They need to be brought back. And I just love
to see generations come together. You know, the
Bible truly speaks about how we are to speak
of His goodness one generation to the next. And
in an age where churches are being built based
upon preferences, I think it's important that
we remember that we were all called to be the
body. one generation to the next. What do you
mean, Pastor Brian? There shouldn't be no old
church or young church, modern church or traditional
church, but we should truly learn how to worship
God together, and that it should be a blend of
what is good, what has been, what is coming.
And so we've been on a pursuit here at Revealing
Truth, just saying we gonna do it all. And so
I pray y 'all our hearts are open and enjoying
the journey of understanding. Just some spiritual
truths that they I can tell it still got that
oil on it, you know And so um, man i'm just thankful
to be here with you guys. Are you guys excited
to be in church today? Listen i'ma pray him All
today is so good Oh, man, I I know that this
is This is a message that lives well And so I'm
just excited because I know that the clarity
that God's going to bring today, you're gonna
actually know how to live with some things that
you've heard. Are y 'all ready to live with the
truth that you know? Not just know it, but like,
how do I actually live from this? And so we've
been going through the book of Ephesians and
today is that day to where we get to see how
all that's been said, we now change how we live
because of what the truth is. And so I'm excited
and just ready to jump into it. But Father God,
I thank you for today. And I thank you for this
opportunity to come and to minister to your people.
I pray that this moment is one that brings glory
to you, that we decrease in it so that you can
increase. We open up our hearts and our minds
to receive your truth. And we say thank you,
God, for inviting us into this moment, inviting
us into these precious promises. You know, just
snatching us out of darkness and bringing us
into this light. Many of us, all of us, were
lost and you chose to find us and we're thankful
that you didn't leave us in this world without
you. That you called us brothers, you called
us friends. And we're thankful for that. in your
precious name, I pray, the name above all names,
y 'all say with me, Jesus. Amen. With love on
the person next to you. And so, with that being
said, we do have, so let's say, hey neighbor.
Let's really flow today. Because we we boy I
want us to get there I want us to get there And
I believe we will and so Man, let's this is gonna
be a good time a good time. And so go with me
to Ephesians Chapter two, right? We'll be finishing
chapter two Today and as you guys know, we're
gonna go through the whole book of Ephesians
this summer and to just put a little context
on it. The book of Ephesians is written so we
know how to live from a spiritual awakening.
And so when you're reading the book of Ephesians,
it's important for you to realize what is the
writing designed to do? What is God wanting me
to do? Is he's wanting me and you to know how
we live a spirit led life. And the importance
of it, the value of it, I'm not gonna spend too
much time on that, because I believe you guys
already know that that is the grand reward of
giving your life to Christ, is that you are now
alive to what the Spirit is doing. And like I
say, there's one thing to know that, and it's
another thing to know how to live. that truth
out. And so today's goal is so that you know,
I know that pastor, but today's goal is to show
you how to live that truth out. And so just to
begin, where we ended last week is this, and
it's important for you to hear this as we open
this up is truth is people don't just make mistakes,
they're spiritually disconnected. And it's important
because Oftentimes, and a lot of times as believers,
we oscillate between two worlds, a spiritual
world and a natural world, because we're in this
world, not of this world. So we naturally see
things, but God is wanting us to come alive to
spiritual realities. And it's important that
you ground this to understand that people don't.
just make mistakes, they are spiritually disconnected.
And this is important because it'll help you
live a spirit led life. And so if I start to
realize, man, as the spirit is telling me things,
that there will be moments in which people who
aren't alive to that spirit will find conflict
with it. Y 'all rocking with me. It's also important
for me to realize that if I am what the Bible
would describe as unequally yoked, what does
that mean? That I am in business with, which
is a part of our daily lives, right? That you
don't get the pleasure, we don't get the pleasure
to only living with Christians. We have to do
business. There's a lot of interactions that
aren't just Christians that are a part of this
interaction. And so it's important for us to
realize even in those moments that some people,
they are prone, they will make mistakes. We make
mistakes and we're spiritually awakened. And
so how much more will the person who is not alive
to Christ mismanage what God wants to do? And
so Paul is wanting us to be very firm, very firm
and say, hey, some people just. don't know what's
happening. Y 'all all right with that? All right,
all right. So here we go. And so he starts with
it. Therefore, remember that at one time you
Gentiles in the flesh called the uncircumcision
by what is called the circumcision, which is
made in the flesh by hands. So he says, therefore,
remember what he said. Remember, you were like
that. You were spiritually. You were spiritually
unaware. You were disconnected from what God
was doing. And so he said from that mind state,
right, that you start to move forward. Then he
starts to talk about which the uncircumcision
and the circumcision, is he simply saying that
there was a natural, check this out, there was
a natural indication of someone's spiritual awakening
to God. That the... uncircumcised were said to
say, hey, listen, you are not a part of God's
family. The circumcised, you are a part of God's
family. It's important to see that there were
natural, physical indications of someone's spiritual
posture. But Paul wants us to know that, but
that was made by hand. In other words, this was
man's way of defining who was a part of God and
what was he was doing and who was Disconnected
from God and what he was doing y 'all rocking
with me. Come on now. Come on y 'all I told y
'all we got a flow to get there. And so he says
verse 12 remember that you Were at this that
we're at that time separated from Christ alienated
from the Commonwealth of Israel's and strangers
to the covenants of promise." And so Paul goes
on to say that, yeah, you were also Gentiles
he was speaking to. You were alienated, separated
from the Commonwealth. What's the Commonwealth?
The Commonwealth is the combination of the Abrahamic,
the Mosaic, and the Davidic covenants. That these
covenants which God gave his promises through
were given access to by those who were Jewish,
those who were a part of God's family, the circumcised.
Y 'all rocking with me? Come on, church. I just
heard how loud y 'all was praising, so I know
there's a lot more noise available in this room.
But the piece we want to pull out of, it was
more than words, it was reality. Look at me and
say, it was more than words, it was reality.
One of these moments right I experienced it was
hilarious right that um you hear these things
that I grew up on the other side of the tracks
right you grew up on the other side of the tracks
well I told y 'all story maybe about like 12
years ago 13 years ago my father took us to his
hometown where he grew up and You know you heard
that saying right, but when as he was taking
us to where he grew up. We actually drove over
tracks That what what we thought was a just a
concept which it is for him it was an actual
reality there was a railroad track that split
the the the the the levels of society an actual
physical railroad so when they said you live
on the other side of the tracks you were actually
on the other side of the track I need y 'all
to rock with me that it wasn't just a saying,
there was a physical, a natural, something you
could see that represented what was being said.
Whoo! I'm trying not to get excited too soon,
but when you see what God is cooking here, you
be like, oh my goodness, this meal is so good.
But say, hey neighbor. There were physical indications.
people who weren't connected to God so it wasn't
just things that were said it was things that
were seen all right all right y 'all rock you
with me he says but now yep I appreciate it They
are already ready, let's go. But now in Christ,
Jesus, you who were far off have been brought
near by the blood of Christ. So Paul is now starting
to explain that, hey, there were physical things
that represented your spiritual position. But
realize this. Christ Jesus has now brought you
near once that when you were once far That those
who were once separated have been brought near
by Christ Why are you saying this like this pastor
Brian Because what I want you to put a minor
note in right now as we begin to build this message
is the physical things that they saw were still
visible. What Christ did was spiritual. So Christ
spoke that no, what once divided you no longer
does. You are now brought near. to God Now I
want you to realize this this spiritual reality
Was being spoken although the physical signs
still existed And so the word was spoken but
those who were uncircumcised were still uncircumcised
those who were circumcised was still circumcised
that although just to keep this running with
y 'all although my father heard that he could
come out of this neighborhood he still had to
go home across the tracks to go to school he
drove over them tracks got to school and said
you can become educated You can become learned
to where you physically are, you don't have to
remain. He would get that understanding. Guess
what he'd have to do? Get on the bus, drive back,
cross them tracks. So he has this truth that's
real, but he's having to live it in conditions
that haven't caught up. Y 'all just rock with
me. And so when he's saying this, he's saying
this to them, and they're like, wait. Wait. This
is, look at your neighbor say, hey neighbor.
This is a new way of living. Because the way
I lived before was whatever I see is real. Now
you're telling me That spiritually something
I can't see has brought victory over what I do
see Check this out. He says for he himself verse
14 is our peace has made us both one and has
broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of
hostility so then he becomes surgical say hey
neighbor the details do matter and he says this
is how I did it this is how Jesus did it Jesus
didn't ask you to understand it. He didn't ask
them to understand it. He became our understanding.
He didn't ask the Jews if they had peace with
this. He didn't ask the Gentiles if they had
peace with this. He became the peace they needed.
the piece What I did was invite you into me and
When you move into me you get the piece that
I am I'm not asking you to understand how this
works. I'm telling you in me it does their peace
taking two separate bodies Jews and Gentiles
and uniting them in one body Christ and said
in me there's peace see what's amazing about
this is he was speaking to the people group of
that time but that truth is still real for the
people groups of this time That if we truly want
to overcome division, we have to come one in
Christ. That there is always unity and peace
available in Christ because he is peace. He's
the only person that can reconcile differing
groups into one body. Oh, y 'all gotta rock with
me. Because in Christ, there's only one spirit.
Okay This is so good. He said he made us both
one. I want y 'all realize this again Ain't nobody
hop on nobody back They didn't attach themselves
to each other physically. This is all spiritual
That he made them one body spiritually he's speaking
of spiritual truths They still are separate people.
They still, at this point, they're living separately
than the Jews and then the Gentiles. But spiritually,
there's now unity available. Spiritually, there's
now peace available. Whoo! That word peace stands
for no more hostility. He said there's no more
animosity. There's no more hostility. There's
there's no more grievances. Why because in me
all have me So what is there to argue about what's
available to you is available to all We don't
have to discuss rights in the kingdom the kingdom
has rights that are available to all No matter
where you start it from as soon as you get into
the kingdom you have access to all spiritual
blessings There's no ranking system in the kingdom.
There's no upper class, lower class. There's
no black, no white. There's no, oh man, they
are educated, uneducated. There's no, oh man,
they had all their parents. You had none. There
are no stipulations. To receiving all in the
kingdom. So there's no point to argue because
we have all the same access We have all the same
principles and we have all the same promises.
We are one in Christ And he said he made us both
one and Has broken down in his flesh the dividing
wall of hostility. It's important that you see
this put my image up Because we've read that
before but I want you all to realize that this
was a physical thing They're gonna put a my image
y 'all gonna see it boom This is the temple That
wall you see they called it a wall it was about
four and a half feet high it was inside the temple
and Those who were Gentiles weren't loud weren't
allowed past that wall Past that wall is where
the presence of God was and so I'm showing this
to you because we see this and we think oh man
No, no So when he says he broke down Jesus broke
down the wall of hostility and he's speaking
to the Gentiles They're like no the wall still
stands You gotta hear what's happening he's saying
listen I'm telling you Jesus has broken down
the wall that once divided you. In our worlds,
we're thinking, oh, okay. No, in their worlds,
it's like, no, there's still a wall. This is
not just something we say. There's a wall. Go
back to my image. You know what that, and on
that wall, there's two of these stones on each
side of entrances inside of where the presence
of God is. It's written in Jewish, so I don't
expect y 'all Greeks. I don't expect y 'all know
what that says But it says no foreigner is to
go beyond this balustrade and the palace of the
temple zone Whoever is caught doing so will have
himself to blame for his death, which will follow
All right, Paul You're saying Christ came And
that wall That I've seen my whole life that as
a Gentile I would die if I crossed that now it
is broken down That wall that separated me from
God's presence No longer exists and he's like,
yes, they're like, but the wall still stands
He's like, no, you gotta, you gotta hear, let
me upgrade you again. See, the presence of God
once dwelt in that temple, but you are now the
temple. And so what once was behind that wall
is now inside of you. Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, but there's
still people who go and that sign is still up.
And they will still kill me if I cross it. And
he's like, they're dead to this truth. You are
alive to this truth. You have access to what
is happening spiritually. And there's people
who haven't caught up because they are still
living according to what they see because they
have no access to what is happening spiritually.
But I'm telling you. God ain't in there no more
He's in you He's in me that wall. It doesn't
matter no more. It doesn't matter You don't even
need to go up in there to get what's in there
because what was in there has moved into you
and you now can recognize Have access Why are
you saying that's right because we got to realize
what they did with that wall They control people
behind the malls Everyone knew that God existed
They just believed the only people who knew what
he was doing whether the Jews and the only people
allowed behind the walls Were the Jews so we
gotta wait for them to come out To tell us what
we should do They were conditioned not to know
how to live with direct access to God News flash
we've all been conditioned on How to live without
having direct access to God that was your whole
life before salvation Before salvation you were
subject to whatever someone said or did Because
you didn't have access to what was happening
spiritually But now that you are alive to God
You don't have to wait on physical signs to know
what's next I Just said something now that you're
alive to God you don't have to wait on physical
representations of what's coming next So he was
telling them before the wall came down that the
walls coming down He said I need you to live
according to what I said is alive spiritually
even though what you see physically looks the
same Let me tell you something. This is our same
argument today Many of us God is speaking to
the spirit in you saying this is done But you're
looking at the world. You see is saying how well
in the same way God broke down them physical
walls He will break down what you were physically
seeing. He's just asking you to live according
to what he said, to live this new life. You have
access to what's going to happen before it happens.
There's this term that says you're ahead of the
curve. Let me help you out. Believers are ahead
of the curve. But you gotta ask yourself, what
curve is God taking me ahead of? Many of y 'all
is sickness. You see sickness. God says you're
healed. He's showing you around the curve You're
speaking about the Dismantling of your family
and he's saying all is well. You're like how
I see what I see he said I'm trying to show you
around the curve I'm trying to get you to live
from a spiritual reality Not what you naturally
see I understand that this is difficult, but
this has always been the pace of time They had
to live differently, although they physically
saw the same signs The value you need to see
is you got to understand we all have a sign That's
trying to tell you what's not possible And God
is speaking internally it is Then he goes deeper
he says verse 15 he says by abolishing the law
of commandments Express and ordinances that he
might create in himself one new man in place
of two so making peace What is he breaking down
that he not only? removed Himself from that temple
and made us now his dwelling place But he has
also taken those Commandments that once used
to govern you bringing about shame and he fulfilled
them. So you have no shame in this new What are
you saying pastor Brandon it wasn't just that
there was walls they also had rules their rules
and regulation is what Foster shame Would foster
guilt what foster condemnation it wasn't that
there were just physical walls They were very
aware of their natural limitations that caused
their condition Come on y 'all We get in there
we flowing y 'all just flow with me you flow
with me and he's saying listen I need you to
understand something you are now alive to me
You don't need those written rules You don't
need those guidelines You're not governed by
those rules You're not governed by those guidelines
and I know you've been living from them for so
long that you have so much shame and Condemnation
that is gonna take a process for you to realize
you are no longer what that said you were All
right, all right Let's fast forward 2 ,000 years.
So you now can see around the curve. But it wasn't
just that you have to understand, well, I am
the healer protecting my health. That now means
that when the doctor comes in and says, this
is why you should be sad about what's going on,
you got to say, man, I'm. I'm not bound by what
this is. I see this all the time with brothers
who have served time in prison. There's a whole
list of rules about what you can now do now that
you have that on your resume. God then speaks
something that's around the curve. You're like,
but what about he's like you aren't bound by
that That doesn't govern you that doesn't control
you that doesn't dictate That doesn't set the
pace That I don't need their qualifications to
accomplish my will I don't need their approval
to accomplish what I'm going to do. Why are you
saying? He didn't ask the Jews if they like this
He didn't ask the Gentiles if they wanted this.
It was His will. He didn't ask if they liked
it. He didn't ask if they agreed. It was His
will for us to be one. And because it's His will,
everything natural folds in accordance to His
will. Y 'all gotta rock with me. That God's will
governs all things. And all things have to line
up to what he said. So if he said it, it's only
a matter of time before these facts have to fold
to the truth of what he said. Y 'all rocking
with me? That absolutely you are going to be
bombarded with facts. that constantly say that
this is why it can't. But you gotta realize,
God didn't ask them facts what is possible. Those
facts actually have to fall to what he says.
Woo, it's always been that way. He didn't ask
them, he didn't say knock down the wall so that
they can know it's true. No, he said it's true
while the wall was still standing. He said, this
is what it's gonna be before they ever agreed.
He said, this is what it is before they ever
understood it. Y 'all rocking with me. He was
saying, I need you to come alive that what I
say, it will be done. Everything is catching
up to me. Everything you see is catching up to
me, but it has no power, no authority to change
what I said is so. You got to sit there and say,
what has God shown you? That's around the curve,
that eyes haven't seen, ears haven't heard, but
it's on the heart of God. And I'm telling you
right now, he is folding earth in accordance
to his will. Earth can't speak to God, God speaks
to earth. The earth is the what? Lord's in the
fullness thereof. That's why we can praise. Because
if God said it, that settles it. What do you
mean, Pastor Brian? Because if God said it, it
started in the spirit, and the spirit has always
controlled what is seen in the natural. The natural
has never controlled what happens in the spirit.
So if God said it spiritually, earth's just catching
up. What are you saying, Pastor Brian? Your health
is catching up to his will. I'm saying your business
is catching up to his will your family is catching
up to his will Look at you never say hey neighbor.
It's catching up Oh Guess what neighbor I Need
you all to hear this this is so important that
you see this This is so important that you see
this, and it's how you live a spirit -led life.
There's a smaller nuance, and I'm going to say
it again. He didn't ask them what they wanted.
Why? Because a lot of times you go to people
and say, I don't see it. It doesn't matter what
they can see right now. It doesn't matter what
they want right now. Didn't matter what the Jews
wanted didn't matter what the Gentiles one didn't
matter what they can see or not. See it's what
God said It's what God said it's what God said
this is what God said It's not my opinion it's
not my agenda I didn't even come up with this
listen some of y 'all God has given you hope
and been restoring hope as we've been doing this
series in Things that you already know you don't
you don't even you care less about You've labeled
it dead and you're cool with that That's how
you know, it's God It's important for you to
also really see this too. He didn't ask for them
to do nothing because of what he said. He didn't
ask them to do nothing. He told them, receive
it. Act like it. Have peace about your mind.
Let your soul be at rest. Because I said, this
is what I'm going to do. He says, and I might
reconcile us both to God in one body through
the cross, thereby killing the hostility. And
he came and preached peace, this is Jesus, to
you who were far off and peace to those who were
near. Through him we both have access in one
spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer
strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens
with the saints and members of the household
of God. Trying to get them to identify with their
spiritual reality that you are now have new citizenship
when we talked about last week that you have
dual citizenship that you're not just an american
citizen You're a kingdom citizen now and you
need to read to live according to your new Citizenship
that the citizenship of heaven governs that of
earth And he says you're a saint and and members
of the household of God, built on the foundation
of the apostles and the prophets, Jesus Christ
himself being the cornerstone in whom the whole
structure is being joined together that grows
into a holy temple. In him, you are also being
built together into a dwelling place for God
by the spirit. And what is he saying? walk away
with this truth. The truth is the spiritual realm
governs the natural. He's speaking of who they
are and he didn't change their papers. Any of
y 'all ever moved and You didn't do an update
of address So because the last thing registered
was where you were What was trying to get to
you no longer had access Rock with me That until
I tell you where I went you can't communicate
with me I'll do something else y 'all seem like
y 'all You ever change your phone number And
when it comes time you get it you ever been I've
been there before you you get into The store
the phone store and they say hey we can automatically
up to all your previous contacts, your new number.
Y 'all ever had that question posed to you? And
what did you do? You paused. Because sometimes
the reason you get a new number is to cut off
access to things that are no longer beneficial
for where you're going. It would... It would
ruin the point of a new number if I keep all
the same communication I previously had. And
so I intentionally disconnect, no longer allow
this to come into my realm. So I switched my
number and didn't tell you. Y 'all was a news
flash. When you got saved, it's a full -on confession.
I tried it my own way. I did what I knew how.
I did what they said. I did what they said. I
tried to be perfect and live up to everything
I thought was right. And I discovered none of
it brought fulfillment. So I'm choosing to disconnect
from what's governed me, a world without understanding
of what God was doing. And through salvation,
I have chosen to connect and give my number to
heavenly places. And so now I have understanding
of what is happening before it even occurs so
that I can be well equipped, well able, well
prepared to live according to what God is doing.
Because as it turns out, it's his will that's
moving this whole thing. I see some of y 'all
already connecting the dots. And so we say these
things, and he's wanting them to live as though
it's so, although some of y 'all got saved and
you still live at the same address. You still
have the same phone number. And so certain things
still have access and certain things can still
get to you. And he's asking you to not conform
to what you used to be bound to. That when something
gets to you that doesn't agree with what I have
said is going to be, take no thought. This doesn't
line up. With what God said I Don't know how
y 'all found me But just because you found my
door knocked on my door it doesn't mean I have
to let you in my house They have this new feature
on phones now, it's not that new but it's new
ish to those who had the first cell phones You
can block people now. Some of y 'all know about
that feature. You know what? Why are you saying
this Pastor Bryan? Because in order to strive
spiritually, you have to disconnect naturally.
And so he's wanting you to anchor a new reality,
although you live in at the same address. But
there's one thing that we cannot ignore after
hearing all this, and it's this simple statement.
And when I heard I said, God, that's where it
fits, that you can't hear all that. Walk away
not realizing this that nothing is impossible
for God He changed the way the society interacted
Changed Changed it didn't ask you said this is
my will We say that true that truth is spiritual
truth can bypass natural limitations. Spiritual
truths bypass natural limitations. That truth
is new life is conceived in heaven before it's
ever experienced on earth. And so that's why
he seated you in heavenly places. Pastor but
I still go to the same address. I get it. You're
trying to blend two realities But it's important
that you die to one And that you understand that
although I'm physically present I'm spiritually
seated and in this spiritual seat God makes me
aware ahead of time of what's gonna happen in
time And he's asking me To govern what I let
in not based on what I hear around here before
what I've received from up there Y 'all rocking
with me Because truth is this oldest we starting
to get there we almost there God's will is not
subject to man's agenda It's not can say whatever
they want to say. God's will will change what
they say. Well pastor, they still saying it.
Well don't let them in your house and talk about
it. Say whatever you want to say outside. But
inside we believe the report of the Lord. See
y 'all ready? So what are we, I'm just gonna
show y 'all this, we gonna go on home. But what
are we establishing right here at the end of
Ephesians chapter two, that God did not create
or dictate from permission, he authorized his
will in the spiritual realm first, then it was
sent to earth and his will is now being carried
out. Y 'all put up first Corinthians 2 and 10
five minutes y 'all got me five minutes This
gonna be the grandest five minutes of your week
Put up first Corinthians 2 and 10, so I want
you to take that truth And we're gonna take this
first Corinthians 2 and 10 and then we are going
to They're gonna say surgically Understand spiritual
reality says this he said these things God has
revealed to us through what church spirit for
the spirit does what church even the depths of
God so what things is he referring to he's saying
that They crucified Christ because they didn't
know that he was Christ. Had they had known he
was Christ, they wouldn't have did it. But because
they are not spiritually alive, they were doing
things that they wouldn't have done had they
had known. But as it turns out, they were dead
on purpose. Y 'all gotta hear what I said. As
it turns out, them being dead was a part of the
plan right then. Because some of y 'all complain
about people that you just don't get it. Sometimes,
it's not time for them to get it. Because a lot
of times, God uses their ignorance to move forward
what he wants to do. Because if they were alive
to what he was doing, they would change some
of their decisions. But there's certain things
God wants to move forward with people who are
unaware. Because if they were aware of who you
were, they wouldn't give you the opportunity.
If they were aware of who you were, they wouldn't
have let you into the house. If they're aware
of who you were, they wouldn't have let you into
the hospital and start laying hands. They don't
know he's just gonna go in there and do his thing
It ain't it ain't nothing gonna happen the next
thing, you know The sick are seeing the blind
our eyes are coming open and they realize we
didn't know we let Who we let in? But God knew
The only way for this to happen is for Jesus
to get on that cross The only way for him to
get on that cross is for some people not to be
alive to who he is Because if they were alive
to who he is he wouldn't be able to get on that
cross And some of us complain about people who
are actually moving you forward towards what
God wants to do If they just knew who I was if
they did if they did so they were dead on purpose
so that God's will could move forward because
who puts an innocent man on a cross so boom he
said but we knew it the whole time he made it
aware why because the spirit searches Even the
deaths of God. That spirit that was once in that
temple, that has now moved in you, it has an
assignment. It searches the depths of God. I
was gonna tile this message when deep cries out
to the deep. Because that's what's happening.
You were, look at your neighbors, you deep in
this now. You saved. You are alive. Now we working
on making sure you see what you're alive to.
But you are alive. You can see. You have access
to. You know what God can do. You may not know
how, but you know what he can do. And you don't
need to know how. searching in God what has been
made known to you and when it discovers what
has been made known for you in God it then sends
a signal to you the deep speaking to the deep
the spirit speaking to those who are spiritual
for who knows a person's thoughts except the
spirit of that person Which is in him he's letting
you know that you don't know less you got the
spirit For these things God has revealed to us
first in through the spirit for those who he
searches everything even The depths of God for
those who knows a person's thoughts except the
spirit of that person, which is him. So also
No one this is important. No one comprehends
the thoughts of God, except the spirit of God.
We have received not the spirit of the world,
but the spirit who is from God that we might
understand the things he has freely given us
by God. What is happening right that now you're
seeing two realities. Those who have the spirit
of this world who cannot discern what the spirit
of God is doing. then you have the Spirit of
God. That's what we have in us that can recognize
what God is doing. And so he's saying it's important
for you to realize that there is a whole world
that can't see what you see. But just because
they can't see it, it doesn't mean it's real,
because what you see controls what they see.
Look at your neighbor, y 'all. What you see controls.
What they see And so that's how sometimes we
can be looking so crazy And saying stuff like
it ain't it ain't dead is dormant, but where'd
you get that from I can see What you can't see
Because I have a spirit that's connected to heavenly
realities That is searching out what God has
finished for me So when I speak I speak in what's
finished you see what's processing Y 'all we
unpacking this Because you ain't crazy looking
every day you ain't crazy you're connected Connect
not crazy So if that wasn't enough, y 'all know
I'm visual. I got y 'all a chart. Y 'all put
up my chart, because I want you to see this.
So we're going to make it clear today. Chart
coming. I see it around the corner. Someone's
moving somewhere in the building right now. Discovering
the chart. Or maybe they're realizing this was
supposed to be a chart. Oh, there it is. God
establishes. Jesus covers. The Holy Spirit searches.
Your spirit receives. Your mind filters. Your
heart fuels in your hands, Stuart. This is divine
order. This is how you live a spirit led life.
is you realize that God establishes, what God
establishes, Jesus covers. Because what God established,
we don't, we couldn't earn it. We don't deserve
it. So everything God establishes, Jesus covers,
I pay for it. Go ahead, keep the signal flowing.
The Holy Spirit. Search it. And then he reveals
to you what God has established and Jesus has
covered all unpacking this. This is what we call
a spiritual reality. The world has no access
to them, them things. They have no access. They
know nothing about what God has established,
what Jesus has covered and what the spirit has
found. No idea. You, by way of salvation, are
aware of all those things. But you ain't crazy.
You just thank y 'all family. We'll try it again.
You're not crazy. You're what? I'm aware. So
then what happens? Your spirit receives it. Sometimes
it hit like that. You see somebody in worship
and you know, they ha Sometimes it hit like that.
I don't know UK that elicit. Sometimes it'd be
so good. You just Lord I've had I've received
words from God that have drawn me to tears Not
a thing has changed, but I knew who said it God
will say things like you'll read something and
it'll try to trouble your mind and God will say
trouble don't last always And you got to realize
that ain't you you connected that that process
has happened I'm trying to be faster than that,
but you don't I'm saying That we we think that
takes a lot of time. No it happens I love that
word and suddenly But you'll be walking around
Turn left. What are you doing? You are alive.
Just turn Just turn You'll be about ready to
say something don't say nothing What do you what
is happening out that your spiritual reality
is overtaking your natural conditioning I Normally
would say something right now. Don't let that
in your house no more. It still has your address
but it don't have access. It can knock at your
door, but that don't mean you put it on the couch.
Don't you put them thoughts on your couch. Don't
you put that on your couch. So your spirit receives
it. What happens? This is why our mind has to
be renewed. Because as you come to know what
God has said through his word, the agreement
flows. The more I know what this says, when the
Spirit speaks to me, confirmation is immediate.
But if I keep my mind unrenewed, there's a battlefield
right there. And that's what we call every good
strategy, you got to know where the problems
occur. In this whole process, the first problem
occurs from four to five. And it's called cardinality.
That's where it comes. And it tries to govern
what the Spirit just said. But the only reason
you can't fight the battle is because you don't
know what the Word has said. Right there is where
the Bible wins the battle. Because my mind has
been renewed to the Word. So because I know the
Word, my mind has become subject to what my Spirit
has received. Now I'm on to step, step six. Y
'all rocking with me So when did I get the step
six now? It's time for my heart The Bible says
to guard your heart above all else because out
of it flows what y 'all deicious So now I'm doing
it but I'm doing it halfway because my heart
hasn't been healed So my spirit received it my
mind agrees, but I have an attitude the whole
time Y 'all we've all met an attitude is Christian.
That's where the attitude comes is right there
That's that's where the attitude comes in because
you you have allowed yourself Check this out.
That's also where the Prince of the air is found
You keep believing what's in there your heart
Your heart stays hindered. We was talking about
the Prince of Air last week. I'm just trying
to connect all these dots so we can go on home.
Well, I got another service to do, so y 'all
can go on home. We can do this again. And so
that's why you'll hear something, you'll receive
it, and you'll just be ashamed to say it. Why?
Because your heart's saying, they're not gonna
believe you. That's the air. They failed it before,
it'll fail again. That's the air. And Satan's
trying to use what has no authority to stop what
God has already established. You got to realize
I'm not working with what he's working on. I
received what's already finished. By the time
you hear it, it's already been established, covered,
and the Spirit is working with you to make it
come to pass. It's already, it's too far gone.
Y 'all rocking what I'm saying? That your heart
tries, it's like, have you ever seen, y 'all
know I love football, those y 'all who don't,
just play around with us, we do. But there's
this thing in football say don't celebrate too
soon because sometimes you could be so wide open
Running down the field by yourself There is no
danger in zone. And so you you just you lose
focus There's videos of people dropping the ball
before they cross the actual goal line There's
people who are just wide open paid professionals
the ball hits them in the chest and I Was too
open. I practice with competition. So I wasn't
used to this much visibility I'm so used to struggling.
I don't know how to do it winning I'm so used
to begging. I don't know how to do it from a
pace of power I'm so used to scrambling that
I know you I don't know how to do it focused
So right there The prince of the air Tries to
throw whatever he can why is he throwing every
can because he already knows It's done All I
could do is get you to quit can do is to get
your hands not to move. All I can do is get you
to stop stewarding what God said. Y 'all rocking.
We made it, church. God gave me this prophetic
word to speak to you, but it just needed to sit
on truth. So when you hear it, you can allow
it to connect. But he told me to say, the walls
are coming down. the walls are coming down. And
then he showed me those walls of Jericho and
how they walked around them seven times and not
a thing moved. Sometimes God has shown us so
around the corner that it can look like nothing
is moving. But the walls are coming down. Why?
Because he said they're coming down. How does
walking tear down walls? It ain't for you to
know how. Our job is to steward what he said.
He said walk so we gon' Walk. Ha, we not gonna
yell. We not gonna put on a show. We're gonna
silently trust God. I'm just gonna sit here and
trust. I'm gonna sit right here and trust God.
It's coming down. I'm going to sit right here
and trust. He said, these walls. One last little
piece, just a little extra credit, y 'all. Sometimes
we read the account so fast that we think they
praised because the walls started falling. They
praised because they had finished doing what
God had said. They didn't praise because The
walls had fell. They praised because they had
obeyed God. They prayed because they were obedient
to what he said. The walls did not fall because
of their praise. They were praising out of obedience
to what God has said. What you trying to get
to see pastor Brian some of y 'all been holding
your praise Because you're waiting on the walls
to fall We don't praise walls falling we praise
our obedience to the father who told us to walk
Our praise that I'm divinely connected To a father
who will fight battles that don't require my
strength I praise a father that has strategies
that don't require my mind. It just requires
my obedience I praise a God who will establish
the end from the beginning so I can walk around
my enemy in peace I can I can stand right outside
their walls and not fear any trouble coming my
way, because God is with me. So I praise a God
that will protect me as I walk around the enemy's
camp. Woo! I praise him because he kept us every
single lap. I praise him because he didn't have
to do any of this, but he... as they shouted.
They didn't shout when they started seeing something.
But as they shouted. Because praise represents
us receiving what heaven said is true. I praise
him because he said it. Because he didn't have
to. I know it's around the corner. But he didn't
have to care about my problems, but he chose
to move into my world to see what was troubling
me and to start a spiritual response to what
I naturally am bothered by. Brings a whole nother
understanding to understanding we fight from
victory Not for victory, but when you have that
foundation under you I see it now Because if
I heard it it has already been processed Satan
is trying his best on the back end On the back
he's trying his best on the back you They get
you to quit because it's already done but he's
the prince of the power of the air and you can't
fight the air you you can't fight the air you
just don't breathe it you don't breathe you choose
not to breathe it boy sometimes just sit around
look with the lord the Lord has done and I just
want you to look at your neighbor with all the
faith you've received today and say all is well
oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah father God we thank you
for today and I thank you for the opportunity
to come into minister your word. I pray that
your people receive it. I pray that that was
clear so they can walk it out and live this truth.
We don't want to just know it. God, we need to
live it. And as we live this out, I pray that
you're bringing community and people around us
that keep us. focused on this truth and walking
on this truth and praising a God who is worthy
to be praised. We take this time to repent God
for doubting you, repent for questioning you.
We take this time to say, Father, forgive us.
But at the same time, Father, thank you. for
opening up my blinded eyes. Thank you Father
for not leaving me in the darkness. Thank you
God for shining this marvelous light of truth.
Thank you. Thank you for snatching me out of
that darkness. I am in the light now. I am in
the light now. I can see what God is doing. I
receive it as so if he said it. that sells it
if he said it is finished father i will not trade
in a piece you have given me this is it it's
the piece you give this world cannot take away
but if anybody's here today and you haven't received
I'ma say this too. It was heavy. Man. It was
heavy on my heart this week. I was... listening
to the conversations of believers and how much
world had gotten in so much so that I urge you
this week sit down spend some time with your
father cancel all them plans of man Hear what
he is divinely spoken to you about you. We don't
have time to waste on Whirly ideas and concepts
and it's it's behind The world is trying to catch
up You have the living truth you carry what's
to be established. God's not withholding any
good or beneficial thing from you. Spend time
with your father this week. Allow him to separate
the wheat from the tares. That if Satan can't
get you to stop, he'll often overwhelm you so
you can't focus on what is true. How many of
you guys feel very overwhelmed? If you're feeling
overwhelmed, just stand to your feet. I'm going
to pray for you. in the second service anyway,
but if you've been feeling overwhelmed lately,
like God, I just want you to put the top thing
on the top. I just want to know the thing. Got
a long list. A lot of things. I've just been
wondering what should be first. What should I
really care about? What should I really focused
on? There's a lot I can do, but I've been just
wanting to know, God, what have you called me
to do that? I'm just overwhelmed. exhausted from
thinking through the to -do list and it's to
-do list after to -do list but ain't no done
list got plenty of opportunities but I just want
to know my calling now certain times here you're
you don't even care what you're capable of you
want to know what he's called you to father God
you see your people standing this morning I pray,
Father God, that a fresh wind of wisdom and discernment
sweep through their minds. I pray, God, that
right now you are decluttering their minds, that
you are decluttering thoughts. And Father God,
I pray. that you are planting in a spirit of
wisdom that's far beyond what they've experienced
before, that you are planting a fresh wave of
revelation, that you are overcoming the thoughts
that no longer apply and that you are making
clear and plain what is for them. God, you are
focusing their efforts, their hearts and their
mind to align for what you are doing in this
season, that your will is being made. Clear and
I speak against any person any authority any
power that's trying to come against convolute
Confused what you were doing. We call them out
and we say we cast you out You have no home in
their life. No presence in their mind that they
belong to god They are the temple of the holy
ghost and god is overcoming overwhelming Every
piece of them from the bottom of their feet to
the crowns of their heads. They will be consumed
By god and god alone that he's an all -consuming
fire that you're lighting on fire the things
that are not of you and you're setting ablaze
the things that Never was a part of supposed
to be a part of what they are doing and god you
are making true concrete and firm Who they are
in you? You said upon this rock you'll build
your church and I pray that you're establishing
rocks on the inside of firm foundations Able
to withstand every wave every wind of doctrine
Every form of temptation and evil will not stand
a chance For the rock of revelation that you're
forming on the inside of them Y 'all shout it
with me new life Listen, I love y 'all. If you're
here today, y 'all can take a seat. You're not
saved. You want to receive Jesus. We would love
to introduce you to who he is. I can't tell you
how many times I've, you know, I know y 'all
like, why are you crying? Because I see the moments
of just. comes for him he comes he's helped me
so many times i know he will help you if you
want to invite jesus into your life this morning
we would love to be the church that introduces
you to who he is and oh he's a friend but if
that's you today and you're in the building meet
us in the first room on the left as you leave
if you just even have questions we would love
to just talk to you about who jesus is if you're
online let us know write us in and tell us and
uh amen So we're gonna We're gonna do something
at this time if Y 'all just move according to
how God's telling you to move but you know There's
there's many people in this room that they didn't
come to a service today They came for an encounter
and so I'm not going to stop the spirit of God
from moving and so I just would ask that if you
know You're exiting right now to just Do so in
the spirit of worship. If the Holy Spirit is
leading you to stick around, stick around for
as long as God is telling you to stick around.
The only other thing that I'm gonna give you
an opportunity to do is to sow your seeds offering
and you can do those, do that at this time and
you can sow as you leave. Usher's are in the
back and information's on the screen. But we're
gonna transition the second service a little
different today. That's all right with y 'all
And so um, we're gonna allow the spirit of god
to continue In the atmosphere like I say stick
around as long as god wants you to stick around
Get everything he wants you to get then you can
go ahead and roll on now, right? um, but also
at that same time if um Man god has highlighted
to you a brother or sister to pray for Oh yeah,
we also have a fellowship out back. There's a
meal out back. So if you're hungry and like,
I'm gonna eat something then come back. You can
do whatever that is. But just know that these
moments are special and unique. We aren't here
to try to control the Spirit of God, but respond
to the Spirit of God. So respond how God is telling
you to respond in this moment. Get all that you
came for. We're gonna transition into second
service. They're gonna continue worshiping, but
let me tell you church, I love you. I thank God
for you. Woo! Nothing is impossible for God.
Nothing is impossible for God. to you. My life
is not my own. To you I belong. I give myself
to you. My life is not my own.