WEBVTT 00:00:17.260 --> 00:00:22.019 just on the fly, covering for me. I was down 00:00:22.019 --> 00:00:23.859 and out for a while, got acquainted with some 00:00:23.859 --> 00:00:26.120 verses, to be absent from the bodies, to be present 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:27.559 with the Lord, was thinking about praying that. 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:32.299 Anyways, but miraculously, the healing grace 00:00:32.299 --> 00:00:35.460 of God came, and so I feel a ton better. Just 00:00:35.460 --> 00:00:38.759 my strength returned. Late, late Monday night, 00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:40.600 early Tuesday morning, and I appreciate that 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:42.840 so much. Thank you for your prayers. It's a privilege. 00:00:42.899 --> 00:00:45.799 We've had this scheduled, and Pastor Tony from 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:49.060 India being with us, and what a great work that 00:00:49.060 --> 00:00:52.079 he's doing, and we are grateful to be partners 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:54.979 with him in that work. We take that very seriously, 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:58.420 the planting of churches and the releasing of 00:00:58.420 --> 00:01:02.060 ministry and the work that God has. partnered 00:01:02.060 --> 00:01:03.719 with us around the world. That's why we have 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:05.620 Life Bible Church. We have the world there because 00:01:05.620 --> 00:01:07.760 it's not just about what's happening in Harrisburg. 00:01:08.060 --> 00:01:10.280 It's about the kingdom of God that he is connecting 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:12.680 us with relationships all around the world and 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:15.959 seeing God's glory fill the earth. How many say 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:18.400 that's a great thing? Come on. This morning, 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:20.459 would you just welcome to the pulpit as we do 00:01:20.459 --> 00:01:22.500 at Life Bible here? Would you just stand and 00:01:22.500 --> 00:01:24.280 welcome the man of God as he comes and brings 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:26.019 the word of the Lord this morning? Thank you 00:01:26.019 --> 00:01:30.920 very much, God's people. Thank you for Your warmth. 00:01:31.700 --> 00:01:38.019 Thank you for your love to allow me to come to 00:01:38.019 --> 00:01:43.060 worship the Lord with you. I'm here basically 00:01:43.060 --> 00:01:51.299 to worship the Lord and as an act of gratitude 00:01:51.299 --> 00:01:54.840 towards each one of you for what you have done 00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:57.980 in India and doing in India for your prayers. 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:03.099 for generous support, and for sending your people 00:02:03.099 --> 00:02:10.639 to India to bless that land of more than 1 billion 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:16.800 people, 1 .25 billion people. And it's amazing 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:20.139 to see what the Lord is doing in India. Since 00:02:20.139 --> 00:02:22.939 the time we started relating, we have already... 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:26.360 planted hundreds of churches together. Anybody 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:30.740 ask you, you can just say, Life Bible has planted 00:02:30.740 --> 00:02:36.319 650 churches. We are in partnership. And anybody 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:39.400 ask you how many members you have, you just add 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:42.900 your 1 ,000 people and just say 75 ,000 more, 00:02:42.979 --> 00:02:47.639 76 ,000 people in the church. I just thank you 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:51.039 very much for coming to India, for sending your 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:55.099 finances, and for what you have done. And I believe 00:02:55.099 --> 00:02:59.960 that you are already receiving 30 fold, 60 fold, 00:03:00.139 --> 00:03:05.919 and 100 fold as to what you have sown or sowing 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:09.080 in India. You know, I was thinking about how 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:13.389 the Lord... Has blessed you. You invested in 00:03:13.389 --> 00:03:15.990 India. To complete the convention center. And 00:03:15.990 --> 00:03:19.169 God gave you. A convention center. Which is under 00:03:19.169 --> 00:03:21.610 the construction. I believe that it is going 00:03:21.610 --> 00:03:24.610 to be amazing. Convention center. With all the 00:03:24.610 --> 00:03:28.849 facility. Available here. Not only that, but 00:03:28.849 --> 00:03:31.310 God will continue to bless you as you continue 00:03:31.310 --> 00:03:36.150 to serve the Lord and extend the kingdom. It's 00:03:36.150 --> 00:03:40.389 all one thing. Somebody asked me, hey, why so 00:03:40.389 --> 00:03:42.469 many people coming to the Lord in India? Why 00:03:42.469 --> 00:03:46.050 not in America? I said, well, God is the owner 00:03:46.050 --> 00:03:50.289 of a big house. And if you're an owner of a big 00:03:50.289 --> 00:03:54.400 house. And sometimes you'll be remodeling your 00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:56.400 kitchen. Sometimes you'll be remodeling your 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:59.520 bathroom. Sometimes you will be remodeling a 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:02.800 bedroom or a lounge. But it's all your house. 00:04:03.060 --> 00:04:06.979 And so God owns the whole big house. Sometimes 00:04:06.979 --> 00:04:10.280 he's working that side of the world. Sometimes 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:12.939 he's working. But we are all in big house. And 00:04:12.939 --> 00:04:15.979 everything belongs to our God. And he is doing 00:04:15.979 --> 00:04:19.660 amazing thing. So I just want to thank the Lord. 00:04:20.889 --> 00:04:26.629 what he's doing in the life of ABC and LBC. LBC 00:04:26.629 --> 00:04:31.370 is Lucknow Bible College and LBC is Life Bible 00:04:31.370 --> 00:04:35.589 Church. For some reason, we have the same name. 00:04:35.810 --> 00:04:40.589 And I just thank the Lord for the land of India, 00:04:40.769 --> 00:04:46.189 which is from top Himalaya and bottom Kanyakumari. 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:51.000 which is in English Cape Comrie. And on the west 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:54.939 coast is Bombay City and the east coast is Calcutta. 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:58.759 And we sing like this. This land is my land. 00:04:59.019 --> 00:05:03.600 This land is your land. From the Himalayas down 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:10.500 Cape Comrie. From Bombay City to Calcutta. This 00:05:10.500 --> 00:05:15.000 land was made for you and me. This land for Jesus. 00:05:15.769 --> 00:05:20.290 Is the answer. This land is Jesus. The youth 00:05:20.290 --> 00:05:24.589 must tell her. Tell of the savior. His changing 00:05:24.589 --> 00:05:31.029 power. Stand and declare his love to all. Stand 00:05:31.029 --> 00:05:35.029 and declare his love to all. This land is my 00:05:35.029 --> 00:05:39.589 land. This land is your land. From the Himalayas. 00:05:39.610 --> 00:05:44.829 Down Cape Camry. From Bombay City. To Calcutta. 00:05:47.019 --> 00:05:50.300 This land was made for you and me. This land 00:05:50.300 --> 00:05:55.160 for Jesus is the answer. This land is Jesus. 00:05:55.540 --> 00:06:00.180 We do not tell her. Tell of the Savior. His changing 00:06:00.180 --> 00:06:06.620 power. Stand and declare His love to all. Stand 00:06:06.620 --> 00:06:23.769 and declare His love to all. Among the all amazing 00:06:23.769 --> 00:06:26.250 things the Lord is doing in India, something 00:06:26.250 --> 00:06:29.189 great has happened a couple weeks ago. First 00:06:29.189 --> 00:06:32.129 time in the history of ABC Assembly of Believer 00:06:32.129 --> 00:06:37.610 Church, we have planted three churches in three 00:06:37.610 --> 00:06:41.689 days in three major cities. The first one was 00:06:41.689 --> 00:06:45.920 on 22nd. of June when we planted a church in 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:50.220 the suburb of Lucknow with a young man and then 00:06:50.220 --> 00:06:52.660 I traveled 500 kilometers and planted another 00:06:52.660 --> 00:06:56.839 church in the city of Ghaziabad with another 00:06:56.839 --> 00:07:00.639 young man and then traveled again to Punjab and 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:03.339 major city of Punjab where the golden temple 00:07:03.339 --> 00:07:07.730 is Sikh golden temple in the city of Amritsar. 00:07:07.810 --> 00:07:11.110 We planted the third church on the third day, 00:07:11.170 --> 00:07:16.230 which is June 24th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, all three 00:07:16.230 --> 00:07:19.149 days. We planted three major churches and they 00:07:19.149 --> 00:07:21.689 are doing very good. First day when we opened 00:07:21.689 --> 00:07:26.550 the door. for Punjab Church, 75 people walked 00:07:26.550 --> 00:07:30.850 in there. And it was amazing. And these young 00:07:30.850 --> 00:07:33.589 people, they're all excited for the Lord. And 00:07:33.589 --> 00:07:37.750 we thank you for your prayers. And your prayers 00:07:37.750 --> 00:07:43.009 are big support to us. And what your church has 00:07:43.009 --> 00:07:46.110 done, the teams have gone from here and led in 00:07:46.110 --> 00:07:49.110 praise and worship. And you taught us in our 00:07:49.110 --> 00:07:51.170 pastor conference, in our annual conventions. 00:07:51.449 --> 00:07:55.050 And that has been a Great. Blessing to us. We 00:07:55.050 --> 00:07:57.810 are looking forward to next year, March, when 00:07:57.810 --> 00:08:01.089 your pastor Brad is leading a team and coming 00:08:01.089 --> 00:08:05.550 to India to preach in our pastors and leaders 00:08:05.550 --> 00:08:09.310 convention. And it's going to be great. We just 00:08:09.310 --> 00:08:12.990 appreciate you for encouraging us and standing 00:08:12.990 --> 00:08:17.329 with us. And we thank you for sending Smucker 00:08:17.329 --> 00:08:22.870 family on a regular basis. And I feel like we... 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:26.439 We are two partners of the same business. And 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:33.919 God has blessed everything that this family has 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:38.289 done. And we have been mightily blessed. And 00:08:38.289 --> 00:08:41.889 I appreciate you very much. As I told you before 00:08:41.889 --> 00:08:46.429 that we planted the first church of ABC in 1973 00:08:46.429 --> 00:08:50.889 on the 21st of October. And we prayed a prayer 00:08:50.889 --> 00:08:55.850 of a million souls. And we were 33 people. And 00:08:55.850 --> 00:08:58.909 then next Sunday we left. We lost two people. 00:08:59.090 --> 00:09:02.149 Then another Sunday we lost four more people. 00:09:02.210 --> 00:09:05.149 We came down to 24 people. Nothing happened. 00:09:05.210 --> 00:09:07.840 Nobody getting saved. No church. could be planted 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:12.379 and from 1973 to 83 nothing happened and on the 00:09:12.379 --> 00:09:15.940 10th of March we got the first opening in Delhi 00:09:15.940 --> 00:09:19.039 and when we planted the first church on the 10th 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:23.360 of March 1983 so in 10 years one church and we 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:25.980 were praying for 10 ,000 churches I needed to 00:09:25.980 --> 00:09:31.399 live for 2 million years to complete it but God's 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:36.559 doing amazing. From 1983 to 1993, next 10 years, 00:09:36.659 --> 00:09:41.340 we planted six churches. And from 1993... To 00:09:41.340 --> 00:09:47.120 2003, we planted 146 churches. From 2003 till 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:50.299 now, we are planting more than one church every 00:09:50.299 --> 00:09:55.860 week. So we've gone from one church to 650 churches. 00:09:56.100 --> 00:09:59.440 And it's growing. Our goal is one church every 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:03.220 day. And folks, continue to pray and continue 00:10:03.220 --> 00:10:05.759 to stand with us. We thank you very much for 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:08.700 helping us to build. building in the village 00:10:08.700 --> 00:10:11.779 situation. In some of the villages, one day we 00:10:11.779 --> 00:10:14.700 go and plant a church. 100 people or more get 00:10:14.700 --> 00:10:16.799 saved and we plant a church and the villager 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:19.100 will give us a land and we start building the 00:10:19.100 --> 00:10:21.379 church building. The whole building we built 00:10:21.379 --> 00:10:24.779 for 10 ,000 US dollars. And that building is 00:10:24.779 --> 00:10:28.279 not only a church building for Sunday, but Monday 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:31.639 to Friday we have a free school. 50 to 100 children 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:35.000 are educated because there's no education in 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:38.629 the villages. cannot read or write but we use 00:10:38.629 --> 00:10:41.370 that building for Sunday service as well as for 00:10:41.370 --> 00:10:44.909 a school and we have a project we call it PCF 00:10:44.909 --> 00:10:48.490 Poor Children Fund and many of you are supporting 00:10:48.490 --> 00:10:52.980 that project and we trained and we educate the 00:10:52.980 --> 00:10:56.919 children. And we do one more thing. Every church 00:10:56.919 --> 00:11:00.220 building in the village has a well. And that 00:11:00.220 --> 00:11:03.299 when you go 50 feet, you get water. But we go 00:11:03.299 --> 00:11:06.279 another 150 feet to get clean water. And that 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:09.019 is very important need in those villages. 60 00:11:09.019 --> 00:11:11.820 % people in some of the villages are sick because 00:11:11.820 --> 00:11:14.159 of their stomach diseases because of unclean 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:17.720 water. But we provide whole village water and 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:19.559 they don't have to go to church to get the water. 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:21.779 It's outside of the church and they can get the 00:11:21.779 --> 00:11:24.700 free water. And we do all these things in Pakistan 00:11:24.700 --> 00:11:28.419 for 10 ,000 US dollars. A lot of time somebody 00:11:28.419 --> 00:11:31.059 comes and meets me and just leaves a check in 00:11:31.059 --> 00:11:33.940 my hand. And my hand goes like this because it's 00:11:33.940 --> 00:11:39.679 a church building. And it's very heavy. I remember 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:44.100 one time I was in a coffee shop and a guy came 00:11:44.100 --> 00:11:48.000 on a wheelchair. And he looked at me and he was 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:51.450 kind of goofy. I said, oh, Tony, that was a good 00:11:51.450 --> 00:11:54.830 meeting. I'm sorry I couldn't get to give you 00:11:54.830 --> 00:11:57.590 any offering. And he wrote me a check and gave 00:11:57.590 --> 00:11:59.850 me. I put it in the pocket. I didn't realize 00:11:59.850 --> 00:12:03.029 because the check was very dirty and half torn. 00:12:03.370 --> 00:12:07.210 And then later on I saw there was $10 ,000, a 00:12:07.210 --> 00:12:10.830 church building. And I came here and I said, 00:12:10.870 --> 00:12:12.710 Mark, I don't know if the check is okay because 00:12:12.710 --> 00:12:16.509 this is very unclean. He said, oh, this will 00:12:16.509 --> 00:12:19.250 work. And then we built a building. there so 00:12:19.250 --> 00:12:23.610 continue to pray our project is completed last 00:12:23.610 --> 00:12:27.110 year and we thank you for your giving but a little 00:12:27.110 --> 00:12:30.470 bit is left that we are finishing this year December 00:12:30.470 --> 00:12:33.570 everything the whole center will be paid off 00:12:33.570 --> 00:12:37.090 so I thank you for your giving continue to do 00:12:37.090 --> 00:12:39.309 that because you have a part in it you know you 00:12:39.309 --> 00:12:41.389 continue to give and God will continue to return 00:12:41.389 --> 00:12:47.100 you and we have a big Partnership together. In 00:12:47.100 --> 00:12:49.460 the land of India. And we are excited about next 00:12:49.460 --> 00:12:51.080 year. Those of you who want to come to India. 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:56.799 You see your pastor. As soon as you have a recommendation, 00:12:57.139 --> 00:12:59.519 we will have you and we will house you there. 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:02.620 We love you. You are a family. You know, I'm 00:13:02.620 --> 00:13:04.340 a missionary sent from this church to India. 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:07.120 I come back every year with a report what's happening 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:09.960 in India. And you receive me very, very nicely. 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:12.460 Thank you very much for this. This is my vacation 00:13:12.460 --> 00:13:16.379 place. And for a week, I'm having fun, you know, 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:19.700 sleeping more than I do there whole year and 00:13:19.700 --> 00:13:23.379 eating good food. Amazing, you know. Nobody here 00:13:23.379 --> 00:13:26.980 to wake me early morning except a couple of times 00:13:26.980 --> 00:13:29.639 when I have morning prayer meeting and all that. 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:33.700 But I appreciate God for everything. I want to 00:13:33.700 --> 00:13:38.220 speak to you from the word of God. And my key 00:13:38.220 --> 00:13:43.000 scripture is going to be John's Gospel 13 chapter 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:45.740 and 8th verse. And this is going to be my key 00:13:45.740 --> 00:13:49.669 scripture. My message is based. On this key scripture. 00:13:49.769 --> 00:13:52.730 And there is a topic. Every time I speak. I take 00:13:52.730 --> 00:13:55.070 a topic from a key scripture. And everything 00:13:55.070 --> 00:13:57.649 is based on the word of God. So I have asked 00:13:57.649 --> 00:14:01.070 Mark to read my key scripture. And it says like 00:14:01.070 --> 00:14:03.429 this. Listen to this one. Peter said to him. 00:14:03.610 --> 00:14:06.090 You shall never wash my feet. Peter refused. 00:14:06.309 --> 00:14:09.149 He said Jesus wanted to wash Peter's feet. And 00:14:09.149 --> 00:14:12.450 he said no never. You shall never wash my feet. 00:14:12.750 --> 00:14:16.409 And what did Jesus say? Listen to this. Jesus 00:14:16.409 --> 00:14:20.029 answered to him. If I do not wash you, you have 00:14:20.029 --> 00:14:23.549 no part in me. Peter, if you don't allow me to 00:14:23.549 --> 00:14:27.250 wash your feet, you have no part. So basically, 00:14:27.250 --> 00:14:30.190 number one, what I'm talking to you this morning 00:14:30.190 --> 00:14:35.460 is God intends to make you partner. He doesn't 00:14:35.460 --> 00:14:38.220 only want to have a big ministry and ask you 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:40.500 to be a servant, give me a glass of water or 00:14:40.500 --> 00:14:44.220 take my shoes and put it there or work on the 00:14:44.220 --> 00:14:47.519 overhead projector. No, but God's plan is that 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:51.340 every one of us becomes a partner in the ministry. 00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:53.840 And that's why he said to his people, he said, 00:14:53.860 --> 00:14:57.759 whosoever believes in me, you shall do these 00:14:57.759 --> 00:15:01.279 works that I do and even greater works will you 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:03.740 do. So that's the plan of God for you to become. 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:06.279 partner and he wants you to be equal partner. 00:15:06.460 --> 00:15:09.500 He also said, in my father's house, many mentioned 00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:11.840 there, I am going to prepare a place for me and 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:16.500 you'll be living in the outhouse. And when I 00:15:16.500 --> 00:15:19.019 need food, I say, hey, come here, bring some 00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:22.820 lunch. And when I have to travel, you'll come 00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:25.000 and carry my bags. He didn't say that. He said, 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:26.580 in my father's house, there are many mansions 00:15:26.580 --> 00:15:28.919 there. And I go to prepare a place for you and 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:31.200 for me so that we can live together. There will 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:33.220 be a room for me, a room for you. And that's 00:15:33.220 --> 00:15:36.679 what God's plan is. For you to stay in the same 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:39.220 building and same mansion. He wants you to be 00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:43.679 partner with him. He also said that I made you 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:46.320 sit with me in the heavenly places. He's sitting 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:49.259 on a throne in heavenly places with father and 00:15:49.259 --> 00:15:52.639 intends to. have you in the same place where 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:57.639 he is where I am you may be Also. Wow. That's 00:15:57.639 --> 00:16:01.379 a great plan. God wants. Everyone. Every Christian 00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:03.379 says. Hey God. That's very good. I want to be 00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:05.700 in heaven. You know. I want to meet all the angels. 00:16:05.940 --> 00:16:09.799 And I want to have the streets of gold. No blacktop 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:13.059 roads. A street of gold. And I want to have those 00:16:13.059 --> 00:16:16.100 rivers that have milk and honey. Just take a 00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:17.960 liter of milk and a liter of honey. Mix it together. 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:20.299 And drink it. That will be a great time. Everybody 00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:22.879 wants to be a partner. But Jesus Christ is saying 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:25.759 to Peter. Who was willing to be a partner. and 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:28.379 he wanted to do a lot of things. He said, Peter, 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:33.799 if I don't wash you, if I don't wash you, you 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:36.919 have no partnership. Jesus wants to make you 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:40.220 a partner, but he knows and he's telling you 00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:44.139 and I that we can only become his partner if 00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:47.769 we allow him to wash. Many times this is very 00:16:47.769 --> 00:16:50.490 difficult. We don't want him to wash. Hey don't 00:16:50.490 --> 00:16:53.730 wash me. You use me as I am. If you can use me 00:16:53.730 --> 00:16:58.330 as I am. This is my style. And this is what I 00:16:58.330 --> 00:17:00.149 want to do. And this is what I can do. Don't 00:17:00.149 --> 00:17:02.230 do anything. Don't do any changes. And don't 00:17:02.230 --> 00:17:04.589 wash me. But he said if you don't allow me to 00:17:04.589 --> 00:17:07.650 wash you. You cannot be the partner. You want 00:17:07.650 --> 00:17:09.630 to be a partner with Jesus Christ. You and I 00:17:09.630 --> 00:17:14.069 have to allow Jesus to wash us. And allowing 00:17:14.069 --> 00:17:16.869 Jesus is very very important. to wash us. I want 00:17:16.869 --> 00:17:19.789 you to read a scripture, Proverbs 30 chapter. 00:17:20.170 --> 00:17:23.390 Proverbs 30 chapter and read verse 12. Listen 00:17:23.390 --> 00:17:26.549 to this one. Yes. There is a generation that 00:17:26.549 --> 00:17:30.490 is pure in their own eyes. Not one or two people. 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:33.559 More than one or two people. There are many thousands 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:35.359 and thousands and millions of people. There is 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:38.160 a generation that are pure in their own eyes. 00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:40.440 What's wrong in it? I don't see anything wrong. 00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:43.980 I like it. You know, this is okay. Don't tell 00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:46.460 me about this. And we don't want to be. There 00:17:46.460 --> 00:17:50.279 is a generation that is pure in their own eyes. 00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:54.359 You know, according to my thinking, I am. totally 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:56.960 right. There's nothing wrong in me. My house 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:59.059 is right. My wife is right. My children are right. 00:17:59.140 --> 00:18:01.619 My program is right. My walk is right. And whatever 00:18:01.619 --> 00:18:03.940 I'm planning is right. There is a generation. 00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:05.859 There are millions of people like that in this 00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:08.279 world who are right in their own eyes. Listen 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:13.920 to this second part. It says, yet. Yet is not 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:17.039 washed from its filthiness. They're still dirty, 00:18:17.140 --> 00:18:20.579 but they say I'm clean. They're still dirty. 00:18:20.619 --> 00:18:24.640 They say I'm clean. And God comes to you. He 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:27.180 said, hey, I intend to make you partner. I intend 00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:29.759 to take you to heaven. I intend to do things 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:34.140 in you. But you need to allow me to wash you. 00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:36.519 And Peter, you are very close to me. You love 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:38.539 me and I love you. But I cannot make you partner 00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:41.960 until you allow me to wash you. You may be anybody. 00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:44.859 You may be very close to God. You may have 13th 00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:47.740 translation of Bible. You may have gone to many 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:49.660 big conventions. You may have done a lot of good 00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:52.380 things in the church. But it is important before 00:18:52.380 --> 00:18:55.119 you become the partner with Jesus Christ to allow 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:59.059 him. God, wash me. Wash me. It's very important. 00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:02.920 God wants to wash us. And washing is very important. 00:19:03.609 --> 00:19:07.069 I want you to read this scripture and Psalm 51 00:19:07.069 --> 00:19:11.049 verse 2. Psalm 51 verse 2. A man of God, David, 00:19:11.150 --> 00:19:13.589 is saying something to God. He's talking to God. 00:19:13.750 --> 00:19:15.690 He's not saying, hey God, I want to come to heaven. 00:19:15.869 --> 00:19:19.289 Hey God, let Gabriel talk to me. Hey God, give 00:19:19.289 --> 00:19:21.390 me this. What he's saying, this, listen to this. 00:19:21.789 --> 00:19:24.309 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquities. He said, 00:19:24.309 --> 00:19:30.859 God, I feel unclean. I feel dirty. Wash me thoroughly. 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:35.400 Cleanse me, God. A man of God who's after the 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:38.740 own heart of God. God says, well, David is like 00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:41.460 my heart. His heart is my heart. It's just same. 00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:44.980 But still the man is praying because of the walk 00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:48.240 of this word. Because of what I've done. I feel 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:50.940 very dirty. And he said, God, not only wash me, 00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:54.589 but wash me thoroughly. Listen to this verse 00:19:54.589 --> 00:19:57.849 13. He says something. Wash me thoroughly. And 00:19:57.849 --> 00:20:00.109 then he says in 13th verse what? Then I will 00:20:00.109 --> 00:20:03.450 teach transgressions. Then I will teach. That 00:20:03.450 --> 00:20:08.029 means it's not easy to teach until you have been 00:20:08.029 --> 00:20:12.490 washed. When you teach, you're tired. You're 00:20:12.490 --> 00:20:16.369 angry. You don't like people who are sitting 00:20:16.369 --> 00:20:19.150 there. You preach and you don't like it. You 00:20:19.150 --> 00:20:23.960 want to finish it and go away. Because it's very 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:27.079 difficult to teach anybody until you are washed 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:31.170 yourself. You have been assigned a job in Sunday 00:20:31.170 --> 00:20:34.009 school and you can blame everybody else. Those 00:20:34.009 --> 00:20:36.190 children are not good. Parents are not good. 00:20:36.349 --> 00:20:38.589 Sunday school class is not good. I don't have 00:20:38.589 --> 00:20:40.789 the amenities I need. I don't have the projector 00:20:40.789 --> 00:20:43.049 I need. I don't have those songs that I need. 00:20:43.150 --> 00:20:45.349 And that's why I don't do any good. I don't like 00:20:45.349 --> 00:20:47.049 the Sunday school. Take the Sunday school from 00:20:47.049 --> 00:20:49.769 me. You know, folks, let me tell you, it's not 00:20:49.769 --> 00:20:52.150 those things. You come to my country in India 00:20:52.150 --> 00:20:54.529 and you see people are so excited teaching Sunday 00:20:54.529 --> 00:20:58.250 school without anything. It's because we have. 00:20:58.410 --> 00:21:00.670 not being washed. And if you're not being washed, 00:21:00.750 --> 00:21:03.049 you don't like the job. You won't like the church. 00:21:03.109 --> 00:21:05.329 You don't like the pews. You don't like the songs. 00:21:05.529 --> 00:21:07.490 And you don't like the preaching. You don't like 00:21:07.490 --> 00:21:09.950 the pulpit. You don't like nothing. It's because 00:21:09.950 --> 00:21:14.569 when you are washed, you feel good. Don't you 00:21:14.569 --> 00:21:18.029 feel good after you take a shower? And you say, 00:21:18.069 --> 00:21:21.609 ah. Wow, I feel so good. And before that, you 00:21:21.609 --> 00:21:24.710 were like that. Oh, I don't know. I'm very tired. 00:21:24.970 --> 00:21:27.150 And you can still come to church without being 00:21:27.150 --> 00:21:29.809 washed and sit in your pew. This is too long 00:21:29.809 --> 00:21:31.750 a message. I don't know what he's doing, you 00:21:31.750 --> 00:21:33.849 know. I don't like these songs, you know. Why 00:21:33.849 --> 00:21:36.630 should I stand a number of times? For 45 minutes, 00:21:36.710 --> 00:21:38.690 I've been standing. What is this? You would not 00:21:38.690 --> 00:21:40.970 like anything. But folks, let me tell you, allow 00:21:40.970 --> 00:21:44.630 God to wash you. Allow God to wash you. And the 00:21:44.630 --> 00:21:46.630 moment he starts washing you, you start feeling 00:21:46.630 --> 00:21:49.490 so good and so good. And because of the washing. 00:21:49.670 --> 00:21:53.029 You feel a part of the church of God. You feel 00:21:53.029 --> 00:21:55.269 a part of what Jesus is doing. You feel a part 00:21:55.269 --> 00:21:57.450 of heaven. And you feel like in the family of 00:21:57.450 --> 00:22:00.650 God. Because you have allowed him to walk. Don't 00:22:00.650 --> 00:22:06.289 only allow him to walk one time. And only one 00:22:06.289 --> 00:22:12.809 time. Historically. 13th of October. 1955. I 00:22:12.809 --> 00:22:15.910 was washed. That was the last time I took the 00:22:15.910 --> 00:22:20.890 shower. . You know what happens if you don't 00:22:20.890 --> 00:22:23.809 wash yourself on a regular basis. Nobody wants 00:22:23.809 --> 00:22:26.329 to come close to you. And you know, you don't 00:22:26.329 --> 00:22:28.869 enjoy anything because of washing is very important. 00:22:29.089 --> 00:22:31.390 And he's saying to his disciple, if you don't 00:22:31.390 --> 00:22:34.150 allow me to wash you, you cannot have all these 00:22:34.150 --> 00:22:36.210 things that you're desiring to have in your mind. 00:22:36.289 --> 00:22:38.250 Your heart wants to do things. Peter, I know 00:22:38.250 --> 00:22:40.490 you want to do things. And I believe that many 00:22:40.490 --> 00:22:42.990 of us want to do a lot of things. And God is 00:22:42.990 --> 00:22:45.269 intending to make you a partner. And you would 00:22:45.269 --> 00:22:47.849 be exactly doing what Jesus did when he was upon 00:22:47.849 --> 00:22:49.990 the face. of this earth. And he wants to give 00:22:49.990 --> 00:22:52.609 you heaven experience on the face of this earth. 00:22:52.769 --> 00:22:56.210 And he wants to do great and mighty things. But 00:22:56.210 --> 00:23:00.089 just allow God. Wash me. Wash me. And then will 00:23:00.089 --> 00:23:02.769 I teach. Listen to this. Second thing he says. 00:23:02.869 --> 00:23:05.690 Then will I teach your precepts. You will not 00:23:05.690 --> 00:23:08.589 enjoy teaching anybody or talking to anybody 00:23:08.589 --> 00:23:11.029 about Jesus until you're washed. Listen to this 00:23:11.029 --> 00:23:13.730 second thing. And sinners will be converted to 00:23:13.730 --> 00:23:18.240 you. Ah, don't blame city. Don't blame people. 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:20.839 Nobody in this city wants to come to the Lord. 00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:23.519 People are very stubborn in this city. You know, 00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:25.700 because of the methods, people spoiled everything. 00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:29.660 Because of the idol worshipping, nothing is happening 00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:32.240 in this city. Moreover, people here in this city 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:36.220 are too much drawn to money. People in this city, 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:39.380 this big city, nobody wants to come. No! People 00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:41.140 are not coming to Jesus Christ. It's because 00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:44.400 you are not washed. It's because you are not 00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:49.829 washed. God wants preachers to be washed people. 00:23:50.150 --> 00:23:53.809 God wants teachers to be washed people. God wants 00:23:53.809 --> 00:23:56.529 Christians to be washed people. And God wants 00:23:56.529 --> 00:23:59.250 Peters, who are the disciples of Jesus Christ, 00:23:59.470 --> 00:24:02.970 to allow Jesus to continuously wash you. If I 00:24:02.970 --> 00:24:05.130 don't wash you, if you don't allow me to wash 00:24:05.130 --> 00:24:07.549 you, you have no part with me and you have no 00:24:07.549 --> 00:24:10.809 partnership with me. God's wanting to make you 00:24:10.809 --> 00:24:13.589 a partner, but he wants you to allow him. Lord, 00:24:13.950 --> 00:24:18.349 Wash me. And then will they turn. You know. Your 00:24:18.349 --> 00:24:20.769 church will be a successful church. Your house 00:24:20.769 --> 00:24:22.769 will be a successful. Your testimony will be 00:24:22.769 --> 00:24:24.549 a successful testimony. Because you allowed. 00:24:25.650 --> 00:24:29.960 You know. It's good to have. Major breakthroughs. 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:32.460 It's good to have great successes. But you know. 00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:36.400 If you read the story of Old Testament. After 00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:41.119 the great success. In Jericho. After the great 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:45.000 success in Jericho. When they destroyed the whole 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:48.920 Jericho. There was a defeat. After the success 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:51.240 in Jericho. There was a defeat. And that defeat 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:53.819 was not because of the. angst and ammunition 00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:56.759 that the people in that small town, the name 00:24:56.759 --> 00:25:01.460 of the town was Ai. Ai defeated. First defeat 00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:04.779 for God's people. After a great success in Jericho, 00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:07.599 there is a great defeat and 36 people have been 00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:10.440 killed. You know why? This defeat was not because 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:13.180 the God's people were tired and they couldn't 00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:15.759 fight good. The defeat was because they needed 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:19.099 to be cleansed. They needed to be cleansed. And 00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:21.980 God said, my people, you cannot win. You cannot 00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:25.019 win anywhere because you are dirty. And then 00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:27.539 God started cleaning. And then God cleansed his 00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:30.240 people. And they further was victorious again. 00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:32.440 I want you to read this scripture. This is very 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:37.440 good. And this is, if you read the book of Joshua, 00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:40.400 third chapter and fifth verse. Book of Joshua, 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:44.019 third chapter, fifth verse. Book of Joshua, chapter. 00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:49.160 3 verse 5. And listen to this. What the man of 00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:53.220 God is saying to God's people. Joshua chapter 00:25:53.220 --> 00:26:08.660 3 verse 5. 3 verse 5. Then Joshua told the people. 00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:11.759 Purify yourselves and tomorrow the Lord will 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:13.700 do great and wonders among you. Why not today? 00:26:16.910 --> 00:26:20.650 what are you reading? I want blessing today. 00:26:21.950 --> 00:26:25.569 We have the situation. You know, when you postpone 00:26:25.569 --> 00:26:28.190 somebody for tomorrow, they're angry. They want 00:26:28.190 --> 00:26:31.670 right now. Many people pray, and one guy was 00:26:31.670 --> 00:26:35.029 praying, and he's saying, God, I want patience. 00:26:35.230 --> 00:26:42.619 I want patience, and give me right now. People 00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:44.859 pray and they want right now. And the Bible says, 00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:48.059 and Joshua said to half a million people, he 00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:51.000 said, you cleanse yourself today and tomorrow 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:54.000 God will do wonders. Today is not the day of 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:56.839 wonders. Today is the day of washing. And washing 00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:59.220 is very important. And God's talking to his people. 00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:01.619 Today is the day of washing. And tomorrow is 00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:05.490 the day of miracles and blessing. And success. 00:27:05.910 --> 00:27:08.730 You know, the king of the Old Testament, the 00:27:08.730 --> 00:27:11.930 king of Nineveh, he was a very wise man. And 00:27:11.930 --> 00:27:14.670 he brought the whole parliament. And he asked 00:27:14.670 --> 00:27:17.869 them to sit down on the ashes and wear filthy 00:27:17.869 --> 00:27:19.930 rags, you know. And he started praying. He said, 00:27:19.990 --> 00:27:26.450 God, cleanse us. But the king of Israel, Saul, 00:27:26.730 --> 00:27:30.059 didn't do that. He was stubborn. He didn't do 00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:32.660 it. But you know what happened to King of Israel, 00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:36.160 Saul? And you know what happened to King of Nineveh? 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:38.720 The King of Nineveh, instead of defeat, instead 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:44.079 of being beaten, instead of losing, they had 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:46.779 a victory. God came. God wants to come in your 00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:49.039 situation. He wants to give you a great victory. 00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:51.759 You know, if you're feeling down, if you're feeling 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:54.240 defeated, if things are not happening, if your 00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:56.220 children are going the wrong way, if you're not 00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:58.619 receiving what you want to receive, People don't 00:27:58.619 --> 00:28:01.339 want to accept anything from you. And they don't 00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:04.279 want you to talk about Jesus Christ. If the problems 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:07.039 one after the other. It's not because God is 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:09.759 mad. But because God is just waiting for you 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:13.859 to allow him to wash you. Washing changes a person. 00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:18.700 I want you to listen to this one. You know a 00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:22.220 lady was talking to Jesus Christ. I mean somehow 00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:25.500 we have experienced ladies more interested about 00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:30.599 the things of heaven more than men. Are you happy 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:34.180 about it? I often tell this in India so that 00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:39.500 my wife is happy and I get good food. This lady 00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:42.140 is very much interested and she's talking to 00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:45.119 Jesus Christ. Lady at the well. You know, lady, 00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:47.019 Samaritan lady at the well. She's talking to 00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:49.559 Jesus Christ. In 4th chapter of John and verse 00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:53.460 15. Jesus is talking to her. He said, lady, you 00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:55.799 come every day for water? She said, yeah, I don't 00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:57.400 like it. I hate it. You know, this is too much 00:28:57.400 --> 00:29:01.099 to come. You know, I had to come in the afternoon 00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:03.519 because in the morning the well is very much 00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:06.160 crowded. And the men folks will not allow me 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:08.200 to take water. And I come in the afternoon. This 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:10.559 is very hectic. I don't want this. And Jesus 00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:13.519 Christ said to this lady, had you known who I 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:15.319 am, you would have asked me and I would have 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:17.480 given you water that you will never get thirsty 00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:19.680 again and you would never have to come back to 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:22.740 fetch the water. She said, listen to this 15th 00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:26.299 verse, what she said. When you hear, Jesus can 00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:29.279 heal, Jesus can provide, and Jesus can multiply. 00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:32.440 The moment you hear, say, hey, Jesus, give me 00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:35.519 two million. Give me firehouses. Give me a Rolls 00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:38.240 Royce. Give me a Mercedes. The moment you and 00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:41.119 I hear what Jesus can do for us, we start asking. 00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:43.940 So the lady said, what did she say? 15th verse. 00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:46.660 And the woman said to him, sir, give me this 00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:50.980 water. Give me this water. Like us. You know, 00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:54.599 even 2 ,000 years ago, people were like us. Give 00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:56.779 me that water. There's so many people today saying, 00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:59.640 give me the water. I want to have that water 00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:01.920 so that I never get thirsty and never have to 00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:03.920 come back again. Give me that water. A lot of 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:05.920 people in this world are asking God to give great 00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:08.759 things. Give me that water. Listen to this. And 00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:11.359 Jesus, what did he do? Jesus said, take the water. 00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:13.960 How many bottles? Two, three, five? How many 00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:16.180 bottles you want? He didn't say. When she said, 00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:18.799 give me the water, Jesus said. And Jesus said 00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:21.500 to her, go and call your husband and come here. 00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:25.500 Why are you calling my husband? What has it got 00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:28.039 to do with my husband? Just give me water and 00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:29.980 that's enough. I'm the member of your church. 00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:32.140 You just preach your message and give me the 00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:34.440 flyer and that's it. Don't ask me where I'm coming 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:40.660 from. A lot of people don't want that. When Jesus 00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:43.839 starts doing the washing. When Jesus starts asking 00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:46.700 about the things, we don't like it. We only like 00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:50.339 heaven to visit us. We want Gabriel and Michael 00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:53.059 to be left and right. We want the legions of 00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:56.259 angels to be with us. We want all the gold and 00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:59.180 silver of heaven to be poured on us so that we 00:30:59.180 --> 00:31:00.799 don't have any place to keep the blessing of 00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:03.059 heaven. We want all those things. But when God 00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:06.619 starts inquiring, when this lady said, give me 00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:08.960 the water, and Jesus said, let me wash you. And 00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:12.059 when Jesus started washing, Do you like the washing? 00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:14.559 You know what happened? I thank God for this 00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:17.759 lady. This lady allowed Jesus to wash her. How 00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:20.180 do you know that? Is there any verse? Yeah, it's 00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:23.279 written there. When Jesus said, you have five 00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:25.700 husbands. When Jesus said, you have five husbands 00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:27.920 and the one you are living with is not your husband. 00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:30.960 When Jesus said this, the lady immediately should 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:34.880 have said, you are a false prophet. She didn't 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:37.380 say. You know what he said? She said, you sound 00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:40.980 like a prophet. That means she's saying, you're 00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:47.339 right. You're right. Sometimes when a man of 00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:50.619 God comes, he knows the situation in your house 00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:52.799 and he knows what you're going through. And the 00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:55.680 man of God puts his hand on your shoulder and 00:31:55.680 --> 00:32:02.880 said, you know, I feel you're going through this 00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:09.720 situation. Many times we fight, we argue. We 00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:14.559 throw it. And we don't allow Holy Spirit to wash. 00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:18.460 How did you say that? Who told you that? No, 00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:21.779 that's not true. I'm not like that. Even though 00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:23.680 we know that Jesus is correct, we're going through 00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:30.339 this. Peter, I know you need to allow me to wash 00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:33.660 your feet. And you're fighting. I know what happened 00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:37.660 to you. I know you're so much discouraged what 00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:40.299 people said to you. I need to wash your feet. 00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:42.579 Because I want to become, I want to make you 00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:45.200 partner with me. And I want you to have the whole 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:53.039 heaven. The lady accepted and said, Jesus, you're 00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:56.500 right. This is my situation. And not only that, 00:32:56.660 --> 00:33:00.400 listen to this. No, no, it's easy. One -on -one, 00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:04.519 accept. Yes, pastor, you're right. Yeah, I'm 00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:07.859 going through. Don't tell anybody. Don't tell 00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:10.650 anybody. But the lady, listen to this. Lady, 00:33:10.750 --> 00:33:13.190 after she accepts that you are a prophet, whatever 00:33:13.190 --> 00:33:15.650 you told, everything is correct. You know, you 00:33:15.650 --> 00:33:18.410 wash me. And not only that, but she went into 00:33:18.410 --> 00:33:21.309 the city. She went into the city. And in the 00:33:21.309 --> 00:33:25.150 city where she has hidden all these things from 00:33:25.150 --> 00:33:27.289 the city. And she went to the city. In the Eastern 00:33:27.289 --> 00:33:30.529 culture, a woman cannot go in the city by herself. 00:33:30.890 --> 00:33:33.650 You know, she went in the city. In the Eastern 00:33:33.650 --> 00:33:35.930 culture, a lady cannot shout like this in the 00:33:35.930 --> 00:33:37.970 city. But the lady started shouting in the city. 00:33:38.150 --> 00:33:42.490 Hey! people. Come and see a man. He told everything 00:33:42.490 --> 00:33:44.950 correct about me. That means she's telling the 00:33:44.950 --> 00:33:47.549 whole masses that I have been a bad lady like 00:33:47.549 --> 00:33:52.950 that. Instead of telling the masses, come and 00:33:52.950 --> 00:33:55.650 meet this man. He's blaming me. He's calling 00:33:55.650 --> 00:33:58.309 me a dirty lady. Come and stone him. She's not 00:33:58.309 --> 00:34:04.569 saying this. Folks, it's easy to refuse, to throw, 00:34:04.750 --> 00:34:10.079 to argue. And to not accept it. But by that you 00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:14.179 won't be washed. But you allow God to wash you. 00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:20.159 Allow God to wash you. The lady allowed God to 00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:21.940 wash. And you know what happened? What happened 00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:23.599 when you allowed God to wash? When she allowed 00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:25.860 God to wash. When she accepted what Jesus was 00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:28.420 saying. When she went in the town and told everybody. 00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:30.840 And because of what she told everybody. Everybody 00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:33.599 was so influenced. The first time somebody was 00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:36.550 able to bring the whole city to Jesus. You're 00:34:36.550 --> 00:34:38.309 praying for two people and you're not able to 00:34:38.309 --> 00:34:40.309 bring them to Jesus Christ, but you want to bring 00:34:40.309 --> 00:34:42.849 the whole city? Before this happens, you got 00:34:42.849 --> 00:34:45.409 to accept Jesus was right. Before this happens, 00:34:45.469 --> 00:34:48.070 you got to say, I am wrong. You got to say, Jesus, 00:34:48.210 --> 00:34:51.110 wash me. Wash me more and more. You wash me so 00:34:51.110 --> 00:34:53.550 that I am able to become a blessing for my whole 00:34:53.550 --> 00:34:56.630 city, for my whole family, for my spouse, for 00:34:56.630 --> 00:34:58.949 my children. I want to become blessing. Peter, 00:34:59.150 --> 00:35:01.329 if I don't wash you, you will not become partner 00:35:01.329 --> 00:35:05.639 with me. God wants to be. Partner of yours. And 00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:08.480 he wants to allow you to be his partner. Now, 00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:10.679 I have written a few things. I don't know how 00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:16.440 much time I'll have. Wash what? Wash what? The 00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:20.480 number one is Hebrew 10 -20 second. Hebrew 10 00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:23.420 -20 second. Listen to this. Hebrew 10 -20 second. 00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:29.280 Wash what? Let us draw near with a true heart 00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:32.630 in full assurance of faith. Yes. Having our hearts 00:35:32.630 --> 00:35:35.650 sprinkled from the evil. Number one thing that 00:35:35.650 --> 00:35:40.630 has to be washed. Is what? Heart. A lot of time. 00:35:40.710 --> 00:35:43.329 You can speak good words. And you can wear good 00:35:43.329 --> 00:35:46.230 clothes. And you can walk good. Polish way. You 00:35:46.230 --> 00:35:48.329 know language is very good. You can say excuse 00:35:48.329 --> 00:35:50.789 me please. Thank you very much. You're welcome. 00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:54.460 Those words are very good, but the heart could 00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:57.139 be very bitter. You know, first of all, God wants 00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:59.860 to wash your heart. You remember that guy whose 00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:02.579 name was Simeon? He came to Peter and he wanted 00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:04.760 Peter to give him blessing so that he lays his 00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:06.420 hand on people and they receive the baptism of 00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:09.179 the Holy Ghost. And Peter said, your money perished 00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:11.780 with you because I see your heart is dirty. And 00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:14.440 I see you're in gallop bitterness. And I see 00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:18.429 you're bound. He wanted something. He wanted 00:36:18.429 --> 00:36:20.230 to become a partner with Peter. And Peter said, 00:36:20.309 --> 00:36:22.690 no, your $50 ,000 will not give you partnership 00:36:22.690 --> 00:36:27.550 with me. Because to be a partner for God's blessing, 00:36:27.670 --> 00:36:32.610 you need to wash your heart. The guy, you know 00:36:32.610 --> 00:36:34.909 this guy, he was a sorcerer. And he's telling 00:36:34.909 --> 00:36:37.329 everybody, I'm not an ordinary man. I'm a big 00:36:37.329 --> 00:36:44.539 man. He was pretending to be something. Pretending. 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:46.900 You know when you pretend. You're so full of 00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:49.639 jealous and hatred with everybody else. Why is 00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:53.159 he like that? I am bigger than him. Does he think 00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:55.019 that he sings better than me? He plays better 00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:57.280 than me? He thinks he's more smart? I'm more 00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:59.559 smarter than him. You may have 50 ,000 rupees 00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:02.400 or 50 ,000 dollars in your bag. And you have 00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:04.380 come. People think that you are a great person. 00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:07.219 But you need to be washed. I need to be washed. 00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:11.460 Until and unless I'm washed. My heart has to 00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:14.440 be washed. So it's very important. And Paul said, 00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:17.579 my heart does not blame me. My heart says you're 00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:20.860 correct and correct. Everyone's heart says you're 00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:23.059 all right. It's his fault. You're all right. 00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:26.440 But my God knows what's in my heart. It's very 00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:28.960 important. Number one, the heart should be washed. 00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:31.980 And number two, the hands. If you read Isaiah 00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:38.480 115, Isaiah 115 says, you praying and lifting 00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:43.119 up your hands, This is amazing. A guy who came 00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:46.739 for prayer, stretching forth his hand for prayer, 00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:51.300 Isaiah 115, and listen to this, what God says. 00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:56.000 When you spread out your hands, I will hide my 00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:59.159 eyes from you. Even though you make many prayers, 00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:02.460 I will not hear. Why? Your hands are full of 00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:10.010 blood. What? You could be stretching forth your 00:38:10.010 --> 00:38:12.929 hand in prayer. You don't have to have a knife 00:38:12.929 --> 00:38:15.949 or a gun in your hand to have your hands full 00:38:15.949 --> 00:38:19.349 of blood. But you could be sitting in the prayer 00:38:19.349 --> 00:38:22.469 meeting but still be so full of hate for somebody. 00:38:22.550 --> 00:38:25.230 And you wish that man is finished and killed 00:38:25.230 --> 00:38:32.489 and destroyed. In order to become the... In order 00:38:32.489 --> 00:38:34.769 to pray a prayer. So the heaven is open. God 00:38:34.769 --> 00:38:37.530 wants you and I to become that people. So that 00:38:37.530 --> 00:38:40.190 we pray and the heavens will be opened. He wants 00:38:40.190 --> 00:38:42.670 you to become a partner. But before this happens. 00:38:42.809 --> 00:38:48.110 He wants to cleanse our hands. He wants to cleanse 00:38:48.110 --> 00:38:52.250 our heart. He wants to cleanse our hands. And 00:38:52.250 --> 00:38:57.039 he wants to cleanse Isaiah 6 .5. Isaiah 6, 5. 00:38:57.219 --> 00:39:00.360 Listen to this one. Isaiah 6, 5. Another thing 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:03.420 that God wants to cleanse. And that's Isaiah 00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:07.239 6 chapter and the fifth verse. And it reads like 00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:15.139 this. Isaiah 6, 5. So I said, woe is me for I 00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:18.440 am undone because I am a man of unclean lips. 00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:23.900 Oh, a prophet. He's been saying by now, by today, 00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:26.820 one to you, one to you, one to you, one to you. 00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:28.860 You are cursed, you are cursed, you are cursed. 00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:31.860 But something happened and the guy realized that 00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:36.679 I need my lips, I need my mouth, I need my speech 00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:44.820 to be cleansed. He was against everybody. He 00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:46.739 was not going to anybody. He was not talking. 00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:49.360 But after, the Bible tells us, an angel came 00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:52.440 and took a coal and cleansed his lips. You know 00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:55.559 what he did after that? After his lips were cleansed, 00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:58.099 he never said, one to you, one to you, one to 00:39:58.099 --> 00:40:02.300 you. But he said, God send me. I want to go. 00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:06.400 Where he did not want to go. He hated those people. 00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:09.079 People who took bribe. People who were drinking. 00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:12.360 People who were murdering. He was against and 00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:14.739 prophesying against. But after his mouth was 00:40:14.739 --> 00:40:18.099 cleansed. After God took coal and cleansed his 00:40:18.099 --> 00:40:20.139 mouth. He said, God, I want to go. I want to 00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:22.159 sit with them. I want to talk with them. I want 00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:23.940 to change them. I want to change the situation. 00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:26.840 Folks, you and I are going to be partners like 00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:29.460 Jesus came from heaven. And he loved the people. 00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:32.789 You and I are going to be lovers of people. a 00:40:32.789 --> 00:40:35.349 partner because God's going to do this. But unless 00:40:35.349 --> 00:40:38.849 I wash your mouth, unless I wash your heart, 00:40:38.909 --> 00:40:42.210 unless I wash your hands, you have no partnership 00:40:42.210 --> 00:40:46.250 with me. Not only that, but I want to wash another 00:40:46.250 --> 00:40:51.050 thing. Hebrew 10, 22. Hebrew 10, 22. Listen to 00:40:51.050 --> 00:40:54.019 this one. Let us draw near with a true heart. 00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:56.679 Yes. In full assurance of faith. Yes. Having 00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:58.800 our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. 00:40:59.119 --> 00:41:02.300 Yes. And our bodies washed. Bodies. Pure water. 00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:10.139 Washed. Bodies washed. Body. God wants to wash 00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:15.469 as a body. As a body he wants to wash. Peter, 00:41:15.489 --> 00:41:18.269 I want to wash. I want to wash your brain. I 00:41:18.269 --> 00:41:20.510 want to wash your eyes. I want to wash your mouth. 00:41:20.650 --> 00:41:22.469 I want to wash your heart. I want to wash your 00:41:22.469 --> 00:41:24.949 hands. And I want to wash your body. And the 00:41:24.949 --> 00:41:27.309 last thing he said, I want to wash your robe. 00:41:31.389 --> 00:41:39.050 But my punchline or icing on the cake. Only in 00:41:39.050 --> 00:41:41.349 three minutes I finished the punchline. I've 00:41:41.349 --> 00:41:44.150 got four minutes. I finished this punchline. 00:41:44.730 --> 00:41:49.210 Every time we wash, we use some detergent. Right? 00:41:49.389 --> 00:41:54.150 Detergent. Sometimes we use joy. Sometimes we 00:41:54.150 --> 00:41:58.170 use tide. And if there's a stain that is not 00:41:58.170 --> 00:42:06.230 coming out, then what do you use? Different things 00:42:06.230 --> 00:42:09.050 you use. But God also knows that there are certain 00:42:09.050 --> 00:42:11.130 things that will be washed easily. But certain 00:42:11.130 --> 00:42:13.289 things will not be washed easily. Then he's got 00:42:13.289 --> 00:42:15.909 some detergent. He's got some certain things 00:42:15.909 --> 00:42:17.630 that he's going to use. What is he going to use? 00:42:17.670 --> 00:42:19.190 Number one thing that he's going to use, Hebrew 00:42:19.190 --> 00:42:22.969 10 .22. Hebrew 10 .22. Again, read Hebrew 10 00:42:22.969 --> 00:42:26.110 .22. He's going to use this. What? What is he 00:42:26.110 --> 00:42:29.909 going to use? 10 .22. Yeah. Let us draw near 00:42:29.909 --> 00:42:33.610 with a true heart to the full assurance of faith, 00:42:33.730 --> 00:42:36.269 having our hearts sprinkled from evil conscience 00:42:36.269 --> 00:42:39.510 and our bodies washed with pure water. Pure water! 00:42:42.389 --> 00:42:46.389 Pure water! When this pure water is sprinkled, 00:42:46.389 --> 00:42:49.030 it is given to you. Take this pure water and 00:42:49.030 --> 00:42:51.949 don't say, what was he preaching? Was he preaching 00:42:51.949 --> 00:42:54.150 to me? I went to a convention. A guy came to 00:42:54.150 --> 00:42:56.329 me. He said, you were preaching to me. I said, 00:42:56.369 --> 00:42:58.590 of course I'm preaching to you. Your pastor called 00:42:58.590 --> 00:43:01.010 me to preach to you. I was not preaching to neighbors. 00:43:01.289 --> 00:43:03.329 I was not preaching to the Muslim people. I'm 00:43:03.329 --> 00:43:05.849 preaching to you. So if anybody says this, Brother 00:43:05.849 --> 00:43:07.610 Tony, you're preaching to me. Yeah, I'm preaching 00:43:07.610 --> 00:43:13.929 to you. Okay, now what's the second thing? In 00:43:13.929 --> 00:43:17.989 Hebrew 9 .14, 9 .14, the next detergent. Number 00:43:17.989 --> 00:43:20.789 one is water, the word of God. The next detergent, 00:43:20.889 --> 00:43:24.030 Hebrew 9 .14. Listen to this one. How much more 00:43:24.030 --> 00:43:27.769 shall the blood of Christ through the eternal 00:43:27.769 --> 00:43:31.250 spirit offer him without spot to God, cleansing 00:43:31.250 --> 00:43:34.849 from dead works. Cleanse you from dead work. 00:43:34.889 --> 00:43:38.250 What? The blood of Christ. The first washing, 00:43:38.409 --> 00:43:43.760 not joy, not tide. The first washing is the word 00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:46.719 of God. The number two washing is the blood of 00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:51.079 God. Blood of Jesus Christ washes you. Number 00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:53.820 three washing is a bit difficult. 51 chapter 00:43:53.820 --> 00:43:58.139 of Psalm, seventh verse. Psalm 51, seven. Psalm 00:43:58.139 --> 00:44:03.699 51, seven. This is icing on the cake. Listen 00:44:03.699 --> 00:44:07.619 to this. 51, seven, yeah. Purge me with hyssop. 00:44:08.219 --> 00:44:11.519 Purge me with hyssop. Sometimes a stain not coming 00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:14.519 out, then you have to use the hyssop. It's a 00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:18.800 sponge. You know, it hurts. It hurts when sometimes 00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:22.179 God is washing you, not just with the water, 00:44:22.260 --> 00:44:25.199 not with the blood, but then, you know, it's 00:44:25.199 --> 00:44:33.219 a hard spot. Hyssop. Rubs on you. And the last 00:44:33.219 --> 00:44:37.860 one is Proverbs 20, 30. Proverbs 20, 30, this 00:44:37.860 --> 00:44:41.320 is very bad. And a lot of people leave the church 00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:43.639 when you preach to this. To them this thing. 00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:46.900 That you come to this church and you will be 00:44:46.900 --> 00:44:50.519 washed with the water of the word of God. They're 00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:52.579 happy. And you will be washed with the blood. 00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:54.340 They say, okay, thank you very much, Jesus. Thank 00:44:54.340 --> 00:44:56.539 you for your blood, which is free for me. Thank 00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:58.559 you very much. You'll wash. And then he said, 00:44:58.639 --> 00:45:01.239 oh, hyssop. Okay, one or two times you can use 00:45:01.239 --> 00:45:03.980 a hyssop. But this one is dangerous. Don't use 00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:06.199 this one. This detergent we don't want. Listen 00:45:06.199 --> 00:45:09.400 to this one. Blows that hurt cleanse away evil. 00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:14.559 What? Say it again. Blows that hurt. Other translation? 00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:20.300 Somebody has got another translation? Purifies? 00:45:20.639 --> 00:45:25.880 Yeah. Physical punishment. Punishment. What else? 00:45:26.099 --> 00:45:30.000 Some other translation? Stripes. Other translation? 00:45:30.179 --> 00:45:37.719 Stripes. Scores. Slap. Are you going to do this 00:45:37.719 --> 00:45:42.679 in your church? Of course. I'm not going to do 00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:44.139 it. Holy Spirit is going to do it. Because Holy 00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:46.199 Spirit wants to make you partner. If you want 00:45:46.199 --> 00:45:48.739 to become partner, it will wash you with the 00:45:48.739 --> 00:45:50.960 word. It will wash you with the blood. It will 00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:53.000 wash you with hyssop. But if there is a need, 00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:58.340 if there is a need, boom, boom, boom, boom. And 00:45:58.340 --> 00:46:00.780 you know, that's not to destroy you. That's not 00:46:00.780 --> 00:46:03.880 to kill you. That's to educate you. And that's 00:46:03.880 --> 00:46:07.269 to make you a... partner in the kingdom of God. 00:46:07.429 --> 00:46:09.789 So when God starts scorching you, when God starts 00:46:09.789 --> 00:46:12.530 rubbing on you, when things get hard and you 00:46:12.530 --> 00:46:15.449 don't like it, you say, God, I know you want 00:46:15.449 --> 00:46:18.750 to make me partner anyway. Do it, Lord. You wash 00:46:18.750 --> 00:46:21.710 me, Lord, and I'm willing and ready. Folks, I 00:46:21.710 --> 00:46:23.889 believe that there are many sitting here. God 00:46:23.889 --> 00:46:28.989 wants to do something great in your life. Say, 00:46:29.170 --> 00:46:35.739 wash me. Make me clean. He will do it. We thank 00:46:35.739 --> 00:46:38.519 you. Thank you, God's people. Thank you very 00:46:38.519 --> 00:46:42.760 much. Just ask God to wash you. He wants to make 00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:45.480 you partner. He wants to give you things that 00:46:45.480 --> 00:46:49.699 you've never dreamt of. Things that you've never 00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:52.980 thought of. He's going to make you partner. God 00:46:52.980 --> 00:47:09.780 bless you. Hallelujah. Just allow that word to 00:47:09.780 --> 00:47:14.699 sink in a little bit. We can bow our head and 00:47:14.699 --> 00:47:25.000 close our eyes just a moment. Lord, you are the 00:47:25.000 --> 00:47:32.360 only one that can make us clean. Not only from 00:47:32.360 --> 00:47:34.780 the moment of salvation, but Lord, all the way 00:47:34.780 --> 00:47:42.630 through. this thing called sanctification. You're 00:47:42.630 --> 00:47:44.730 the one that removes the errors. You're the one 00:47:44.730 --> 00:47:49.309 that removes the stains. You're the one that 00:47:49.309 --> 00:47:54.429 removes the hardness of heart. Brings us your 00:47:54.429 --> 00:48:03.070 ways, your will. Lord, today we ask now, Holy 00:48:03.070 --> 00:48:07.969 Spirit, as we As we've listened to your word 00:48:07.969 --> 00:48:13.909 and as we've been in your presence, like David 00:48:13.909 --> 00:48:23.150 prayed, create in us a clean heart. Renew a right 00:48:23.150 --> 00:48:29.050 spirit. Remove any stain, remove any mindset 00:48:29.050 --> 00:48:33.449 that be contrary. Lord, that we would allow your 00:48:33.449 --> 00:48:41.139 word to have All of your word. Not just the parts 00:48:41.139 --> 00:48:46.199 that we gravitate to, but Lord, allowing your 00:48:46.199 --> 00:48:49.940 government, allowing your authority, allowing 00:48:49.940 --> 00:48:55.179 your eyes to see. Lord, that we would step behind 00:48:55.179 --> 00:48:59.900 and out of the shadows into the light and say, 00:48:59.940 --> 00:49:09.610 Lord, here am I. Cleanse me. To feet. To heart. 00:49:09.690 --> 00:49:17.130 To mind. To our garments. Being washed. Let the 00:49:17.130 --> 00:49:20.630 pure word of your spirit come. The pure word 00:49:20.630 --> 00:49:25.570 that is Jesus. Removing every offense. Removing 00:49:25.570 --> 00:49:34.519 every spot or wrinkle. Lord, even in the difficult 00:49:34.519 --> 00:49:43.980 things, let it come. In Jesus' name. In Jesus' 00:49:44.139 --> 00:49:53.860 name. Amen. Well, praise the Lord. Thank you 00:49:53.860 --> 00:49:56.840 so much for being here this weekend. Thank you 00:49:56.840 --> 00:49:59.880 so much for just being attentive. And would you 00:49:59.880 --> 00:50:01.860 just give Pastor Tony a hand? Just tell him we 00:50:01.860 --> 00:50:21.230 love him. interested in hearing other podcasts 00:50:21.230 --> 00:50:25.969 or contacting Life Bible Church, go to www .lifebiblechurch 00:50:25.969 --> 00:50:30.750 .org or call us at 541 -995 -8282.