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right in. John chapter 14 verse 12 it says most
assuredly I say to you he who believes in me
the works that I do he will do also and greater
works than this he will do because I go to my
father hallelujah now going to the father is
very essential to the greater works that those
who believe in him will do. It was expedient
that he go to the father. It was important that
he live. And in living, he returns and we see
the ability to do greater works. He says, because
I go to the Father. Because I go to the Father,
the fundamental reason. Father, we will see in
verse 18 of verse 19. Jesus will go on to speak
about his going to the Father in verse 18 and
19. He says, I will not leave you orphans. I
will come to you. So he's not only going, but
he's coming. Hallelujah. He's not only going,
but what will happen? He will come. A little
while longer, and the world will see me no more.
But you will see me. Because I live, what will
happen? You will live also. So Jesus wouldn't
leave them as orphans because he goes to the
father. And then in going to the father will
see Jesus will say that he will come back again
So what does it mean? What does he doesn't mean
by going to the father? What does it mean by
going to the father? John chapter 16 will see
the continuation of that conversation chapter
16 verse 16 and to 19 Still in that conversation
the same context the same communication. It says
a little while and you will not see me and a
little while and you will see me he repeats again
because what because i go to the father and some
of his disciples say it among themselves what
is this what is what is this that he say to us
a little while and you will not see me and again
a little while and you will see me because I
go to the Father even then they were contemplating
what does it mean by I go to the Father Hallelujah
what does it mean by I go to the Father verse
18 they said they said therefore what is this
he says a little while we do not know what he's
saying now Jesus knew that they desire to ask
him and he said to them verse 18 verse 19 now
they knew that they desire now Jesus knew that
they desire to ask him and He said to them are
you inquiring among yourselves about what I said
a little while and You will not see me and again
a little while and you will see me In verse 20
we'll see Jesus father explains what will happen
when he goes to the father in verse 20 to give
us a clue of what it means by going to the father
most assuredly i say to you that you will weep
and lament but the world will rejoice how will
they weep and lament and what will do why will
the world rejoice you'll weep and lament but
the world will rejoice and you will be sorrowful
but your sorrow will be torn into joy hallelujah
in their sorrow their sorrow will be torn into
joy in his living they're going to be sorrowful
in his living the world will be rejoicing but
the sorrow of the believers of those who are
his disciples will be torn into joy a woman when
she is in the label has sorrow because her hour
has come but as soon as she has given birth to
the child she no longer remembers the anguish
for joy that a human being has been born into
the world therefore you now have sorrow but I
will see you again and your heart will rejoice
and your joy no one will take from you. And in
that day, which day? In that day, hallelujah,
today is that day. Amen. To anyone who believes,
who is in Christ, that day is today. And in that
day, you will ask me nothing. Most and shortly,
I say to you, whatever you ask the Father, in
my name, He will give you. until now you have
asked nothing in my name acts and you will receive
that your joy may be full hallelujah so going
to the Father speaks of Jesus's completion of
the work of redemption Jesus saying that I go
to the Father is in relation to his death that
he will die that he will be buried and that he
will rise again and that he will be ascended
and Then we see the accompanying result of all
these to the church Because the essence of all
that Jesus will do is for the church is for the
believers is for us who Have believed today So
Jesus saying I will go to the father I go to
the father most assuredly I say to you he who
believes in me the works that I do he will do
also and greater worse than this he will do because
what because I'm going to die hallelujah because
I'm going to die and I will rise again and not
only that I'm going to rise again but I'm going
to ascend to the father amen and I will come
to you I'll give you the gifts the gift of the
spirit I'll come to you again so the greater
works that we do all that will be done by the
apostles or by the disciples is a product of
the resurrection of Jesus Christ if truly Jesus
has resurrected the result of his resurrection
is actually not only the fact that you are born
again but actually that you have the ability
to do greater works hallelujah now in Jesus's
death let's look at it He took away the sin of
the whole world. Because sometimes, you know,
we are so conscious of sin, okay? We are so conscious
of sin that it limits us from doing what we've
been called to do. But look at what Jesus did
in His death. In going to the Father and dying,
in rising, in resurrecting. He took away the
sin of the whole world. The whole world meaning
he paid for the legal requirement of sin Because
there is a legality to sin hallelujah the wages
that sin demands is what is death What sins require
is separation from God what sins require is total
separation from God But we see Jesus Resolving
the legal requirement for sin. Romans 6 verse
23. Romans 6 verse 23. He says, for the wages
of sin is death, but the gift of God is what?
Is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. The
gift that God gives through Christ is eternal
life. A spiritual life. That life by which we
live. That life by which we are able to do greater
works. Isaiah 53 verse 5 and 6 speaks of what
Jesus did in his death Isaiah 53 verse 5 and
6 in the prophecy it says but he was wounded
for what he was wounded for our transgressions
he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement
for our peace was upon him and by whose tribes
were healed now the transgressions is speaking
of the iniquities is speaking of the healing
this is what jesus has done in his death verse
six all we like sheep have grown astray we have
turned everyone to his own way and the lord has
laid on him what has god laid on him he has laid
on jesus the iniquity of us all hallelujah The
iniquity of us all has been laid upon him. The
iniquities of us all has been laid on Jesus.
Second Corinthians chapter 5 verse 21 explains
it for us vividly. By revelation we see how Paul
expressed it. It says for he made him. Who knew
no sin that is Christ? Who cannot sin? Who doesn't
have the ability to sin? God made him to be seen
for us. That we might become the righteousness
of God in him. The believer becomes the righteousness
of God. So, sin is no longer a hindrance to doing
greater works. Hallelujah! There is no longer
a separation between God and man. Man is enabled
by virtue of what Christ has done. It has brought
us into the status and the level by which we
can do the things that God has called us to do
Therefore our minds need renewal our minds need
to change Hebrews chapter 9 verse 26 Hebrews
chapter 9 verse 26 He then will have had to suffer
often since the foundation of the world but now
once at the end of the ages has appeared To do
what? To put away sin. All right? To put away
sin. Jesus has put away sin by the sacrifice
of himself. Hallelujah. Jesus is not only the
priest, the high priest. Jesus is a high priest
and the sacrifice. So by the offering of himself,
he put away sin. Hallelujah. President of the
two of us to just and heal himself is what is
a propitiation for our sins and Not for ours
only but also for the world hallelujah So we
see in his dead. He has handled the issue of
sin He has handled the issue of sin. Therefore.
There should be no guilt for sin because in Christ
Jesus who is 65 When I was the leader of beef
because of our offenses jesus was delivered for
sin because of our offenses and was raised because
of what of our justification all right he was
raised for our justification that is to make
us ride with god that is to settle the issue
of our separation because sin separates god from
men hebrew chapter 9 verse 24 for Christ has
not entered the holy places made with hands this
is a comparison between what is of works what
men do and what Christ has done for Christ has
not entered the holy places made with hands which
are copies of the truth but into heaven itself
now to do what? to appear before the Father to
appear in the presence of God. For who? For us.
The appearance of Jesus before the Father is
for us. It's for us. Ephesians 2 verse 18. Ephesians
2 verse 18. For to Him we both have access. Okay?
We both have access to Jesus himself. We. have
access by one spirit. To who? To the Father.
So the believer has access to the Father through
one spirit by what Christ has done. Hebrews 10
verse 19 and 20. Hebrews 10 verse 19. It says
therefore brethren, having boldness to enter
the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by the life
of Jesus, by what Jesus has done, by a new living
way which He consecrated for us. So Jesus has
created a path for us. No wonder He will say,
I am the way. Jesus Himself is the way by which
we access the Father through the veil that is
His Word, His flesh. So we see that death took
away the penalty of sin. We see that in Jesus'
resurrection, He appeared before the Father for
us. Also, the result is seen in the pouring of
His Spirit. The pouring of His Spirit to the
church. John chapter 7 verse 38. The result of
the election of Jesus Christ, the result of the
Easter, in quote, right, is the Spirit of God
that He gave to man. The Spirit of God that He
gave to man that enables us to live, the light
that He has called us to live. Sin is no longer
a problem because Jesus has resurrected. We have
access to the Father. We are no longer separated
from the Father. We have the ability of the Father
in us. He says, I will come to you. He has come
to us by the Spirit. So John chapter 7 verse
38 and 39 says, He who believes in me, as the
scripture has said, out of his heart will flow
rivers of living water, that's nine. But this
he spoke, consider what? The Spirit. whom those
believing in him will receive so those who believe
in Jesus at this moment he has not given the
spirit yet but those who believe will do what
will receive and we have believed today and we
have received for the Holy Spirit was not yet
given because Jesus was not yet glorified so
going to the father speaks of his glorification
that as he's glorified he will come and him coming
is by the spirit hallelujah He gave us His Spirit.
John chapter 6, verse 7. John chapter 6, verse
7. Now I just want our eyes to be open to the
realities of what we have. Okay? So we will begin
to talk about doing greater works. Know that
you are equipped to do the greater works. Nevertheless,
I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage
that I go away. For if I do not go away, the
helper will not come to you. But if I depart,
I will send Him to you. Hallelujah! That is prior
to His death. But today, Jesus has gone to the...
He has died. He has resurrected. And He has ascended.
And He has given us the gift of the Spirit. And
the Spirit, the helper, is in us. The ability
of God dwells in us. The person of the Spirit
of God lives in us. Hallelujah! He lives in us.
Acts 1 verse 8. Let's see what He will do when
He is in us. Acts 1 verse 8 says that you shall
receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon
you. You shall receive power. Power speaks of
ability to act, the enablement to do when the
Spirit has come upon you and you shall be what?
You shall be witnesses. Witnessing speaks of
the greater works that God enabled the believer
to do. You shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem.
in all Judea and Samaria and to the uttermost
part of the earth. Acts chapter 2 verse 32 we
see when the Apostles began Acts chapter 2 verse
32 and 33 this Jesus God has raised up of which
we are all witnesses this is a testimony of the
Apostles they were witnesses of what God has
done therefore be exalted to the right hand of
God and have received from the father what did
he receive from the father the promise and that
promise is the Holy Spirit what has he done he
poured out this which you now see and hear hallelujah
so the resurrection ushered us into the gifts
that God has given to us in Christ Jesus the
spirit and that spirit is for everyone who believes.
Ephesians chapter 1 verse s speaks it clearly
when we receive the salvation the message of
salvation he sealed us with his spirit Ephesians
chapter 1 verse 13 speaks of this reality in
the life of the believer says in him you you
also trusted after you heard the word of truth
so this gives gives by hearing the word of truth
hallelujah the gospel of your salvation one is
the gospel of salvation the gospel is that god
in christ has dealt with the issue of sin. Jesus
died, he rose again, and then there's no longer
condemnation for he who received. So the gospel
of your salvation, it won't also, having believed
that what Jesus did is true. Having believed
that your sins are forgiven. To be thinking that
God is holding you accountable is not believing
that Jesus has died for your sins. So the gospel
of your salvation in war also have believed when
you believe you were what you were sealed With
the Holy Spirit of promise the Holy Spirit there
was a promise Galatians chapter 4 verse 6 Galatians
chapter 4 verse 6 and because The reason and
because you are sons. How did we become sons?
we became sons by believing in Jesus so because
you are sons God has sent forth the spirit of
his son into your heart so we look at what that
heart means all right what does it mean that
the spirit of God is in our heart is it in the
heart of the palms blood we're going to look
at that clearly right so it says God has sent
forth the spirit of his son into your hearts
crying out our Father So we see the result of
all that Christ has done the resurrection we
celebrate see the essence of Easter is not to
dance All right, it's to remind us of what Christ
has done Dancing is good. All right, but we don't
dance away the meaning of what Christ has done
for us Hallelujah It reminds us of one we have
and the responsibility that comes in one we have
that Jesus died and he rose again from the dead.
And that brings us to the experience of his spirit.
So greater works are for everyone who believes
in Jesus. Who believes in Jesus. You have all
it takes. That means if you are not doing greater
works, it means that you are not doing that which
you have been equipped to do. You are not doing
that which you have been empowered to do. all
that he has done in redemption hallelujah is
for all who believe who believe in jesus who
believe in all that he has done in redemption
not just many believing in his existence i see
that are people that believe jesus also existed
they believe that he was a messiah all right
james of the true verse 19 will say even even
demons they believe but that's all the kind of
belief we are talking about okay that's what
they kind of believe we are speaking about you
believe that he died for you hallelujah you believe
that your sins are forgiven by what he did you
believe that he is a messiah you believe that
he is the one that god has sent into the world
you believe that he is god that became man that
you will die for your sins and that he was raised
again from the dead by the spirit of god and
that he has appeared before the father for you
and right now he is seated at the right hand
of the father for you for you says for me Jesus
has As we elevated right to a position for our
sake By virtue of what he has done his death
is better his resurrection It is to our advantage
It is to our advantage The authority of Christ
is to the church So we have the ability to do
all the things that God We want us to do because
he has made a promise and he has fulfilled his
promise and This promise of doing greater works
is for this era is for the church era Hallelujah,
and this greater works is the works of faith.
You mean is the works of faith What do I mean
by is the works of faith is not by your own doing
Hallelujah. There's no formula you implement
to do the rock of faith. Greater works are not
produced by human effort. That is what I want
to emphasize. Showing to us how God has qualified
us by what he has done. Okay? And we come into
what God has done by faith. We are transformed.
We are made world. We are forgiven and we are
alive in Christ by faith So the greater works
are not produced by human effort but by faith
that originates from God And we see this revealed
through what Christ has done Hallelujah, so then
we say you go to preach we don't go to preach
laying hand on the six because sometimes we begin
to speak about laying hand on the six to be healed
this is part of greater works all right given
the road of prophecy is is part of the greater
works all right all that is inspired by the spirit
of god is a greater works some of us think that
there's a method by which we will take in order
to find these results look at what paul explained
to the church in galatia galatians of the three
verse one Galatians of the three verse one to
five says all foolish Galatians who has bewitched
you that you should not obey the truth before
whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed
to you among you as crucified this only I want
to learn from you did you receive the spirit
by the works of the law that is is there anything
you did all right that made God favored you Is
there anything you did? Did you obey all the
laws of Moses that qualify you to receive the
mercy of God? Is there anything that comes from
you that enables you to receive the forgiveness
of sin? This only I want to learn from you. Did
you receive the Spirit by the works of the law
or by the hearing of faith? This is a rhetorical
question to them. Are you so foolish? Yes, they
are foolish. Are you so foolish that having begun
in what? In the spirit. Beginning in the spirit
simply means by faith. Having begun in the spirit,
are you now being made perfect by the flesh?
Meaning, you started by faith. Are you now going
to be perfected by doing some things to be perfected?
Have you suffered so many things in vain, if
indeed it was in vain? Look at verse 5 very importantly.
Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and
what did He do? And work miracles among you.
Right? Does He do it by works of the law or by
the hearing of faith? Jesus did all He did for
us and we enter into the reality of what He's
doing by faith. And for them, they have enjoyed
the miraculous, they've enjoyed in particular,
the works of the Spirit. The supply of this particular
verse five says, the supply of the Spirit and
the miraculous work that happened among them
was the greater works done through faith and
not by any of their own efforts. works of the
law emphasizes what man does. Hallelujah. So
the context is that some people here have come
into the church and began teaching them that
obeying the law of Moses was necessary part of
the gospel. Obeying those rules and norms were
necessary part of the gospel. And we see Paul's
response to them. Paul's religious studies are
amazing at their countenance. Let's go back to
chapter one verse. verse 6 and 10. See how short
the quote was. It says chapter 1 verse 6. Galatians
1 verse 6. I marveled that you are turning away
so soon from Him who called you in the grace
of Christ to a different gospel. That is to say
jesus what jesus has done plus something is another
gospel all right the lunar equation okay is jesus
alone there is no other parameters there's no
other variables that accompany your salvation
jesus and what he has done alone but some have
come into their midst and began telling us that
jesus have done this but there are some things
you need to do so that god will accept you Which
is not an order, but there are some who trouble
you and want to pervert the gospel of God They
want to dilute they want to pervert what God
has done verse 8 but even if we or an angel from
heaven Preach any other gospel to you than what
we have preached to you. Let him be cut off Let
him be cut off let him be accursed verse 9 as
we have said before so now if maybe they didn't
hear it well so now again if anyone which is
any other gospel to you than what you have received
let him be across vasten for i do not for do
i now persuade men or god or do i seek to please
men for if i simply men i will not be a born
servant of christ so paul will follow mention
his opposition to peter Who was trying to be
a people pleaser? That is the reason why they
are trying to inculcate The laws of Moses is
to please the Jewish people. All right to please
the Jewish people. Look at how Paul opposes Peter
in chapter 2 verse 11 because of that Galatians
2 verse 11 on 14 Just now when Peter had come
to Antioch I will stood him to his face because
he was to be blown What was there to be blamed?
So before certain men come from James, he will
eat with the Gentiles because in the law, in
the law of Moses, in the law of the Jews, the
Jews will practice non -Israelite, mixed with
Israel, people of Israel. So Peter was trying
to, you know, practice these things. So before
certain men came from James, he would eat with
the Gentiles. But when they came, he would with
Jew and separate himself, fearing those who are
of the circumcision. All right? Firm those who
have a circumcision. And the rest of the Jews
also played the hypocrite with him. So that Elion
Barnavas was carried away by their hypocrisy.
But when I saw that they were not straightforward
about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter
before them all, if you, being a Jew, live in
a manner of dentists and not as Jews, Why do
you compare Gentiles to live as Jews? That is
to say, if you who is a Jew, you don't practice
those things because you have a knowledge that
in Christ the law has been fulfilled. Why do
you want to make Gentiles who are not Jews practice
those things of the Jewish tradition? So Paul
explains the justification is by faith of Jesus
Christ it's not by what you do but it's by faith
of Jesus Christ Galatians 2 verse 15 you see
emphasizing this in chapter 2 verse 15 and 16
who are Jews by nature and not sinners of the
Gentiles verse yes knowing that a man is not
justified by the works of the law so what makes
a man justified what makes a man accepted is
not what he did but by faith of Jesus Christ
even we have believed in Christ Jesus that we
might be justified by faith in Christ and not
by the works of the law for by the works of the
law no flesh shall work shall be justified no
flesh shall be justified look at verse 20 and
21 verse 20 and 21 verse 20 i have been crucified
with christ it is no longer i who live okay but
christ lives in me that is to say you will make
perfect you are justified by what christ has
done and even the life that you live right now
it is it is christ who lives in you all right
It is no longer I who live, but Christ in me.
And the life I now live in the flesh. How does
he live the life in the flesh? By his effort?
No. I live by the faith of the Son of God. I
live by the faith of the Son of God. So who lives
out the life in me, the faith of the Son of God,
who loves me and gives himself for me? So of
course we say in verse 20, it is no longer I
who live, but Christ in me. This means that the
believer is set by the faith of God through Christ.
The believer will also live by the same faith
of God through Christ. Your salvation is all
you're doing. So your outliving of the salvation
is not also you're doing. So, what is my responsibility?
The responsibility of the believer is to respond
to what God is doing in him. The responsibility
of the believer is to yield to what God is living
in him. The moment you begin to act outside what
God is doing from within you is the rocks of
the flesh. Even if it is preaching, you can preach
in the flesh. Because the focus will not be He
who is in you. So everything the believer does
is from the empowering that is within. That the
power of God, the indwelling of the Spirit of
God lives out alive in you. You don't begin to
formulate formulas. We begin with the faith that
comes from God. And the sense of God perfects
us. Do you know why you are struggling with sins?
You are struggling with behaviors? It's because
you are trying to live by your strength, by formulas.
You are trying to live by what? By rules and
laws. In the meantime, those things may seem
they are working. But time will tell. You will
see they are failures. Because those are not
enduring. Those cannot last. That cannot last.
But when we yield to the work of the Spirit,
the Bible will tell us that when we work by the
Spirit, we will not gratify the desires of the
flesh. When we yield ourselves to the dynamic
power of the Spirit of God that lives in us,
we will not yield ourselves to the desires of
the flesh. Because we are not called to live
on our own. You are not born again to live by
your strength. You are not born again to live
by your power. The Christian life cannot be lived
by willpower. It's by the power of the Spirit
of God that you can live. And the work of ministry
is not by your willpower. It's by the outworking
of the power of God within you. So, let me say
this cautiously. It is not your responsibility
to heal. Contextually, you know what I'm saying.
It is not your responsibility to heal, but it
is your responsibility to lay a hand on the sick.
And who does the healing? God does the healing
through you. Hallelujah. So if I lay my hand
on the sick and the sick did not get healed,
what happened? Have I done my responsibility?
We calculate God's responsibility in our head.
And we want to do what God will want to do by
himself. Hallelujah So what if I go to preach?
And the person you know here it is not your duty.
You know that you cannot get any man born again
All right, do you know that you there's nothing
you can when a man have made up his mind even
God cannot make him born again Because God will
violate the will of the man are we together So
even you yourself what you do is that you obey
you allowed God to find expression to you and
the Holy Spirit does the rest The Bible says
I is a spirit that convicts the world of sin.
Not you you don't is that the ministry of the
spirit Convict means to show proof of what Christ
has done concerning sin Perhaps the person will
receive But God is long -suffering hallelujah
God is long -suffering so we begin with the faith
that comes from God and the self -faith of God
perfects us the greater works that is the work
of ministry are done by the same faith of God
faith is not self -generated nor a human achievement
it is rooted in Christ who is the author and
the finisher of our faith now this faith is uncalled
in Christ is sustained by his word and perfected
in him. It's all about what God is doing in us.
So in Jesus' teaching on Pharaoh, we saw the
last time in Mark chapter 11 verse 12. I want
us to go back there again once again. Mark 11
verse 12 to 14. When Jesus was teaching what
faith does all right what faith does now on the
next day when they have come out from Bethany
he was hungry and seeing from afar a fig tree
other leaves he went to see if perhaps you will
find something on it when he came to read he
found nothing but leaves for it was not season
for figs okay in response Jesus said to it let
no one eat from you ever and the disciples they
had what he said okay now verse 20 verse 20 to
24 now in the morning as they passed by they
saw the fig tree dried up from the roots and
Peter remembering said to him rabbi look the
fig tree which he cursed has withered away now
look at what Jesus said So Jesus answered and
said to them have faith in God and we've explained
this that this speaks of have the faith of God
or when you have the faith of God, right the
next verse For assuredly I say to you whoever
says to this mountain be removed and be cast
into the sea and does not doubt in his heart
Where does faith lives? Faith is in the heart
of man. All right, faith can be found in the
heart of man Doubt can only be found and also
be found in the heart of man. So the heart is
actually the place where faith dwells. Be removed
and cast out into the sea and does not doubt
in his heart, but believes that those things
he says will be done, he will have whatever he
sees. Verse 24. Therefore I say to you whatever
things you ask when you pray, believe that you
receive them and you will have them. So Jesus
here I said is teaching what faith does. He's
describing the work of faith. He's describing
the works of faith. It is important we must learn
from what Jesus said in Mark 11. It is important
for us to mark this out. It is not within your
power. okay it is not within the power of the
disciples or the believer to make the mountain
to move all right but a believer will speak to
the mountain but it is not within the power of
the believer to move the mountain all right if
the believer or the man that is standing there
that is speaking to the mountain has the ability
the ability to speak to the mountain to make
it move On his own, then he does not need the
faith of God in him to speak to the mountain.
Are we together? So, it is not within your power
to move mountains. It is not within your power
to cause a fig tree to die up. Or to, to, to,
yes, to, to die up. But it is actually God at
work. All right? So the believer who will speak
to the mountain, yes. We will speak to the victory,
but it is the power of faith that causes the
result of what we see. And this faith, where
is it located? It is inherited in the believer.
This faith is located in the believer. This faith
is from God, but lives in man. So what I want
you to know is that you have the ability of God
unwillingly. All right? And your responsibility
is to yield to the power that is God has put
in you and then you see the manifestation of
the work of God. So what we often do many times
is exercise our self -will. Self -will is not
faith. We try to exercise effort and we call
it faith. We must realize that it is God. The
Bible will say that it is Him that is in us,
right? It is God who lives in us and grant us
the ability to do the things that He has called
us to do. Example of Peter in Matthew chapter
4. Often times we blame Peter for sinking, but
we do forget that Peter actually walked on water.
Matthew chapter 14 verse 22. And that is the
walk of faith. Matthew 14 verse 22. And said,
immediately, this is the story of Peter and Jesus,
right? Immediately, Jesus made his disciples
get into the boat and go before him to the other
side, while he sent the multitudes away. And
when he had sent the multitudes away, he went
up on the mountain by himself to pray. Now when
evening came, he was alone there. But the boat
was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the
waves, for the wind was contrary at least to
the boat. Now in the fourth watch of the night,
Jesus went to them walking on the sea. And when
the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they
were troubled saying, it is a ghost. And they
cried out for fear. But immediately Jesus spoke
to them saying, be of good cheer. It is I, do
not be afraid. And Peter answered him and said,
Lord, if it is you, what? command me to come
to you on the water if it is you command me to
come to you on the water so he said come and
when Peter had come down out of the boat so Peter's
obedience is a response to what Jesus said come
and when Peter had come out of the boat he what
he walked on the water To go to Jesus. Hallelujah.
So and a response of what Jesus said He began
to walk on the water So he said that he talked
about study But when he served the wind was by
a star us Right. He was afraid He wasn't water,
okay and then his attention shift from what Jesus
said to what is happening in his environment
when he saw that the wind was biased for us he
was afraid and beginning to do what and he began
he beginning to sing he cried out saying Lord
save me was that one and immediately Jesus stretched
out his hand and called him, and he said to him,
O you of little faith, why did you doubt? And
when they got into the board, the wind ceased.
So Jesus says, why did you doubt? Why did you
doubt? So it means that you can begin. What it
means is this. You can start in faith, right?
And walk into doubt. That is why often times
the scripture will ask us, we should start as
if we were in defeat. It is not saying that you
have lost your salvation. It is saying that you
should start to see if you are living, if you
have not abandoned how you came in and then you
begin to do other things. So we see here, Peter
stood on the word of Jesus. And of course everybody
knows that the water doesn't have the ability
to allow them to float. That was a supernatural
activity that happened there. So he began in
the spirit, he began by faith. He began by believing
with his heart and speaking with his mouth and
he was walking on the water. Peter started the
right way and he walked on water. and immediately
his attention was moved to his environment for
what is around him shifting his attention from
what is of faith what Jesus said he was good
with doubt in his heart and possibly is a story
over some of us in this place they are beginning
to doubt and your doubt is the result of your
attention you are no longer looking within you're
no longer looking onto how you in fact how did
he become born again And I begin to look elsewhere
and looking at a storm and the things that are
happening without and not looking within And
so that comes in Peter ought to have known that
I did not make myself walk in water. I Went on
the word that says come Now the bottom line is
this The greater works is a walk of faith The
Christian life is a life of faith It is not your
power. It is your responsibility. It is not your
responsibility to move mountains All right It
is God's is in God's ability to move mountains
if you have the faith of God You allow the faith
to find expression The faith of the Son of God
will always work. This faith is in North, Ephesians
2 verse 8 to 9. We can only see mountain moves
by what God is doing. It's not in our own ability.
You see, the reason why sometimes we say that
this thing is not working. It's not working because
you are the one at a time to do it by yourself.
And the moment you want to take responsibility
of what God wants to do, then You can't see God
at work. You can't see God at work in your life.
So now we can move mountains in the faith of
God, not in our own ability. We don't produce
faith. It was given to us. Our responsibility
is to yield to it on a daily basis. The danger
is that many people go into mechanisms. They
now get into mechanical approach to fate. Why
afraid in its simplistic fashion is to believe
with your heart and say with your mouth, we begin
to have mechanisms. For example now, as good
and as important confession is. Some people have
a list of confessions they've written down and
placed on their wall. They have a method. When
it's a week to exams, they have to fast and pray
for five hours. Then they will see what will
happen and when it happens, then they will credit
it to their fasting and praying. Oh, I've had
some people come to me to share this, to complain.
So I have prayed about this thing. And it didn't
work. After all the sacrifices, the fasting and
prayer, I prayed for 40 days. Most recently,
someone was asked to buy some ingredients so
that they would use it to pray for her. You see?
The moment we don't see what God has done. We
don't rely on what God has done. We don't look
within to see what Christ has done for us. We
begin to miss the mark. Because all that God
entails of us is that we live by faith. Just
as the walk of salvation is a walk of faith,
the same way we have received the Lord Jesus
Christ, the Bible will say in Colossians 2 verse
5 to 6, we walk in the same alright we walk in
the same now we are not saying this is what we
say we're not saying the prayer and fasting is
not is not important even though we will not
be praying in this church we will not be fasting
in this church we understand the place of prayer
and fasting they are very very important discipline
if a believer does not pray if a believer does
not fast then there's a problem but that is not
what makes you that's not what produces a result
in your life There's a place for that. But what
that does is that it makes you ready. It makes
you receptive to what God is doing. It makes
you conditioned to allow God to flow through
your life. So when someone is sick and he comes
around you and says, please sister, I'm sick,
can you just lay down on me? Don't say no, I
need to go and fast and pray. Fast and pray to
do what? Is it by prayer and fasting that you'll
be able to heal the sick? or when somebody is
possessed by a demon as person was teaching us
about the gifts the power gifts the give of the
disarmament of spirits then you need to fast
and pray so that you have the ability it's not
in person and prayer it's in what God has done
within you you must have this consciousness within
you that all that it takes to do what God has
called you to do but to live the life and to
do the work of ministry is inherent in you so
It does not depend on activity and mechanisms.
There are some people that before they pray,
they have to sing some songs to charge up the
atmosphere. God does not need a charged atmosphere
to move. Songs might prepare your mind to receive
from God, but God is not your oracle in a village.
Then you need to sing some songs of war so that
God will now be be mobilized uh will be what
will be prepared mobilize to act let god arise
and then you sing for three hours four hours
then god have now been prepared now he's ready
to move now no no no no there are no mechanisms
to that what god has done has done it once and
for all And indwelling in you is the ability
and the power of God. Hallelujah. So we don't
live as... Listen, these are similar religious
stuff. We're not even talking about the extremes.
So we must depend on what God has done. And rest
on what Christ has done. So that we can enjoy
the benefits of all that we have in Christ. Hallelujah.
So the message of Easter is that it is finished.
Right? Some of us were passing throughout the
week, it is finished. Do you really know what
has finished? If we truly believe that it is
finished, then let's hold on to the fact that
it is finished. No more works. It is finished.
Hallelujah. The work of redemption, it is actually,
it is finished. And we have the complete package.
Even it's not in installments, it's in full.
Hallelujah. So we are fully forgiven. Amen? We
are fully forgiven. We are eternally forgiven.
We are eternally empowered and endowed with all...
See, there is no any impartation that can come
elsewhere from that, apart from that which is
within you. So even when personal loans are on
you, they are not bringing another spirit on
you. They are only bringing out what has already
been put, deposited in you by the Spirit of God.
Hallelujah. So we must work with this reality.
Every day we work. Just know that I have only
texts. By virtue of the resurrection of Jesus
Christ, swim is not an issue. By virtue of what
Christ has done, there's no doubt in my heart.
There's no shortcoming as far as my relationship
with God is concerned. I have an advocate that
I have played before the Father. So let's focus
on Jesus and what He has done. Let's focus on
Jesus and what He has done. And we will see that
even our own inabilities begin to disappear.
Hallelujah! Our inabilities will begin to disappear
because we are focused on Him who has worked
and is still working in us. The work He has done
in us is affecting what He has already done in
us. Hallelujah! Let's close our eyes and give
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