under the kingdom of darkness, and he transferred 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:15.959 us into the kingdom of his dear son. Somebody 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:18.839 say thank you. The blood of Jesus paid the price 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:21.839 for our redemption. He bought us and brought 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:26.439 us out of the kingdom of darkness. What else? 00:06:26.459 --> 00:06:30.439 Hebrews 9, 13 through 14. Under the old system, 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:34.740 The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of 00:06:34.740 --> 00:06:39.019 a heifer could cleanse people's bodies from ceremonial 00:06:39.019 --> 00:06:44.459 impurity. Just think. How much more? Somebody 00:06:44.459 --> 00:06:47.819 say, how much more? How much more the blood of 00:06:47.819 --> 00:06:54.300 Christ will purify our consciences from sinful 00:06:54.300 --> 00:07:01.889 deeds? See, under the old covenant, The blood 00:07:01.889 --> 00:07:05.810 of bulls and goats, God said he would remember 00:07:05.810 --> 00:07:12.170 our sins no more. Under the new covenant, God 00:07:12.170 --> 00:07:14.689 says, because of the blood of Jesus, you shouldn't 00:07:14.689 --> 00:07:20.990 remember your sins anymore. Just think, how much 00:07:20.990 --> 00:07:24.610 more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences 00:07:24.610 --> 00:07:29.850 from sinful deeds so that we can worship the 00:07:29.850 --> 00:07:36.899 living God. What an amazing word. See, Christ's 00:07:36.899 --> 00:07:39.519 blood didn't just deal with internal or just 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:45.199 didn't deal with what sin does in our relationship 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:48.660 with God. Christ's blood also deals with the 00:07:48.660 --> 00:08:00.259 effects and internal damage of sin. How amazing 00:08:00.259 --> 00:08:06.180 is life? With a clear conscience. The blood of 00:08:06.180 --> 00:08:09.819 Jesus. Another verse says his blood was sprinkled 00:08:09.819 --> 00:08:14.459 on our conscience. Christ's blood can cleanse 00:08:14.459 --> 00:08:17.860 the conscience of all guilt and condemnation. 00:08:19.180 --> 00:08:22.839 It can cleanse our conscience from past actions 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:26.399 that we've done. It can also cleanse our conscience. 00:08:26.910 --> 00:08:30.110 from past experiences that we've gone through 00:08:30.110 --> 00:08:37.750 as a result of sin. This is so amazing. Hebrews 00:08:37.750 --> 00:08:43.350 10, 19. And so, dear brothers and sisters, we 00:08:43.350 --> 00:08:49.769 can boldly enter heaven's most holy place. Somebody 00:08:49.769 --> 00:08:57.299 say, boldly enter. Boldly enter. We can boldly 00:08:57.299 --> 00:09:00.639 enter heaven's most holy place. Why? Because 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:07.019 we're good enough. Because of our ability to 00:09:07.019 --> 00:09:10.500 perform. Is that why we can go in boldly? No, 00:09:10.539 --> 00:09:12.659 we can go in boldly. What does the word say? 00:09:12.860 --> 00:09:18.879 Because of the blood of Jesus. So with his blood, 00:09:19.019 --> 00:09:23.840 he purchased bold access. The blood of Jesus 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:29.720 grants us bold access to God. Hebrews 12, 24. 00:09:30.620 --> 00:09:34.820 To Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, and 00:09:34.820 --> 00:09:38.799 to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:43.620 things than that of Abel. We learned that blood 00:09:43.620 --> 00:09:48.019 speaks in the spirit realm that week, and the 00:09:48.019 --> 00:09:50.059 blood of Jesus speaks better things. Everybody 00:09:50.059 --> 00:09:52.230 say better things. The blood of Jesus speaks 00:09:52.230 --> 00:09:55.610 good things over us, better things over us. The 00:09:55.610 --> 00:09:58.830 blood of Jesus speaks mercy over us. The blood 00:09:58.830 --> 00:10:01.990 of Jesus speaks pardon, speaks acceptance. The 00:10:01.990 --> 00:10:04.889 blood of Jesus speaks peace. The blood of Jesus 00:10:04.889 --> 00:10:08.230 speaks reconciliation. The blood of Jesus speaks 00:10:08.230 --> 00:10:13.950 covenant favor with us. It speaks better things, 00:10:14.090 --> 00:10:20.289 not vengeance. Blood of Jesus speaks better things 00:10:20.289 --> 00:10:25.330 over us. 1 Corinthians 15, 57. But thank God. 00:10:27.190 --> 00:10:30.669 Somebody say, thank God. But thank God. He gives 00:10:30.669 --> 00:10:35.750 us victory over sin and death through our Lord 00:10:35.750 --> 00:10:41.850 Jesus Christ. Revelation 12, 11. And they overcame 00:10:41.850 --> 00:10:45.710 him. This is talking about our enemy. They overcame 00:10:45.710 --> 00:10:49.350 him. This is out of Revelation, looking back 00:10:49.350 --> 00:10:54.029 and making declarations of how this happened 00:10:54.029 --> 00:10:59.330 from eternity future, looking back to even us 00:10:59.330 --> 00:11:04.009 today. They overcame him, our spiritual enemy, 00:11:04.129 --> 00:11:06.190 by the blood of the Lamb. Everybody say the blood 00:11:06.190 --> 00:11:11.809 of the Lamb. And by the word of their testimony. 00:11:13.990 --> 00:11:16.350 Look at the person beside you. Tell them it's 00:11:16.350 --> 00:11:21.830 important. It's important to talk about what 00:11:21.830 --> 00:11:27.129 God has done in your life. How many were encouraged 00:11:27.129 --> 00:11:29.950 by just the random testimony that we got this 00:11:29.950 --> 00:11:33.029 morning? Who was encouraged? Who was built up? 00:11:34.309 --> 00:11:36.250 Well, guess what? You can do the same thing for 00:11:36.250 --> 00:11:41.570 someone else. It's important. That's the way 00:11:41.570 --> 00:11:45.029 we are victorious in this life. The blood of 00:11:45.029 --> 00:11:48.669 Jesus bought it. The blood of Jesus buys our 00:11:48.669 --> 00:11:52.409 victory, has bought our victory. But then the 00:11:52.409 --> 00:11:58.669 word of our testimony helps us to step into what 00:11:58.669 --> 00:12:06.409 Jesus has purchased for us. Look at the person 00:12:06.409 --> 00:12:07.970 beside you and tell them to open your mouth sometimes. 00:12:08.210 --> 00:12:11.409 Just open your mouth sometimes. The blood of 00:12:11.409 --> 00:12:14.700 Jesus secures our victory over sin. over death, 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:19.220 and over all demonic forces. The blood of Jesus 00:12:19.220 --> 00:12:27.980 has secured it. So now you're caught up. Now 00:12:27.980 --> 00:12:29.539 we're going to move forward. The blood of Jesus 00:12:29.539 --> 00:12:33.120 not only makes forgiveness possible, it not only 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:35.620 purchases us out of the kingdom of darkness, 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:39.200 it not only cleanses our conscience from the 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:42.320 effects of sin, it not only grants us bold access 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:46.210 to God, It not only speaks better things over 00:12:46.210 --> 00:12:51.509 our lives, it not only secures our victory. Everybody 00:12:51.509 --> 00:12:59.669 say, that's a lot. But wait, there's more. The 00:12:59.669 --> 00:13:06.629 blood of Jesus makes us whole. I'm going to say 00:13:06.629 --> 00:13:11.750 that again. The blood of Jesus makes us whole. 00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:16.279 Let's put it this way. The blood of Jesus can 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:26.419 make us whole. He purchased our wholeness with 00:13:26.419 --> 00:13:35.620 His blood. Do you have the receipt? The blood 00:13:35.620 --> 00:13:40.110 of Jesus not only rescued us from judgment, It 00:13:40.110 --> 00:13:45.490 purchased restoration into God's life. Through 00:13:45.490 --> 00:13:49.750 the blood of Jesus, we have God's life flowing 00:13:49.750 --> 00:13:57.289 through us. The atonement addresses, and that 00:13:57.289 --> 00:13:59.029 has to do with blood. We're going to see a verse 00:13:59.029 --> 00:14:01.590 here in just a second. The atonement addresses 00:14:01.590 --> 00:14:11.919 the whole person, spirit, soul, and body. The 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:15.620 majority, well, the majority of the things we've 00:14:15.620 --> 00:14:17.559 been talking about the blood is, it's been talking 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:20.620 about what Jesus purchased for our spirit. And 00:14:20.620 --> 00:14:23.000 we've talked about some of the things that he's 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:25.679 purchased for our soul, which would be our thought 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:30.360 life. We're going to continue expounding on that, 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:34.100 the soul and the body. Blood of Jesus releases 00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:38.460 covenant life that brings restoration, strength, 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:45.649 wholeness. Those things empower believers to 00:14:45.649 --> 00:14:50.389 live healed, sustained, and fruitful in the will 00:14:50.389 --> 00:14:58.330 of God. That's the blood of Jesus at work. Leviticus 00:14:58.330 --> 00:15:04.370 17, 11. For the life of the flesh is in the blood. 00:15:05.529 --> 00:15:10.250 And I have given it to you upon the altar to 00:15:10.250 --> 00:15:15.860 make atonement. For your souls. For it is the 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:19.539 blood that makes atonement for the soul. Everybody 00:15:19.539 --> 00:15:23.720 say the blood. The blood makes atonement for 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:27.899 the soul. Now that word soul is translated soul 00:15:27.899 --> 00:15:32.980 in our English Bibles. That's the Hebrew word. 00:15:35.700 --> 00:15:38.120 Sometimes I have fun trying to pronounce these 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:39.860 words. You can pronounce it any way you want 00:15:39.860 --> 00:15:46.889 to. Nefesh. Let's say it like that. And this 00:15:46.889 --> 00:15:51.509 is the definition of the Hebrew word. It is soul. 00:15:51.629 --> 00:15:55.570 Everybody say soul. But also part of the definition, 00:15:55.830 --> 00:15:57.909 and it's translated this way in different areas 00:15:57.909 --> 00:16:01.669 of the Bible, it's talking about your life. It's 00:16:01.669 --> 00:16:04.029 talking about yourself, which would be your being, 00:16:04.149 --> 00:16:09.090 your person. It's talking about a living being. 00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:13.320 So look at the person beside you and say, are 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:16.220 you a living being? Yeah, I think we are. If 00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:19.539 we're breathing. That was one of the other definitions 00:16:19.539 --> 00:16:25.360 as I looked it up. A breathing being. Right? 00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:32.000 When God breathed into Adam, he became a living 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:38.460 spirit or living soul. That's the same word. 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:45.360 Nefesh. So it's not just talking about the soul, 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:48.519 it's talking about the whole person. Everybody 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:51.480 say the whole person. And what did that verse 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:57.299 say? The blood makes atonement for the whole 00:16:57.299 --> 00:17:03.580 person. The whole person. So the atonement addresses 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:08.369 sin and spiritual death. The atonement... deals 00:17:08.369 --> 00:17:11.470 with and addresses the separation from God because 00:17:11.470 --> 00:17:14.849 of sin, but the atonement also addresses, according 00:17:14.849 --> 00:17:18.250 to the Word of God, the effects of sin on human 00:17:18.250 --> 00:17:25.529 life. The effects of sin on human life, on the 00:17:25.529 --> 00:17:30.609 whole person. Isaiah 53, 4 and 5. You've probably 00:17:30.609 --> 00:17:34.349 heard these verses before. It's a prophetic. 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:40.420 Word from God through the prophet Isaiah. And 00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:42.299 he's talking about the Messiah. Everybody say 00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:45.819 he's talking about Jesus. And here's what he 00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:50.359 says. Yet it was our weakness. Jesus carried. 00:17:51.700 --> 00:17:57.660 It was our sorrows. That weighed him down. And 00:17:57.660 --> 00:18:00.859 some people looked at him and thought that his 00:18:00.859 --> 00:18:04.990 troubles were a punishment from God. Some of 00:18:04.990 --> 00:18:07.690 the Jews were looking at him when he was crucified. 00:18:07.690 --> 00:18:11.269 They were saying, he can't be God because God 00:18:11.269 --> 00:18:18.130 couldn't be cursed on a tree, on a cross. We 00:18:18.130 --> 00:18:20.089 thought his troubles were a punishment from God, 00:18:20.230 --> 00:18:24.869 a punishment for his own sins. Look to the person 00:18:24.869 --> 00:18:28.210 beside you and say, he never sinned. So how can 00:18:28.210 --> 00:18:31.430 it be a punishment for his sin? It was a punishment 00:18:31.430 --> 00:18:33.630 for our sins, actually, what was taking place. 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:38.140 He carried our weakness. He carried our sorrows. 00:18:38.940 --> 00:18:43.160 Our sorrows weighed him down. Verse 5 goes on 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:46.700 to say, but he, Jesus, the Messiah, was pierced. 00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:54.480 For what? For our rebellion. He was crushed for 00:18:54.480 --> 00:19:00.880 our sins. Listen, he was beaten so that we could 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:06.299 be whole. Everybody say whole. He was whipped 00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:10.740 so we could be healed. Everybody say healed. 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:17.519 He's talking about Jesus. And when He was pierced 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:20.099 and when He was whipped and when He was nailed 00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:24.579 to the cross, that's where His blood was shed 00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:30.339 for us. The word translated whole, let's go to 00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:33.750 the Hebrew just so... You can't say, well, you 00:19:33.750 --> 00:19:35.269 know, I don't know if it means that or whatever. 00:19:35.329 --> 00:19:38.029 I don't know what it really means. Well, in that 00:19:38.029 --> 00:19:43.089 verse, the word translated whole is probably 00:19:43.089 --> 00:19:45.150 a word, a Hebrew word that you've heard before. 00:19:45.329 --> 00:19:52.009 Shalom. Everybody say shalom. Shalom. It's a 00:19:52.009 --> 00:19:56.890 big word in the Bible. It's actually one of God's 00:19:56.890 --> 00:20:03.140 names is shalom. I am Yahweh shalom. I am the 00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:07.380 Lord, your peace. Everybody say peace. But when 00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:12.599 you look up shalom, I've got it in multiple places 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:14.779 coming at us. Just so you know, I just didn't 00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:17.819 make this up out of my head. New American Standard 00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:20.140 Concordance, Exhaustive Concordance. I didn't 00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:22.019 have enough room to type in exhaustive right 00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:33.210 there. Here's what it means. Completeness. soundness, 00:20:33.210 --> 00:20:42.289 welfare, peace. And the strong's exhaustive concordance 00:20:42.289 --> 00:20:51.869 is translated well, favor, friend, great, good 00:20:51.869 --> 00:20:59.539 health, perfect. A lexical summary. It says this, 00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:08.339 peace, completeness, welfare, well -being, safety, 00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:14.380 prosperity. We live in a world, every time you 00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:16.259 say the word prosperity, you've got to explain 00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:21.559 it. I don't know why. Look at the person beside 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:23.680 you and tell them, God's for you. He's not against 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:27.839 you. God is for you. The word prosperity does 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:30.960 not mean that God wants everybody to drive a 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:33.059 Bentley and live in an 8 ,000 square foot house. 00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:41.160 Because all of us have heard of people who have 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:44.440 way more resources than any of us will ever have, 00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:48.740 way more money, way more net worth than any of 00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:52.519 us have or ever have had who have committed suicide. 00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:58.799 So obviously it's more than money. Prosperity 00:21:58.799 --> 00:22:02.539 is more than money. Because you can have all 00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:04.519 that you want, but if you don't have peace in 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:09.960 the middle of it, it's worthless. It's worthless. 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:15.880 But that's what the word shalom means. That's 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:20.039 who God is, and that's what Jesus shed his blood 00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:24.900 so that we can have a receipt for. It's completeness, 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:29.839 soundness, welfare, peace, well -being, favor, 00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:37.480 good health. Have I hit it all yet? Safety, prosperity. 00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:45.339 We have a receipt. We have a receipt. And in 00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:49.200 the word healed in that text, guess what? It's 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:55.420 another one of God's names. It's Raphael. He 00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:59.220 is Yahweh. Some might have known the word Raphael. 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:04.059 That's just the correct Hebrew way to say it, 00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:10.259 I guess. And here's what it means. It means cure. 00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:16.279 It means cause to heal. It means physician. It 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:20.680 means repair. It means to thoroughly make whole. 00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:27.119 Thoroughly make whole. What does that tell us? 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:32.079 It's for every part of us. Every part of us. 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:41.859 Every part of us where sin has affected humanity. 00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:48.720 Thoroughly made whole. And this word occurs about 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:53.430 67 times in the Old Testament. It always, always, 00:23:53.549 --> 00:23:58.190 always carries the idea of bringing wholeness 00:23:58.190 --> 00:24:02.809 where damage, disease, or disorder have intruded. 00:24:07.230 --> 00:24:09.730 And I didn't write that either. I copy and pasted 00:24:09.730 --> 00:24:14.769 that out of... Hey, go to Bible Hub. We live 00:24:14.769 --> 00:24:19.170 in an amazing time. Back in the 80s, I have to... 00:24:19.369 --> 00:24:21.970 I used to have to pull out a big old blue Strong's 00:24:21.970 --> 00:24:26.829 Concordance and look up the word, look up the 00:24:26.829 --> 00:24:29.069 verse to find the number for the word, and then 00:24:29.069 --> 00:24:31.849 go flip over and try to find the number of that 00:24:31.849 --> 00:24:36.230 word to see the definition. Now all you have 00:24:36.230 --> 00:24:40.009 to do is take out your smartphone and put, you 00:24:40.009 --> 00:24:44.109 know, Isaiah 53, 4 and 5, interlinear. That's 00:24:44.109 --> 00:24:45.849 all you have to do. And you go to Bible Hub, 00:24:46.049 --> 00:24:49.329 and it has the... Hebrew words or the Greek words 00:24:49.329 --> 00:24:51.730 and you click on them and you can read all this 00:24:51.730 --> 00:24:54.950 stuff by yourself. So easy. It's an amazing time. 00:24:56.190 --> 00:24:58.710 I know some of us would rather go without it. 00:24:59.769 --> 00:25:02.069 How many of you remember a simpler life that 00:25:02.069 --> 00:25:06.930 wasn't quite as crazy without it? But there are 00:25:06.930 --> 00:25:13.869 so many advantages to it. Listen. This word always. 00:25:14.809 --> 00:25:18.990 carries the idea of bringing wholeness where 00:25:18.990 --> 00:25:29.710 damage, disease, or disorder have intruded. I've 00:25:29.710 --> 00:25:35.210 got a question. Is there any damage, disease, 00:25:35.369 --> 00:25:40.250 or disorder in heaven? Is anybody looking forward 00:25:40.250 --> 00:25:42.579 to going to heaven so that... You could experience 00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:49.420 damage and disease and disorder. Hello? Is it? 00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:56.859 Is that what we're looking forward to? No. And 00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:58.579 I've got a question, just a common sense question. 00:25:58.700 --> 00:26:05.700 Why is all that here and not in heaven? Does 00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:09.660 anybody have an answer? Use your own brain. Don't 00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:12.400 just listen to me. Use your own brain. Why do 00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:17.700 we have it here but it's not in heaven? Sin. 00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:23.900 Sin brought all that. That's why it's not going 00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:25.519 to be in heaven because there's no sin in heaven. 00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:36.480 But these things affect us. Wholeness is for 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:44.160 the whole person. Physical. emotional, mental, 00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:51.900 your strength, your endurance. Wholeness is for 00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:56.880 the whole person. 1 Peter 2 .24, in case you 00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:59.599 think, aren't you just reading out of Old Testament 00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:05.380 and we're talking about Jesus and, well, 1 Peter 00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:09.980 2 .24, who himself bore our sins in his own body 00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:14.289 on the tree. Somebody say thank you. That we, 00:27:14.349 --> 00:27:21.009 having died to sin, right? Whoo! Look at the 00:27:21.009 --> 00:27:22.410 person beside you and tell them, I'm dead to 00:27:22.410 --> 00:27:26.049 sin. If you don't believe it, look it up in Romans. 00:27:26.190 --> 00:27:29.130 It says that because of Jesus, we're now dead 00:27:29.130 --> 00:27:32.250 to sin. It has no control over us anymore. Sin 00:27:32.250 --> 00:27:35.809 is not our master anymore unless we let it be. 00:27:38.029 --> 00:27:40.509 who himself bore our sins in his own body on 00:27:40.509 --> 00:27:43.549 the tree, that we, having died to sin now, because 00:27:43.549 --> 00:27:46.130 we've been buried with Christ and we've risen 00:27:46.130 --> 00:27:50.289 with Christ, it's not I that live, it's Christ 00:27:50.289 --> 00:27:54.509 who lives in me, having died to sins might live 00:27:54.509 --> 00:27:58.650 to righteousness or for righteousness because 00:27:58.650 --> 00:28:03.869 Jesus has now clothed us in his righteousness. 00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:10.319 I wish I could just preach the whole New Testament, 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:13.160 but y 'all probably wouldn't stay here that long. 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:20.359 Righteousness is a gift. We're not clothed in 00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:26.740 the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. So 00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:30.279 he bore our sins in his own body on the tree 00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:34.819 that we might live righteous. And then it says, 00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:42.700 by whose stripes? You were healed. By whose stripes 00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:47.980 you were healed. That word healed is Greek. So 00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:50.240 it's a different word. It's not Rolfal anymore. 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:59.839 This is even more fun to say. You say it however 00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:02.900 you want to. And here's what it means. It means 00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:07.500 healed. It means cured. It means restored. In 00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:09.700 the lexical summary, in the Strong's Concordance, 00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:14.660 it says heal and make whole. Everybody say heal. 00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:19.819 Everybody say make whole. Everybody say restore. 00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:24.819 Everybody say cure. What an amazing testimony 00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:29.839 just for... I wasn't even planning on asking 00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:36.029 for testimonies. I guess... God led me to ask 00:29:36.029 --> 00:29:46.509 and God led you to share. What about that? Did 00:29:46.509 --> 00:29:49.789 everybody hear that? She felt like she needed 00:29:49.789 --> 00:29:51.430 to share before she got here, but she wasn't 00:29:51.430 --> 00:30:02.250 going to do it unless I asked. I copied this 00:30:02.250 --> 00:30:06.440 out of the Bible Hub too. That word healed encompasses 00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:12.759 restoration of bodily health, deliverance from 00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:17.339 demonic oppression, mending of broken hearts, 00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:25.559 and the ultimate curing of sin's damage. Isn't 00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:31.019 that good? It never appears as a mere medical 00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:36.500 term. There's always more to it. Healing is portrayed 00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:41.200 as God's gracious intervention that reaches both 00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:50.099 body and soul. Isn't that awesome? The Bible 00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:53.259 includes healing as an outflow of the cross. 00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:58.299 The Bible includes wholeness as an outflow of 00:30:58.299 --> 00:31:02.019 the cross. Acts 10, 38. Just in case you think 00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:07.319 that... I mean, how many verses could we read 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:12.319 where Jesus healed somebody? This is kind of 00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:15.799 a summary of Jesus' work, the Messiah's redemptive 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:19.319 work, Acts 10, 38. And you know that God anointed 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:22.220 Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with 00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:25.500 power. Then Jesus went around doing good and 00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:30.980 healing all, or does it say some? Healing all 00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:33.420 who were oppressed by the devil, for God was 00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:37.920 with him. The Bible includes healing and the 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:43.099 Messiah's redemptive work. Psalm 103. Let all 00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:47.480 that I am praise the Lord. May I never forget 00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:52.799 the good things he does for me. Look to the person 00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:54.519 beside you and tell them, God does good things 00:31:54.519 --> 00:32:00.059 for me. God does good things for me. What does 00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:07.480 he do? He forgives all my sins. He heals all 00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:17.740 my diseases. He redeems me from death and crowns 00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:22.339 me with love and tender mercies. He fills my 00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:30.279 life. Everybody say, not just a dab. Everybody's 00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:32.119 handing out these little Jesuses. Does anybody 00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:34.220 hand you a little Jesus? You know what I'm talking 00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:39.559 about, little bitty? We need more than a little 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:45.579 Jesus. We need all of Jesus. Hallelujah. Don't 00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:48.259 need to rub a little Jesus on us like sunscreen. 00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:53.740 I'm not against people handing them out, so hand 00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:58.519 them out. We need a lot of Jesus. We need all 00:32:58.519 --> 00:33:02.579 of Jesus. He redeems me from death, crowns me 00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:05.460 with love and tender mercy. He fills my life 00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:13.440 with good things. My youth is renewed. I'm 60 00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:21.180 years old. I need some renewed strength. Renewed. 00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:25.559 My youth is renewed. My strength is renewed like 00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:28.400 the eagles. God fills my life with good things. 00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:32.099 This shows a biblical pattern. There's forgiveness. 00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:34.740 There's healing. There's redemption. There's 00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:37.960 wholeness. They all flow together as covenant 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:47.759 benefits. Hebrews 13, 20. Now may the God of 00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:52.140 peace. who brought up from the dead our Lord 00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:56.720 Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, and ratified 00:33:56.720 --> 00:34:02.220 an eternal covenant with his blood. It's an eternal 00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:07.319 covenant. May he equip you with all you need. 00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:11.559 Everybody say, all you need. May he equip you 00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:18.329 with all you need for doing his will. How many 00:34:18.329 --> 00:34:20.210 of you know if you're laid up in a hospital room, 00:34:20.269 --> 00:34:24.510 you can't do the will of God like you could if 00:34:24.510 --> 00:34:30.369 you were mobile? May He equip you with all you 00:34:30.369 --> 00:34:33.630 need for doing His will. People can still be 00:34:33.630 --> 00:34:37.969 used by God in the hospital room, but... May 00:34:37.969 --> 00:34:40.469 He produce in you through the power of Jesus 00:34:40.469 --> 00:34:43.269 Christ every good thing. Somebody say good thing 00:34:43.269 --> 00:34:46.730 again. May he produce in you through the power 00:34:46.730 --> 00:34:49.269 of Jesus Christ every good thing that is pleasing 00:34:49.269 --> 00:34:54.110 to him. All glory to him forever and ever. Amen. 00:34:55.909 --> 00:35:00.389 Note the progression. Resurrection power. Blood 00:35:00.389 --> 00:35:03.349 of the everlasting covenant. Being made whole 00:35:03.349 --> 00:35:06.949 or complete in him. And why does that happen? 00:35:07.429 --> 00:35:12.969 For doing his will. For doing his will. The goal 00:35:12.969 --> 00:35:15.400 of the covenant. The goal of covenant wholeness 00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:23.079 is not merely your personal comfort. It's consecrated 00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:29.820 usefulness. This verse puts another picture on 00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:34.139 it. It takes us from being about everything that 00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:36.679 God has done is for me, and it's just for me, 00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:41.619 and it's just for me to enjoy. Hallelujah, it's 00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:48.789 for you. It's for me, but it's not just for us, 00:35:48.789 --> 00:35:57.150 for us. There's 100 ,000 people just right up 00:35:57.150 --> 00:36:04.409 and down this road. God's work in our life is 00:36:04.409 --> 00:36:07.429 supposed to impact us in such a way that it makes 00:36:07.429 --> 00:36:11.849 a difference in the world around us. Not just 00:36:11.849 --> 00:36:17.110 in our house, but in our neighborhood. Not just 00:36:17.110 --> 00:36:21.489 in my house, but throughout four corners. Not 00:36:21.489 --> 00:36:31.190 just in my house, but throughout the world. Wholeness 00:36:31.190 --> 00:36:34.690 is part of the covenant life provided by Christ. 00:36:35.869 --> 00:36:40.190 Everybody say wholeness. Wholeness includes restoration, 00:36:40.570 --> 00:36:43.030 it includes strengthening, it includes sustaining, 00:36:43.409 --> 00:36:48.809 and it includes effectiveness. Whole person. 00:36:49.849 --> 00:36:56.530 So how are we going to apply this? Hey, you got 00:36:56.530 --> 00:37:00.389 to believe it. I believe that's a challenge for 00:37:00.389 --> 00:37:05.119 a lot of people who grew up in... You know, like 00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:07.079 I already shared with you, I'm a preacher's kid, 00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:08.800 so I grew up going to church Sunday morning, 00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:11.480 Sunday night, Wednesday night. And then since 00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:13.760 I didn't get enough of it, God later called me 00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:15.380 to be an evangelist, and then I was going to 00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:17.280 church Sunday morning through Wednesday night, 00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:19.219 even had some two -week revivals where I went 00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:26.039 to church every day for two weeks. Woo! JT was 00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:27.980 on the road. JT and Michelle were on the road 00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:32.880 going to church. I don't know how many days a 00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:37.579 year did y 'all have. Four or five days a week. 00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:43.539 I mean, it's a lot. So. It's not just about doing 00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:45.300 church. That's not how you're going to apply 00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:50.639 it. You got to believe it. You can be a hearer 00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:52.960 and not a doer. You can be a hearer and not a 00:37:52.960 --> 00:38:01.460 receiver. You have to acknowledge. And you have 00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:03.480 to believe. You have to acknowledge. You have 00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:09.000 to. receive it. You have to take it. Look to 00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:10.440 the person beside you and tell them, you're going 00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:13.360 to have to take it. See, I can't take it for 00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:17.340 you. Your husband or wife can't take it for you. 00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:21.900 You have to take it. You have to acknowledge 00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:24.059 it. You have to receive it. You have to believe 00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:31.239 that wholeness is part of the covenant. And one 00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:35.170 way that you're going to Acknowledge and receive 00:38:35.170 --> 00:38:40.590 and believe it is by aligning your words with 00:38:40.590 --> 00:38:46.869 the covenant life. Aligning your words with what 00:38:46.869 --> 00:38:51.710 God says. Aligning your words with the covenant. 00:38:56.750 --> 00:39:02.050 Proverbs 18, 21. It's just a confirmation of 00:39:02.050 --> 00:39:06.190 this. Death and life are in the power of the 00:39:06.190 --> 00:39:10.170 tongue. Everybody stick out your tongue at me. 00:39:14.429 --> 00:39:16.170 I didn't write this. It's straight out of the 00:39:16.170 --> 00:39:18.650 Bible. Death and life are in the power of your 00:39:18.650 --> 00:39:26.670 tongue. And those who love it will eat its fruit. 00:39:30.989 --> 00:39:33.309 I'm going to read it again. Death and life are 00:39:33.309 --> 00:39:35.170 in the power of the tongue, and those who love 00:39:35.170 --> 00:39:46.889 it will eat its fruit. Now, this is an oh me 00:39:46.889 --> 00:39:54.690 if you're speaking death all the time. You're 00:39:54.690 --> 00:39:56.389 going to eat the fruit of death if you speak 00:39:56.389 --> 00:40:00.469 death all the time. I'm just trying to help you. 00:40:03.049 --> 00:40:05.070 Whatever you speak is whatever you're going to 00:40:05.070 --> 00:40:10.230 eat. Is that what this says or not? Is that what 00:40:10.230 --> 00:40:16.170 it says? But if you speak life, you're going 00:40:16.170 --> 00:40:20.190 to have some better fruit. And see, you can't 00:40:20.190 --> 00:40:23.389 just take this verse and say, well, you know, 00:40:23.510 --> 00:40:27.349 that just means if you just talk health and all 00:40:27.349 --> 00:40:29.130 that all the time, all you got to do is talk 00:40:29.130 --> 00:40:37.300 it and you can have it. You have to talk what's 00:40:37.300 --> 00:40:42.739 connected to power. You have to talk what God 00:40:42.739 --> 00:40:46.059 says. Talk. See, there has to be some substance 00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:49.420 behind it. There has to be something that can 00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:54.860 bring the power to bring it into action. Does 00:40:54.860 --> 00:41:01.519 anybody have a thermostat in your house? Well. 00:41:02.699 --> 00:41:05.260 I decided to buy a thermostat because I like 00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:09.440 it cold. And can you believe that I went to JT's 00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:13.300 house and I took my thermostat and I turned it 00:41:13.300 --> 00:41:21.400 to 68 degrees. But nothing happened. You know 00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:24.420 why nothing happened? Because I was just holding 00:41:24.420 --> 00:41:27.940 a thermostat in my hand. It wasn't connected. 00:41:30.670 --> 00:41:35.429 to a unit that could produce the cooling. It 00:41:35.429 --> 00:41:38.110 wasn't connected to the unit that was connected 00:41:38.110 --> 00:41:41.309 to the power. Everybody say power. Because even 00:41:41.309 --> 00:41:43.789 if I connected it to the unit, if the unit wasn't 00:41:43.789 --> 00:41:47.670 connected to power, something with the ability 00:41:47.670 --> 00:41:53.449 to make it happen, it don't matter what I do 00:41:53.449 --> 00:42:01.750 on my thermostat. So, if you speak death, There's 00:42:01.750 --> 00:42:05.150 some power that's ready to hook up to you speaking 00:42:05.150 --> 00:42:12.750 death. Because the thief came to steal, to kill, 00:42:12.929 --> 00:42:18.969 and to destroy you. So if you speak in death, 00:42:19.309 --> 00:42:23.070 there's some demonic forces and powers that are 00:42:23.070 --> 00:42:28.530 going to hook up to it real quick. But if you 00:42:28.530 --> 00:42:35.860 speak life, and you speak life according to what 00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:39.619 God has said, if you speak life according to 00:42:39.619 --> 00:42:42.719 the blood covenant and what Jesus has purchased 00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:45.679 for you with his blood, if you begin to speak 00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:49.960 life, there's some power that's ready to hook 00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:54.400 up with you. Because the Bible says that God 00:42:54.400 --> 00:43:03.460 is watching over his word to perform it. So if 00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:07.340 you speak life, the power of God is going to 00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:13.820 hook up. If you speak death, demonic forces are 00:43:13.820 --> 00:43:17.139 going to hook up. The power of sin is going to 00:43:17.139 --> 00:43:26.900 hook up if you speak death. Hallelujah. You should 00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:32.079 be smiling instead of frowning. Because now you 00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:36.539 know. Look to the person beside you and tell 00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:41.739 them to start speaking life. Quit speaking death. 00:43:43.260 --> 00:43:47.400 If you want some different fruit, you got to 00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:55.059 change your words. Hallelujah. So we're going 00:43:55.059 --> 00:43:57.900 to stand up and we're going to put some words 00:43:57.900 --> 00:44:05.199 in agreement. with the covenant in agreement 00:44:05.199 --> 00:44:12.159 with the verses that we read today. Are you ready? 00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:13.780 We're going to read it like we're in third grade, 00:44:13.860 --> 00:44:16.400 all reading it together, but don't just read 00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:20.099 it monotone, expressionless, like all you're 00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:24.119 doing is saying words. I want you to read it 00:44:24.119 --> 00:44:27.940 like, hey, that's what the blood has purchased 00:44:27.940 --> 00:44:32.510 for me, and I'm in agreement with it. Are you 00:44:32.510 --> 00:44:37.150 ready? One, two, three. The life of God is flowing 00:44:37.150 --> 00:44:43.170 in me. By the blood and the covenant, I receive 00:44:43.170 --> 00:44:50.329 wholeness. By his stripes, I am made whole. I 00:44:50.329 --> 00:44:55.530 will live to fulfill the will of God. God renews 00:44:55.530 --> 00:45:00.550 my strength and restores my life. I will be complete 00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:07.280 and equipped to do God's will. This is just an 00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:13.019 example of connecting your words to the power 00:45:13.019 --> 00:45:17.460 of God. He's the one who has the power to transform 00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:20.500 your life. He's the one who has the power to 00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:23.599 heal your body. He's the one that has the power 00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:31.000 to work in your emotions. Hello? Let's say it 00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:36.000 again. One, two, three. The life of God is flowing 00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:40.320 in me right now, right now. By the blood and 00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:45.960 the covenant, I receive wholeness. By his stripes, 00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:51.619 by the stripes of Jesus, I am made whole. I will 00:45:51.619 --> 00:45:57.989 live to fulfill the will of God. How many years 00:45:57.989 --> 00:46:00.809 ago was it? Two years ago now or three? I wound 00:46:00.809 --> 00:46:06.469 up in the emergency room, man. Down in, I don't 00:46:06.469 --> 00:46:10.550 know, Advent Health, down the road. I wound up 00:46:10.550 --> 00:46:14.409 in the emergency room. And I had to call Jeffrey. 00:46:14.530 --> 00:46:18.510 And I said, Jeffrey, can you come pick me up? 00:46:18.570 --> 00:46:22.170 Because if not, I'm calling the ambulance. And 00:46:22.170 --> 00:46:25.590 he knew that something was wrong. because he 00:46:25.590 --> 00:46:27.650 knew that I hadn't even been to the doctor in 00:46:27.650 --> 00:46:32.230 seven, eight years, not even for a checkup. I 00:46:32.230 --> 00:46:34.329 said, can you take me to the emergency room? 00:46:35.389 --> 00:46:37.409 He said, yeah. So he drove down and picked me 00:46:37.409 --> 00:46:39.849 up and took me to the emergency room. I told 00:46:39.849 --> 00:46:41.489 the people, they said, what's your pain level? 00:46:41.670 --> 00:46:45.110 I said, 11. They said, wait a minute, it can 00:46:45.110 --> 00:46:47.230 only go to 10. I said, well, it normally can 00:46:47.230 --> 00:46:50.510 get to 10, but right now it's 11. And they were 00:46:50.510 --> 00:46:52.230 just going to let me sit out there, and I just... 00:46:53.389 --> 00:47:00.110 I was hurting. Hurting so bad. I finally laid 00:47:00.110 --> 00:47:02.110 down on the floor, and when I laid down on the 00:47:02.110 --> 00:47:05.090 floor, they got me a room. I went into the pediatric 00:47:05.090 --> 00:47:08.070 room. Had like airplane painted on the wall, 00:47:08.230 --> 00:47:16.230 all kind of stuff. Listen. After that event, 00:47:16.409 --> 00:47:24.909 I was traumatized. Because I was thinking I might 00:47:24.909 --> 00:47:29.590 die. And I wasn't scared to die. I'm not scared 00:47:29.590 --> 00:47:38.429 to die. But I know something. God has called 00:47:38.429 --> 00:47:50.590 me to a mission. And I went through some crazy 00:47:50.590 --> 00:47:56.510 times. When I was at home by myself, I made sure 00:47:56.510 --> 00:48:00.610 all the lights were on. I'd have to get in the 00:48:00.610 --> 00:48:02.909 car and just drive around, go walk around in 00:48:02.909 --> 00:48:08.409 the store. I never missed a Sunday preaching, 00:48:08.489 --> 00:48:12.170 and I don't think I've ever told you that, hey, 00:48:12.210 --> 00:48:18.389 you know, God can't give you victory. I've never 00:48:18.389 --> 00:48:21.070 said that, have I? Has anybody listened to me 00:48:21.070 --> 00:48:27.230 preach? There's victory in Christ. But I was 00:48:27.230 --> 00:48:32.449 struggling. I was struggling because I thought 00:48:32.449 --> 00:48:37.369 I was not going to live to fulfill the will of 00:48:37.369 --> 00:48:43.989 God. That was the biggest struggle. And it took 00:48:43.989 --> 00:48:51.969 me a while of changing my words. Hello? It took 00:48:51.969 --> 00:48:58.789 me a while of changing my words. I had to speak 00:48:58.789 --> 00:49:07.070 the truth of God's Word. Because in 58 years, 00:49:07.150 --> 00:49:10.429 I'd never gone through darkness like that. My 00:49:10.429 --> 00:49:17.349 mom had, but I never had. But I'm here today 00:49:17.349 --> 00:49:23.369 to take it. It's been a long time since I've 00:49:23.369 --> 00:49:27.329 dealt with that. It took a little while. It didn't 00:49:27.329 --> 00:49:36.230 happen immediately. But there is victory. There 00:49:36.230 --> 00:49:40.909 is freedom. There is life. There is wholeness. 00:49:41.329 --> 00:49:45.630 Come on, somebody. It's available. No matter 00:49:45.630 --> 00:49:47.989 what you're going through right now, I'm not 00:49:47.989 --> 00:49:51.610 talking about theory. I'm talking about something 00:49:51.610 --> 00:49:54.679 that's available in Christ. Purchased with the 00:49:54.679 --> 00:50:01.639 blood of Jesus. It's not just theory. It's not 00:50:01.639 --> 00:50:03.199 just I'm sitting around coming up with these 00:50:03.199 --> 00:50:06.780 nice things to say. Searching the internet for 00:50:06.780 --> 00:50:15.679 my next sermon. Let me tell you something. I 00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:22.679 will live to fulfill the will of God. Somebody 00:50:22.679 --> 00:50:26.440 say that with me. I will live to fulfill the 00:50:26.440 --> 00:50:31.420 will of God. God renews. Say it with me. God 00:50:31.420 --> 00:50:38.420 renews my strength and restores my life. I will 00:50:38.420 --> 00:50:46.159 be complete and equipped to do God's will. How 00:50:46.159 --> 00:50:53.300 many people are glad you came today? Sit back 00:50:53.300 --> 00:51:03.059 down for just a second. Is there anybody in the 00:51:03.059 --> 00:51:05.059 room? I'm not going to make you raise your hand, 00:51:05.099 --> 00:51:10.760 but is there anybody in the room who your religious 00:51:10.760 --> 00:51:14.739 past might make it a little difficult for you 00:51:14.739 --> 00:51:21.699 to receive the Word of God today? I know mine 00:51:21.699 --> 00:51:32.150 did. I know mine did. Listen. I read all the 00:51:32.150 --> 00:51:33.809 verses to you. I hope you wrote them down. I 00:51:33.809 --> 00:51:35.670 hope you go ahead and read them for yourself 00:51:35.670 --> 00:51:42.610 to find out that this is the will of God and 00:51:42.610 --> 00:51:49.949 the Word of God. Jesus died and shed His blood 00:51:49.949 --> 00:51:57.639 to make you whole. His blood was shed for more 00:51:57.639 --> 00:52:02.519 than just your eternity. It was shed for your 00:52:02.519 --> 00:52:05.960 life. Wholeness for the whole person. Physical 00:52:05.960 --> 00:52:09.300 healing, emotional restoration, freedom from 00:52:09.300 --> 00:52:14.820 oppression, renewed strength, and endurance for 00:52:14.820 --> 00:52:21.039 purpose. Blood does not only redeem your eternity, 00:52:23.050 --> 00:52:30.510 It releases God's life into your humanity. Everybody 00:52:30.510 --> 00:52:33.829 say this with me one more time. The life of God 00:52:33.829 --> 00:52:42.269 is flowing in me right now. It's working in me 00:52:42.269 --> 00:52:47.650 right now. This online worship experience was 00:52:47.650 --> 00:52:50.070 brought to you by the friends and partners of 00:52:50.070 --> 00:52:50.849 Eulation Church.