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Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is

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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your

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walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until

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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive

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right in. Good evening, everybody. It's good

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to be here again this evening to teach the Word

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of God. and um we take it like i always say with

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utmost importance and care and we give our due

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diligence and attention to the word of god so

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that our faith will be standing firm not in the

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knowledge of men but in the power of god hallelujah

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so this evening we will continue from where we

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stopped on sunday uh still the believers authority

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in christ and um quickly clarify a few things

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that might have looked clumsy or that was not

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clearly explained. Then we progress into other

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areas that we should grow and know more about.

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So quickly, on Sunday, we started with believers

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authority and we explained that. The knowledge

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is important and a teacher is important to help

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us understand what we have in Christ and that

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by that our faith becomes effectual in that the

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circumference of Christ, the circumference of

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Christian faith is Christ and anything outside

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that is actually unbelief. And we said we have

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believed and therefore we are in Christ and we

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have the gift of faith. We have the faith of

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the Son of God. and Christ being the one who

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established our faith. And I also said that in

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the life of an unbeliever, it is difficult to

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find faith. Why? Because they are not in faith,

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so you cannot find faith in them. And I explained

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that when we preach the gospel, one of the things

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they do is to say that, men and brethren, what

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can we do? What can we do to be saved? And Acts

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chapter 2, you'll see. peter saying that you

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know they need to repent and be baptized which

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is to believe message of the gospel and they

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will be saved and all the people around them

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should do the same so we see that in telling

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someone who has not believed to believe the message

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you have just preached to them is actually handing

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them the ticket of faith they receive faith when

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the person receives it they are born again right

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When they don't receive it and they reject that

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faith, then they remain in their sin. So we can

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expect believing from them, but we offer them

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that this is what you need to do. You need to

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believe this message, right? So you cannot just

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preach the gospel and walk away, right? You've

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never taught people before, and they will tell

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you, actually, you gave a good talk. You gave

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a good talk. The gospel is not a good talk, okay?

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The gospel is not a good talk. some people like

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oh that was really very very emotional talking

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about the love of god and all of that it's not

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just a good talk the power of god right is the

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power of god so when you explain the power of

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god for salvation to them and you offer them

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the secret so we can find our faith in them except

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we offer we offer so we also quickly move in

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we try to explain uh what is authority Right?

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What is authority? And I took us to Genesis chapter

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1, verse 15, Genesis 26, verse 28. And we see

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the word radar, right? See the word radar, which

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means to have dominion, right? To have dominion.

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And it simply means that from there we establish,

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rather, we establish that the gospel, right?

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The gospel. Rather, authority is found in the

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premises of the gospel, right? Authority is found,

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right, in the context of the gospel. Sorry, it

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is found in the context, dominion is found in

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the context because Genesis 1 from verse 18,

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we can see, sorry, Genesis 1 from verse 26 to

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28, we can see there God saying, let's make man

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in our own image and likeness. uh that's god's

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intention for man what god wants to do in man

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right and that by doing that that is actually

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salvation by doing that man right man would have

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dominion and see that's what followed in verse

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28 that and god blessed them and said to them

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be fruitful and multiply fill the earth and subdue

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it and have dominion over the fish of the sea

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and over the birds of the heavens and over every

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living thing that moves on the earth so we see

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that the authority we are talking about is actually

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or the dominion we're talking about is actually

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in the context of what god is is doing in man

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or what god has done in man today in this context

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of what god would do in man so we saw that the

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second thing we saw is genesis 4 verse 1 to 7

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which is uh man over darkness god the voice of

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the lord one in king and saying you know sin

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is looking at your door right you should be the

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one to dominate it so god's desire is not that

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king should fall and ken should uh kill his brother

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that's not god's desire god's desire is that

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ken is able right to believe and enter into that

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dominion so in that context we see the world

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martial right which is very similar to radar

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uh just with an additional uh what do i call

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it additional meaning to Radha, which means to

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scrape out. So we see that dominion and authority

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in this context is actually over the works of

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darkness, which is sin, right? Which Cain was

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supposed to actually overcome. And we also see

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that it also reflects God's leadership in a man's

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life, right? We'll talk about God's reign, God's

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Radha, right? God Masal, which is related to

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God's leadership. in man's life also before the

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soul of course we see that god's leadership in

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a man's life god's leadership over israel and

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over what they're doing so we also saw it in

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the context of israel over the ungodly nations

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so deuteronomy 15 uh verse 6 we saw israel over

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the ungodly nations right and deuteronomy 24

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verse 19 saying israel would reign right which

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israel would dominate it means that the activities

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of the kingdoms around them right will not prevail

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over israel but israel prevail over the activities

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of those kingdom you know uh over them and you

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you realize that in that in that scripture he

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said they will lend you know they will lend to

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these people actually you know i was i was going

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through in my story and i saw that it's actually

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talking about that land is not like they would

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borrow them it's talking about they will offer

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them right the divine blessings of god that israel

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really have right they will offer them the divine

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blessings of god that is the nations around them

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right so they will not power israel uh for israel

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in its um might and knowledge of god would dominate

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that if you don't if you don't if you remember

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the the nations around them are actually godless

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right but israel is godly so that is what that

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means right uh also we saw that this authority

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also reflects as a godly king over israel talking

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about still god's leadership right still god's

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leadership because uh second psalm 23 verse 3

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and uh leviticus 25 verse 43 so we see that god's

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leadership right uh a godly leadership right

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is also reflected as authority which is um mainly

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coming back to the fact that god is the one leading

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right god is one leading uh israel in the context

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of that so um we'll move further to the next

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thing which is a statement i made and i think

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we should do a little bit of further study on

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it a little bit right we should just do some

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further study on it of course in the first context

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of defining uh defining authority i would like

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to add this that uh psalms 8 verse 6 and hebrews

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2 verse 8 because that those two scriptures shows

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the dominion of christ shows everything under

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the feet of christ so we can add that to the

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explanations of what authority is psalms 8 verse

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6. Psalms 8 verses. Of course, further in the

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study, right, we're going to pay attention to

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that, but we'll just read it and to explain that

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it is not only places where they write Radha

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or Massau, right, that we see authority, but

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authority is also expressed, right, as an understanding

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in Psalms 8. and hebrews 2 verse 8. so in these

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two scriptures authorities expressed as an understand

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the word rather or marshall is not used there

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but we understood from the scripture that he

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was talking about the authority of christ so

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psalms 8 verse 6 he says you have given him dominion

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right okay if i didn't use it here you have given

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him dominion over the works of your hands and

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you have put all things under his feet so that's

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the understanding you have put all things under

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his feet so they use the word myself rather in

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that first line enough for that explain to put

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all things under his feet so um we can go through

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verse three say when i look to the heavens and

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the works of your hands the moon and the star

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which you have made verse four what is man that

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you are mindful of me of him or the son of man

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that you care for him Yet you have made him a

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little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned

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him with glory and honor. And you have given

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him dominion over the works of his hand. And

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the understanding there is that you have put

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all things right under his feet. So if you go

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to Hebrews 2, if you go to Hebrews 2, it's also

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there, more clearly stated and said, we have

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seen Christ. Hebrews 2, verse 8. Hebrews 2, verse

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8. Okay, so from verse 5, Hebrews 2 from verse

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5. in subjection under his feet so it's the same

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uh scripture right that you will find the same

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phrase putting everything under his feet putting

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everything under his control you find it in ephesians

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chapter one as well to put something under his

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feet talking about authority authority ephesians

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chapter one that add that to it ephesians chapter

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one verse verse 22. said he has put all things

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under his feet and gave him as head over all

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things right to the church which is the body

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the fullness of him who fits all in us so we

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see authority right in the context of christ

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being talked about from the old testament and

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we see the new testament uh confirming this but

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in subsequently in the sea or the deep part of

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the study we would be able to understand it much

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more so we have seen that all this authority

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context is in relation to what God will do in

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man, right? What God is doing through man, right?

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Through man's leadership on earth, right? What

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God is doing in Christ, what God is doing through

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a nation, okay? What God is doing through man,

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in man, right? What God is doing in man. What

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God is doing, leading man's life, right? When

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man is subject to God, what God is doing through

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a nation, a people, right? And what God, in the

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context of the Old Testament, will do through

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Christ, right? This is where we see authority.

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Maybe I should quickly rush and ask a question.

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Do we see Satan in the context of the authority

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that is expressed in God in all I've explained?

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No, that's the answer. You have not seen any

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of this authority accrued to Satan, right? You

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have not seen in all of this use of this word.

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So the question becomes, where does the devil

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get his authority from, right? Where does the

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devil get his authority from? But before we go

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into that. I would like to quickly touch upon

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something also that we talked about on Sunday.

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I'll come back to the question. You can write

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it down. Where does the devil get his authority

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from? You can write it down. Then I will touch

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upon it. If I teach and I don't, if you see me,

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you can touch on it anyway. So I'm definitely

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sure we'll be able to go through it. Now, the

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second aspect that we need to also eye on is

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that I said God does not give man, right, to

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rule over another man. God does not give man

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to rule over another man. Don't forget the context

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we saw of that God gave a leadership. You will

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see that it always says in the fear of God, which

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simply means that the leadership would rule according

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to what God is saying, according to the word

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of God. Whether it's a king, whether it's a prophet,

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whether it's a priest, right? So they don't rule

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over the people, right? They lead the people

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according to God. When we come to this B section,

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right, God does not give man rulership over another

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man, right? So I read Genesis 37 verse 8, 37

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verse 8, which is actually Joseph's brother talking

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about the, right, they were talking about the

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fear that, you know, definitely Joseph would

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be able to, will oppress them. right? He will

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oppress them since their father died, right?

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Since Jacob had died. So it's time for Joseph

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to oppress them, right? So from that verse 37,

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37 verse 8, he says that his brother said to

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him, are you indeed to reign over us? Or are

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you indeed to rule over us? So they hated him

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even more for his dreams. And when Jacob died,

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they began to, you know, think of ways to escape

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this thing that they themselves prophesied upon

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themselves. Let me say that, right? That Joseph

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will rule over them. So they began to prophesy.

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And in Genesis 50, verse 19, right? Joseph said

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to them, from verse 15. Genesis 50 verse 15.

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When Israel saw that their father was dead, they

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said, it may be that Joseph will hate us more

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and pay us back all the evil we did to him. So

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they sent a message to Joseph saying that your

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father gave this command, right, before he died.

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Say to Joseph, please forgive the transgression

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of your brothers and sin that they did evil to

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you. And now please forgive their transgression

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of the servants of the God of your father. Joseph

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wept and... Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

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His brother also came and fell down before him

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and said, Behold, we are your servants. But Joseph

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said to them, Do not fear, for am I in the place

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of God? As for you, you meant it for evil, but

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God meant it for good, to bring it about that

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many people should be kept alive as they are

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today. So they already said in their mind that

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we are going to be ruled, right? Ruled by God.

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uh joseph and we read judges 8 22 -23 also gideon

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saying i'm not going to rule over you right but

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god will rule who lead us right god will be the

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one who will reign who will reign right god will

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be the one who lead right so um gideon said that

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and when we read the tronomy 15 verse 7 to 11

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i explained that the explanation that moses is

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giving them is that so that there will not be

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oppression, so that there will not be oppression,

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right, among the children of Israel. That is

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why he was explaining that, to give, to deliver

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after the seventh year, release people to go,

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right, so that there won't be oppression, right?

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So I think we can read Exodus 1 verse 13 now.

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Let's start adding the scriptures to it. Exodus

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1 verse 13. Exodus 1 verse 13. You can write

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it down. Exodus 1 verse 13 to 14. Leviticus 25

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verse 43 to 46. Leviticus 25. I think probably

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I gave that as well. Leviticus 25 verse 43 to

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46. He said, you shall not rule over him ruthlessly.

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Let's read from verse 42. For they are my servants

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whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They

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shall not be sold as slaves. You shall not rule

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over him ruthlessly, but shall fear your God.

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Right? Shall fear. So he's talking about for

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a poor person now. Verse 39 says, if your brother

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becomes poor beside you and sells himself to

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you. You shall not make him serve as a slave.

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This is verse 39 of Leviticus 25. He shall be

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with you as a hired worker and as a sojourner.

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He will serve you until the year of jubilee.

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Then he shall go out from you and he and his

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children with him and go back to his own clan,

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return to the possession of his father, for they

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are my servants whom I brought out. of the land

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of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves. You

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shall not rule over him ruthlessly, but you shall

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fear your God. For as for male and female slaves

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whom you have bought, you may buy male and female

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slaves from among the nations that are around

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you. So we can see that within Israel, right,

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within Israel, within this quarter people, right,

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we can see that there's an instruction. of no

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oppression. Why? Because in Exodus 1 verse 13,

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right? Exodus 1 verse 13, that's where this context

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of oppression came. Exodus 1 verse 13. So they

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ruthlessly made the people of Israel to work

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as slaves and made their lives bitter with hard

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labor in mortar and brick and in all kinds of

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field. In all their work, they ruthlessly made

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them work as slaves. So this is what they were

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delivered from, right? So they were delivered

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from oppression. Therefore, no Israel, right,

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will put another Israel under oppression. So

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that is the context of what is happening here.

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God said, I bought them, I delivered them, they

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are saved, right? In context of what happened

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to Israel from Egypt, a picture of salvation

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that I bought them from. So you will not do to

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them what Egypt did to them. We see that. So

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we see that very clearly that it's not something

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that is allowed within Israel. Now, that word

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is similar to something. It's similar to something

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that we can find, right? We can find in Matthew

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8, 29. Matthew 8, 29. Matthew 8, verse 29. Matthew

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8. verse 29 from verse 28 and when he came to

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the other side of the country of the gadareans

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two demon possessed men met him coming out of

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tomb so fierce that no one could pass the way

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and bill they cried what have you to do with

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us oh son of god have you come to torment us

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right before time now he heard of many pigs we're

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feeding at some distance from them and the demons

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beg him saying if you cast us out right send

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us away into the herds of the pig so this is

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like uh this is similar to oppressing right so

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we see that torment here right torment what these

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demons are saying that jesus came to do right

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jesus came to do is actually to take them away

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from their position of oppression okay so have

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you come to torment us it means that to disturb

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us to shift them away to cast them out to stop

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their existence to restrain them right to bind

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them and constrain them from functioning in that

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man right so jesus cast them so they say you

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have come to torment us so when it comes to this

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uh rootlessness it is similar to what is happening

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in egypt that israel was treated as an outcast

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in egypt right israel was treated away from their

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position as people of god in egypt right therefore

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in leviticus says don't do the same you cannot

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do the same to your brother right you cannot

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make your brother you cannot take his position

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away as someone who has been bought out of Someone

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who has been brought out of slavery. So you cannot

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take your brother's position away. You must treat

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him as someone who is bought with a price. Do

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we see it there? So to torment this means to

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torment or to oppress is like to get someone,

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to treat someone away from their positions. So

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he says, no, you can't do that. And therefore

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we see that. A believer can actually torment

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a demon. You can take them out of their position.

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You can restrain them from functioning in their

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position because they are not the sons of God,

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right? They are not the sons of God. We can chase

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them. We can cast them out. So tormenting them

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and dealing ruthlessly with principalities and

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power is what we should do, is what we can do,

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as we see in Matthew 8, but not to a brother.

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You can't treat your brother as a demon. You

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can't treat your brother as a principality and

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power. You can't treat him in such a way. It

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means that we deal ruthlessly with those ones,

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those principalities and powers. Therefore, we

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don't rule over because that is actually ruling

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over the principalities and powers. Ruling over

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principalities and powers. So what do believers

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do to themselves? As an authority, as in this

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context, what do they do? We submit to one another.

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Ephesians 5 .21. and Hebrews 13, 17. Ephesians

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5, 21. So this is what, because as we are going,

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we must be balancing these things so that we

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can grow wholesomely. Ephesians 5, 21. Ephesians

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5, 21 says, submitting to one another out of

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reverence for Christ. So this is our job. Verse

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20, giving thanks always and... for everything

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to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus

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Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence

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for Christ. And now see what Hebrews 13 verse

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17 says. Hebrews 13 verse 17. It says, Obey your

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leaders, okay, and submit to them, for they are

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keeping watch over you. as those who will have

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to give an account, right? So they're keeping

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watch over you as those who would give an account.

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Let them do this with joy and not with groanings,

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for that will be of no advantage to you, right?

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Basically saying, submit to them. Don't be stubborn,

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right? Don't be stubborn. They are not rulers

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over you. They are guardians. They are watching

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over your soul. They are guardians, watchers,

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shepherds, right? Watching over. your soul and

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make the work easy for them by being submissive

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so we submit to one another you know is what

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we do right we clarify this and uh understanding

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that in the context of the authority of the church

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authority of the leader this is what the bible

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explains now let's go further so we've been able

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to clarify this let's go further how do The prophets

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of the Old Testament exercise authority. I started

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with Elijah on Sunday, and I think it's necessary

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to take it back a little bit and touch upon Moses.

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And Moses and Elijah are actually the only two

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prophets we are going to examine in the context

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of the authority that is exercised in the Old

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Testament. So let's go to Exodus 3. Exodus 3.

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Exodus chapter 3. From verse 7. Exodus chapter

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3, verse 7. I was having a chat with Pastor Kostin

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on this part this afternoon. So thank you, sir.

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All right, so Exodus chapter 3, verse 7. The

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Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction

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of my people who are in Egypt, and I've heard

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their cry because of their taskmasters. I know

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their suffering, and I have come down to deliver

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them out of the hands of Egypt. Egyptians, and

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to bring them out of the land to a good and broad

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land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to

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the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites,

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the Amorites and the Perizzites, the Hivites,

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the Jebusites, and now behold, the pride of the

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people of Israel has come to me. I have also

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seen the oppression, you see, same word, oppression,

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the same word, to deal ruthlessly with a person,

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the same word, to oppress, to torment, right?

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I've seen the oppression with which Egyptians

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oppress them. come i will send you to pharaoh

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and you that you may bring my people and the

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children of israel out of egypt but moses said

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who am i that i should go to pharaoh and bring

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the children of israel out of egypt and he said

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i will be with you i will be with you and this

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shall be the sign that i have sent you when you

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have brought the people out of israel and you

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shall serve You shall serve God on this mountain.

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And Moses said, if I come to the people of Israel

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and say to them, the God of your father has sent

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me to you. And they asked, what is his name?

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What shall I say? God said to Moses, I am who

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I am. And he said, say this to the people of

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Israel. I am has sent you. God also said to Moses,

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say this to the people of Israel. The Lord, the

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God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God

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of... Isaac, the God of Jacob, has sent me to

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you. This is my name forever. Thus, I am to be

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remembered throughout generations. Now, what

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you will see here, right? What you will see here

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is that Moses will begin to exercise authority

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or that the foundation of the authority Moses

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exercise. Okay? upon the people of Israel is

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founded upon the deliverance that he will conduct.

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I say it again. The authority that Moses exercised

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on the people of Israel is founded upon the salvation,

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upon the deliverance he will bring to them by

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taking them out of Egypt. There's a reason why

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I'm saying that. So that we can understand the

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next scripture. God has said, I have seen my

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people's oppression. I have seen my people's

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oppression. I am sending you. So the authority

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of God is to deliver Israel from the hands of

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the Egyptians. And upon that, he begins to operate.

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The moment he assumes that office, he begins

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to operate. And thus, all the signs that followed,

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he had the authority to carry out those signs.

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Why? Those signs were unto that Pharaoh might

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let the people of Israel. So Moses gained the

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authority because of the assignment that was

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given to him. Still the same way of saying that

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authority is found in the context of the gospel.

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It's context of delivering a people. Authority

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is found there. So authority has been given to

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him to carry out a function of deliverance for

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God. Okay, so now let's see Numbers 20. verse

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four let's see numbers 20 verse two so his job

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is to deliver it deliver now he says then let's

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read from verse uh let's read from verse two

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i'll read it very quickly and there was no water

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for the congregation and they assembled themselves

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together against moses and against aaron and

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the people quarreled with moses and said would

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that we perish With that we have perished when

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our brothers perished before the Lord. Why have

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you brought the assembly of the Lord into this

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wilderness, that we should die here, both we

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and our cultures? And why have you made us come

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out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place?

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It is no place for grain or figs or vines or

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primogranites, and there is no water to drink.

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Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of

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the assembly to the entrance of the tent of the

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meeting and fell on their faces. And the glory

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of the Lord appeared to them. And the Lord spoke

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to Moses, saying, take the staff and assemble

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the congregation, and you and Aaron, your brother,

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and tell the rock beside their eyes, right? He

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said, tell the rock before their eyes, rather,

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to yield its water. Tell this rock to yield its

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water. So you shall bring out of the rock. You

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shall bring water out of the rock for them and

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give drink to the congregation and their cattle.

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So I read again. Take the staff and assemble

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the congregation, you and Aaron your brother,

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and tell the rock before their eyes to yield

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its water. So you shall bring water out of the

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rock for them and give drink to the congregation

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and their cattle. And Moses took the staff from

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the Lord as he has commanded. Verse 10. Then

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Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly. They gathered

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the assembly before the rock. And he said to

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them, here now, you rebels, shall we bring water

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for you out of this rock? And Moses lifted up

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his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice.

00:32:51.849 --> 00:32:55.160
And water came out abundantly. And the congregation

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:57.920
drank and their livestock. And the Lord said

00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:00.859
to Moses and Aaron, Because you did not believe

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:07.000
in me to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:09.920
people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:11.859
this assembly into the land that I have given

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:16.420
them. These are the waters of Meribah, where

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:19.299
the people of Israel quarreled with the Lord.

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:27.119
And through them he showed himself. Now, what

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:30.240
is the problem with this context as compared

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:34.339
to Exodus chapter 3? In Exodus chapter 3, Moses

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:37.440
was given an assignment to go and deliver God's

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:43.019
people. In Numbers 20, the assignment stopped.

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:46.480
We can say that it was transferred to somebody

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:49.359
else from this point. So it would not be the

00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:53.470
one to take them into the land. Someone else

00:33:53.470 --> 00:33:57.630
will do. Why? Because Scripture says, because

00:33:57.630 --> 00:33:59.710
he did not believe in me to uphold me as holy

00:33:59.710 --> 00:34:02.150
in the eyes of the people of Israel. Therefore,

00:34:02.509 --> 00:34:05.910
you shall not bring this assembly. Now, sometimes

00:34:05.910 --> 00:34:08.610
we quickly look at, okay, he struck the rock,

00:34:08.710 --> 00:34:11.309
right? And hitting that rock was the offense,

00:34:11.590 --> 00:34:14.289
right? So we say he hit the rock and that was

00:34:14.289 --> 00:34:17.329
the offense. And the moment he hit that rock,

00:34:17.329 --> 00:34:19.730
some people will even say, probably he hit christ

00:34:19.730 --> 00:34:22.210
because we know that when we move to first corinthians

00:34:22.210 --> 00:34:27.570
10 we understood that that rock was christ right

00:34:27.570 --> 00:34:31.809
was was a pointer to christ a provision of deliverance

00:34:31.809 --> 00:34:35.429
right so so he hit christ and that was you know

00:34:35.429 --> 00:34:38.789
probably that was why god was offended now let's

00:34:38.789 --> 00:34:43.309
go to first corinthians 10. i'll come back to

00:34:43.309 --> 00:34:47.050
explain this just put your hand in Numbers 20,

00:34:47.050 --> 00:34:49.190
I'll go to verse 20. Therefore, I do not want

00:34:49.190 --> 00:34:53.210
you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers

00:34:53.210 --> 00:34:55.170
were all under the cloud. They passed through

00:34:55.170 --> 00:34:58.369
the sea and they were all baptized into Moses

00:34:58.369 --> 00:35:01.510
in the cloud, in the sea, and all ate the same

00:35:01.510 --> 00:35:04.469
spiritual food and all drank the same spiritual

00:35:04.469 --> 00:35:07.349
drink. For they drank from that rock, that spiritual

00:35:07.349 --> 00:35:10.530
rock, that followed them. And that rock was who?

00:35:10.909 --> 00:35:14.570
Was Christ, right? See, that rock was Christ.

00:35:14.849 --> 00:35:17.760
Nevertheless, With most of them, God was not

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:20.820
pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:24.860
So we know that that rock was Christ. It was

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:28.800
a picture of a provision. And we know that although

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:31.719
they drank from that rock, they did not believe

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:37.340
in drinking. They did not believe. Despite drinking,

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:40.889
they did not believe that. They did not believe

00:35:40.889 --> 00:35:42.449
the salvation of God. They did not believe the

00:35:42.449 --> 00:35:44.929
message of God. They still did not believe what

00:35:44.929 --> 00:35:48.090
Moses was saying to them, despite drinking from

00:35:48.090 --> 00:35:50.690
that rock. But that rock was actually a pointer

00:35:50.690 --> 00:35:55.849
to life. It was a pointer to life that they would

00:35:55.849 --> 00:35:58.489
receive. It was a pointer to life. Now, if we

00:35:58.489 --> 00:36:05.750
come to Exodus 20, since we know that that rock

00:36:05.750 --> 00:36:08.550
was a picture of life, the picture of salvation,

00:36:08.730 --> 00:36:11.340
the picture of Christ himself, providing, giving

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:14.900
them life. Now, see what Moses said in verse

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:18.260
10. Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:23.380
before the rock and said to them, Here now, you

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:28.519
rebels, shall we bring water for you out of this

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:31.900
rock? Right? I don't know if there's any version

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:34.820
that puts it in a very much interesting way.

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:38.920
What Moses is saying is that you guys are rebels,

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:43.340
right? Is it the most? Must you drink from Christ?

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:46.400
That's the way we can say it. Is it the most

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:49.039
you people drink from Christ? Because since we

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:51.559
know that that rock represents Christ, right?

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:54.119
We can now say that, is it the most? You are

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:56.519
stubborn, you are hard -hearted, must you drink

00:36:56.519 --> 00:37:01.340
from Christ? So what would that mean? What would

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:04.599
that mean? It means that Moses at that point

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:08.219
began to question, should these people be saved

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:12.519
at all? Right? Should they be saved because of

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:15.460
their hard -hearted? Is it a must that we must

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:18.380
deliver them? You know, in a way, talking to

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:20.079
the people, but in another way, talking to God.

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:24.179
That you called me to deliver those people. But

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:26.340
is it a must that these people must drink from

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:28.639
Christ? It's not a must. Let them, you know,

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:31.679
let them just perish, more or less. Right? Is

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:34.139
it a must for them to be saved? And that is when

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:36.519
God said, it's authority that I've given you.

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:40.820
to carry these people out, right? At this point,

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:48.159
we can stop here, right? So it was not that Moses

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:51.380
knew Christ. Moses understood the rock was Christ.

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:55.360
Moses understood all the gospel and all the message

00:37:55.360 --> 00:38:00.199
that God was communicating, right? But in this,

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:03.920
right, he doubted, you know, he had a double

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:07.159
-minded on... That's why he said, you did not

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:10.400
believe in me to uphold me as holy. He wasn't

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:12.500
talking about Moses did not believe the gospel.

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:16.260
No, that verse 22 was not Moses not believing

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:19.400
the gospel. I say it again. Verse 22, verse 12

00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:21.619
rather, is not Moses not believing the gospel,

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:26.380
but double -minded over these people he called

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:28.239
rebels, and he said they must, that they must

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:30.380
drink from Christ. But this is what God said

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:33.449
he will do. This is what God said. So at this

00:38:33.449 --> 00:38:35.630
point in time, we just saw that the authority

00:38:35.630 --> 00:38:40.570
to take them into the land was put at a stop

00:38:40.570 --> 00:38:43.969
and someone else had to lead Israel into that.

00:38:45.849 --> 00:38:49.269
I hope we get that clear. So we see that the

00:38:49.269 --> 00:38:50.889
authority therefore is also within the context

00:38:50.889 --> 00:38:54.050
of God's salvation and it only stays within the

00:38:54.050 --> 00:38:57.650
circumference of God's salvation. Circumference

00:38:57.650 --> 00:39:03.389
of what God would do. would do. So, we can also

00:39:03.389 --> 00:39:05.230
see Elijah's case, which I already explained

00:39:05.230 --> 00:39:08.030
on Sunday, right, in just an addition, that he

00:39:08.030 --> 00:39:10.650
operated, right, in many things, exercising.

00:39:10.769 --> 00:39:13.489
Don't forget, Moses hit the rock and water came

00:39:13.489 --> 00:39:16.590
out. Water still came out, right? That's an authority

00:39:16.590 --> 00:39:19.769
as well. It means that, you know, he hit the

00:39:19.769 --> 00:39:22.630
rock, right, after making such a statement. Still

00:39:22.630 --> 00:39:24.849
hit the rock and it came out. So, he still exercised

00:39:24.849 --> 00:39:29.349
a will of his own, which is to hit rather than

00:39:29.349 --> 00:39:32.969
speak. to the rock, right? But the parameters,

00:39:33.309 --> 00:39:36.489
the concrete part of it is that he doubted if

00:39:36.489 --> 00:39:39.329
these people, right, should be saved in the first

00:39:39.329 --> 00:39:41.170
place and he exercised a will and water still

00:39:41.170 --> 00:39:43.309
came out, right, because he had authority. And

00:39:43.309 --> 00:39:46.230
we saw that everything was wrapped up in that

00:39:46.230 --> 00:39:49.530
context. Elijah, the same thing. We see exercising

00:39:49.530 --> 00:39:52.349
many authorities within the context of saving

00:39:52.349 --> 00:39:55.929
people, delivering people, healing, and all of

00:39:55.929 --> 00:39:58.510
that. And we also see that he also exercised

00:39:58.510 --> 00:40:03.360
a will, right? uh exercise the will uh in in

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:07.159
in making people to uh you see him calling down

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:09.639
fire and all of that and i said that because

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:12.139
that is not the context of salvation we can say

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:15.539
that the man of god is exercising authority on

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:18.000
his own right within his within his own will

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:21.929
in his own view right so uh that is just to also

00:40:21.929 --> 00:40:25.630
show that the exercising of authority that god

00:40:25.630 --> 00:40:28.309
is talking about from genesis right over the

00:40:28.309 --> 00:40:31.570
kingdom of darkness over overseeing over unbelief

00:40:31.570 --> 00:40:34.610
right authority over unbelief authority over

00:40:34.610 --> 00:40:37.630
dark places which is the heart of men authority

00:40:37.630 --> 00:40:41.190
over idolatry on godliness and sin that we are

00:40:41.190 --> 00:40:45.510
able to establish right the kingdom of god right

00:40:45.510 --> 00:40:48.619
wherever uh we find that we bring to bear we

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:51.099
bring to manifestation the kingdom of god now

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:54.000
let's go into the old testament i'm sorry the

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:57.480
new testament text a little bit right luke 10

00:40:57.480 --> 00:41:02.559
from verse from verse one right luke 10 verse

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:07.340
one after this the lord appointed 72 others and

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:11.840
sent them on ahead of him two by two, into every

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:14.300
town and place where himself was about to go.

00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:16.340
And he said to them, The harvest is plentiful,

00:41:16.360 --> 00:41:18.260
but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly

00:41:18.260 --> 00:41:21.179
to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers

00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:24.440
into his vineyard. Go your way. Behold, I am

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:27.000
sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:31.500
Carry no bag, no knapsack, nor sandals, and greet

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:34.980
no one on the road. Whatever house you enter

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:39.429
first, first say, Peace be to this house. And

00:41:39.429 --> 00:41:41.969
if a son of peace is dead, your peace will rest

00:41:41.969 --> 00:41:44.829
upon him. But if not, it will return to you and

00:41:44.829 --> 00:41:48.969
remain in the same house, eating and drinking

00:41:48.969 --> 00:41:52.250
what they provide for the laborers deserve wages.

00:41:52.389 --> 00:41:56.050
Do not go from house to house. Whenever you enter

00:41:56.050 --> 00:41:58.690
a town and they receive you, it's what is set

00:41:58.690 --> 00:42:02.190
before you. Heal the sick in it and say to them,

00:42:02.289 --> 00:42:07.239
the kingdom of God has come near to you. So,

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:09.579
heal the sick and the kingdom of God has come

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:11.880
near to you. Whenever you enter a town and they

00:42:11.880 --> 00:42:13.539
do not receive you, go into the street and say,

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:17.340
even the dust of your own towns that cling to

00:42:17.340 --> 00:42:20.599
your feet will wipe off against you. So, if you

00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:24.820
go to verse 17, verse 17, it's that the 72 returned

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:29.059
with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:57.760
to us in your name. And he said to them, So,

00:42:57.760 --> 00:43:00.800
we see that similarly in the context of preaching

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:04.050
the gospel, right? disciples exercise authority

00:43:04.050 --> 00:43:07.090
so he gave them right he gave them authority

00:43:07.090 --> 00:43:13.150
so go right go and function go and in my name

00:43:13.150 --> 00:43:16.829
right in my anointed name go and preach that

00:43:16.829 --> 00:43:19.110
the kingdom of god is here the same thing is

00:43:19.110 --> 00:43:22.769
uh recorded in matthew 10 it's recorded in matthew

00:43:22.769 --> 00:43:25.250
10 preaching the gospel and the authority that

00:43:25.250 --> 00:43:29.050
is given uh along with it matthew 10 then he

00:43:29.050 --> 00:43:31.920
called the disciples matthew 10 verse 1. And

00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:35.019
he called to him, his 12 disciples, and gave

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:38.920
them. So this one started with the parable first.

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:41.219
Let's say that, right? He gave them authority

00:43:41.219 --> 00:43:44.880
over unclean spirits to cast them out and to

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:49.139
heal every disease and every affliction. The

00:43:49.139 --> 00:43:51.340
names of the 12 and they named them. And in verse

00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:55.320
5, the 12 Jesus sent out, instructing them, go

00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:59.059
nowhere, right? among the Gentiles. Enter through

00:43:59.059 --> 00:44:01.519
no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:04.679
lost sheep of Israel, the house of Israel, and

00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:06.980
proclaim as it goes, saying, The kingdom of God

00:44:06.980 --> 00:44:09.900
is at hand. Then you heal the sick, raise the

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:12.940
dead, cleanse the leper, cast out demons you

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:15.679
have received without pain, give without pay,

00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:19.000
acquire no gold or silver or copper. So we see

00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:22.539
here also that authority was given to them. And

00:44:22.539 --> 00:44:27.360
again, they... manifested uh the kingdom of god

00:44:27.360 --> 00:44:29.619
and you can see that they will also come back

00:44:29.619 --> 00:44:33.639
rejoicing right rejoicing that these uh demons

00:44:33.639 --> 00:44:36.579
were subject to them so we see that this authority

00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:39.639
that is being talked about right is within uh

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:43.360
the gospel within the message of what god however

00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:45.639
this is actually a pre -resurrection what we

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:48.599
can call the pre -resurrection uh kind of authority

00:44:48.599 --> 00:44:51.739
that was given to them right that was given to

00:44:51.739 --> 00:44:55.090
them so it just made me marvel It just made me

00:44:55.090 --> 00:44:58.190
marvel because when we go to Matthew 17, verse

00:44:58.190 --> 00:45:04.750
19. When we go to Matthew 17, verse 19. I want

00:45:04.750 --> 00:45:07.710
you to believe we are learning. Matthew 17, verse

00:45:07.710 --> 00:45:11.909
19. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately

00:45:11.909 --> 00:45:18.409
and said, why could we not cast it out? And he

00:45:18.409 --> 00:45:21.610
said to them, because of your little faith. For

00:45:21.610 --> 00:45:24.780
truly I say to you, If you have a faith like

00:45:24.780 --> 00:45:28.019
a grain of mustard seed, you would say to this

00:45:28.019 --> 00:45:30.780
mountain, move from here to there, I need to

00:45:30.780 --> 00:45:33.659
move, and nothing would be impossible. So what

00:45:33.659 --> 00:45:37.539
is the difference between Matthew 10 and Matthew

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:42.159
17? Can we see faith in action? What's more to

00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:47.039
it is to understand, right, is to understand

00:45:47.039 --> 00:45:49.719
that what is happening in the pre -resurrection

00:45:49.719 --> 00:45:53.250
time before Jesus was resurrected, was giving

00:45:53.250 --> 00:45:56.610
them authority, right? Giving them authority.

00:45:56.829 --> 00:45:59.690
It means that he gave them the authority and

00:45:59.690 --> 00:46:02.389
they can go. It looks like a delegated authority

00:46:02.389 --> 00:46:06.090
granted unto them, right? So a delegated authority

00:46:06.090 --> 00:46:09.750
granted unto them that they can go preaching

00:46:09.750 --> 00:46:13.409
the gospel by the kingdom of God is at hand and

00:46:13.409 --> 00:46:19.050
healing the sick. So we can say that it is on

00:46:19.050 --> 00:46:23.500
the basis of Christ's identity. It is on the

00:46:23.500 --> 00:46:26.320
basis of Christ's identity that they are doing

00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:30.699
what they were doing. I say it again. It is on

00:46:30.699 --> 00:46:33.139
the basis of Christ's identity that the disciples

00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:36.179
were doing what... He said God anointed Christ,

00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:40.179
Acts 10 .38, anointed Jesus of Nazareth, right?

00:46:40.280 --> 00:46:42.840
And he was going about healing all manner of

00:46:42.840 --> 00:46:46.179
diseases. So it is that anointed Jesus authority

00:46:46.179 --> 00:46:52.300
of that identity that they went about. preaching

00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:55.079
the gospel and they were healing. So therefore,

00:46:55.159 --> 00:46:58.539
it's therefore understandable that they would

00:46:58.539 --> 00:47:02.840
doubt that their faith might fail, right? It's

00:47:02.840 --> 00:47:04.360
therefore understandable that their faith might

00:47:04.360 --> 00:47:06.380
fail. Therefore, understandable that they would

00:47:06.380 --> 00:47:09.280
doubt, you know, at some point in time, it's

00:47:09.280 --> 00:47:10.760
therefore understandable that they might want

00:47:10.760 --> 00:47:13.880
to cast out demons and they would not be, you

00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:15.659
know, they would be faithless like Jesus would

00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:18.780
call them because it is on the basis of Christ's

00:47:18.780 --> 00:47:22.460
identity. Now, let me now say this, which I'm

00:47:22.460 --> 00:47:24.460
still going to check other scriptures and will

00:47:24.460 --> 00:47:30.260
teach it. On the basis of the identity that the

00:47:30.260 --> 00:47:33.940
believer identifies with Christ, it is on that

00:47:33.940 --> 00:47:37.179
basis today, in the post -resurrection time,

00:47:37.360 --> 00:47:42.559
that we carry out the manifestation of the authority

00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:47.920
that is given to us. I say it again. Today, which

00:47:47.920 --> 00:47:49.500
is not a pre -requisition right this is a post

00:47:49.500 --> 00:47:51.980
-requisition time right christ has risen and

00:47:51.980 --> 00:47:55.780
is alive on what identity it is upon our identity

00:47:55.780 --> 00:48:00.320
that we carry out what we carry out but our identity

00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:04.679
is in identifying with christ do we get it so

00:48:04.679 --> 00:48:07.579
it's not we are saying we come to you in the

00:48:07.579 --> 00:48:10.659
name of right we come to you we we are here the

00:48:10.659 --> 00:48:13.400
demons and the principalities and power we the

00:48:13.400 --> 00:48:19.639
believer we are here Right? So, in such, we carry

00:48:19.639 --> 00:48:22.820
more authority, we carry more faith, because

00:48:22.820 --> 00:48:27.440
we know that it's not just in Christ, but it

00:48:27.440 --> 00:48:32.059
is in us. So, the disciples, at this time, their

00:48:32.059 --> 00:48:34.659
functioning, right, could be challenging because

00:48:34.659 --> 00:48:37.039
they were functioning based on the anointed Christ

00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:39.800
and the permission and the authority the anointed

00:48:39.800 --> 00:48:43.440
Christ has delegated unto them to go out and

00:48:43.440 --> 00:48:46.659
function. So we can say that doubts can arise.

00:48:46.900 --> 00:48:50.199
But today, the believer functions from his identity.

00:48:50.400 --> 00:48:53.760
And his identity is found in Christ. So he doesn't

00:48:53.760 --> 00:48:56.000
need to say, oh, Jesus is coming to cast you

00:48:56.000 --> 00:48:59.800
out. We will cast out demons. We will heal the

00:48:59.800 --> 00:49:04.440
sick. We will exercise faith in God. And mountains

00:49:04.440 --> 00:49:08.539
will move because we, the believer, we are here.

00:49:10.579 --> 00:49:17.030
We are here. The believer is here. So, how do

00:49:17.030 --> 00:49:18.969
we come into this, right? How do we come into

00:49:18.969 --> 00:49:21.590
this? Matthew 16, verse 18. He said, I will give

00:49:21.590 --> 00:49:23.849
you the keys, right? I will give you the keys.

00:49:24.050 --> 00:49:26.309
I will give you access. So, you can write it

00:49:26.309 --> 00:49:28.730
down. Matthew 16, verse 18. We're talking about

00:49:28.730 --> 00:49:32.090
when he will build his church, which he has built

00:49:32.090 --> 00:49:35.269
now, right? He said, I will give you access to

00:49:35.269 --> 00:49:40.530
bind and lose, right? Matthew 16, verse 18. So,

00:49:40.530 --> 00:49:44.139
maybe you're through. From verse 18. And I tell

00:49:44.139 --> 00:49:45.880
you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build

00:49:45.880 --> 00:49:48.679
my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail.

00:49:48.800 --> 00:49:51.619
Verse 19. I will give you the keys of the kingdom

00:49:51.619 --> 00:49:54.000
of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall

00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:56.380
be bound in heaven, and whatever you lose on

00:49:56.380 --> 00:49:59.000
earth shall be loosed in heaven. Authority. He's

00:49:59.000 --> 00:50:03.280
saying what he will do, right, when he establishes

00:50:03.280 --> 00:50:05.960
the church. And at resurrection, he establishes

00:50:05.960 --> 00:50:10.480
the church. Therefore, that authority. is giving

00:50:10.480 --> 00:50:12.699
to us. I don't want to use the word giving because

00:50:12.699 --> 00:50:15.760
there's something that we need to explain. There's

00:50:15.760 --> 00:50:17.980
something that we need to explain, especially

00:50:17.980 --> 00:50:21.000
with Ephesians. There's something that we need

00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:24.619
to explain. Giving, delegated, giving to them,

00:50:24.699 --> 00:50:27.719
right? It is giving to the disciples. Let's go

00:50:27.719 --> 00:50:32.920
to Ephesians 1. Let's see something there. Ephesians

00:50:32.920 --> 00:50:39.769
chapter 1. Ephesians chapter 1, let's write it

00:50:39.769 --> 00:50:43.329
down. Ephesians chapter 1, verse 19 to 20. John,

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Gospel of John. John 1, verse 12. Ephesians chapter

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1, verse 19 to 20. John 1, verse 12. Matthew

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28, verse 18. These three scriptures. The reason

00:50:57.710 --> 00:51:02.030
why I said to say give, right, would be a little

00:51:02.030 --> 00:51:05.170
bit challenging. It can be explained using Ephesians

00:51:05.170 --> 00:51:11.440
1. Ephesians chapter 1. There's a reason that

00:51:11.440 --> 00:51:15.039
we don't understand it as delegated authority.

00:51:17.219 --> 00:51:21.000
Ephesians chapter 1. Now Ephesians chapter 1,

00:51:21.079 --> 00:51:25.980
let's go to verse 19. He said, and what is the

00:51:25.980 --> 00:51:29.079
immeasurable greatness of his power towards us

00:51:29.079 --> 00:51:34.559
who believed? Right? According to the walkings.

00:51:35.400 --> 00:51:39.760
of his great might that he walked in christ when

00:51:39.760 --> 00:51:41.760
he raised him from the dead we can read from

00:51:41.760 --> 00:51:44.659
verse 18 let's take it back a little bit having

00:51:44.659 --> 00:51:48.219
the eyes of our hearts enlightened that you may

00:51:48.219 --> 00:51:51.000
know what is the hope for which he has called

00:51:51.000 --> 00:51:52.980
you and the riches of his glorious inheritance

00:51:52.980 --> 00:51:56.219
in the saints and what is the immeasurable are

00:51:56.219 --> 00:51:58.860
you saying immeasurable greatness of his power

00:51:58.860 --> 00:52:03.000
towards us who believe according to the working

00:52:03.550 --> 00:52:07.710
of his great might that he walked in Christ when

00:52:07.710 --> 00:52:12.090
he raised him from the dead. So it means that

00:52:12.090 --> 00:52:14.949
when God was raising Christ from the dead, something

00:52:14.949 --> 00:52:19.730
was happening to all of us, the believers. Okay?

00:52:19.829 --> 00:52:23.590
So immeasurable greatness of his power, right,

00:52:23.789 --> 00:52:26.250
was taking place. We were gaining, he's saying

00:52:26.250 --> 00:52:29.889
that we were having authority as Christ was resurrecting,

00:52:29.889 --> 00:52:32.289
right, we were receiving authority alongside.

00:52:33.389 --> 00:52:35.889
Right? We're receiving authority with Christ.

00:52:36.170 --> 00:52:39.150
Right? So, it's not like he resurrected and he

00:52:39.150 --> 00:52:41.309
gave birth. He said, as we have been raised with

00:52:41.309 --> 00:52:44.969
him. Right? As we have been raised with Christ,

00:52:45.170 --> 00:52:47.570
we are raised. It means that being born again,

00:52:47.690 --> 00:52:53.070
coming into Christ, it came with authority. Right?

00:52:53.130 --> 00:52:55.449
It came with authority. So, he's saying that

00:52:55.449 --> 00:52:57.289
there's something he has worked in the believer

00:52:57.289 --> 00:52:59.670
that he worked when he raised him from the dead.

00:52:59.750 --> 00:53:02.789
So, at the resurrection, Right? At resurrection,

00:53:03.090 --> 00:53:07.010
the believer had authority. Right? The believer

00:53:07.010 --> 00:53:10.510
received authority. As Christ has been lifted

00:53:10.510 --> 00:53:14.530
high, the believer received authority. Right?

00:53:14.570 --> 00:53:16.909
So he therefore not need to tell us that I'm

00:53:16.909 --> 00:53:19.369
giving you. Right? That's where I'm going. That

00:53:19.369 --> 00:53:21.789
is therefore not saying that I give you. But

00:53:21.789 --> 00:53:26.150
since we identify in that resurrection, we have

00:53:26.150 --> 00:53:29.969
received authority. That is why John verse...

00:53:32.870 --> 00:53:37.570
John 1 verse 12 and Matthew 28 verse 18 will

00:53:37.570 --> 00:53:40.710
combine them together. John actually said he

00:53:40.710 --> 00:53:46.289
gave them part to become the sons of God. John

00:53:46.289 --> 00:53:51.130
1 verse 12. But all who receive and believe him,

00:53:51.230 --> 00:53:55.449
he gave the rights, right? He gave them exosia,

00:53:55.550 --> 00:53:59.309
the authority, right? To become the sons of God.

00:53:59.489 --> 00:54:03.320
It is... This thing that is taking place in Ephesians,

00:54:03.519 --> 00:54:05.699
right, Ephesians explains it more clearly, that

00:54:05.699 --> 00:54:09.519
that power, that authority, right, it took place

00:54:09.519 --> 00:54:12.639
simultaneously as Christ is being raised. Okay,

00:54:12.659 --> 00:54:15.500
so John used the word give. Ephesians explains

00:54:15.500 --> 00:54:18.360
in detail, saying that when Christ was raised,

00:54:18.440 --> 00:54:22.239
that is when all that workings of God in us took

00:54:22.239 --> 00:54:28.760
place. Okay, then Matthew, Matthew 28 now. tries

00:54:28.760 --> 00:54:31.519
to explain some other things there, why Jesus

00:54:31.519 --> 00:54:34.320
would say some things in a certain way. Matthew

00:54:34.320 --> 00:54:40.119
28. Why Jesus would speak in a certain way. Matthew

00:54:40.119 --> 00:54:45.380
28, Mark 16, as we know. In Matthew 28, it says

00:54:45.380 --> 00:54:48.159
that, verse 19, Go therefore and make disciples

00:54:48.159 --> 00:54:49.960
of all nations, baptizing them in the name of

00:54:49.960 --> 00:54:51.880
the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

00:54:51.960 --> 00:54:54.719
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded

00:54:54.719 --> 00:54:58.000
you. And behold, I am with you to the end of

00:54:58.000 --> 00:55:01.320
the age. Now, verse 16 says, Now the eleven disciples

00:55:01.320 --> 00:55:04.340
went to Galilee, to the mount to which Jesus

00:55:04.340 --> 00:55:09.219
had directed them. And when they saw him, they

00:55:09.219 --> 00:55:13.280
worshipped him. But some doubted, and Jesus came

00:55:13.280 --> 00:55:17.340
and said to them, All authority in heaven and

00:55:17.340 --> 00:55:21.480
earth is given to me. It's given to me, right?

00:55:22.340 --> 00:55:26.760
Go, therefore. and make disciples of all nations

00:55:26.760 --> 00:55:29.780
right baptizing them in the name of the father

00:55:29.780 --> 00:55:33.019
and son of the spirit teaching them to observe

00:55:33.019 --> 00:55:36.480
all that i've commanded you and behold i am with

00:55:36.480 --> 00:55:40.800
you to the end of this matthew 16 sorry max 16

00:55:40.800 --> 00:55:44.699
verse 15 go into the world and proclaim the gospel

00:55:45.309 --> 00:55:47.570
to all creation. Whoever believes is baptized

00:55:47.570 --> 00:55:50.429
and is baptized is saved. But whosoever does

00:55:50.429 --> 00:55:52.710
not believe will be condemned. And these signs

00:55:52.710 --> 00:55:55.690
shall accompany those who believe. In my name,

00:55:55.710 --> 00:55:59.210
right, they will cast out demons. They will speak

00:55:59.210 --> 00:56:03.650
in new tongues. They will pick up serpents with

00:56:03.650 --> 00:56:06.030
their hands. And if they drink any deadly poison,

00:56:06.150 --> 00:56:08.210
it will not hurt them. They will lay their hands

00:56:08.210 --> 00:56:10.750
on the sick and they will recover. Now see verse

00:56:10.750 --> 00:56:16.190
17. He said, in my name. In my accomplishments.

00:56:16.510 --> 00:56:21.409
In what I have done. In my resurrection. All

00:56:21.409 --> 00:56:24.230
that I have done. In all of this that I have

00:56:24.230 --> 00:56:27.389
done. They will do what? They will cast out demons.

00:56:27.630 --> 00:56:30.530
It's different from I give you authority now.

00:56:30.670 --> 00:56:35.429
Go and act on my behalf. It's different. I give

00:56:35.429 --> 00:56:37.070
you authority. Go and act on my behalf. This

00:56:37.070 --> 00:56:41.510
one is in my name. In all that I have accomplished.

00:56:41.690 --> 00:56:47.260
Anyone who comes into that. right, can perform

00:56:47.260 --> 00:56:50.920
all this that I've said, right? Can heal the

00:56:50.920 --> 00:56:53.659
sick, can speak in tongues, can pick. So he's

00:56:53.659 --> 00:56:57.480
simply saying that if anyone comes and believes

00:56:57.480 --> 00:57:00.099
in my name, in my reputation, in all that I've

00:57:00.099 --> 00:57:02.820
done, they can do it. That is why in Matthew

00:57:02.820 --> 00:57:05.079
28, I don't think it would be necessary to say,

00:57:05.119 --> 00:57:08.380
I give you, you know, authority. No, he's saying

00:57:08.380 --> 00:57:11.059
that in all that Christ has done, the believer

00:57:11.059 --> 00:57:15.320
has authority. right in all so you are not waiting

00:57:15.320 --> 00:57:17.699
that oh i have to receive authority right you

00:57:17.699 --> 00:57:19.579
get born again that you receive authority no

00:57:19.579 --> 00:57:21.860
you get born again there's authority already

00:57:21.860 --> 00:57:25.760
it comes with it right so it comes with it authority

00:57:25.760 --> 00:57:28.639
in the context of salvation in the context of

00:57:28.639 --> 00:57:31.500
preaching the gospel in his name in all that

00:57:31.500 --> 00:57:36.869
he has done the believer In all that he has done,

00:57:36.949 --> 00:57:39.670
the believer would operate. So we see that in

00:57:39.670 --> 00:57:42.389
the post -resurrection, the believer would operate

00:57:42.389 --> 00:57:45.230
based on all the things that Christ has achieved.

00:57:45.650 --> 00:57:49.389
In Ephesians, he revealed that in raising him

00:57:49.389 --> 00:57:54.130
up, something happened to us. In raising Christ's

00:57:54.130 --> 00:57:57.969
hope, something happened to the believer. And

00:57:57.969 --> 00:58:02.449
therefore, we have authority. we have authority.

00:58:02.630 --> 00:58:04.610
So, preservation is not a delegated, it's not

00:58:04.610 --> 00:58:08.190
a given authority. It's authority that we came

00:58:08.190 --> 00:58:12.489
into as we come into salvation. We came into

00:58:12.489 --> 00:58:16.750
it as we come into salvation. So, that's a more

00:58:16.750 --> 00:58:19.050
clear explanation of John chapter 1 verse 12.

00:58:19.269 --> 00:58:22.070
Now, I'll just conclude in five minutes with

00:58:22.070 --> 00:58:25.230
just four statements. Right? I'll conclude in

00:58:25.230 --> 00:58:28.829
five minutes with four statements. Therefore,

00:58:29.050 --> 00:58:34.650
first, Because Adam did not believe, he did not

00:58:34.650 --> 00:58:39.570
walk in this authority that is found in the message

00:58:39.570 --> 00:58:43.630
of God. So it was supposed to be created in the

00:58:43.630 --> 00:58:47.269
image of God by believing, right? Genesis chapter

00:58:47.269 --> 00:58:51.190
3. But by disbelieving the message, he could

00:58:51.190 --> 00:58:54.750
not walk in this dominion. That is the first

00:58:54.750 --> 00:58:58.780
thing. So why did I say this? Because there's

00:58:58.780 --> 00:59:01.699
a doctrine that says Adam lost an authority and

00:59:01.699 --> 00:59:04.019
passed it to the devil. He did not pass it to

00:59:04.019 --> 00:59:07.079
the devil. The devil cannot work in the authority

00:59:07.079 --> 00:59:10.400
and dominion that God is talking about. The devil

00:59:10.400 --> 00:59:13.480
cannot work in it. First of all, the authority

00:59:13.480 --> 00:59:15.920
and dominion God is talking about is in the context

00:59:15.920 --> 00:59:18.659
of salvation. How can the devil work in that

00:59:18.659 --> 00:59:21.719
context where God is creating man in his spirit?

00:59:22.719 --> 00:59:27.360
So man did not... lose any authority right because

00:59:27.360 --> 00:59:30.500
he never worked in any authority right so the

00:59:30.500 --> 00:59:34.820
devil right what the devil did right is so this

00:59:34.820 --> 00:59:36.460
is what i'm saying where does the devil's authority

00:59:36.460 --> 00:59:40.400
come from the devil gains access through unbelief

00:59:40.400 --> 00:59:43.139
the devil became the ruler of this world through

00:59:43.139 --> 00:59:46.579
unbelief ephesians chapter 2 through the disobedience

00:59:46.579 --> 00:59:50.300
of men the devil became the ruler of this world

00:59:51.099 --> 00:59:54.119
Through the unbelief of men, the devil became

00:59:54.119 --> 00:59:56.159
the ruler. That's where the devil capitalized.

00:59:56.159 --> 00:59:59.300
That's where the devil became powerful. He said,

00:59:59.360 --> 01:00:01.880
the spirit that is at work in the children of

01:00:01.880 --> 01:00:04.679
disobedience, Ephesians 2. So the devil does

01:00:04.679 --> 01:00:07.719
not have any dominion within the authority, within

01:00:07.719 --> 01:00:10.099
the context of God's dominion and authority.

01:00:10.940 --> 01:00:13.599
Rather, the devil gained his dominion through

01:00:13.599 --> 01:00:15.639
men's disobedience. How does the devil function

01:00:15.639 --> 01:00:18.500
today? He functions through the disobedience

01:00:18.500 --> 01:00:21.010
of men. That is the authority and the dominion

01:00:21.010 --> 01:00:24.630
of disobedience. Unbelief, rejecting of the gospel.

01:00:24.730 --> 01:00:29.349
That is where the devil functions through. Okay?

01:00:29.409 --> 01:00:32.250
So the devil functions through the unbelief of

01:00:32.250 --> 01:00:35.210
men, the disobedience of men, the rejection of

01:00:35.210 --> 01:00:37.750
the gospel, right? That is where you can find,

01:00:37.889 --> 01:00:39.969
that's where, that's the dark places. That is

01:00:39.969 --> 01:00:43.230
the heart of men. That is the principalities

01:00:43.230 --> 01:00:46.329
and power. Those are where they function through.

01:00:46.760 --> 01:00:48.639
So the devil does not have any authority. Adam

01:00:48.639 --> 01:00:50.719
did not have any authority. He did not pass anything

01:00:50.719 --> 01:00:55.380
to the devil. The devil operated, started his

01:00:55.380 --> 01:00:58.019
operation. I mean, yes, we can say that the devil

01:00:58.019 --> 01:01:00.219
started his operation when Adam disbelieved.

01:01:01.400 --> 01:01:04.059
He started his operation when Adam disbelieved.

01:01:04.219 --> 01:01:07.340
Now, also, Jesus did not come to collect anything

01:01:07.340 --> 01:01:10.579
from authority from the Satan and give back to

01:01:10.579 --> 01:01:13.619
man. These are not correct doctrines, okay? He

01:01:13.619 --> 01:01:16.360
did not come to collect anything from the devil.

01:01:16.730 --> 01:01:19.889
and say i'm giving it back to man right no not

01:01:19.889 --> 01:01:23.949
going to collect anything rather right jesus

01:01:23.949 --> 01:01:28.949
came to deliver man from the dominion of darkness

01:01:28.949 --> 01:01:31.590
that authority that devil is operating he delivered

01:01:31.590 --> 01:01:36.949
man from that and gave man right sonship so we

01:01:36.949 --> 01:01:42.409
became sons a new identity in him right in him

01:01:42.730 --> 01:01:45.309
So what we see is that Jesus did not come, he

01:01:45.309 --> 01:01:47.170
did not come and collect anything from the devil,

01:01:47.289 --> 01:01:49.909
right? The devil had nothing. He's a man that

01:01:49.909 --> 01:01:51.710
God came to collect from the devil. Let's put

01:01:51.710 --> 01:01:54.610
it that way, right? He came to deliver us from

01:01:54.610 --> 01:01:56.409
the kingdom of darkness and brought us into the

01:01:56.409 --> 01:02:00.690
kingdom of his beloved son, right? So that is

01:02:00.690 --> 01:02:03.289
the deliverance that's happened. That's why he

01:02:03.289 --> 01:02:05.250
said he made it in Colossians. He said he made

01:02:05.250 --> 01:02:10.230
an open show of us, the believers, right? He

01:02:10.230 --> 01:02:14.469
displayed us to the world to see. Hallelujah.

01:02:15.429 --> 01:02:20.010
So Jesus came to deliver a man. A man can have

01:02:20.010 --> 01:02:22.929
an identity in him and have authority. Adam never

01:02:22.929 --> 01:02:26.650
had a dominion. The devil uses the unbelief of

01:02:26.650 --> 01:02:30.289
men as his authority. So let's walk in believing.

01:02:30.530 --> 01:02:33.409
The more we walk in believing, the more we can

01:02:33.409 --> 01:02:35.590
oppress the kingdom of darkness. The more we

01:02:35.590 --> 01:02:37.469
can bring down the kingdom of darkness, the more

01:02:37.469 --> 01:02:40.739
we can walk. in casting out demons, healing and,

01:02:40.820 --> 01:02:44.659
you know, tormenting and oppressing, taking them

01:02:44.659 --> 01:02:47.300
out of their places, the more we work in belief,

01:02:47.539 --> 01:02:52.619
not in unbelief. Hallelujah. We can read Hebrews

01:02:52.619 --> 01:02:56.340
2, verse 5 to 14, which explain much more what

01:02:56.340 --> 01:03:00.019
Jesus came to do. Not to collect any authority

01:03:00.019 --> 01:03:03.300
from him, but to deliver us. And to deliver us

01:03:03.300 --> 01:03:07.449
through fear of death. right saying that devil

01:03:07.449 --> 01:03:10.230
right is the one who has the power of death but

01:03:10.230 --> 01:03:12.110
he has come to the devils who through the fear

01:03:12.110 --> 01:03:16.769
of death have lived in lifelong bondage that's

01:03:16.769 --> 01:03:21.150
what jesus came to do so we have authority we

01:03:21.150 --> 01:03:25.210
have authority we have it is in us we the moment

01:03:25.210 --> 01:03:29.389
we believe the authority of god the authority

01:03:29.389 --> 01:03:32.690
to walk in in power to work in order christ has

01:03:32.690 --> 01:03:36.829
done became effective in our lives so we are

01:03:36.829 --> 01:03:40.630
not like moses right we are not like elijah right

01:03:40.630 --> 01:03:44.210
we are not like the disciples before resurrection

01:03:44.210 --> 01:03:49.170
right because the authority is from the identity

01:03:49.170 --> 01:03:52.230
that we receive in christ so your identity carries

01:03:52.230 --> 01:03:55.869
authority the identity of a believer carries

01:03:55.869 --> 01:04:00.650
authority that is why i said we are here we must

01:04:00.650 --> 01:04:03.809
have this mindset that we are here and we can

01:04:04.880 --> 01:04:08.019
Therefore, manifest the kingdom of God wherever

01:04:08.019 --> 01:04:11.679
we find ourselves. Glory to God. Can we just

01:04:11.679 --> 01:04:16.360
give thanks? Thank you Jesus for your word. We

01:04:16.360 --> 01:04:19.039
appreciate you being here today. We hope you

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carry this word with you throughout your week.

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Don't forget to check the show notes for additional

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insights. Stay connected with us through our

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are encouraged, share this message with someone

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you care about. Until next time, stay blessed.