WEBVTT 00:00:14.859 --> 00:00:17.199 Would you do a big favor for me? Would you give 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:20.640 a Life Bible welcome to our friend, Dr. Jan Venters? 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:22.920 He comes and shares the Word of the Lord. Thank 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:27.300 you, Pastor. Love you, man. Thank you. Thank 00:00:27.300 --> 00:00:32.799 you. Thank you. You may be seated. I appreciate 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:35.679 that so much. If you will stop there at the table 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:38.820 and buy us out so we don't have to carry that 00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:42.939 back. You know, on the airplane, I would appreciate 00:00:42.939 --> 00:00:45.479 it. There's not too many left over there. And 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:50.560 if you want to, let me sign your book. It becomes 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:59.979 more valuable. Glory to God. I always enjoy the 00:00:59.979 --> 00:01:02.259 second service a little better because, you know, 00:01:02.299 --> 00:01:04.920 you're not so rushed for time. But I'm not going 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:07.819 to keep you longer than what it takes. And so... 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:16.439 I shared over this weekend with people that, 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:22.120 and if you were here, I basically talked on Wednesday 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:26.420 night and connecting it again on last night about 00:01:26.420 --> 00:01:31.540 seasons. God, and it just so happened when they 00:01:31.540 --> 00:01:33.359 asked me to talk about that, I'm busy writing 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:43.250 a book on seasons. God has you guys at the moment. 00:01:43.269 --> 00:01:47.030 The pastor has been teaching. You know about 00:01:47.030 --> 00:01:49.230 seasons. Obviously it's not as good as mine. 00:01:49.590 --> 00:02:02.790 But. I'm kidding. The. No I'm not. Seasons is 00:02:02.790 --> 00:02:05.010 something you have to understand. Because that's 00:02:05.010 --> 00:02:08.710 the way God works. God doesn't work with time. 00:02:09.550 --> 00:02:13.669 Now he can. any time he wants to and create a 00:02:13.669 --> 00:02:18.030 kairos moment. That means a created moment and 00:02:18.030 --> 00:02:21.990 work with us at that time. But basically God 00:02:21.990 --> 00:02:26.689 works with us on seasons. And so one of the problems 00:02:26.689 --> 00:02:31.069 with people is, you know, when the season becomes, 00:02:31.509 --> 00:02:36.550 when you come in season, it's creating what we 00:02:36.550 --> 00:02:40.319 call a window of opportunity. And oftentimes 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:43.960 many churches miss revival because they miss 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:46.439 that window of opportunity. And so they have 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:49.180 to go through the whole cycle again. And so many 00:02:49.180 --> 00:02:51.460 people are continuously just on the same old 00:02:51.460 --> 00:02:54.500 cycle over and over because they don't position 00:02:54.500 --> 00:02:59.240 themselves for revival. And so I was telling 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:03.620 the people, you know, over the weekend that your 00:03:03.620 --> 00:03:09.539 time for a new dimension has arrived. you are 00:03:09.539 --> 00:03:13.939 at the verge of going to another dimension. You 00:03:13.939 --> 00:03:17.659 know, I look, when I close my eyes, I actually 00:03:17.659 --> 00:03:25.099 see a very large congregation of people who are 00:03:25.099 --> 00:03:31.819 living out destiny and touching the world and 00:03:31.819 --> 00:03:35.639 the nation. There's no reason. You know, why 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:38.300 this cannot be so. In fact, it is going to be 00:03:38.300 --> 00:03:41.759 so. Many prophecies have been spoken to you and 00:03:41.759 --> 00:03:46.599 given to you over time. And on last night's service, 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:50.539 Pastor Brad gave a prophecy here which I thought 00:03:50.539 --> 00:03:53.280 was just profound. You know, when it's a prophecy, 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:56.340 that's God speaking to the people. When it's 00:03:56.340 --> 00:04:00.219 tongues, it's us speaking to God. And so that 00:04:00.219 --> 00:04:04.020 was God speaking to... the congregation and it 00:04:04.020 --> 00:04:07.479 was just phenomenal now you heard uh you know 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:09.500 the two men that spoke here before the service 00:04:09.500 --> 00:04:13.039 brother charlie and anthony and they they were 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:15.819 not in the service this morning so once again 00:04:15.819 --> 00:04:19.279 it underscores what i feel that god is saying 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:21.879 and wanting to say here this weekend and you 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:26.680 must not miss it During the intercessors' prayer 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:29.759 meeting, without them knowing what I was going 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:34.399 to talk about, a variety of them got up and shared 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:37.660 the word that they had gotten said that God is 00:04:37.660 --> 00:04:40.480 going to use this weekend and these services 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:46.100 to bring us into a new place. This, in fact, 00:04:46.180 --> 00:04:48.720 was referred to as going to become a pivotal 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:52.069 moment. It's got nothing to do with me or, you 00:04:52.069 --> 00:04:58.850 know, how good I am, as good as I am. You know, 00:04:58.870 --> 00:05:01.089 people sometimes don't understand my humor, but 00:05:01.089 --> 00:05:05.610 that's just me. It has nothing to do with me. 00:05:05.629 --> 00:05:08.930 It has to do with, you know, I'm just like them, 00:05:09.129 --> 00:05:13.930 a mouthpiece in the hand of God to just deliver 00:05:13.930 --> 00:05:18.149 a message. And so when Pastor asked me to bring... 00:05:18.430 --> 00:05:21.629 To tell him, I think this is the fifth or the 00:05:21.629 --> 00:05:25.269 sixth year that I'm here, and he's never, as 00:05:25.269 --> 00:05:27.930 far as I can remember, asked me what the theme 00:05:27.930 --> 00:05:30.509 was going to be. And it just so happened that 00:05:30.509 --> 00:05:34.470 that morning when the request came through to 00:05:34.470 --> 00:05:36.889 let me know, let him know what the theme was 00:05:36.889 --> 00:05:40.930 going to be, I was busy dealing at that moment 00:05:40.930 --> 00:05:43.610 with what I'm sharing with you here this weekend. 00:05:44.670 --> 00:05:48.459 And that morning... I was at the seventh mile 00:05:48.459 --> 00:05:52.379 with the men on the way to Emmaus. And so I told 00:05:52.379 --> 00:05:54.339 him, I said, well, you know, I believe it's going 00:05:54.339 --> 00:05:58.540 to have something to do with the seventh mile. 00:05:59.740 --> 00:06:04.740 And I'll make that plain here shortly, hopefully. 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:09.220 Now, having said that, you must understand that 00:06:09.220 --> 00:06:14.800 when we minister as people, we minister, you 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:20.180 come and... preach a sermon, preach and evangelism 00:06:20.180 --> 00:06:24.079 comes from the same word. It means when you preach, 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:27.680 you deliver the gospel. And when you deliver 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:32.000 the gospel, the gospel is believed. You share 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:35.680 the gospel and people are drawn towards the kingdom. 00:06:36.899 --> 00:06:40.199 And repentance takes place in all those things. 00:06:40.300 --> 00:06:43.500 Now, when you teach, teach is the same word as 00:06:43.500 --> 00:06:48.180 doctrine. When you share teaching, teaching is 00:06:48.180 --> 00:06:54.540 designed by God to form a basis, to develop you, 00:06:54.620 --> 00:06:57.879 to establish you, to bring you to a place where 00:06:57.879 --> 00:07:03.459 a connection can take place regarding your future. 00:07:04.259 --> 00:07:06.959 And I told the people also in the first service 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:09.519 that, you know, when you talk and teach about 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:13.579 Christ, Christ is, there's something that happens 00:07:13.579 --> 00:07:18.480 in the Bible. Let me see my water there. Thank 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:22.860 you very much. Oh, thank you. I didn't want the 00:07:22.860 --> 00:07:32.220 one that he drank on. There's a concept in the 00:07:32.220 --> 00:07:36.879 Bible, it's called like as. You will be like 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:41.279 as a tree. You're not a tree, but it's likened 00:07:41.279 --> 00:07:45.920 unto a tree. His messengers are like stars. We 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:48.920 call it metaphors. The metaphors in the Bible 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:51.720 plays a very important role when you want to 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:56.519 understand destiny. And so he connects us to 00:07:56.519 --> 00:08:01.360 these metaphors. Whenever you speak about Christ, 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:05.379 Christ is like a rock. When you speak of Christ, 00:08:05.540 --> 00:08:11.199 he is the rock. Of our salvation. Upon Christ 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:15.300 the solid rock I stand. And so it's very important 00:08:15.300 --> 00:08:18.519 that you understand that when you teach Christ. 00:08:18.579 --> 00:08:22.879 You teach foundational principles. When you teach 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:28.319 the Holy Spirit. He is like as water. That's 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:32.779 why Charlie's word of encouragement and prophecy 00:08:32.779 --> 00:08:35.559 here this morning was so profound. Because he 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:40.080 was talking about the river flowing, water. You 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:43.320 understand? And so that I know you are established 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:47.879 on Christ. But what God is trying to get you 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:52.019 to connect to will be the flowing of the water. 00:08:53.009 --> 00:08:56.129 Now, having said that, the problem with many 00:08:56.129 --> 00:09:00.190 churches nationwide is, where really nothing 00:09:00.190 --> 00:09:04.149 is happening, is they have dammed up the water. 00:09:04.809 --> 00:09:09.350 Try and just make it as comfortable as they can, 00:09:09.450 --> 00:09:11.929 putting picnic tables out there and, you know, 00:09:11.950 --> 00:09:14.610 people can just come and just have fun. But that's 00:09:14.610 --> 00:09:18.750 not the way God works. When God works... I'm 00:09:18.750 --> 00:09:20.929 telling you, it happens sometimes so fast you 00:09:20.929 --> 00:09:23.929 have to struggle to keep your balance. You know, 00:09:23.970 --> 00:09:27.289 he takes you into the rapids. It's a river that 00:09:27.289 --> 00:09:30.529 flows and it takes things in their way, you know, 00:09:30.529 --> 00:09:33.210 things in its way. It takes it out of the way. 00:09:33.429 --> 00:09:36.029 And so God is wanting to take this church to 00:09:36.029 --> 00:09:40.590 another level. But last night I shared with the 00:09:40.590 --> 00:09:45.289 church that I believe that you are not seeing. 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:50.100 Where God has you at the moment. You're not, 00:09:50.220 --> 00:09:54.019 you're totally disconnected or in that sense 00:09:54.019 --> 00:09:56.840 disconnected from really what God is wanting 00:09:56.840 --> 00:10:00.460 you to start seeing. You've got to think big. 00:10:03.899 --> 00:10:11.399 You have to think big because God has got a big 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:17.129 plan for this little town. And so what I share 00:10:17.129 --> 00:10:19.549 with you this morning and this weekend, I feel 00:10:19.549 --> 00:10:22.169 myself sharing with you as a father, as a spiritual 00:10:22.169 --> 00:10:24.929 father. And to bring you, that doesn't mean that, 00:10:24.950 --> 00:10:28.549 you know, there's something wrong with you. Yeah, 00:10:28.610 --> 00:10:33.110 it really means that too. But, you know, when 00:10:33.110 --> 00:10:36.850 we're not connecting with God's plan, then, you 00:10:36.850 --> 00:10:40.409 know, he'll send people, you know, your way. 00:10:41.789 --> 00:10:46.360 Prophets, teachers, evangelists. come and just 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:49.179 shake you a little bit. Especially when he brings 00:10:49.179 --> 00:10:52.240 somebody in that's got a Texas accent, and so 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:56.440 you listen a little better, you know, because 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:02.000 his accent is a little different. Now, you know, 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:03.759 I'm trying to just quickly, I don't want to waste 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:05.639 your time and use your time, but it's important, 00:11:05.779 --> 00:11:08.419 you know, when you preach over a weekend and 00:11:08.419 --> 00:11:11.100 you have three different congregations to preach 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:14.799 to, it's hard to... make sure that they don't 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:17.259 miss out what you said because the first message 00:11:17.259 --> 00:11:20.179 really connects with the next one. And so what 00:11:20.179 --> 00:11:23.539 I'm sharing with you here today is if we don't 00:11:23.539 --> 00:11:30.860 let go of our own pain, that's what we talked 00:11:30.860 --> 00:11:33.419 about last night, we don't disconnect with your 00:11:33.419 --> 00:11:35.960 own pain or your own discouragement or whatever, 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:40.100 you will not recognize what God is trying to 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:45.350 do. Amen? So, here's the thing. Take your Bibles 00:11:45.350 --> 00:11:48.590 and go to John 1 before we go to Luke 24. John 00:11:48.590 --> 00:12:07.169 chapter 1. Go there quickly. You know, before 00:12:07.169 --> 00:12:10.490 we read, just look at me and let me just make 00:12:10.490 --> 00:12:18.779 this statement. Very important to display excitement. 00:12:24.580 --> 00:12:30.259 This world is filled with so much disappointment 00:12:30.259 --> 00:12:38.139 and troubles, heartache, problems. Turn the news 00:12:38.139 --> 00:12:41.340 on and all you hear is... Obama's health plan. 00:12:45.940 --> 00:12:53.320 I'm so sick of that thing. And bad news. And 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:59.759 so on. When we come to church. We have to display. 00:12:59.879 --> 00:13:04.679 Everybody say display. Display his glory. Look 00:13:04.679 --> 00:13:06.919 what happened this morning. When the Holy Spirit. 00:13:07.419 --> 00:13:12.460 Was let loose on that. Guitar player. I mean 00:13:12.460 --> 00:13:14.639 a man. Don't know how to play guitar. But man 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:20.600 when the Holy Spirit took over. You know. When 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:24.039 the Holy Spirit takes over. It goes to another 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:29.000 level. Say another level. Because when. What 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:31.720 you have. You connected with God. It becomes 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:37.220 incredible. And phenomenal. And so. What. The 00:13:37.220 --> 00:13:40.139 church have done is they have lost, and I want 00:13:40.139 --> 00:13:41.840 to teach you just on this principle quickly, 00:13:41.980 --> 00:13:49.299 the church and you have to be careful that we 00:13:49.299 --> 00:13:54.740 don't forget the value of stirring up our most 00:13:54.740 --> 00:13:58.639 holy emotions. That's scriptural. So we have 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:03.440 to stir up our most holy emotions. To do that, 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:05.720 It comes from, you remember we're talking about 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:08.620 water. It comes from inside and it flows out. 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:11.720 Say, go like this. Say, it goes from inside and 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:16.840 it flows out. See, it comes from our mouth. Psalms 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:23.700 118 says, the goodness of the Lord must be spoken. 00:14:23.779 --> 00:14:28.370 He says, let the house of Aaron say. The Lord 00:14:28.370 --> 00:14:30.769 is good and his mercy endureth forever. Say, 00:14:31.009 --> 00:14:34.669 it's got to come out. This morning when I spoke 00:14:34.669 --> 00:14:37.269 about that, another lady took another translation 00:14:37.269 --> 00:14:40.409 and she says, it must be repeated. That's another 00:14:40.409 --> 00:14:44.350 translation. Repeat. And so when a word comes 00:14:44.350 --> 00:14:52.470 out, don't nod your head. There, you see, it 00:14:52.470 --> 00:14:56.690 flows out. And when it flows out into the atmosphere, 00:14:57.049 --> 00:15:02.389 it builds excitement. The angels are saying one 00:15:02.389 --> 00:15:08.210 to another, holy, holy, holy. And what happens 00:15:08.210 --> 00:15:12.090 is it fills the atmosphere with the repetition 00:15:12.090 --> 00:15:16.549 of the truth. And so when something is said here 00:15:16.549 --> 00:15:23.480 and you like it, you know, amen it. And somebody 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:27.919 dares to clap hands, join them. I mean, fill 00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:31.879 the air with excitement. By the way, give the 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:45.019 Lord a good hand clap of praise. Isn't that wonderful? 00:15:46.019 --> 00:15:53.169 Do it again. I forgot to join you. Glory to God. 00:15:53.350 --> 00:15:57.769 Now shout also. Glory to God. Glory to God. Glory 00:15:57.769 --> 00:16:05.250 to God. Oh, wow. See, we're not going to damn 00:16:05.250 --> 00:16:07.690 up this thing. We're going to ask God, Lord, 00:16:07.830 --> 00:16:19.690 break this damn problem. You know, the problem 00:16:19.690 --> 00:16:22.289 with the dam, just break it, you know. And so, 00:16:22.409 --> 00:16:28.309 let the river flow. Say, let the river flow. 00:16:29.110 --> 00:16:35.289 Say it again, let the river flow. Now, in John 00:16:35.289 --> 00:16:37.830 chapter 1, I'm not going to preach this, but 00:16:37.830 --> 00:16:40.750 I want to connect it. And so, they're bringing 00:16:40.750 --> 00:16:44.549 to Jesus different men that's going to join in 00:16:44.549 --> 00:16:48.370 the ministry. And so one of the men that they're 00:16:48.370 --> 00:16:51.889 bringing is Nathaniel. Okay, and so we start 00:16:51.889 --> 00:16:55.529 reading there, verse 47. Are you there? Say aye. 00:16:56.309 --> 00:17:00.309 So Jesus saw Nathaniel coming towards him and 00:17:00.309 --> 00:17:04.509 said concerning him, See, here's an Israelite 00:17:04.509 --> 00:17:10.890 indeed, in whom there's no guile. That means... 00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:14.619 nor deceit, nor falsehood, nor duplicity. I'm 00:17:14.619 --> 00:17:16.759 reading the Amplified, so if it sounds a little 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:29.259 loud, it's the Amplified. And so, Nathaniel said 00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:33.720 to Jesus, how do you know me? Jesus said to him, 00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:36.279 before Philip called you, when you were still 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:40.420 under the fig tree, I saw you. And Nathanael 00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:43.200 answered, teacher, you are the son of God. You 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:49.119 are the king of Israel. See, he formed a doctrinal 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:53.019 opinion. And I'll show you that this morning. 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:56.519 But Jesus replied, because I said to you, I saw 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:58.819 you beneath a fig tree, is that why you believe 00:17:58.819 --> 00:18:03.220 in me? He says, from here on, and this is my 00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:06.839 prophetic encouragement for you, from here on. 00:18:06.900 --> 00:18:10.160 Everybody say, from here on. You are going to 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:25.559 see greater things. Then in verse 51. He said 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:29.660 to him. I assure you. Most solemnly. I tell you 00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:35.119 all. You will now see heaven opened. And the 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:38.299 angels of God ascending and descending. Upon 00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:40.299 the Son of Man, but I want to read it like this. 00:18:40.380 --> 00:18:44.599 And I say unto you, saith the Lord, that most 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:50.900 solemnly I confirm you will see heaven opened 00:18:50.900 --> 00:18:55.339 and the angels of God ascending and descending 00:18:55.339 --> 00:19:03.759 upon life Bible church. Oh, come on, just give 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:06.180 him a great praise offering, will you? Hallelujah. 00:19:07.630 --> 00:19:11.750 Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Come on, hallelujah. 00:19:11.890 --> 00:19:15.269 Come on, praise him. Glory to God. Hallelujah. 00:19:18.230 --> 00:19:21.609 Now turn in your Bibles, please, to Luke chapter 00:19:21.609 --> 00:19:39.740 24. Luke 24. Put your hand on your heart and 00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:44.900 ask God to speak to you through revelation. Heavenly 00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:49.940 Father, I come to you as your child, your servant. 00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:53.039 Lord, it's such a wonderful privilege to be able 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:57.619 to minister on your behalf to your people. And 00:19:57.619 --> 00:20:03.079 I realize that our words can make or break. And 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:06.079 I ask, O Lord, that you would grant that something 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:09.490 phenomenal. Will happen not only here in the 00:20:09.490 --> 00:20:13.930 service. But from this day on. To change what 00:20:13.930 --> 00:20:18.390 lies ahead. For us to connect to. Help me not 00:20:18.390 --> 00:20:21.569 to speak no more or no less. Than what you want 00:20:21.569 --> 00:20:25.029 me to in Jesus name. We thank you Father. Amen. 00:20:25.309 --> 00:20:29.410 What a great feeling to feel heaven opened. Come 00:20:29.410 --> 00:20:30.869 on you've been there. You know what I'm talking 00:20:30.869 --> 00:20:33.849 about. Help me fill the atmosphere with amens. 00:20:33.849 --> 00:20:37.579 Yes. You know it's a great feeling to just. And 00:20:37.579 --> 00:20:40.779 all of a sudden, whoa, God starts moving up and 00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:43.200 down. Angels start ministering and so on. And 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:47.559 for you to fulfill what God wants for you, it's 00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:53.059 going to take a jump. It needs a leap forward 00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:56.779 to another place. I've been now with you long 00:20:56.779 --> 00:21:00.420 enough to where I know that, you know, some of 00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:04.670 you are goods and you're bads and the ugly. Amen. 00:21:04.670 --> 00:21:09.450 You know, believe me, you're not as bad as what 00:21:09.450 --> 00:21:14.930 pastor says you are. Now, honestly, that's a 00:21:14.930 --> 00:21:20.769 joke. But we do have, I looked at you and you've 00:21:20.769 --> 00:21:24.910 been just a typical congregation, you know, where 00:21:24.910 --> 00:21:27.849 they complain about things and, you know, murmur. 00:21:27.990 --> 00:21:31.319 And, you know, that's just pretty normal. If 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:33.380 you want to go where God wants to connect you, 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:39.980 you have to now learn to just follow where he 00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:44.579 leads you. Stop complaining. Stop murmuring. 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:47.880 Look at somebody next to you. Help me preach 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:50.079 and say this to them. Go ahead. Look at somebody. 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:52.500 Make eye contact. Say, you've got to stop being 00:21:52.500 --> 00:22:06.960 so pitiful. Amen. So, because if the prophetic 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:09.119 utterances that have come to you through the 00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:12.799 years, and this weekend is true, and they are. 00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:17.220 Everybody say they are. You have to embrace His 00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:21.920 plan. Say, God, open up the heavens. Because 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:23.599 we don't want to, I don't know about you, but 00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:28.079 I'm not satisfied with just having church. Anybody 00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:31.630 can just have church. And you know, anybody can 00:22:31.630 --> 00:22:34.849 have good musicians and entertain us. We don't 00:22:34.849 --> 00:22:37.170 need entertainment. We need to reach Oregon. 00:22:41.569 --> 00:22:44.309 And if you want to reach Oregon, we want to reach 00:22:44.309 --> 00:22:47.150 Eugene. We want to reach the areas around us. 00:22:47.210 --> 00:22:50.289 It is not by coincidence that God had brought 00:22:50.289 --> 00:22:54.470 this church here and now expanding it. You know. 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:59.420 It's really, I mean, it's just a marvel that 00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:02.740 God brought in among you, your ministry team. 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:05.799 And I know you're going to have to just absolutely 00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:15.119 tolerate Ron. Glory to God. So here this morning 00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:21.740 in Luke chapter 24, we pick it up in verse 13. 00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:26.920 This is after the crucifixion. If you missed 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:30.180 last night, please get the tape. I'm not going 00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:35.019 to have time to go there. After the crucifixion, 00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:39.240 two of them were going away from their destiny. 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:45.279 They were walking and moving away from Jerusalem. 00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:52.660 Going back to Emmaus. That's happening to us 00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:55.680 all the time where we just miss God. And so in 00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:58.440 verse 13, two of them went that same day to a 00:23:58.440 --> 00:24:02.000 village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:05.059 about three score furlongs. That means seven 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:10.619 miles. And so when they are now on their journey, 00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:15.779 Jesus joined with them. And as they, in verse 00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:22.480 15, communed together and reasoned. Well, church 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:27.259 people are known to do that. And they reasoned, 00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:35.079 Jesus himself drew near and went with them, but 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:39.099 their eyes were holding that they could not recognize 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:43.380 him. And so when Jesus asked them, you know the 00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:46.019 story when Jesus asked them, you know, why is 00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:48.920 your countenance so sad? You know, what is this 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:51.660 talk that you're talking? And so they started 00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:54.819 telling him and they were quite amazed. Anyone 00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:57.440 here in this area that doesn't know what had 00:24:57.440 --> 00:25:00.500 just happened here most recently about the man 00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:03.839 that is called Jesus. And I'm paraphrasing now. 00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:06.039 I just want to put it within the words of my 00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:09.440 context where they're saying, we really expected 00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:13.579 him to be the one that would overthrow the rule 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:19.839 of Rome. Doesn't say that on those pages, but 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:21.920 you have to read between and then have to go 00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:24.900 look at some of their questions before. Everyone 00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:30.640 really was hoping to get someone to give them 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:48.480 some relief from Obama. Or Bush. And boy, how 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:58.180 wrong they had it. Yes? You know, I'm so amazed 00:25:58.180 --> 00:26:03.319 at how through the times of man, man have missed 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:11.819 God. Boy, we've missed God several times. You 00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:16.440 only have to go back to the times, the life and 00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:19.400 times of Israel to see how many times they've 00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:23.720 missed God. I mean, there were times when they 00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:26.680 even formed and created for themselves a golden 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:37.660 calf. And then they thought it was right. Atmosphere? 00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:41.200 Yes? They thought it was right. That's one of 00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:43.619 the problems is when you're so blind and you 00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:47.220 don't know you're blind. You are wrong and you 00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:51.140 don't know you're wrong. You connect with something 00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:55.200 that is a mile, 10 miles, 100 miles away from 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:58.759 God, but you don't know it. If you know that 00:26:58.759 --> 00:27:01.440 you're doing, you're on the wrong path, it's 00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:03.599 different. You can change and make alteration 00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:06.000 and then connect. But you understand, with God, 00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:09.640 God has to literally come and show you you're 00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:12.420 wrong. They've missed it in the past. I'm so 00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:14.880 concerned that the church is missing God right 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:17.000 now where we are. I'm talking about the overall 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:25.119 church. They're totally missing God. They've 00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:28.559 missed God before. So here at this critical junction 00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:32.119 in the life and times of the United States, I'm 00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:34.619 so afraid to say that the church is absolutely 00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:38.920 missing God. They have created for themselves 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:42.599 an environment of comfort, and they think God 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:46.119 is right there. But God is water that flows, 00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:49.680 becomes a river, and we just need to get in the 00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:53.859 river. Yes? And so what is going on is we're 00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:55.619 talking about missing God. You know, they missed 00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:58.160 God when Jesus came in the first place. They 00:27:58.160 --> 00:28:04.130 crucified him. And here we are, you know, I love 00:28:04.130 --> 00:28:06.130 talking and debating with your pastor. He's a 00:28:06.130 --> 00:28:11.730 debater. And just now and again, don't tell him 00:28:11.730 --> 00:28:14.430 I said this, but now and again, I just let him 00:28:14.430 --> 00:28:21.890 win. Just so that our relationship stays good 00:28:21.890 --> 00:28:40.930 and my offering is fair. But you look at what 00:28:40.930 --> 00:28:44.609 goes on in the church. It is clear man is missing 00:28:44.609 --> 00:28:49.130 God so far. The church is not what they're supposed 00:28:49.130 --> 00:28:54.210 to be. The world don't trust us. Our young people 00:28:54.210 --> 00:28:57.789 are running away from God. They don't want what 00:28:57.789 --> 00:29:00.890 is being offered because it's filled with so 00:29:00.890 --> 00:29:04.230 much hypocrisy. They come to church to find God 00:29:04.230 --> 00:29:07.369 and they find everything but God. They find programs. 00:29:07.470 --> 00:29:10.089 They find people's ideas and doctrines and so 00:29:10.089 --> 00:29:13.569 on. But the living Christ is not being found. 00:29:14.109 --> 00:29:16.809 And so what is happening here is God is calling 00:29:16.809 --> 00:29:20.470 out. Every now and again God calls out a people. 00:29:20.990 --> 00:29:24.289 And he offers them the key. If you'll take this 00:29:24.289 --> 00:29:28.009 key. I'll give you the keys to the kingdom. And 00:29:28.009 --> 00:29:30.349 so what God is doing, I'm convinced what God 00:29:30.349 --> 00:29:33.470 is doing here in Harrisburg, in this area, is 00:29:33.470 --> 00:29:37.329 God is offering you something exceptional. But 00:29:37.329 --> 00:29:40.529 you have to embrace it. And you have to ask God, 00:29:40.609 --> 00:29:44.930 please, show us where we are blind. And reveal 00:29:44.930 --> 00:29:48.079 it to us. And so here they are, you know, they're 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:51.920 walking. And Jesus himself joins him with them 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:55.339 and their eyes are holding. They cannot see him. 00:29:56.220 --> 00:30:02.099 And they don't know that here is the one. But 00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:05.180 they don't see it because, number one, they looked 00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:09.059 at the one at their situation through eyes of 00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:15.559 pain. They looked at, oh man, the events that 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:20.079 took place a few days before was more than horrible. 00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:23.759 I don't think we could even begin to comprehend 00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:27.599 what went on through their minds when they saw 00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:35.220 him hanging on that cross. And literally his 00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:39.579 bones disconnecting. Going out of joint. His 00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:43.180 muscles tearing and causing pain. And blood to 00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:47.279 form pockets underneath his arms. And him crying 00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:52.920 out. My God why has thou forsaken me? And they're 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:58.339 there. They have put their hope on him. That 00:30:58.339 --> 00:31:03.660 he would deliver Israel. And then. The horror 00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:09.779 of stepping down and taking Christ down and holding 00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:16.839 him in their arms. Lifeless. And it's all over. 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:27.960 It was all one big lie. We don't know. I mean, 00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:30.960 we've heard this preached through the years about 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:37.619 this and that. And now we're wrong. It's like 00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:52.640 the rapture. Somebody go. I mean, they edged 00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:56.759 it, edged it, edged it right to, right to. And 00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:58.200 I don't want to mess with your theology, but 00:31:58.200 --> 00:32:00.380 they edged it right here to the beginning of 00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:02.420 the millennium. Millennium was, ooh, Lord, it's 00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:03.900 going to happen any moment now. I mean, it's 00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:07.119 just incredible. And then they stretched it a 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:10.200 little bit further. You know, just a little bit 00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:15.700 further. And now we are here on the seventh mile. 00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:30.009 Fourteen years into the seventh mile. wonder, 00:32:30.009 --> 00:32:34.069 my God, can you help us through this dilemma? 00:32:36.069 --> 00:32:41.930 And so, that's for another time. So Jesus was 00:32:41.930 --> 00:32:44.789 listening to them, all this. And then in verse 00:32:44.789 --> 00:32:48.309 27, are you there still? Beginning at Moses. 00:32:50.589 --> 00:32:54.500 But actually, let's back up to verse 35. Then 00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:58.359 beginning at Moses, it's 1245 now, Pastor. More 00:32:58.359 --> 00:33:05.940 or less, what time are you normally? How little? 00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:14.500 Okay, I'm going to just take you as close as 00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:22.400 I can to two. And verse 25, he said to them, 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:26.019 O fools and slow of heart, slow of heart. Everybody 00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:31.039 say slow of heart. To believe all that the prophets 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:36.019 have spoken. Then he goes on, ought not Christ 00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:38.319 to have suffered these things and to enter into 00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:43.440 his glory. And then beginning at Moses and all 00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:46.819 the prophets. He expounded unto them in all the 00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:53.799 scriptures the things concerning himself. And 00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:57.400 then when they drew nigh unto the village, he 00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:59.599 pretended like he was going to go on. They said, 00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:01.920 please stay with us. And then in verse 30, it 00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:03.839 came to pass as he sat at meat with them, he 00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:06.279 took bread and blessed it and break it and gave 00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:11.480 it to them. And then their eyes were opened. 00:34:12.650 --> 00:34:15.170 Why don't you just say this this morning? Say, 00:34:15.230 --> 00:34:20.090 God, please open my eyes. Do it again. Say, Lord, 00:34:20.150 --> 00:34:27.389 please just open my eyes. Wow. Let me just get 00:34:27.389 --> 00:34:33.409 there quickly. See, here's the thing. When we 00:34:33.409 --> 00:34:35.829 look at these men on the way to Emmaus, you must 00:34:35.829 --> 00:34:37.369 understand, we're talking about missing God. 00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:40.860 People have ever missed God would be then because, 00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:44.659 I mean, they knew him. Yes? It's like you. You 00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:50.000 know him. And yet we can miss him. And you look 00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:52.559 at them, you know, they knew him in his authority. 00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:58.639 They knew him with his voice. They knew him with 00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:02.340 his message. And here, they're walking, and even 00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:06.239 though he's taking them back, they still don't 00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:10.219 get it. He's trying to tell them, but they don't 00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:12.059 get it. Here's the problem. You preach to people 00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:15.179 all the time. You preach something here on Sunday 00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:17.280 and on Monday. And during the week, you have 00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:19.400 to counsel people on the very thing you preached 00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:24.159 on Sunday. Because it just seems like they just 00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:27.159 don't get it. And you've got to ask God, please 00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:31.730 Lord, let me get it. So what was happening is 00:35:31.730 --> 00:35:34.989 they didn't understand him. They didn't recognize 00:35:34.989 --> 00:35:37.989 him. Because number one, as I said, they were 00:35:37.989 --> 00:35:40.530 looking at the situation through their own pain 00:35:40.530 --> 00:35:43.050 and their own misery. And then number two, the 00:35:43.050 --> 00:35:45.550 reason they missed him is because they looked 00:35:45.550 --> 00:35:49.170 at him through their own doctrinal persuasions. 00:35:51.230 --> 00:35:54.010 I mean, if you want to walk with God, you have 00:35:54.010 --> 00:36:00.909 to ask God, Lord, please enlarge my tent. Enlarge 00:36:00.909 --> 00:36:04.730 the border of my habitation. Lord, let me not 00:36:04.730 --> 00:36:08.710 be locked into this small environment of what 00:36:08.710 --> 00:36:15.989 we believe in an open Bible church. A life Bible. 00:36:16.969 --> 00:36:31.309 Life Bible church. Because If I'm right, and 00:36:31.309 --> 00:36:36.349 I normally am, I believe God is going to take 00:36:36.349 --> 00:36:39.250 you to a place where the heavens are going to 00:36:39.250 --> 00:36:46.210 open. Come on, feel the atmosphere. Oh, come 00:36:46.210 --> 00:36:58.920 on, clap hands for Jesus. And so, You know, if 00:36:58.920 --> 00:37:04.900 these things have a connection with us, surely 00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:06.900 you should ask God. Because what is happening, 00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:09.440 what is lying ahead for you guys here right now, 00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:12.260 is not just moving into a very nice facility, 00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:17.980 as nice as it is. God has a plan. And all you 00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:19.780 have to do is you have to ask God, please help 00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:22.610 us to connect with the plan. And it's going to 00:37:22.610 --> 00:37:24.230 be a phenomenal thing. You know, I don't think 00:37:24.230 --> 00:37:26.690 it's by coincidence that God has given you that 00:37:26.690 --> 00:37:30.570 school. I mean, that hotel. Because I need a 00:37:30.570 --> 00:37:37.789 place to stay from now on. God has a great plan. 00:37:38.210 --> 00:37:41.889 But as they walked, I mean, here's Jesus sharing 00:37:41.889 --> 00:37:44.429 with them. He's taking them back to the time 00:37:44.429 --> 00:37:52.300 of Moses and the prophets. And he says, what 00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:57.539 happened with Moses really was everything to 00:37:57.539 --> 00:38:02.280 do with me. So before you can go on, you have 00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:06.139 to go back. You have to understand that what 00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:09.039 happened in the past has bearing on the future. 00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:13.239 And so he took him back to Moses. Now, you know, 00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:15.159 if I was going to talk to you about Moses, you 00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:17.460 know, Moses, then, you know, possibly it would 00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:19.400 be nice to just say, I'm going to tell you a 00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:29.349 story. About baby Moses. In a little basket. 00:38:31.230 --> 00:38:36.670 I saw a picture of it in a book one time. I think 00:38:36.670 --> 00:38:41.309 that's what Jesus said. No. He took them back. 00:38:42.230 --> 00:38:45.530 Because here they are. They're missing God because 00:38:45.530 --> 00:38:50.110 of their pain. Their misery. They thought that. 00:38:50.329 --> 00:38:54.469 Their plan died at Calvary. So now he says, I 00:38:54.469 --> 00:38:57.849 want to take you back to Moses. And I want to 00:38:57.849 --> 00:39:01.949 show you Moses, really, his dealings was really 00:39:01.949 --> 00:39:08.769 with me. And so here's what he says about Moses. 00:39:09.389 --> 00:39:15.070 Moses being out of his wits with a people that 00:39:15.070 --> 00:39:18.469 are so stiff -necked and hard -hearted. And they 00:39:18.469 --> 00:39:22.710 keep on complaining and murmuring. Oh, the music 00:39:22.710 --> 00:39:25.929 is too long and it's too short. And it's too 00:39:25.929 --> 00:39:29.530 loud and it's too soft. And the people that plays 00:39:29.530 --> 00:39:32.829 on the piano is just, you know, this way and 00:39:32.829 --> 00:39:35.409 that way. And too much makeup and too little 00:39:35.409 --> 00:39:38.769 makeup. And, you know, shoes too high and shoes 00:39:38.769 --> 00:39:45.440 too low. And, you know. And it's like the Holy 00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:47.539 Spirit wants to say, how dumb can you be and 00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:56.420 then still breathe? We're so opinionated. And 00:39:56.420 --> 00:40:00.059 he says, hey, listen, guys, you think this was 00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:06.360 bad. You just don't understand the Christ. You 00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:10.260 don't understand who he is. If you could just 00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:15.550 understand. Tell us who he is. It's going to 00:40:15.550 --> 00:40:19.949 change your entire perspective. Because Moses, 00:40:20.070 --> 00:40:23.510 when he was so frustrated, he said, God, will 00:40:23.510 --> 00:40:32.170 you please show me your ways? That's the answer. 00:40:33.030 --> 00:40:39.670 Find out what is God's ways. Kenny. Because, 00:40:39.690 --> 00:40:41.789 you know, God brings people in like this and 00:40:41.789 --> 00:40:44.889 he has a reason for doing all of this. And what 00:40:44.889 --> 00:40:47.429 is happening in your life, it's not Satan that's 00:40:47.429 --> 00:40:50.550 in charge. You are the workmanship of Christ. 00:40:50.730 --> 00:40:53.349 And he wants to bring you to a place where you 00:40:53.349 --> 00:40:56.489 can finally embrace the open heavens and see 00:40:56.489 --> 00:40:59.449 the activity of God in the heavenlies for this 00:40:59.449 --> 00:41:01.650 church. Come on, give him a praise offering. 00:41:08.969 --> 00:41:14.969 And how God took Moses and brought him and said 00:41:14.969 --> 00:41:17.670 to him, come up to the mountain early in the 00:41:17.670 --> 00:41:21.989 morning. There I will speak to you and show you 00:41:21.989 --> 00:41:29.230 my glory. And so he said, when you come up, make 00:41:29.230 --> 00:41:33.349 sure it's just you. See, when you want to hear 00:41:33.349 --> 00:41:36.510 what God has to say. Jenny, that's why your quiet 00:41:36.510 --> 00:41:38.809 time in the morning is so important. She's up 00:41:38.809 --> 00:41:41.789 early in the morning. He sleeps until 10 o 'clock 00:41:41.789 --> 00:41:44.449 in the morning, but she's up early in the morning. 00:41:49.969 --> 00:41:54.510 And so that's where God speaks to you. It's early 00:41:54.510 --> 00:41:58.929 in the morning. And that's where he helps you 00:41:58.929 --> 00:42:04.610 to disconnect with pain. Pain will always be 00:42:04.610 --> 00:42:13.750 there. Suffering is your choice. And so he goes 00:42:13.750 --> 00:42:17.130 up and he says as he climbs up, God placed him 00:42:17.130 --> 00:42:21.929 on a rock. Because when you want to get a revelation 00:42:21.929 --> 00:42:26.449 about the dealings with God, you cannot be unstable. 00:42:27.369 --> 00:42:31.170 You cannot stand on slippery places. You've got 00:42:31.170 --> 00:42:33.389 to get to a place where it's solid. You have 00:42:33.389 --> 00:42:36.550 solid ground because God now wants to show you 00:42:36.550 --> 00:42:41.269 great and marvelous things. Because we are known 00:42:41.269 --> 00:42:44.269 as a church, you know, that we are limited. We 00:42:44.269 --> 00:42:47.510 find ourselves limited because of our own environment 00:42:47.510 --> 00:42:50.550 concerning the things of God. But he wants to 00:42:50.550 --> 00:42:53.909 show you things that eye has not seen, ear has 00:42:53.909 --> 00:42:56.769 not heard, neither has it entered in the mind 00:42:56.769 --> 00:42:59.190 of man. Come on, give him a praise offering. 00:43:06.349 --> 00:43:11.809 And so there, he puts Moses in a rock, in a cleft 00:43:11.809 --> 00:43:14.449 of a rock, and puts his hand in front of him. 00:43:15.130 --> 00:43:17.469 Because he said, Moses, you cannot see my face, 00:43:17.510 --> 00:43:21.610 but I want you to know my ways. You cannot see 00:43:21.610 --> 00:43:25.250 my face because you'll die. And then God said, 00:43:25.349 --> 00:43:29.250 I'm keeping you covered while I pass by you with 00:43:29.250 --> 00:43:34.190 all my goodness. The Lord is good. Say, the Lord 00:43:34.190 --> 00:43:37.099 is good. Come on, don't forget that. Say the 00:43:37.099 --> 00:43:40.300 Lord is good. Let the house of Israel say the 00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:44.579 Lord is good. Let the house of Aaron say. Let 00:43:44.579 --> 00:43:48.440 the house of Brad say. You understand, don't 00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:52.239 forget that. Don't focus on your pain. Don't 00:43:52.239 --> 00:43:55.960 focus on your doctrine. Not when you want revelation. 00:43:59.460 --> 00:44:02.579 And so he passed by with all his goodness. And 00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:08.230 then. When his goodness was all past, he opened 00:44:08.230 --> 00:44:12.210 up his eyes so that he could see the hinder part 00:44:12.210 --> 00:44:17.230 of God. The hinder part. It wasn't just like, 00:44:17.349 --> 00:44:18.969 you know, I heard a preacher once preach and 00:44:18.969 --> 00:44:21.230 said, well, you know, just, it was like a comet 00:44:21.230 --> 00:44:24.570 that passed by and all this big glory. And then 00:44:24.570 --> 00:44:27.349 at the end, just the very tail end, God showed 00:44:27.349 --> 00:44:29.650 him that, no, no, no, no, that's not what it 00:44:29.650 --> 00:44:33.739 was. God let him see the hind apart with other 00:44:33.739 --> 00:44:37.940 words. What is behind everything that God is 00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:43.599 doing today? You've got to go back in order to 00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:47.400 go forward. He's showing him his hind apart. 00:44:47.769 --> 00:44:51.710 That which is behind it all. God took him back. 00:44:51.750 --> 00:44:55.070 I want to submit to you that God took Moses back, 00:44:55.170 --> 00:44:57.909 back. Everybody say back, back. You know, go 00:44:57.909 --> 00:45:00.269 back, back, back. Just so that you can understand. 00:45:00.449 --> 00:45:03.389 Moses, you're complaining about a few complainers. 00:45:06.769 --> 00:45:11.750 But I want to take you back. Show you my hind 00:45:11.750 --> 00:45:17.780 part, back. Everybody say back. Back to the very 00:45:17.780 --> 00:45:24.199 first man. Adam. And then back behind that. To 00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:30.360 where Lucifer and all his cohorts were slain. 00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:34.239 I mean fallen down. And then back to the pre 00:45:34.239 --> 00:45:38.960 -Adamite world. And then back. Back to where 00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:46.050 nothing was. Just. Can you see Moses standing 00:45:46.050 --> 00:45:51.670 there in pitch darkness? I see nothing. Because 00:45:51.670 --> 00:45:56.869 all there was when there was nothing was God. 00:45:58.909 --> 00:46:05.570 See, God was before all things. And all you could 00:46:05.570 --> 00:46:11.769 hear is just His breathing. The breath of God. 00:46:13.710 --> 00:46:18.309 And Moses standing there just enveloped in all 00:46:18.309 --> 00:46:22.530 this revelation of who it is that I'm dealing 00:46:22.530 --> 00:46:27.710 with. And then God's voice taking him from the 00:46:27.710 --> 00:46:32.809 very hinder part. Now moving him back to where 00:46:32.809 --> 00:46:36.150 his destiny will be unfolded. And here he can 00:46:36.150 --> 00:46:40.409 see the creation of all things. And he starts 00:46:40.409 --> 00:46:44.030 to hear angels singing. And angels declaring 00:46:44.030 --> 00:46:48.630 the holiness of God. And then being brought forward. 00:46:48.730 --> 00:46:54.710 And there amongst all things. To hear the voice 00:46:54.710 --> 00:46:58.610 of God suddenly. When there's nothing else. And 00:46:58.610 --> 00:47:02.789 silent a hush had fallen over the angelic group. 00:47:02.989 --> 00:47:06.670 All of a sudden the voice of the creator. That 00:47:06.670 --> 00:47:13.170 speaks and says. Let there be light. He's saying 00:47:13.170 --> 00:47:21.630 to Moses, that was me. He's saying to the man 00:47:21.630 --> 00:47:28.349 on the way to Emmaus, that was me. You're concerned 00:47:28.349 --> 00:47:31.829 about what happened here the last three days. 00:47:31.929 --> 00:47:36.190 You think that puny death will stop me. You have 00:47:36.190 --> 00:47:40.030 no idea who you're dealing with. You have absolutely 00:47:40.030 --> 00:47:43.289 no idea what is going to happen. Come on, just 00:47:43.289 --> 00:47:55.250 praise him. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Wow. And 00:47:55.250 --> 00:47:57.090 so because we're out of time, I'm going to have 00:47:57.090 --> 00:48:00.050 to skip here again. But, you know, he's taking 00:48:00.050 --> 00:48:05.449 him step by step through creation and then possibly 00:48:05.449 --> 00:48:10.460 into the heavens. So that he could see the tabernacles 00:48:10.460 --> 00:48:17.780 of God in heaven. And God says to him. Go down. 00:48:19.260 --> 00:48:23.980 And go and put up a tabernacle like mine. But 00:48:23.980 --> 00:48:30.539 in a small form. So that it could be said the 00:48:30.539 --> 00:48:37.969 tabernacle of God is now with men. And put it 00:48:37.969 --> 00:48:43.289 up, Moses, in three dimensions. And that tabernacle, 00:48:43.389 --> 00:48:47.030 if I had some time here today, I'd go into the 00:48:47.030 --> 00:48:50.550 tabernacle with you and show you really the entire 00:48:50.550 --> 00:48:58.489 tabernacle was Calvary. Taking him step by step 00:48:58.489 --> 00:49:02.070 through the tabernacle, three dimensions, out 00:49:02.070 --> 00:49:07.440 of court, holy place, holy of holiness. That's 00:49:07.440 --> 00:49:11.280 where you have to understand I want you to be. 00:49:11.539 --> 00:49:16.659 I want you to be in a place. I want you to come 00:49:16.659 --> 00:49:23.780 to a place, Nathaniel, where the heavens are 00:49:23.780 --> 00:49:26.440 opened. You're dwelling in the first dimension 00:49:26.440 --> 00:49:31.099 where the blood and guts were spilled. And I 00:49:31.099 --> 00:49:33.320 go to churches and all I see is blood and guts. 00:49:34.829 --> 00:49:37.349 All they want to have you preach is repentance 00:49:37.349 --> 00:49:44.829 over and over. You know, I always use the first 00:49:44.829 --> 00:49:51.489 dimension of the tabernacle as a... I use the 00:49:51.489 --> 00:49:53.530 analogy, excuse me, I hope you're not offended 00:49:53.530 --> 00:49:56.530 by this. If you are, just build a bridge and 00:49:56.530 --> 00:50:06.369 get over it. It's the toilet area. That's where 00:50:06.369 --> 00:50:13.909 we get rid of stuff. Before we move in. You've 00:50:13.909 --> 00:50:19.949 got to get rid of stuff. A lot of people want 00:50:19.949 --> 00:50:27.190 to just live in the toilet area. My son, my youngest 00:50:27.190 --> 00:50:29.489 son, when he was little, man, he had a strange 00:50:29.489 --> 00:50:35.260 attraction to toilets. We're going to the nicest 00:50:35.260 --> 00:50:37.679 restaurant, Jenny. And first thing he wants to 00:50:37.679 --> 00:50:43.360 do is go and visit the toilet. I mean, I'd say, 00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:52.260 Eugene, look at the menu. His healing came when 00:50:52.260 --> 00:50:54.719 we were in an airplane one time flying to Germany. 00:50:54.860 --> 00:50:56.900 And the first thing he wanted to do is, is there 00:50:56.900 --> 00:51:02.139 a toilet here, Dad? And I said, yeah. But this 00:51:02.139 --> 00:51:04.659 is an old airplane. The toilets are outside. 00:51:10.199 --> 00:51:20.880 He said, I'm not going to go there. Look at the 00:51:20.880 --> 00:51:22.780 person next to you and say, it's time to go to 00:51:22.780 --> 00:51:30.400 the next level. Okay, let me close by saying 00:51:30.400 --> 00:51:34.159 this. Are you getting it so far? Are you with 00:51:34.159 --> 00:51:40.440 me? Just to understand God is a phenomenal privilege 00:51:40.440 --> 00:51:43.840 that he gives us. But he is saying to you and 00:51:43.840 --> 00:51:53.139 I clearly, stop getting hung up on issues. Look 00:51:53.139 --> 00:51:59.679 at the Messiah. Move with God through revelation. 00:52:01.869 --> 00:52:09.869 He wants to take you far. Yes? So he says to 00:52:09.869 --> 00:52:12.670 the men on the way to Emmaus, when they get to 00:52:12.670 --> 00:52:14.789 the end of the seventh mile, say, the end of 00:52:14.789 --> 00:52:22.429 the seventh mile. They still don't get it. When 00:52:22.429 --> 00:52:24.989 he tells them these things that I had just related 00:52:24.989 --> 00:52:27.909 to you and much more, they still didn't get it. 00:52:29.889 --> 00:52:33.559 And he says, The Bible says that he pretended 00:52:33.559 --> 00:52:36.480 like he was going to go on. And he goes like 00:52:36.480 --> 00:52:38.699 this. You know, I am sure he goes like, you know. 00:52:41.300 --> 00:52:44.679 Okay, guys, I'm going to see you. You know, maybe 00:52:44.679 --> 00:52:50.219 they'll see the hole in his hand. I'm going. 00:52:52.019 --> 00:52:55.719 I'm going to go on. And they still don't see 00:52:55.719 --> 00:53:03.550 it. Can you imagine how blind we can be? And 00:53:03.550 --> 00:53:08.230 they said, oh, no, please, come in with us here. 00:53:09.309 --> 00:53:12.170 So they go in. And they go. And I told the people 00:53:12.170 --> 00:53:14.389 in the first service, you know, sometimes you 00:53:14.389 --> 00:53:19.329 just have to invite a stranger in. Maybe I preach 00:53:19.329 --> 00:53:22.110 stuff that you don't know. There's churches I 00:53:22.110 --> 00:53:25.469 go to, and they're so ignorant concerning the 00:53:25.469 --> 00:53:27.489 things of God. I had a man one time, a preacher, 00:53:27.570 --> 00:53:31.230 ask me, should we fall when you pray for us? 00:53:35.599 --> 00:53:40.280 You know, they ask me sometimes, you know, are 00:53:40.280 --> 00:53:46.800 you pushing them over? See, it's the ways of 00:53:46.800 --> 00:53:50.179 God. Pastor Brad, I went to a church one time, 00:53:50.239 --> 00:53:53.539 my first service, first time I'm ever there, 00:53:53.699 --> 00:53:58.519 and I arrived late. Something happened with the 00:53:58.519 --> 00:54:01.199 traffic and I arrived late, Kenny. Now, you're 00:54:01.199 --> 00:54:03.320 a prophet, you know what I'm talking about. And 00:54:03.320 --> 00:54:09.119 so when I... When I. Are you a prophet? Say it. 00:54:09.280 --> 00:54:17.559 Yeah. So when I get there. God gives me 17 names. 00:54:20.380 --> 00:54:26.920 To call out. I call out 17 names. And. Tell them 00:54:26.920 --> 00:54:29.480 what is wrong with them. 17 different people. 00:54:29.659 --> 00:54:33.639 It just so happened. That the pastor had. On 00:54:33.639 --> 00:54:39.480 his. Laptop. Those 17 names. People that have 00:54:39.480 --> 00:54:42.340 called in for help. And he put it on a prayer 00:54:42.340 --> 00:54:45.840 list. To, you know, just pray for the people. 00:54:46.159 --> 00:54:51.519 And so I call out those 17 people. And the pastor 00:54:51.519 --> 00:54:54.440 up until today believes that somehow or another 00:54:54.440 --> 00:55:00.019 my team hacked into his computer. Never had me 00:55:00.019 --> 00:55:08.639 back there. I don't even know how to hack. I 00:55:08.639 --> 00:55:14.579 don't know what hack means. I don't know where 00:55:14.579 --> 00:55:25.159 hack happens. But you see, these things happen 00:55:25.159 --> 00:55:28.880 when people don't understand God. And so Jesus, 00:55:29.099 --> 00:55:31.159 because you understand, we know God because we 00:55:31.159 --> 00:55:33.880 heard of him in the Bible school. Or in the Sunday 00:55:33.880 --> 00:55:36.800 school. Or you've read it in the Bible. But listen, 00:55:36.900 --> 00:55:39.219 you still don't know him. You've got to know 00:55:39.219 --> 00:55:42.239 his ways. Come on, give God a praise offering. 00:55:48.980 --> 00:55:52.000 And I end with this, and I say this. You know, 00:55:52.019 --> 00:55:55.750 when they sat down, Jesus, the Bible says. Took 00:55:55.750 --> 00:55:59.190 the bread. Say he took the bread. And then he 00:55:59.190 --> 00:56:04.090 blessed it. Say it. And then he broke it. And 00:56:04.090 --> 00:56:08.329 then he gave it. Say it with me again. He took 00:56:08.329 --> 00:56:16.230 it. And their eyes were opened. Say it again. 00:56:16.489 --> 00:56:22.690 He took it. Blessed it. Broke it. Gave it. And 00:56:22.690 --> 00:56:26.780 their eyes were opened. Once you become acquainted 00:56:26.780 --> 00:56:33.460 to the ways of God, he always works the same 00:56:33.460 --> 00:56:38.820 way. That's the way he worked with Moses. He 00:56:38.820 --> 00:56:41.400 took Moses. I've got to hurry. He took Moses. 00:56:43.539 --> 00:56:46.440 Remember, he talked to them about Moses. So he 00:56:46.440 --> 00:56:50.719 took Moses from his mother, and then he blessed 00:56:50.719 --> 00:56:54.789 him, took him to Pharaoh's house. He became second 00:56:54.789 --> 00:56:57.530 in charge, rode on the chariots with Pharaoh. 00:56:58.090 --> 00:57:03.090 And then God broke him. God absolutely depleted 00:57:03.090 --> 00:57:08.929 him of him. And then he gave him to Israel. See, 00:57:08.989 --> 00:57:12.010 it's the ways of God. Isn't that what he did 00:57:12.010 --> 00:57:14.650 with Joseph? He took Joseph from among his 12, 00:57:14.789 --> 00:57:19.230 11 other brothers. And then he blessed him. Man, 00:57:19.250 --> 00:57:21.730 he became the favorite of his father. Then God 00:57:21.730 --> 00:57:27.690 broke him. Into the pit. Then into prison. Broke 00:57:27.690 --> 00:57:32.630 him until he was just no more of himself. And 00:57:32.630 --> 00:57:37.590 then God gave him to Israel as the deliverer 00:57:37.590 --> 00:57:40.530 of Israel. Isn't that what he did with David? 00:57:41.530 --> 00:57:45.630 He took David from following the sheep. And tending 00:57:45.630 --> 00:57:50.150 the sheep. And then he blessed him. I mean he 00:57:50.150 --> 00:57:52.900 killed the bear. Killed the lion. Killed the 00:57:52.900 --> 00:57:56.800 giant. And then went into the king's palace. 00:57:57.320 --> 00:58:01.659 Was even given the king's daughter. And then 00:58:01.659 --> 00:58:07.179 God. Say it louder. He broke him. I mean when 00:58:07.179 --> 00:58:09.340 God broke him. It's almost too hard to read. 00:58:09.539 --> 00:58:14.679 When you follow the life of David. And when he 00:58:14.679 --> 00:58:18.659 was done. In Ziklag. The Bible says he cried. 00:58:19.179 --> 00:58:22.940 Until he had no more tears left to cry. And then 00:58:22.940 --> 00:58:28.139 God gave him. And God has taken this little church, 00:58:28.280 --> 00:58:32.900 taken you from different places. I mean, you 00:58:32.900 --> 00:58:34.820 know, it's just amazing how you all came together. 00:58:36.219 --> 00:58:42.340 And then God really blessed you. Broke you when 00:58:42.340 --> 00:58:53.179 he gave you this pastor, but blessed you. Honestly, 00:58:53.179 --> 00:58:59.599 God blessed you. And then God took you through 00:58:59.599 --> 00:59:04.659 a season. This last couple of, you should have 00:59:04.659 --> 00:59:07.940 been, you know, on all practical purposes, you 00:59:07.940 --> 00:59:09.719 should have already been in your fourth service, 00:59:09.800 --> 00:59:12.219 you know, I mean, jam -packed full, stuff like 00:59:12.219 --> 00:59:14.719 that. But instead, you lost people. People started 00:59:14.719 --> 00:59:16.840 leaving. They don't understand the plan of God. 00:59:17.179 --> 00:59:20.219 And here we are. Play for me, please. Here we 00:59:20.219 --> 00:59:29.219 are. God is about to give you. Look past the 00:59:29.219 --> 00:59:36.420 building. The building is just a tool. Come on, 00:59:36.440 --> 00:59:39.380 fill the atmosphere with some amens. The buildings, 00:59:39.539 --> 00:59:46.460 yeah. You know, when I joke about the things 00:59:46.460 --> 00:59:48.760 about your pastor, they really are just jokes. 00:59:49.179 --> 00:59:52.599 God has given you a wonderful team here. Come 00:59:52.599 --> 01:00:02.699 on. The only good thing that can happen over 01:00:02.699 --> 01:00:05.440 and above that is if I can join the team too. 01:00:06.900 --> 01:00:14.659 I'm kidding. How many of you would like to see 01:00:14.659 --> 01:00:24.860 me join the team here? How many of you will be 01:00:24.860 --> 01:00:27.360 okay with it if they offer me a salary of 10 01:00:27.360 --> 01:00:42.519 ,000 a month? He will lose much more hair. What 01:00:42.519 --> 01:00:47.460 am I saying? You are here. It's time. Everybody 01:00:47.460 --> 01:00:53.670 say it's time. Look past yourself. Look past 01:00:53.670 --> 01:00:56.170 your problems. Look past the things that are 01:00:56.170 --> 01:00:59.050 going on and have been going on. Lock in with 01:00:59.050 --> 01:01:02.730 God. He's got a time and a future for you and 01:01:02.730 --> 01:01:05.590 a purpose. This next few months, in fact, the 01:01:05.590 --> 01:01:07.730 next two years, it's going to be phenomenal. 01:01:08.170 --> 01:01:10.030 But you're not through the breaking experience 01:01:10.030 --> 01:01:13.530 yet. And when you get to the place where God 01:01:13.530 --> 01:01:16.929 can finally use you, you will finally get to 01:01:16.929 --> 01:01:20.260 a place where you realize it's all God. It's 01:01:20.260 --> 01:01:23.000 not us. It's all God. Stand on your feet. Raise 01:01:23.000 --> 01:01:25.400 your hands towards God. Say, it's all God. You 01:01:25.400 --> 01:01:29.719 know, as you stand there this morning, I don't 01:01:29.719 --> 01:01:34.119 know how many of you, I feel most of you, can 01:01:34.119 --> 01:01:36.320 connect with this message that God has brought 01:01:36.320 --> 01:01:40.300 to you this weekend. And what you need to do 01:01:40.300 --> 01:01:46.179 is connect at the highest level of relationship. 01:01:48.329 --> 01:01:54.789 That means it becomes a blood connection with 01:01:54.789 --> 01:02:01.269 this church. God needs this family to be closer 01:02:01.269 --> 01:02:05.670 to each other than ever before. Because of what 01:02:05.670 --> 01:02:09.030 is going to happen. Come on, can I hear an amen? 01:02:10.369 --> 01:02:22.880 Yeah, go ahead. Clap hands. need to do right 01:02:22.880 --> 01:02:25.980 now is i'm going to ask you right there where 01:02:25.980 --> 01:02:32.300 you stand to disconnect from what you thought 01:02:32.300 --> 01:02:37.960 the enemy is doing whether it be pain emotional 01:02:37.960 --> 01:02:40.679 pain physical tonight we're going to have a healing 01:02:40.679 --> 01:02:42.820 service and god is going to heal many people 01:02:42.820 --> 01:02:45.400 but here this morning i want you to disconnect 01:02:45.400 --> 01:02:50.809 from disappointments the past Everything that 01:02:50.809 --> 01:02:56.510 happened in the past. Disconnect from it. Connect 01:02:56.510 --> 01:03:02.250 with him who walks with us. Come on, can I hear 01:03:02.250 --> 01:03:05.750 an amen? Because you have to know him in the 01:03:05.750 --> 01:03:09.650 power of his resurrection. That's what Paul said, 01:03:09.750 --> 01:03:12.809 that I may know him in the power of his resurrection. 01:03:13.809 --> 01:03:17.909 So, will you take your two hands like this and 01:03:17.909 --> 01:03:22.880 put them on your bosom. Like this. And what I 01:03:22.880 --> 01:03:25.139 want you to do is I want you to do this in the 01:03:25.139 --> 01:03:27.940 spirit. That means you're going to have to use 01:03:27.940 --> 01:03:35.760 your most intense imagination. And grab pain. 01:03:37.920 --> 01:03:43.960 Grab disappointment. Because all those things 01:03:43.960 --> 01:03:47.300 have happened to you for a reason. Come on, can 01:03:47.300 --> 01:03:50.949 I hear an amen? But I want you to disconnect 01:03:50.949 --> 01:03:56.590 from it. It's now time for the future. And I 01:03:56.590 --> 01:03:59.250 want you to grab it as if you can. Just let your 01:03:59.250 --> 01:04:06.710 knuckles become white around it. As I pray. Father, 01:04:06.869 --> 01:04:15.119 I ask you to send the Holy Spirit. as our connection 01:04:15.119 --> 01:04:19.719 here this morning to everyone. Holy Spirit, I'm 01:04:19.719 --> 01:04:26.260 asking you, please, let a miracle happen in the 01:04:26.260 --> 01:04:32.559 lives of moms, dads, children. In the name of 01:04:32.559 --> 01:04:34.579 Jesus, bring me up a little bit more. Bring me 01:04:34.579 --> 01:04:38.059 up. Bring my sound up a little bit more. Now, 01:04:38.059 --> 01:04:44.260 Lord, I want to ask you, as we... Disconnect 01:04:44.260 --> 01:04:50.340 from the pain in the past. Will you connect us 01:04:50.340 --> 01:04:55.539 to the promise of the future? In the name of 01:04:55.539 --> 01:04:59.420 Jesus. Now, take that pain and the disappointments, 01:04:59.420 --> 01:05:03.960 the heartaches, family problems, and pull it 01:05:03.960 --> 01:05:06.980 out of yourself as if you could. Keep your hands 01:05:06.980 --> 01:05:10.780 closed, your hands, and lift it up high. Like 01:05:10.780 --> 01:05:15.099 this with the hands closed. Lift it up. Say this 01:05:15.099 --> 01:05:20.179 with me corporately. Say Holy Spirit. Here it 01:05:20.179 --> 01:05:33.500 is. You know my heart. You know my pain. I don't 01:05:33.500 --> 01:05:38.500 need to carry it on my shoulders no more. I'm 01:05:38.500 --> 01:05:45.559 not going to Remember the pain. Let me see you. 01:05:47.400 --> 01:05:51.119 In the name of Jesus. Now with your hands up 01:05:51.119 --> 01:05:55.260 there. Open your hands and release it. Go ahead 01:05:55.260 --> 01:06:07.449 and praise God as you release it. Go ahead. or 01:06:07.449 --> 01:06:11.650 contacting Life Bible Church, go to www .lifebiblechurch 01:06:11.650 --> 01:06:16.429 .org or call us at 541 -995 -8282.