WEBVTT 00:00:15.310 --> 00:00:18.010 All right, well, we've had a Friday night meeting, 00:00:18.149 --> 00:00:19.850 a Saturday morning breakfast, a Saturday night 00:00:19.850 --> 00:00:21.910 meeting. It's been great, great deposit of the 00:00:21.910 --> 00:00:25.030 Word of God. For those of you that, how many 00:00:25.030 --> 00:00:29.370 have not heard Dr. Jan Venter? This is your first 00:00:29.370 --> 00:00:31.149 time hearing him. Just kind of lift your hand. 00:00:31.190 --> 00:00:33.609 Okay, I'm going to introduce him. He is formerly 00:00:33.609 --> 00:00:37.030 from South Africa, and then he got saved and 00:00:37.030 --> 00:00:38.670 came to the United States. No, I'm just giving 00:00:38.670 --> 00:00:46.439 him a hard time. There's quite a, I can't go 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:48.420 into the lengthy history, but quite a history 00:00:48.420 --> 00:00:50.700 of what God's done in and through his life. He's 00:00:50.700 --> 00:00:53.219 been preaching the word of God for almost, what'd 00:00:53.219 --> 00:00:58.659 you say, 48 years? 48 years. Man, you don't look 00:00:58.659 --> 00:01:01.600 like that. I know, amazing. God has been good 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:05.920 to you. And he's been through quite a journey 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:08.519 with his life. He's here with his wife, Bessie, 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:11.939 and she's South African as well. They're both 00:01:11.939 --> 00:01:16.269 now. Travel the United States of America and 00:01:16.269 --> 00:01:18.829 abroad. Go back to South Africa frequently. I've 00:01:18.829 --> 00:01:21.069 been with Jan to South Africa. We've done some 00:01:21.069 --> 00:01:25.150 crusades there. He operates. He's been pastor, 00:01:25.370 --> 00:01:28.609 evangelist, prophet. He operates at a lot of 00:01:28.609 --> 00:01:31.409 things. He's earned his doctorate. He's an amazing 00:01:31.409 --> 00:01:35.769 man. Speaks about six languages. Today, I'm hoping 00:01:35.769 --> 00:01:37.590 you'll just stay with English. That would be 00:01:37.590 --> 00:01:43.379 good. We love him, and he's a very close friend. 00:01:43.500 --> 00:01:45.700 God knit our hearts together about 10 years ago. 00:01:45.859 --> 00:01:48.140 So would you welcome Dr. Jan Venter as he comes 00:01:48.140 --> 00:01:57.560 and brings the word this morning? Thank you. 00:01:58.060 --> 00:02:01.319 Thank you so much. You may be seated. Thank you. 00:02:02.030 --> 00:02:04.650 Thank you. So good to be here with you this morning. 00:02:04.689 --> 00:02:07.829 I haven't taken time this week to talk to you 00:02:07.829 --> 00:02:10.069 about what is in our product table, but I sure 00:02:10.069 --> 00:02:13.250 want to encourage you to just stop there and 00:02:13.250 --> 00:02:16.909 go and buy up everything I have there. And then 00:02:16.909 --> 00:02:22.419 after you're done, leave an offering. But, you 00:02:22.419 --> 00:02:25.800 know, our ministry, we try and absolutely be 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:28.800 open to minister wherever God opens doors. Many 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:33.139 times pastors of big churches have encouraged 00:02:33.139 --> 00:02:37.159 me not to go to small churches. I'm serious because 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:39.960 they say it develops a stigma to your ministry. 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:43.680 I have decided to totally disregard, thank you, 00:02:43.740 --> 00:02:51.550 that as total utter nonsense. It is tough sometimes, 00:02:51.729 --> 00:02:53.229 you know, when you go to small churches, our 00:02:53.229 --> 00:02:57.789 budget remains the same. And so to do that and 00:02:57.789 --> 00:03:00.689 to get around that, we always ask people, if 00:03:00.689 --> 00:03:05.050 you feel, and if you're in this service here 00:03:05.050 --> 00:03:07.789 today and you feel encouraged by the Holy Spirit 00:03:07.789 --> 00:03:12.240 to join us as a partner in our ministry. both 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:16.039 in prayer and doing something to help us financially 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:18.759 on a monthly basis, we would encourage you to 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:21.680 do that. Please do not take your tithe. Please 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.159 do not take anything that belongs to your church 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:27.900 or any commitments that you've spoken out towards 00:03:27.900 --> 00:03:32.340 helping here at the church. Change that to support 00:03:32.340 --> 00:03:37.800 us. But if you have room in your budget to... 00:03:38.060 --> 00:03:41.479 maybe do $25 a month, please stop at our tape 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:45.960 table and just give my wife or somebody at the 00:03:45.960 --> 00:03:48.439 table your information. And then we'll call you 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:50.439 once a month to pray with you and your family. 00:03:50.780 --> 00:03:54.360 These books on the tape table, this one here 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:57.539 is for those of you that have the first volume. 00:03:57.599 --> 00:03:59.939 This is the second book we're just now releasing. 00:04:00.300 --> 00:04:03.699 It says, Can You Believe It? Every story in here 00:04:03.699 --> 00:04:06.860 is true. And so... What I've done, these are 00:04:06.860 --> 00:04:10.060 short, a compilation of short stories. And I've 00:04:10.060 --> 00:04:15.000 written it in such a way that it became bathroom 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:20.699 reading material. You know, put it there and 00:04:20.699 --> 00:04:27.240 really, you'll enjoy that. You'll find that life 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:30.120 becomes much more easier after you read one of 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:38.399 these stories. The other one is this little booklet 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:42.839 here. It's called The Broken Branch. It's a phenomenal 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:45.939 book in the sense pastors are actually ordering 00:04:45.939 --> 00:04:49.759 these from us now, boxes full, and handing it 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:52.180 out to their people. We're dealing with a problem 00:04:52.180 --> 00:04:55.480 in our society today that cannot be fixed up 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:58.560 with legislation. It cannot be fixed up with, 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:01.980 you know, with... by using the government. It's 00:05:01.980 --> 00:05:05.139 a spiritual problem that God prophesied at the 00:05:05.139 --> 00:05:08.319 end days will happen. You know, the hearts of 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:11.319 the children separated from the fathers and the 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:14.879 other way around. It's an epidemic that's taking 00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:17.420 place here right now. I've called this book The 00:05:17.420 --> 00:05:21.279 Broken Branch. And I know that a vast majority 00:05:21.279 --> 00:05:25.160 of you here are struggling with situations like 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:27.459 that where you feel, you know, there's something 00:05:27.459 --> 00:05:31.069 wrong in our family. Well, there really isn't, 00:05:31.069 --> 00:05:35.250 but it's something that can be fixed up by turning 00:05:35.250 --> 00:05:39.370 back to the ways of God on that situation. So 00:05:39.370 --> 00:05:42.620 please get yourself a copy of that book. Put 00:05:42.620 --> 00:05:45.600 it under your pillow. Sleep on it. Ask God to 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:49.839 make that your lifestyle. Many people have been 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:52.759 asking us for my testimony. This is my testimony 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:56.439 or one of many testimonies. This one deals with 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:59.300 my arm. For those of you that will see me preach 00:05:59.300 --> 00:06:02.040 this morning and you'll wonder, you know, is 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:04.639 that guy double -jointed? Well, I'm not double 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:06.920 -jointed. It's just that I don't have an elbow. 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:13.060 And God miraculously, just totally miraculously, 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:20.680 decided to heal this arm. And for the sake of 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:26.740 heavenly humor, he decided to just leave my arm 00:06:26.740 --> 00:06:29.040 the way it is. And people said, whoa, what's 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:31.279 going on there? Well, that's my chance to tell 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:35.600 you about the greatness of God. Then finally, 00:06:35.620 --> 00:06:37.560 there's a book here. I've got about, I think 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:40.060 we brought about nine different books. You want 00:06:40.060 --> 00:06:42.360 to stop there and look at them. This one here 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:46.980 is called, is titled, I Think God Likes Me. And 00:06:46.980 --> 00:06:49.339 what it is, you know, people say, well, God don't 00:06:49.339 --> 00:06:52.079 like me. He loves me. Big difference. Thank you, 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:55.060 Pastor. Will you throw that out to somebody that 00:06:55.060 --> 00:06:57.620 wants it? Just one by one. Just throw it in. 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:05.120 Those are all his buddies. He's throwing it to 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:24.360 all his buddies. Yeah, the book is titled, I 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:26.300 Think God Likes Me. And people said to me, well, 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:28.660 God loves me. Big difference. How many of you 00:07:28.660 --> 00:07:32.100 have children? Let me see your hands. How many 00:07:32.100 --> 00:07:34.540 of you really, really love your children? Let 00:07:34.540 --> 00:07:37.000 me see those hands. Now, one more question. How 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:40.660 many of you at times don't like them? You see, 00:07:40.779 --> 00:07:44.879 you know, that's the way it is. That's the way 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:48.079 it is with God. He loves all of us, but you know 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:52.040 there's times when God don't like you. And so... 00:07:52.430 --> 00:07:54.589 You got to read that book. It's really a good 00:07:54.589 --> 00:07:58.329 book and some good illustrations in there also. 00:07:58.610 --> 00:08:02.290 Take your Bible. I want to continue where I left 00:08:02.290 --> 00:08:06.329 off on Friday night. We didn't get a chance to 00:08:06.329 --> 00:08:09.850 really speak much or teach anything last night. 00:08:10.290 --> 00:08:12.589 Wasn't it great the way that God... Thank you, 00:08:12.589 --> 00:08:19.439 Pastor. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Wasn't it good 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:21.620 the way that the Holy Spirit worked here last 00:08:21.620 --> 00:08:26.319 night? You know, and it's all God. Say it, it's 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:31.240 all God, okay? We are going to try and push this 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:33.860 through until noon hour and then see what happens 00:08:33.860 --> 00:08:36.840 after that. But when it gets close to noon, pastor, 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:38.840 just wave at me, will you please? Thank you. 00:08:40.019 --> 00:08:43.669 Also, just... Of course, we didn't have time 00:08:43.669 --> 00:08:46.509 to hear her testimony, but here's Shiloh sitting 00:08:46.509 --> 00:08:49.269 right here up front. She used to, yeah, Shiloh, 00:08:49.309 --> 00:08:52.350 for those of you, come on, go ahead and give. 00:08:54.009 --> 00:08:56.830 Come here, Shiloh. Come here quickly. Come here. 00:09:00.190 --> 00:09:03.730 I think it's worth stopping. Yeah, Shiloh, if 00:09:03.730 --> 00:09:04.870 you don't want to sit down right there, it's 00:09:04.870 --> 00:09:07.289 fine. You know, she's young, and I know it's 00:09:07.289 --> 00:09:09.129 hard for me to expose her in front of somebody 00:09:09.129 --> 00:09:12.720 else. Hey, Shiloh. Look, Shiloh, look at Brother 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:15.299 Venter. It's okay. I'm going to just ask a question 00:09:15.299 --> 00:09:17.340 and you just confirm it. Is that okay? You just 00:09:17.340 --> 00:09:20.059 confirm it. And so I don't want to put her on 00:09:20.059 --> 00:09:24.320 the spot. She used to get like, am I correct 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:29.580 that it was thousands of seizures a day? Am I 00:09:29.580 --> 00:09:32.440 correct? Raise your hand and just say it's correct. 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:37.879 Yes. And then several years ago, God touched 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:42.440 her. And instantaneously, there's now no more 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:45.200 seizures. Is that correct? I mean, put your hand 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:47.500 up like that and just come on, give God a praise 00:09:47.500 --> 00:09:56.600 offering. That's okay. We call that, we call 00:09:56.600 --> 00:10:03.159 that, I call that supernatural. It's miraculous. 00:10:04.299 --> 00:10:07.179 Or if you want to just get a short explanation 00:10:07.179 --> 00:10:11.919 for something like that, it's spelled G -O -D. 00:10:13.740 --> 00:10:17.019 God. Come on, give him a praise offering. It's 00:10:17.019 --> 00:10:23.120 just the way it is. I also ask, before I start 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:28.659 here, I ask God, on my way here, this here, I 00:10:28.659 --> 00:10:31.559 ask God, please give me a word for the church. 00:10:33.740 --> 00:10:37.759 I feel so closely attached to the church and 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:43.500 to my friends, Pastor Brad and Sister Jenny and 00:10:43.500 --> 00:10:47.679 the kids, Jackie and Jessie Jo, and then their 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:51.480 parents. I mean, and then you. I really should 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:54.480 be the other way around because you're the one 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:57.659 that gives the offering and they just write the 00:10:57.659 --> 00:11:03.409 check. But I ask God for a word. And so here 00:11:03.409 --> 00:11:06.610 is what God gave me. I put it down in writing. 00:11:06.710 --> 00:11:08.470 So if you want to just get a copy of it, there 00:11:08.470 --> 00:11:11.409 it is. So just give it to me so I can read it. 00:11:11.870 --> 00:11:15.409 You know, the theme this week is God decides 00:11:15.409 --> 00:11:19.009 and you choose. But I had nothing to do, you 00:11:19.009 --> 00:11:20.809 know, this word has nothing to do with that. 00:11:20.850 --> 00:11:24.509 It's just, I asked God, give it to me. So here 00:11:24.509 --> 00:11:26.610 it is. Just let it roll because I don't have 00:11:26.610 --> 00:11:34.580 it in front of me. So now that is wrong. That's, 00:11:34.620 --> 00:11:36.620 just give me the, well, I've got it right here, 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:41.460 so. Yeah, got it? You know, here's the way. I 00:11:41.460 --> 00:11:45.600 was never more ready to turn my back on a here 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:48.399 than last here. How many of you agree with that 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:51.039 one? I mean, I was really ready. I waited on 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:54.600 God for a word for you regarding 2018, but I 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:59.840 sense nothing new. Here it is. It'll be a challenging 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:04.279 here that lies ahead. But I see trophies all 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:07.700 around me. As I glance over the appearance of 00:12:07.700 --> 00:12:13.399 2018, I see lion rugs, bear rugs. I see stuffed 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:17.860 up wolves around warm fireplaces. I see the eight 00:12:17.860 --> 00:12:21.899 -foot spear of a defeated giant. Go ahead, give 00:12:21.899 --> 00:12:29.019 him a praise offering. Yes, it will be a year 00:12:29.019 --> 00:12:33.600 of accomplishments. Now remember, the Lord is 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:36.340 saying, many of you have started things in the 00:12:36.340 --> 00:12:39.460 past with good intentions, but then you never 00:12:39.460 --> 00:12:43.799 finished it. But I'm announcing this here to 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:48.639 be one of completeness. You will start and you 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:55.700 will finish it. This will also be a year of strong 00:12:55.700 --> 00:12:59.299 commitments. While some will find pleasure in 00:12:59.299 --> 00:13:03.259 remaining as mere spectators, I am placing a 00:13:03.259 --> 00:13:05.820 strong desire in the hearts of my people here 00:13:05.820 --> 00:13:09.960 at Harrisburg to commit. Yes, I'm bringing people 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:13.139 even from other corners to collect themselves 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:23.600 inside this stadium of gladiators. The term all 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:27.659 hell will break loose. Yeah, all hell will break 00:13:27.659 --> 00:13:31.740 loose in the lives of some, but then all of heaven 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:37.740 will also break loose. And in this place, people 00:13:37.740 --> 00:13:40.639 will know you are mine and I am yours. Therefore, 00:13:40.820 --> 00:13:45.279 sharpen your swords, polish your shields, and 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:48.940 fill yourself with my bread, which I will provide 00:13:48.940 --> 00:13:52.100 bountifully. Go ahead and praise him in the house. 00:13:53.860 --> 00:14:05.100 Give me the next. Now, while I was waiting on 00:14:05.100 --> 00:14:08.419 my knees, you know, for the Lord to give me all 00:14:08.419 --> 00:14:11.899 of this, I kept on hearing the chants of spectators, 00:14:11.940 --> 00:14:15.840 but they were not crying the usual USA, USA, 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:21.240 USA. But I heard them cry here out of this stadium 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:25.620 of gladiators. Emmanuel, Emmanuel, Emmanuel. 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:29.000 Come on, praise him, will you? Glory to God. 00:14:33.769 --> 00:14:38.470 Now, the Lord is saying, raise my banner of victory 00:14:38.470 --> 00:14:41.730 among yourselves and rejoice because this will 00:14:41.730 --> 00:14:44.789 be the year of the following. Give me the next 00:14:44.789 --> 00:14:49.110 slide. First of all, reconfirming, reconfirmation. 00:14:49.389 --> 00:14:55.269 I reconfirm your call, Brad and Jenny, as my 00:14:55.269 --> 00:15:00.149 shepherds. I reconfirm your call to this congregation 00:15:00.149 --> 00:15:05.759 as my people. who are called by my name. And 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:10.080 I post this confirmation on the walls also of 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:13.559 your surroundings. Namely, you are my people 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:17.919 and I will answer you. Secondly, it will be a 00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:21.450 year of reassignment. This will be a year of 00:15:21.450 --> 00:15:23.970 reassignment. Some will step out and some will 00:15:23.970 --> 00:15:28.009 step away. But for anyone leaving, there will 00:15:28.009 --> 00:15:31.730 be a handful of others to take their place. I 00:15:31.730 --> 00:15:36.149 will assign you and you will not feel out of 00:15:36.149 --> 00:15:38.450 place, says the Lord. Come on, praise him. Glory 00:15:38.450 --> 00:15:43.809 to God. Number three, God says this will be a 00:15:43.809 --> 00:15:46.450 year of encounter. You've prayed and asked for 00:15:46.450 --> 00:15:50.500 the outpouring of my spirit. Know this and remember 00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:55.000 it. My spirit has indeed already been poured 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:59.080 out, but this will be the year of encounter. 00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:04.600 This will be the year in which you will get to 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:07.620 know me like you've never known me before. You 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:11.600 will close 28th saying, it was a year unlike 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:14.620 any other. Yeah, come on, praise him. Glory to 00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:25.970 God. You know, I thought this next one was just 00:16:25.970 --> 00:16:28.750 absolutely powerful, the way God gave me this 00:16:28.750 --> 00:16:31.450 one. God says, this will be a year of timekeepers. 00:16:33.129 --> 00:16:36.549 Meaning, I am appointing you as the Ishikar kind 00:16:36.549 --> 00:16:40.909 from the Torah tribe, who would bear the burden 00:16:40.909 --> 00:16:43.710 for victory and wages. I want you to understand, 00:16:44.049 --> 00:16:48.149 I want you to understand time and interpret my 00:16:48.149 --> 00:16:52.509 word in connection of these times. I will connect 00:16:52.509 --> 00:16:55.789 you to Zebulun because provision for the journey 00:16:55.789 --> 00:16:58.929 and the supply for victory is very important. 00:16:59.129 --> 00:17:01.490 Come on, give him another praise offering. Glory 00:17:01.490 --> 00:17:09.349 to God. Switch it. Finally, make sure you remain 00:17:09.349 --> 00:17:16.190 properly identified as my people. So remain to 00:17:16.190 --> 00:17:21.940 be a humble people. remain to be a kind people 00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:27.940 and remain to be a loving people and a submitted 00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:30.519 people. Come on, give him. Stand with me, will 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:32.799 you please? Give the Lord a praise offering. 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:45.960 Come on. Now, while you remain standing, this 00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:50.039 morning, Just as I'm about to send this to the 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:53.359 church for them to get it by email, the Holy 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:56.900 Spirit put this in my spirit and said, the heavens, 00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:59.200 go and tell them the heavens are shouting with 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:03.359 you. Don't lose your excitement for what God 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:06.700 has called you to do. Your excitement excites 00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:10.660 the Lord and his angels. It is your excitement. 00:18:11.549 --> 00:18:15.150 In the face of your Jericho or the face of your 00:18:15.150 --> 00:18:18.789 Goliath that will provide the victory for other 00:18:18.789 --> 00:18:25.569 people. Glory. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Let's 00:18:25.569 --> 00:18:29.690 pray together. Father, I lift up myself and these 00:18:29.690 --> 00:18:35.150 people. And sure enough, my friends. Brad and 00:18:35.150 --> 00:18:37.970 Jenny and their kids. Lord, I lift them up before 00:18:37.970 --> 00:18:40.490 you. And I, first of all, want to say thank you 00:18:40.490 --> 00:18:43.789 so much, Lord, for giving them to Basie and I 00:18:43.789 --> 00:18:50.930 as an asset. We are, yes, Lord, they are an asset 00:18:50.930 --> 00:18:55.190 even to your people here. They certainly are 00:18:55.190 --> 00:18:59.470 an asset to your kingdom. And I want to pray, 00:18:59.589 --> 00:19:03.230 Lord, that in this year that comes and lies ahead, 00:19:04.009 --> 00:19:08.349 that they will get the opportunity to know you 00:19:08.349 --> 00:19:13.769 more than ever before. Lord, that they may know 00:19:13.769 --> 00:19:19.250 you as you are to be known. And finally, Lord, 00:19:19.349 --> 00:19:21.609 I want to pray. Will you help them to understand 00:19:21.609 --> 00:19:26.440 the times? The times, Lord, where we are right 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:29.059 now and the time where they are right now and 00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:32.059 the time relating, Lord, to your spiritual river 00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:35.039 that you have symbolically allowed them to be 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:37.660 placed right here on the corner as the river 00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:40.440 is making a turn. Lord, let that be symbolic 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:44.240 as to what is happening in the life of Oregon 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:47.720 in Jesus' name. And we thank you, Lord. Give 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:49.880 him a hand clap of praise, will you? Glory to 00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:57.359 God. Hallelujah. You may be seated. Thank you 00:19:57.359 --> 00:20:00.240 very much. Boy, can you believe 15 minutes went 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:04.000 by for that one. And I got so much I want to 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:09.519 share with you. Our theme this weekend is, you 00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:12.319 know, let, I mean, God decides and you choose. 00:20:13.130 --> 00:20:15.750 You know, God is the one, and I'm not going to 00:20:15.750 --> 00:20:18.130 have time to recap on what we said on Friday 00:20:18.130 --> 00:20:20.650 night. I would highly recommend you get that 00:20:20.650 --> 00:20:23.569 CD because the one leads up to where we are right 00:20:23.569 --> 00:20:27.069 now. But it's very important that we get to a 00:20:27.069 --> 00:20:30.390 place where we can understand God better. Because 00:20:30.390 --> 00:20:33.710 as I go around in the world and after 48 years 00:20:33.710 --> 00:20:36.809 of full -time ministry, I realize more and more 00:20:36.809 --> 00:20:43.390 that people just don't know how God works. And 00:20:43.390 --> 00:20:46.289 you understand that if you can understand better 00:20:46.289 --> 00:20:50.930 how God functions, your faith level is going 00:20:50.930 --> 00:20:56.369 to increase substantially. Faith does not need 00:20:56.369 --> 00:21:01.230 any homework. Faith just needs to get to a place 00:21:01.230 --> 00:21:06.670 where we comprehend. You see, because faith is, 00:21:06.769 --> 00:21:13.220 faith is God in action. See, all we need to do 00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:17.019 is just let faith rise up in our hearts by understanding 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:20.460 how God works. You understand when you listen 00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:24.039 to how people pray. Oftentimes, people pray out 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:27.299 of ignorance. Fear, when you see people with 00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:30.240 fear, they are afraid because they just don't 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:33.990 know God. You understand? In fact, John writes 00:21:33.990 --> 00:21:36.849 very clearly, kind of a scary verse in 1 John 00:21:36.849 --> 00:21:40.390 4, when he says that those who have fear have 00:21:40.390 --> 00:21:45.029 no love. He says, in fact, when you have perfect 00:21:45.029 --> 00:21:49.849 love, it casts out all fear. So he brings the 00:21:49.849 --> 00:21:53.029 conclusion to that. Go and read 1 John 4. And 00:21:53.029 --> 00:21:55.329 he says very clearly that if you have fear in 00:21:55.329 --> 00:21:57.809 your heart, that means you really just don't 00:21:57.809 --> 00:22:01.710 know God. You see, you know God, I mean, you 00:22:01.710 --> 00:22:04.569 have fear in your heart because you've only read 00:22:04.569 --> 00:22:07.730 or so about God. Once you understand who really 00:22:07.730 --> 00:22:10.490 is on your side, then you will understand why 00:22:10.490 --> 00:22:13.029 Paul writes very clearly to the Romans, since 00:22:13.029 --> 00:22:16.930 God is for us. I know the modern translation 00:22:16.930 --> 00:22:20.230 says if, but really, I want to just add my little 00:22:20.230 --> 00:22:23.609 bit in there and call it since. Because God is 00:22:23.609 --> 00:22:26.769 for you, right? And so since God, we're talking 00:22:26.769 --> 00:22:29.390 about God. We're talking about Yahweh. We're 00:22:29.390 --> 00:22:31.910 talking about Jehovah. We're talking about the 00:22:31.910 --> 00:22:36.569 creator of heaven and earth. Since God is for 00:22:36.569 --> 00:22:40.670 you, who can be against you? Yes. Now, it makes 00:22:40.670 --> 00:22:44.349 it even better. It makes it better if you know, 00:22:44.390 --> 00:22:47.509 you understand, if you know the amount has already 00:22:47.509 --> 00:22:49.869 been deposited. If you know that you have to 00:22:49.869 --> 00:22:53.869 go and draw $100, but yesterday you know that 00:22:53.869 --> 00:22:58.190 your bank account was close to zero. Now you 00:22:58.190 --> 00:23:01.250 want to go and draw your $100 that you need, 00:23:01.509 --> 00:23:07.049 but you know, you saw it. It was posted. It was 00:23:07.049 --> 00:23:10.089 brought under your attention. You checked it 00:23:10.089 --> 00:23:14.130 out on the internet that an amount of a million 00:23:14.130 --> 00:23:17.349 dollars has already been deposited into your 00:23:17.349 --> 00:23:19.809 account. At first, you could not believe it. 00:23:20.490 --> 00:23:22.710 But now you checked it over and over. You picked 00:23:22.710 --> 00:23:25.789 up the phone. You called the bank, and they confirmed. 00:23:26.089 --> 00:23:28.289 Yeah, I don't know why you don't believe it. 00:23:28.369 --> 00:23:32.750 It's there. A million dollars has been deposited 00:23:32.750 --> 00:23:38.079 into your account. And it's yours. Now, do you 00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:44.539 understand how that changes the way you approach 00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:50.180 the $100 check? Yes? Amen? You know, here's the 00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:55.359 problem. Have you ever believed a lie? How many 00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:59.200 of you have ever believed a lie? You know, how 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:02.880 many of you? Well, I'm going to tell you a story 00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:08.430 first. You know. This lady meets the guy as he's 00:24:08.430 --> 00:24:12.109 about to walk up to the door of the truck stop. 00:24:12.250 --> 00:24:15.130 And she meets him. Actually, she first stares 00:24:15.130 --> 00:24:17.369 at him for the longest time. She stares at him. 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:22.700 While she's staring at him, he notices that and 00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:24.299 kind of makes him feel a little uncomfortable. 00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:27.660 But then as he walks up to the door, she approaches 00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:30.660 quickly from behind. Excuse me, sir. He turns 00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:34.240 around and then she says to him, you know, I 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:37.420 apologize for staring at you the way I did, but 00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:43.160 you remind me so much of my late son. He died 00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:49.970 in Iraq. And man. When I saw you, she said, it 00:24:49.970 --> 00:24:55.069 was just like my entire world changed. And so 00:24:55.069 --> 00:24:59.230 he said, ma 'am, no, that's fine. So she chatted 00:24:59.230 --> 00:25:03.210 with him a little bit. And then on her way out 00:25:03.210 --> 00:25:06.250 back to the car, as she's standing in the store, 00:25:06.430 --> 00:25:10.589 the guy's ready to pay. She says, can I ask you 00:25:10.589 --> 00:25:13.269 a small favor? It won't mean much to you, but 00:25:13.269 --> 00:25:17.440 would you mind? As I walk out of here to just 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:23.859 cry out, bye mom. And so he says, sure enough, 00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:27.720 I could do that. And Jenny, as this lady walks 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:30.640 out, I mean, he puts a little extra enthusiasm 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:34.680 behind his greeting. Bye mom. And so she walks 00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:36.900 out to her car. And then when he pays for the 00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:40.599 water that he placed down the counter, the guy 00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:46.740 gives him a bill of $46. He says. what is the 00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:50.480 $46 for? I'm only buying water. He says, well, 00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:58.119 you're paying for your mom too, aren't you? And 00:25:58.119 --> 00:26:03.519 so he runs out and he's actually just in time 00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:05.980 just before she pulls away. He opens the door 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:09.119 and she resists somewhat, but he kind of grabs 00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:12.000 her by the leg and pulls her leg just like I've 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:19.369 pulled yours. You know, it's a lie. It's a lie. 00:26:19.509 --> 00:26:21.109 You know, it's actually something that's been 00:26:21.109 --> 00:26:23.190 floating around on the internet, on Facebook. 00:26:23.230 --> 00:26:25.250 How many of you have actually gotten that? You've 00:26:25.250 --> 00:26:27.609 read that before. There's several hands. A lie. 00:26:28.529 --> 00:26:31.690 It's amazing how in the spiritual world, people 00:26:31.690 --> 00:26:39.589 will grasp or last onto a lie and then believe 00:26:39.589 --> 00:26:43.890 a lie. See, when you come to the gospel, it is... 00:26:44.109 --> 00:26:47.150 the truth. Come on, give him a hand clap of praise. 00:26:47.329 --> 00:26:53.230 It is the truth. When you look at any of the 00:26:53.230 --> 00:26:57.390 promises of God, it is all truth. In fact, I'm 00:26:57.390 --> 00:26:59.130 telling you, we said it here this morning that 00:26:59.130 --> 00:27:02.950 God relies heavily, if I can use that word, God 00:27:02.950 --> 00:27:09.490 relies heavily on your and my report about his 00:27:09.490 --> 00:27:14.240 glory. He loves it. In fact, God, if I could 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:18.960 call it that, God hates it when people have unbelief. 00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:25.380 God doesn't, he doesn't smile on it easily. He 00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:28.920 calls it, in fact, Paul, and we'll read it in 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:32.920 a minute. Paul calls it, Paul calls it, Paul 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:40.839 calls it, sorry. Paul calls it an evil, unbelieving 00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:46.819 heart. God wants you to let your heart believe 00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:51.119 the truth. Stop believing a lie. Yeah, go ahead 00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:57.799 and praise him. Stop believing a lie. Can you 00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:59.559 throw up our, can you put on the screen, not 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:02.619 throw, but can you put the verse on that we used 00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:08.529 over the weekend and that's Ecclesiastes. He 00:28:08.529 --> 00:28:10.769 says Ecclesiastes 3, and you remember on Friday, 00:28:10.789 --> 00:28:13.950 I told you that when you look at Ecclesiastes, 00:28:14.269 --> 00:28:19.609 the preacher there was explaining what the days 00:28:19.609 --> 00:28:23.049 of our lives are like. He says the days of our 00:28:23.049 --> 00:28:26.150 life, if you read the first few verses, in fact, 00:28:26.150 --> 00:28:29.329 the first 14 verses, you will read as he gives 00:28:29.329 --> 00:28:32.890 us an account of how our lives are. Our lives 00:28:32.890 --> 00:28:37.289 are really with stop and goes. In fact. That's 00:28:37.289 --> 00:28:40.009 a great name for a restaurant, stop and go. But 00:28:40.009 --> 00:28:45.269 it's also a great name for any human being. We 00:28:45.269 --> 00:28:49.970 are stop and goers. Time to be born and time 00:28:49.970 --> 00:28:53.329 to die. Time to plant, time to pluck up that 00:28:53.329 --> 00:28:56.190 which is planted. You know, chapters. They are 00:28:56.190 --> 00:29:00.789 beginnings and ends. Full chapters. You have 00:29:00.789 --> 00:29:04.119 a beginning and then you have an end. And these 00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:07.099 are all little chapters. And in between there, 00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:09.339 I mean, the whole thing in between, we call that 00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:14.579 history. And the history have all sorts of up 00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:18.200 and downers and they're good and bad and they're 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:22.519 fast and slow and so on. We have these, you know. 00:29:23.210 --> 00:29:25.549 They're the chapters or the days of our lives. 00:29:25.690 --> 00:29:30.150 But then he comes and he switches from the comparisons 00:29:30.150 --> 00:29:33.009 that he used there for 14 verses. And he comes 00:29:33.009 --> 00:29:35.650 here to verse 14 and he says, now he's switching 00:29:35.650 --> 00:29:38.769 over to the way God is. He says, I know that 00:29:38.769 --> 00:29:46.769 whatsoever God does, it's forever. You see, he 00:29:46.769 --> 00:29:49.849 says, nothing can be put to it nor anything taken 00:29:49.849 --> 00:29:52.250 from it. Here, let me explain it like this. You 00:29:52.250 --> 00:29:54.829 see, if you looked at man's life, then you'll 00:29:54.829 --> 00:29:57.230 see man. If you look at the black here on the 00:29:57.230 --> 00:30:00.349 platform, I don't have a thing here to write. 00:30:00.450 --> 00:30:03.069 But if you look at the black there, just imagine 00:30:03.069 --> 00:30:05.289 that that's a straight line. And you have the 00:30:05.289 --> 00:30:07.349 beginning there. And then you have the end, the 00:30:07.349 --> 00:30:09.430 arrow that's pointing there. And that's the end. 00:30:09.470 --> 00:30:11.930 That's the cutoff point. And in between here, 00:30:12.029 --> 00:30:17.940 we have all the in -betweens. And so in between 00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:21.819 here on this line here is where somewhere where 00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:25.460 your puppy was born and there your cat died over 00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:31.940 there and so on. But not so with God. You understand, 00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:35.200 if I had to use God, then I would use this as 00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:38.660 a circle. You see, with God, everything is in 00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:41.789 a circle. See, with God, there's no beginning 00:30:41.789 --> 00:30:44.450 and there's no end. Everything evolves around. 00:30:44.690 --> 00:30:46.670 You remember one of the times I was here, I talked 00:30:46.670 --> 00:30:49.990 to you about the wheel. And you remember that? 00:30:50.049 --> 00:30:51.910 I talked to you about the wheel and I said everything 00:30:51.910 --> 00:30:54.990 really, when you want to work and understand, 00:30:55.289 --> 00:30:57.230 you want to understand how God works, then you 00:30:57.230 --> 00:31:00.150 have to be able to understand the wheel. Everything 00:31:00.150 --> 00:31:03.390 God does, he creates like a wheel. That's why 00:31:03.390 --> 00:31:05.329 you'll see the planets, they're all round, the 00:31:05.329 --> 00:31:07.910 galaxies, they're all round, your head is all 00:31:07.910 --> 00:31:14.809 round and so on. Most. Now, again, you find a 00:31:14.809 --> 00:31:19.990 square head, you know. But so he says the first 00:31:19.990 --> 00:31:22.990 14 verses, that's the life of man. And then he 00:31:22.990 --> 00:31:26.609 comes here to verse 14 or 15. And he says, now, 00:31:26.690 --> 00:31:29.430 I know that whatever God does, it's forever. 00:31:29.730 --> 00:31:36.269 It's eternity. It's no end. He says, and God 00:31:36.269 --> 00:31:39.920 does it. the end of verse 14, that men should 00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:42.940 fear before him. And that, he says, here it is. 00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:46.799 That, watch this, that which has been is now. 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:51.440 That, better, easier English, that which already 00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:56.299 happened is actually happening now. That's what 00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:58.720 that verse is saying. And then he says, and that 00:31:58.720 --> 00:32:03.180 which is still to happen actually already happened. 00:32:07.150 --> 00:32:10.549 You see, I call that, you understand, I call 00:32:10.549 --> 00:32:13.369 that, there's a word for it in the English, and 00:32:13.369 --> 00:32:18.890 that's the word manifest. You look at the word 00:32:18.890 --> 00:32:26.369 manifest. Manifest means it is appearing right 00:32:26.369 --> 00:32:33.200 now. It means brought to completeness. It's the 00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:37.059 word completeness means there's nothing that 00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:40.099 still has to happen. It's now manifesting. It's 00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:43.059 like, you understand, here is the line of man. 00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:45.420 Just look at me for a moment. There's man's line. 00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:50.299 And then you have the beginning, Adam. And then 00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:52.759 you have the end, wherever that will be at the 00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:56.700 end of the sixth spiritual day, millennial day. 00:32:56.779 --> 00:33:02.299 And in between here, Calvary happened. Right? 00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:05.299 More or less how many years ago did Calvary, 00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:08.240 more or less how many years ago was Christ crucified? 00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:16.019 2000. Now, let me ask that again. More or less 00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:20.819 how many years ago was Christ crucified? How 00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:26.900 much? Oh, somebody is finally getting it. Where? 00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:34.720 Hall. So the real answer is before the foundation. 00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:40.779 That means that really what happened 4 ,000 or 00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:46.519 2 ,000 years ago was the cross what? Manifested. 00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:52.420 But it actually already happened before time. 00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:57.140 You understand? So that's why I want you to, 00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:59.660 I'm mentioning this here for a reason this morning 00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:04.839 because it is going to help you in the area of 00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:07.940 your faith. So that you can understand. What 00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:11.199 merely happened here 2 ,000 years ago was something 00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:14.760 manifested. It appeared what actually already 00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:17.760 happened. That's why Paul writes and he says 00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:21.000 about some of the illustrations in the Old Testament 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:23.360 like the Ark of the Covenant and many of those 00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:28.920 things. He says those were shadows of what? Things 00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:30.719 to come. You remember, you read that in the Bible. 00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:33.199 It says those were shadows of things to come. 00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:35.199 What does that mean? You know, what does it mean 00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:37.760 when you see my shadow? There's my shadow, but 00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:39.880 you don't see me. If you see my shadow, what 00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:44.619 does it mean? It means I'm there, right? The 00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:46.619 fact that you don't see me doesn't matter. You 00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:49.300 see my shadow. So those things that happened 00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:52.280 in the Old Testament that were shadows of things 00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:56.719 to come, what does that mean? It means that... 00:34:57.869 --> 00:35:02.250 It was something that was pointing at something 00:35:02.250 --> 00:35:05.449 that already happened. It's already happened. 00:35:05.690 --> 00:35:09.070 You see, if you can understand this, then you'll 00:35:09.070 --> 00:35:11.170 understand Hebrews 3. Let's go there quickly. 00:35:11.369 --> 00:35:14.369 Hebrews chapter 3. Now, I want to read Hebrews 00:35:14.369 --> 00:35:17.809 3 in the light of what I just said. It already 00:35:17.809 --> 00:35:22.469 happened. And so after it's happened, see, whatever 00:35:22.469 --> 00:35:28.460 happened and it's... or is brought to completeness, 00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:33.199 that means there's nothing that needs to be added. 00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:36.679 After that, I can rest. All my work is done. 00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:42.480 See, that's what it is. All of what needed to 00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:51.219 be done was done before it's manifesting. You 00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:54.360 understand what I'm saying? So let's read Hebrews 00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:56.670 3. Are you there? Do you have your Bible open? 00:35:56.889 --> 00:35:58.750 It may be something that you want to highlight 00:35:58.750 --> 00:36:01.150 now and again. So I'm going to read it like this. 00:36:01.210 --> 00:36:06.730 Therefore, holy brothers. Holy moly, it's already 00:36:06.730 --> 00:36:11.429 12 o 'clock. So let's quickly just, Pastor, is 00:36:11.429 --> 00:36:13.590 there something I need to do in particular right 00:36:13.590 --> 00:36:19.849 now? I mean, releasing people or can I? Okay. 00:36:21.730 --> 00:36:26.139 Can I fly? Can I fly a little bit? I just thought 00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:27.719 maybe there's something in your program that 00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:30.840 happens at 12 o 'clock. Okay, so he says here, 00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:36.300 therefore, holy brothers, sharers in a heavenly 00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:39.900 calling, consider Jesus the apostle and high 00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:42.039 priest of our confession. Now, what he's saying 00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:45.139 is, we're going to use him as an example. And 00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:48.019 he says, who was faithful to the one who appointed 00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:51.210 him. He's talking about Jesus who was faithful 00:36:51.210 --> 00:36:54.989 to the one who appointed him. As Moses also was 00:36:54.989 --> 00:36:59.710 to his household. For this one is considered 00:36:59.710 --> 00:37:02.909 worthy of greater glory than Moses. Inasmuch 00:37:02.909 --> 00:37:05.349 as the one who builds it has a greater honor 00:37:05.349 --> 00:37:09.329 than the house. For every house is built by someone. 00:37:10.050 --> 00:37:15.630 But the one who built all things. Right? It's 00:37:15.630 --> 00:37:18.650 God. So he's talking, he's using some comparisons 00:37:18.650 --> 00:37:21.110 just so that we can understand. He's using these 00:37:21.110 --> 00:37:23.909 illustrations and he says, now, just like you 00:37:23.909 --> 00:37:27.750 build your house. And then come to a place of 00:37:27.750 --> 00:37:31.070 completeness. So we're talking about God who 00:37:31.070 --> 00:37:34.110 builds his house. And he says, now, and Moses 00:37:34.110 --> 00:37:37.550 was faithful in all his house as a servant for 00:37:37.550 --> 00:37:40.349 a testimony to the things that would be spoken. 00:37:40.449 --> 00:37:44.130 But Christ was faithful as his son over his house, 00:37:44.170 --> 00:37:48.820 whose house, excuse me, whose. house we are if 00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:51.699 we hold fast to our confidence and we hope we 00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:55.340 can be proud of now uh let me just i'm gonna 00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:57.679 read all that he says therefore just as the holy 00:37:57.679 --> 00:38:02.400 spirit says today you know every time i come 00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:05.360 here pastor brad every time i come here you are 00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:09.300 bound to quote uh or to prophetically or spiritually 00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:12.699 mention part of my sermon and you did it again 00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:16.000 this morning Always does it. And here he says 00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:18.940 today, when you hear his voice, do not harden 00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:20.960 your heart. You remember you said that. And he 00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:24.079 says, in the day of testing in the wilderness, 00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:26.639 he's talking about them, what happened in the 00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:29.179 wilderness. How many of you at times have been 00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:36.019 so astoundingly alarmed at the way that they 00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:40.480 did not believe God? After God would do this, 00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:42.849 God would do that, then they would. Be filled 00:38:42.849 --> 00:38:48.570 with unbelief again. Every time I look in this 00:38:48.570 --> 00:38:50.889 direction, I hear Stephanie. Is there a Stephanie 00:38:50.889 --> 00:38:54.829 right here? Stephanie, is there? Do you know 00:38:54.829 --> 00:38:58.849 a Stephanie, sir? Stephanie. Here. You. This 00:38:58.849 --> 00:39:00.809 man here in front. I'm talking about you. Somebody 00:39:00.809 --> 00:39:05.269 in your life that has a Stephanie. I'm just saying, 00:39:05.329 --> 00:39:08.170 I hear Stephanie. And so I believe that God is 00:39:08.170 --> 00:39:10.989 fiction to bring new hope, new encouragement, 00:39:11.250 --> 00:39:15.369 new strength, new vigor in the life of Stephanie. 00:39:15.369 --> 00:39:19.170 Is that you? Are you Stephanie? No? Is there 00:39:19.170 --> 00:39:22.349 somebody in your life that needs encouragement? 00:39:23.489 --> 00:39:26.710 There she is. You're Stephanie. I'm going to 00:39:26.710 --> 00:39:28.389 pray for you at the end. Are you connected to 00:39:28.389 --> 00:39:31.989 this man somehow as a friend or somebody? You 00:39:31.989 --> 00:39:38.909 know him? Okay. Why is God showing me? I'm sorry? 00:39:40.369 --> 00:39:46.530 Okay, okay, okay. Okay, so. Now, he says, when 00:39:46.530 --> 00:39:49.510 you hear his voice, he says, don't harden your 00:39:49.510 --> 00:39:51.909 hearts like in the rebellion, where your fathers 00:39:51.909 --> 00:39:55.570 tested me by trial and saw my works for 40 years. 00:39:55.630 --> 00:39:58.250 Therefore, I was angry. He was what? I was angry 00:39:58.250 --> 00:40:03.699 with them, and I said, They always go astray 00:40:03.699 --> 00:40:06.280 in their hearts and they do not know my ways. 00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:09.400 They don't know my ways. And so I swore in my 00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:12.780 anger. That's verse 11. They will never enter 00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:16.000 my rest. Why am I focusing on the rest issue 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:18.199 here? I'm going to connect that to your faith 00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:20.579 here in just two or three more minutes. He says, 00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:22.639 watch out, brothers, lest there be in some of 00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:27.300 you an evil, unbelieving heart with a result 00:40:27.300 --> 00:40:31.079 that will fall away. Now, look at verse 16. He 00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:33.820 says now. They, when they heard all of these 00:40:33.820 --> 00:40:37.460 things, were they disobedient? Yeah. Surely it 00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:40.820 was not all who went out from Egypt through Moses. 00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:45.260 And with whom was he angry then? Was it not with 00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:47.639 those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the 00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:49.900 wilderness? And to whom did he swear that they 00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:52.659 would not enter into his rest except those who 00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:56.579 were disobedient? And so we see that they were 00:40:56.579 --> 00:41:02.570 not able to enter because of unbelief. The rest 00:41:02.570 --> 00:41:05.409 of that remains for the people of God. Then, 00:41:05.570 --> 00:41:10.269 verse 4, therefore, let us fear while there remains 00:41:10.269 --> 00:41:15.889 a promise of entering into his rest. What does 00:41:15.889 --> 00:41:18.530 it mean, God's rest? Let me tell you what it 00:41:18.530 --> 00:41:25.610 means. It means God decided, he did it, finished 00:41:25.610 --> 00:41:30.050 it, completed it, and all you have to now do 00:41:30.050 --> 00:41:35.780 is say, Lord. I believe it will manifest. Yes? 00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:38.800 It's already done. See, everything you need, 00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:43.420 everything you need has already been done, made, 00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:50.019 finished, completed. Yes? See, it's been finished. 00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:52.539 It's completed. People don't understand that 00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:54.340 because, you know, we're connecting this with 00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:56.980 eternity, thoughts of eternity. We don't understand 00:41:56.980 --> 00:42:01.599 eternity because we're time creatures. We're 00:42:01.599 --> 00:42:05.199 connected to time. But give me Genesis 2 quickly, 00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:09.260 verse 2 and 4. Let me show you an idea, or I 00:42:09.260 --> 00:42:11.000 may have mentioned this to you before, but I'll 00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:13.320 just quickly throw it in here. These are the 00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:15.579 generations of the heavens. This is concerning 00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:18.579 the creation, okay? So these are the generations 00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:20.840 of the heavens and of the earth when they were 00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:23.500 created in the day that the Lord God made what? 00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:30.369 The earth and the heavens and... Every plant 00:42:30.369 --> 00:42:33.809 before it was. He made every plant before it 00:42:33.809 --> 00:42:37.369 was. Come on. I want that to sink in. He made 00:42:37.369 --> 00:42:41.170 it before it was. He made it before it grew. 00:42:41.309 --> 00:42:43.630 Look at the rest of that verse. He made it before 00:42:43.630 --> 00:42:47.469 it grew. So it was there even before it showed. 00:42:47.570 --> 00:42:50.969 Before it manifested. It was already made. It's 00:42:50.969 --> 00:42:56.849 like your miracle that you need. It's already 00:42:56.849 --> 00:43:00.510 made. All you need to do is. Put faith in action. 00:43:01.190 --> 00:43:05.190 Understand it's done. It's finished. It's completed. 00:43:05.670 --> 00:43:10.130 So God decided what's good for you. All you now 00:43:10.130 --> 00:43:13.829 have to do is choose to follow. Choose to obey. 00:43:14.050 --> 00:43:18.090 Choose to say, Lord, I'm heading in your direction. 00:43:18.250 --> 00:43:21.010 You already established the direction, so I'm 00:43:21.010 --> 00:43:23.829 just now following. Does that make sense? And 00:43:23.829 --> 00:43:27.230 so therefore, I want to close this by saying 00:43:27.230 --> 00:43:30.739 it this way. This way. There is actually a miracle 00:43:30.739 --> 00:43:38.800 in your mouth. So all you have to do is say that 00:43:38.800 --> 00:43:40.960 which you believe. With a heart we believe, with 00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:45.380 a mouth confession is made. So all you do is 00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:49.579 you confess it. You speak it. Why can I speak? 00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:53.760 I don't confess somebody else's Cadillac and 00:43:53.760 --> 00:43:56.960 say it's going to be mine. You understand? Because 00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:59.559 that's stupid. You know, I mean, you're suffering 00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:02.780 from, you're struggling from the spirit of stupidness, 00:44:02.780 --> 00:44:07.500 you know. The only reason I can, the only reason 00:44:07.500 --> 00:44:12.380 I can connect to a confession is if I connect 00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:15.840 to something that I know has already been done. 00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:20.800 It's already done. Say it's done. See, that's 00:44:20.800 --> 00:44:24.659 why when we have somebody we pray for, we can 00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:28.079 pray for them as if we already have it. So that's 00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:32.099 what happens with God. He calls things into becoming 00:44:32.099 --> 00:44:35.500 real as if they already exist. Why? Because it 00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:37.400 actually already exists. He already made it. 00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:41.920 It's already done. So he's calling that into 00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:46.400 existence which is or which is not. He calls 00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:49.920 it into existence. And so here this morning, 00:44:50.059 --> 00:44:54.940 God is turning your life around. If you can believe 00:44:54.940 --> 00:44:58.360 it and you're a child of God, start believing 00:44:58.360 --> 00:45:05.880 what he did. Stop believing what he didn't. Start 00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:10.820 believing which he already created. Stop. believing 00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:14.320 a lie of the enemy that says that it's going 00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:17.539 to be the other direction know his will come 00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:19.980 on give stand on your feet and give god a hand 00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:35.219 cup of praise glory to god glory to god if you 00:45:35.219 --> 00:45:38.000 are interested in hearing other podcasts or contacting 00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:41.800 Life Bible Church, go to www .lifebiblechurch 00:45:41.800 --> 00:45:46.579 .org or call us at 541 -995 -8282.