WEBVTT 00:00:01.830 --> 00:00:04.650 It's time for the Champions in Christ broadcast 00:00:04.650 --> 00:00:14.609 with Rhonda Harrison on 1017 Bay FM. Good morning 00:00:14.609 --> 00:00:18.010 and welcome to Champions in Christ. We're so 00:00:18.010 --> 00:00:21.649 glad you joined us today. This is the day the 00:00:21.649 --> 00:00:24.789 Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad 00:00:24.789 --> 00:00:29.030 in it. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. 00:00:29.629 --> 00:00:32.869 for all his goodness, all his grace, his mercy, 00:00:33.030 --> 00:00:36.530 his love, his unfailing love. We're going to 00:00:36.530 --> 00:00:38.469 go in the scriptures today and we're going to 00:00:38.469 --> 00:00:42.850 look in Ephesians chapter three. And this is 00:00:42.850 --> 00:00:45.950 Paul talking to the church at Ephesus or the 00:00:45.950 --> 00:00:49.009 Ephesians. And it starts in verse one. It says, 00:00:49.149 --> 00:00:51.490 For this cause, I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus 00:00:51.490 --> 00:00:54.750 Christ, for you, the Gentiles, If you heard of 00:00:54.750 --> 00:00:57.109 the dispensation of the grace of God which was 00:00:57.109 --> 00:01:01.350 given to me for you, how by revelation he may 00:01:01.350 --> 00:01:04.829 known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before, 00:01:05.489 --> 00:01:08.170 whereby when you read you may understand my knowledge 00:01:08.170 --> 00:01:11.310 in the mystery of Christ, which as other ages 00:01:11.310 --> 00:01:14.370 was not made known unto the sons of men, as it 00:01:14.370 --> 00:01:17.810 is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets 00:01:17.810 --> 00:01:20.989 by the Holy Spirit, that the Gentiles should 00:01:20.989 --> 00:01:25.200 be fellow heirs of the same body and partakers 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:28.920 of his promise in Christ by the gospel. So what 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:31.480 is he saying here? He's saying that God has given 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:34.739 him the apostles and prophets that wrote the 00:01:34.739 --> 00:01:38.400 word of God, revelation about the mystery of 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:40.599 Christ, the mystery of Christ, the indwelling, 00:01:40.739 --> 00:01:44.120 the Holy Spirit, the power of his resurrection. 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:49.260 And so he's explaining that the Gentiles are 00:01:49.260 --> 00:01:52.599 also fellow heirs who are Gentiles. They're everybody 00:01:52.599 --> 00:01:57.239 that are not Jews. So we were Gentiles, but we've 00:01:57.239 --> 00:01:59.879 been grafted in through the blood of the Lamb. 00:01:59.900 --> 00:02:06.500 Praise God. Hallelujah. He continues on and let's 00:02:06.500 --> 00:02:10.599 see verse. Seven wherefore I was made a minister 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:13.099 according to the gift of the grace of God given 00:02:13.099 --> 00:02:16.439 unto me by the effectual working of his power. 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:20.379 That's right. You know the Bible in Mark, you 00:02:20.379 --> 00:02:23.500 know, Jesus is telling all his disciples to go 00:02:23.500 --> 00:02:25.500 out and preach the gospel and it's according 00:02:25.500 --> 00:02:29.020 to the gift of grace in you. And everyone can 00:02:29.020 --> 00:02:31.300 share the love and the power of God through their 00:02:31.300 --> 00:02:34.379 own testimony. If God's done anything for you, 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:37.659 you can testify of his goodness. But when you've 00:02:37.659 --> 00:02:40.120 been born again, that's the greatest miracle 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:43.300 of all because you've become a new creation in 00:02:43.300 --> 00:02:46.620 Christ and old things are passed away. And it 00:02:46.620 --> 00:02:49.800 goes on to say, so that is by the effectual working 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:54.000 of his power. and then we're going to drop down 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:56.759 and he says in verse 9 and to make all men see 00:02:56.759 --> 00:03:00.039 what is the fellowship of the mystery the fellowship 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:03.060 with the Holy Spirit which from the beginning 00:03:03.060 --> 00:03:06.539 of the world has been hidden God who created 00:03:06.539 --> 00:03:09.939 all things by Jesus Christ so God Jesus Christ 00:03:09.939 --> 00:03:14.439 and the Holy Ghost existed all before in heaven 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:19.560 before man was created. and all things were created 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:22.680 by them it says right here from the beginning 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:27.560 to the intent that now that that now unto principalities 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:32.000 powers and heavenly places might known by the 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:35.639 church the manifold wisdom of god you know god 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:39.340 wanted this wisdom given to us through revelation 00:03:39.340 --> 00:03:43.039 of his word speaking into our spirit how does 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:46.060 it do that when you read when you read the word 00:03:46.060 --> 00:03:49.240 of god and you allow the Holy Spirit. The Bible 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:51.699 says the Holy Spirit's our teacher. He's our 00:03:51.699 --> 00:03:56.699 guide. He's the power of God unto salvation and 00:03:56.699 --> 00:03:59.919 so we want to continually read the word faith 00:03:59.919 --> 00:04:02.099 comes by hearing and hearing and hearing and 00:04:02.099 --> 00:04:03.620 hearing and hearing and hearing. We don't hear 00:04:03.620 --> 00:04:07.300 it once. We hear it daily build yourself up in 00:04:07.300 --> 00:04:10.219 the most holy faith. You can read your word to 00:04:10.219 --> 00:04:11.840 build your faith. You can pray in the spirit 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:15.030 to build your faith. Why you are a spirit? God 00:04:15.030 --> 00:04:18.529 is a spirit and when you get born again, he puts 00:04:18.529 --> 00:04:21.990 all that old stuff throws it in the sea of forgetfulness 00:04:21.990 --> 00:04:25.230 and create you brand new in your spirit. Now 00:04:25.230 --> 00:04:28.029 your mind is still your mind. And so we have 00:04:28.029 --> 00:04:30.990 to renew our mind. The word says in the word 00:04:30.990 --> 00:04:36.279 of God, right? But here he's talking about that 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:40.120 this wisdom, this revelation, this mystery is 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:43.259 now being made known in the New Covenant since 00:04:43.259 --> 00:04:46.920 Christ died and rose again to the intent that 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:50.500 the principalities and powers in heavenly places 00:04:50.500 --> 00:04:54.620 might be made known by the church in the manifold 00:04:54.620 --> 00:04:57.759 wisdom of God. So the church through the wisdom 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:01.060 of God, because now the Bible says we are seated 00:05:01.060 --> 00:05:04.779 in heavenly places. above principalities and 00:05:04.779 --> 00:05:08.060 powers and rulers of darkness and wicked places 00:05:08.060 --> 00:05:12.180 you know the Bible tells us that there are demonic 00:05:12.180 --> 00:05:16.300 strongholds that there are demons there are evil 00:05:16.300 --> 00:05:19.160 workings and it all came when when Satan was 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:21.319 cast out of heaven and he took a third of those 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:24.519 angels with him who became demons and so there 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:27.529 we do have an enemy And the Bible says we don't 00:05:27.529 --> 00:05:29.709 wrestle against flesh and blood, but against 00:05:29.709 --> 00:05:32.750 principalities, powers, wickedness in high places. 00:05:33.110 --> 00:05:35.029 And so this is what he's talking about. Through 00:05:35.029 --> 00:05:38.149 the revelation of God, we find out who we are 00:05:38.149 --> 00:05:42.370 in Christ and that that same power that raised 00:05:42.370 --> 00:05:46.350 Christ from the dead lives in us. Why wouldn't 00:05:46.350 --> 00:05:49.170 we want to share it? Why wouldn't we want to 00:05:49.170 --> 00:05:51.649 put the devil in his place? You can tell the 00:05:51.649 --> 00:05:55.810 devil to get his hands off your family. if you're 00:05:55.810 --> 00:05:59.110 born again, because all that power of God that 00:05:59.110 --> 00:06:01.810 raised Christ from the dead lives in you. But 00:06:01.810 --> 00:06:04.550 you have to know you have it. It's just like 00:06:04.550 --> 00:06:08.670 if a policeman steps out to stop traffic, busy 00:06:08.670 --> 00:06:10.889 traffic, and there's a red light, who are they? 00:06:10.990 --> 00:06:13.649 Who are the cars going to obey? Well, if the 00:06:13.649 --> 00:06:16.209 cop just steps out without his badge and without 00:06:16.209 --> 00:06:18.550 his uniform and starts trying to stop traffic, 00:06:18.670 --> 00:06:20.810 people might run him over. They could care less 00:06:20.810 --> 00:06:24.779 in a busy city sometimes. But let's say He steps 00:06:24.779 --> 00:06:27.839 out with his badge and in his uniform people 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:29.939 are going to listen. Why because he's been given 00:06:29.939 --> 00:06:34.480 the authority to do what he's doing. Okay, same 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:37.819 way in the body of Christ. If we step out without 00:06:37.819 --> 00:06:40.600 our authority and we don't know what we can get 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:44.920 our behinds kicked by the enemy because we don't 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:48.110 know that we have power over him. But when you 00:06:48.110 --> 00:06:50.449 start reading the New Testament when you get 00:06:50.449 --> 00:06:54.029 in the Word of God and you find out the power 00:06:54.029 --> 00:06:57.610 that backs your words, you'll be careful what 00:06:57.610 --> 00:07:00.089 you say. We need to watch what we say. The Bible 00:07:00.089 --> 00:07:02.430 says life and death are in the power of the tongue. 00:07:02.829 --> 00:07:04.670 Are you going to agree with the enemy and what 00:07:04.670 --> 00:07:07.350 he wants to do to your family? He's out. The 00:07:07.350 --> 00:07:10.889 Bible says the thief comes to steal keel and 00:07:10.889 --> 00:07:14.699 destroy. But he has come, Jesus has come to have 00:07:14.699 --> 00:07:18.019 life and life abundantly. Glory to God, glory 00:07:18.019 --> 00:07:22.560 to God. So it goes on to say in verse 11, according 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:26.160 to the eternal purpose, which he purposed in 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:31.399 Christ Jesus, our Lord, in whom we have boldness 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:38.259 and access with confidence by faith of him. That's 00:07:38.259 --> 00:07:42.100 right, we can have boldness and confidence by 00:07:42.100 --> 00:07:45.959 faith when we come to God. It says in 13, wherefore 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:48.639 I desire that you faint not at my tribulation 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:52.490 for you, which is your glory. For this cause 00:07:52.490 --> 00:07:55.389 I bow my knee unto the father of our Lord Jesus 00:07:55.389 --> 00:07:58.389 Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and 00:07:58.389 --> 00:08:03.209 earth is named, that he would grant you according 00:08:03.209 --> 00:08:07.790 to the riches of his glory." Now we read earlier 00:08:07.790 --> 00:08:12.949 that God is giving us unsearchable riches. God 00:08:12.949 --> 00:08:17.069 is unsearchable. We can't learn at all. We will 00:08:17.069 --> 00:08:19.829 learn and learn and when we go on in glory and 00:08:19.829 --> 00:08:22.769 heaven and all that goes on after will continue 00:08:22.769 --> 00:08:28.110 to be learning because God is so infinite. He's 00:08:28.110 --> 00:08:31.750 infinite. We'll just forever be learning forever 00:08:31.750 --> 00:08:34.190 be finding out why more and more and more. He 00:08:34.190 --> 00:08:36.370 loves us. Why more and more and more we love 00:08:36.370 --> 00:08:39.970 him. Glory to God. Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. 00:08:40.570 --> 00:08:43.690 and so here we are and so he's telling us in 00:08:43.690 --> 00:08:49.409 verse 16 the riches of his glory he grants unto 00:08:49.409 --> 00:08:53.009 us according to those riches to be strengthened 00:08:53.009 --> 00:08:57.490 with might by his spirit in the inner man that's 00:08:57.490 --> 00:09:00.909 who you really are that spirit in you your body 00:09:00.909 --> 00:09:03.830 is just your it's just your suit your earth suit 00:09:03.830 --> 00:09:07.190 so to speak It says that Christ may dwell in 00:09:07.190 --> 00:09:10.750 your hearts by faith. It's everything's by faith 00:09:10.750 --> 00:09:14.570 with God that being rooted and grounded in love. 00:09:14.570 --> 00:09:18.330 Why? Because faith works by love and God's love 00:09:18.330 --> 00:09:21.789 is the reason that he did all this because he 00:09:21.789 --> 00:09:25.649 loves you and he loves me so much. So, so far, 00:09:25.850 --> 00:09:28.070 verse eight, unsearchable riches, verse nine, 00:09:28.210 --> 00:09:31.730 the fellowship of the mystery. That's the Holy 00:09:31.730 --> 00:09:34.769 Spirit. We are to spend time with God and when 00:09:34.769 --> 00:09:37.610 we do you will hear the Holy Spirit. He will 00:09:37.610 --> 00:09:40.509 speak to your heart. He will use the peace of 00:09:40.509 --> 00:09:43.289 God to speak to your heart. He can speak to you. 00:09:43.289 --> 00:09:46.730 He can enlighten the word to jump off the page 00:09:46.730 --> 00:09:50.029 at you. Verse 10 says so that the body of Christ 00:09:50.029 --> 00:09:54.110 would display that wisdom to the unseen principalities 00:09:54.110 --> 00:09:57.330 and powers when the enemy knows that you have 00:09:57.330 --> 00:10:00.799 authority. He'll say just like he said in the 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:03.799 book of Acts to the demon said to the seven sons 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:06.960 of Sceva. He said Paul. I know and Jesus. I know 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:09.460 but who are you because they didn't know their 00:10:09.460 --> 00:10:11.899 authority. They were trying to cast the demon 00:10:11.899 --> 00:10:14.299 out without it, but you have the authority to 00:10:14.299 --> 00:10:17.639 do it. You have the authority. I have the authority 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:22.750 by being born again. To tell the devil to take 00:10:22.750 --> 00:10:26.230 a hike to get off your property to get off your 00:10:26.230 --> 00:10:30.190 money to get off your family That's right. You 00:10:30.190 --> 00:10:32.450 have that authority and we'll talk more about 00:10:32.450 --> 00:10:35.929 that as the weeks go on but let's continue on 00:10:35.929 --> 00:10:39.009 Also the riches of his glory. What are some of 00:10:39.009 --> 00:10:44.970 those riches we get? grace great grace Where 00:10:44.970 --> 00:10:47.549 would we be without the grace of God? That's 00:10:47.549 --> 00:10:52.639 how we get saved Right and the mercy without 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:55.679 his mercy none of us would make it we would not 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:59.580 be standing today without the mercy of God Thank 00:10:59.580 --> 00:11:02.000 God. He was merciful. Thank God. He sent his 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:05.879 son Jesus Thank you father. Thank you so much. 00:11:06.019 --> 00:11:08.360 Thank God. Jesus was willing died on the cross 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:13.269 rose again by the power of the Holy Spirit And 00:11:13.269 --> 00:11:15.889 that Holy Spirit lives in us. Jesus is at the 00:11:15.889 --> 00:11:18.549 right hand of the father ever interceding. What 00:11:18.549 --> 00:11:21.750 does that mean praying for you declaring things 00:11:21.750 --> 00:11:25.440 over you, but he also gave you the power. to 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:27.679 speak. There's so much power in our words when 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:32.120 we know our authority in Christ. Alright, so 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:34.919 there's also his love. His love is never -ending. 00:11:35.340 --> 00:11:37.860 His love doesn't change when you sin. His love 00:11:37.860 --> 00:11:40.700 doesn't change when you are living your best 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:44.899 life. His love is always the same. But guess 00:11:44.899 --> 00:11:47.480 what doesn't mean he likes our son doesn't mean 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:49.659 we won't have consequences if we're not careful 00:11:49.659 --> 00:11:52.639 doesn't mean but it also doesn't mean that that 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:55.460 mercy is not there for you. It is there for you. 00:11:55.559 --> 00:11:57.679 But God said I would rather you be hot or cold 00:11:57.679 --> 00:12:00.299 because if you're lukewarm, he's going to spit 00:12:00.299 --> 00:12:03.700 you out of his mouth and me if I become lukewarm. 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:06.559 We have to be bold with our faith and why wouldn't 00:12:06.559 --> 00:12:09.679 we want to be it's like it's like. A heavenly 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:13.360 treasure has been opened up to us with all kinds 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:15.919 of goodness, and we need to share that with each 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:19.480 and every one. You have a testimony. You have 00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:22.720 something to share. Wouldn't you want everyone 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:25.779 you know to know about heaven, to know about 00:12:25.779 --> 00:12:28.740 how to be a more than a conqueror here on earth? 00:12:29.259 --> 00:12:31.659 Not only does he give us grace and mercy and 00:12:31.659 --> 00:12:35.059 love in these unspeakable, unsearchable riches, 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:40.370 but forgiveness. Forgiveness is huge is a huge 00:12:40.370 --> 00:12:44.490 gift prosperity. He became poor. The Bible says 00:12:44.490 --> 00:12:48.649 that we might become rich. That's what 2 Corinthians 00:12:48.649 --> 00:12:52.649 8 9 says for, you know, the grace of our Lord 00:12:52.649 --> 00:12:56.990 Jesus Christ that through he and him. He was 00:12:56.990 --> 00:12:59.929 rich for your sake became poor that through his 00:12:59.929 --> 00:13:03.179 poverty you might become rich. God's not against 00:13:03.179 --> 00:13:06.259 you being blessed or having riches. He's against 00:13:06.259 --> 00:13:09.340 those riches having you because you can't serve 00:13:09.340 --> 00:13:13.659 money and God but with God God will bless you 00:13:13.659 --> 00:13:18.899 Abraham was blessed. He was rich. He had cattle 00:13:18.899 --> 00:13:23.559 and all kinds of things. He was wealthy man and 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:26.299 he was also obedient to the Lord and out of his 00:13:26.299 --> 00:13:29.799 loins came Isaac and Jacob and down the line 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:34.000 eventually came the seed. the one and only Jesus 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:39.600 Christ. Hallelujah, hallelujah. So health and 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:42.519 healing, that's another one of his riches. The 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:47.259 Bible says that he was wounded for our transgressions, 00:13:47.460 --> 00:13:50.759 bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:53.159 of his peace was upon him and by his stripes 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:56.879 we were healed. you know those two things actually 00:13:56.879 --> 00:14:00.799 mean sickness and pain and in the original you 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:03.860 know first peter 2 24 he bore our sins on his 00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:07.480 body on the tree that we might die would not 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:11.860 die and sin but live in righteousness by his 00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:16.409 stripes we were healed You know, we walk in divine 00:14:16.409 --> 00:14:19.250 health. That's God's promise. If sickness hits 00:14:19.250 --> 00:14:21.629 you, you begin to speak every healing scripture 00:14:21.629 --> 00:14:24.029 in the Bible, you know, and if you don't know 00:14:24.029 --> 00:14:26.289 him, look it up and start speaking it over you. 00:14:26.289 --> 00:14:29.730 Why the Bible says in Proverbs, it is health 00:14:29.730 --> 00:14:34.669 and life to all your flesh to all your flesh. 00:14:34.950 --> 00:14:40.259 That's right. And so let's go on. It says that 00:14:40.259 --> 00:14:43.720 and to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:46.120 that you might be filled with all the fullness 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:50.000 of God. God wants you filled every day with his 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:53.820 goodness every day. He's more than enough. He's 00:14:53.820 --> 00:14:58.909 Jehovah Jireh our broad provider. You know, it 00:14:58.909 --> 00:15:02.210 tells us in Psalms 23, he prepares a table before 00:15:02.210 --> 00:15:06.690 us in the presence of our enemies. Why on that 00:15:06.690 --> 00:15:10.129 table is all the graciousness, the goodness, 00:15:10.350 --> 00:15:13.850 the love, the peace, the joy, the mercy and the 00:15:13.850 --> 00:15:17.090 riches of God in Christ's health and healing. 00:15:17.210 --> 00:15:20.740 Anything you want is on that table. And it is 00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:23.139 in the presence of your enemies. Why? Because 00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:27.639 the enemy was defeated on the cross. Jesus said 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:30.940 it is finished. That's when the devil's power 00:15:30.940 --> 00:15:33.960 came to an end. And through the power of the 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:37.919 Holy Ghost, he grants us that power, that authority 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:41.799 to live a victorious life right here on earth. 00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:45.240 That's why this program is called Champions in 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:48.860 Christ, because you are a champion when you get 00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:52.179 born. Again, old things are passed away. All 00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:56.440 things become new. You are a champion. You are 00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:59.730 Christ's champion. And he wants you to live like 00:15:59.730 --> 00:16:02.669 a champion. Does that mean you won't be persecuted? 00:16:03.029 --> 00:16:06.269 Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. You will be persecuted. 00:16:06.809 --> 00:16:10.509 But we have nothing to fear. You don't have anything 00:16:10.509 --> 00:16:14.490 to fear. Fear is of the devil. The Bible says 00:16:14.490 --> 00:16:18.029 God has not given us the spirit of fear, but 00:16:18.029 --> 00:16:21.590 he's given us love. I'm sorry, power, love and 00:16:21.590 --> 00:16:24.970 a sound mind. What's that power? The Holy Ghost. 00:16:25.389 --> 00:16:28.370 love. What's that love? That's Christ in us. 00:16:29.129 --> 00:16:33.649 The power love in the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. 00:16:34.769 --> 00:16:38.950 And a sound mind. That's peace. He wore that 00:16:38.950 --> 00:16:43.470 crown, that crown of thorns on his head, which 00:16:43.470 --> 00:16:46.789 must have hurt beyond a man all imaginable that 00:16:46.789 --> 00:16:49.129 between that the nails in his hands and feet 00:16:49.129 --> 00:16:53.120 the spirit aside the pain that he endured. that 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:55.480 we could have victory, that we could have peace 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:58.779 of mind, that by his stripes we were healed. 00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:01.200 That was the flogging he took before he got on 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:04.859 the cross. They were just ripping his flesh out 00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:08.519 with a with a cat of nine tails and just he took 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:12.960 39 stripes that you would be healed. Don't let 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:16.279 sickness overtake you. Fight. Fight the fight 00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:19.279 of faith with the word of God. Declare the word 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:22.720 of God. Believe you've received it. read a mark 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:27.720 11 22 23 and 24 it says you can have what you 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:31.039 say if you believe with your heart and it's the 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:33.480 same with salvation if you believe in your heart 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:35.960 and confess with your mouth that jesus is lord 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:39.099 he will become your savior if you'll receive 00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:43.240 that free gift it's by grace we're saved not 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:47.690 of works it's through faith At least any man 00:17:47.690 --> 00:17:50.349 should boast. Nobody can boast about how they 00:17:50.349 --> 00:17:53.210 did something good enough. You can't be good 00:17:53.210 --> 00:17:56.809 enough to save yourself. We are all sinners. 00:17:56.930 --> 00:18:00.170 The Bible says all have fallen short of the glory 00:18:00.170 --> 00:18:03.109 of God. But guess what? God is our savior and 00:18:03.109 --> 00:18:06.390 he's available to you today. If you're listening 00:18:06.390 --> 00:18:09.829 to me and you're in a storm and you don't know 00:18:09.829 --> 00:18:13.279 how to get out, call on Jesus. Call on Jesus. 00:18:13.619 --> 00:18:15.779 Open up the Bible. Start reading the New Testament. 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:17.799 It's in the back of the book. It's from Matthew 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:20.960 to Revelation. Start reading it. Read in the 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:24.160 book of John. Learn your authority so you can 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:27.480 take a stand against the lies of the enemy. You 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:30.180 know, Psalms 23 says, though I walk through the 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:33.619 valley of the shadow of death, don't don't don't 00:18:33.619 --> 00:18:36.880 park a tent there. You are passing through the 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:39.400 storm. You are passing through a valley of a 00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:44.279 shadow of death. It can't harm you. No, you say 00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:48.440 no and let Christ take over. He'll fight your 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:51.640 battles. The Bible says the battle is the Lord's 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:55.819 remember. He's our broad provider. He's Jehovah 00:18:55.819 --> 00:19:01.039 Jireh. He's the one who sees and makes provision 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:05.819 the Lord who sees and makes provision. It's already 00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:08.640 provided for there's not one need in your life. 00:19:09.130 --> 00:19:12.809 that he doesn't have a provision for. There's 00:19:12.809 --> 00:19:15.269 not one question he doesn't have an answer for. 00:19:16.150 --> 00:19:19.029 I just want you to think about, he's Jireh, he's 00:19:19.029 --> 00:19:21.349 Jehovah Jireh. You're already chosen. You're 00:19:21.349 --> 00:19:24.769 already loved. He's already chose you, but you've 00:19:24.769 --> 00:19:27.309 got to choose him. He gives you a free will. 00:19:27.349 --> 00:19:29.329 You've got to choose to take your authority. 00:19:29.710 --> 00:19:32.250 We're going to listen to a song and then I'll 00:19:32.250 --> 00:19:34.549 come back and talk with you on the other side. 00:26:51.690 --> 00:26:55.569 Jehovah Jireh that's right you are loved you 00:26:55.569 --> 00:26:58.430 are loved and if you're listening to me right 00:26:58.430 --> 00:27:00.309 now and you're saying I don't know this Jesus 00:27:00.309 --> 00:27:04.029 I've never heard of him I I hear people say God 00:27:04.029 --> 00:27:06.369 and I don't I know there might be someone out 00:27:06.369 --> 00:27:08.410 there you might believe there is a God but you 00:27:08.410 --> 00:27:10.890 don't have a personal relationship with Jesus 00:27:10.890 --> 00:27:13.670 well right now I want to give you that opportunity 00:27:13.670 --> 00:27:17.529 so pray this prayer with me dear Heavenly Father 00:27:17.529 --> 00:27:22.259 I ask you forgive me of my sins I ask you to 00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:25.759 cleanse me. I repent and turn away from the things 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:28.819 of the world and I receive your free gift of 00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:33.099 Jesus Christ into my heart. I make you Lord and 00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:37.259 Savior of my life and I thank you in Jesus name. 00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:40.900 Amen. If you prayed that prayer, you've become 00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:44.269 born again. You've become a new creature in Christ. 00:27:44.410 --> 00:27:46.849 You need to tell someone the Bible says that 00:27:46.849 --> 00:27:49.390 he won't be ashamed of you if you're not ashamed 00:27:49.390 --> 00:27:51.890 of him. So tell someone you gave your life to 00:27:51.890 --> 00:27:54.910 Christ. Write me an email at champions in Christ 00:27:54.910 --> 00:27:58.609 three at gmail .com. You know, God loves you. 00:27:58.690 --> 00:28:01.740 Go, go find a church that preaches the. the whole 00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:04.680 council of God's word. And if you don't walk 00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:07.740 out of their change, look for another one. You 00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:11.400 want a place where you can be fed the good word 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:15.559 of God. All right, well listen, you guys have 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:19.299 a blessed day. Go out and make it a great one 00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:23.579 in Christ. Remember, God loves you, we love you, 00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:26.279 and you are a champion in Christ.