WEBVTT 00:00:02.259 --> 00:00:07.559 before time had a name. There was a garden, a 00:00:07.559 --> 00:00:12.439 place where heaven and earth walked as one. This 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:17.780 is the Echoes of Eden where we rediscover ancient 00:00:17.780 --> 00:00:27.600 roots and awaken to our eternal purpose. Well, 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:31.199 hey guys and welcome back to week two of the 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:35.340 revelation of Christ in all This week we're gonna 00:00:35.340 --> 00:00:38.159 dive a little bit more into the concept before 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:41.640 Adam found in Christ I believe I said this last 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:44.520 week and it bears repeating Any time I get the 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:46.799 opportunity to share this and the truth is this 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:51.020 You were found and discovered in Christ long 00:00:51.020 --> 00:00:54.859 before you were lost in Adam Listen guys, the 00:00:54.859 --> 00:00:58.060 truth is the cross was not plan B It was not 00:00:58.060 --> 00:01:01.359 a backup plan for the Trinity when Adam fell 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:03.859 it did not leave the Trinity biting their nails 00:01:03.859 --> 00:01:06.599 pacing back and forth Scratching their heads 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:10.060 trying to figure out what do we do now? No This 00:01:10.060 --> 00:01:13.780 was in the original design all along Listen to 00:01:13.780 --> 00:01:17.700 Trinity knew we'd mess it up They knew this we 00:01:17.700 --> 00:01:19.939 would mess it up. You're gonna mess it up get 00:01:19.939 --> 00:01:22.439 it wrong all this but here's the cheers the truth 00:01:22.859 --> 00:01:29.659 None of it hinges on you. Now, let that settle. 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:31.900 You wrestle with that if you have issues with 00:01:31.900 --> 00:01:37.760 that. But none of this hinges on you. This is 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:41.680 about accepting and living from the finished 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:46.040 work of the cross, the finished work of Christ. 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:48.920 I find it funny, I've been told before that I 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:51.379 put little value on the cross. And the truth 00:01:51.379 --> 00:01:54.319 of the matter is, I put extreme value on the 00:01:54.319 --> 00:01:57.879 cross. I actually believe that the cross did 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.780 what it was intended to do and that when Jesus 00:02:00.780 --> 00:02:04.180 hung on the cross and said and declared, it is 00:02:04.180 --> 00:02:07.959 finished, I personally believe he meant that. 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:10.919 And there's nothing left for us to complete. 00:02:11.289 --> 00:02:15.129 we now get the opportunity to live from and rest 00:02:15.129 --> 00:02:18.849 in the finished work of Christ advancing the 00:02:18.849 --> 00:02:23.270 kingdom of heaven here on earth as it is in heaven 00:02:23.270 --> 00:02:27.330 we get to walk around and engage with humanity 00:02:27.330 --> 00:02:31.689 we engage with creation and release heaven from 00:02:31.689 --> 00:02:35.030 within us because the kingdom of heaven is within 00:02:35.030 --> 00:02:38.710 us christ is in you Colossians I believe it says 00:02:38.710 --> 00:02:43.430 the hope of glory you have the answer for the 00:02:43.430 --> 00:02:46.050 world around you Man, that's powerful if you 00:02:46.050 --> 00:02:49.810 think about it. Well, so last week we established 00:02:49.810 --> 00:02:52.889 some important things And so we'll go over those 00:02:52.889 --> 00:02:54.689 just a little bit not to go back in and teach 00:02:54.689 --> 00:02:57.530 the whole thing But just as a refresher from 00:02:57.530 --> 00:02:59.710 last week, I know you can go back and watch the 00:02:59.710 --> 00:03:03.689 video but Let me start with this and I opened 00:03:03.689 --> 00:03:06.370 up with this last week. The journey is not about 00:03:06.370 --> 00:03:10.539 dishonoring what came before. In no way shape 00:03:10.539 --> 00:03:14.620 or form is what I am doing or teaching meant 00:03:14.620 --> 00:03:21.180 to attack people. I do, however, intend on attacking 00:03:21.180 --> 00:03:26.099 a religious system, a mindset. That is my aim. 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:31.599 To tear down the old Adamic mindset, the religious 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:35.000 system that keeps keeps people on the treadmill 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:39.479 of life. So, again, it's not about dishonoring 00:03:39.479 --> 00:03:42.819 what came before. I value people. I personally, 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:45.939 wholeheartedly believe that the pastors and leaders 00:03:45.939 --> 00:03:51.020 that I had in my life are good people. They love 00:03:51.020 --> 00:03:54.340 people. They love God. It has nothing to do with 00:03:54.340 --> 00:03:57.020 attacking people. Very well respected people. 00:03:57.379 --> 00:04:01.439 I would not be where I'm at today without them 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:04.539 in my life, in the moment that they were in my 00:04:04.539 --> 00:04:08.340 life. It's not about dishonoring what came before, 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:11.460 not about dishonoring people. It is about growing 00:04:11.460 --> 00:04:16.160 into what was always intended. So today we're 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:20.060 going to take another step deeper, not by speculation, 00:04:20.339 --> 00:04:23.079 but by scripture. And let me say this clearly, 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:28.060 if what we're about to explore feels unsettling 00:04:28.060 --> 00:04:31.279 for you, that does not mean that it's wrong. 00:04:32.500 --> 00:04:37.089 I want you to hear that. Often it means it's 00:04:37.089 --> 00:04:39.629 challenging a foundation that was never meant 00:04:39.629 --> 00:04:44.709 to stay shallow. I want you to consider when 00:04:44.709 --> 00:04:47.290 Jesus spoke with the Pharisees. Go read Matthew, 00:04:47.350 --> 00:04:50.970 Mark, Luke, John and watch the interaction that 00:04:50.970 --> 00:04:54.310 Jesus has with the Pharisees. And remember this, 00:04:55.110 --> 00:04:58.410 the Pharisees were the religious scholars of 00:04:58.410 --> 00:05:03.370 this day. They knew the scriptures. I want you, 00:05:03.470 --> 00:05:06.170 I want to, let me read this to you, because I 00:05:06.170 --> 00:05:11.009 think this is powerful. In John 5, 39 through 00:05:11.009 --> 00:05:13.750 40, it says this, you are busy analyzing scriptures, 00:05:13.949 --> 00:05:16.509 pouring over them. He's talking to the Pharisees. 00:05:16.610 --> 00:05:18.790 It says you just speaking to the Pharisees. You 00:05:18.790 --> 00:05:21.810 were busy analyzing scriptures, pouring over 00:05:21.810 --> 00:05:26.230 them, hoping to gain eternal life. Everything 00:05:26.230 --> 00:05:31.670 you read points to me. Yet you still refuse to 00:05:31.670 --> 00:05:35.209 come to me so that I can give you the life you're 00:05:35.209 --> 00:05:39.430 looking for, eternal life. Think about what that's 00:05:39.430 --> 00:05:42.029 saying, my friend. That's John 5, 39 through 00:05:42.029 --> 00:05:48.370 40. He came to challenge the mindset. Look at 00:05:48.370 --> 00:05:51.970 the life of Paul before he was Paul. He was Saul, 00:05:52.069 --> 00:05:55.569 one of the greatest Pharisees there were. He 00:05:55.569 --> 00:05:59.129 knew the law. He was very passionate about defending 00:05:59.129 --> 00:06:02.649 what it was that he believed scripture said even 00:06:02.649 --> 00:06:07.209 if that meant killing followers of Christ Now 00:06:07.209 --> 00:06:10.329 think about that think really don't check your 00:06:10.329 --> 00:06:13.149 brain at the door take a step back if you have 00:06:13.149 --> 00:06:16.290 to pause this video take a step back sit with 00:06:16.290 --> 00:06:19.750 Holy Spirit and Think about what's being said 00:06:19.750 --> 00:06:26.069 with that? Paul Pharisee, what Saul at the time, 00:06:26.389 --> 00:06:31.170 Pharisee of Pharisees. Very passionate about 00:06:31.170 --> 00:06:34.790 defending the scripture, so much so that he was 00:06:34.790 --> 00:06:40.649 willing to kill followers of Christ. Think about 00:06:40.649 --> 00:06:44.569 this concept. Moving on, because I can't spend 00:06:44.569 --> 00:06:49.269 time there. Here's the story that most of us 00:06:49.269 --> 00:06:51.759 were taught, if you... at least if you're in 00:06:51.759 --> 00:06:54.519 the area that I'm in, growing up in the Bible 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:57.519 Belt type situations, growing up in the western 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:01.199 church world. This is kind of how the story went 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:05.980 for, I would say most of us, is you have in Genesis 00:07:05.980 --> 00:07:10.740 God creating humanity, then you have Adam and 00:07:10.740 --> 00:07:13.660 Eve falling because they took a bite of fruit. 00:07:14.569 --> 00:07:17.550 And then after that everything falls apart everything 00:07:17.550 --> 00:07:20.529 breaks everything is screwed up There's separation 00:07:20.529 --> 00:07:24.009 in play all of this and God is scrambling to 00:07:24.009 --> 00:07:28.009 fix the mess Now take it take a step back here 00:07:28.009 --> 00:07:34.029 for just a moment Everything breaks We believe 00:07:34.029 --> 00:07:38.490 that at that moment That separation enters the 00:07:38.490 --> 00:07:41.310 picture and man is separated from God But if 00:07:41.310 --> 00:07:43.329 you believe and I'd have to go back and look 00:07:43.329 --> 00:07:46.240 at it To find it, you can use Google, you'll 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:49.519 find it. But there's a scripture that says, no, 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:53.379 you were alienated in your minds. If you go all 00:07:53.379 --> 00:07:56.420 the way back to Genesis and look, even after 00:07:56.420 --> 00:08:03.500 the fall, God, Trinity, still shows up for the 00:08:03.500 --> 00:08:08.399 walk with Adam and Eve. It was not Adam, it was 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:13.220 not God who moved, it was Adam who forgot who 00:08:13.220 --> 00:08:21.959 he. was. They forgot how good Abba was. Man. 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:25.459 So God creates humanity, Adam falls, everything 00:08:25.459 --> 00:08:28.300 breaks, God's scrambling to fix the mess, and 00:08:28.300 --> 00:08:32.279 then Jesus comes on the scene to repair what 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:37.919 Adam has ruined. But when we slow down and read 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:41.120 scripture carefully, that storyline does not 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:44.240 hold up. Because scripture tells us something 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:50.779 shocking that Union came before the fall Yes, 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:54.639 that's exactly what I said your union and inclusion 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:59.019 with Christ Came before the fall of man. This 00:08:59.019 --> 00:09:03.240 is why I say and declare You were found in Christ 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:09.100 long before you were lost in Adam the lamb slain 00:09:09.100 --> 00:09:14.080 before the foundation That's in revelations revelation. 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:18.519 Let me clarify that Revelation tells us it's 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:20.960 in chapter 13 verse 8. I believe that the lamb 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:26.139 was slain from the foundation of the world Now 00:09:26.139 --> 00:09:32.259 think about it Not slain after sin He's not slain 00:09:32.259 --> 00:09:37.679 because of Adam but slain before the foundation 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:44.700 of the world Slain before creation's foundation. 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:51.940 Before the things that you see outside existed. 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:57.340 Before the world existed. I know that's hard 00:09:57.340 --> 00:10:01.100 to even fathom the world not existing. That the 00:10:01.100 --> 00:10:03.480 trees and the oceans and the rivers and the lands 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:08.259 not existing. But before all of that existed. 00:10:09.070 --> 00:10:22.970 The lamb was slain Do you catch it Before the 00:10:22.970 --> 00:10:30.990 foundation Of the cosmos the lamb had already 00:10:30.990 --> 00:10:37.330 been slain Many many many times if not every 00:10:37.330 --> 00:10:41.029 time things happen in the spiritual before we 00:10:41.029 --> 00:10:47.789 ever see him in the natural realm. The lamb was 00:10:47.789 --> 00:10:49.750 slain before the foundation of the world, yet 00:10:49.750 --> 00:10:53.029 we do not see the lamb slain until Jesus comes 00:10:53.029 --> 00:11:02.009 on the scene. The word who is made flesh. This 00:11:02.009 --> 00:11:05.190 means that the cross was not God's reaction. 00:11:06.919 --> 00:11:11.860 This means that redemption was not improvised. 00:11:12.820 --> 00:11:17.440 This means that Jesus did not enter history as 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:22.080 plan B. No, the cross reveals the eternal heart 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:27.240 of God, not his emergency response. I was actually 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:29.659 reading before I started hitting record here 00:11:29.659 --> 00:11:35.970 in 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 19. I want to 00:11:35.970 --> 00:11:37.730 read this actually from the mirror translation. 00:11:37.769 --> 00:11:41.629 It says Jesus did not act independently of his 00:11:41.629 --> 00:11:48.429 father God was present in Christ When they reconciled 00:11:48.429 --> 00:11:55.230 the total cosmos to themselves Deity and humanity 00:11:55.230 --> 00:12:01.580 embraced God's act of reconciliation takes every 00:12:01.580 --> 00:12:05.679 other conclusion out of the equation. No amount 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:10.240 of trespasses can match God's evaluation of the 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:14.120 human race. Redeemed friendship is now announced 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:20.940 from within us. Listen, the cross did not change 00:12:20.940 --> 00:12:25.659 God's mind. No, the cross revealed the Father's 00:12:25.659 --> 00:12:32.179 heart. towards us, towards you. It wasn't about, 00:12:32.460 --> 00:12:35.379 Jesus did not come on the scene to try to change 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:38.340 his father's mind. This is not, as Damon Thompson 00:12:38.340 --> 00:12:43.919 says, this is not a good cop, bad cop. I was 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:46.840 taught things like God can't look on sin. I was 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:53.460 taught things like Jesus came, how would I want 00:12:53.460 --> 00:12:57.139 to say that? God can't look on sin. Jesus was 00:12:57.139 --> 00:12:59.799 on the cross and when he saw that we go what 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:02.259 thank you, Holy Spirit When Jesus is on the cross 00:13:02.259 --> 00:13:04.279 and he says my God my God why have you forsaken 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:08.720 me that that was in that moment? God had turned 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:13.100 his back on his father and To believe that is 00:13:13.100 --> 00:13:17.539 to believe that somehow the Trinity has turned 00:13:17.539 --> 00:13:21.419 on itself But this right here 2nd Corinthians 00:13:21.419 --> 00:13:25.759 5 19 says a different story that God was inside 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:29.279 of Christ, reconciling the entire world back 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:34.559 to himself. The passion says it this way. In 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:36.100 other words, it was through the anointed one 00:13:36.100 --> 00:13:39.220 that God was shepherding the world, not even 00:13:39.220 --> 00:13:44.039 keeping records of their transgressions. He's 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:47.320 not even keeping record of transgression. He's 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:53.500 not counting your sins against you. This is the 00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:58.639 moment. This is the moment that the heart of 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:02.399 the father is being as being revealed to you 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:06.299 and I sons and daughters It's it's the Trinity 00:14:06.299 --> 00:14:13.139 essentially saying yes to our punishment We were 00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:21.799 the ones saying crucify Crucify crucify And it 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:25.330 was the truth that it was the Trinity who was 00:14:25.330 --> 00:14:29.669 surrendering and submitting themselves to death, 00:14:30.190 --> 00:14:34.909 yes, even death on a cross. Basically declaring 00:14:34.909 --> 00:14:39.070 this, if this is the place we have to go to redeem 00:14:39.070 --> 00:14:44.610 you, then that's what we'll do. Jesus operating 00:14:44.610 --> 00:14:49.950 with the Father and with the Holy Spirit, redeeming 00:14:49.950 --> 00:14:54.450 you and I. Putting into action what happened 00:14:54.450 --> 00:14:57.870 What thousands of years before when it says that 00:14:57.870 --> 00:15:01.870 the lamb was slain before the foundation? It 00:15:01.870 --> 00:15:07.169 already happened Ephesians tells us this This 00:15:07.169 --> 00:15:11.049 is the Ephesians chapter 1 verse 4 says he chose 00:15:11.049 --> 00:15:15.730 us in him before the foundation of the world 00:15:15.730 --> 00:15:21.240 You know what that means before sin before failure, 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:24.779 before you believed or did not believe, before 00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:27.620 your obedience and before your disobedience. 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:32.960 Ephesians 1 -4, he chose you in Christ before 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:35.200 the foundations of the world. Let me just go 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:38.159 ahead and turn there and let me pull that scripture 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:41.019 up because I think it's important just to go 00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:46.600 start with Ephesians chapter 1. Bear with me. 00:15:46.730 --> 00:15:48.490 I'm not using my phone at the moment because 00:15:48.490 --> 00:15:50.110 I'm recording with my phone, so that doesn't 00:15:50.110 --> 00:15:56.730 work that way. Ephesians chapter one. Catch this. 00:15:57.090 --> 00:15:58.809 I'm going to start at verse three. It says, every 00:15:58.809 --> 00:16:00.789 spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm has 00:16:00.789 --> 00:16:04.250 already been lavished upon us as a love gift 00:16:04.250 --> 00:16:06.789 from our wonderful heavenly father, the father 00:16:06.789 --> 00:16:11.230 of our Lord Jesus, all because he sees us wrapped 00:16:11.230 --> 00:16:15.629 into Christ. This is why we celebrate him with 00:16:15.690 --> 00:16:21.269 all of our hearts and in love he chose us before 00:16:21.269 --> 00:16:27.269 he laid the foundation of the universe because 00:16:27.269 --> 00:16:30.789 of his great love verse five uh nope still verse 00:16:30.789 --> 00:16:33.649 four because of his great love he ordained us 00:16:33.649 --> 00:16:37.549 so that we would be seen as holy in his eyes 00:16:37.549 --> 00:16:44.669 with unstained innocence Before he laid the foundation 00:16:44.669 --> 00:16:49.549 of the universe, he already chose you. Why do 00:16:49.549 --> 00:16:53.309 I believe that Christ is in all? Right here is 00:16:53.309 --> 00:16:55.870 a perfect example. Because my friend, this was 00:16:55.870 --> 00:16:58.149 written before you were ever even considered, 00:16:58.549 --> 00:17:01.070 before your grandparents were even considered 00:17:01.070 --> 00:17:04.930 and thought about. You were in the heart of God. 00:17:05.009 --> 00:17:10.230 You were on the mind of Papa. You were chosen 00:17:10.230 --> 00:17:14.210 in Christ long before the foundation of the world 00:17:14.210 --> 00:17:20.269 was even laid. Before sin, failure, before you 00:17:20.269 --> 00:17:23.809 believed or you didn't believe, before you obeyed 00:17:23.809 --> 00:17:26.849 or disobeyed, before you felt like you got it 00:17:26.849 --> 00:17:29.869 all right or you screwed it all up, before any 00:17:29.869 --> 00:17:35.509 of that, you were chosen in Christ. Humanity 00:17:35.509 --> 00:17:40.130 already found in Christ. This tells us something 00:17:40.130 --> 00:17:44.869 very crucial. Crucial, Adam did not define humanity. 00:17:46.170 --> 00:17:48.789 Listen my friend, I don't care what you've been 00:17:48.789 --> 00:17:53.190 told by religion, Adam is not your origin. He 00:17:53.190 --> 00:17:57.509 is not your starting point. No, Adam did not 00:17:57.509 --> 00:18:00.950 get to define humanity, Christ already defines 00:18:00.950 --> 00:18:05.119 you. Christ is your starting point. In John chapter 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:07.559 three, when Jesus is having a conversation with 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:10.579 Nicodemus and he says, you must be born again. 00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:14.079 That's a horrible translation, but Nicodemus 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:16.559 is trying to figure out, what do you mean by 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:20.119 this? I cannot crawl back in my mother. No, Jesus 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:22.859 says, you are a great teacher and you don't even 00:18:22.859 --> 00:18:28.720 understand this, that you must be born from above. 00:18:30.580 --> 00:18:34.140 Go study the original language. It is not about 00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:37.220 a rebirth. He is telling Nicodemus, you need 00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:40.240 to wake up my friend and understand you may have 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:43.440 come through your mom and dad, but you did not 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:47.160 come from them. No, you existed in Christ, Ephesians 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:50.619 1. You existed in Christ long before the foundation 00:18:50.619 --> 00:18:53.559 of the world. You existed in the Trinity. You 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:56.039 were found in Christ long before you were lost. 00:18:56.240 --> 00:19:00.400 Inside of Adam and my friend you were born from 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:07.900 the Trinity you were born from heaven Whoo Adam 00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:10.279 was never meant to be the center of the story 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:13.140 and for some odd reason in our part of the world 00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:16.099 in the western part of the church It feels like 00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:19.400 to me that we have more faith in what Adam did 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:24.069 than what Christ did we have more faith in what 00:19:24.069 --> 00:19:28.130 that's the fall of Adam than the Restoration 00:19:28.130 --> 00:19:33.009 of what Christ performed and completed That makes 00:19:33.009 --> 00:19:36.309 zero sense and for a long time. I believe the 00:19:36.309 --> 00:19:39.869 same kind of way I taught the same kind of religious 00:19:39.869 --> 00:19:46.140 BS And that's the nicest way I can put that So 00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:49.279 I get it. I was there. I taught this nonsense 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:51.980 I taught teenagers and young people that when 00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:54.240 Jesus was on the cross and said my god my god 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:56.539 Why have you forsaken me that it was in that 00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:59.079 moment? The father had to turn his back on his 00:19:59.079 --> 00:20:02.619 son Because he could not look at him and my friend 00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:05.940 I'm telling you this I would not turn my back 00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:09.099 on my son, so either I'm a better dad than he 00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:12.460 is, or we have him wrong. And I will choose option 00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:15.599 B for that, because I know that he is far better 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:24.279 than I am. My God. I taught this nonsense. I 00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:26.000 know what it is to deal with these thoughts and 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:28.420 to have this wrestling match. The stuff that 00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:31.220 I am believing and declaring today, I wrestled 00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:36.950 for two to three years in silence. Because I 00:20:36.950 --> 00:20:39.329 knew the things that were lit listen, I'm not 00:20:39.329 --> 00:20:43.609 talking about people I'm talking about a religious 00:20:43.609 --> 00:20:49.089 mindset That trained most of the church in the 00:20:49.089 --> 00:20:52.150 West it's still being proclaimed in most churches 00:20:52.150 --> 00:21:01.609 today If we can only if we could only stare at 00:21:01.609 --> 00:21:07.559 the Christ Allow him I can remember I don't think 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:10.519 I said this last week it bears it bears if I 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:12.960 did it bears repeating I don't really care. I 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:18.660 remember hearing a very A very respected pastor 00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:23.680 at the time No, he's still respected pastor In 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:26.200 my life. He was ministering on something and 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:29.380 I was I was listening and at this time I was 00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:32.119 learning something different by way of Holy Spirit 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:36.299 And so what he was, as he was preaching, I began 00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:38.319 to have a different conversation. I said, Holy 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:42.380 Spirit, why do you allow stuff like this to continuously 00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:45.619 be taught? And he said, son, it's all about the 00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:49.539 lens. And I said, do tell and do explain. And 00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:52.740 what he gave me a picture of, and I wish I had 00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:54.319 them, I don't know where they're at in my office 00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:57.470 right now. But what he gave me a picture of is 00:21:57.470 --> 00:22:00.190 something I used as a kid I can remember these 00:22:00.190 --> 00:22:02.930 little paper glasses that had red tinted lens 00:22:02.930 --> 00:22:07.849 I can remember them being red and blue and He 00:22:07.849 --> 00:22:10.190 said son he said if you put those on and look 00:22:10.190 --> 00:22:13.829 and everything is red Are you wrong in what you 00:22:13.829 --> 00:22:17.490 see and that answer for me was no he said they're 00:22:17.490 --> 00:22:22.369 not wrong He said but let me adjust your lens 00:22:22.369 --> 00:22:27.349 He said they just need a lens adjustment he said 00:22:27.349 --> 00:22:31.890 be willing to allow me to adjust your lens and 00:22:31.890 --> 00:22:37.109 see through my perspective and i'm telling you 00:22:37.109 --> 00:22:39.049 this has changed everything for me i know the 00:22:39.049 --> 00:22:42.809 things i'm called people comment on my facebook 00:22:42.809 --> 00:22:46.410 stuff and say all kinds of nice gives me the 00:22:46.410 --> 00:22:49.210 warm and fuzzies inside i don't care i cannot 00:22:49.210 --> 00:22:53.779 be shaken from this this This is the revelation 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:57.200 the Holy Spirit has given to me. Man can't shake 00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:59.180 it. Call me what you will. They said the same 00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:02.119 things about my Jesus. They said the same things 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:09.759 about the Christ. The fall did not create separation 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:13.660 in God. See, I'm ahead of myself. I should just 00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:15.160 go through my notes because I'll get there in 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:18.640 a minute. Here's where many misunderstand the 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:22.420 fall. Because the fall did not create separation 00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:27.359 in God's heart. It created separation in humanity's 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:32.319 perception God didn't in no way shape or form 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:36.019 did God move away for human from humanity Remember 00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:39.500 go back to the garden when the fall happened 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:44.299 Who was hiding in that moment and who was looking 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:47.920 for somebody? Not because he lost Adam but because 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:53.150 Adam lost Adam. It was not God hiding. It was 00:23:53.150 --> 00:23:55.829 not God coming in with the whip or a stick to 00:23:55.829 --> 00:23:59.009 beat Adam. It was them. It was Trinity, Father, 00:23:59.109 --> 00:24:02.289 Son, and Spirit showing up for the walk to continually 00:24:02.289 --> 00:24:06.390 walk with Adam. It was Adam who was hiding from 00:24:06.390 --> 00:24:10.490 God. It was humanity hiding from God. Humanity 00:24:10.490 --> 00:24:15.130 still today hides from God. The distance was 00:24:15.130 --> 00:24:18.720 not G - Excuse me, if I could read my own stuff. 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:22.619 The distance was not geographical. There we go. 00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:26.259 The distance was not geographical. It was relational 00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:30.079 and perceptual, which means this. Separation 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:33.380 was never ontological, which is about being. 00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:37.980 It was experiential, which is about awareness. 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:41.940 Separation was never the truth of who you are. 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:48.339 It was what you became aware of. God remained 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:52.099 present. If you don't believe me, track through 00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:55.099 the lineage of Adam and get to Enoch because 00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:58.859 Enoch refused to participate in Adam's delusion. 00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:01.940 That's why scripture says Enoch walked with God. 00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:07.099 Enoch was and then was not. Enoch figured out 00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:11.720 something. Enoch refused to participate in Adam's 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:14.900 delusion. He was going to walk with God. And 00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:20.299 that's before the cross, my friend. So God remains 00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:24.720 present consistently. Even today, when we screw 00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:29.140 it up, He is still present. He's still holding 00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:32.339 up His end of the bargain. He still has the same 00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:35.720 thoughts about you. His thoughts never change 00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:39.880 about you. Humanity is the one that became blind. 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:43.700 And as Colossians says, we became alienated. 00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:53.200 in our own minds. Think about the cross. When 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:58.740 Jesus declares and cries out on the cross that 00:25:58.740 --> 00:26:04.279 it is finished. He is not saying that it's now 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:07.220 available. He is not saying that it's accessible 00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:10.059 if you qualify and meet these standards He is 00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:12.140 not standing outside of a roller coaster saying 00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:14.420 if you meet this height requirement Then you 00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:17.460 can be on board heat and he's not saying that 00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:20.339 it will be applied when you believe no he is 00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:27.819 declaring completion Complete and utter completion 00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:33.859 it is finished, not it is possible. He said it 00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:37.799 is finished. The Greek word speaks of this. It 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:41.740 speaks of fulfillment. It speaks of completion. 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:47.119 It speaks of bringing to its intended end. Jesus 00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:50.359 did not open a door and wait to see who walks 00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:54.480 through. He ended something. And what did he 00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:57.960 end, my friend? He ended the complete separation. 00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:05.400 He ended the separation that you were experiencing. 00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:12.059 He ended the power of death. He ended the power 00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:17.519 of sin. He crucified the Adam on the cross. This 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:20.140 is why scripture tells you that you have been 00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:26.480 co -crucified with Christ. You were co -crucified, 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:31.690 co -buried. co -resurrected, you co -ascended 00:27:31.690 --> 00:27:35.089 and now you are co -glorified and co -seated 00:27:35.089 --> 00:27:39.369 with Christ in heavenly places. You my friend 00:27:39.369 --> 00:27:42.450 right now are seated at the right hand of the 00:27:42.450 --> 00:27:47.049 Father in Christ. It is now sitting at the right 00:27:47.049 --> 00:27:53.170 hand of the Father is the Son of Man. Do we grab 00:27:53.170 --> 00:27:56.509 hold of what this means? How can we even fathom 00:27:56.509 --> 00:27:59.829 what he is saying in this moment? That it's finished. 00:28:00.630 --> 00:28:04.109 This is the part I actually believe. You know 00:28:04.109 --> 00:28:06.369 what, let me back up and say this. This is the 00:28:06.369 --> 00:28:08.529 part that I'm actually beginning to believe. 00:28:09.089 --> 00:28:10.990 Because I don't know that I actually have it 00:28:10.990 --> 00:28:14.170 believed fully yet. Because there's a lot of 00:28:14.170 --> 00:28:16.930 stuff that I am still having to unlearn and allow 00:28:16.930 --> 00:28:20.769 Holy Spirit to Give me more of them I want said 00:28:20.769 --> 00:28:24.170 this way give me more of the mind of Christ and 00:28:24.170 --> 00:28:27.630 allow me to see things through the perspective 00:28:27.630 --> 00:28:33.349 of Papa So this is the part I'm coming more more 00:28:33.349 --> 00:28:36.069 to believe that he actually meant what he said 00:28:36.069 --> 00:28:41.329 when he said it is finished quit resurrecting 00:28:41.309 --> 00:28:43.950 Listen, I know we want to talk about crucifying 00:28:43.950 --> 00:28:47.309 ourselves daily, dying daily. Listen, you were 00:28:47.309 --> 00:28:51.349 co -crucified on the cross with Christ. Stop 00:28:51.349 --> 00:28:54.410 resurrecting a dead man. When Paul was talking 00:28:54.410 --> 00:28:57.730 about dying daily, he was not trying to tell 00:28:57.730 --> 00:29:01.349 you and I to crucify our flesh every single day. 00:29:01.670 --> 00:29:05.109 No, he was telling people in that moment, hey 00:29:05.109 --> 00:29:11.740 listen, I face death every single day. Paul was 00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:14.880 literally saying that he faces the possibility 00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:17.920 of death every day, not trying to tell you and 00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:20.880 I to keep crucifying a nature that was already 00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:24.799 crucified with Christ. That's a mouthful, I know. 00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:29.339 But think about this. Think about this revelation, 00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:34.859 that it is finished. So why does this matter 00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:39.990 for identity? If humanity... Was in Christ before 00:29:39.990 --> 00:29:44.490 the fall then salvation was never about reattachment 00:29:44.490 --> 00:29:51.509 It's about revelation You were not restored into 00:29:51.509 --> 00:29:57.009 Christ you were revealed in Christ Sin did not 00:29:57.009 --> 00:30:01.410 remove Christ from humanity. It obscured humanity's 00:30:01.410 --> 00:30:04.529 awareness of Christ and my friend this revelation 00:30:04.529 --> 00:30:09.079 changes everything what see this is why and i'll 00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:11.059 do some teaching on some of these different words 00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:14.339 later on but this is why we have to understand 00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:19.759 that sin is a distorted identity i wrote a devotional 00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:22.359 before about the topic of sin and if you'd have 00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:26.099 asked me probably let's see if you were probably 00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:28.700 asked me five or six years ago what sin was i 00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:32.720 would have probably named off sin things such 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:36.630 as you know lying sex before marriage, murder, 00:30:36.950 --> 00:30:39.750 all those kind of things. I would have listed 00:30:39.750 --> 00:30:42.869 these things. Until Holy Spirit revealed to me, 00:30:43.009 --> 00:30:46.970 no son, that's not sin. That's the fruit of sin. 00:30:48.450 --> 00:30:52.470 Sin is the word ha martia, and it literally means 00:30:52.470 --> 00:30:56.170 if you study it out without form, without the 00:30:56.170 --> 00:30:58.809 intended blueprint, without the original design. 00:31:00.069 --> 00:31:03.569 It's an identity. It's a distorted identity. 00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:07.180 That's why if you keep telling people that they're 00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:10.859 sinners, they're going, listen, I may have said 00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:12.680 this last week, and I will say this probably 00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:17.420 many more times, behavior follows identity. So 00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:20.680 if you continually call people sinners, behavior 00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:24.119 will follow that identity. It's a distorted identity. 00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:26.900 It's not the truth of who you are, which means 00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:29.640 if they believe that they're a sinner, the fruit 00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:32.160 that will follow is the things that we deem as 00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:35.039 sin. But the sin is the distorted identity that 00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:38.539 we have to correct by partnering with Holy Spirit 00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:42.440 and revealing them as a son or daughter of Yahweh. 00:31:44.750 --> 00:31:49.289 I really hope this makes sense. I really hope 00:31:49.289 --> 00:31:55.730 this makes sense. This changes everything. You 00:31:55.730 --> 00:31:59.849 are revealed in Christ. What is the Holy Spirit 00:31:59.849 --> 00:32:03.650 here to do is to unveil who you are. How do you 00:32:03.650 --> 00:32:06.269 discover who you are? You stare into the eyes 00:32:06.269 --> 00:32:10.309 of Jesus. You will not find who you are created 00:32:10.309 --> 00:32:15.480 to be looking anywhere else but into the eyes 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:20.000 of Yeshua. You stare into those eyes and understand 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:25.359 that that is your mirror image and you are His. 00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:30.019 You stare into those eyes. You become fascinated 00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:32.200 with Him and the more you become fascinated with 00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:36.099 Him, the more you begin to understand who you 00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:39.980 are. That you, my friend, listening to this right 00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:42.839 now, you are holy. You are righteous. You are 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:45.180 forgiven. You are redeemed. You are perfect. 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:48.180 You are whole. You are complete. You are restored. 00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:53.599 You are loved beyond measure. In fact, the Gospel 00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:57.059 of John says you are loved with the same nature 00:32:57.059 --> 00:33:00.740 and measure that the Father has for the Son, 00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:05.710 Jesus. That's how much you're loved. Yeah, but 00:33:05.710 --> 00:33:10.730 you don't have no more buts You are loved in 00:33:10.730 --> 00:33:16.170 the same way that the father loves the son And 00:33:16.170 --> 00:33:21.690 I don't believe that yet I Don't know that I've 00:33:21.690 --> 00:33:25.250 I Don't know that I've met anybody who believes 00:33:25.250 --> 00:33:29.369 that yet I Can understand why he loves Jesus 00:33:29.369 --> 00:33:32.750 but to say that he loves me with the same passionate 00:33:32.750 --> 00:33:38.140 love that he has for his son You want to know 00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:52.279 who you are? You're revealed in Christ. Christ 00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:57.559 changed everything. The cross changed and completed 00:33:57.559 --> 00:34:08.559 it all. Here's the danger. Here's the danger 00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:11.639 of making Adam greater than Christ if Adam's 00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:15.400 failure affected all people and I think again 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:20.099 think about what this is saying stop check checking 00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:26.360 your brain at the door if Adam's failure affected 00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:32.039 all people but Christ's obedience only affects 00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:37.780 some Then Adam had more influence than Jesus. 00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:45.179 We put more emphasis on Adam who ate a piece 00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:53.639 of fruit than what we put on the Christ who went 00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:58.860 through all he went through for and as you and 00:34:58.860 --> 00:35:08.099 I. This is simply Not the gospel Paul repeatedly 00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:15.699 says how much more Grace does not struggle to 00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:28.659 keep up with sin grace overwhelms it We'll talk 00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:32.860 more next week about You know one man affected 00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:37.300 all how much more Christ We'll discuss that very 00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:43.260 idea, how much more. You see, the gospel is not 00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:46.000 you were separated and now you might be reunited. 00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:50.519 No, the gospel is you were always included and 00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:56.199 now you're being awakened. I feel a burning in 00:35:56.199 --> 00:36:04.219 my spirit when I talk like this. When I'm revealing 00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:06.579 this that it's like electricity runs through 00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:12.380 me I can't explain it But like life surges through 00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:19.800 me This is not the stuff that I was taught you 00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:24.900 were always included Listen my friend wherever 00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:30.559 you're at Papa never Never changes his mind about 00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:37.610 you He never has a negative thought toward you 00:36:37.610 --> 00:36:44.150 He always sees you as son or daughter He always 00:36:44.150 --> 00:36:47.769 sees you with the eyes of love with the eyes 00:36:47.769 --> 00:36:53.789 that burn like fire And my friend he's coming 00:36:53.789 --> 00:36:57.969 to you to burn out everything in you that does 00:36:57.969 --> 00:37:08.099 not resemble him The cross does not create union 00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:13.219 It reveals union and the resurrection declares 00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:18.940 what was true before Adam Is now unmistakably 00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:32.579 true in Christ All because of Christ All because 00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:38.039 of Christ You are who you are because of Christ 00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:48.960 I Want to declare this declare with me You are 00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:55.820 not an afterthought You may be an afterthought 00:37:55.820 --> 00:38:00.699 for some people But in the heart of Papa you 00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:06.159 were not an afterthought You are chosen in Christ 00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:12.400 The fall does not get to define you anymore Adam 00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:16.619 is not your starting point. You do not have a 00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:21.079 sin nature You have a divine nature inside of 00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:26.119 you Christ is the one who is able and gets full 00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:29.840 privilege to define Who you are from this day 00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:34.590 forward? You are awakening to what has always 00:38:34.590 --> 00:38:39.150 been true. Holy Spirit is unveiling the Christ 00:38:39.150 --> 00:38:42.929 within you so that you can unveil the Christ 00:38:42.929 --> 00:38:47.369 in someone else. I hope this is helping you. 00:38:48.710 --> 00:38:52.510 I hope this is helping. I really do. And that 00:38:52.510 --> 00:38:55.829 you maybe will begin to even more so understand 00:38:55.829 --> 00:39:02.320 that Christ is in every single person you meet. 00:39:04.179 --> 00:39:08.260 Many just don't know it yet, but they will if 00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:11.079 we as sons and daughters would light it up and 00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:15.340 call it out. Be blessed, my friends. Until next 00:39:15.340 --> 00:39:15.599 time.