WEBVTT 00:00:01.379 --> 00:00:06.639 Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:09.660 designed to uplift and strengthen you in your 00:00:09.660 --> 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 --> 00:00:24.800 right in. In the mighty name of Jesus, I want 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.480 us to pray just whilst we're preparing and setting 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:29.100 our minds. I want us to pray this one prayer. 00:00:29.530 --> 00:00:32.670 that our faith is anchored on the word. Our faith 00:00:32.670 --> 00:00:34.890 is not anchored on externals. Pray for yourself 00:00:34.890 --> 00:00:39.149 and say, my faith is anchored on the word and 00:00:39.149 --> 00:00:41.149 not on the things that's happening around me. 00:00:41.289 --> 00:00:45.289 My faith is anchored on the word of God, on the 00:00:45.289 --> 00:00:49.789 truths of God. My faith is anchored in God and 00:00:49.789 --> 00:00:53.750 not in the externals and not on the externals 00:00:53.750 --> 00:00:57.469 and not on the externals. and not on the externals. 00:00:57.469 --> 00:01:01.009 The faith of everyone in this place is anchored 00:01:01.009 --> 00:01:04.569 on the word of God. The faith of everyone in 00:01:04.569 --> 00:01:08.430 this place is anchored on the truth, on the truth, 00:01:08.549 --> 00:01:14.069 on the truth, on the eternal truth of God, not 00:01:14.069 --> 00:01:17.650 on the externals, not on the externals, not on 00:01:17.650 --> 00:01:20.450 what happens on the news, not on what happens 00:01:20.450 --> 00:01:24.769 around me, not on my feeling, not on how I feel. 00:01:27.709 --> 00:01:30.689 I want you to open your mouth and pray this prayer 00:01:30.689 --> 00:01:35.090 for yourself and say, my faith is anchored on 00:01:35.090 --> 00:01:39.969 the word of God. My faith is anchored on the 00:01:39.969 --> 00:01:42.530 truth, on the truth that I find in scripture. 00:01:42.829 --> 00:01:46.890 My faith is anchored and empowered by the spirit 00:01:46.890 --> 00:01:50.650 of God to do. I do the things that the word of 00:01:50.650 --> 00:01:53.370 God instructs me to do. I don't do the things 00:01:53.370 --> 00:01:56.170 that I feel to do. I don't do the things that 00:01:56.170 --> 00:02:00.129 appeals to me, but I do the things that the word 00:02:00.129 --> 00:02:03.909 instructs me to do. My faith is anchored on the 00:02:03.909 --> 00:02:06.670 word in the name of Jesus. My faith is anchored 00:02:06.670 --> 00:02:19.009 on the word in the name of Jesus. In the mighty 00:02:19.009 --> 00:02:23.060 name of Jesus. In the mighty name of Jesus. We 00:02:23.060 --> 00:02:26.520 don't know how important this is until we look 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:29.500 around us. When we look around us, there are 00:02:29.500 --> 00:02:31.939 a lot of things that are happening that can cause 00:02:31.939 --> 00:02:36.319 you to waver, that can cause you to waver in 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:39.180 your faith. But once your faith is anchored on 00:02:39.180 --> 00:02:41.139 the Word, regardless of whatever it is that's 00:02:41.139 --> 00:02:43.860 happening, it is true. It stands true. It doesn't 00:02:43.860 --> 00:02:46.580 shake. Praise God. It doesn't shake. And that's 00:02:46.580 --> 00:02:48.939 why every now and then we come to the Word of 00:02:48.939 --> 00:02:51.419 God. Every now and then we come to the word of 00:02:51.419 --> 00:02:53.599 God because that's where we draw strength. That's 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:55.699 where we draw encouragement from. On Sunday, 00:02:55.800 --> 00:03:00.840 before we started, I brought attention to the 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:04.180 situation in the church in Thessalonica. Apostle 00:03:04.180 --> 00:03:07.159 Paul is writing to them in three. Notice that 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:09.120 they were going through the persecutions they 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:10.800 were going through, right? They were going through 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:12.860 the persecution and they were standing strong 00:03:12.860 --> 00:03:15.120 because of the things. And in five, I will read 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:18.360 it to us again. 2 Thessalonians 3 verse 5. It 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:22.800 says, May the Lord lead your heart into a full 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:25.560 understanding and expression of the love of God 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:28.860 and the patient endurance that comes from Christ. 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:31.479 He prays this prayer in verse 3. He says, The 00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:34.460 Lord is faithful. The Lord is faithful. And the 00:03:34.460 --> 00:03:37.039 truth is that God is faithful regardless of what 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:39.599 exactly it is that's happened. The Lord is faithful. 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:42.120 He remains faithful. He's forever faithful. He 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:46.639 says, He will strengthen you. He will strengthen 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:50.520 you and guide you from the evil one. He said 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:53.080 he will strengthen you and guide you from the 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:55.900 evil one. He says we are confident, as Paul is 00:03:55.900 --> 00:03:59.659 speaking, we're confident in the Lord that you 00:03:59.659 --> 00:04:03.039 are doing and will continue to do the things 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:05.639 we commanded you. Regardless of what is happening, 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:09.039 your faith keeps you going in the things that 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:11.759 he has instructed you to do. Praise God. In the 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:13.419 things they instructed you to do. And that's 00:04:13.419 --> 00:04:15.860 why when we are teaching and we're encouraging, 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:19.339 the disciples set that example. The different 00:04:19.339 --> 00:04:20.579 things they were going through. We saw it in 00:04:20.579 --> 00:04:23.420 Acts 4. They were persecuted. They flogged them. 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:26.019 When Pastor Fred was teaching us, they flogged 00:04:26.019 --> 00:04:29.660 grown men. They flogged grown men. And after 00:04:29.660 --> 00:04:31.600 the flogging, they went on doing what they were 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:34.300 instructed not to do because their faith is anchored 00:04:34.300 --> 00:04:36.800 on the truth. And some of us have not even experienced. 00:04:36.939 --> 00:04:39.740 Nobody has flogged. Okay. Some people. Everybody. 00:04:40.620 --> 00:04:43.240 You have not been flogged for the gospel. Some 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:44.879 of us, there's a spanking that we received from 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:47.420 my parents and all of that. But know that you 00:04:47.420 --> 00:04:49.120 have not been flogged, you have not been persecuted 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:52.959 for the gospel, and yet you are still wavering 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:56.699 in your faith. And the substance of your faith 00:04:56.699 --> 00:04:59.420 is tested when you go through trials, when you 00:04:59.420 --> 00:05:02.680 go through difficulties. Praise God. And Jesus 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:08.480 Christ himself said in John 16, he said you have 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:11.089 persecutions. You have tribulations, praise God. 00:05:11.350 --> 00:05:13.389 You have tribulations, but he says something. 00:05:13.449 --> 00:05:18.089 He says, be of good cheer. Let's read that. Matthew 00:05:18.089 --> 00:05:23.170 and John 6, 33. Let's read that. Let's read that. 00:05:23.209 --> 00:05:25.990 I want us to just pray a bit before we sit. I 00:05:25.990 --> 00:05:28.430 want to charge us so that we pray and then maybe 00:05:28.430 --> 00:05:32.629 the word comes. So John 16, sorry. John 16, 33. 00:05:34.089 --> 00:05:39.300 John 16, 33. John 16, 33 says, These things I 00:05:39.300 --> 00:05:44.699 have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:49.459 In the world you will have tribulations, but 00:05:49.459 --> 00:05:53.279 be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:56.699 Be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. 00:05:56.779 --> 00:05:59.639 Be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. 00:05:59.699 --> 00:06:02.300 Be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. 00:06:02.379 --> 00:06:06.009 Be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. 00:06:06.050 --> 00:06:08.149 It means that you should be cheerful, right? 00:06:08.410 --> 00:06:11.329 You should be cheerful regardless of what exactly 00:06:11.329 --> 00:06:14.949 is happening that he has overcome. So I have 00:06:14.949 --> 00:06:18.370 overcome. He has overcome. So I walk in the victory 00:06:18.370 --> 00:06:20.230 he has acquired for me in the name of Jesus. 00:06:20.430 --> 00:06:23.670 I walk in the power of the spirit of God that 00:06:23.670 --> 00:06:25.470 resides in me, that empowers me, that encourages 00:06:25.470 --> 00:06:29.569 me regardless of what I go through to keep persevering, 00:06:29.629 --> 00:06:33.269 to keep keeping on, to never give up, to always 00:06:33.269 --> 00:06:36.540 pray. Even when I don't see the results, I am 00:06:36.540 --> 00:06:39.360 praying in faith because I know that God has 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:42.259 promised and he's a faithful God. God has promised 00:06:42.259 --> 00:06:45.680 and he keeps his promise. My faith is anchored 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:48.360 in the love of God. My faith is anchored in what 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:50.379 he has spoken and what he has done in Christ 00:06:50.379 --> 00:06:52.920 Jesus for me. My faith is anchored on that. My 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:55.160 faith is not anchored on the fleeting things. 00:06:55.420 --> 00:06:57.779 My faith is not anchored on what I have because 00:06:57.779 --> 00:07:00.500 those things that I have can come and go. But 00:07:00.500 --> 00:07:03.430 my faith is anchored. On the word of God, on 00:07:03.430 --> 00:07:05.509 the things that he says to me, on the things 00:07:05.509 --> 00:07:08.470 he has spoken concerning me, he says I am forgiven. 00:07:09.050 --> 00:07:11.889 He says I'm forgiven and I believe it. I believe 00:07:11.889 --> 00:07:14.689 it in spite of when times comes when I feel guilty 00:07:14.689 --> 00:07:17.689 for some things. I know that he empowers me. 00:07:17.790 --> 00:07:20.329 I know that he has done these things and I know 00:07:20.329 --> 00:07:22.949 that I'm loved by him. I'm loved by him. I'm 00:07:22.949 --> 00:07:26.170 loved by him. I'm loved by him. I'm loved by 00:07:26.170 --> 00:07:28.740 him. My faith is anchored on the truth. that 00:07:28.740 --> 00:07:30.680 he has spoken on the truth that he's speaking, 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.019 on the truth that he's ministering to me, even 00:07:33.019 --> 00:07:43.899 in this hour. Even in this hour. And in spite 00:07:43.899 --> 00:07:45.660 of what I go through, I will continue to preach. 00:07:45.899 --> 00:07:48.660 I will continue to speak. I will continue to 00:07:48.660 --> 00:07:50.899 speak. I will continue to preach the gospel. 00:07:50.980 --> 00:07:54.160 I will not be afraid of persecution. I will not 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:56.980 be scared of what men will do to me. But rather, 00:07:57.139 --> 00:08:00.620 I am confident in the fact that the word has 00:08:00.620 --> 00:08:04.360 to be spoken. In the second Thessalonians, it 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:06.360 says, Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:09.000 ask that you pray for us that God's message will 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:11.519 spread rapidly and be honored everywhere it goes. 00:08:11.779 --> 00:08:14.300 That through me, the word will spread rapidly. 00:08:14.500 --> 00:08:17.600 Through me, it will be honored everywhere. Everywhere 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:21.699 I go, the word of God will reach because I am 00:08:21.699 --> 00:08:24.129 there. Because I am there in my classroom. The 00:08:24.129 --> 00:08:26.329 word of God is there and I will speak to the 00:08:26.329 --> 00:08:28.370 individuals that are around me. I will speak 00:08:28.370 --> 00:08:30.810 to them with boldness. I will speak to them with 00:08:30.810 --> 00:08:32.669 boldness. I will speak to them with boldness 00:08:32.669 --> 00:08:35.230 in the name of Jesus. I will speak to them confident 00:08:35.230 --> 00:08:38.009 because I know what I have. I know what I have, 00:08:38.029 --> 00:08:41.789 so I give. I know what I have, so I give. I receive 00:08:41.789 --> 00:08:44.129 freely, so I will give it freely in the name 00:08:44.129 --> 00:09:32.240 of Jesus. Quran. Quran. In the mighty name of 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:34.659 Jesus. You know, when we pray this prayer in 00:09:34.659 --> 00:09:36.000 Ephesians, that the eyes of our understanding 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:38.679 be enlightened, sometimes we fail to understand 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:41.440 what we're praying for. But I want to just help 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:44.919 us to see that what we have in Christ is full, 00:09:45.100 --> 00:09:46.720 that the understanding that we have is full. 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:50.059 What catches up is our minds. What is doing the 00:09:50.059 --> 00:09:52.379 catch up is our minds. What is doing the catch 00:09:52.379 --> 00:09:55.000 up is our minds. So we say that is enlightening 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:58.559 is from the light that we have, our minds now 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:01.279 catches it. Our minds now catches it. And when 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:03.179 we are sitting in church and the word of God 00:10:03.179 --> 00:10:05.740 is being preached to us, what is happening is 00:10:05.740 --> 00:10:08.840 that our mind, we looked at that 12, our mind 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:12.279 is renewed, right? Our mind is renewed. We have 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:15.019 an understanding that, see, this thing is mine. 00:10:15.820 --> 00:10:18.110 This thing is mine. It's not that I will... have 00:10:18.110 --> 00:10:21.529 it is that I have it. What I do with what I have 00:10:21.529 --> 00:10:24.450 is that I manifest it. We're looking at manifesting 00:10:24.450 --> 00:10:27.970 the kingdom. We can't walk in something that 00:10:27.970 --> 00:10:29.990 we are still in doubt that we have received. 00:10:30.750 --> 00:10:34.370 We are still not sure. I think it's only for 00:10:34.370 --> 00:10:37.750 some people. It doesn't affect me. I think, no, 00:10:37.830 --> 00:10:40.350 no, no. There's what I have to do to walk in 00:10:40.350 --> 00:10:46.309 it. Praise God. There's nothing you only do because 00:10:46.309 --> 00:10:49.279 you have received. You don't now start walking 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:51.019 your way to it. We're going to see something 00:10:51.019 --> 00:10:54.000 this morning, this evening, but I want us to 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:58.299 pray and say, my mind is enlightened. I understand. 00:10:58.620 --> 00:11:02.659 I'm not confused as to what God's will, what 00:11:02.659 --> 00:11:06.679 God has done in Christ Jesus for me. I walk in 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:09.159 it. I walk in it. I walk in our understanding. 00:11:09.620 --> 00:11:12.879 I don't waver. You know, when you're not sure, 00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:16.360 you are tossed to and fro. You're not sure. You're 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:19.379 just moving back. Am I sure? I'm not sure. It 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:21.600 will work today. It will not work tomorrow. We 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:24.980 don't work like that. We are sure and we work 00:11:24.980 --> 00:11:27.580 in it every day. We are sure and we work in it 00:11:27.580 --> 00:11:29.639 every day. I pray for you that is standing here. 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:32.879 You are sure, you are confident in what Christ 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:36.779 has done and you step into your every day with 00:11:36.779 --> 00:11:39.460 that confidence. It's not up today, down tomorrow. 00:11:39.580 --> 00:11:43.480 It's not down tomorrow, up to today. It's consistent. 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:46.879 It's consistent. It's consistent. It's consistent. 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:50.379 By the Spirit of God, every one of us here is 00:11:50.379 --> 00:11:52.720 consistent. It's consistent. We are consistent 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:55.779 in our understanding of these truths. We see 00:11:55.779 --> 00:11:58.740 it. We believe it. We walk in it. We see it. 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:01.100 We believe it. We have received it and we walk 00:12:01.100 --> 00:12:03.519 in it in the name of Jesus. We walk in it in 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:05.940 the name of Jesus. In the mighty name of Jesus, 00:12:06.019 --> 00:12:08.559 we pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you because 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:10.159 the eyes of our understanding are truly enlightened. 00:12:10.669 --> 00:12:15.330 We have the full, our minds are enlightened mightily 00:12:15.330 --> 00:12:18.870 by your word. We're not in doubt of what it is 00:12:18.870 --> 00:12:20.750 that we have received. We're sure of what we 00:12:20.750 --> 00:12:23.370 have received. And we see ourselves manifest 00:12:23.370 --> 00:12:25.789 that which we have received. In this season of 00:12:25.789 --> 00:12:28.289 the church where we are seeing one thing after 00:12:28.289 --> 00:12:30.230 the other, we're just pulling out layers and 00:12:30.230 --> 00:12:33.210 layers of things, we ask that no one comes short 00:12:33.210 --> 00:12:35.970 in all that it is that they are listening to. 00:12:36.379 --> 00:12:39.600 Everyone that is complacent, we receive strength 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:42.720 to rise up and keep walking. We receive strength 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:45.419 to be strengthened to do the will of the Father. 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:47.600 We thank you because it's not about how well 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:50.899 we perform. It's about how Christ has done the 00:12:50.899 --> 00:12:53.500 things that puts us in that place where we are 00:12:53.500 --> 00:12:56.320 reconciled to you and we walk in that ministry 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:59.080 of reconciliation and we bring men into that 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:01.559 reality that you have brought us into. Heavenly 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:03.690 Father, we thank you. We thank you for this evening. 00:13:03.789 --> 00:13:06.149 We don't undermine the opportunity that we have 00:13:06.149 --> 00:13:07.769 to be gathered like this. And we thank you for 00:13:07.769 --> 00:13:11.090 everyone here that has prioritized coming here 00:13:11.090 --> 00:13:13.289 over the numbers of the many things that they 00:13:13.289 --> 00:13:16.809 would have been doing. And we thank you because 00:13:16.809 --> 00:13:18.730 it's going to be a time of blessing. It's going 00:13:18.730 --> 00:13:20.750 to be a time of refreshing. In the mighty name 00:13:20.750 --> 00:13:22.909 of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Let's have our seats. 00:13:29.929 --> 00:13:31.850 So we're going to be continuing with our teaching 00:13:31.850 --> 00:13:37.070 from Sunday and I would still encourage us to 00:13:37.070 --> 00:13:40.470 keep at it. Let's keep taking notes and let's 00:13:40.470 --> 00:13:43.669 keep singing and let's keep believing and let's 00:13:43.669 --> 00:13:45.490 keep acting on the things that we've received. 00:13:45.850 --> 00:13:49.409 Let's not just have notes. Let's have the notes 00:13:49.409 --> 00:13:52.389 in our hearts and let's be ready to do all that 00:13:52.389 --> 00:13:54.610 God is instructing us to do in this season. And 00:13:54.610 --> 00:13:57.279 what I perceive for us as a church is that This 00:13:57.279 --> 00:14:00.080 season, we'll have opportunities, we'll be having 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:03.980 so much opportunities, many opportunities will 00:14:03.980 --> 00:14:06.840 be coming to us to be able to preach to people, 00:14:06.940 --> 00:14:09.159 right? Opportunities will be coming to us to 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:11.899 preach to people, to share this love that we 00:14:11.899 --> 00:14:14.639 have received, to encourage people, to be able 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:16.580 to bring them into the understanding that we 00:14:16.580 --> 00:14:18.580 do have. And the reason why we're going to the 00:14:18.580 --> 00:14:20.860 basics, we're going to the foundation, is that 00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:23.440 we are grounded in the truths of God's word. 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:25.220 We're grounded in the truth of what we have received. 00:14:26.409 --> 00:14:28.409 We will struggle to explain what we have received 00:14:28.409 --> 00:14:29.909 when we don't understand what we have received. 00:14:30.210 --> 00:14:32.610 And many times you meet people and they say, 00:14:32.669 --> 00:14:37.250 oh, we are Christians and they can't explain 00:14:37.250 --> 00:14:40.809 what makes them that. They can't explain what 00:14:40.809 --> 00:14:42.350 makes them that. That's why we go to the foundation 00:14:42.350 --> 00:14:46.450 of all of these things. So it's very crucial 00:14:46.450 --> 00:14:49.889 that we understand what we have received because 00:14:49.889 --> 00:14:53.990 what we have received is great. What we have 00:14:53.990 --> 00:14:56.090 received is mighty and what we have received, 00:14:56.299 --> 00:15:02.039 needs to be expressed. So I read to us that Apostle 00:15:02.039 --> 00:15:07.659 Paul was praying that they might be led into 00:15:07.659 --> 00:15:10.340 a full understanding, right? They might be led 00:15:10.340 --> 00:15:12.639 to a full understanding and expression of the 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:16.240 love and the patient endurance that comes from 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:18.940 Christ, that we have in Christ. So the topic, 00:15:18.940 --> 00:15:21.340 again, still remains understanding the Father's 00:15:21.340 --> 00:15:24.340 love in Christ. Understanding the Father's love. 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:27.980 in Christ, understanding the Father's love in 00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:32.000 Christ. And we stopped around what forgiveness 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:35.799 is. We had explained what forgiveness is. And 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:40.980 we said, what we have in Christ is, because we 00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:43.820 said, we went to John 3, 16, right? Went to John 00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:46.740 3, 16 and says, he gave. And we explained what 00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:49.440 that he gave meant, right? We said, it's not 00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:53.379 he gave us, it's he gave. And he gave means that. 00:15:53.659 --> 00:15:56.720 He speaks of his debt, speaks of the sacrificial, 00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:59.320 that sacrifice that was paid. And what was that 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:02.039 sacrifice for? We say the sacrifice is for the 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:04.220 forgiveness of sin. That's why we explain what 00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:07.100 the forgiveness of sin, what forgiveness is. 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:10.779 And we went to Ephesians 1 verse 7, where it 00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:15.179 says, in him we have redemption through his blood. 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:16.919 And we say it's through his blood, speaks of 00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:19.720 that still the sacrifice. It says the forgiveness 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:24.429 of sins according. to the riches of his grace. 00:16:24.570 --> 00:16:26.490 The forgiveness of sins according to the riches 00:16:26.490 --> 00:16:29.129 of his grace. And we say that forgiveness there 00:16:29.129 --> 00:16:34.350 is aphesis. A -P -H -E -S -I -S. And we say that 00:16:34.350 --> 00:16:36.830 that forgiveness is not just a reluctant pardon. 00:16:37.129 --> 00:16:39.870 The forgiveness is not just a reluctant pardon. 00:16:40.029 --> 00:16:43.529 It is that it is wiped clean. It says it's a 00:16:43.529 --> 00:16:47.029 removal or dismissal. It's like you, like someone. 00:16:48.139 --> 00:16:50.919 It's like an idea of a debt being canceled and 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:54.039 cleared. Every record of it is removed. No record 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:57.100 of it is there. I think I was smiling after church 00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:59.039 on Sunday. Some people were now using the opportunity 00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:03.919 to say that what they are owing in their team 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:10.259 is cleared. I was like, what they are owing is 00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:13.839 cleared. I said, no, that one is physical. You 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:16.160 have to clear it yourself. Because you are the 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:21.160 one that is your responsibility to do that. It's 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:23.259 your responsibility to do so. Praise God. So 00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:26.140 we know that. So when we say that there's no 00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:29.240 longer any record, so it means that our relationship 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:32.099 with God doesn't have the same, there's nothing 00:17:32.099 --> 00:17:34.740 as, there's no, you don't have that as a challenge. 00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:37.859 There's no longer that as a problem. And it means 00:17:37.859 --> 00:17:40.299 that you should not walk in, you should not be 00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:43.799 walking in guilt of what you have done, rather 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:47.799 walk in the, truth, that all of your debts are 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:50.500 cleared. Walk in that reality and that truth. 00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:54.440 And what I want us to see, Simon Day and I, we 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:57.660 went to Psalms, right? We went to Psalms 103, 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:04.180 and we looked at David's prophecy. He says, he 00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:07.240 has dealt, he has not dealt with us according 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:10.539 to our sins. Meaning that God has not dealt with 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:13.789 us according to our sins, nor punished us. according 00:18:13.789 --> 00:18:16.289 to our iniquities. And he says something in the 00:18:16.289 --> 00:18:19.569 verse 12. He says, as far as the east is from 00:18:19.569 --> 00:18:23.470 the west. Know that when somebody says, as far 00:18:23.470 --> 00:18:24.910 as the east is from the west, he's trying to 00:18:24.910 --> 00:18:27.390 tell us that that is how far it is removed. Not 00:18:27.390 --> 00:18:29.910 that you can catch up. You can't catch up. You 00:18:29.910 --> 00:18:31.809 can't bring the two together. You can't catch 00:18:31.809 --> 00:18:34.130 up. It's just telling you that it is done. You 00:18:34.130 --> 00:18:36.529 can never have them close. That's how far, that's 00:18:36.529 --> 00:18:39.369 how it's entirely, it's removed entirely. So 00:18:39.369 --> 00:18:42.549 there's no record of it. So our posture towards, 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:47.220 Our posture in Christ is not based on our sins. 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:49.460 It's not based on our sins. It's based on what 00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:52.460 Christ has done. It means that we don't have 00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:54.880 a problem of sin. And I want us to see something. 00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:59.440 It happened in Luke 18. Just to exemplify that. 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:01.359 It means that when we come to God, we're not 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:04.700 coming to God based on our works. We're not coming 00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:06.539 to God based on the things we're able to do. 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:08.319 And even when we're in Christ, we don't come 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:12.660 to Him based on... the things that we're able 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:15.019 to do. We come to him based on what Christ has 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:17.960 done. That remains the same. That remains, it 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:21.980 doesn't change. Luke 18, I want us to see verse 00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:31.579 9 to 14. Luke 18, 9 to 14. So, and this is a 00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:34.700 parable Jesus Christ was speaking. It says, also 00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:38.740 he spoke this parable to some who trusted in 00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:42.420 themselves that they, that they are righteous 00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:45.960 and despise others. Please look, let's go back 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:48.940 in the nine. It says these are individuals who 00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:53.880 trusted in themselves that they were righteous. 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:56.839 Trusting in themselves that we are righteous 00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:59.720 and they didn't just leave it at that. They now 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:04.500 decide to despise others. And you can't, you 00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:06.819 can't know what you have received and then turn 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:10.269 to the other person and despise them. And sometimes 00:20:10.269 --> 00:20:13.230 in our work, physical work, we tend to want to 00:20:13.230 --> 00:20:16.250 look down on others because we feel that we're 00:20:16.250 --> 00:20:18.369 in a high... What brings that is when you feel 00:20:18.369 --> 00:20:20.250 that you're here and they're here. We have a 00:20:20.250 --> 00:20:22.390 tendency to do so. You just look at a little 00:20:22.390 --> 00:20:24.589 child and then you feel like, oh, I'm older than 00:20:24.589 --> 00:20:26.730 you. And you feel that you... Or look at someone 00:20:26.730 --> 00:20:28.609 because you've attained certain things. I know 00:20:28.609 --> 00:20:30.710 that our work is not based on... I think when 00:20:30.710 --> 00:20:32.970 we look at the situation with the apostles, when 00:20:32.970 --> 00:20:35.410 they saw, they say, these men were uneducated. 00:20:36.289 --> 00:20:39.900 Class, you know, that is humbling. When someone 00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:42.900 is not educated and has what you don't have and 00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:46.579 you are educated, it humbles you in certain respects. 00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:49.299 But note that the reason why all of that was 00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:50.900 seen in their lives is because they were with 00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:54.420 Jesus Christ. There's a lot of things we gain 00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:56.660 in our relationship with Christ. There's a lot 00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:59.099 we gain. There's a lot we lose when we distance 00:20:59.099 --> 00:21:02.920 ourselves from what Christ has done. Praise God. 00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:06.559 I want to let that sink in because we can sometimes 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:11.859 say one thing, and do something else. We can 00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:13.559 be saying one thing, and we'll be doing something 00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:16.539 else. We can say, oh, I believe that Christ died 00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:19.400 for me, but you are acting like you still owe 00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:24.740 him for the sins that he has paid for. Praise 00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:28.019 God. You can say, we say it, because what makes 00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:30.980 this thing practical is when you say, there's 00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:32.380 nothing that will separate me from the love of 00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:34.119 God, and then when you are going through persecution, 00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:35.839 you're already separated. In fact, just simple 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:39.740 exams. Just a simple week of exams, we don't 00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:44.980 see you. So now, practical, exam has separated. 00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:48.740 Exams, physically, we don't see you because of 00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:53.599 exams. So you want to learn to know what you 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:56.720 are holding on to and stick with it. Praise God. 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:58.599 Know what you're holding on to and stick with 00:21:58.599 --> 00:22:00.799 it. So it says, and don't despise others. So 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:03.099 it means that these individuals felt that because 00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:05.450 of... They trusted in themselves, meaning that 00:22:05.450 --> 00:22:07.410 they now decided, okay, this trust in themselves, 00:22:07.470 --> 00:22:17.150 now push others out of sight. So, two men went 00:22:17.150 --> 00:22:19.990 up to the temple to pray. Two men went up to 00:22:19.990 --> 00:22:23.289 the temple to pray. One, a Pharisee, and the 00:22:23.289 --> 00:22:26.329 other, a tax collector. The two individuals you 00:22:26.329 --> 00:22:29.069 already know. You already know what is about 00:22:29.069 --> 00:22:30.970 to happen because one is a Pharisee, the other 00:22:30.970 --> 00:22:33.130 person is a tax collector. So the Pharisee stood 00:22:33.130 --> 00:22:39.170 and prayed to us with himself. He prayed to us 00:22:39.170 --> 00:22:43.450 with himself. Says, God, I thank you that I'm 00:22:43.450 --> 00:22:47.750 not like the other man. An extortioner, unjust, 00:22:48.269 --> 00:22:54.410 you see, adulterer, as even this tax collector. 00:22:56.109 --> 00:23:01.829 I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that 00:23:01.829 --> 00:23:05.809 I possess. And the tax collector standing, look 00:23:05.809 --> 00:23:09.750 at his posture as against the posture of the 00:23:09.750 --> 00:23:13.410 tax collector. The tax collector standing afar 00:23:13.410 --> 00:23:19.230 off could not as much as raise his eyes to the 00:23:19.230 --> 00:23:24.519 heaven, but beat his breast saying, God, be merciful 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:27.900 to me, a sinner. God, be merciful to me, a sinner. 00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:32.099 And 14, he says, I tell you, this man went down 00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:35.599 to his house justified rather than the other. 00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:38.619 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:40.940 and he who humbles himself will be exhausted. 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:44.279 I want you to go back to 13, and let's see something. 00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:52.299 He says, the cry of the tax collector is, Be 00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:56.079 merciful to me, a sinner. I want us to focus 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:59.619 on that word. Know that the posture of this person, 00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:01.240 as again, this person, the fact that this person 00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:04.039 came trusting himself, prideful, and this other 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:09.920 person is, he says, God, be merciful to me. The 00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:12.680 other person had his own manifesto. I did this, 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:15.099 I've done this. And for some of us, it would 00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:19.809 be things like I fasted, I serve in church. I 00:24:19.809 --> 00:24:21.369 have all of those things. And those are the things 00:24:21.369 --> 00:24:23.769 that we put to our record. Those are the things 00:24:23.769 --> 00:24:26.009 that we now put to our records. And then we use 00:24:26.009 --> 00:24:29.170 that to victimize the other person. That we feel 00:24:29.170 --> 00:24:31.609 that, oh, this guy is a tax collector. And we 00:24:31.609 --> 00:24:33.410 know that the tax collectors in that time and 00:24:33.410 --> 00:24:34.750 age, they were like the people that collect. 00:24:34.829 --> 00:24:36.269 And sometimes they add money and all of that. 00:24:36.309 --> 00:24:39.029 And say, this person is a person. You can qualify 00:24:39.029 --> 00:24:41.930 them as such. And sometimes we can even have 00:24:41.930 --> 00:24:43.990 that attitude when we go to preach the gospel. 00:24:45.190 --> 00:24:46.730 You're looking at the person and you say, this 00:24:46.730 --> 00:24:49.559 person is Jesus. But you're saying this person 00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:56.720 is Jesus with a bit of... You are condescending 00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:58.400 in your... Even the way you're talking to them. 00:24:58.559 --> 00:25:01.960 Say, with that, you are not him. You are telling 00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:05.039 the truth, but your action or your attitude towards 00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:10.460 the individual is not of love. Praise God. So 00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:13.920 the word, the being merciful there is a Greek 00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:16.490 word, and I want you to... I want you to understand 00:25:16.490 --> 00:25:20.809 that that mercy there is not of pity. It's not 00:25:20.809 --> 00:25:24.529 pity. The mercy there isn't, you know, in the 00:25:24.529 --> 00:25:28.490 Nigerian, they say, God, I beg, pity me. It's 00:25:28.490 --> 00:25:31.569 not pity. It's not out of pity. And the word 00:25:31.569 --> 00:25:45.680 is, is H -I -L -A -S -K -O -M -A -I. H -I. L 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:54.400 -A -S -K -O -M -A -I is hilaskomai. So the word 00:25:54.400 --> 00:26:01.940 there is, we said it's not pity. The word there 00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:05.259 is not pity. That word there means to render 00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:11.259 oneself. That word there means to render oneself 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:14.309 and it has to do with the It's the sacrifice 00:26:14.309 --> 00:26:17.630 of propitiation. It's an atoning sacrifice. It 00:26:17.630 --> 00:26:21.569 has to do with an atoning sacrifice. It means 00:26:21.569 --> 00:26:24.329 to render oneself. And I want you to, that's 00:26:24.329 --> 00:26:28.309 why we take our time to, because if you see God 00:26:28.309 --> 00:26:31.970 be merciful, you almost would think that, pity 00:26:31.970 --> 00:26:34.710 me, please, my own situation. But to confirm 00:26:34.710 --> 00:26:37.750 that, I want you to see another place where that 00:26:37.750 --> 00:26:42.019 same word is used in Hebrews. In Hebrews, Hebrews 00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:49.140 2 .17. Hebrews 2 .17. Hebrews 2 .17. We read 00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:53.480 it from the New King James. Hebrews 2 .17. He 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:59.720 says, Therefore, in all things, he had to be 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:05.240 made like his brethren, that he might be a merciful 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:08.720 and faithful high priest in things pertaining 00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:13.450 to God. to make propitiation for the sins of 00:27:13.450 --> 00:27:16.069 the people. Just leave it there. I want you to 00:27:16.069 --> 00:27:20.170 look at the passage that we have. You will think 00:27:20.170 --> 00:27:26.789 that the word merciful should be the word there, 00:27:26.930 --> 00:27:28.930 right? You should, you will be thinking that 00:27:28.930 --> 00:27:31.470 that is the word. That is the word that, that 00:27:31.470 --> 00:27:34.369 is the same, the same word. But that word merciful 00:27:34.369 --> 00:27:39.559 is another word. This messable here is another 00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:43.920 Greek word, which is elemon. It's E -L -E -E 00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:48.740 -M -O -N. It's a different, it's not the same 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:52.420 word. The word over there is elemon. That's E 00:27:52.420 --> 00:28:00.900 -L -E -E -M -O -N, elemon. The word that is the 00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:05.059 helascomine. or the phrase that is the helascomine 00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:12.660 is make propitiation for. Make propitiation for 00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:16.819 is the word that is the helascomine. And it makes 00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:19.980 perfect sense when you read it. It says to make 00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:25.099 propitiation for the sins of the people. To make 00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:27.160 propitiation for the sins of the people. And 00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:29.900 just to take us back, remember we said that is 00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:34.400 his debt. that makes that available to us. The 00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:37.220 reason why we can come boldly is because of what 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:41.059 the price that he has paid in his debt. And the 00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:46.000 reason why that tax collector can open his mouth 00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:48.819 and plead is because of what Christ has done. 00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:51.680 And when we come as believers and we're anchoring 00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:55.180 our faith on the things that we've done, we are 00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:59.119 actually, it's going to be hard for us to, our 00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:05.450 faith. can shift. Because there are times when 00:29:05.450 --> 00:29:09.250 you are not able to do those things. And you 00:29:09.250 --> 00:29:13.029 will now have guilt. Praise God. I hope we're 00:29:13.029 --> 00:29:15.109 listening. There are times where you struggle 00:29:15.109 --> 00:29:18.990 and you now have guilt. But know that regardless 00:29:18.990 --> 00:29:21.789 of what the tax collector, because the tax collector 00:29:21.789 --> 00:29:25.390 had things on his record. And then he knows that 00:29:25.390 --> 00:29:28.930 he just has to put himself at the mercy. of God 00:29:28.930 --> 00:29:31.109 and basically that's what he did. And that's 00:29:31.109 --> 00:29:33.529 why that word there is you're rendering yourself. 00:29:33.750 --> 00:29:36.769 You're accepting what he has done. It's not a 00:29:36.769 --> 00:29:40.089 pity thing. It's not a pity thing. God did not 00:29:40.089 --> 00:29:41.890 just look and pity us and then sent his son. 00:29:43.450 --> 00:29:45.769 It's not pity that made him do the things that 00:29:45.769 --> 00:29:48.289 he did. It's the love that he has for us that 00:29:48.289 --> 00:29:51.309 made him do the things that he did. Praise God. 00:29:51.549 --> 00:29:54.130 The love he has for us is what motivates him 00:29:54.130 --> 00:29:58.019 to always hold on to us even when We are letting 00:29:58.019 --> 00:30:01.680 go of him. Praise God. Even when we're letting 00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:04.799 go of him, that love is what keeps... See, the 00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:10.859 reason why you will stay struggling is because 00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:15.880 you are not sure of why does he keep holding 00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:19.460 on to me even when sometimes you're wondering 00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:23.359 why. Because God is faithful. Remember what we 00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:25.819 read at the beginning. He says he's faithful. 00:30:26.829 --> 00:30:30.390 He's faithful. So I am strengthened in his strength. 00:30:30.569 --> 00:30:34.430 Not when we're taught about joy. Joy is not external. 00:30:34.569 --> 00:30:38.490 It's the things that God works in us that is 00:30:38.490 --> 00:30:41.130 sin. Meaning that everything of ours, anything 00:30:41.130 --> 00:30:45.769 that we can produce, comes from him. Praise God. 00:30:45.950 --> 00:30:48.769 Comes from him. So the mercy that we've received 00:30:48.769 --> 00:30:52.509 is from him. And the same is what we extend to 00:30:52.509 --> 00:30:54.470 others. That's what we're going to be building 00:30:54.470 --> 00:30:55.890 on. That's what we're going to be seeing happen. 00:30:56.250 --> 00:30:58.529 And I want to just, in this evening, clarify 00:30:58.529 --> 00:31:01.670 to us how important it is that we should know 00:31:01.670 --> 00:31:04.349 what we have received. We should know that what 00:31:04.349 --> 00:31:06.690 we have received is what Christ has given. And 00:31:06.690 --> 00:31:08.869 the same thing he received is what he had given. 00:31:08.970 --> 00:31:13.009 It's the same thing. We just have that in the 00:31:13.009 --> 00:31:14.849 back of our mind. And it's not based on performance. 00:31:14.950 --> 00:31:18.130 I want to keep repeating that. That is not based 00:31:18.130 --> 00:31:20.769 on performance. It's not like you do more, he 00:31:20.769 --> 00:31:24.519 loves you more. If you're doing more, you are 00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:29.779 helping yourself to grow. It's not by, okay, 00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:31.480 because I did this and this and this, because 00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:36.180 that's basically what the piracy was just. I've 00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:37.619 done this, I've done this, I've done that on 00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:40.640 the basis of that. It will be all work and no 00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:43.920 show. Praise God. It's going to end up in all 00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:47.920 work and no show. And we want to shift to a point 00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:52.630 in the church where, and we'll see this, hopefully, 00:31:52.750 --> 00:31:57.970 in subsequent teaching, where you know the love 00:31:57.970 --> 00:32:01.470 of God and you are able to extend it to see someone 00:32:01.470 --> 00:32:04.809 get healed, right? You're able to extend it to 00:32:04.809 --> 00:32:08.769 see someone get saved. You're able to extend 00:32:08.769 --> 00:32:11.849 it to see someone get delivered. You're able 00:32:11.849 --> 00:32:13.910 to extend it. You look at the person and what 00:32:13.910 --> 00:32:18.369 comes out of you is, oh, God, I want you to just 00:32:18.369 --> 00:32:20.940 touch this person. I want you to heal this person. 00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:23.160 And you're not doing it because the person you 00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:25.960 are putting in the corner. You're doing it because 00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:28.119 there is something that wells up from the inside 00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:31.380 of you that makes you want to just go out and 00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:33.279 do it. And you're doing it from the standpoint 00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:35.519 of love. Because when we don't do things from 00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:38.279 the standpoint of love, we will struggle. It's 00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:41.019 just going to be off and on. We're doing it because 00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:42.839 we know what we have received and then we're 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:45.160 acting in accordance to it. Praise God. We're 00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:47.099 acting in accordance to it. And I want us to 00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:51.029 see. Even further, because they're setting, let's 00:32:51.029 --> 00:32:52.930 look at Hebrews. Since we're in Hebrews, Hebrews 00:32:52.930 --> 00:33:05.309 8, verse 12. Hebrews 8, 12. Just before I retreat, 00:33:05.529 --> 00:33:09.710 the fact that there is no, so it says, for I 00:33:09.710 --> 00:33:14.210 will be merciful to their unrighteousness. And 00:33:14.210 --> 00:33:17.519 this merciful here is under the, Another Greek 00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:20.819 word. There's another Greek word which is hulios. 00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:27.839 That's H -I -L -E -O -S. H -I -L -E -O -S. So 00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:31.279 this word is another Greek word. It's hulios. 00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:34.319 And it's an adjective that's similar to the helasco 00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:37.259 mine. When it says, I will be merciful to their 00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:40.200 unrighteousness. Meaning that the mercy of God 00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:43.799 is towards what? Unrighteousness. Meaning that 00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:46.819 it resolves that. So a person that has received 00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:50.559 God's mercy is now no longer regarded as unrighteous, 00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:53.819 is now in right standing with God. Praise God. 00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:56.099 He's in right standing with God. He says, and 00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:59.240 their sins and their lawless deeds, I will remember 00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:03.480 no more. Praise God. He says, their sins and 00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:05.799 their lawless deeds, I will remember it no more. 00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:08.960 When somebody tells you, or when someone, a human 00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:10.519 being tells you, I will remember it no more. 00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:13.579 You know, you have it, it's because the person... 00:34:14.170 --> 00:34:15.789 When you do it again, it might come back. But 00:34:15.789 --> 00:34:17.949 when God says, I will remember it no more, it 00:34:17.949 --> 00:34:21.389 means he will remember it no more. Meaning that 00:34:21.389 --> 00:34:24.349 if it comes up again, something like it has been 00:34:24.349 --> 00:34:26.030 paid already, so it doesn't come back again. 00:34:26.130 --> 00:34:29.250 It doesn't come back again. And it's not from 00:34:29.250 --> 00:34:31.929 your own hand, right? It's not from your own 00:34:31.929 --> 00:34:35.010 hand, it's from his own hand. Because he's remembering 00:34:35.010 --> 00:34:37.630 no more. But now you are the one that will struggle 00:34:37.630 --> 00:34:41.849 to, hence the thing we said about your mind, 00:34:42.010 --> 00:34:44.750 right? You want to ensure that you remind yourself 00:34:44.750 --> 00:34:48.030 that these things are no longer an issue in your 00:34:48.030 --> 00:34:51.030 work with God. I'm saying it. I'm repeating myself 00:34:51.030 --> 00:34:54.449 again because there are many of us that from 00:34:54.449 --> 00:34:56.670 time to time, circumstance and situation brings 00:34:56.670 --> 00:34:58.869 us to that place where we are in doubt because 00:34:58.869 --> 00:35:04.369 we feel like things should be better, but they 00:35:04.369 --> 00:35:07.389 are not. And then you want to find what the cause 00:35:07.389 --> 00:35:10.230 of the problem is. And then you go to what you 00:35:10.230 --> 00:35:13.980 feel is the problem. You don't fix the main thing, 00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:17.699 which is you want to go back to God's word to 00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:20.559 remind yourself the things he has said concerning 00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:23.420 you and concerning that situation. Praise God. 00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:26.639 That is where our faith should always be anchored. 00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:30.300 That is where our faith should always be anchored 00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:33.219 on the things that his word says concerning the 00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:36.239 matter. Because he says here that he will remember 00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:38.579 it no more. And how many of you believe that 00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:41.039 he doesn't remember it anymore? How many of you 00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:43.679 believe that? How many of you believe that? You 00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:45.659 know, some of us don't believe it because sometimes 00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:47.860 I think he remembers. That's why he's doing this. 00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:51.099 That's why he's out to get me. Praise God. Expo 00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:54.719 2 remembers. Praise God. So he says he remembers 00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:58.860 it no more because that word, that Julius, it's 00:35:58.860 --> 00:36:01.340 an adjective because it's describing because 00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:05.300 it says be. And it still has merciful in it and 00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:10.239 it still means the propitious. Propitious. It 00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:13.500 means to be propitious. And it's used to mean 00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:17.280 that it's averting calamities. It's like in averting 00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:22.719 calamity. And it's like far be it. Or be it far. 00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:25.400 Like it's far away. Remember what we said about 00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:27.679 as far as the east from the west? So it used 00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:30.400 to. So you're describing or you're saying it. 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:35.280 And even in the Jewish, they almost use it to 00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:39.400 do like far be it from you, right? Like God forbid, 00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:41.760 like it's far away from you. And we see that 00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:46.840 same word in Matthew 16, 22. When the conversation 00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:49.099 of Jesus Christ or the conversation of Jesus, 00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:51.420 Peter speaking to Jesus Christ after he has spoken 00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:55.880 of him, his death. In Matthew 16, 32, you see, 00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:58.960 and then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke 00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:03.380 him saying, far be it. That far be it is the 00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:06.980 same word. That far be it is the same word. Far 00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:13.019 be it from you. Far be it is that word. It says, 00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:16.739 it shall not happen to you. It shall not happen 00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:19.280 to you. And what Peter was saying is that you're 00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:23.420 not dying. You're not dying. And remember when 00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:25.420 you think of it and think of the fact that his 00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:30.719 death is what brings us to that place where It 00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:32.420 establishes the fact that we now are righteous 00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:34.300 because after all the things we've been reading. 00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:38.119 But that propitiation, that sacrificial, that 00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:40.820 payment has to be made. So when you come and 00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:42.280 then, and remember it's the same person that 00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:44.179 was like, oh, that he will follow him anywhere 00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:45.800 he's going. The same person. Remember on Sunday? 00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:47.699 How many of us remember Sunday? Where he was 00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:49.840 like, ah, that he's going to lay down his life 00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:54.079 too. Right? See, you see the same person say 00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:55.340 he's going to lay down his life too. It's the 00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:56.820 same person now that say, ah, no, no, no, you 00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:59.130 don't have to die. It's almost like, don't die. 00:37:59.210 --> 00:38:04.409 I'm going to go ahead. Praise God. And it says, 00:38:04.449 --> 00:38:07.030 because of what Christ has done, that is going 00:38:07.030 --> 00:38:10.150 back to what we saw in the Psalms. Because of 00:38:10.150 --> 00:38:13.030 what he has done, that's what sets the whole 00:38:13.030 --> 00:38:15.809 thing, sets us apart. So there is no record now 00:38:15.809 --> 00:38:18.889 and forever because of what he has done. Remember 00:38:18.889 --> 00:38:23.090 what we said. And this ensures that you're not 00:38:23.090 --> 00:38:25.710 tossed through, through and through, through 00:38:25.710 --> 00:38:28.699 and through. This ensures that you're not tossed 00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:32.519 from one end to another. When we read that in 00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:34.139 Ephesians, let's go to Ephesians. You know, when 00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:36.500 we read it, sometimes we think it's something, 00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:41.679 it has to be something, it's as simple as the 00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:53.619 core of it, as the foundation. 4 .14 It says 00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:57.909 that we should, that we, should no longer be 00:38:57.909 --> 00:39:00.610 children, that we should no longer be children 00:39:00.610 --> 00:39:03.449 tossed through and through and carried about 00:39:03.449 --> 00:39:06.489 by every wind of doctrine. Know that you are 00:39:06.489 --> 00:39:09.150 tossed through and through once you're not anchored 00:39:09.150 --> 00:39:12.269 or grounded on the truths, especially foundational 00:39:12.269 --> 00:39:15.829 truths. Foundational truth as you're forgiven 00:39:15.829 --> 00:39:17.789 and there's no record of it and then you are 00:39:17.789 --> 00:39:20.090 still moving. You're going to say, I'm sure, 00:39:20.170 --> 00:39:26.619 I'm not sure. You need to grow. in the knowledge 00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:29.340 that you receive. That will cripple your ability. 00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:33.039 And for some of us, they say, okay, you can heal 00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:36.920 the sick, right? You can preach to people and 00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:39.179 get them saved. And then you're like, are you 00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:41.719 sure? I've not started. My Christian work has 00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:44.760 not reached that level. And you're saying all 00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:47.099 of these things to offset the fact that you know 00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:49.199 that you can be saved today and get someone saved. 00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:53.599 Praise God. You can be saved just because you 00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:56.860 know what you have received. You pass it. And 00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:58.880 in fact, most of the times we're very excited 00:39:58.880 --> 00:40:00.760 at that point. In fact, if you've seen somebody, 00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:02.320 the person's like, ah, you know what? I just, 00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:04.780 I just, I just received. And they're very excited 00:40:04.780 --> 00:40:06.380 to give it to the next person. Well, something 00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:08.099 happens along the line. That's why we were praying 00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:10.420 that we're never lacking in zeal. Because sometimes 00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:13.000 you lose that excitement of the first time you, 00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:15.079 because you have received it at first and you 00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:17.199 know what you're excited about it. But over time, 00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:23.500 because Jesus. And then you slow down. But what? 00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:27.079 we're seeing here is that we want to stay grounded. 00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:30.800 We're not given to things that are flying around, 00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:33.139 right? We're not given to what is flying around, 00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:37.699 but we're here that is sure. We're with the word 00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:40.300 of God that is sure. And we're not, it says, 00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:44.139 by the trickery of men, by the cunning craftiness 00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:46.699 and the sinful plotting. We're not given to all 00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:50.039 of those things. We're given to one single thing, 00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:54.070 which is the word of God. Praise God. And when 00:40:54.070 --> 00:40:58.909 he says that there is no condemnation, right? 00:40:59.190 --> 00:41:01.530 When he says that there's no condemnation and 00:41:01.530 --> 00:41:03.610 there's no judgment, he's all anchored on the 00:41:03.610 --> 00:41:07.929 fact that he has paid it all. When he says there's 00:41:07.929 --> 00:41:10.389 no condemnation, there's no judgment, the reason 00:41:10.389 --> 00:41:13.349 why that is the reality of a believer is because 00:41:13.349 --> 00:41:16.929 something has been done. And it's not anchored 00:41:16.929 --> 00:41:19.670 on you. I'll keep drumming it. It's not anchored 00:41:19.670 --> 00:41:22.000 on you. So it means that when you step into a 00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:24.619 situation, you remember that the power of God 00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:30.039 is available and it flows through you. What you 00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:33.639 do is that you are just a vessel that is willing 00:41:33.639 --> 00:41:37.820 to allow him to manifest himself. You're willing 00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:41.219 to see his kingdom. You're willing to see his 00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:44.400 kingdom manifest in and through yourself. And 00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:47.679 when you say no, you are stopping that from happening. 00:41:48.110 --> 00:41:49.570 The same way when we're praying and we're saying 00:41:49.570 --> 00:41:52.889 that they give the things of the Spirit. You 00:41:52.889 --> 00:41:58.449 know that through me, this person will be blessed. 00:41:59.010 --> 00:42:01.610 And then I will yield myself to see that this 00:42:01.610 --> 00:42:04.269 person gets blessed. That consciousness drives 00:42:04.269 --> 00:42:07.389 whatever it is that God wants to do to make it 00:42:07.389 --> 00:42:11.449 possible. But when you come and say you are undermining 00:42:11.449 --> 00:42:13.170 or you're despising or you're looking down on 00:42:13.170 --> 00:42:16.730 the person, what you're doing is inevitable. 00:42:16.869 --> 00:42:20.849 You're stopping. The flow. Praise God. You're 00:42:20.849 --> 00:42:22.630 stopping the flow. When you are in a situation 00:42:22.630 --> 00:42:24.449 where you are in the classroom and you're talking 00:42:24.449 --> 00:42:28.030 with someone and then the conversation is about 00:42:28.030 --> 00:42:30.789 maybe random and then the Holy Spirit prompts 00:42:30.789 --> 00:42:37.250 you and says like share the gospel and then you 00:42:37.250 --> 00:42:42.110 you say no. Maybe some other time. Let me not 00:42:42.110 --> 00:42:44.949 be that weirdo. That person that does like this 00:42:44.949 --> 00:42:47.199 or this or so and that. But there are people 00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:50.500 that are very happy to introduce anything to 00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:55.480 you. Or you have something that is the real deal, 00:42:55.539 --> 00:42:57.980 that is more than what they have, and you're 00:42:57.980 --> 00:43:01.739 holding it back. You're not sharing that love 00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:04.900 that is beyond, that doesn't go up and down. 00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:09.019 Praise God. You want to ensure that at every 00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:13.300 given point in time, you're allowing Him to find 00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:15.380 expression through your life by the Spirit of 00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:18.619 God. You're allowing him to find expression to 00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:21.760 your life. And just to stay on the point of judgment, 00:43:21.900 --> 00:43:32.460 I want us to see John 5. John 5, 24. John 5, 00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:41.139 24. And Jesus is speaking. And I think we're 00:43:41.139 --> 00:43:44.519 seeing it. He says, most assuredly, I say to 00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:50.250 you. He said, he who hears my word and believes 00:43:50.250 --> 00:43:54.650 in him who sent me has everlasting life and shall 00:43:54.650 --> 00:43:58.769 not come into judgment. He says, he shall not 00:43:58.769 --> 00:44:02.789 come into judgment, but has passed from death 00:44:02.789 --> 00:44:06.269 into life. He shall not come into judgment, but 00:44:06.269 --> 00:44:09.309 has passed from death into life. And the word 00:44:09.309 --> 00:44:12.449 judgment there is crisis. And it's like crisis. 00:44:12.530 --> 00:44:19.500 It's K -R -I. S -I -S. K -R -I -S -I -S. K -R 00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:25.780 -I -S -I -S. And that crisis means justice. Right? 00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:28.460 It says, it shall not come into justice because 00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:32.940 God's justice system has covered, the system 00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:34.860 has covered it. There's a price that has been 00:44:34.860 --> 00:44:38.780 paid. The verdict has been done. There's no record 00:44:38.780 --> 00:44:42.400 of it. So that doesn't concern the individual. 00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:47.260 It says, but he has passed. From death into life. 00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:49.800 Praise God. It's passed from death into life. 00:44:49.940 --> 00:44:54.000 And every believer, it's not just a life, but 00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:56.539 as Jesus Christ speaking, we say the life is 00:44:56.539 --> 00:45:01.280 life abundant. The life is life abundant. The 00:45:01.280 --> 00:45:03.480 life is life abundant. And what makes that life 00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:06.619 abundant is the spirit of God, which you and 00:45:06.619 --> 00:45:11.260 I carry. That is the seal of the relationship 00:45:11.260 --> 00:45:13.730 that we have with him. That's the seal of the 00:45:13.730 --> 00:45:15.969 relationship that we have with him. And he says, 00:45:16.090 --> 00:45:18.750 the believer does not come into judgment and 00:45:18.750 --> 00:45:22.190 the court case is over because of what the cross 00:45:22.190 --> 00:45:26.010 has done. And it's permanent. It's permanent. 00:45:26.449 --> 00:45:29.070 It doesn't change. I don't know. You know, when 00:45:29.070 --> 00:45:32.570 somebody, when we are thinking that it goes up 00:45:32.570 --> 00:45:36.030 and down, we put ourselves in a place where it's 00:45:36.030 --> 00:45:40.030 like, it's here today. come tomorrow, here today, 00:45:40.130 --> 00:45:41.710 come tomorrow. You wake up in the morning and 00:45:41.710 --> 00:45:43.130 you're not sure whether it's there or it's not 00:45:43.130 --> 00:45:47.090 there. But we know that in God, He's always sure. 00:45:47.190 --> 00:45:50.389 It's permanent. It's true. And regardless of 00:45:50.389 --> 00:45:52.309 how you feel, regardless of how you woke up that 00:45:52.309 --> 00:45:54.710 day, it's true. You just keep going on with that, 00:45:54.789 --> 00:45:56.789 going on with that. How many of you have experienced 00:45:56.789 --> 00:46:00.010 a situation where you woke up and you don't feel 00:46:00.010 --> 00:46:03.690 strong? But the moment you get up and then you 00:46:03.690 --> 00:46:06.170 start walking, you just discover that the energy 00:46:06.170 --> 00:46:09.860 that you... our exuding was always there. But 00:46:09.860 --> 00:46:12.400 you needed to just move around and then it kicks 00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:15.960 in. The same way when we say rejoice, sometimes 00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:18.039 it's not, it doesn't, it doesn't, it doesn't 00:46:18.039 --> 00:46:20.780 get you. Or you don't, you feel like, oh, what 00:46:20.780 --> 00:46:23.159 are those people doing? But because you know, 00:46:23.300 --> 00:46:26.659 right? And then it comes to your mind, I have 00:46:26.659 --> 00:46:29.900 a reason to rejoice. Because of what Christ has 00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:32.019 done, because of what I now have, I rejoice. 00:46:33.239 --> 00:46:36.329 Because of what I have received, I rejoice. Even 00:46:36.329 --> 00:46:38.610 though I don't see the physical, remember we 00:46:38.610 --> 00:46:40.389 said that it's not anchored on the physical thing. 00:46:40.449 --> 00:46:41.710 Because if it's anchored on the physical thing, 00:46:41.789 --> 00:46:43.230 there are a lot of things that you want, but 00:46:43.230 --> 00:46:44.510 you don't have. There are a lot of things that 00:46:44.510 --> 00:46:46.309 you're looking for. The situations are legitimate, 00:46:46.630 --> 00:46:51.289 but you don't have it. But you're going on and 00:46:51.289 --> 00:46:53.769 on. You're doing it. Remember what I said on 00:46:53.769 --> 00:46:55.610 Sunday, it comes to mind again. Where you're 00:46:55.610 --> 00:46:59.050 going through difficulty, but you're still happy. 00:46:59.550 --> 00:47:02.389 You're still rejoicing. That in itself changes 00:47:02.389 --> 00:47:05.250 everything when somebody knows what you're going 00:47:05.250 --> 00:47:07.500 through. They see you going through what you're 00:47:07.500 --> 00:47:10.639 going through, but you are always there. You 00:47:10.639 --> 00:47:14.360 are always excited. You're always serving. You're 00:47:14.360 --> 00:47:17.579 always willing to do anything for God. And then 00:47:17.579 --> 00:47:21.239 it's like, what is wrong with you? People are 00:47:21.239 --> 00:47:22.480 going through what you're going through and they 00:47:22.480 --> 00:47:24.800 lock themselves up and they're crying and they're 00:47:24.800 --> 00:47:26.880 mourning and they're doing all manner of things, 00:47:26.920 --> 00:47:29.199 but you're still standing. What makes you stand? 00:47:30.400 --> 00:47:32.679 It's because you're sure of what Christ has done. 00:47:33.230 --> 00:47:35.750 Because you're not just somebody that says, I 00:47:35.750 --> 00:47:38.909 believe, I believe, I believe. You are acting 00:47:38.909 --> 00:47:43.769 out and we can tell because of your action. It's 00:47:43.769 --> 00:47:46.829 not just in words. And it doesn't always have 00:47:46.829 --> 00:47:52.110 to be you talk about it. What speaks louder or 00:47:52.110 --> 00:47:57.769 the loudest is when you show. You show it. Praise 00:47:57.769 --> 00:48:01.630 God. When you show it. And the love that we received. 00:48:02.900 --> 00:48:07.579 was demonstrated to us. Praise God. It was demonstrated 00:48:07.579 --> 00:48:10.119 to us and was clearly demonstrated. You know, 00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:15.840 we read in 1 John. It's because it's his demonstration, 00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:19.320 then we demonstrate. And it shows us how we demonstrate 00:48:19.320 --> 00:48:22.420 it. By going out of our way to meet the needs 00:48:22.420 --> 00:48:24.639 of others, right? And going out of our way to 00:48:24.639 --> 00:48:27.199 do what has been done to us, to others. Praise 00:48:27.199 --> 00:48:29.699 God. And it's very powerful when we... Think 00:48:29.699 --> 00:48:32.280 about it. It's very powerful when made. Because 00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:36.619 there's a security in doing. There's a security. 00:48:36.820 --> 00:48:38.619 You know, when you know something is secured, 00:48:38.820 --> 00:48:42.139 you sleep well at night, right? When you know 00:48:42.139 --> 00:48:44.860 that your life is secured in Christ Jesus, you're 00:48:44.860 --> 00:48:47.840 not scared that you'll be stolen, right? You're 00:48:47.840 --> 00:48:50.599 not scared that something will happen and then 00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:53.840 you'll lose it. You're not going back to it to 00:48:53.840 --> 00:48:55.719 confirm. You know there's something confident 00:48:55.719 --> 00:48:57.340 about when you know that you're typing something 00:48:57.340 --> 00:49:00.820 and you have hit save. you're typing, you're 00:49:00.820 --> 00:49:02.699 typing and typing. You know, I was speaking to 00:49:02.699 --> 00:49:05.840 one of her. She said that, ah, that she saved 00:49:05.840 --> 00:49:09.199 it, that thank God she hit send. And then her 00:49:09.199 --> 00:49:11.179 system had a problem. I was like, ah, that would 00:49:11.179 --> 00:49:13.639 be difficult to explain. It would be difficult 00:49:13.639 --> 00:49:15.880 to explain to someone when you had not hit send 00:49:15.880 --> 00:49:20.639 and send it. And then I had an experience like 00:49:20.639 --> 00:49:23.179 that one time where I was like, hey, if I had 00:49:23.179 --> 00:49:26.280 not copied and pasted it somewhere and then the 00:49:26.280 --> 00:49:29.489 thing just went like this and then. You now have 00:49:29.489 --> 00:49:33.110 stories to tell. And then you message your teacher 00:49:33.110 --> 00:49:38.369 like you're lying. And then you knew that your 00:49:38.369 --> 00:49:44.190 system just turned on you. Your PC turned on 00:49:44.190 --> 00:49:47.710 you. You will need proof or you need backup or 00:49:47.710 --> 00:49:51.769 you need cloud to save you. Praise God. But know 00:49:51.769 --> 00:49:54.610 that when something is sure, when there's security, 00:49:54.730 --> 00:49:59.659 you move on with... Peace, right? You move on 00:49:59.659 --> 00:50:02.539 with joy because you know that regardless of 00:50:02.539 --> 00:50:05.960 what happens, you are safe. And you're not safe 00:50:05.960 --> 00:50:08.940 because Jesus Christ was saying, see, in the 00:50:08.940 --> 00:50:12.139 world, it's not a safe place. You can just walk 00:50:12.139 --> 00:50:15.719 out now and something happens. But what is guaranteed 00:50:15.719 --> 00:50:20.059 to us is in Christ Jesus. Nothing can steal what 00:50:20.059 --> 00:50:22.539 we have in Christ Jesus. Nothing can break into 00:50:22.539 --> 00:50:25.239 what we have in Christ Jesus. Nothing can destroy 00:50:25.239 --> 00:50:29.059 what we have in Christ Jesus. And you might doubt 00:50:29.059 --> 00:50:32.139 it. You might say, oh, I don't think I see it. 00:50:32.360 --> 00:50:34.679 But you will see it. Praise God. If you keep 00:50:34.679 --> 00:50:38.360 looking into God's word, one day, even right 00:50:38.360 --> 00:50:42.659 now, it will hit you. Praise God. Even right 00:50:42.659 --> 00:50:47.320 now, it will hit you. And right now, it has taken 00:50:47.320 --> 00:50:51.139 a grace. Your head is going around it and it's 00:50:51.139 --> 00:50:56.940 beyond words. Praise God. It's beyond words. 00:50:57.519 --> 00:50:59.380 It's beyond words. It's something that the Holy 00:50:59.380 --> 00:51:03.019 Spirit, even in this moment, the Holy Spirit, 00:51:03.079 --> 00:51:07.000 even in this moment, is causing your heart to 00:51:07.000 --> 00:51:13.719 just open up and see it. You know, when Ephesians 00:51:13.719 --> 00:51:16.099 says that the eyes of your understanding be enlightened, 00:51:16.199 --> 00:51:18.940 you don't know how powerful that is. That once 00:51:18.940 --> 00:51:21.099 you catch up to something and there's a light 00:51:21.099 --> 00:51:23.679 bulb that lights up in your mind, and then you 00:51:23.679 --> 00:51:29.280 say, this is it. Here is it. And then you run 00:51:29.280 --> 00:51:31.519 with it. Because now you have an understanding. 00:51:31.639 --> 00:51:34.760 And that is basically how our work is. The more 00:51:34.760 --> 00:51:37.460 understanding we get, the more built we are, 00:51:37.599 --> 00:51:40.659 the more we're able to withstand difficult situations, 00:51:40.739 --> 00:51:42.820 the more we're able to run, the more we're able 00:51:42.820 --> 00:51:47.460 to do more. Our doing more is for our own good. 00:51:48.179 --> 00:51:51.260 Right? Our doing more is for our own good. You're 00:51:51.260 --> 00:51:55.340 not doing... We're not doing more to be loved 00:51:55.340 --> 00:51:57.199 more. Praise God. We're not doing more to be 00:51:57.199 --> 00:52:02.659 loved more. And it's massive. John, I want us 00:52:02.659 --> 00:52:10.139 to see something in John 17. John 17, 22 to 23. 00:52:11.199 --> 00:52:20.800 Jesus Christ. Just quite speaking, praying and 00:52:20.800 --> 00:52:26.199 says, and the glory which you gave me, I have 00:52:26.199 --> 00:52:32.960 given them that they may be one just as we are. 00:52:33.880 --> 00:52:43.059 One. 23. I in them and you in me, that they may 00:52:43.059 --> 00:52:49.019 be made perfect in one that the world, may know 00:52:49.019 --> 00:52:54.219 that you have sent me and have loved them as 00:52:54.219 --> 00:52:57.659 you have loved me. I want you to stay there. 00:52:57.840 --> 00:52:59.780 And love them as you have loved me. It says, 00:52:59.920 --> 00:53:04.400 I in them and you in me that they may be made 00:53:04.400 --> 00:53:11.320 perfect in one and that the world may know that 00:53:11.320 --> 00:53:14.280 you have sent me and have loved them just as 00:53:14.280 --> 00:53:17.860 you have loved me. Meaning that the love that 00:53:18.219 --> 00:53:21.119 God has for his son is the same love that he 00:53:21.119 --> 00:53:29.480 has for us. You want to allow that to soak into 00:53:29.480 --> 00:53:32.679 your mind, that what we have, and we have the 00:53:32.679 --> 00:53:35.179 same spirit of God, we have that union, we're 00:53:35.179 --> 00:53:38.280 all united in that one. It says we share in that 00:53:38.280 --> 00:53:41.460 sonship, we share in that relationship. We call 00:53:41.460 --> 00:53:45.800 God our father because we have that union on 00:53:45.800 --> 00:53:48.030 the basis of what Christ has done. We're brought 00:53:48.030 --> 00:53:54.469 into divine fellowship with God because of what 00:53:54.469 --> 00:53:57.789 Christ has done. And we're sharing that. And 00:53:57.789 --> 00:54:00.789 by the spirit of God, we're able to flow continually 00:54:00.789 --> 00:54:03.369 in that relationship, right? Because the proof 00:54:03.369 --> 00:54:06.630 of it is that you have loved them just as I, 00:54:06.730 --> 00:54:11.130 you have loved them as you have loved me. You 00:54:11.130 --> 00:54:12.849 have loved them as you have loved me. And that 00:54:12.849 --> 00:54:16.659 is the foundation of identity. That's the foundation 00:54:16.659 --> 00:54:19.119 of identity. The love of God is the foundation 00:54:19.119 --> 00:54:21.900 of identity, and it's not rooted in our performance. 00:54:22.239 --> 00:54:24.840 It's not rooted in the things that we do, the 00:54:24.840 --> 00:54:27.920 things that we will do, but it's in the unchanging 00:54:27.920 --> 00:54:31.119 love and the perfect love of the Father. It's 00:54:31.119 --> 00:54:33.260 in that unchanging love and perfect love for 00:54:33.260 --> 00:54:35.599 the Father, and that love is directed towards 00:54:35.599 --> 00:54:39.119 us and the Son, and we're able to stand, we can 00:54:39.119 --> 00:54:42.900 be able to say, we stand forgiven. We are beloved 00:54:42.900 --> 00:54:47.000 in Christ Jesus. We have the same quality, same 00:54:47.000 --> 00:54:51.280 intensity, the same love. We experience that 00:54:51.280 --> 00:54:53.480 same love from the Father. Every one of us here 00:54:53.480 --> 00:54:58.099 partakers. In fact, we have that. That love is 00:54:58.099 --> 00:55:02.900 channeled towards us. And you don't have any 00:55:02.900 --> 00:55:05.960 less of it than the other person. You know, when 00:55:05.960 --> 00:55:09.380 parents have several children, there's a tendency 00:55:09.380 --> 00:55:12.219 to love one more than the other. You love the 00:55:12.219 --> 00:55:14.449 one that does well, and then... You don't love 00:55:14.449 --> 00:55:18.110 the one that does well. It's parents, early parents 00:55:18.110 --> 00:55:22.250 can do that or have a tendency to do that. Right? 00:55:22.469 --> 00:55:25.130 You have a tendency to do that. But with God, 00:55:25.210 --> 00:55:31.369 as many as we are, he channels the same intensity. 00:55:31.570 --> 00:55:34.090 It's not based on the performance. He channels 00:55:34.090 --> 00:55:36.429 that same intensity towards you. He channels 00:55:36.429 --> 00:55:38.869 that same intensity towards me. And every one 00:55:38.869 --> 00:55:42.420 of us enjoys. that same intensity. And the moment 00:55:42.420 --> 00:55:45.300 you understand it, you now have caught up to 00:55:45.300 --> 00:55:47.900 it, right? The moment you understand it, your 00:55:47.900 --> 00:55:51.719 work now is, you know, when you know that your 00:55:51.719 --> 00:55:53.800 parents love you so much, you know, there's a 00:55:53.800 --> 00:55:56.000 way you work in school, you know, little kids 00:55:56.000 --> 00:55:58.440 saying, you carry your school badge, your mom's 00:55:58.440 --> 00:56:00.360 around because, you know, daddy loves me, daddy 00:56:00.360 --> 00:56:05.099 loves me. And that's the kind of excitement we 00:56:05.099 --> 00:56:08.380 have because we know that regardless of it, the 00:56:08.380 --> 00:56:11.710 love of the father is always there. towards us. 00:56:11.789 --> 00:56:14.610 It's always there for us. And it's the foundation 00:56:14.610 --> 00:56:18.730 and the basis of our love and our work. And because 00:56:18.730 --> 00:56:23.150 of that love, we are brought into, there's an 00:56:23.150 --> 00:56:25.369 understanding that comes with it. Because of 00:56:25.369 --> 00:56:27.429 that relationship with our love, we come into 00:56:27.429 --> 00:56:28.750 that understanding. I want us to see something 00:56:28.750 --> 00:56:35.750 in John 15, 15. And by the Spirit of God, the 00:56:35.750 --> 00:56:38.570 Word of God enlightens our minds. Enlightens 00:56:38.570 --> 00:56:43.969 our minds to understand how solid that love is, 00:56:44.010 --> 00:56:46.650 the dimensions of this love, as Ephesians would 00:56:46.650 --> 00:56:50.969 say, Ephesians 3. But 15 .15, John 15 .15, it 00:56:50.969 --> 00:56:54.869 says, No longer do I call you servants, for a 00:56:54.869 --> 00:56:57.829 servant does not know what his master is doing. 00:56:58.070 --> 00:57:02.090 But I call you friends, for all things that I 00:57:02.090 --> 00:57:06.050 have heard from the Father, I made known to you. 00:57:06.150 --> 00:57:08.880 For all things I've heard from the Father, I 00:57:08.880 --> 00:57:11.360 made known to you. Just stay in the 15. All things 00:57:11.360 --> 00:57:14.059 I've heard from the Father, I made known to you. 00:57:14.199 --> 00:57:17.079 And by the Spirit of God, we have received all 00:57:17.079 --> 00:57:19.539 things, right? We have received all things. We 00:57:19.539 --> 00:57:21.659 have received all things. And note that when 00:57:21.659 --> 00:57:24.539 we pray that their eyes will understand and be 00:57:24.539 --> 00:57:27.019 enlightened, what happens is that all things 00:57:27.019 --> 00:57:29.860 that were received is made known to our minds 00:57:29.860 --> 00:57:32.960 and is made manifest. Because, you know, when 00:57:32.960 --> 00:57:37.210 we talk about casting down every... I always 00:57:37.210 --> 00:57:39.590 imagine it. You know, there are things that are 00:57:39.590 --> 00:57:42.030 in your mind that needs to calm down, right? 00:57:42.210 --> 00:57:44.090 There are things that needs to calm down. And 00:57:44.090 --> 00:57:48.989 the moment those things calm down, you see what 00:57:48.989 --> 00:57:52.190 God has made available unto you, manifest through 00:57:52.190 --> 00:57:53.929 your life. Because it has always been there. 00:57:54.530 --> 00:57:56.630 It has always been there. It has always been 00:57:56.630 --> 00:57:59.869 there. In this passage, you see that there's 00:57:59.869 --> 00:58:03.960 a servant, there's a, you know, That relationship, 00:58:04.059 --> 00:58:06.780 when we read the book of, I think the book of 00:58:06.780 --> 00:58:08.860 last two months or so, where it talks about the 00:58:08.860 --> 00:58:13.400 Jesus Christ servant relationship and son relationship, 00:58:13.820 --> 00:58:16.780 there's a synergy in that relationship because 00:58:16.780 --> 00:58:21.679 the servant side of things is a service. There's 00:58:21.679 --> 00:58:24.940 a son side of things that you know that no matter 00:58:24.940 --> 00:58:27.780 what, all of those things work together. There's 00:58:27.780 --> 00:58:30.840 a synergy in that relationship because there's 00:58:30.840 --> 00:58:33.699 one part that... Seven, there's one part, there's 00:58:33.699 --> 00:58:37.280 that. But in our work with him, the friend or 00:58:37.280 --> 00:58:40.840 a friend is confident, right? A friend has a 00:58:40.840 --> 00:58:43.400 confidence in the fact that the status of their 00:58:43.400 --> 00:58:47.900 relationship gives them access, unlimited access, 00:58:48.219 --> 00:58:50.780 right? It's friendship. When you have friends, 00:58:50.880 --> 00:58:53.579 you have unlimited access. And know that even 00:58:53.579 --> 00:58:57.820 when we have friends, you know, some of us, the 00:58:57.820 --> 00:59:01.039 friendships, you know, some people, like everybody's 00:59:01.039 --> 00:59:02.880 their friend. In fact, some people will claim 00:59:02.880 --> 00:59:05.019 that they are friends when in reality it's not 00:59:05.019 --> 00:59:09.079 mutual. And even with those friendships, you 00:59:09.079 --> 00:59:13.940 have where you place this person at. I was explaining 00:59:13.940 --> 00:59:16.099 to someone, I said, there are friends that will 00:59:16.099 --> 00:59:20.179 stay in your living room. No matter how, that's 00:59:20.179 --> 00:59:22.440 where they're at. There are friends that you 00:59:22.440 --> 00:59:24.800 can bring them into your kitchen. They have that 00:59:24.800 --> 00:59:27.380 access into your kitchen. There are friends that 00:59:27.380 --> 00:59:31.269 can come into your bedroom. because they have 00:59:31.269 --> 00:59:34.409 that access into your space. And know that with 00:59:34.409 --> 00:59:36.289 physical relationship, the moment you promote 00:59:36.289 --> 00:59:38.309 somebody that should be in your... In fact, there 00:59:38.309 --> 00:59:39.510 are some friends that should be at the door. 00:59:43.630 --> 00:59:50.429 They shouldn't even enter the house. And just 00:59:50.429 --> 00:59:52.230 imagine when somebody that should be at the door 00:59:52.230 --> 00:59:55.389 has access into your living room. You might be 00:59:55.389 --> 00:59:58.769 wondering why you got robbed. Because the person 00:59:58.769 --> 01:00:00.789 is like, ah, we don't always have this opportunity. 01:00:01.030 --> 01:00:03.690 Let's make the most of this opportunity now that 01:00:03.690 --> 01:00:06.349 we have it. And then you'll be like, ah, the 01:00:06.349 --> 01:00:08.869 person ran away. My things got stolen. And you 01:00:08.869 --> 01:00:10.269 can't be looking at the people that have always 01:00:10.269 --> 01:00:12.769 been there because all the while they were there, 01:00:12.809 --> 01:00:15.489 nothing got stolen. So it means that you let 01:00:15.489 --> 01:00:18.550 someone that should be at the door inside or 01:00:18.550 --> 01:00:19.909 you let someone that should be in the living 01:00:19.909 --> 01:00:22.929 room inside. So know that even with a physical 01:00:22.929 --> 01:00:25.590 relationship, we have cutters, right? And anytime 01:00:25.590 --> 01:00:29.429 you... push somebody very quickly, they leave 01:00:29.429 --> 01:00:31.210 very quickly because they came in very quickly. 01:00:31.309 --> 01:00:33.750 Praise God. But in our relationship with God, 01:00:33.889 --> 01:00:39.889 it doesn't apply, right? Because you can have 01:00:39.889 --> 01:00:42.329 that mindset and there's no telling because you 01:00:42.329 --> 01:00:44.130 can come into a relationship with God and feel 01:00:44.130 --> 01:00:47.110 like I'm at the door. Lord, you know, you'll 01:00:47.110 --> 01:00:49.989 be singing always, I come before you today because 01:00:49.989 --> 01:01:00.599 you're always coming before him. You're always 01:01:00.599 --> 01:01:03.199 going before him. No, it's a wonderful song. 01:01:03.300 --> 01:01:10.219 You're always going before him. Because you are 01:01:10.219 --> 01:01:13.940 always in that space with him. And some of us, 01:01:13.980 --> 01:01:16.559 it's the mindset we have. And that's why when 01:01:16.559 --> 01:01:18.820 we sing, we're very careful, conscious of the 01:01:18.820 --> 01:01:21.760 kind of songs we sing. Because sometimes you're 01:01:21.760 --> 01:01:25.139 singing the song, but it registers. It really 01:01:25.139 --> 01:01:28.309 does register. You're singing it, but you don't 01:01:28.309 --> 01:01:30.889 know how that applies to even how you're living 01:01:30.889 --> 01:01:33.590 because it's what you know that you act, right? 01:01:33.750 --> 01:01:36.710 And once you've sung it so much that even subconsciously 01:01:36.710 --> 01:01:39.110 you have the song just coming on and that in 01:01:39.110 --> 01:01:41.489 itself will interpret or translate to what your 01:01:41.489 --> 01:01:43.750 relationship would be with him. And it's very 01:01:43.750 --> 01:01:45.869 dangerous when we sing certain things that are 01:01:45.869 --> 01:01:47.429 inconsistent with the word of God. That's why 01:01:47.429 --> 01:01:51.170 we try to, as much as the melody sounds nice, 01:01:51.230 --> 01:01:55.389 most times we, I think we'll discuss it in part 01:01:55.389 --> 01:01:58.179 two. Reading the lyrics saves you the stress 01:01:58.179 --> 01:02:01.280 of having to say, I love the song. You know, 01:02:01.300 --> 01:02:04.420 when you read the lyrics, it's clear. But once 01:02:04.420 --> 01:02:07.400 you hear everything together with the beats and 01:02:07.400 --> 01:02:09.380 everything, you might just say, it's not that 01:02:09.380 --> 01:02:12.619 bad. It's not bad. It's like, we can change it 01:02:12.619 --> 01:02:15.940 a bit here and there. And sometimes you don't 01:02:15.940 --> 01:02:19.019 want to change the parts that will mess with 01:02:19.019 --> 01:02:23.139 the... And then you're... Because you... But 01:02:23.139 --> 01:02:26.199 once you... But once you know that this thing 01:02:26.199 --> 01:02:28.500 is in control, and that's why we say, you know, 01:02:28.519 --> 01:02:30.860 many of us will say canonical, canonical, follow, 01:02:31.000 --> 01:02:33.320 ensure that you are canonical, ensure that you 01:02:33.320 --> 01:02:36.199 are, but we will be begging you, struggle with 01:02:36.199 --> 01:02:38.139 you to get to it. And that's why when you hear 01:02:38.139 --> 01:02:41.320 certain things, it doesn't register. Man of God 01:02:41.320 --> 01:02:43.280 was talking about how, I think, I can't remember 01:02:43.280 --> 01:02:44.960 the particular person that his daughter was like, 01:02:45.019 --> 01:02:47.119 no, that's not, that's not, that's not right. 01:02:47.800 --> 01:02:51.260 That's not, and you'd be like, how old is she? 01:02:51.690 --> 01:02:54.329 And she could tell that this is not right. And 01:02:54.329 --> 01:02:57.690 so it was the right thing. She was able to quote 01:02:57.690 --> 01:03:01.250 the particular passage, the scripture. And know 01:03:01.250 --> 01:03:06.070 that there's a benefit of knowing what is true, 01:03:06.210 --> 01:03:09.510 right? So that once you approach with what is 01:03:09.510 --> 01:03:14.670 false, you can spot it. In fact, your mind, that's 01:03:14.670 --> 01:03:16.210 where the mind is very effective. Your mind will 01:03:16.210 --> 01:03:20.079 just say, this is wrong. And you're able to come, 01:03:20.159 --> 01:03:23.039 like you know that because it is. And then you're 01:03:23.039 --> 01:03:24.940 able to stand against. That's how we're able 01:03:24.940 --> 01:03:27.300 to withstand the wiles of the alien. Because 01:03:27.300 --> 01:03:30.480 we know the truth and doesn't have to be, it's 01:03:30.480 --> 01:03:32.980 subtle. Where you're able to know that this is 01:03:32.980 --> 01:03:35.659 where I stand, this is. And then you act and 01:03:35.659 --> 01:03:37.760 you walk in the light that you have received. 01:03:37.800 --> 01:03:40.699 Praise God. And we are children of light. And 01:03:40.699 --> 01:03:42.760 we know that that light is not, you know, when 01:03:42.760 --> 01:03:48.309 we hear light, you think of. And in Ephesians 01:03:48.309 --> 01:03:54.610 5, 8, it says, for we were once darkness, 5, 01:03:54.610 --> 01:03:58.650 8, but now we are light and we walk as children. 01:03:58.730 --> 01:04:00.250 We are light in the Lord and walk as children 01:04:00.250 --> 01:04:03.969 of light. And walking as children of light, and 01:04:03.969 --> 01:04:09.889 even the 1 Thessalonians 5, 4 to 5, let's write 01:04:09.889 --> 01:04:11.590 this passage of scripture while we close, as 01:04:11.590 --> 01:04:16.170 we close. 1 Thessalonians 5, 4 to 5 says, but 01:04:16.170 --> 01:04:20.630 you, my brethren, are not in darkness. You, my 01:04:20.630 --> 01:04:23.889 brethren, are not in darkness. So there's a day, 01:04:24.010 --> 01:04:28.090 so we say, it comes as a thief. Then next, 5 01:04:28.090 --> 01:04:32.849 verse 5 says, you are all sons of light and sons 01:04:32.849 --> 01:04:38.309 of the day. We are not of the night, nor of darkness. 01:04:38.750 --> 01:04:41.269 We are not of the night, nor of darkness. We 01:04:41.269 --> 01:04:42.849 are children of light because we know the light 01:04:42.849 --> 01:04:45.900 we have received and we walk in that light. And 01:04:45.900 --> 01:04:49.619 walking in that light is walking in the truth, 01:04:49.800 --> 01:04:51.980 is walking in the love that we receive. Walking 01:04:51.980 --> 01:04:53.460 in that light is walking in the truth, walking 01:04:53.460 --> 01:04:55.719 in the love we receive. And we do that because 01:04:55.719 --> 01:05:00.960 we know. We do that because there's the precise 01:05:00.960 --> 01:05:04.900 knowledge of God's word that spores up the precise 01:05:04.900 --> 01:05:07.460 knowledge that by the spirit of God, our minds, 01:05:07.579 --> 01:05:11.960 our thinking faculties are flooded with every 01:05:11.960 --> 01:05:15.460 time we approach the word. that that light is 01:05:15.460 --> 01:05:18.920 from the Spirit of God and it shines on our minds, 01:05:18.980 --> 01:05:25.099 which is limited in knowledge, but in the Spirit 01:05:25.099 --> 01:05:28.320 of God, it's unlimited. There's full, there's 01:05:28.320 --> 01:05:30.840 a precise knowledge, there's accurate knowledge, 01:05:30.980 --> 01:05:34.199 and then that in itself spurs us to do the things 01:05:34.199 --> 01:05:38.000 that the Father instructs us to do, to flow in 01:05:38.000 --> 01:05:41.940 the things that the Spirit of God causes and 01:05:41.940 --> 01:05:45.119 spurs us to do. Praise God. I want us to just 01:05:45.119 --> 01:05:50.659 close our eyes and just thank God for his love. 01:05:50.940 --> 01:05:54.480 Thank God for understanding of that love. And 01:05:54.480 --> 01:05:58.679 thank God for how we are empowered to not just 01:05:58.679 --> 01:06:03.880 go through the motions of our walk with him, 01:06:03.940 --> 01:06:09.860 but to really be into the walk and to understand. 01:06:10.799 --> 01:06:13.380 and continue to understand, to grow in understanding 01:06:13.380 --> 01:06:15.500 that our eyes will continue to be enlightened. 01:06:15.519 --> 01:06:34.920 I want us to go to that passage. Ephesians 3, 01:06:35.059 --> 01:06:39.710 I will read 3 .16. It says that He will grant 01:06:39.710 --> 01:06:41.670 you, according to the riches of God, that we 01:06:41.670 --> 01:06:43.849 be strengthened in our mind through His Spirit 01:06:43.849 --> 01:06:47.909 and our inner mind. For Christ may dwell in your 01:06:47.909 --> 01:06:51.469 hearts according to faith, that being rooted 01:06:51.469 --> 01:06:54.750 and grounded in love, that you are able to comprehend 01:06:54.750 --> 01:06:57.989 with all the saints what is the width, the length, 01:06:58.090 --> 01:07:02.889 the depth, and the height. To know the love of 01:07:02.889 --> 01:07:09.960 Christ, which passes knowledge. We'll correct 01:07:09.960 --> 01:07:13.539 that. We'll discuss that on Sunday. That you 01:07:13.539 --> 01:07:16.619 may be filled because we're filled with the fullness 01:07:16.619 --> 01:07:23.940 of God. I want us to go to 1. It says that the 01:07:23.940 --> 01:07:26.260 eyes of my understanding being enlightened, that 01:07:26.260 --> 01:07:29.539 you may know what is the hope of his calling, 01:07:29.739 --> 01:07:34.460 what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance 01:07:34.460 --> 01:07:37.719 and the saints. That the eyes of my understanding. 01:07:38.300 --> 01:07:40.780 that the eyes of my heart, that the eyes of my 01:07:40.780 --> 01:07:43.500 understanding is enlightened in the name of Jesus, 01:07:43.579 --> 01:07:45.900 that the eyes of my understanding is enlightened 01:07:45.900 --> 01:07:48.659 in the name of Jesus, that the eyes of my understanding 01:07:48.659 --> 01:08:06.650 is enlightened in the name of Jesus. or follow 01:08:06.650 --> 01:08:10.449 us on social media. If you were encouraged, share 01:08:10.449 --> 01:08:13.429 this message with someone you care about. Until 01:08:13.429 --> 01:08:15.070 next time, stay blessed.