WEBVTT 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:06.639 Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:09.640 designed to uplift and strengthen you in your 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:13.939 walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until 00:00:13.939 --> 00:00:17.879 the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:23.019 right in. I want to thank the pastorate for the 00:00:23.019 --> 00:00:29.530 opportunity. And I also want to thank you for 00:00:29.530 --> 00:00:33.450 being here today. So today we're going to be 00:00:33.450 --> 00:00:35.509 looking into the Word of God and our topic today 00:00:35.509 --> 00:00:38.909 is going to be being sensitive to the leading 00:00:38.909 --> 00:00:43.649 of the Holy Spirit. Praise the Lord. Being sensitive 00:00:43.649 --> 00:00:48.509 to the leading of the Holy Spirit. I would encourage 00:00:48.509 --> 00:00:52.109 us to pay attention. I would encourage us to 00:00:52.109 --> 00:00:55.590 not be distracted by our phones. I would encourage 00:00:55.590 --> 00:01:00.439 us to... be blessed. Praise the Lord. Because 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:04.959 you can decide not to be. So, to put away every 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:07.200 form of destruction, everything that would make 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:12.379 you not pay attention, you have worn a very beautiful 00:01:12.379 --> 00:01:18.299 dress and clothes. Don't waste your time. Praise 00:01:18.299 --> 00:01:37.530 the Lord. Matthew 28. So this is where Jesus 00:01:37.530 --> 00:01:41.349 was talking with his disciples, finally, before 00:01:41.349 --> 00:01:45.209 he departed from their sight, praise the Lord, 00:01:45.370 --> 00:01:49.930 and he was giving them a command, and he was 00:01:49.930 --> 00:01:53.430 telling them things that they should do, or how 00:01:53.430 --> 00:01:56.650 they should move. And then from verse 18 he says, 00:01:57.010 --> 00:02:01.810 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All 00:02:01.810 --> 00:02:05.069 authority has been given to me in heaven and 00:02:05.069 --> 00:02:08.560 on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:11.400 all nations, baptizing them in the name of the 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:15.159 Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:17.800 them to observe all things that I have commanded 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:21.120 you, and lo, I am with you always, even to the 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:25.900 end of the age. Amen. Praise the Lord. So Jesus 00:02:25.900 --> 00:02:28.680 was talking to his disciples, and he was giving 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:31.560 them a command. He says that all authority has 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:36.060 been given to him in heaven and on earth. Praise 00:02:36.060 --> 00:02:39.699 the Lord. He said, go and make disciples. Go 00:02:39.699 --> 00:02:43.539 and make disciples. That word, go and make disciples, 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:47.319 is the word for teach. Praise the Lord. Go and 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:53.020 teach all the nation. It's the word matatio. 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:57.180 Praise the Lord in Greek. It's the word matatio. 00:02:57.740 --> 00:03:03.560 It is M -A -T -T -E -T -E -U -O. Praise the Lord. 00:03:03.919 --> 00:03:07.759 So it's the word. To teach is the same word that 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:12.560 is used in Matthew chapter 13 verse 52. Matthew 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:27.180 chapter 13 verse 52. Matthew chapter 13 verse 00:03:27.180 --> 00:03:39.259 52. He says, Then he said to them, Therefore 00:03:39.259 --> 00:03:41.659 every scribe instructs on signing the kingdom 00:03:41.659 --> 00:03:46.960 of heaven like a householder who brings out the 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:49.300 treasures of things new and old. Praise the Lord. 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:52.539 So it's the word there instructs. Praise the 00:03:52.539 --> 00:03:56.000 Lord. And then we also see in Matthew chapter 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:25.939 27 verse 21. Matthew chapter 27 verse 21. No. 00:04:25.939 --> 00:04:30.500 Let's go to Acts chapter 14, verse 21. Acts chapter 00:04:30.500 --> 00:04:36.560 14, verse 21. And when they had preached the 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:39.819 gospel to the city and made many disciples, they 00:04:39.819 --> 00:04:46.100 returned to Lastria, Iconia and Antioch. Praise 00:04:46.100 --> 00:04:48.879 the Lord. So that word, they made many disciples, 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:52.879 right, is the word there. It means... The process 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:55.740 of learning, right? They took them through a 00:04:55.740 --> 00:04:58.240 process of learning. It's the same word that 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:00.800 we see here, matatu, which it means to teach. 00:05:01.139 --> 00:05:03.860 Praise the Lord. But then we see in verse 20 00:05:03.860 --> 00:05:12.199 of that Matthew. We see in verse 20, he says, 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:15.120 teaching them to observe all the things that 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:18.399 I've commanded you and lo, I'm with you always. 00:05:18.620 --> 00:05:21.639 Praise the Lord. Paso Victor has helped us many 00:05:21.639 --> 00:05:24.480 times with this word teaching. It's the word 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:28.019 didasco, which is the opposite of experience. 00:05:28.180 --> 00:05:30.759 Praise the Lord. So this teaching here is not 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.620 the same as what we saw earlier. It's a teaching 00:05:33.620 --> 00:05:38.420 them, right, to observe all the things that I've 00:05:38.420 --> 00:05:41.600 commanded you and lo, I'm with you always. The 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:43.439 word teaching there is the word didasco, which 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:45.819 is opposite of teaching, which is opposite of 00:05:45.819 --> 00:05:49.810 experience, right? It comes with... Explanation 00:05:49.810 --> 00:05:52.629 and instructions. Praise the Lord. It's like 00:05:52.629 --> 00:05:55.569 going to school. You don't go to school to get 00:05:55.569 --> 00:05:58.689 experience. You go to school to learn and then 00:05:58.689 --> 00:06:00.970 it becomes your experience. Praise the Lord. 00:06:01.970 --> 00:06:06.329 This word is a very large word depending on the 00:06:06.329 --> 00:06:10.069 text. So it carries a lot of implication depending 00:06:10.069 --> 00:06:14.699 on the text. It involves explaining. And then 00:06:14.699 --> 00:06:17.500 giving instructions. Praise the Lord. So what 00:06:17.500 --> 00:06:20.160 is he telling them to teach? Why is he telling 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:22.860 them? Why is he using that word, the dash code 00:06:22.860 --> 00:06:26.579 there? Right? So what are they explaining? What 00:06:26.579 --> 00:06:28.160 they are explaining or what they are teaching 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:31.060 is all authority has been given to me. Praise 00:06:31.060 --> 00:06:34.279 the Lord. In verse 18. Right? He said, all authority 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:36.740 has been given to me in heaven and on earth. 00:06:37.209 --> 00:06:39.209 What are they going to teach? They are going 00:06:39.209 --> 00:06:42.189 to teach that all authority has been given to 00:06:42.189 --> 00:06:45.470 him in heaven and on earth. Praise the Lord. 00:06:46.110 --> 00:06:49.370 So instructing them. And then he instructs them 00:06:49.370 --> 00:06:52.170 to go and teach. Praise the Lord. So the instructions 00:06:52.170 --> 00:06:55.129 there is to go and teach. Praise the Lord. We 00:06:55.129 --> 00:06:58.290 say the word didasko carries with it two things. 00:06:58.629 --> 00:07:01.730 It carries an explanation of a thing and also 00:07:01.730 --> 00:07:04.149 an instruction that follows. Praise the Lord. 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:08.060 So the leading of the Spirit involves an explanation 00:07:08.060 --> 00:07:11.980 and also an instruction. Praise the Lord. The 00:07:11.980 --> 00:07:14.319 leading of the Spirit carries an explanation 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:19.259 and then it carries an instruction. You're led 00:07:19.259 --> 00:07:23.439 by the Spirit when you hear the explanation and 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:27.819 then you follow the instruction afterwards. Praise 00:07:27.819 --> 00:07:31.120 the Lord. You're led by the Spirit when you hear 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:33.720 the instruction. As the word is coming, you are 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:36.579 hearing an explanation. Praise the Lord. There 00:07:36.579 --> 00:07:38.879 is an instruction that would follow. You're led 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:41.819 by the Spirit when you follow the instruction. 00:07:42.540 --> 00:07:45.379 Praise the Lord. So when the gospel is preached, 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:49.759 an explanation is done. Right? An explanation 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:52.540 is done and afterwards we have an instruction. 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:56.000 Praise the Lord. They should not be separate. 00:07:56.139 --> 00:07:59.240 When the gospel is preached, there is an explanation, 00:07:59.259 --> 00:08:03.800 and then there is also an instruction that follows. 00:08:04.139 --> 00:08:06.259 So we see here that what he was telling them 00:08:06.259 --> 00:08:09.540 to go and explain, or go and explain, is that 00:08:09.540 --> 00:08:14.399 all authority has been given me in heaven and 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:16.860 on earth. Praise the Lord. So sometimes we get 00:08:16.860 --> 00:08:19.279 carried away by the explanation of the thing. 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:21.379 Or maybe you come and then somebody is preaching. 00:08:21.540 --> 00:08:23.800 You're so good. You are having a good time. You 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:25.560 are laughing. And then you forget that there 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:27.620 is an instruction in the teaching that is given 00:08:27.620 --> 00:08:30.220 you. Praise the Lord. You forget that it is an 00:08:30.220 --> 00:08:33.159 instruction in the midst of that teaching. As 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:36.679 you are enjoying the service. As you are listening. 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:39.559 Praise the Lord. There is an instruction that 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:41.759 comes. So we should not be carried away by it. 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:43.960 Or maybe there is an instruction and then you 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:46.139 forget about the explanation. Praise the Lord. 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:49.620 They go hand in hand. Praise the Lord. So we'll 00:08:49.620 --> 00:08:52.120 see that more even as we look into the text. 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:57.220 Hallelujah. So what is he explaining? Right? 00:08:57.820 --> 00:09:02.200 So explanation is what something is about. Right? 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:05.500 Explanation is what something is about and why. 00:09:07.100 --> 00:09:10.559 Praise the Lord. What something is about and 00:09:10.559 --> 00:09:13.980 why. So it is not good enough to just know what 00:09:13.980 --> 00:09:17.419 something is about and not know the reason behind 00:09:17.419 --> 00:09:19.840 it. And not know the why, because the why is 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:23.259 the reason. Praise the Lord. The why is the reason. 00:09:23.419 --> 00:09:27.100 Why did Jesus have to die? Have you asked that 00:09:27.100 --> 00:09:29.700 question? Why is it that I grew up in a Christian 00:09:29.700 --> 00:09:33.179 home? What makes me different from somebody else? 00:09:35.210 --> 00:09:37.710 Why is it that I believe the things that I believe? 00:09:37.830 --> 00:09:41.090 Why did Jesus perform the miracles that he performed 00:09:41.090 --> 00:09:45.549 in the scriptures? Why did God give believers 00:09:45.549 --> 00:09:49.389 authority? Praise the Lord. Why did God give 00:09:49.389 --> 00:09:54.529 you authority? So an explanation is what something 00:09:54.529 --> 00:09:59.750 is about and why. Why did Jesus walk miracle? 00:10:00.090 --> 00:10:02.769 Why do you have the life of God in the inside 00:10:02.769 --> 00:10:06.309 of you? Why are you a Christian? Praise the Lord. 00:10:06.450 --> 00:10:10.149 So these are questions that we need to ask. These 00:10:10.149 --> 00:10:12.850 are questions that we need to ask. And I say 00:10:12.850 --> 00:10:16.610 didactical is not an experience, right? You don't 00:10:16.610 --> 00:10:19.289 go to school, like I said, to learn, to get experience. 00:10:19.669 --> 00:10:22.929 You go to school to learn and then it becomes 00:10:22.929 --> 00:10:25.950 your experience. Praise the Lord. You go to school 00:10:25.950 --> 00:10:28.649 to learn, right? It becomes your experience. 00:10:28.690 --> 00:10:32.019 You go to school to listen. You go to school 00:10:32.019 --> 00:10:35.080 to learn. You go to school to ask questions. 00:10:35.139 --> 00:10:37.899 Why is that? Praise the Lord. If your teacher 00:10:37.899 --> 00:10:39.700 is teaching you calculus, if you don't ask why, 00:10:39.940 --> 00:10:43.460 you're probably not in the class. Praise the 00:10:43.460 --> 00:10:50.519 Lord. So who are they teaching? Teaching who? 00:10:50.659 --> 00:10:53.620 It's teaching the disciples, those who are learning, 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:58.019 right, to observe. To observe the things that 00:10:58.019 --> 00:11:04.610 he has commanded them. So verse 20 again, he 00:11:04.610 --> 00:11:13.629 said, teaching them to observe. So the word observe 00:11:13.629 --> 00:11:17.649 is tareo, right? In the Greek, it's T -E -R -O, 00:11:17.850 --> 00:11:23.830 sorry, R -E -O, right? It's used to watch over. 00:11:24.409 --> 00:11:27.789 The way it's used is that watch over something 00:11:27.789 --> 00:11:30.570 as though it will get lost. Praise the Lord. 00:11:30.940 --> 00:11:33.379 You should watch over something as though that 00:11:33.379 --> 00:11:36.580 thing will get lost. So he's telling them to 00:11:36.580 --> 00:11:41.679 observe. To observe, tario. To watch as though 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:44.259 it will get lost. Watch the things that have 00:11:44.259 --> 00:11:47.120 commanded you as though it's going to get lost. 00:11:47.419 --> 00:11:49.899 As though it's going to get missing. Praise the 00:11:49.899 --> 00:11:51.539 Lord. When you're watching something as though 00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:54.200 it's going to get missing, you be vigilant. You 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:58.799 will not allow it to... To just, you will not 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:03.500 take your eyes off it. When I came to Cyprus, 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:06.259 I saw that the fences were low. In Nigeria, you 00:12:06.259 --> 00:12:08.080 don't build like that. You're not a good engineer. 00:12:08.620 --> 00:12:10.779 You don't think about security. Praise the Lord. 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:14.940 You build with a high fence. Some people pride 00:12:14.940 --> 00:12:18.000 themselves on how long their fence is. If you 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.259 go to the Emya Palace in the north, you'll find 00:12:20.259 --> 00:12:24.440 out that the fence is very, very long. Intentionally 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:26.809 very, very long. Praise the Lord. He's part of 00:12:26.809 --> 00:12:31.710 the design. He's the way he should be. Praise 00:12:31.710 --> 00:12:33.710 the Lord. So he's saying you should watch, you 00:12:33.710 --> 00:12:35.929 should observe as though the things that he has 00:12:35.929 --> 00:12:38.350 commanded will get lost. Praise the Lord. It 00:12:38.350 --> 00:12:42.509 is used like that. So a man who is led of the 00:12:42.509 --> 00:12:45.309 Spirit is a man that observes as though the things 00:12:45.309 --> 00:12:47.730 that he has been commanded will get lost. As 00:12:47.730 --> 00:12:49.889 the word is coming, as you have received the 00:12:49.889 --> 00:12:52.149 word, you are watching over it. You're being 00:12:52.149 --> 00:12:55.230 mindful as though the thing will get lost. Praise 00:12:55.230 --> 00:12:57.809 the Lord. You're not just forgetting. You're 00:12:57.809 --> 00:12:59.909 not a forgetful hearer, but you pay attention. 00:13:00.750 --> 00:13:03.509 Hallelujah. So we see this in the same thing 00:13:03.509 --> 00:13:06.070 that he tells us. Something similar, right? To 00:13:06.070 --> 00:13:09.269 watch over yourself. We see in 1 Timothy chapter 00:13:09.269 --> 00:13:16.529 4, verse 12 to 16. 1 Timothy chapter 4, verse 00:13:16.529 --> 00:13:21.269 4 to 16. It says, let no one despise your youth. 00:13:35.860 --> 00:13:57.220 4th of verse 12 to 16. Give attention to reading, 00:13:57.419 --> 00:14:01.460 to exaltation, to doctrines. Do not neglect the 00:14:01.460 --> 00:14:04.139 gift that is in you which was given to you by 00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:07.759 the prophecies with the laying on of the hands 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:11.179 of the eldership. Meditate on these things, give 00:14:11.179 --> 00:14:13.799 yourself entirely to them, that your progress 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:17.279 may be evident to all. So take heed to yourself 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:20.960 and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:23.860 doing this you will save both yourself and those 00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:26.340 who hear you. Praise the Lord. We see here that 00:14:26.340 --> 00:14:28.080 Paul is admonishing Timothy and he's telling 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:30.799 him to pay attention. He said, pay attention 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:33.299 to the doctrine, the things that you have learned. 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:36.039 Pay attention to the things that you have. Pay 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:39.620 attention to the life that you have in God. Praise 00:14:39.620 --> 00:14:46.700 the Lord. Take heed to reading. Hallelujah. And 00:14:46.700 --> 00:14:49.779 then we also saw in that place, In that verse 00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:52.120 20, the second part of it, it says, Lord, I'm 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:56.200 with you always to the end of the age. Amen. 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:59.840 So the word Lord is the word that is used to 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:09.600 see. It's a word which means see. It's a word 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:13.480 see. So in teaching the gospel, we do two things. 00:15:14.179 --> 00:15:18.379 I say first, we give an explanation. Praise the 00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:21.370 Lord. We saw it in verse 18. So the explanation 00:15:21.370 --> 00:15:24.870 is that verse 18, all power has been given to 00:15:24.870 --> 00:15:27.110 him. That's what you're explaining. Praise the 00:15:27.110 --> 00:15:30.590 Lord. So in verse 20, now say observe. He said, 00:15:30.629 --> 00:15:33.110 lo, I'm with you. So he's telling them, right? 00:15:33.529 --> 00:15:37.250 He's giving them instruction to observe. So in 00:15:37.250 --> 00:15:39.750 teaching the gospel, there is an explanation 00:15:39.750 --> 00:15:43.649 and there is an instruction. So the observe there 00:15:43.649 --> 00:15:46.389 is to, is an instruction. He's telling them observe. 00:15:47.129 --> 00:15:52.320 Praise the Lord. So he's teaching them the explanation. 00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:55.120 So what he's teaching them is the explanation 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:58.840 of all things, all power has been given to me. 00:15:59.059 --> 00:16:02.059 Praise the Lord. The explanation there is all 00:16:02.059 --> 00:16:06.639 power has been given me in heaven and on earth. 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:12.740 So all power has been given me in heaven and 00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:21.259 on earth. That is the explanation of what Jesus 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:24.059 just did. So in case you're wondering, all power 00:16:24.059 --> 00:16:25.960 has been given to me in heaven and on earth. 00:16:26.059 --> 00:16:27.879 What is he talking about? He's talking about 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:33.539 that he has died, he has risen, and he's at the 00:16:33.539 --> 00:16:36.600 right hand of the Father. Praise the Lord. So 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:39.379 it's a short form to say I have died. I have 00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:42.159 resurrected and I'm at the right hand of the 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:44.139 Father. That is the explanation of all power. 00:16:44.700 --> 00:16:48.840 Praise the Lord. That is the explanation. Praise 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:51.740 the Lord. So, it's the explanation of the gospel. 00:16:52.659 --> 00:17:08.339 Hallelujah. So, again, he says to observe and 00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:11.420 know and with you. So, he's telling them there 00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:13.119 are two things they need to pay attention to. 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:14.920 Or there are two things that they need to be 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:19.829 allotted by. One is to observe. One is to observe, 00:17:20.089 --> 00:17:22.789 to watch as though something is going to get 00:17:22.789 --> 00:17:25.450 missing. And then the other one is to look, to 00:17:25.450 --> 00:17:28.990 see. So in the Christian walk, the Christian 00:17:28.990 --> 00:17:32.730 walk is a watchful experience. It's not a careless 00:17:32.730 --> 00:17:35.970 life. Praise the Lord. You don't just live it 00:17:35.970 --> 00:17:40.829 as you please. It is a watchful experience. You 00:17:40.829 --> 00:17:45.710 say, observe. It's a law in which you see, look. 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:50.000 So the Christian walk is a watchful experience. 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:53.400 You need to pay attention to your life. You need 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:55.920 to pay attention to your walk. You need to pay 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:58.660 attention to it. Praise the Lord. He said, watch 00:17:58.660 --> 00:18:03.500 as though he's going to get lost. Watch as though 00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:06.140 he's going to get lost. Observe. Praise the Lord. 00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:11.960 So the believer who is growing has this alertness 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:15.619 in him. Praise the Lord. The believer who is 00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:20.220 growing. who is maturing, has this alertness 00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:24.099 in him to watch, to see. Praise the Lord. To 00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:26.960 watch over himself, to watch the things that 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:30.160 he hears, to watch the lifestyle around him. 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:33.420 Praise the Lord. So the key ingredient for a 00:18:33.420 --> 00:18:37.599 growing or a maturing Christian is to stay alert. 00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:40.940 Praise the Lord. He does not let anything just 00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:45.380 fly. It's to watch, it's to be mindful. Praise 00:18:45.380 --> 00:18:56.490 the Lord. is to be mindful, to stay awake. So 00:18:56.490 --> 00:18:59.029 I said the word, lo, I'm with you always, is 00:18:59.029 --> 00:19:02.450 the word to see, right? I said, I'm with you 00:19:02.450 --> 00:19:06.049 always. But by account, we know that when he 00:19:06.049 --> 00:19:08.369 said, lo, I'm with you always, even to the end 00:19:08.369 --> 00:19:11.930 of the age, he left them. Praise the Lord. He 00:19:11.930 --> 00:19:15.470 was not with them again, right? But then he said, 00:19:15.549 --> 00:19:20.710 I'm with you always. So why did he leave them? 00:19:21.849 --> 00:19:24.170 If he's just told them that I'm with you always. 00:19:26.490 --> 00:19:33.589 But he left. He goes away. So where is he with 00:19:33.589 --> 00:19:36.130 them? Praise the Lord. Because he said he's with 00:19:36.130 --> 00:19:40.890 them always. So where is he with them? So he's 00:19:40.890 --> 00:19:45.369 letting them know or he's telling them the fulfillment 00:19:45.369 --> 00:19:47.769 of the things that he has said before to them. 00:19:48.329 --> 00:19:51.450 Praise the Lord. So he's telling them the fulfillment 00:19:51.450 --> 00:19:54.150 of the things that he has said to them earlier 00:19:54.150 --> 00:19:58.609 or before. So to observe all these things, as 00:19:58.609 --> 00:20:00.829 we said, to observe the things I've commanded 00:20:00.829 --> 00:20:08.430 you in verse 20. He's saying to them that the 00:20:08.430 --> 00:20:10.569 things that I've said to you before has come 00:20:10.569 --> 00:20:16.529 to pass. Praise the Lord. To observe all the 00:20:16.529 --> 00:20:20.410 things I've commanded you. And then we see, I'm 00:20:20.410 --> 00:20:22.490 always with you. He's trying to tell them that 00:20:22.490 --> 00:20:25.210 the things I've commanded to you or the things 00:20:25.210 --> 00:20:27.769 I've said to you earlier, they have come to pass. 00:20:27.990 --> 00:20:30.210 And we're going to see that. Praise the Lord. 00:20:30.369 --> 00:20:36.190 The things have come to pass. So by seeing or 00:20:36.190 --> 00:20:40.170 by saying law and saying observe means that they 00:20:40.170 --> 00:20:42.309 are aware of the things that Christ is talking 00:20:42.309 --> 00:20:45.289 about. Praise the Lord. So when he says to them, 00:20:45.309 --> 00:20:48.049 observe, and he says, look. I'm with you always. 00:20:48.410 --> 00:20:50.970 They know what he's talking about. They are not 00:20:50.970 --> 00:20:53.869 confused about what he's talking about. Praise 00:20:53.869 --> 00:20:55.890 the Lord. They are very aware of the things that 00:20:55.890 --> 00:20:59.029 he's saying. But let's also be aware of ourselves. 00:20:59.170 --> 00:21:13.410 Praise the Lord. John chapter 14. John chapter 00:21:13.410 --> 00:21:20.410 14. From verse 1 to 3. He said, Let not your 00:21:20.410 --> 00:21:23.630 heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe 00:21:23.630 --> 00:21:27.390 also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions. 00:21:27.509 --> 00:21:32.470 If it were not so, I would have told you. I go 00:21:32.470 --> 00:21:36.069 to prepare a place for you. Verse 3. If I go 00:21:36.069 --> 00:21:38.230 and prepare a place for you, I will come again 00:21:38.230 --> 00:21:42.329 and receive you to myself. That where I am, there 00:21:42.329 --> 00:21:48.000 you will be also. Praise the Lord. That where 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:51.579 I am, there you will be also. And we'll be doing 00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:55.940 this teaching several times about in my father's 00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:58.359 house are many mansions. So I believe that some 00:21:58.359 --> 00:22:01.640 of us know this, but I will try to also help 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:04.839 those who don't know this. So in my father's 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:08.740 house, right, that word house is more like a 00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:12.000 word of like household, right? It's a word okia, 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:16.950 all right, which means a dwelling place. Praise 00:22:16.950 --> 00:22:19.890 the Lord. It's the root word for like somebody 00:22:19.890 --> 00:22:25.329 dwelling with his family. Hallelujah. In my father's 00:22:25.329 --> 00:22:28.309 house is the word okia, right? The word household. 00:22:28.589 --> 00:22:32.569 It's the word household in the root word. It's 00:22:32.569 --> 00:22:35.670 where somebody stays with his family. And he 00:22:35.670 --> 00:22:38.089 says, in my father's house are many mansions. 00:22:39.390 --> 00:22:42.309 So the word mansion are the word meneo, which 00:22:42.309 --> 00:22:46.269 means, right, a place. or where you stay, or 00:22:46.269 --> 00:22:50.529 a space. Praise the Lord. He said, I go to prepare 00:22:50.529 --> 00:22:54.670 a place for you. If you were not so, I would 00:22:54.670 --> 00:22:58.150 have told you, I go to prepare a place for you. 00:22:59.809 --> 00:23:02.630 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I'll 00:23:02.630 --> 00:23:05.410 come again and receive you to myself. Now, where 00:23:05.410 --> 00:23:09.609 I am, you will be also. I go to prepare a place 00:23:09.609 --> 00:23:13.250 for you, right? It's different from saying, Let 00:23:13.250 --> 00:23:15.930 us create a place because the children are running 00:23:15.930 --> 00:23:19.289 around or the instrumentalists do not have a 00:23:19.289 --> 00:23:21.829 room or do not have a space for their instrument. 00:23:22.170 --> 00:23:25.630 So let's create somewhere. Let's create somewhere 00:23:25.630 --> 00:23:28.509 for them. And then we build something outside 00:23:28.509 --> 00:23:30.650 or maybe there's a storage outside and we build 00:23:30.650 --> 00:23:33.650 something there. It's different from that. It 00:23:33.650 --> 00:23:36.750 means that you added to the building. Praise 00:23:36.750 --> 00:23:42.539 the Lord. It's different from that. I go to prepare 00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:47.819 a place for you is meaning that it's more like 00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:52.220 I am making room for you. Praise the Lord. It's 00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:56.660 like I'm making room for you. I go to prepare 00:23:56.660 --> 00:24:05.619 a place is I go to prepare a room for you. That 00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:09.549 is, I'm adding you to a family. So if I make 00:24:09.549 --> 00:24:11.410 a room for you, I'm adding you to something. 00:24:11.829 --> 00:24:14.509 Praise the Lord. So if I prepare a room for you 00:24:14.509 --> 00:24:16.890 here, it means that I am adding you to this family. 00:24:17.329 --> 00:24:20.029 Remember what we said earlier, that the word 00:24:20.029 --> 00:24:23.210 in my father's house is saying, it means that 00:24:23.210 --> 00:24:27.410 he is more like a place, a person living with 00:24:27.410 --> 00:24:30.789 a family. So I'm adding you to this family. Praise 00:24:30.789 --> 00:24:33.750 the Lord. I'm adding you to this family. So he's 00:24:33.750 --> 00:24:36.930 an inclusion of men. He's not an inclusion of... 00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:40.079 more spaces outside the building. It's an inclusion 00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:44.400 of men. Praise the Lord. It is an inclusion of 00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:51.019 men. It means that people are added to the dwellers 00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:55.859 of that place. Praise the Lord. It's not a building. 00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:59.339 It's not more building for people. Praise the 00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:02.299 Lord. It's that people are added to a place. 00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:07.549 It's an inclusion of men. Verse 3. The second 00:25:07.549 --> 00:25:14.769 part of it says, that where I am, you will be 00:25:14.769 --> 00:25:19.410 also. That where I am, you will be also. So this 00:25:19.410 --> 00:25:22.509 is a very strong word that is used. Where I am, 00:25:22.509 --> 00:25:25.309 you will be also, right? It's not talking about 00:25:25.309 --> 00:25:28.549 like the way we are now in this place. I say, 00:25:28.609 --> 00:25:32.569 where I am, you will be also. Saying that as 00:25:32.569 --> 00:25:36.250 the way Tito is there, he's also here with me. 00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:39.680 He's not the same. That's not what he's saying. 00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:41.740 Where I am, you will be also. He's not saying 00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:46.299 that you will be around me. Hallelujah. He's 00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:49.700 not saying that you would be around me. He's 00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:51.720 not saying that you will be in the presence of 00:25:51.720 --> 00:26:07.769 me. Praise the Lord. So, For example, Femi is 00:26:07.769 --> 00:26:20.930 here now, right? Is Femi where I am? Okay. In 00:26:20.930 --> 00:26:23.809 English, it means that he's where I am. Praise 00:26:23.809 --> 00:26:26.869 the Lord. But for him to be where I am, he has 00:26:26.869 --> 00:26:32.240 to be here. At where I am. Praise the Lord. So 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:35.059 this is a very strong word that is used. It means 00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:38.279 that you are there where Christ is. It means 00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:41.940 that you are in him. Praise the Lord. That where 00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:44.839 I am you will be also is saying that you are 00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:47.519 here with him. You are in the inside of him. 00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:49.960 That is that the same place he's standing is 00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:53.079 where you are standing. Praise the Lord. The 00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:55.779 same place he's standing is where you're standing. 00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:59.710 It's a union of places. Like he's no longer far 00:26:59.710 --> 00:27:02.289 away from me but in the inside of me. So he stands 00:27:02.289 --> 00:27:07.990 where I stand. Hallelujah. So that means that 00:27:07.990 --> 00:27:12.029 you are in him and he is in you. That where I 00:27:12.029 --> 00:27:15.049 am you will be also means that he is in you and 00:27:15.049 --> 00:27:18.730 you are in him. Praise the Lord. So he goes further 00:27:18.730 --> 00:27:23.630 to explain this again in verse 10. He says, do 00:27:23.630 --> 00:27:26.549 you not believe that I am in the Father and the 00:27:26.549 --> 00:27:33.130 Father is in me? And the Father is in me. The 00:27:33.130 --> 00:27:35.730 word that I speak to you, I do not speak of my 00:27:35.730 --> 00:27:38.289 own authority, but the Father who dwells in me 00:27:38.289 --> 00:27:43.150 does the work. Praise the Lord. So he says in 00:27:43.150 --> 00:27:45.509 verse 9, he said, If you see me, you have seen 00:27:45.509 --> 00:27:48.569 the Father. And Jesus said to him, I have been 00:27:48.569 --> 00:27:50.529 with you so long, and yet you have not known 00:27:50.529 --> 00:27:55.170 me. And Philip said to him, Philip, you have 00:27:55.170 --> 00:27:58.369 not known me, Philip. He who has seen me has 00:27:58.369 --> 00:28:01.130 seen the Father. So how can you say, show me? 00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:04.599 Show us the Father. Praise the Lord. So, he said, 00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:07.720 if you see me, you have seen the Father. In verse 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:14.420 9. Right? So, where is he? Where is Jesus? Hmm? 00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:22.720 Where is Jesus? Where is he? No, according to 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:24.640 where we are reading right now. In verse 10 and 00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:29.579 verse 9. Right? Where is Jesus? Right? And where 00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:33.299 is the Father? Praise the Lord. So he's saying 00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:36.079 that he's in the Father and the Father is in 00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:39.599 him. Praise the Lord. So we also see that again 00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:44.480 in the verse 3 part. He says that where I am, 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:47.119 there you would be also. Praise the Lord. So 00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:49.880 where is Jesus? He's in the Father and the Father 00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:56.900 is in him. So where are we? Hallelujah. Do you 00:28:56.900 --> 00:29:06.410 understand that? Okay. Verse 16. It said, And 00:29:06.410 --> 00:29:08.430 I will pray the Father, and he will give you 00:29:08.430 --> 00:29:12.710 another helper, that he may abide with you forever. 00:29:13.630 --> 00:29:19.470 Praise the Lord. The word I will pray the Father, 00:29:19.569 --> 00:29:22.170 or I will pray the Father, is the word, which 00:29:22.170 --> 00:29:30.789 is E -R -O -T -A -O. Praise the Lord. Right? 00:29:30.869 --> 00:29:35.269 I will pray the Father. Right? It's a very strong 00:29:35.269 --> 00:29:40.569 word as well. It's used. The prayer there is 00:29:40.569 --> 00:29:44.230 not like begging. I will beg the Father. Praise 00:29:44.230 --> 00:29:46.730 the Lord. That he will give you another comforter. 00:29:46.829 --> 00:29:51.210 It's a word that is a demand. He said, I will 00:29:51.210 --> 00:29:53.930 make a demand. It's a word for I pray that we 00:29:53.930 --> 00:29:56.990 see there is I will make a demand. Praise the 00:29:56.990 --> 00:30:00.059 Lord. I will make a demand. It's not for begging. 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:03.019 It's not like, please do this for me. Praise 00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:07.480 the Lord. I would make a demand to make a legitimate 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:11.160 request because of what you have done. Praise 00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:13.759 the Lord. It's a word to make a legitimate request 00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:17.220 for what you have done or the work that you have 00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:20.039 fulfilled. Praise the Lord. It's like completing 00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:22.859 a project. You have a building project and you 00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:25.460 completed it and maybe you are in Nigeria. And 00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:27.059 you know, sometimes government projects, they 00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:28.900 don't give you money. You have to do it first 00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:30.279 and then they will give you money. Praise the 00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:32.480 Lord. So when you go to demand your pay, you're 00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:35.079 not going to beg. You have done the work. Praise 00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:37.299 the Lord. So that's the word there, I pray the 00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:40.339 Father. It's a word that is demanding something 00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:43.359 because of what I have done. Praise the Lord. 00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:49.019 So when he says, I will pray the Father, and 00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:53.140 he will give you another helper that he may abide 00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:58.480 with you forever. Right? He's that, I will pray 00:30:58.480 --> 00:31:01.000 the father. And the reason why he can pray the 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:03.740 father is because he's going to die and he's 00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:05.539 going to be buried and he's going to be resurrected. 00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:08.339 And because of that, he will pray the father. 00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:11.400 He will make a demand for you. Praise the Lord. 00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:14.180 Because of what he has done. And the things he 00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:17.319 has done is that he died, he was buried and he 00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:20.970 resurrected. Praise the Lord. So there is a legitimate 00:31:20.970 --> 00:31:23.230 thing that is being done here. There is a legitimate 00:31:23.230 --> 00:31:27.869 request that is being asked for from here. Praise 00:31:27.869 --> 00:31:30.650 the Lord. So I will pray the Father and what 00:31:30.650 --> 00:31:33.210 we'll see in verse 2, that I go to prepare a 00:31:33.210 --> 00:31:35.950 place for you. And if I go and prepare a place 00:31:35.950 --> 00:31:38.109 for you, I will come again and receive you to 00:31:38.109 --> 00:31:41.650 myself. That where I am, you will be also. They 00:31:41.650 --> 00:31:44.250 are the same thing. Praise the Lord. They are 00:31:44.250 --> 00:31:47.869 synonyms or they are the same thing. I will pray 00:31:47.869 --> 00:31:50.289 the Father. That he will give you another comforter. 00:31:50.750 --> 00:31:56.089 Right? And what we saw in verse 2 that talks 00:31:56.089 --> 00:31:58.410 about, I go to prepare a place for you. He's 00:31:58.410 --> 00:32:00.769 talking about the same thing. Praise the Lord. 00:32:01.089 --> 00:32:04.910 He's talking about the same thing. In verse 9 00:32:04.910 --> 00:32:08.390 says, as we saw, he said, if you see me, you 00:32:08.390 --> 00:32:10.789 have seen the Father. I am in the Father and 00:32:10.789 --> 00:32:14.089 the Father is in me. Right? I dwell in the Father 00:32:14.089 --> 00:32:16.990 and the Father dwells in me. Praise the Lord. 00:32:17.609 --> 00:32:46.839 So let's read from verse 12 to 17 now. Keep my 00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:50.480 commandment. And I will pray the Father, and 00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:53.000 he will give you another helper, that he may 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:56.700 abide with you forever. The Spirit of truth, 00:32:56.900 --> 00:33:00.339 whom the world cannot receive, because it neither 00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:03.619 sees him nor know him. But you have known him, 00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:09.160 for he dwells with you and will be in you. Praise 00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:16.019 the Lord. The he there, as we know, is talking 00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:19.160 about the father, right? So he said, you will 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:21.700 know the father because he dwells in the inside 00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:24.579 of you, verse 17. You will know the father because 00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:30.019 he dwells in the inside of you. So what we saw 00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:35.619 from verse 2 to 3 tells us that in my father's 00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:37.960 house are many mansions. If it were not so, I 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:40.579 would have told you, I go to prepare a place 00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:42.900 for you. And if I go and prepare a place for 00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:44.940 you, I will come again and receive you to myself. 00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:52.400 That where I am, there you would be also. What 00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:55.599 would Jesus do? He says that he's going to go 00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:57.880 and he's going to come back. He says, I go to 00:33:57.880 --> 00:34:00.099 prepare a place for you and I will come again 00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:07.460 and receive you to myself. Right? So how is he 00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:09.719 going to do that? How is he going to go and come 00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:11.699 back? How is he going to do that? We see that 00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:16.260 in verse 10. He said, if you believe in me, right? 00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:19.500 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and 00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:21.719 the Father is in me? The words that I speak to 00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:24.019 you, I do not speak of my own authority, but 00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:27.800 the Father who dwells in me does this work. Praise 00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:32.260 the Lord. So the Father that dwells in him will 00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:36.340 dwell in us. Praise the Lord. The Father that 00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:42.400 dwells in him will dwell in us. Praise the Lord. 00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:59.219 Hallelujah. Same verse this thing. He says, and 00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:01.559 I will pray the Father and he will give you another 00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:05.920 helper that he may abide with you forever. Right? 00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:08.820 Other scriptures will say another comforter. 00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:13.639 So the word another, Or the word another helper 00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:18.780 is the word alios parakletos. Praise the Lord. 00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:26.460 Alios parakletos. A -double -L -O -S is alios. 00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:35.119 And parakletos is P -A -R -A -K -L -E -T -O -S. 00:35:37.929 --> 00:35:41.150 Arius Paracletus. This Arius is a word for another. 00:35:43.369 --> 00:35:45.550 It's the same word as well. It has another word 00:35:45.550 --> 00:35:49.969 called Heteros. Right? It's the word H -E -T 00:35:49.969 --> 00:35:55.090 -R -O -S. Heteros. It means another. Praise the 00:35:55.090 --> 00:35:59.849 Lord. So, let me try to explain this. So, example, 00:36:00.130 --> 00:36:06.269 as a church, we came here with the bus. Right? 00:36:06.710 --> 00:36:10.369 We came here with a bus. And let's say they were 00:36:10.369 --> 00:36:13.349 supposed to come back and pick us back to our 00:36:13.349 --> 00:36:16.610 various destination. And then the bus came. He 00:36:16.610 --> 00:36:18.909 brought the bus. And then we found that the bus 00:36:18.909 --> 00:36:22.610 is faulty. Or the bus is not going. And then 00:36:22.610 --> 00:36:28.909 I say, give us another bus. Because the one you 00:36:28.909 --> 00:36:31.829 brought is not working. Give us another bus. 00:36:32.110 --> 00:36:34.650 And then you brought another bus. But this other 00:36:34.650 --> 00:36:38.710 bus you brought. He's a Mercedes bus. Praise 00:36:38.710 --> 00:36:40.429 the Lord. Maybe the previous one you bought was 00:36:40.429 --> 00:36:43.829 a Toyota. But then you brought a Mercedes bus. 00:36:45.409 --> 00:36:51.030 Praise the Lord. So, you gave us another bus, 00:36:51.250 --> 00:36:55.849 but it's a different kind of bus because it's 00:36:55.849 --> 00:36:59.110 a Mercedes. Praise the Lord. It is a different 00:36:59.110 --> 00:37:02.530 kind of bus. So this is another, but it's not 00:37:02.530 --> 00:37:05.920 the same. Praise the Lord. But in this place, 00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:08.579 right, we also see when Jesus was talking about 00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:11.280 this word, another, when he used it in Acts chapter 00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:18.280 2, verse 4. Speaking in tongues. Acts chapter 00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:25.599 2, verse 4. And they were filled with the Holy 00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:28.260 Spirit and began to speak with other tongues 00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:31.579 as the Spirit gave them utterance. So this word, 00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:37.079 another, sorry. Another tongue is talking about 00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:40.380 another kind of speaking. A different kind of 00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:44.900 speaking. Another type of speaking. Praise the 00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:48.519 Lord. But here, when we said, alios parakletis, 00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:52.800 he's talking about the same. Praise the Lord. 00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:56.920 He's talking about the same. Because what have 00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:59.219 we been talking about? What has the discussion 00:37:59.219 --> 00:38:03.519 been? The discussion has been that God... is 00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:07.659 in him and him in God. Praise the Lord. We've 00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:09.980 been asking, where is Jesus? He's in God. God 00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:13.460 is in him. Praise the Lord. So he's talking about 00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:17.500 the same. Right? This another is not different. 00:38:17.739 --> 00:38:22.360 He's the same. Praise the Lord. So Elias Paracletus 00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:29.119 is talking about the same. Praise the Lord. So 00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:31.480 he's saying that the way the Father dwells in 00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:34.239 me, is the same way he's going to dwell in you. 00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:36.980 Praise the Lord. So that's what he's saying, 00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:39.699 that the same way the Father dwells in me is 00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:41.619 the same way he's going to dwell in you. That 00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:45.920 is alios parakletos. The way the Father dwells 00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:48.860 in me, he also will dwell in the inside of you. 00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:52.940 The same way the Father dwells in me, he will 00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:55.579 dwell in you. The same way that I dwell in the 00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:59.039 Father, I will also dwell in you. Praise the 00:38:59.039 --> 00:39:02.739 Lord. And said he would abide with you forever. 00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:09.039 He would abide with you forever. Does that not 00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:13.800 look like verse 2 as well? Verse 2, the B part 00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:19.239 of it said, that, sorry. Okay, verse 3, the B 00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:22.099 part of it tells you what? He says that where 00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:25.079 I am, you would be also. Praise the Lord. He 00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:43.550 said that he may dwell with you forever. So in 00:39:43.550 --> 00:39:49.329 verse 18 now says, verse 18, he said, I will 00:39:49.329 --> 00:39:55.110 not leave you orphans. I would come to you. Praise 00:39:55.110 --> 00:39:58.849 the Lord. I will come to you. So, but he has 00:39:58.849 --> 00:40:00.750 been saying that where I am, you would be also. 00:40:00.889 --> 00:40:07.530 So I will come to you. It's not a rapture, right? 00:40:07.610 --> 00:40:09.869 It's that I will come in the inside of you. That 00:40:09.869 --> 00:40:11.750 where I am, you will be also. That's what he's 00:40:11.750 --> 00:40:14.150 saying. That I will come to you is where I am, 00:40:14.150 --> 00:40:17.949 you will be also. Praise the Lord. So Jesus is 00:40:17.949 --> 00:40:23.510 talking about indwelling. Praise the Lord. Jesus 00:40:23.510 --> 00:40:29.329 is talking about indwelling. Indwelling. Indwelling. 00:40:29.429 --> 00:40:41.150 Matthew chapter 28. Matthew chapter 28. Matthew 00:40:41.150 --> 00:40:52.409 chapter 28, verse 20. And it says, teaching them 00:40:52.409 --> 00:40:54.289 to observe all the things that I've commanded 00:40:54.289 --> 00:40:57.210 you and lo, I'm with you even to the end of the 00:40:57.210 --> 00:41:01.309 age. Right? To observe. What are they to observe? 00:41:03.610 --> 00:41:07.230 They are to observe that he has come to them. 00:41:07.969 --> 00:41:11.679 Praise the Lord. They are to observe that he 00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:14.679 has come to them. We are to observe that God 00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:18.619 has come to us. Praise the Lord. We are to observe 00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:21.900 that there is an indwelling. Praise the Lord. 00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:25.940 We are to observe that he is in us. We are to 00:41:25.940 --> 00:41:28.179 observe that he is in us. We need to pay attention 00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:33.400 that the Father is in us. Praise the Lord. We 00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:37.300 need to pay attention that the Father is in us. 00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:42.239 So when he said, Lord, I'm with you always, he's 00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:44.739 saying that I will come, to say that I will come 00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:47.519 to you, right, does not mean something else. 00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:51.960 He's talking about that I will come in you. Praise 00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:57.400 the Lord. That I will come in the inside of you. 00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:13.780 Verse 12 of John 14. More assuredly, I say to 00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:16.059 you, he who believes in me, the work that I do, 00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:19.699 will he do also. Greater works than these he 00:42:19.699 --> 00:42:22.719 will do. Because I go to the Father. Praise the 00:42:22.719 --> 00:42:25.480 Lord. So what work is this person going to do? 00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:32.780 Right? What is Jesus leading us to do? What is 00:42:32.780 --> 00:42:34.940 the work that Jesus is leading us to do? What 00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:38.800 greater works are you doing? In verse 20 of Matthew 00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:41.079 28, it tells us that he will teach them. They 00:42:41.079 --> 00:42:44.619 say, go and teach them to observe. Praise the 00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:47.480 Lord. So the leading of Christ or the leading 00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:50.760 of Jesus in our lives is to go and preach the 00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:54.079 gospel. Praise the Lord. It's to go and preach 00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:59.940 and teach the gospel. It's to go and preach and 00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:03.980 teach the gospel. Matthew chapter 10, verse 1. 00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:14.760 And when he had called the twelve disciples to 00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:17.360 him, he gave them power of an unclean spirit 00:43:17.360 --> 00:43:20.179 to cast them out and to heal all kind of sickness 00:43:20.179 --> 00:43:24.320 and all kind of disease. Praise the Lord. But 00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:30.599 then, before then, he was talking about that 00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:35.010 the harvest is... is plenteous, but the laborers 00:43:35.010 --> 00:43:46.170 are few. Chapter 9, verse 37 to 38. So Jesus 00:43:46.170 --> 00:43:48.409 has called them and he says to them, go and teach. 00:43:48.690 --> 00:43:52.230 But then he says in chapter 9, verse 37, then 00:43:52.230 --> 00:43:54.989 he said to his disciples, the harvest is truly, 00:43:55.170 --> 00:43:58.409 truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few. 00:43:59.309 --> 00:44:02.679 Therefore pray. the Lord of the harvest, to send 00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:05.420 out laborers into his harvest. Praise the Lord. 00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:07.380 But then we see in the next chapter, what did 00:44:07.380 --> 00:44:15.079 he do? 10 verse 1. Then he called his 12 disciples 00:44:15.079 --> 00:44:17.500 and gave them power over unclean spirits to cast 00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:22.659 them out and to heal all kind of sicknesses and 00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:25.269 all kind of disease. Praise the Lord. So he has 00:44:25.269 --> 00:44:27.489 called them, he said to them that the laborers 00:44:27.489 --> 00:44:29.710 are few. They should pray the Lord of the harvest 00:44:29.710 --> 00:44:31.889 to send them, but he's sending them. Praise the 00:44:31.889 --> 00:44:35.429 Lord. So he tells them that the laborers are 00:44:35.429 --> 00:44:39.110 few, but he sent them. Praise the Lord. So when 00:44:39.110 --> 00:44:42.630 he says that the Lord of the harvest, what he 00:44:42.630 --> 00:44:44.829 said the Lord of the harvest would do, he did. 00:44:45.650 --> 00:44:48.329 Praise the Lord. He said he should pray for what? 00:44:48.570 --> 00:44:50.989 Laborers. And then he sent out the laborers. 00:44:51.349 --> 00:44:54.760 Praise the Lord. So he leads us to preach the 00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:57.920 gospel. Praise the Lord. So don't be concerned 00:44:57.920 --> 00:45:01.239 about how many are you. Praise the Lord. There 00:45:01.239 --> 00:45:03.800 is a leading already for you to go and preach 00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:06.820 the gospel. Praise the Lord. He said he leads 00:45:06.820 --> 00:45:10.280 and sent. Praise the Lord. What kind of leading 00:45:10.280 --> 00:45:13.480 again does Jesus lead us to? He leads us to give. 00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:18.800 Praise the Lord. He leads us to give. He leads 00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:22.829 us to forgive. Luke chapter 17, verse 1 to 10. 00:45:22.989 --> 00:45:27.949 He leaves us to forgive. To give to those in 00:45:27.949 --> 00:45:31.849 need. Praise the Lord. To give to those in need. 00:45:34.530 --> 00:45:36.929 So when was the last time you listened to God 00:45:36.929 --> 00:45:39.389 tell you, go and preach. Go and preach to somebody 00:45:39.389 --> 00:45:42.349 and you did it. Not about talking about church 00:45:42.349 --> 00:45:45.809 service or fellowship or they gave you the... 00:45:46.010 --> 00:45:48.269 you know, assign you to something, to go and 00:45:48.269 --> 00:45:49.989 preach. When last did you hear that leading? 00:45:50.769 --> 00:45:53.710 When last did you hear God tell you that somebody 00:45:53.710 --> 00:45:56.849 is in need, that you need to help, or you had 00:45:56.849 --> 00:45:58.630 a conversation, you were passing, and somebody 00:45:58.630 --> 00:46:00.829 is talking to a friend and talking about how 00:46:00.829 --> 00:46:03.469 they are suffering, and you overheard it, and 00:46:03.469 --> 00:46:05.329 the Spirit prompts you to do something, and then 00:46:05.329 --> 00:46:08.190 you say, ah, there you go, no consigning, because 00:46:08.190 --> 00:46:11.789 you don't know them. Praise the Lord. When last 00:46:11.789 --> 00:46:16.849 did you obey that voice to help? What did you 00:46:16.849 --> 00:46:20.130 do when you had to help somebody? He leads us 00:46:20.130 --> 00:46:24.550 to forgive. He leads us to heal the sick. We're 00:46:24.550 --> 00:46:29.630 going to look into this more broadly on Wednesday. 00:46:30.050 --> 00:46:35.309 He leads us to pray. Not prayer cruise. Praise 00:46:35.309 --> 00:46:38.289 the Lord. Or prayer chains that we have. When 00:46:38.289 --> 00:46:40.670 we have prayer cruise, he leads us to pray. We 00:46:40.670 --> 00:46:43.829 came to pray for the whole day. When did you 00:46:43.829 --> 00:46:48.239 pray? Do you hear the leading to go and pray? 00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:52.300 The Spirit leads us to pray, to make intercessions. 00:46:53.139 --> 00:46:58.559 Praise the Lord. I remember one experience that 00:46:58.559 --> 00:47:01.880 I really recall. One day I just woke up in the 00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:05.019 night, middle of the night, and I was just hearing, 00:47:05.159 --> 00:47:07.659 just pray. I don't know what I was praying for. 00:47:07.940 --> 00:47:11.000 I don't know who it's for. I think I slept as 00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:13.199 I was praying. Praise the Lord. But then I woke 00:47:13.199 --> 00:47:16.610 up the next day and heard that, They arrested 00:47:16.610 --> 00:47:20.909 one of my brothers. Praise the Lord. But they 00:47:20.909 --> 00:47:26.750 let them go. Praise the Lord. When last did you 00:47:26.750 --> 00:47:30.289 hear the prompting of God? So God gives us word 00:47:30.289 --> 00:47:34.630 and promptings. If somebody comes into your mind, 00:47:34.670 --> 00:47:37.090 this person's thoughts just came to your mind. 00:47:37.690 --> 00:47:40.869 Not because you are thinking about them. Not 00:47:40.869 --> 00:47:43.170 because... You saw them somewhere. You just know 00:47:43.170 --> 00:47:45.250 that there is prompting, there is thought in 00:47:45.250 --> 00:47:49.889 your heart. Do you go and say, ah, or maybe it's 00:47:49.889 --> 00:47:51.090 a sister that is coming to your mind. Instead 00:47:51.090 --> 00:47:52.710 of you to go and pray, you now say, let me go 00:47:52.710 --> 00:47:54.409 and propose. Maybe the Lord is saying something. 00:47:55.190 --> 00:47:59.489 Praise the Lord. So he gives us promptings. He 00:47:59.489 --> 00:48:02.670 gives us word. He makes people come to our minds. 00:48:02.690 --> 00:48:05.349 Not because, okay, what am I thinking about this 00:48:05.349 --> 00:48:07.929 person? He's telling you to pray. Praise the 00:48:07.929 --> 00:48:09.929 Lord. Or to speak to that person, to find out 00:48:09.929 --> 00:48:13.630 what is going on in their lives. He leads us 00:48:13.630 --> 00:48:19.070 to suffer for his sake. Praise the Lord. Not 00:48:19.070 --> 00:48:23.829 all leading are comfortable. It's only when the 00:48:23.829 --> 00:48:25.750 Lord has led me, there's always good leading. 00:48:25.889 --> 00:48:27.849 Praise the Lord. There are leadings that are 00:48:27.849 --> 00:48:32.670 not comfortable for you. Hallelujah. He leads 00:48:32.670 --> 00:48:35.610 us to deny ourselves, to reset our priorities. 00:48:36.489 --> 00:48:40.829 to read the Word. So if the Father is glorified 00:48:40.829 --> 00:48:42.909 in the teachings or in the suffering of Jesus, 00:48:43.190 --> 00:48:46.750 be sure that He's also glorified in the suffering 00:48:46.750 --> 00:48:49.110 that you're suffering for His sake. He does not 00:48:49.110 --> 00:48:51.949 lead us to worry. He does not lead us to fear 00:48:51.949 --> 00:48:56.769 or doubt. He leads us for His sake, not for our 00:48:56.769 --> 00:49:00.010 sake. Praise the Lord. We're going to look at 00:49:00.010 --> 00:49:04.389 this more, more. So in the midst of every leading 00:49:04.389 --> 00:49:08.019 of the Spirit, you would find the glory of Christ. 00:49:08.820 --> 00:49:11.380 Praise the Lord. In the midst of every leading, 00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:14.500 you will find the glory of Christ. You cannot 00:49:14.500 --> 00:49:17.340 separate the leading of the Spirit from the passing 00:49:17.340 --> 00:49:21.119 of Christ. The end point of every leading of 00:49:21.119 --> 00:49:23.539 the Spirit is the glory of Christ. That is how 00:49:23.539 --> 00:49:26.800 you know it is a leading from Him. Praise the 00:49:26.800 --> 00:49:30.360 Lord. That is how you know that it is a leading 00:49:30.360 --> 00:49:34.000 from Him. Praise the Lord. Let's just close our 00:49:34.000 --> 00:49:39.530 eyes and just thank God. We appreciate you being 00:49:39.530 --> 00:49:42.210 here today. We hope you carry this word with 00:49:42.210 --> 00:49:45.210 you throughout your week. Don't forget to check 00:49:45.210 --> 00:49:47.849 the show notes for additional insights. Stay 00:49:47.849 --> 00:49:50.449 connected with us through our website or follow 00:49:50.449 --> 00:49:54.269 us on social media. 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