WEBVTT 00:00:02.340 --> 00:00:07.740 Before time had a name there was a garden a place 00:00:07.740 --> 00:00:13.320 where heaven and earth Walked as one This is 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:17.780 the echoes of Eden Where we rediscover ancient 00:00:17.780 --> 00:00:28.280 roots and awaken to our eternal purpose Well, 00:00:28.359 --> 00:00:31.179 hey there hey welcome to this teaching This right 00:00:31.179 --> 00:00:34.520 here is going to be the beginning of season three 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.820 for my podcast Echoes of Eden, as well as the 00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:43.060 first teaching video for my YouTube page that 00:00:43.060 --> 00:00:45.299 I'll be starting. This would be a whole series 00:00:45.299 --> 00:00:49.380 that I plan on releasing one lesson each week. 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:52.560 And the first thing that we're going to tackle, 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:56.600 because I'm passionate about this topic and I 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:59.969 just think it's important for Us to grab hold 00:00:59.969 --> 00:01:03.229 of and to help people maybe understand Where 00:01:03.229 --> 00:01:06.150 I'm coming from and the topic is this it's the 00:01:06.150 --> 00:01:13.030 revelation of Christ in all Christ in all I get 00:01:13.030 --> 00:01:15.989 a lot of pushback from a religious system when 00:01:15.989 --> 00:01:18.810 I begin to talk like this But this is something 00:01:18.810 --> 00:01:22.159 I cannot be shaken from It's not something that 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:25.260 man can move me off of this is something Holy 00:01:25.260 --> 00:01:28.719 Spirit. She has revealed to me has taught me 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:30.939 Through reading the scripture for spending time 00:01:30.939 --> 00:01:33.579 along with her and spending time along with the 00:01:33.579 --> 00:01:37.780 Trinity. This is stuff that Holy Spirit has taught 00:01:37.780 --> 00:01:40.900 and I can't be taken and shaken from this moment 00:01:40.900 --> 00:01:46.019 and from this point Excuse me. So the week one 00:01:46.019 --> 00:01:49.319 as we talk about this over the next few weeks 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:51.640 I want to do this first because I think it's 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:54.260 important is honoring leaders while going deeper. 00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:58.739 So before we dive in I want to open this up with 00:01:58.739 --> 00:02:01.540 this thought. It's not something I'll open up 00:02:01.540 --> 00:02:05.219 with every teaching but I do believe it's important 00:02:05.219 --> 00:02:08.460 to reference at times and for this being my first 00:02:08.460 --> 00:02:12.379 video for YouTube and my first for episode one 00:02:12.379 --> 00:02:16.550 on the podcast I want to say this I honor the 00:02:16.550 --> 00:02:19.110 pastors and leaders and teachers that I've had 00:02:19.110 --> 00:02:22.050 over the course of my life, the past 35 years. 00:02:23.069 --> 00:02:29.189 Many different ones throughout my lifetime. Many 00:02:29.189 --> 00:02:35.210 of them have left a mark on me and my life. I 00:02:35.210 --> 00:02:38.030 hold honor in my heart for each of them, honor 00:02:38.030 --> 00:02:42.930 and respect them from pouring into my life. Personally, 00:02:43.449 --> 00:02:46.669 I genuinely believe that most leaders do the 00:02:46.669 --> 00:02:49.590 best they can with what they know and what they've 00:02:49.590 --> 00:02:53.330 been taught and what they've experienced even 00:02:53.330 --> 00:02:55.009 what they've experienced through life through 00:02:55.009 --> 00:02:57.830 ministry or whatever. Most leaders that I know 00:02:57.830 --> 00:03:00.590 do have a heart for people and those that they 00:03:00.590 --> 00:03:02.750 lead. That's the simple truth. I think that's 00:03:02.750 --> 00:03:06.710 the majority of at least the leaders that I know 00:03:06.710 --> 00:03:09.150 have been connected with have been under ministry. 00:03:10.030 --> 00:03:13.610 I'm grateful for all the ones in my life. That's 00:03:13.610 --> 00:03:17.000 just I would not be here. I would not be here 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:20.500 where I am today without them playing a role 00:03:20.500 --> 00:03:23.219 in my life at some point. And I could sit here 00:03:23.219 --> 00:03:25.979 and name a whole list of people. But if I did 00:03:25.979 --> 00:03:27.560 that, I'd miss somebody and I don't want to do 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:31.699 that. But if they're listening to this, I honor 00:03:31.699 --> 00:03:37.800 you. I respect you. Again, I think at least again, 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:41.319 I can only speak for my life. I think every leader. 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:45.419 genuinely has a heart for people and did the 00:03:45.419 --> 00:03:47.159 best they can with what they know, what they 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:51.219 were taught and what they experienced. So having 00:03:51.219 --> 00:03:54.699 said that and open with that, as a dad, I do 00:03:54.699 --> 00:03:56.979 not raise my children so they can endlessly repeat 00:03:56.979 --> 00:04:01.360 my words. I don't raise them to do the same things 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:03.259 I have done. I don't raise them to reach the 00:04:03.259 --> 00:04:06.219 same levels that I've reached in life. No, I 00:04:06.219 --> 00:04:09.159 raise them so that they can stand on my shoulders 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:13.210 and see farther than I can imagine. I raise them 00:04:13.210 --> 00:04:15.569 to take what I've taught them and to go deeper, 00:04:15.569 --> 00:04:17.930 even if that means they need to rethink some 00:04:17.930 --> 00:04:20.649 things that I taught them. If one of my kids 00:04:20.649 --> 00:04:22.629 came to me and said, dad, what you taught me 00:04:22.629 --> 00:04:26.050 was good, but I went deeper and I need to correct 00:04:26.050 --> 00:04:29.689 some of it. That does not offend me. If anything, 00:04:29.910 --> 00:04:33.990 it shows me that I succeeded as a dad. Because 00:04:33.990 --> 00:04:37.470 here's the truth. Here's the truth. Growth does 00:04:37.470 --> 00:04:43.449 not dishonor. Maturity. does not rebel and revelation 00:04:43.449 --> 00:04:47.870 does not reject, it fulfills. And so what we're 00:04:47.870 --> 00:04:50.209 going to be stepping into in this series is a 00:04:50.209 --> 00:04:53.810 rejection of ideas and mindsets and not individuals. 00:04:54.529 --> 00:04:57.870 It's a rethinking, a realignment, a reshaping. 00:04:58.069 --> 00:05:02.790 That's what it is. This is not a rejection of 00:05:02.790 --> 00:05:05.589 the sincerity of those who came before and may 00:05:05.589 --> 00:05:10.519 even still hold to these ideas. but it is a rejection 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:13.540 of certain conclusions that no longer hold up 00:05:13.540 --> 00:05:17.259 in the light of a fuller revelation of Christ 00:05:17.259 --> 00:05:20.279 and again, this is what Holy Spirit has taught 00:05:20.279 --> 00:05:23.519 me of With all the comments and stuff that I 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:25.680 get on some of my posts people don't understand 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:29.740 they cannot shake me off of this I didn't get 00:05:29.740 --> 00:05:32.319 here overnight. I've had to do a lot of wrestling 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:35.000 with things that I was taught. I spent a lot 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:38.279 of time just thinking, driving down the road 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:40.339 and thinking and wrestling with thoughts in my 00:05:40.339 --> 00:05:43.259 head when sitting at my desk at work. There's 00:05:43.259 --> 00:05:45.100 a lot of wrestling that had to be involved and 00:05:45.100 --> 00:05:48.680 I have to allow Holy Spirit to do the work inside 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:52.639 of me and teach me what is true. The Holy Spirit 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:55.709 will guide you into all truth. And again, I'm 00:05:55.709 --> 00:05:58.889 not gonna sit here and proclaim that I have everything 00:05:58.889 --> 00:06:03.050 100 % correct. I hope this does one thing, and 00:06:03.050 --> 00:06:05.930 I hope it's that it encourages somebody to go 00:06:05.930 --> 00:06:08.389 start the journey with Holy Spirit. Don't just 00:06:08.389 --> 00:06:11.269 take what I say. Go take it, go spend time with 00:06:11.269 --> 00:06:14.490 Holy Spirit, and you wrestle with it. Allow Holy 00:06:14.490 --> 00:06:17.389 Spirit. I just happen to believe that Holy Spirit 00:06:17.389 --> 00:06:21.839 is big enough to teach you and I. It plainly 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:24.540 says in scripture that Holy Spirit is the revealer 00:06:24.540 --> 00:06:27.980 of all things So allow Holy Spirit to do what 00:06:27.980 --> 00:06:35.240 she does best and to teach And to reveal So it 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:39.040 rejects It rejects some of the conclusions that 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:42.540 I was handed But it does not reject the people 00:06:42.540 --> 00:06:45.279 who handed them to me This is something I feel 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:48.459 like we need to understand again in the kingdom 00:06:48.459 --> 00:06:51.670 of God that when we disagree with something, 00:06:51.930 --> 00:06:55.209 I'm not rejecting the individual, I'm rejecting 00:06:55.209 --> 00:06:58.310 the teaching. And then what does that do? It 00:06:58.310 --> 00:07:01.250 should challenge the mindset of the one that 00:07:01.250 --> 00:07:04.990 the teaching came from. That's just how I think. 00:07:05.610 --> 00:07:08.509 Again, my belief most taught faithfully from 00:07:08.509 --> 00:07:11.310 the light they had, the revelation they had. 00:07:11.829 --> 00:07:15.680 My responsibility now, is to be faithful to the 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:18.839 creator light that I see in Christ, to the deeper 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:21.459 revelation Holy Spirit has brought, not just 00:07:21.459 --> 00:07:24.000 to me, but there are many who are hearing this 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:28.120 truth and beginning to proclaim it. Revelation 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:32.439 in scripture has always worked this way. Moses 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:36.759 was not dishonored when Joshua went further. 00:07:37.899 --> 00:07:40.660 The law was not insulted when the Spirit came. 00:07:41.219 --> 00:07:44.319 And Jesus was not rebelling when he said, you've 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:48.259 heard it said, but I say to you, go and read 00:07:48.259 --> 00:07:50.279 those interactions in the gospel and understand 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:52.920 when the Pharisees said this stuff, they were 00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:57.000 quoting scripture. And yet Jesus has the audacity 00:07:57.000 --> 00:07:59.139 to look at them and said, you heard it said, 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:02.199 but I say, but no, I thought you said God, no, 00:08:02.259 --> 00:08:06.620 no, no, no, you heard it then. in the way that 00:08:06.620 --> 00:08:10.699 you could hear, but that is not the end goal 00:08:10.699 --> 00:08:14.939 of this. You've heard it said, and I say, that's 00:08:14.939 --> 00:08:18.199 why I believe scripture says this, let he that 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:21.540 has an ear hear what the spirit is saying. There's 00:08:21.540 --> 00:08:23.939 a deeper truth to that if you think about it. 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:27.000 Many of us were taught frameworks that emphasize 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:30.620 separation, emphasize distance and delay, ideas 00:08:30.620 --> 00:08:34.409 that made sense with certain lenses. But when 00:08:34.409 --> 00:08:38.190 Christ becomes your lens, when he is seen as 00:08:38.190 --> 00:08:41.649 the fullness and not an add -on, some of those 00:08:41.649 --> 00:08:45.669 conclusions can no longer stand. So let me be 00:08:45.669 --> 00:08:48.509 clear here. I'm not here to tear down the past. 00:08:48.870 --> 00:08:52.549 I'm here to build beyond it. My responsibility 00:08:52.549 --> 00:08:57.970 is not to protect old paradigms. My responsibility 00:08:57.970 --> 00:09:00.909 is to be faithful to the greater light that I 00:09:00.909 --> 00:09:05.529 now see in Christ. And if Christ truly is in 00:09:05.529 --> 00:09:07.950 all things, holding all things together, then 00:09:07.950 --> 00:09:12.710 we owe it to Him to explore that revelation fully. 00:09:13.710 --> 00:09:17.049 That's what this series is about. So this entire 00:09:17.049 --> 00:09:19.730 series revolves around one central question. 00:09:20.250 --> 00:09:25.950 Is Christ in all or only in some? Now you think 00:09:25.950 --> 00:09:28.309 about this and you answer it however you want. 00:09:28.870 --> 00:09:31.690 The question is not, is Christ available to all? 00:09:31.820 --> 00:09:34.980 It's not, can Christ come into all? It's not, 00:09:35.019 --> 00:09:38.720 will Christ one day be in all? But is Christ 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:44.220 already in all right here, right now? And this 00:09:44.220 --> 00:09:47.480 question is important because how we see that 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:50.019 question determines a few things. Number one, 00:09:50.019 --> 00:09:54.059 how we see God. Number two, how we see humanity. 00:09:55.059 --> 00:09:58.379 Number three, how we see salvation. Number four, 00:09:58.379 --> 00:10:02.049 how we treat people. And number five, how we 00:10:02.049 --> 00:10:08.529 interpret scripture. This really has to do with 00:10:08.529 --> 00:10:12.710 identity. So think about one of the most common 00:10:12.710 --> 00:10:14.990 phrases in the Christian language you hear in 00:10:14.990 --> 00:10:18.250 church is, have you made Jesus Lord of your life? 00:10:19.289 --> 00:10:21.049 If you've been in church any length of time, 00:10:21.070 --> 00:10:23.649 you have probably heard this statement. Have 00:10:23.649 --> 00:10:27.740 you made Jesus Lord of your life? Let me take 00:10:27.740 --> 00:10:31.159 a moment and ask a different question and my 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:33.559 hope is that I can again that I can simply make 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:36.600 you start to rethink and have a conversation 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:41.720 with Holy Spirit yourself. Again, I may say this 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:44.799 a few times, Holy Spirit will be the greatest 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:50.720 teacher you've ever had. So if Jesus only becomes 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:55.220 Lord when you and I allow him to be, then who 00:10:55.220 --> 00:11:01.600 was Lord before? I decided. If Jesus only becomes 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:04.340 Lord when you and I allow him to be, then who 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:09.600 was Lord before you and I decided? And then, 00:11:10.100 --> 00:11:15.519 who is really Lord, Christ or my belief? If me 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:18.620 believing that he is Lord made him Lord, then 00:11:18.620 --> 00:11:21.340 it was my belief that was Lord and not Christ. 00:11:21.710 --> 00:11:26.049 No, the truth is Christ is Lord of all regardless 00:11:26.049 --> 00:11:28.690 of what you and I believe. Belief does not make 00:11:28.690 --> 00:11:32.950 something true. Scripture does not present Jesus 00:11:32.950 --> 00:11:35.669 as a candidate running for office that we vote 00:11:35.669 --> 00:11:38.950 on. He is not on the campaign trail that campaigning 00:11:38.950 --> 00:11:42.809 to be Lord or campaigning for authority. No, 00:11:43.110 --> 00:11:46.909 Jesus does not become Lord by our agreement or 00:11:46.909 --> 00:11:52.179 by us allowing him to be Lord. He is Lord, whether 00:11:52.179 --> 00:11:55.919 we believe it to be true or not. That's just 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:59.759 truth. Again, truth does not need our agreement 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:03.600 to be truth. Truth is truth, and we simply believe 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:08.259 or do not believe. Our confession does not install 00:12:08.259 --> 00:12:12.419 Him as Lord. We confess because we awaken to 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:16.940 what already is true and the revelation that 00:12:16.940 --> 00:12:23.159 He is Lord. Lordship is not permission. It is 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:28.240 simply reality. Belief does not create truth. 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:32.679 Truth creates belief. So when we say, I've allowed 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:37.360 him to be Lord, when we're really saying, I've 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:40.980 stopped resisting what has always been true. 00:12:42.259 --> 00:12:45.730 Okay? So let's talk about... Revelation versus 00:12:45.730 --> 00:12:48.450 rebellion for a little bit but there is a fear 00:12:48.450 --> 00:12:51.210 that often rises when teaching like this begins 00:12:51.210 --> 00:12:55.710 and I've seen it heard it dealt with it because 00:12:55.710 --> 00:12:57.330 number one it sounds dangerous when you start 00:12:57.330 --> 00:12:59.769 talking like this that Christ is already in all 00:12:59.769 --> 00:13:03.350 people think that it undermines holiness they 00:13:03.350 --> 00:13:06.419 think that it removes responsibility And what 00:13:06.419 --> 00:13:10.519 I think is I believe it actually enforces response 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:12.940 ability. If you look at the word responsibility, 00:13:13.379 --> 00:13:17.559 it is actually response ability. Your ability 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:20.379 to respond to the truth of the gospel. You're 00:13:20.379 --> 00:13:22.840 allowing people to live however they want, as 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:24.919 if they need some kind of permission to do this. 00:13:25.799 --> 00:13:28.779 When I started talking like this... I have been 00:13:28.779 --> 00:13:30.980 told I'm a false prophet. I've been told that 00:13:30.980 --> 00:13:32.899 I'm deceived. I've been told that I'm leading 00:13:32.899 --> 00:13:35.179 people to hell Ultimately, I guess I'm going 00:13:35.179 --> 00:13:37.399 to hell. I'm leading them down the wrong path 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:40.139 I'm preaching the wrong gospel and the list goes 00:13:40.139 --> 00:13:44.120 on and on and on and listen most of it from family 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:49.000 Except for the family in my own home my wife 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:51.759 and my children who have seen the change That 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:55.200 this gospel has actually had the power to produce 00:13:55.200 --> 00:14:00.370 in me So here's the thing though. Revelation 00:14:00.370 --> 00:14:03.029 does not remove responsibility. It redefines 00:14:03.029 --> 00:14:06.730 it. I do not follow the guidance of the Holy 00:14:06.730 --> 00:14:11.889 Spirit in order to be holy. No, I am holy and 00:14:11.889 --> 00:14:14.789 therefore follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit. 00:14:15.330 --> 00:14:17.889 It's the same is true for you my friend. You 00:14:17.889 --> 00:14:21.740 are holy. You cannot be any more holy. Any more 00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:24.460 righteous than you are right now. What begins 00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:28.080 to happen is when you understand Just how holy 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:31.019 you are you begin to follow the lordship of the 00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:33.820 holy spirit And you can begin to talk. I believe 00:14:33.820 --> 00:14:37.360 it's in Romans 8 that talks about um You're moved 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:40.759 by the impulses of the holy spirit It may be 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:43.519 helpful to define what the word holy means But 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:45.759 that I trust you to do your own studying for 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:49.440 now. I may do a teaching on that later Revelation 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:52.879 does not lower the standard, it raises the vision. 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:56.059 The New Testament does not call us to fight for 00:14:56.059 --> 00:14:59.940 our identity, it calls us to live from our identity. 00:15:00.580 --> 00:15:03.600 In other words, stop trying to live to get to 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:09.019 a position that you actually already are. Let 00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:11.950 that settle there. This means that some of the 00:15:11.950 --> 00:15:14.509 ideas, the concepts that we were taught earlier 00:15:14.509 --> 00:15:18.190 may not carry the full weight of a mature revelation. 00:15:18.710 --> 00:15:21.210 And let me say this, someone else may take what 00:15:21.210 --> 00:15:23.429 I'm teaching and expound on it and have to rethink 00:15:23.429 --> 00:15:26.049 it and take it even deeper than the revelation 00:15:26.049 --> 00:15:28.690 I have. And there are those who can teach on 00:15:28.690 --> 00:15:31.450 this with much more insight and much more depth 00:15:31.450 --> 00:15:35.940 even than I can teach. This is Sonship. The revelation 00:15:35.940 --> 00:15:38.679 of your sonship causes you to live from that 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:42.139 reality and live from holiness and not towards 00:15:42.139 --> 00:15:45.399 it. You're living from this place, not trying 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:48.700 to get to somewhere that again, you already are. 00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:51.779 It's because I'm a son. It's because that you 00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:54.320 are a son or a daughter that you walk with a 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:57.320 higher standard and not looking to lower the 00:15:57.320 --> 00:16:01.169 standard. Think about what I said. if someone 00:16:01.169 --> 00:16:03.909 takes a message like this and says then I can 00:16:03.909 --> 00:16:06.789 go do whatever I want to do I have to go back 00:16:06.789 --> 00:16:10.409 and say this let he that has an ear hear what 00:16:10.409 --> 00:16:13.230 the spirit is actually saying if you heard it 00:16:13.230 --> 00:16:15.049 that that way and that you can go do this that 00:16:15.049 --> 00:16:18.669 in the other then you've missed it already and 00:16:18.669 --> 00:16:20.769 I'm not even really talking to you but I trust 00:16:20.769 --> 00:16:25.059 Holy Spirit to interfere in your life to bring 00:16:25.059 --> 00:16:27.840 you back to the revelation that this is who you 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:31.299 are and when you grab hold of this and understand 00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:33.460 who you are in Christ you will begin to live 00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:36.519 from that not towards it and you won't be looking 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:39.440 to lower the standard but to raise the standard 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:44.080 oh lord if someone wants to lower the standard 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:46.720 Look for ways to stay in dysfunction look for 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:49.960 ways to justify their sin They likely had not 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:53.100 been hit with the necessary degree of the revelation 00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:56.080 of the love of the father Which causes you to 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:59.320 realize who you are? The truth is the more you 00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:03.159 see him The more you find yourself. That is the 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:06.680 truth So let's only a little bit of a foundation 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:09.859 being found in christ romans, excuse me, not 00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:13.880 romans revelation 138 says this the lamb slain 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:17.759 From the foundations of the world Ephesians 1 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:21.880 4 says this he chose us in him before the foundation 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:26.640 of the world So here it is before Adam fell before 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:29.519 humanity sinned before the story ever reached 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:32.880 the garden Humanity that means you and I were 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:35.619 already discovered according to Ephesians 1 4 00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:39.480 we were already found in Christ before you were 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:42.420 long before you are lost in Adam you were found 00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:45.890 in Christ. So think about this. This actually 00:17:45.890 --> 00:17:47.869 speaks volume if you're listening. This means 00:17:47.869 --> 00:17:52.269 Adam's fall did not start the story. It is not 00:17:52.269 --> 00:17:56.950 your beginning. Adam is not your origin point. 00:17:57.410 --> 00:18:00.670 Adam is not your beginning of your story. The 00:18:00.670 --> 00:18:04.430 cross was not the Father's reaction to an unforeseen 00:18:04.430 --> 00:18:08.420 disaster. The fall did not catch God off guard. 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:11.240 Adam did not fall and leave God biting his nails, 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:13.920 pacing back and forth, trying to figure out what 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:16.559 to do. No, there was a plan -setting motion long 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:19.900 before Adam fell. And again, you were found in 00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:26.349 Christ long before Adam fell. Jesus being sent 00:18:26.349 --> 00:18:29.910 was not heaven's emergency backup, nor was he 00:18:29.910 --> 00:18:32.849 Plan B. No, no, no. The cross reveals what was 00:18:32.849 --> 00:18:35.170 always true in the Trinity in the Father, Son, 00:18:35.170 --> 00:18:40.329 and Spirit. Consider this. God was in Christ 00:18:40.329 --> 00:18:43.920 reconciling the world to himself. I spent years 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:46.960 teaching teenagers that on the cross when Jesus 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:50.519 said, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:53.559 That it was in that moment that the father turned 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:57.220 his back on his son because of after all, God 00:18:57.220 --> 00:19:00.660 cannot look upon sin. If that's true, we're all 00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:03.980 screwed. Number two, the other part of that is 00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:07.599 simply this. He was quoting a song. They would 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:10.480 have understood that in that time. Okay. There 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:14.660 is never separation in the Father. God was inside 00:19:14.660 --> 00:19:18.259 of Christ reconciling the world back to himself. 00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:21.759 It was not just Jesus. Listen to me, my friend. 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:26.160 It was not just Jesus on the cross. No, it was 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:31.200 the entire Trinity as one, submitting to humanity 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:37.059 as we crucified the Christ. When Jesus Christ, 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:38.740 because you have to understand them before I 00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:41.130 do that point, You have to understand this. Jesus 00:19:41.130 --> 00:19:43.569 makes the statement, my God, my God, why have 00:19:43.569 --> 00:19:46.170 you forsaken me? The next phrase out of his mouth 00:19:46.170 --> 00:19:50.470 is, into your hands I commit my spirit. Think 00:19:50.470 --> 00:19:53.170 about this. So when Jesus Christ, the telestite, 00:19:53.369 --> 00:19:55.190 is finished, he's not announcing a possibility. 00:19:55.490 --> 00:19:58.529 He is declaring completion. Completion of what, 00:19:58.670 --> 00:20:03.049 my friend? Go study some of this yourself. It 00:20:03.049 --> 00:20:05.329 is not it will be finished when people believe 00:20:05.329 --> 00:20:07.890 it's not it is finished for some and for a select 00:20:07.890 --> 00:20:09.829 few and for the elite and for those who say the 00:20:09.829 --> 00:20:14.250 right words No, it is finished all of it every 00:20:14.250 --> 00:20:21.230 single part so Whoo, I feel my help with this 00:20:21.230 --> 00:20:27.190 one The thing about this if Adam affected all 00:20:27.190 --> 00:20:33.359 how much more so did Christ Think about that 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:37.319 So now we've established all this I want to go 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:40.480 another step and we're gonna read Romans chapter 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:44.039 5 And we're gonna begin in verse 12. I'm gonna 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:47.799 go through 21 you can make it I promise And it 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:50.519 simply says this out of the passion translation 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:55.240 Says when Adam sinned the entire world was affected 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:58.700 sin entered human experience and death was the 00:20:58.700 --> 00:21:01.539 result and so death followed hit this sin and 00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:04.680 casting its shadow over all humanity because 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:08.319 all have sinned. Sin was in the world before 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:10.740 Moses gave the written law, but it was not charged 00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:13.900 against them where no law existed. Yet death 00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:16.759 reigned as king from Adam to Moses, even though 00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:19.359 they hadn't broken the command the way Adam had. 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:22.680 The first man Adam was a picture of the Messiah 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:26.400 who was to come. Now, well, let me not get there 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:30.470 yet. So now there is no comparison. between Adam's 00:21:30.470 --> 00:21:35.650 transgression and the gracious gift that we experience. 00:21:35.730 --> 00:21:38.470 For the magnitude of the gift far outweighs the 00:21:38.470 --> 00:21:42.009 crime. It's true that many died because of one 00:21:42.009 --> 00:21:45.769 man's transgression, but how much greater will 00:21:45.769 --> 00:21:48.329 God's grace and his gracious gift of acceptable 00:21:48.329 --> 00:21:51.730 overflow because of what one man, Jesus, the 00:21:51.730 --> 00:21:55.750 Messiah, did for us? This is what's fascinating 00:21:55.750 --> 00:22:02.500 to me before I continue on. We believe that Adam, 00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:06.700 who simply ate a piece of fruit, affected all 00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:11.940 of humanity more so than what Christ, with all 00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:16.380 that he endured, affected humanity. Adam ate 00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:18.420 a piece of fruit, Christ went through everything 00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:21.099 that he did, and for some reason we get this 00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:24.000 idea that this one had much more of an impact 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:27.420 on humanity, not just in humanity, all of humanity. 00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:31.180 But he had a greater impact than what Christ 00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:34.519 did I've said this for a long time that I believe 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:37.720 the church has more faith in what Adam did than 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:41.400 what Christ undid Now you you wrestle with some 00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:44.920 of this Continuing on verse 16 says in this free 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:47.059 -flowing gift imparts to us much more than what 00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:51.380 was given to us through the one who sin For because 00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:55.059 of one transgression. We are all facing a death 00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:58.640 sentence with a verdict of guilty But this gracious 00:22:58.640 --> 00:23:01.900 gift leaves us free from our many failures and 00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:04.519 brings us into the perfect righteousness of God, 00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:09.559 acquitted with the words, not guilty. Death once 00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:11.839 held us in its grip, and by the blunder of one 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:15.299 man, death reigned us king over humanity. But 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:18.960 now, how much more are we held in the grip of 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:23.099 grace and continue reigning as kings in life? 00:23:23.289 --> 00:23:25.970 enjoying our regal freedom to the gift of perfect 00:23:25.970 --> 00:23:29.069 righteousness in the one and only Jesus the Messiah. 00:23:29.890 --> 00:23:32.630 In other words, just as condemnation came upon 00:23:32.630 --> 00:23:36.230 all people through one transgression, so through 00:23:36.230 --> 00:23:40.109 one righteous act of Jesus' sacrifice, the perfect 00:23:40.109 --> 00:23:42.809 righteousness that makes us right with God and 00:23:42.809 --> 00:23:46.589 leads us to a victorious life is now available 00:23:46.589 --> 00:23:50.410 to all. One man's disobedience opened the door 00:23:50.410 --> 00:23:53.849 for all humanity to become sinners. So also one 00:23:53.849 --> 00:23:56.630 man's obedience opened the door for many to be 00:23:56.630 --> 00:23:58.990 made perfectly right with God and acceptable 00:23:58.990 --> 00:24:02.730 to him So then the law was introduced into God's 00:24:02.730 --> 00:24:05.930 plan to bring the reality of human sinfulness 00:24:05.930 --> 00:24:10.190 out of hiding and yet wherever sin Increased 00:24:10.190 --> 00:24:12.710 there was more than enough of God's grace to 00:24:12.710 --> 00:24:16.769 triumph all the more and Just the same sin ran 00:24:16.769 --> 00:24:19.869 through death So also this sin conquering grace 00:24:19.869 --> 00:24:23.029 will reign as king through righteousness imparting 00:24:23.029 --> 00:24:26.769 eternal life through Jesus our Lord and Messiah. 00:24:27.910 --> 00:24:31.750 So if one man's disobedience affected all then 00:24:31.750 --> 00:24:35.109 how much more does one man's obedience embrace 00:24:35.109 --> 00:24:39.230 all? Consider this question seriously and wrestle 00:24:39.230 --> 00:24:42.309 with it. So if one man's disobedience affected 00:24:42.309 --> 00:24:46.210 all then how much more does one man's obedience 00:24:46.210 --> 00:24:52.150 embrace all? This is what's fascinating. In the 00:24:52.150 --> 00:24:59.329 church, we seem to believe that you got absolutely 00:24:59.329 --> 00:25:03.210 no say. There was no magical words to say or 00:25:03.210 --> 00:25:06.269 anything that you were just automatically included 00:25:06.269 --> 00:25:11.190 in Adam's fall. But somehow, you have to jump 00:25:11.190 --> 00:25:15.720 through hoops To make and to get back to Jesus 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:18.400 to make what he did true and you were not included 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:21.039 in that Unless you jump through the hoops to 00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:24.440 get back And you you wrestle with some of this 00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:29.980 If the fall Truly reached everyone which again, 00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:33.539 I believe it did then resurrection must be at 00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:37.180 least Just as powerful yet. I would say it is 00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:42.450 immeasurably greater If that is not true then 00:25:42.450 --> 00:25:46.549 Adam is greater than Christ and I'm sorry that 00:25:46.549 --> 00:25:51.089 simply can't be true. I personally refuse to 00:25:51.089 --> 00:25:55.349 preach a gospel where the first Adam had more 00:25:55.349 --> 00:25:58.490 of a reach and had more success and more impact 00:25:58.490 --> 00:26:02.630 than the last Adam Christ. I refuse to preach 00:26:02.630 --> 00:26:05.910 a gospel like that. The gospel is not that sin 00:26:05.910 --> 00:26:09.509 was stronger than grace. It's not that darkness 00:26:09.509 --> 00:26:13.079 is greater than light. No, the gospel is that 00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:17.259 grace swallowed sin whole. In fact, it bankrupted 00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:23.200 sin. This is not about, hear me clearly, minimizing 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:26.920 sin. It's about magnifying Christ and what Christ 00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:30.259 actually accomplished through his death, burial, 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:34.380 resurrection. Catch this, not just for us, but 00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:38.940 as us. And prepositions, my friend, are important. 00:26:42.130 --> 00:26:44.670 So before I move further, I want to address something 00:26:44.670 --> 00:26:47.329 that came up from a friend that I hold respect 00:26:47.329 --> 00:26:50.849 for. And this can be a common objection to the 00:26:50.849 --> 00:26:54.230 Christ in all. And the argument was this, is 00:26:54.230 --> 00:26:56.710 Christ can't be in all because scripture said 00:26:56.710 --> 00:27:01.930 Satan can't cast out Satan. And one of the first 00:27:01.930 --> 00:27:04.450 notable points is that Jesus never said Satan 00:27:04.450 --> 00:27:07.710 was casting out Satan. That accusation came from 00:27:07.710 --> 00:27:11.440 the religious leaders. Jesus does not agree with 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:14.900 their premises there. He actually begins to dismantle 00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:18.579 it. He reframes the conversation by talking about 00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:22.240 a strong man. A strong man's house can only be 00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:26.180 plundered by someone stronger. Jesus in this 00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:28.660 story is not describing an equal power struggle. 00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:33.700 He's announcing a superior arrival. It's the 00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:36.079 religious leaders saying this man cast out demons 00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:39.480 by Beaselbub, the ruler of demons. So this issue 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:42.900 with the story simply is Jesus operating by Satan's 00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:47.119 power or is Jesus operating against it? Jesus 00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:51.859 is not teaching that who Christ indwells, how 00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:54.859 union works, ontology of evil, nor identity. 00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:58.279 He's answering one narrow question. By whose 00:27:58.279 --> 00:28:03.190 authority am I casting out demons? In this conversation, 00:28:03.569 --> 00:28:06.190 Jesus does not say that Satan has equal authority 00:28:06.190 --> 00:28:09.230 everywhere, that he truly indwells people the 00:28:09.230 --> 00:28:12.109 way that Christ does, nor that he has the rightful 00:28:12.109 --> 00:28:16.210 ownership of humanity. Satan is no equal, hear 00:28:16.210 --> 00:28:20.809 me clearly, Satan is no equal to Christ, not 00:28:20.809 --> 00:28:24.589 even remotely close. He is dismantling their 00:28:24.589 --> 00:28:29.299 argument, not constructing something. Luke 11 00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:33.220 22 but when one stronger that he comes upon him 00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:37.339 and overcomes him He takes away his armor. So 00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:40.319 the text gives us two figure the strong man and 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:44.380 the stronger one Listen to me very clearly darkness 00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:48.920 is not a competing kingdom Darkness scientifically 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:53.039 is not even real. It is simply an absence of 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:57.299 light Darkness has zero creative power It can 00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:59.779 only distort what already exists. So when Christ 00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:03.539 reveals himself darkness does not fight it collapses 00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:08.039 There is no struggle between darkness and light 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:12.279 when light shows up darkness simply vanished 00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:14.440 and let me say this this is something I learned 00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:18.380 from Doug Alexander a very powerful thought There 00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:22.180 is no kingdom of darkness Because in order to 00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:25.180 have a kingdom one must have a king and the kingdom 00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:30.279 of darkness darkness has no king. The enemy is 00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:33.660 actually called the prince of the power of the 00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:37.619 air. He is not a king, which means there is zero 00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:43.039 kingdom of darkness. Think about that. So I want 00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:46.240 you to think about this. Every single human being 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:49.160 has the breath of Yahweh coursing through them 00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:53.589 right now. If Christ were not in all, humanity 00:29:53.589 --> 00:29:58.569 would absolutely cease to exist. Scripture tells 00:29:58.569 --> 00:30:01.349 us that Christ holds all things together. So 00:30:01.349 --> 00:30:04.609 if Christ were not in a person, don't check your 00:30:04.609 --> 00:30:07.849 brain at the door, listen to what I'm saying, 00:30:08.430 --> 00:30:10.849 judge it for yourself, wrestle with it if needed. 00:30:11.490 --> 00:30:13.990 If Christ were not in a person, that person would 00:30:13.990 --> 00:30:19.390 be self -sustaining, self -originating, self 00:30:19.390 --> 00:30:22.450 existing basically what you're saying if you 00:30:22.450 --> 00:30:25.009 believe that Christ is not inside an individual 00:30:25.009 --> 00:30:29.730 that that person is indeed by definition a God 00:30:29.730 --> 00:30:34.390 no there is only one source of life the issue 00:30:34.390 --> 00:30:39.029 is not Christ presence the issue is awareness 00:30:39.029 --> 00:30:45.990 blindness does not equal absence so as we close 00:30:45.990 --> 00:30:48.859 this one out Would you understand a few things 00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:51.980 that those in darkness do not need our arguments 00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:57.140 as sons and daughters They need our light We 00:30:57.140 --> 00:31:01.440 do not bring people No, we phrase that we do 00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:06.059 not bring Christ to people We reveal Christ in 00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:09.819 people Sons and daughters, they don't conquer 00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:13.279 darkness. We simply learn to turn the light on 00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:18.210 If you go go into your home Cut the lights off 00:31:18.210 --> 00:31:20.630 when it's dark and looks pitch black and all 00:31:20.630 --> 00:31:23.529 I want you to do is go and flip on the switch 00:31:23.529 --> 00:31:27.089 and tell me How much of a wrestling match did 00:31:27.089 --> 00:31:29.710 darkness put up against the light when you flipped 00:31:29.710 --> 00:31:33.190 it on? The answer to that is very simple None 00:31:33.190 --> 00:31:36.369 as soon as you flip that light on as long as 00:31:36.369 --> 00:31:41.930 there's power running to it darkness flees This 00:31:41.930 --> 00:31:44.910 series is not gonna be about winning debates 00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:48.980 it's about unveiling truth as we continue we're 00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:50.960 going to let scripture speak for itself without 00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:54.359 fear without filters and another thing i'm passionate 00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:58.119 about is without separation there is no separation 00:31:58.119 --> 00:32:05.200 in christ a couple things i want to have you 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:07.539 declare just help you know you can declare it 00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:09.240 with me let me declare it over you whatever you 00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:14.730 want to do it's this christ is not distant Christ 00:32:14.730 --> 00:32:21.670 is not absent. Christ is not waiting. Christ 00:32:21.670 --> 00:32:30.269 is present. Christ is present with you right 00:32:30.269 --> 00:32:36.450 where you are. Christ is holding all things together. 00:32:38.029 --> 00:32:42.470 Christ is revealing himself. And catch this starting 00:32:42.470 --> 00:32:49.359 with you. Allow the Christ within you to come 00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:57.180 alive. Just let that settle. I encourage you, 00:32:57.299 --> 00:33:00.099 go back, listen to this, wrestle with it. Again, 00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:04.700 I'm not here telling you I'm 100 % right. To 00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:06.680 be completely honest with you in this moment, 00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:09.500 I really don't even care to have the conversation 00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:12.480 of who's right, who's wrong. I think the journey 00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:14.849 is the most important thing. And if something 00:33:14.849 --> 00:33:17.289 I said sparked something in you and causes you 00:33:17.289 --> 00:33:19.450 to begin your walk with the Holy Spirit or to 00:33:19.450 --> 00:33:22.109 go deeper in your conversation with the Holy 00:33:22.109 --> 00:33:26.130 Spirit, then I feel like I've won. That just 00:33:26.130 --> 00:33:29.250 is what it is. Not about right and wrong. Holy 00:33:29.250 --> 00:33:32.549 Spirit, I just personally believe and trust Holy 00:33:32.549 --> 00:33:35.329 Spirit. She will reveal what needs to be revealed 00:33:35.329 --> 00:33:40.089 to you. Until next time, next week we're diving 00:33:40.089 --> 00:33:42.880 to... the revelation of Christ and all again, 00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:45.720 but we're going to talk about before Adam found 00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:49.099 in Christ. So don't miss it. I will see you next 00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.339 week.