WEBVTT 00:00:02.220 --> 00:00:07.740 Before time had a name there was a garden a place 00:00:07.740 --> 00:00:13.339 where heaven and earth Walked as one This is 00:00:13.339 --> 00:00:17.780 the echoes of Eden Where we rediscover ancient 00:00:17.780 --> 00:00:27.960 roots and awaken to our eternal purpose All right 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:32.729 guys we are back week eight the final week In 00:00:32.729 --> 00:00:36.630 this series called the revelation of Christ in 00:00:36.630 --> 00:00:41.590 all. Yes. I promise you week a is the last in 00:00:41.590 --> 00:00:45.109 this series So next week we will jump into something 00:00:45.109 --> 00:00:49.289 different But this week want to talk about I 00:00:49.289 --> 00:00:54.770 ended week seven with the title born of God kept 00:00:54.770 --> 00:01:01.880 by truth So over the last seven weeks We have 00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:04.680 walked carefully, we have walked slowly, and 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:09.299 we have walked honestly through scripture. I 00:01:09.299 --> 00:01:12.780 feel like we have really taken our time and dug 00:01:12.780 --> 00:01:15.959 into a lot of different places and really mined 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:19.159 out some gold, mined out some truth, mined out 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:23.620 some revelation throughout this teaching. We 00:01:23.620 --> 00:01:27.420 have seen things Christ before Adam, Christ is 00:01:27.420 --> 00:01:30.859 greater than Adam. Christ is holding all things 00:01:30.859 --> 00:01:35.019 together. We have seen holiness as inheritance. 00:01:35.819 --> 00:01:39.420 We have seen darkness as blindness and the truth 00:01:39.420 --> 00:01:42.879 we talked about last week as there is no separation 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:47.459 in Christ. So now we come to the final question, 00:01:48.219 --> 00:01:51.280 the one people often hold on to as the last anchor 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:55.900 of separation. And if Christ is in all, what 00:01:55.900 --> 00:02:01.349 does it mean to be born of God? And this is not 00:02:01.349 --> 00:02:05.489 about dismantling scripture. This is about finally 00:02:05.489 --> 00:02:08.810 allowing Holy Spirit to help us to understand 00:02:08.810 --> 00:02:13.030 scripture. So we're gonna kick this week off, 00:02:13.210 --> 00:02:16.530 this final week, kick this week off in 1 John 00:02:16.530 --> 00:02:21.250 chapter 5 verse 18. And it says this, we are 00:02:21.250 --> 00:02:24.349 convinced together the passion that everyone 00:02:24.349 --> 00:02:28.229 fathered by God, Does not make sinning a way 00:02:28.229 --> 00:02:32.449 of life Because the Son of God protects the child 00:02:32.449 --> 00:02:37.650 of God and the evil one cannot touch him Reading 00:02:37.650 --> 00:02:44.830 this verse is Let me say it this way this verse 00:02:44.830 --> 00:02:51.310 is often read as insiders versus outsiders believer 00:02:51.310 --> 00:02:57.800 versus non -believer son of God versus sinner, 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:02.439 saint versus sinner, protected versus abandoned, 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:07.719 reconciled versus unreconciled. But John is doing 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:11.699 something much more profound here. So we're going 00:03:11.699 --> 00:03:13.620 to pump the brakes and we're going to slow this 00:03:13.620 --> 00:03:16.780 down a little bit and actually look at some of 00:03:16.780 --> 00:03:23.629 this. So again, I don't have a Greek. know how 00:03:23.629 --> 00:03:26.409 to speak Greek, but I'm going to do this as best 00:03:26.409 --> 00:03:30.030 as possible. I wish I could find a way, and I'm 00:03:30.030 --> 00:03:32.250 not that skilled yet. This is still new for me. 00:03:32.830 --> 00:03:35.150 I wish I could find a way to put little things 00:03:35.150 --> 00:03:37.050 on the bottom of the screen. Maybe I can do that 00:03:37.050 --> 00:03:39.849 for this video, and I'm speaking prematurely. 00:03:41.770 --> 00:03:47.789 But the word whosoever is posho. P -A -S -H -O. 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:52.580 It does not mean a select group or a limited 00:03:52.580 --> 00:03:57.599 few are those who qualify correctly. It actually 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:04.780 means everyone without restriction. So John does 00:04:04.780 --> 00:04:07.580 not narrow the scope here when he says this. 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:11.840 He intentionally leaves it wide open and that 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:14.520 matters when you're trying to understand and 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:18.769 read scripture. Again, whosoever. Not talking 00:04:18.769 --> 00:04:22.949 about a select people Limited for you just us 00:04:22.949 --> 00:04:26.370 four and no more. No, he's this this word would 00:04:26.370 --> 00:04:30.790 actually mean everyone without restriction Then 00:04:30.790 --> 00:04:32.930 we have we have and let me go back and I want 00:04:32.930 --> 00:04:36.449 to read this on the King James 2 It says we know 00:04:36.449 --> 00:04:39.389 that whosoever is born of God sinneth not But 00:04:39.389 --> 00:04:42.050 he that is begotten of God keepeth himself and 00:04:42.050 --> 00:04:45.250 that wicked one toucheth him not So again, we 00:04:45.250 --> 00:04:48.170 have the whosoever figured out Let's look at 00:04:48.170 --> 00:04:52.170 the word born, which is the word gnaio And it 00:04:52.170 --> 00:04:56.290 does not primarily refer to a moment of decision 00:04:56.290 --> 00:05:01.910 It's key It's not talking about you making a 00:05:01.910 --> 00:05:04.350 decision and now you're all of a sudden born 00:05:04.350 --> 00:05:07.410 It's not talking about you repeating a prayer 00:05:07.410 --> 00:05:10.069 It's not coming talking about you going to an 00:05:10.069 --> 00:05:13.430 altar and I'm not coming against any of this 00:05:13.430 --> 00:05:16.550 I'm just trying to help you and I to understand 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:20.620 the truth of what the scripture is saying. What 00:05:20.620 --> 00:05:25.319 is John saying when he's writing this? So this 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:29.779 word geneo, it refers to origin, it refers to 00:05:29.779 --> 00:05:36.560 source, it refers to coming forth from. So it 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:39.680 answers the question, where did this come from? 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:46.730 So if you look at this verse, John is not talking 00:05:46.730 --> 00:05:51.850 about a religious event. He is speaking to our 00:05:51.850 --> 00:05:55.269 origin. Go back to what we talked about last 00:05:55.269 --> 00:05:58.569 week when he's talking about, when Paul is talking 00:05:58.569 --> 00:06:01.810 to the pagan worshipers. And he's speaking to 00:06:01.810 --> 00:06:05.430 them about this God that you don't know, that 00:06:05.430 --> 00:06:08.389 you're actually worshiping. This is who we live 00:06:08.389 --> 00:06:12.329 and move and have our being in. That we are actually 00:06:12.329 --> 00:06:16.740 his offspring. So John here is talking the same 00:06:16.740 --> 00:06:20.740 as Paul in a sense when he he's talking about 00:06:20.740 --> 00:06:25.399 origin He's talking about your identity and not 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:28.120 just your identity But the identity of everyone 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:30.060 that you come in contact with and why is this 00:06:30.060 --> 00:06:34.399 important? Because it helps us see ourselves 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:38.339 correctly and if we actually understand that 00:06:38.339 --> 00:06:42.300 Everyone is already included in this we can begin 00:06:42.300 --> 00:06:45.100 to be, and I believe this is Paul said it, that 00:06:45.100 --> 00:06:47.660 I know no man after the flesh but after the Spirit. 00:06:49.100 --> 00:06:52.079 And what does that mean? It means that I already 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:56.680 recognize everybody's included in this. You have 00:06:56.680 --> 00:07:01.199 the Spirit of Christ within you. And if I can 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:05.899 see that as a son to another son, or son to daughter, 00:07:05.899 --> 00:07:10.389 whatever, if I can see that, recognize that I 00:07:10.389 --> 00:07:13.370 can begin to inquire of the Holy Spirit to say 00:07:13.370 --> 00:07:16.350 Holy Spirit show me what you see and I can speak 00:07:16.350 --> 00:07:21.149 to the Christ within that individual and then 00:07:21.149 --> 00:07:25.389 again this is not something to be a quick fix 00:07:25.389 --> 00:07:27.709 that I can call out the Christ within then they'll 00:07:27.709 --> 00:07:29.870 just start living right now this is a process 00:07:30.939 --> 00:07:33.480 Maybe you encounter this individual for the first 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:36.160 time and you plant that little seed because you 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:38.360 see the Christ within them You speak to that 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:41.019 within them and maybe six months down the road 00:07:41.019 --> 00:07:44.319 someone else comes along to speaks to it It's 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:47.160 not about getting people to convert right then 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:49.699 and there to make a decision. It's about planting 00:07:49.699 --> 00:07:55.220 seed Remember the kingdom is as a seed You're 00:07:55.220 --> 00:07:59.560 planting seeds in people and if we could understand 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:03.819 the truth of our identity, that you and I did 00:08:03.819 --> 00:08:06.060 nothing, that we did not get to say the right 00:08:06.060 --> 00:08:09.180 prayer to gain this, that this is all because 00:08:09.180 --> 00:08:12.240 of Christ, from Christ, through Christ, in Christ. 00:08:12.459 --> 00:08:16.980 It's all about Christ. Then I begin to see the 00:08:16.980 --> 00:08:21.639 world around me just as clear. We begin to understand 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:23.720 when, you know, when they're asking Jesus about 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:29.649 who is my enemy. Who's my neighbor? That's what 00:08:29.649 --> 00:08:33.090 it was. Who is my neighbor? Help me to define 00:08:33.090 --> 00:08:36.929 my neighbor And Jesus starts talking about things 00:08:36.929 --> 00:08:42.070 about loving your enemies Think about these kind 00:08:42.070 --> 00:08:44.929 of conversations these kind of things. It's very 00:08:44.929 --> 00:08:47.850 important for us to understand It's really hard 00:08:47.850 --> 00:08:50.009 to have an enemy when you're busy praying for 00:08:50.009 --> 00:09:00.570 them You don't When you don't like the politicians, 00:09:00.789 --> 00:09:02.409 you don't like the president, your governor, 00:09:02.509 --> 00:09:05.250 whatever, it's really hard to hate them when 00:09:05.250 --> 00:09:09.370 you're praying for them. You don't like the Muslim 00:09:09.370 --> 00:09:12.429 who lives in your neighborhood? It's really hard 00:09:12.429 --> 00:09:16.649 to hate them when you're praying for them. You 00:09:16.649 --> 00:09:19.450 don't like that member of the LGBTQ community? 00:09:19.769 --> 00:09:22.470 It's really hard to hate them when you're busy 00:09:22.470 --> 00:09:24.970 praying for them and when you're busy asking 00:09:24.970 --> 00:09:28.009 the Holy Spirit, help me see this person through 00:09:28.009 --> 00:09:33.490 your eyes. Adjust, I still have it here, adjust 00:09:33.490 --> 00:09:39.610 my lens. Help me to see people the way you see 00:09:39.610 --> 00:09:45.169 people. Understanding, where did they come from? 00:09:47.659 --> 00:09:50.740 Because here's the truth John's talking about 00:09:50.740 --> 00:09:54.440 origin and here's the truth humanity's origin 00:09:54.440 --> 00:10:02.019 is God This echoes Acts chapter 17 that we read 00:10:02.019 --> 00:10:09.700 last week note that we are his offspring It echoes 00:10:09.700 --> 00:10:13.440 Genesis the breath of Yahweh it echoes Colossians 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:18.460 that Christ holds all things together John is 00:10:18.460 --> 00:10:21.840 not introducing a new idea here, a new thought. 00:10:21.860 --> 00:10:27.919 He is affirming a consistent thought. So what 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:32.840 is John actually saying? John is not saying that 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:35.840 only believers are born of God. He is saying 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:40.240 those that live, those who live from their true 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:46.620 origin do not live enslaved to deception. I'll 00:10:46.620 --> 00:10:50.230 say that again. John is saying those who live 00:10:50.230 --> 00:10:54.909 from their true origin do not live enslaved to 00:10:54.909 --> 00:10:59.190 deception. Again, it has to do with ignorance 00:10:59.190 --> 00:11:04.970 and blindness, darkness. Darkness is ignorance 00:11:04.970 --> 00:11:09.149 concerning divine things. Darkness is blindness. 00:11:11.210 --> 00:11:16.129 It's not a spiritual threat. Let's get past that. 00:11:16.330 --> 00:11:20.149 Darkness is not a spiritual threat. Light overpowers 00:11:20.149 --> 00:11:24.470 darkness 100 % of the time. If you don't believe 00:11:24.470 --> 00:11:27.210 me, walk into your house, put the lights off, 00:11:27.490 --> 00:11:30.850 and go flip a switch, and you tell me how much 00:11:30.850 --> 00:11:33.730 argument and struggle there was when you flipped 00:11:33.730 --> 00:11:43.200 that switch on. Same concept. But those who live 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:47.299 from their true origin do not live enslaved to 00:11:47.299 --> 00:11:51.279 deception. A majority of the people around you 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:56.179 and I, including in the world of church, are 00:11:56.179 --> 00:12:01.320 enslaved to deception and do not know who they 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:05.279 are. It's all about identity. There is still 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:09.080 a root of separation in most modern churches 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:12.679 that we have in the West. There's still this 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:16.620 this philosophy of it's us versus them That's 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:20.320 it's in and out Whereas I believe it's as simple 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:26.519 as awake and asleep Sin here is not framed as 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:31.720 a moral failure understand what sin is Sin is 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:35.279 framed as missing the mark of identity the word 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:40.740 ha martia without form, without your original 00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:44.159 design, without the original blueprint. That 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:48.759 is what sin is. Sin is a distorted identity, 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:53.639 plain and simple. Sin is not moral failure. Sin 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:57.919 is not the actions that you commit. Sin, the 00:12:57.919 --> 00:12:59.940 actions that you see that you would classify 00:12:59.940 --> 00:13:03.960 as sin is simply the fruit of a distorted identity, 00:13:03.980 --> 00:13:09.960 which is sin. That's the sin the sin is the distorted 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:12.940 identity which will produce the what we would 00:13:12.940 --> 00:13:16.879 classify as sin It produces that fruit in our 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:19.919 life When we don't understand who we are when 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:22.539 we don't know that we're included when we don't 00:13:22.539 --> 00:13:26.000 understand that there is zero separation in Christ 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:30.080 When we don't understand who we are in him through 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:35.220 him by him for him When we don't understand these 00:13:35.220 --> 00:13:38.700 things, we will manifest the fruit of sin in 00:13:38.700 --> 00:13:43.879 our life in multiple different fashions. So sin 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:48.259 is not moral failure. It's missing the mark of 00:13:48.259 --> 00:13:53.019 identity. It's distorted identity. When you know 00:13:53.019 --> 00:14:01.360 who you are, lies lose their grip. When you understand, 00:14:01.379 --> 00:14:03.759 here's a perfect thing. That's why I don't believe 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:06.740 in generational curses anymore. When you actually 00:14:06.740 --> 00:14:10.779 understand, in John chapter three, now I think 00:14:10.779 --> 00:14:12.799 we talked about this, I don't remember to be 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:14.580 completely honest. I have to go back through 00:14:14.580 --> 00:14:17.179 all my notes and listen to this myself. But in 00:14:17.179 --> 00:14:19.340 John chapter three, when Jesus is conversing 00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:21.399 with Nicodemus and he tells him you must be born 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:26.279 again, that word again is not a rebirth, it means 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:30.220 to be born from above. When you and I understand, 00:14:30.379 --> 00:14:33.159 that we are born from above, that we are born 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:35.659 out of the relationship of Father, Son, and Spirit, 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:40.100 when we came from that circumstance, when you 00:14:40.100 --> 00:14:43.919 understand where you came from, you begin to 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:45.860 understand that you may have come through your 00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:48.679 parents, you may have come through that natural 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:53.179 lineage, but you came from God. The moment you 00:14:53.179 --> 00:14:55.860 understand that, generational curses loses its 00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:58.539 capabilities in your life. It loses its power, 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:01.639 because then I'm no longer attached to my natural 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:04.980 bloodline. No, I came from God, so I have as 00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:07.940 much chance of struggling with this generational 00:15:07.940 --> 00:15:12.100 curse as did God, because that's who I came from. 00:15:13.060 --> 00:15:16.100 actually my origin, that is actually my starting 00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:19.000 point. I may have come through this natural lineage, 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:22.639 but I am not bound to the same logic that's happening 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:26.299 here. I'm not bound to the same sicknesses, I'm 00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:28.679 not bound to the same addictions, I'm not bound 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:31.679 to the same whatever, you name it, I'm not bound 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:36.519 to this any longer, because I came from God. 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:41.500 I know who I am, and when I know who I am in 00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:48.129 Christ, Every line begins to lose its grip Again 00:15:48.129 --> 00:15:51.950 I talk about my own story being addicted to pornography 00:15:51.950 --> 00:15:56.250 for many years And now you know to be honest 00:15:56.250 --> 00:16:00.250 and at first it was fun But then it becomes a 00:16:00.250 --> 00:16:03.210 bondage and you won't now and can't won't out 00:16:03.210 --> 00:16:08.750 enough. I Ran to the altar. I did the whole rededicate 00:16:08.750 --> 00:16:12.330 my life. I did everything that I knew to do It 00:16:12.330 --> 00:16:16.610 did not work But the moment that I just began 00:16:16.610 --> 00:16:20.210 to show up for the walk with Holy Spirit and 00:16:20.210 --> 00:16:24.610 Say here it is Eventually the more that I walked 00:16:24.610 --> 00:16:27.490 with Holy Spirit eventually this stuff just began 00:16:27.490 --> 00:16:31.649 to fall away why because I was understanding 00:16:31.649 --> 00:16:35.389 who I was as a son of God and When you understand 00:16:35.389 --> 00:16:37.850 who you are as a son and daughter of God the 00:16:37.850 --> 00:16:44.169 lies begin to lose their power If in Colossians 00:16:44.169 --> 00:16:47.389 2, Jesus stripped the power of the enemy from 00:16:47.389 --> 00:16:51.750 him, how does he still have power unless it's 00:16:51.750 --> 00:16:55.789 you and I giving it to him in our own individual 00:16:55.789 --> 00:17:00.789 life? Stop paying attention to him running his 00:17:00.789 --> 00:17:04.390 mouth and whispering to you about who you are 00:17:04.390 --> 00:17:13.490 not. Then we have verse 19. that we are God's 00:17:13.490 --> 00:17:16.329 children and that the whole world lies under 00:17:16.329 --> 00:17:20.470 the measuring influence of the evil one. King 00:17:20.470 --> 00:17:23.690 James says this way, we know that we are of God 00:17:23.690 --> 00:17:29.210 and the whole world lies in wickedness. Notice 00:17:29.210 --> 00:17:31.990 what John does not say. John does not say that 00:17:31.990 --> 00:17:35.670 the world is abandoned by God. John does not 00:17:35.670 --> 00:17:39.289 say that the world is separated from God. John 00:17:39.289 --> 00:17:41.990 does not say that the world is outside of Christ. 00:17:42.009 --> 00:17:48.710 He said the world is under deception The entire 00:17:48.710 --> 00:17:54.250 world is under the influence of the evil one 00:17:54.250 --> 00:18:03.430 Listen influence is not ownership Blindness is 00:18:03.430 --> 00:18:10.359 not absence If you and your kids gather in the 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:13.160 same room and shut all the lights off to where 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:17.359 you can't see each other Just because you can't 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:20.920 see The other people in the room does not mean 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:24.839 that they are absent from the room It just means 00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:31.140 you can't see them So again John is trying to 00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:35.160 explain the world is under deception Influence 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:38.789 does not equal ownership blindness does not equal 00:18:38.789 --> 00:18:44.650 absence throughout scripture darkness equals 00:18:44.650 --> 00:18:50.890 blindness evil equals deception sin means a distorted 00:18:50.890 --> 00:18:54.309 identity some would say missing the mark i think 00:18:54.309 --> 00:18:57.849 that's a side effect of not of a distorted identity 00:18:57.849 --> 00:19:02.069 i think that's a consequence i think you missing 00:19:02.069 --> 00:19:04.990 the mark is because you have a distorted identity 00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:07.759 So while some say that sin is missing the mark 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:10.440 I say sin is distorted identity which causes 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:13.000 you of course to miss the mark But I don't think 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:16.119 it's the I don't think it goes deep enough in 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:24.119 the definition But throughout scripture Never 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:28.640 does God withdraw presents never does Christ 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:36.660 leave humanity John chapter 1 talks about it. 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:41.039 The word became flesh and dwelt among us. If 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:43.720 you look at the Greek word of the word that's 00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:48.279 translated as among is the word en and it can 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:53.460 also mean within and in. So you could say it 00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:56.579 this way, the word became flesh and dwelt within 00:19:56.579 --> 00:20:02.099 you. I think among is a fine translation. I just 00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:04.440 don't think it goes deep enough Yes, the word 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:07.200 became flesh and dwelt among us But he also came 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:10.980 to dwell within you and I we you and I are now 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:15.019 the temple of the Lord The Holy Spirit has come 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:19.200 to dwell with it within you and I My friend. 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:26.160 It's a big deal John maintains the same thread 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:30.289 that we followed all series long The problem 00:20:30.289 --> 00:20:36.809 is not being The problem is seeing if you do 00:20:36.809 --> 00:20:41.549 not see correctly You will live beneath who you 00:20:41.549 --> 00:20:47.809 have been called and created to be And now we 00:20:47.809 --> 00:20:56.430 have the final seal Acts chapter 10 Acts chapter 00:20:56.430 --> 00:21:00.160 10 Let me see if I can get there real quick. 00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:05.299 I don't know that I'm gonna read it, but I like 00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:07.259 to have it there as a reference in case I want 00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:13.759 to read it all. Acts chapter 10, Peter has a 00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:17.839 vision. You can see this in Acts chapter 10 starting 00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:24.319 around verse 9. Peter has a vision. It's not 00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:29.849 about food. It's not about rules. It's about 00:21:29.849 --> 00:21:34.750 people. God tells people, and this is fascinating. 00:21:36.250 --> 00:21:38.869 This is really important if you and I grasp it. 00:21:39.650 --> 00:21:45.250 God tells Peter, do not call unclean what I have 00:21:45.250 --> 00:21:51.329 cleansed. Stop right there. Don't check your 00:21:51.329 --> 00:21:55.940 brain at the door. Stop right here. And I want 00:21:55.940 --> 00:22:01.680 you to ask yourself, what person that you come 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:10.779 in contact with has God not cleansed? What person, 00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:16.759 if we can answer this, what person did Christ 00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:26.529 fail? What individual did he not reach? Do not 00:22:26.529 --> 00:22:36.269 call unclean what I have cleansed Trying to find 00:22:36.269 --> 00:22:47.990 that in Acts 10 15 out of the passion translates 00:22:47.990 --> 00:22:50.069 it this way the voice book again. Nothing is 00:22:50.069 --> 00:22:57.479 unclean if God declares it to be clean purified 00:22:57.479 --> 00:23:00.740 the meaning this is dr. Simmons notes for this 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:04.220 verse the meaning of the spiritual vision is 00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:07.940 this God has declared every human being to be 00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:12.279 of special worth and dignity understand every 00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:21.940 every human being every human being every every 00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:30.900 human being the Muslim, the Democrat, the Republican, 00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:44.039 the LGBTQ, the atheist, every human being, God 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:47.980 has declared to be of special worth and dignity. 00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:59.460 The entire world needs the gospel. This encounter 00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:01.960 helped Peter understand that God was about to 00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:04.660 send him off with the men who were at the door 00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:08.279 of the house Even though their religion had labeled 00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:17.099 had been labeled unclean Religion allows us to 00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:19.799 label many different categories and groups of 00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:23.319 people as unclean but the truth of the gospel 00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:30.500 is God has declared every human being to be of 00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:38.359 special worth and dignity. This is not future 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:45.660 tense. This is already done. Then Peter meets 00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:49.160 Cornelius, a Gentile. He's an outsider. He's 00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:53.440 a non -believer. And Peter's revelation is not, 00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:58.170 God has now decided to accept you. It is God 00:24:58.170 --> 00:25:05.829 shows no partiality. Peter realizes in this moment 00:25:05.829 --> 00:25:09.750 that God was already present. God was already 00:25:09.750 --> 00:25:14.630 at work. God was already involved. Peter did 00:25:14.630 --> 00:25:18.369 not bring Christ to Cornelius. He recognized 00:25:18.369 --> 00:25:27.670 Christ in Cornelius. Man if we would get this 00:25:27.670 --> 00:25:41.390 If we could ever grab hold If we could ever grab 00:25:41.390 --> 00:25:46.130 hold of the revelation that every single Human 00:25:46.130 --> 00:25:49.730 being that we come in contact with is not meant 00:25:49.730 --> 00:25:52.849 for us to degrade and spit upon like they're 00:25:52.849 --> 00:25:59.099 worth worth less than us. And if we could actually 00:25:59.099 --> 00:26:02.039 see that it's not about me trying to bring Christ 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:05.319 to you because somehow you are without, then 00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:11.019 no, it is recognizing the Christ inside of them. 00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:26.380 This has so much more to do With how we see other 00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:32.759 people that we would classify as out there on 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:40.819 the outside What does it mean to be born of God 00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:48.799 It means to be living from your true source it 00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:55.299 means to awaken to your origin It means to no 00:26:55.299 --> 00:27:03.839 longer being ruled by lies and deception. Being 00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:07.960 born of God is not about exclusion. No, this 00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:14.279 is about alignment. It's the difference between 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:21.970 existing and living awake. Let's think about 00:27:21.970 --> 00:27:25.349 this why this does not mean everyone lives, right? 00:27:25.809 --> 00:27:31.509 Truth does not override consciousness People 00:27:31.509 --> 00:27:35.970 can still live blind to truth even in the church 00:27:35.970 --> 00:27:42.750 world People can resist awakening People can 00:27:42.750 --> 00:27:48.869 continuously believe lies But lies do not change 00:27:48.869 --> 00:27:57.079 reality They distort experience. If one of my 00:27:57.079 --> 00:28:01.660 children were to wake up tomorrow and believe 00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:07.880 the lie, they are not my child. They can certainly 00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:12.279 believe that lie, but that lie does not change 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:16.279 the truth and the reality of who they are. But 00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:19.559 what it will do is it will distort their experience. 00:28:20.910 --> 00:28:25.730 and they will miss out on things by being my 00:28:25.730 --> 00:28:36.690 child. The gospel does not force awakening. The 00:28:36.690 --> 00:28:42.490 gospel invites awakening. The gospel has not 00:28:42.490 --> 00:28:48.309 got as far, but you can get close. The gospel 00:28:48.309 --> 00:28:51.779 has got as near. So just wake up to the truth 00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:57.259 of it. The gospel is not you are separated, but 00:28:57.259 --> 00:29:00.519 you can be reunited. That sounds really good. 00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:03.839 That sounds like good news. But better news is 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:06.740 the gospel that says you are always included. 00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:15.680 See it. Our role moving forward. We don't carry 00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:21.450 fear. We carry light. We don't preach distance. 00:29:22.529 --> 00:29:26.650 We reveal nearness. We don't divide humanity. 00:29:27.250 --> 00:29:32.569 We call humanity to awake. Sons and daughters 00:29:32.569 --> 00:29:36.990 do not manage separation. No sons and daughters 00:29:36.990 --> 00:29:45.730 live from union. Just think about this as we 00:29:45.730 --> 00:29:54.420 close out this series. You are born of God. God 00:29:54.420 --> 00:30:03.700 is your source. Christ is your life. You do not 00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:07.599 live from separation. You live from the place 00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:13.359 of union. You are awakening to what has always 00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:22.319 been true. Christ is not trying to get into people. 00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:28.859 Christ is revealing himself through people. My 00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:33.839 friend darkness is not winning. Truth is awakening. 00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:40.319 And the revelation of Christ in all is not dangerous. 00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:46.240 The revelation of Christ in all is actually liberating. 00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:58.279 Think about it. It's actually more freeing when 00:30:58.279 --> 00:31:03.559 you understand it's Christ in all. You can stop 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:08.119 being the sin police. You can stop pointing the 00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:12.500 fingers. And now you and I have the invitation 00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:17.039 to see the world, the people around us, as Christ 00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:23.680 sees them. Father, I thank you for these listeners. 00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:28.480 For each person who may listen to this on a podcast 00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:32.660 or listen to this via YouTube I Pray that you 00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:35.859 would allow this as you deal with Saul as he 00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:39.119 was converted to Paul Allow the scales to fall 00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:42.559 from their eyes. May they see the world around 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:50.339 them As you do May they see people as you see 00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:55.779 them unveil the Christ within each person that 00:31:55.779 --> 00:32:00.599 we come in contact with. Whether that be the 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:07.519 cashier, the bank attendant, our next door neighbor, 00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:16.059 the person we classify as an enemy. May we see 00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:21.920 the Christ within them. May we begin to see them 00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:27.240 as you see them. and begin to speak to that revelation. 00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:34.380 Help us to awaken to truth and live from the 00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:44.059 place of union. In Christ's name. Amen. I hope 00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:48.579 this eight -week series has helped you, has blessed 00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:53.480 you, has helped to bring some truth to some things. 00:32:58.220 --> 00:33:03.140 I hope that's what's happened. I will see you 00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:05.799 next week as we dive into whatever the spirit 00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:09.680 will lead us next. Be blessed, my friend. See 00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:11.339 Christ in the world around you.