WEBVTT 00:00:01.260 --> 00:00:06.919 Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is 00:00:06.919 --> 00:00:09.900 designed to uplift and strengthen you in your 00:00:09.900 --> 00:00:14.140 walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until 00:00:14.140 --> 00:00:18.160 the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:26.420 right in. Today we're going to continue in what 00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:34.399 I have been teaching us about. And it is the 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:38.359 supernatural nature of the Christian gathering. 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:51.079 What is supernatural about our gathering? Praise 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:56.740 the Lord. Did we just gather to meet one another? 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:02.399 Did we gather to ensure that people see that 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:08.400 we are looking good in one of our best dress 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:14.459 or do we gather for something else what is supernatural 00:01:14.459 --> 00:01:25.099 about this gathering Matthew chapter 28 verse 00:01:25.099 --> 00:01:37.530 18 to 20 And Jesus came and spoke to them saying, 00:01:37.890 --> 00:01:40.950 all authority has been given to me in heaven 00:01:40.950 --> 00:01:44.530 and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples 00:01:44.530 --> 00:01:48.209 of all nations, baptizing them in the name of 00:01:48.209 --> 00:01:52.129 the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 00:01:52.689 --> 00:01:55.430 teaching them to observe all the things I've 00:01:55.430 --> 00:01:59.650 commanded you and know I'm with you always, even 00:01:59.650 --> 00:02:06.730 to the end of the age. Amen. This is the mandate 00:02:06.730 --> 00:02:12.110 of every believer This is the assignment of every 00:02:12.110 --> 00:02:15.930 believer This is what God has called every believer 00:02:15.930 --> 00:02:22.409 to do to go and make disciples To go and make 00:02:22.409 --> 00:02:25.449 disciples in verse 19 He says we're teaching 00:02:25.449 --> 00:02:28.550 them to observe all the things I've commanded 00:02:28.550 --> 00:02:32.189 you and lower with you always even to the end 00:02:32.189 --> 00:02:36.909 of the age to make disciples to teach praise 00:02:36.909 --> 00:02:42.150 the lord to teach matatio we said it's m a t 00:02:42.150 --> 00:02:50.810 h e t e u o it means teaching by the way of practice 00:02:50.810 --> 00:02:54.229 praise the lord by the way of practice it means 00:02:54.229 --> 00:02:59.830 to model something by teaching and also by exercise 00:02:59.830 --> 00:03:04.780 that is by practice Teaching them to observe 00:03:04.780 --> 00:03:07.400 all the things that have commanded you so making 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:11.740 disciples involves Being very practical praise 00:03:11.740 --> 00:03:15.439 the Lord. It involves being very practical So 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:18.360 what Christ has called us to do is a practical 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:22.400 thing. It is a thing that involves a lot of exercise 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:29.180 It involves a lot of things It is by practice 00:03:29.180 --> 00:03:35.789 it is modeling praised the Lord So and sometimes 00:03:35.789 --> 00:03:38.729 which I mentioned the last time why we use some 00:03:38.729 --> 00:03:42.530 of these maybe Greek or Hebrew words Is not to 00:03:42.530 --> 00:03:45.430 confuse you praise the Lord is not to make us 00:03:45.430 --> 00:03:48.090 look like we are smart Praise the Lord. It's 00:03:48.090 --> 00:03:49.830 not to make us look like all these guys there 00:03:49.830 --> 00:03:52.830 was no something different than what we know 00:03:52.830 --> 00:03:55.789 praise the Lord is to help us Interpret to the 00:03:55.789 --> 00:03:59.210 scriptures properly. Praise the Lord is to help 00:03:59.210 --> 00:04:02.159 us interpret the scriptures properly because 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:06.000 without it we are not effectively able to interpret 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:08.719 the scriptures praise the lord if you don't pay 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:12.800 attention to the original language or the the 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:15.120 text of the scripture you will not be able to 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:17.959 effectively interpret it you will say something 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:23.000 that is not saying praise the lord because the 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:27.939 greek and the greek is The original effects of 00:04:27.939 --> 00:04:30.500 the scriptures. It's not to confuse you. Praise 00:04:30.500 --> 00:04:33.879 the Lord It's not to confuse you, but it helps 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:37.980 you to be able to interpret the scriptures properly 00:04:37.980 --> 00:04:43.199 So when he says to teach them to observe all 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:46.139 the things I've commanded you he's saying that 00:04:46.139 --> 00:04:50.259 What we do in the Christian gathering is that 00:04:50.259 --> 00:04:52.879 you are taught the word praise the Lord or you 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:59.329 learn the word, right? you learn also to minister 00:04:59.329 --> 00:05:03.250 the word and you also learn how to apply the 00:05:03.250 --> 00:05:05.870 word in your life this is what discipleship is 00:05:05.870 --> 00:05:08.689 about that you are as you are taught as we are 00:05:08.689 --> 00:05:11.509 gathered here and the word of god is coming you 00:05:11.509 --> 00:05:14.730 have been taught the word and then you also taught 00:05:14.730 --> 00:05:19.589 that you also should minister the word and you 00:05:19.589 --> 00:05:23.759 also should apply this word in your life Praise 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:30.860 the Lord that you are complete Without any reproach 00:05:30.860 --> 00:05:36.040 that you are complete They are not somebody that 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:39.699 just had the world and you run away Praise the 00:05:39.699 --> 00:05:41.920 Lord. You're not somebody who just received the 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:45.199 word and you run away. You're not in the place 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:51.550 of discipleship But as you come to the house 00:05:51.550 --> 00:05:54.589 of the Lord as you have come and you have believed 00:05:54.589 --> 00:05:58.250 is that also you learn How to minister the world 00:05:58.250 --> 00:06:01.670 you participate in the things of the kingdom 00:06:01.670 --> 00:06:04.350 You also learn how to apply the word in your 00:06:04.350 --> 00:06:06.769 life because this word that you are applying 00:06:06.769 --> 00:06:11.389 is that which is able to Transform your character. 00:06:11.509 --> 00:06:14.329 Praise the Lord. The application of the word 00:06:14.329 --> 00:06:18.939 is able to transform your character How people 00:06:18.939 --> 00:06:21.680 break free from different things that they are 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:24.579 struggling most of the time is because they don't 00:06:24.579 --> 00:06:29.000 have enough of the world They are struggling 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:31.259 for long because they don't have enough of the 00:06:31.259 --> 00:06:33.720 world they have not applied it or they don't 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:37.139 even know it They don't know their position in 00:06:37.139 --> 00:06:41.379 Christ They don't know what God has said consigning 00:06:41.379 --> 00:06:44.459 them. They don't know what God has said consigning 00:06:44.459 --> 00:06:50.740 their situation So when you apply the word in 00:06:50.740 --> 00:06:55.000 your life as it starts you are transformed you're 00:06:55.000 --> 00:07:00.899 renewed So that is what discipleship is about 00:07:00.899 --> 00:07:03.279 is that you learn the world you minister the 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:06.379 world and you learn to apply it in your life 00:07:06.379 --> 00:07:09.160 Therefore I said that the church is therefore 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:15.220 a Bible school The church is therefore a Bible 00:07:15.220 --> 00:07:18.759 school. It's not a place of entertainment It's 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:22.339 not a place where there is a list of things to 00:07:22.339 --> 00:07:27.319 do We have this we have that It's not a place 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:30.939 where people come and they do as they please 00:07:30.939 --> 00:07:35.040 Praise the Lord. It is it is a Bible school. 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:38.100 It's a place where you are taught the word You 00:07:38.100 --> 00:07:40.100 are taught how to apply the word. You are taught 00:07:40.100 --> 00:07:46.899 how to minister the word It's a place where you 00:07:46.899 --> 00:07:55.360 are fed the word It's a place of training So, 00:07:55.420 --> 00:08:00.399 how do you decide a What church to attend? Right, 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:02.439 if you don't know maybe if you're confused because 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:06.540 as we know a most of us if not Everybody will 00:08:06.540 --> 00:08:08.319 someday pack their bags and say they want to 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:12.060 leave Cyprus, right? So how do you decide where 00:08:12.060 --> 00:08:18.709 you will go? Know for a lot of people Through 00:08:18.709 --> 00:08:22.550 persuasion and through encouragement They were 00:08:22.550 --> 00:08:26.170 able to stay in any CF. Initially they came and 00:08:26.170 --> 00:08:29.189 they were looking for vibes Am I feeling it? 00:08:29.529 --> 00:08:33.070 Is it appealed? Is it appealing to me? Do I? 00:08:33.929 --> 00:08:35.490 These things they are saying does it make sense 00:08:35.490 --> 00:08:39.009 to me? That's not what you look for. Praise the 00:08:39.009 --> 00:08:41.889 Lord or you don't go and then you say are they 00:08:41.889 --> 00:08:44.740 young people here? is this church full of old 00:08:44.740 --> 00:08:46.639 people i will not stay here because there are 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:50.820 a lot of people of my age here or do you go there 00:08:50.820 --> 00:08:53.480 and then you're looking for different different 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:58.019 things to to maybe apply to you for you to be 00:08:58.019 --> 00:09:02.159 able to stay how you decide where to go is that 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:05.580 is that place a bible school do they teach the 00:09:05.580 --> 00:09:10.580 word praise the lord not 20 minutes okay i remember 00:09:10.580 --> 00:09:14.370 pastor t was telling us of Somebody who is experiencing 00:09:14.370 --> 00:09:17.389 20 minutes of teaching praise the Lord you will 00:09:17.389 --> 00:09:20.889 not grow by 20 minutes of teaching Praise the 00:09:20.889 --> 00:09:25.129 Lord it might you might You might be motivated 00:09:25.129 --> 00:09:29.210 you might jump up you might shout you might run 00:09:29.210 --> 00:09:32.330 around but you are not going to grow Praise the 00:09:32.330 --> 00:09:36.190 Lord is not sufficient for you because your spiritual 00:09:36.190 --> 00:09:40.240 being praise the Lord Your spiritual being if 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:43.059 you give yourself maybe if you need hundred percent 00:09:43.059 --> 00:09:47.700 of food, right? I'm not saying all the food that 00:09:47.700 --> 00:09:51.120 is that For you to be able to be effective in 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:53.419 your day. You need hundred percent food, right? 00:09:53.539 --> 00:09:57.139 Whatever that is you and you take twenty percent 00:09:57.139 --> 00:10:00.759 Right, you're going to start having problems 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:05.179 Praise the Lord. So he's saying with a spiritual 00:10:05.179 --> 00:10:08.799 being Right? Somebody who is spiritual. Somebody 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:12.779 who by the Word is saved. Praise the Lord. Somebody 00:10:12.779 --> 00:10:24.899 who by the Word is saved. 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 00:10:24.899 --> 00:10:39.610 23. Sorry not of corruptible seed but incorruptible 00:10:39.610 --> 00:10:42.590 through the word of God which leaves and abides 00:10:42.590 --> 00:10:45.269 forever Praise the Lord. How did we become born 00:10:45.269 --> 00:10:49.269 again? We became born again right not by corruptible 00:10:49.269 --> 00:10:53.990 seed The word that you receive is incorruptible. 00:10:54.210 --> 00:10:57.470 He said it is the word of God. He said he leaves 00:10:57.470 --> 00:11:00.830 and abides forever So how is there somebody who 00:11:00.830 --> 00:11:05.129 is who is born again is receiving less of the 00:11:05.129 --> 00:11:09.289 thing that will continue to keep them Or the 00:11:09.289 --> 00:11:15.269 thing that will continue to enable them to grow 00:11:15.269 --> 00:11:18.450 Praise the Lord so you need the world so how 00:11:18.450 --> 00:11:21.070 you decide a place that you are going to attend 00:11:21.070 --> 00:11:26.950 is not by you know It's not by now. We have a 00:11:26.950 --> 00:11:29.789 lot of good into interior designers They can 00:11:29.789 --> 00:11:33.029 design a place and you will come and so people's 00:11:33.029 --> 00:11:35.570 like this place feels like heaven Because maybe 00:11:35.570 --> 00:11:38.370 the reception how people treat you how they greet 00:11:38.370 --> 00:11:43.830 you, you know the music the lights nowadays Red 00:11:43.830 --> 00:11:46.950 lights and green lights in church, right? So 00:11:46.950 --> 00:11:48.590 there's so many things going on and you just 00:11:48.590 --> 00:11:51.500 like wow what a place Praise the lord is not 00:11:51.500 --> 00:11:55.759 by these are how you decide where to stay Are 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:58.879 they teaching the world? Is it a place? Where 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:00.759 the word of god is taught? Is it a place where 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:02.919 you are taught to the world? Where you are taught 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:05.360 to minister the world where you are taught to 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:09.019 apply the world in your life? Praise the lord 00:12:09.019 --> 00:12:13.460 Where you are taught to apply the world in your 00:12:13.460 --> 00:12:20.409 life The reason why I said is not a It's not 00:12:20.409 --> 00:12:23.809 a place of entertainment is because he does not 00:12:23.809 --> 00:12:27.269 what a spiritual being needs Praise the Lord 00:12:27.269 --> 00:12:31.590 We rejoice in the Holy Ghost. Our joy is not 00:12:31.590 --> 00:12:35.450 a standard. Praise the Lord Our joy is not a 00:12:35.450 --> 00:12:37.909 standard. You're not looking for something to 00:12:37.909 --> 00:12:41.450 make you happy Praise the Lord, you know, I've 00:12:41.450 --> 00:12:44.389 been around different type of people and some 00:12:44.389 --> 00:12:46.129 people they come alive when there's a drink, 00:12:46.129 --> 00:12:49.600 you know when you bring up they just from there 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:51.059 it just brings them you just see them they're 00:12:51.059 --> 00:12:54.120 very happy they're very social they're very praise 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:56.980 the lord they are so glad to see you all of a 00:12:56.980 --> 00:12:59.120 sudden somebody is just happy to see you but 00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:00.740 you don't know the influence is that because 00:13:00.740 --> 00:13:02.860 he does smoke something or he drank something 00:13:02.860 --> 00:13:06.779 praise the lord our joy is not external it's 00:13:06.779 --> 00:13:10.980 not from the things that we can get we'll see 00:13:10.980 --> 00:13:14.919 that much more later on it's not but he thinks 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:21.500 that is a standard So you decide to go to a church 00:13:21.500 --> 00:13:26.080 because the word is taught Time is given to the 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:29.960 teaching of the word of God. It is a Bible school 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:41.620 People learn praise the Lord So because sometimes 00:13:41.620 --> 00:13:43.600 you find a place where maybe the word is not 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:46.500 taught then other activities are created so many 00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:49.000 things Like you're jumping from one activity 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:51.039 two activity three activity at the end of the 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:53.100 day, you know, you're just waiting Can the world 00:13:53.100 --> 00:13:55.879 just come let's go and some people are used to 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:57.919 because I also grew up in such backgrounds Do 00:13:57.919 --> 00:14:00.279 that the world comes and is very short. He just 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:03.440 You know, did you hear what he said today? He 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:05.799 said you should love your neighbor. Praise the 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:09.799 lord and that's what we went with Praise the 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:16.879 lord Why should you pay attention to the place 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:20.720 where the word of God is taught? first Timothy 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:27.139 chapter 3 verse 15 First Timothy chapter 3 verse 00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:32.700 15 But if I am delayed I write so that you may 00:14:32.700 --> 00:14:35.840 know how you ought to conduct yourself in the 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:39.720 house of God Which is the Church of the Living 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:44.250 God the pillar and the ground of truth Praise 00:14:44.250 --> 00:14:47.190 the Lord. Why is it important is because the 00:14:47.190 --> 00:14:50.129 church is the pillar and the ground of truth 00:14:50.129 --> 00:14:53.330 It means that it is a place where people come 00:14:53.330 --> 00:14:58.990 and learn the truth Praise the Lord. It is the 00:14:58.990 --> 00:15:01.769 place where people come and learn the truth. 00:15:02.129 --> 00:15:10.470 It is a pillar and the ground of truth It is 00:15:10.470 --> 00:15:12.970 a Bible school so you you ought to conduct you 00:15:12.970 --> 00:15:16.450 ought to know how to conduct yourself in that 00:15:16.450 --> 00:15:21.950 place he says You teach the world right it is 00:15:21.950 --> 00:15:26.570 a place of training So how do we conduct ourselves 00:15:26.570 --> 00:15:29.230 in the house of God we know that it is a place 00:15:29.230 --> 00:15:34.850 of teaching it is a place of training Acts chapter 00:15:34.850 --> 00:15:46.830 2 verse 42 And they continue steadfastly in the 00:15:46.830 --> 00:15:50.370 apostles doctrines and in fellowship and in the 00:15:50.370 --> 00:15:53.370 breaking of bread and in prayers. Praise the 00:15:53.370 --> 00:15:57.769 Lord. They continue steadfastly in what the apostles 00:15:57.769 --> 00:16:01.269 doctrine and in fellowship and in breaking of 00:16:01.269 --> 00:16:05.110 bread. They continued. The word of God is important. 00:16:05.250 --> 00:16:09.370 It is a place the church ought to teach it, ought 00:16:09.370 --> 00:16:15.429 to give time to it. This is what the church should 00:16:15.429 --> 00:16:25.389 be a place of teaching a place of training Mark 00:16:25.389 --> 00:16:46.169 chapter 16 from s 15 to 18 Mark chapter 16 And 00:16:46.169 --> 00:16:49.129 he said to them, go into all the world and preach 00:16:49.129 --> 00:16:53.610 the gospel to every creature. He who believes 00:16:53.610 --> 00:16:56.870 and is baptized will be saved, while he who does 00:16:56.870 --> 00:17:00.269 not believe, he who does not believe will be 00:17:00.269 --> 00:17:04.589 condemned. And these signs will follow those 00:17:04.589 --> 00:17:07.250 who believe. In my name they will cast out demons, 00:17:07.750 --> 00:17:11.220 they will speak with new tongues. They will take 00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:14.039 up serpent, and if they drink anything deadly, 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:16.640 it will by no means hurt them. They will lay 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:19.720 hands on the sick, and they will recover. Praise 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:24.339 the Lord. So when a person or when a man is born 00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:27.579 again, his purpose changes. Praise the Lord. 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:30.839 He has a different purpose. He has a different 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:35.839 view about life. Praise the Lord. He's no longer 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:39.980 going the way he was going. He's no longer following 00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:43.319 the things that he's following now. He becomes 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:48.200 somebody who is what a teacher of the world He's 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:55.880 discipled. So he also disciples people His mandates 00:17:55.880 --> 00:18:00.759 becomes to announce God to teach praise the Lord 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:05.559 to announce God as King What is he saying to 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:08.660 them? What is he announcing? What God has done 00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:13.259 right right what God is doing at this time and 00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:17.019 what God would do praise the Lord His teaching 00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:23.720 is announcing God as King He's announcing what 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:28.039 God has done That is what he's teaching. He's 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:32.420 announcing what God has done You're telling people 00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:37.609 the things that Christ has done Praise the Lord. 00:18:41.269 --> 00:18:47.710 I was listening to someone and he was just talking 00:18:47.710 --> 00:18:50.849 about the scriptures. And the thing that I picked 00:18:50.849 --> 00:18:58.130 more in what he's saying is how he's presenting 00:18:58.130 --> 00:19:02.549 it. Like how, for example, he's telling you about 00:19:02.549 --> 00:19:05.390 the gospel as though you never had it before. 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:08.920 as though you were never in church. There was 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:13.700 excitement in his voice. He has said it thousands 00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:18.740 and thousands and thousands of times and he's 00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:20.559 saying it everywhere. It's something that he 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:23.119 does all the time. But when he comes again to 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:26.200 say it, he comes to say it again with the same 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:29.640 level of gladness. Praise the Lord. Because it 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:33.160 is the good news. He knows how important it is 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:35.640 for you to hear the gospel. Praise the Lord. 00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:38.500 so when you are what you are doing is that you 00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:42.299 are now seeing what God has done the good tiding 00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:49.420 of what Christ has done praise the Lord and what 00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:53.619 he is currently doing praise the Lord and what 00:19:53.619 --> 00:19:59.420 he will do or what he's planning to do that is 00:19:59.420 --> 00:20:04.710 what you are preaching That is what a believer 00:20:04.710 --> 00:20:07.269 does. That is what somebody who is born again 00:20:07.269 --> 00:20:10.670 does is that you are excited about the things 00:20:10.670 --> 00:20:13.690 that have happened to you. Praise the Lord. And 00:20:13.690 --> 00:20:16.369 if you're not excited, it also means that there 00:20:16.369 --> 00:20:19.910 is need for or if you're not doing this, it means 00:20:19.910 --> 00:20:22.710 that there's need for more training. Praise the 00:20:22.710 --> 00:20:25.329 Lord. It means that you need to know the world 00:20:25.329 --> 00:20:36.200 more. Praise the Lord. So it means that the believer 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:41.420 is able to explain the scriptures. You're not 00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:46.279 somebody who is, you know, you just maybe quote 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:50.400 one, two, three, four places. And then you keep 00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:53.559 going. Maybe just to make your point. Is that 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:57.019 you are able to explain the scriptures. You are 00:20:57.019 --> 00:21:03.400 able to share the gospel. So like I said your 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:07.240 life changes your purpose is changes when you 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:12.460 become a believer So you no longer measure your 00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:16.940 life by the things that you have achieved in 00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:20.220 the natural Praise the Lord. You're no longer 00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:26.039 defining your life But you measure your life 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:29.500 but the gospel you preach by the practice of 00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:33.160 the gospel praise the Lord By the ministry of 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:40.240 the gospel I Know many people they want to they 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:42.779 want to buy this I want to buy that which is 00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:45.660 great And you should buy that praise the Lord, 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:48.500 but you're not you're not defining your life 00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:52.099 by them Praise the Lord. You will not come and 00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:59.059 say I'm not sure if it's bad or not. For example 00:21:59.059 --> 00:22:01.569 now you just bought a big car You don't say, 00:22:02.329 --> 00:22:08.049 ah, see what God has done. Praise the Lord. It 00:22:08.049 --> 00:22:10.769 is important for you to have a big car if you 00:22:10.769 --> 00:22:14.349 need it, praise the Lord. But you're not, you're 00:22:14.349 --> 00:22:19.369 not, your joy is not that, praise the Lord. Your 00:22:19.369 --> 00:22:22.670 joy is that you are preaching the gospel, that 00:22:22.670 --> 00:22:26.609 as a result of your life, people are transformed 00:22:26.609 --> 00:22:29.930 as a result of your obedience to the things of 00:22:29.930 --> 00:22:33.690 god people's life are being transformed praise 00:22:33.690 --> 00:22:38.089 the lord when you see a person healed you say 00:22:38.089 --> 00:22:41.349 this is what god has done praise the lord because 00:22:41.349 --> 00:22:45.210 god says what that he would provide for you the 00:22:45.210 --> 00:22:47.730 things that you need he's going to provide it 00:22:47.730 --> 00:22:51.230 praise the lord that is already guaranteed by 00:22:51.230 --> 00:22:54.079 god that he will take care of you So you no longer 00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:57.660 have to be boasting about all. Praise the Lord. 00:22:57.880 --> 00:23:00.740 You are boasting about the things that you are 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:03.619 doing for the kingdom. That you are a minister 00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:06.680 of the kingdom. That you practice the things 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:11.779 of God. You measure your life by the gospel that 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:14.079 you preach. The practice of it. The ministry 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:23.039 of it. Not by your natural success. You know, 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:25.519 maybe they don't put doctor on your name as a 00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:28.960 PhD holder. You just scatter the place praise 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:32.019 the Lord maybe they call you to preach somewhere 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:35.480 and then Mistakily, they did not complete the 00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:38.000 names who have seen that viral video of that 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:40.619 woman. There's an apostle and a doctor who is 00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:46.680 good Praise the Lord. So if if they don't say 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:49.579 something it's like no, no, no, praise the Lord 00:23:50.349 --> 00:23:56.289 You understand what success is Because your purpose 00:23:56.289 --> 00:24:01.109 is different John chapter 20 from this 21 to 00:24:01.109 --> 00:24:16.009 22 So Jesus said to them again Peace to you as 00:24:16.009 --> 00:24:21.640 a father has sent me I also send you And when 00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:25.579 he has said this, he breathed on them and he 00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:30.240 said to them, receive the Holy Spirit. If you 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:33.279 forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven. If 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:36.160 you retain the sin of any, they are retrained. 00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:41.619 Praise the Lord. So Pasifreda has taught us a 00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:46.700 lot about this message. You can go and check 00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:50.490 it out on our... Spotify and many other platforms 00:24:50.490 --> 00:24:54.210 about the forgiveness of sins Praise the Lord 00:24:54.210 --> 00:24:58.150 So God has sent us right or go sorry God sent 00:24:58.150 --> 00:25:03.529 us so that We will do his will He says as a father 00:25:03.529 --> 00:25:07.410 has sent me I also send you Jesus is saying that 00:25:07.410 --> 00:25:10.170 he's me your that his mission has become your 00:25:10.170 --> 00:25:15.950 mission praise the Lord His mission now has become 00:25:15.950 --> 00:25:20.299 your mission You have inherited something. Praise 00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:26.460 the Lord. You have inherited a mission to forgive 00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:32.940 sins. Praise the Lord. You have inherited mission 00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:42.559 to forgive sins. As we know, as Pastor Astotus, 00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:45.220 He said, God is the one who forgives sins. It 00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:48.200 is God who forgives sins. Praise the Lord. It 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:51.359 is God who forgives sins. Psalms, chapter 103, 00:25:51.660 --> 00:26:02.180 from verse one to three. He said, bless the Lord, 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:04.640 all my soul, and all that is within me, bless 00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:08.299 his holy name. Bless the Lord, all my soul, and 00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:12.420 forget not his benefits. who forgive all your 00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:15.720 iniquity, who heals all your diseases. So it 00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:19.319 is God that is forgiving sins. It is God that 00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:23.359 forgives sins. My catch of the seven from verse 00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:29.880 18 to 19. My catch of the seven from verse 18 00:26:29.880 --> 00:27:16.079 to 19. M I C A H Micah, chapter 17, from verse 00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:23.779 18 to 19 says, who is a God like you, pardoning 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:26.819 iniquity and passing over the transgression of 00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:32.759 the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:36.460 his anger forever because he delights in mercy. 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:42.160 Exodus, chapter 20. Exodus chapter 34 from verse 00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:57.500 6 to 7. It says, And the Lord passed before him 00:27:57.500 --> 00:28:01.059 and proclaimed, The Lord the Lord God, merciful 00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:04.980 and gracious, long -suffering and abounding in 00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:11.019 goodness and truth. Keeping mercy for thousands 00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:13.720 for giving iniquity and transgressions and sins 00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:17.980 by no means and by no and by no means clearing 00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:21.119 the guilty Visiting the iniquity of the father 00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:24.259 upon the children and the children's children 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:26.740 to the third and the fourth generation I read 00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:29.220 this thing so that you will go to pastor Victor's 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:33.200 teaching Praise the Lord. These last parts. Okay, 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:36.680 so that you go and listen to Pastor Victor's 00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:39.180 teaching. So he's not saying that God is not 00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:42.720 going to forgive their sins. We learn that, okay? 00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:46.839 So you go back to that and listen to that message. 00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:51.960 So God is the one that forgives sins. But what 00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:54.880 we do is that we partner with him. Praise the 00:28:54.880 --> 00:29:04.039 Lord. When we become believers and disabled, 00:29:04.509 --> 00:29:09.049 We partner with God to forgive sins So when you 00:29:09.049 --> 00:29:12.190 preach to somebody and the person believes what 00:29:12.190 --> 00:29:14.650 you just did is that you partnered with God and 00:29:14.650 --> 00:29:18.670 their sins are forgiven? Praise the Lord When 00:29:18.670 --> 00:29:21.630 you preach to somebody and they believe Right 00:29:21.630 --> 00:29:24.049 and the person believes what you just did is 00:29:24.049 --> 00:29:27.509 that you partnered with God and their sins are 00:29:27.509 --> 00:29:30.829 forgiven You are an agent of God. Praise the 00:29:30.829 --> 00:29:37.450 Lord. You've become an agent of God So even in 00:29:37.450 --> 00:29:41.849 our lives, right? Somebody offends you. Somebody 00:29:41.849 --> 00:29:45.589 does something bad to you. Praise the Lord. We 00:29:45.589 --> 00:29:52.029 are taught that as well. How forgiveness of sin 00:29:52.029 --> 00:29:56.789 is rendered. So when somebody offends you and 00:29:56.789 --> 00:29:59.289 you forgive them, what you are doing is that 00:29:59.289 --> 00:30:02.150 you are an agent of God. Praise the Lord. You 00:30:02.150 --> 00:30:06.349 are giving forgiveness. So you are acting, so 00:30:06.349 --> 00:30:10.509 God is acting through you, right? And you are 00:30:10.509 --> 00:30:13.789 showing God's nature of forgiveness. So when 00:30:13.789 --> 00:30:16.730 you forgive sins, somebody offends you, or you 00:30:16.730 --> 00:30:20.349 preach the gospel, right? God is acting through 00:30:20.349 --> 00:30:26.130 you. And you are showing the nature of God by 00:30:26.130 --> 00:30:28.990 forgiveness. Praise the Lord. You are showing 00:30:28.990 --> 00:30:32.750 that you belong to God. The person that forgives 00:30:32.750 --> 00:30:37.269 him is just declaring that I am of God Praise 00:30:37.269 --> 00:30:40.809 the Lord. The person that forgives him is declaring 00:30:40.809 --> 00:30:48.029 that he is of God So when you hold a grudge against 00:30:48.029 --> 00:30:54.809 somebody right that unforgiveness is seen Right 00:30:54.809 --> 00:30:59.289 because you don't believe You are you're showing 00:30:59.289 --> 00:31:02.710 like I said when you forgive sins when you preach 00:31:02.710 --> 00:31:05.130 or when you forgive somebody that offends you 00:31:05.130 --> 00:31:08.029 Right what you are showing is that you're showing 00:31:08.029 --> 00:31:12.109 God's nature like through your life by forgiveness 00:31:12.109 --> 00:31:17.089 When you don't you are showing unbelief Praise 00:31:17.089 --> 00:31:21.269 the Lord why because God has forgiven so we forgive 00:31:21.269 --> 00:31:26.329 Praise the Lord because God has forgiven so we 00:31:26.329 --> 00:31:36.549 forgive So when you don't forgive it means that 00:31:36.549 --> 00:31:38.869 you don't you are showing that you don't believe 00:31:38.869 --> 00:31:41.190 the forgiveness of God That's what you're showing. 00:31:41.450 --> 00:31:43.690 You're showing that you don't believe the forgiveness 00:31:43.690 --> 00:31:54.029 of God Colossians chapter 3 verse 13 Colossians 00:31:54.029 --> 00:32:02.109 chapter 3 verse 13 Bearing with one another forgiving 00:32:02.109 --> 00:32:04.720 one another If anyone has a complaint against 00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:11.539 Eloda, even as Christ forgave you, so you also 00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:14.740 must forgive. Praise the Lord. Why do you forgive? 00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:19.200 Because you are forgiven. Praise the Lord. You 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:23.480 have the ability to forgive because you are somebody 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:28.720 who is forgiven. You are somebody who is forgiven. 00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:32.279 You forgive because God has forgiven your sin. 00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:36.180 forgiveness comes from God and you are born of 00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:41.799 God praise the Lord you forgive because God has 00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:45.279 forgiven you forgiveness comes from God and you 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:50.640 are born of God you have the ability to forgive 00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:57.460 because you are born of God so God giving us 00:32:57.460 --> 00:33:01.829 a spirit right as we saw in the Jones of the 00:33:01.829 --> 00:33:09.029 20 is to partner with him is to partner with 00:33:09.029 --> 00:33:15.230 him to bring about his forgiveness on the earth 00:33:15.230 --> 00:33:22.549 is to partner with him let's go back to Matthew 00:33:22.549 --> 00:33:35.410 chapter 20 20. Matthew 28 verse 20. It's a teaching 00:33:35.410 --> 00:33:37.950 them to observe all the things that have commanded 00:33:37.950 --> 00:33:40.869 you and know I'm with you always even to the 00:33:40.869 --> 00:33:46.710 end of the age. So this teaching here we said 00:33:46.710 --> 00:33:53.289 is the word disaster right d -a sorry d -i -d 00:33:53.289 --> 00:34:00.349 -a -s -k -o right it means that discipleship 00:34:00.349 --> 00:34:04.329 involves teaching it involves instruction it 00:34:04.329 --> 00:34:07.630 means to give instructions right it means to 00:34:07.630 --> 00:34:15.710 educate it means to educate he means to teach 00:34:15.710 --> 00:34:20.130 so he said that teaching them to observe the 00:34:20.130 --> 00:34:22.949 things that he has commanded you so jesus has 00:34:22.949 --> 00:34:26.550 taught his disciples some things praise the lord 00:34:26.550 --> 00:34:30.150 and he's saying that you should teach other people 00:34:30.150 --> 00:34:32.769 the things that i taught you so what did he just 00:34:32.769 --> 00:34:38.869 what did you just teach them what did jesus teach 00:34:38.869 --> 00:34:46.170 his disciples or where did he teach them from 00:34:46.170 --> 00:34:48.969 the teaching that he was teaching them where 00:34:48.969 --> 00:34:51.449 did he get it from did they just come from the 00:34:51.449 --> 00:34:55.590 stars from the moon from his ideas from what 00:34:55.590 --> 00:34:59.409 he thinks about life praise the lord or did he 00:34:59.409 --> 00:35:05.010 come from his experience where did he come from 00:35:05.010 --> 00:35:18.369 luke chapter 24 luke chapter 24 verse 25 to 27 00:35:18.369 --> 00:35:27.070 then he said to them all foolish ones and snow 00:35:27.070 --> 00:35:30.030 of heart to believe in all that the prophet has 00:35:30.030 --> 00:35:33.969 spoken or not the Christ to have suffered these 00:35:33.969 --> 00:35:40.489 things and and to enter his glory and beginning 00:35:40.489 --> 00:35:44.250 at Moses and all the prophet he expounded to 00:35:44.250 --> 00:35:47.789 them in all the scriptures the things consigning 00:35:47.789 --> 00:35:56.030 himself verse 44 Then he said to them These are 00:35:56.030 --> 00:35:58.170 the words which I spoke to you while I'll stay 00:35:58.170 --> 00:36:02.190 with you that all Things must be fulfilled which 00:36:02.190 --> 00:36:05.389 was written in the law of Moses and in the prophets 00:36:05.389 --> 00:36:09.650 and in the Psalms consigning me the rest verse 00:36:09.650 --> 00:36:15.030 And he opened the understanding that he may comprehend 00:36:15.030 --> 00:36:19.630 the scriptures praise the Lord So he said that 00:36:19.630 --> 00:36:24.460 what he espounded the scriptures to them In all 00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:26.800 the scriptures the things concerning himself. 00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:31.219 So Jesus was teaching them from the scriptures 00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:35.119 Praise the Lord. Jesus was teaching them From 00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:38.280 the scriptures when he say espound, right? It 00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:44.500 means to interpret to explain Is a word I manual 00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:56.300 D I E R M E N E U O It means to interpret to 00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:59.199 explain so Jesus was explaining the scriptures 00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:02.860 to them and showing them that he was talking 00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:07.239 about him praise the Lord, he did not say believe 00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:14.380 in me and Just believe in me praise the Lord 00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:20.260 just believe what I'm saying to you Or he will 00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:22.500 use the phrase that my wife does not like when 00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:29.739 I use I will lie for you. Right? Jesus was also 00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:31.800 saying to them, I will lie for you. Just believe 00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:36.980 me. No. He went to the scriptures to show them 00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:40.440 the things concerning himself. Praise the Lord. 00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:43.219 He's going to prove. He's also saying, you know, 00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:45.239 I'm your senior. You know, I know these things 00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:48.460 more than you. I'm spiritual, you are not. You 00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:51.380 cannot understand it. You're too dull of understanding. 00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:54.010 Do you understand? that's all he was saying to 00:37:54.010 --> 00:37:56.469 them he said he went to the scriptures like come 00:37:56.469 --> 00:37:59.510 let's go and research together praise the lord 00:37:59.510 --> 00:38:01.909 so so if somebody is having doubts about the 00:38:01.909 --> 00:38:04.090 scriptures about their faith about you don't 00:38:04.090 --> 00:38:07.909 you don't say why you have you have tarried on 00:38:07.909 --> 00:38:11.010 this mountain too long praise the lord you have 00:38:11.010 --> 00:38:12.849 stayed there for too long you should have understanding 00:38:12.849 --> 00:38:16.789 no you go again and you open the scriptures Praise 00:38:16.789 --> 00:38:19.929 the Lord. So Jesus touched the touch them from 00:38:19.929 --> 00:38:26.070 the scriptures. He explained he interpreted So 00:38:26.070 --> 00:38:28.309 when he says that he opened their understanding 00:38:28.309 --> 00:38:30.769 the last time we're here I said it was not that 00:38:30.769 --> 00:38:33.210 he lay hands on them as they receive understanding 00:38:33.210 --> 00:38:38.309 Praise the Lord is by explanation The way that 00:38:38.309 --> 00:38:40.630 you understand the course by your teacher taking 00:38:40.630 --> 00:38:44.269 the time to explain to you right he went and 00:38:44.269 --> 00:38:49.400 he taught them the scriptures were saying things 00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:52.940 consigning him and they believed not because 00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:55.099 he was the one saying it but because they saw 00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:57.940 the explanation as he was explaining they were 00:38:57.940 --> 00:39:01.260 seeing it praise the lord from the scriptures 00:39:01.260 --> 00:39:06.400 so it's also an attitude that you should have 00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:09.519 like i said when you are deciding where you want 00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:12.460 to worship praise the lord that somebody is able 00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:15.929 to explain the scriptures They're not just saying 00:39:15.929 --> 00:39:20.150 believe it believe it believe it Praise the Lord. 00:39:20.150 --> 00:39:23.409 They are able to explain the scriptures. Praise 00:39:23.409 --> 00:39:26.010 the Lord and they know that in the explanation 00:39:26.010 --> 00:39:32.110 is The Holy Spirit also working to also help 00:39:32.110 --> 00:39:36.909 you understand to also help you comprehend Praise 00:39:36.909 --> 00:39:40.309 the Lord If he did not explain scriptures for 00:39:40.309 --> 00:39:41.889 you, there's no there's no work that would be 00:39:41.889 --> 00:40:00.289 done in you. Praise the Lord So again So that 00:40:00.289 --> 00:40:02.789 is what Jesus was doing to them he expounded 00:40:02.789 --> 00:40:08.860 the scriptures he explained to them, right So 00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:11.659 it therefore means that we need to handle the 00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:15.400 scriptures with a skillfulness, praise the Lord. 00:40:15.739 --> 00:40:18.219 You need to give yourself to learning the scriptures. 00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:21.420 That's why we're teaching sometimes the way we 00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:25.219 teach is so that you also begin to learn how 00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:28.559 to handle the scriptures. Praise the Lord. You 00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:33.340 will not dismiss things. You will not just be 00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:35.739 quoting scriptures here and there. join this 00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:37.880 join that join that you you keep going you keep 00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:40.059 going there is no explanation what is that place 00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:44.639 saying how does he how does it he how does it 00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:48.059 tally with what you are trying to say praise 00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:51.539 the lord so quoting scriptures is not teaching 00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:54.760 i'm quoting it here here here is not you that's 00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:56.940 you you're not teaching praise the lord you're 00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:58.739 just saying you're just saying so many things 00:41:02.510 --> 00:41:06.409 So the way you handle the scriptures also give 00:41:06.409 --> 00:41:10.230 an indication of the church that you offend Praise 00:41:10.230 --> 00:41:12.849 the Lord the way you handle the scriptures the 00:41:12.849 --> 00:41:15.530 way you you look at the scriptures the way you 00:41:15.530 --> 00:41:18.309 pay attention to the scriptures the skillfulness 00:41:18.309 --> 00:41:21.650 that you have in Interpreting or in explaining 00:41:21.650 --> 00:41:24.409 the scriptures shows the kind of church that 00:41:24.409 --> 00:41:28.409 you offend So you must know how to explain the 00:41:28.409 --> 00:41:31.469 scriptures. You must strive to explain the scriptures 00:41:31.769 --> 00:41:35.110 praise the lord don't be happy to be just let 00:41:35.110 --> 00:41:36.989 and just give me the word me i'm just a receiver 00:41:36.989 --> 00:41:39.510 praise the lord i'll keep receiving just keep 00:41:39.510 --> 00:41:41.170 saying it i'll keep writing just keep saying 00:41:41.170 --> 00:41:45.829 also learn how to explain it praise the lord 00:41:45.829 --> 00:41:49.329 it takes time it takes a lot of effort praise 00:41:49.329 --> 00:41:52.989 the lord but also learn how to explain the scriptures 00:41:52.989 --> 00:41:59.269 so that your children example let's bring it 00:41:59.269 --> 00:42:04.170 very close we know that God's mandate is for 00:42:04.170 --> 00:42:07.050 you to do around the world but let's bring it 00:42:07.050 --> 00:42:09.989 closer right so your children will not be 16 00:42:09.989 --> 00:42:12.769 and then they had the scriptures for the first 00:42:12.769 --> 00:42:18.050 time somewhere praise the Lord they say wow is 00:42:18.050 --> 00:42:20.210 this the explanation I'm just hearing it for 00:42:20.210 --> 00:42:23.849 the first time and apparently their father or 00:42:23.849 --> 00:42:28.260 their mother is a confessing believer Praise 00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:30.659 the Lord. It means that you have left the work 00:42:30.659 --> 00:42:33.500 of the Lord. You left you let you forgot the 00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:36.320 nations You forgot your family. Praise the Lord 00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:39.059 It means that that mandates that is saying go 00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:41.780 and preach to all the world. You did not take 00:42:41.780 --> 00:42:46.260 it up It means you left it It means you were 00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:51.480 not practicing it It means that you have a refused 00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:54.519 to allow yourself so that God can walk through 00:42:54.519 --> 00:43:05.130 you Praise the Lord To strive to be able to explain 00:43:05.130 --> 00:43:11.409 the scriptures verse 44 to 45 of that place Luke 00:43:11.409 --> 00:43:19.369 chapter 24 44 to 45 He said then he said to them 00:43:19.369 --> 00:43:22.250 These are the words which I spoke to you while 00:43:22.250 --> 00:43:26.449 I was still with you That all this all things 00:43:26.449 --> 00:43:29.489 must be fulfilled which was written in the law 00:43:29.489 --> 00:43:33.030 and in the prophets and in the sons concerning 00:43:33.030 --> 00:43:36.730 me and he opened the understanding that he may 00:43:36.730 --> 00:43:41.570 comprehend the scriptures he did that by explanation 00:43:41.570 --> 00:43:45.829 so jesus was teaching from the scriptures and 00:43:45.829 --> 00:43:48.929 as he said the scriptures or the bible that jesus 00:43:48.929 --> 00:43:54.670 had was not matthew mark luke and john he did 00:43:54.670 --> 00:43:57.170 not have those he did not have the acts of the 00:43:57.170 --> 00:44:00.909 apostles praise the Lord what he had was Genesis 00:44:00.909 --> 00:44:05.309 to Malachi praise the Lord what Jesus had the 00:44:05.309 --> 00:44:08.349 explanation he was giving them was Genesis to 00:44:08.349 --> 00:44:14.869 Malachi so the context of Jesus explanation the 00:44:14.869 --> 00:44:18.710 context of his walk on earth is what Genesis 00:44:18.710 --> 00:44:22.829 to Malachi that's what he was explaining to them 00:44:22.829 --> 00:44:32.000 that's where he he did his walk The volume of 00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:34.920 the books written concerning him was not Luke. 00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:40.599 It was Genesis to Malachi. Praise the Lord. It 00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:44.119 means that God was saying was saying was already 00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:47.400 saying so many things from there. The things 00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:50.519 that were there were sufficient enough. Praise 00:44:50.519 --> 00:45:04.599 the Lord. so We also can observe that sometimes 00:45:04.599 --> 00:45:07.460 that the book of the Old Testament were called 00:45:07.460 --> 00:45:10.119 the prophets Right in that same place where we 00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:18.239 read Luke chapter 24 verse 25 Luke chapter 24 00:45:18.239 --> 00:45:24.280 verse 25 He says and then he said to them all 00:45:24.280 --> 00:45:28.360 foolish ones of snow had to believe in all that 00:45:28.360 --> 00:45:31.739 the prophet has spoken praise the Lord In all 00:45:31.739 --> 00:45:38.519 that the prophets have spoken verse 27 It's a 00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:40.980 beginning and beginning at Moses and in all the 00:45:40.980 --> 00:45:44.659 prophets He has founded to them in all the scriptures 00:45:44.659 --> 00:45:52.360 the things for assigning himself verse 44 Then 00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:55.340 he said to them these are the words which I spoke 00:45:55.340 --> 00:45:58.210 to you while I was still with you that all things 00:45:58.210 --> 00:46:00.889 must be fulfilled which was written in the law 00:46:00.889 --> 00:46:03.610 of Moses and in the prophets and in the Psalms 00:46:03.610 --> 00:46:06.429 consigning me. Praise the Lord. So the scriptures 00:46:06.429 --> 00:46:09.050 were called Psalms. They were called prophets. 00:46:09.429 --> 00:46:11.710 They were called the laws of Moses. Praise the 00:46:11.710 --> 00:46:15.489 Lord. So we see that the word prophet was repeated 00:46:15.489 --> 00:46:19.050 so many times in these places that we read. So 00:46:19.050 --> 00:46:21.349 one of the ways in which the scriptures is described 00:46:21.349 --> 00:46:24.969 is as the prophets. Praise the Lord. the scriptures 00:46:24.969 --> 00:46:29.289 is described as the prophets so the Old Testament 00:46:29.289 --> 00:46:34.849 book is called the prophets we see that more 00:46:34.849 --> 00:46:42.090 Acts chapter 2 verse 21 Acts chapter 2 sorry 00:46:42.090 --> 00:46:49.050 Acts chapter 3 verse 21 Acts chapter 3 You say, 00:46:49.250 --> 00:46:52.329 whom heaven must receive until the time of restoration 00:46:52.329 --> 00:46:55.409 of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth 00:46:55.409 --> 00:46:58.530 of all his holy prophets since the beginning, 00:46:58.969 --> 00:47:05.610 since the world begun. Verse 22. For Moses truly 00:47:05.610 --> 00:47:08.650 said to the fathers, the Lord your God will raise 00:47:08.650 --> 00:47:12.170 up for you a prophet like me from your brethren, 00:47:12.769 --> 00:47:16.150 him you shall hear in all things, whatever he 00:47:16.150 --> 00:47:50.340 says to you. verse 24 to 25 the prophets so another 00:47:50.340 --> 00:47:53.519 way to look at the scriptures is the prophets 00:47:53.519 --> 00:47:57.920 so he already shows us the background of the 00:47:57.920 --> 00:48:01.460 context of the scriptures the prophets Romans 00:48:01.460 --> 00:48:07.599 chapter 16 verse 25 to 26 Romans chapter 16 verse 00:48:07.599 --> 00:48:23.750 25 to 26 Romans 16 now to him who is able to 00:48:23.750 --> 00:48:26.389 establish you according to the gospel and the 00:48:26.389 --> 00:48:29.130 preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation 00:48:29.130 --> 00:48:32.630 of the mystery kept secret since the world began 00:48:32.630 --> 00:48:39.940 but now made manifest by the prophetic scriptures 00:48:39.940 --> 00:48:42.940 made known to all the nation according to the 00:48:42.940 --> 00:48:45.679 commandments of the everlasting god for obedience 00:48:45.679 --> 00:48:49.800 to the faith praise the lord prophetic scriptures 00:48:49.800 --> 00:48:59.139 Romans chapter one verse two which he promised 00:48:59.139 --> 00:49:04.039 through his prophets in the holy scriptures his 00:49:04.039 --> 00:49:06.860 prophets so the bible is called the prophet hebrew 00:49:06.860 --> 00:49:15.659 chapter one verse one God who at various time 00:49:15.659 --> 00:49:18.280 and in various ways spoken in time past to the 00:49:18.280 --> 00:49:22.880 fathers by the prophets Praise the Lord. So the 00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:25.420 Bible is therefore a book of prophets. It's a 00:49:25.420 --> 00:49:30.119 prophetic book It's not a commercial book. Praise 00:49:30.119 --> 00:49:33.780 the Lord. It's not a five -step book. Praise 00:49:33.780 --> 00:49:42.309 the Lord is not a Just put the ETC there It is 00:49:42.309 --> 00:49:46.849 a prophetic book. Second Timothy chapter 3 verse 00:49:46.849 --> 00:49:54.190 16. Second Timothy chapter 3 verse 16. He said, 00:49:54.650 --> 00:49:57.110 all scriptures is given by the inspiration of 00:49:57.110 --> 00:50:00.190 God and is profitable for doctrines, for reproof, 00:50:00.389 --> 00:50:02.650 for correction, for instruction in righteousness. 00:50:03.269 --> 00:50:05.730 Right? That word inspiration is also another 00:50:05.730 --> 00:50:11.019 way to say prophets. Praise the Lord. Peter chapter 00:50:11.019 --> 00:50:15.000 1 from verse 10 to 12. 1 Peter chapter 1 from 00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:19.539 verse 10 to 12. Of the salvation the prophet 00:50:19.539 --> 00:50:22.599 have inquired and sat carefully who prophesied 00:50:22.599 --> 00:50:27.420 of the grace that will come to you. Such in what 00:50:27.420 --> 00:50:31.980 manner of time the spirit of Christ who was in 00:50:31.980 --> 00:50:35.800 them was indicating when he testified beforehand 00:50:35.800 --> 00:50:38.179 the suffering of Christ and the glories that 00:50:38.179 --> 00:50:42.929 would follow. To them it was a review that sorry 00:50:42.929 --> 00:50:46.909 to them. It was a review that Not to them then 00:50:46.909 --> 00:50:51.469 not to themselves But to us they were ministering 00:50:51.469 --> 00:50:54.909 things which now have been reported to you through 00:50:54.909 --> 00:50:57.849 those who have Preached the gospel to you by 00:50:57.849 --> 00:51:00.989 the Holy Spirit sent from heaven things with 00:51:00.989 --> 00:51:05.710 angel desire to look into Second Timothy sorry 00:51:05.710 --> 00:51:11.099 second Peter chapter 1 of his 19 to 21 Second 00:51:11.099 --> 00:51:19.360 Peter chapter 19 to 21. And so we have prophetic, 00:51:19.679 --> 00:51:22.460 the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well 00:51:22.460 --> 00:51:27.679 to hit as light that shines in that place, in 00:51:27.679 --> 00:51:30.079 that place until the day dawns and the morning 00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:35.880 star rises in your heart. Knowing this first 00:51:35.880 --> 00:51:40.239 and no prophecy of scripture, is of any private 00:51:40.239 --> 00:51:46.760 interpretation verse 21 for prophecy never came 00:51:46.760 --> 00:51:50.239 by the will of man but holy men of god spoke 00:51:50.239 --> 00:51:53.980 as they were moved by the holy spirit praise 00:51:53.980 --> 00:51:57.539 the lord so the entire old testament right is 00:51:57.539 --> 00:52:01.699 called the world of prophecy it refers to it 00:52:01.699 --> 00:52:14.720 as prophets praise the lord it refers to it Luke 00:52:14.720 --> 00:52:22.519 chapter 11, from verse 49 to 51. Luke chapter 00:52:22.519 --> 00:52:26.860 11. Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I 00:52:26.860 --> 00:52:30.000 will send the prophets and the apostle, and some 00:52:30.000 --> 00:52:34.539 of them they will kill and persecute. That the 00:52:34.539 --> 00:52:36.519 blood of all the prophets which was shed from 00:52:36.519 --> 00:52:39.239 the foundation of the world may be required of 00:52:39.239 --> 00:52:43.340 this generation From the blood of Abel to the 00:52:43.340 --> 00:52:46.659 blood of Zechariah who perished between the altars 00:52:46.659 --> 00:52:50.260 and the temple Yes, I say to you it shall be 00:52:50.260 --> 00:52:54.099 required of this generation Praise the Lord. 00:52:54.300 --> 00:52:57.619 So Jesus is talking about the Old Testament or 00:52:57.619 --> 00:53:02.059 the Old Testament So look who he called the prophet 00:53:02.059 --> 00:53:07.139 Praise the Lord verse 51 look who we call the 00:53:07.139 --> 00:53:11.800 prophet he said from the blood of Abel right 00:53:11.800 --> 00:53:15.079 so Abel that we saw or that you might think of 00:53:15.079 --> 00:53:18.360 as somebody who brought a firm product to God 00:53:18.360 --> 00:53:22.280 as offering Christ is saying that he's a prophet 00:53:22.280 --> 00:53:26.039 praise the Lord so he's not just that person 00:53:26.039 --> 00:53:32.119 that was bringing the wonderful as you look at 00:53:32.119 --> 00:53:35.630 it which we also saw in the church he's not somebody 00:53:35.630 --> 00:53:37.510 that you look at as he's not just the person 00:53:37.510 --> 00:53:40.050 you look at somebody who brought the sacrifice 00:53:40.050 --> 00:53:43.329 of his farm product or his of the yield of the 00:53:43.329 --> 00:53:45.889 land to god and his brother killed him that's 00:53:45.889 --> 00:53:49.670 not just that man that man christ says he's what 00:53:49.670 --> 00:53:55.710 the prophet he's or abel was a prophet hebrew 00:53:55.710 --> 00:54:04.940 chapter 11 verse 4 Hebrews 11, they saw. They 00:54:04.940 --> 00:54:08.760 said, by faith Abel offered to God a more excellent 00:54:08.760 --> 00:54:11.539 sacrifice than Cain through which he obtained 00:54:11.539 --> 00:54:14.519 witness that he was righteous, God testifying 00:54:14.519 --> 00:54:18.800 of his gift. Through it, he, being dead, still 00:54:18.800 --> 00:54:22.019 speaks. Praise the Lord. Abel was a prophet. 00:54:22.320 --> 00:54:26.480 So the entire Old Testament was referred to as 00:54:26.480 --> 00:54:30.219 the prophet, which means that if a book is called 00:54:30.219 --> 00:54:35.139 a prophet, A way to see it contextually, that 00:54:35.139 --> 00:54:39.320 is the word in it, the interpretation of it is 00:54:39.320 --> 00:54:42.699 what? The prophet. So if the book, if something 00:54:42.699 --> 00:54:44.619 is called the prophet, so the way you look at 00:54:44.619 --> 00:54:48.400 it properly is the way you read it, the way you 00:54:48.400 --> 00:54:54.059 interpret it is that is the prophet. So if you're 00:54:54.059 --> 00:54:56.000 reading, if somebody writes, if a psychologist, 00:54:56.139 --> 00:54:57.719 I don't know if we have a psychologist here, 00:54:58.079 --> 00:55:01.989 if a psychologist writes a book, You know, you 00:55:01.989 --> 00:55:04.969 can be sure that some of the things they wrote 00:55:04.969 --> 00:55:08.969 would focus more on things concerning psychology 00:55:08.969 --> 00:55:11.610 Praise the Lord. It will not be something relating 00:55:11.610 --> 00:55:13.449 to something else right because this is their 00:55:13.449 --> 00:55:16.650 field. Praise the Lord So if a Bible is written 00:55:16.650 --> 00:55:19.829 by prophet, it means that the context of it right 00:55:19.829 --> 00:55:23.010 would be the prophets Praise the Lord. It will 00:55:23.010 --> 00:55:27.070 mean the prophets. So who is a prophet? Praise 00:55:27.070 --> 00:55:29.449 the Lord. We're going to answer that on Wednesday 00:55:34.890 --> 00:55:38.250 We appreciate you being here today. We hope you 00:55:38.250 --> 00:55:40.349 carried this word with you throughout your week. 00:55:41.190 --> 00:55:43.269 Don't forget to check the show notes for additional 00:55:43.269 --> 00:55:46.070 insights. Stay connected with us through our 00:55:46.070 --> 00:55:49.929 website or follow us on social media. If you 00:55:49.929 --> 00:55:52.250 were encouraged, share this message with someone 00:55:52.250 --> 00:55:55.849 you care about. Until next time, stay blessed.