WEBVTT 00:00:01.280 --> 00:00:06.900 Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is 00:00:06.900 --> 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 --> 00:00:43.759 right in. John chapter 14 verse 12 it says most 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:48.479 assuredly I say to you he who believes in me 00:00:48.479 --> 00:00:53.280 the works that I do he will do also and greater 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:58.479 works than this he will do because I go to my 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:02.799 father hallelujah now going to the father is 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:06.900 very essential to the greater works that those 00:01:06.900 --> 00:01:12.140 who believe in him will do. It was expedient 00:01:12.140 --> 00:01:15.879 that he go to the father. It was important that 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:24.659 he live. And in living, he returns and we see 00:01:24.659 --> 00:01:33.829 the ability to do greater works. He says, because 00:01:33.829 --> 00:01:40.230 I go to the Father. Because I go to the Father, 00:01:40.450 --> 00:01:46.290 the fundamental reason. Father, we will see in 00:01:46.290 --> 00:01:53.030 verse 18 of verse 19. Jesus will go on to speak 00:01:53.030 --> 00:01:55.109 about his going to the Father in verse 18 and 00:01:55.109 --> 00:02:03.159 19. He says, I will not leave you orphans. I 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:05.680 will come to you. So he's not only going, but 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:09.659 he's coming. Hallelujah. He's not only going, 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:12.979 but what will happen? He will come. A little 00:02:12.979 --> 00:02:15.840 while longer, and the world will see me no more. 00:02:16.500 --> 00:02:20.699 But you will see me. Because I live, what will 00:02:20.699 --> 00:02:26.599 happen? You will live also. So Jesus wouldn't 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:28.639 leave them as orphans because he goes to the 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:32.580 father. And then in going to the father will 00:02:32.580 --> 00:02:34.580 see Jesus will say that he will come back again 00:02:34.580 --> 00:02:38.500 So what does it mean? What does he doesn't mean 00:02:38.500 --> 00:02:42.180 by going to the father? What does it mean by 00:02:42.180 --> 00:02:46.719 going to the father? John chapter 16 will see 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:48.800 the continuation of that conversation chapter 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:55.120 16 verse 16 and to 19 Still in that conversation 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:57.740 the same context the same communication. It says 00:02:57.740 --> 00:03:03.310 a little while and you will not see me and a 00:03:03.310 --> 00:03:06.849 little while and you will see me he repeats again 00:03:06.849 --> 00:03:12.550 because what because i go to the father and some 00:03:12.550 --> 00:03:15.150 of his disciples say it among themselves what 00:03:15.150 --> 00:03:20.689 is this what is what is this that he say to us 00:03:20.689 --> 00:03:23.669 a little while and you will not see me and again 00:03:23.669 --> 00:03:27.030 a little while and you will see me because I 00:03:27.030 --> 00:03:28.889 go to the Father even then they were contemplating 00:03:28.889 --> 00:03:31.810 what does it mean by I go to the Father Hallelujah 00:03:31.810 --> 00:03:39.389 what does it mean by I go to the Father verse 00:03:39.389 --> 00:03:42.669 18 they said they said therefore what is this 00:03:42.669 --> 00:03:45.909 he says a little while we do not know what he's 00:03:45.909 --> 00:03:50.430 saying now Jesus knew that they desire to ask 00:03:50.430 --> 00:04:01.960 him and he said to them verse 18 verse 19 now 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:05.280 they knew that they desire now Jesus knew that 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:09.419 they desire to ask him and He said to them are 00:04:09.419 --> 00:04:12.280 you inquiring among yourselves about what I said 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:17.160 a little while and You will not see me and again 00:04:17.160 --> 00:04:24.480 a little while and you will see me In verse 20 00:04:24.620 --> 00:04:27.199 we'll see Jesus father explains what will happen 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:30.220 when he goes to the father in verse 20 to give 00:04:30.220 --> 00:04:32.579 us a clue of what it means by going to the father 00:04:32.579 --> 00:04:36.500 most assuredly i say to you that you will weep 00:04:36.500 --> 00:04:41.459 and lament but the world will rejoice how will 00:04:41.459 --> 00:04:45.019 they weep and lament and what will do why will 00:04:45.019 --> 00:04:51.959 the world rejoice you'll weep and lament but 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:55.550 the world will rejoice and you will be sorrowful 00:04:55.550 --> 00:04:59.370 but your sorrow will be torn into joy hallelujah 00:04:59.370 --> 00:05:02.949 in their sorrow their sorrow will be torn into 00:05:02.949 --> 00:05:08.110 joy in his living they're going to be sorrowful 00:05:08.110 --> 00:05:11.589 in his living the world will be rejoicing but 00:05:11.589 --> 00:05:14.910 the sorrow of the believers of those who are 00:05:14.910 --> 00:05:20.889 his disciples will be torn into joy a woman when 00:05:20.889 --> 00:05:24.819 she is in the label has sorrow because her hour 00:05:24.819 --> 00:05:29.560 has come but as soon as she has given birth to 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:33.740 the child she no longer remembers the anguish 00:05:33.740 --> 00:05:38.339 for joy that a human being has been born into 00:05:38.339 --> 00:05:45.379 the world therefore you now have sorrow but I 00:05:45.379 --> 00:05:52.980 will see you again and your heart will rejoice 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:58.420 and your joy no one will take from you. And in 00:05:58.420 --> 00:06:02.279 that day, which day? In that day, hallelujah, 00:06:02.860 --> 00:06:06.959 today is that day. Amen. To anyone who believes, 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:11.100 who is in Christ, that day is today. And in that 00:06:11.100 --> 00:06:15.779 day, you will ask me nothing. Most and shortly, 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:20.680 I say to you, whatever you ask the Father, in 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:25.689 my name, He will give you. until now you have 00:06:25.689 --> 00:06:30.290 asked nothing in my name acts and you will receive 00:06:30.290 --> 00:06:36.290 that your joy may be full hallelujah so going 00:06:36.290 --> 00:06:41.050 to the Father speaks of Jesus's completion of 00:06:41.050 --> 00:06:44.850 the work of redemption Jesus saying that I go 00:06:44.850 --> 00:06:50.889 to the Father is in relation to his death that 00:06:50.889 --> 00:06:55.319 he will die that he will be buried and that he 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:58.399 will rise again and that he will be ascended 00:06:58.399 --> 00:07:02.639 and Then we see the accompanying result of all 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:06.319 these to the church Because the essence of all 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:10.980 that Jesus will do is for the church is for the 00:07:10.980 --> 00:07:19.600 believers is for us who Have believed today So 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:22.300 Jesus saying I will go to the father I go to 00:07:22.300 --> 00:07:25.160 the father most assuredly I say to you he who 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:27.720 believes in me the works that I do he will do 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:31.220 also and greater worse than this he will do because 00:07:31.220 --> 00:07:34.800 what because I'm going to die hallelujah because 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:37.819 I'm going to die and I will rise again and not 00:07:37.819 --> 00:07:39.060 only that I'm going to rise again but I'm going 00:07:39.060 --> 00:07:42.300 to ascend to the father amen and I will come 00:07:42.300 --> 00:07:44.980 to you I'll give you the gifts the gift of the 00:07:44.980 --> 00:07:48.720 spirit I'll come to you again so the greater 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:51.990 works that we do all that will be done by the 00:07:51.990 --> 00:07:55.370 apostles or by the disciples is a product of 00:07:55.370 --> 00:07:59.029 the resurrection of Jesus Christ if truly Jesus 00:07:59.029 --> 00:08:02.569 has resurrected the result of his resurrection 00:08:02.569 --> 00:08:05.410 is actually not only the fact that you are born 00:08:05.410 --> 00:08:10.149 again but actually that you have the ability 00:08:10.149 --> 00:08:14.949 to do greater works hallelujah now in Jesus's 00:08:14.949 --> 00:08:19.279 death let's look at it He took away the sin of 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:21.779 the whole world. Because sometimes, you know, 00:08:22.220 --> 00:08:27.480 we are so conscious of sin, okay? We are so conscious 00:08:27.480 --> 00:08:30.600 of sin that it limits us from doing what we've 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:34.159 been called to do. But look at what Jesus did 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:36.740 in His death. In going to the Father and dying, 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:43.919 in rising, in resurrecting. He took away the 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:48.559 sin of the whole world. The whole world meaning 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:54.700 he paid for the legal requirement of sin Because 00:08:54.700 --> 00:08:58.919 there is a legality to sin hallelujah the wages 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:04.600 that sin demands is what is death What sins require 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:09.299 is separation from God what sins require is total 00:09:09.299 --> 00:09:18.059 separation from God But we see Jesus Resolving 00:09:18.059 --> 00:09:20.200 the legal requirement for sin. Romans 6 verse 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:26.299 23. Romans 6 verse 23. He says, for the wages 00:09:26.299 --> 00:09:30.000 of sin is death, but the gift of God is what? 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:35.539 Is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. The 00:09:35.539 --> 00:09:37.879 gift that God gives through Christ is eternal 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:43.059 life. A spiritual life. That life by which we 00:09:43.059 --> 00:09:46.200 live. That life by which we are able to do greater 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:52.330 works. Isaiah 53 verse 5 and 6 speaks of what 00:09:52.330 --> 00:09:57.129 Jesus did in his death Isaiah 53 verse 5 and 00:09:57.129 --> 00:10:00.990 6 in the prophecy it says but he was wounded 00:10:00.990 --> 00:10:06.009 for what he was wounded for our transgressions 00:10:06.009 --> 00:10:11.110 he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement 00:10:11.110 --> 00:10:15.049 for our peace was upon him and by whose tribes 00:10:15.049 --> 00:10:17.769 were healed now the transgressions is speaking 00:10:17.769 --> 00:10:20.549 of the iniquities is speaking of the healing 00:10:20.549 --> 00:10:25.590 this is what jesus has done in his death verse 00:10:25.590 --> 00:10:30.370 six all we like sheep have grown astray we have 00:10:30.370 --> 00:10:34.750 turned everyone to his own way and the lord has 00:10:34.750 --> 00:10:38.789 laid on him what has god laid on him he has laid 00:10:38.789 --> 00:10:46.210 on jesus the iniquity of us all hallelujah The 00:10:46.210 --> 00:10:51.330 iniquity of us all has been laid upon him. The 00:10:51.330 --> 00:10:54.970 iniquities of us all has been laid on Jesus. 00:10:55.409 --> 00:10:58.889 Second Corinthians chapter 5 verse 21 explains 00:10:58.889 --> 00:11:03.129 it for us vividly. By revelation we see how Paul 00:11:03.129 --> 00:11:07.629 expressed it. It says for he made him. Who knew 00:11:07.629 --> 00:11:11.470 no sin that is Christ? Who cannot sin? Who doesn't 00:11:11.470 --> 00:11:15.679 have the ability to sin? God made him to be seen 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:21.240 for us. That we might become the righteousness 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:26.419 of God in him. The believer becomes the righteousness 00:11:26.419 --> 00:11:32.240 of God. So, sin is no longer a hindrance to doing 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:37.799 greater works. Hallelujah! There is no longer 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:41.519 a separation between God and man. Man is enabled 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:44.580 by virtue of what Christ has done. It has brought 00:11:44.580 --> 00:11:47.259 us into the status and the level by which we 00:11:47.259 --> 00:11:50.000 can do the things that God has called us to do 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:53.779 Therefore our minds need renewal our minds need 00:11:53.779 --> 00:11:57.960 to change Hebrews chapter 9 verse 26 Hebrews 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:04.960 chapter 9 verse 26 He then will have had to suffer 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:08.840 often since the foundation of the world but now 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:13.710 once at the end of the ages has appeared To do 00:12:13.710 --> 00:12:19.169 what? To put away sin. All right? To put away 00:12:19.169 --> 00:12:24.190 sin. Jesus has put away sin by the sacrifice 00:12:24.190 --> 00:12:27.809 of himself. Hallelujah. Jesus is not only the 00:12:27.809 --> 00:12:31.210 priest, the high priest. Jesus is a high priest 00:12:31.210 --> 00:12:34.649 and the sacrifice. So by the offering of himself, 00:12:35.210 --> 00:12:44.250 he put away sin. Hallelujah. President of the 00:12:44.250 --> 00:12:48.370 two of us to just and heal himself is what is 00:12:48.370 --> 00:12:52.669 a propitiation for our sins and Not for ours 00:12:52.669 --> 00:12:56.730 only but also for the world hallelujah So we 00:12:56.730 --> 00:12:59.730 see in his dead. He has handled the issue of 00:12:59.730 --> 00:13:03.950 sin He has handled the issue of sin. Therefore. 00:13:03.970 --> 00:13:06.629 There should be no guilt for sin because in Christ 00:13:06.629 --> 00:13:11.610 Jesus who is 65 When I was the leader of beef 00:13:11.610 --> 00:13:16.799 because of our offenses jesus was delivered for 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:21.159 sin because of our offenses and was raised because 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:25.419 of what of our justification all right he was 00:13:25.419 --> 00:13:28.039 raised for our justification that is to make 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:30.820 us ride with god that is to settle the issue 00:13:30.820 --> 00:13:34.320 of our separation because sin separates god from 00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:44.200 men hebrew chapter 9 verse 24 for Christ has 00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:50.080 not entered the holy places made with hands this 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:55.139 is a comparison between what is of works what 00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:58.200 men do and what Christ has done for Christ has 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:02.559 not entered the holy places made with hands which 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:07.779 are copies of the truth but into heaven itself 00:14:07.779 --> 00:14:13.879 now to do what? to appear before the Father to 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:16.759 appear in the presence of God. For who? For us. 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:19.080 The appearance of Jesus before the Father is 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:24.980 for us. It's for us. Ephesians 2 verse 18. Ephesians 00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:35.919 2 verse 18. For to Him we both have access. Okay? 00:14:36.340 --> 00:14:41.429 We both have access to Jesus himself. We. have 00:14:41.429 --> 00:14:45.029 access by one spirit. To who? To the Father. 00:14:45.570 --> 00:14:48.870 So the believer has access to the Father through 00:14:48.870 --> 00:14:52.009 one spirit by what Christ has done. Hebrews 10 00:14:52.009 --> 00:15:01.049 verse 19 and 20. Hebrews 10 verse 19. It says 00:15:01.049 --> 00:15:04.269 therefore brethren, having boldness to enter 00:15:04.269 --> 00:15:08.269 the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by the life 00:15:08.269 --> 00:15:12.629 of Jesus, by what Jesus has done, by a new living 00:15:12.629 --> 00:15:17.309 way which He consecrated for us. So Jesus has 00:15:17.309 --> 00:15:19.629 created a path for us. No wonder He will say, 00:15:19.769 --> 00:15:22.850 I am the way. Jesus Himself is the way by which 00:15:22.850 --> 00:15:26.309 we access the Father through the veil that is 00:15:26.309 --> 00:15:30.789 His Word, His flesh. So we see that death took 00:15:30.789 --> 00:15:33.210 away the penalty of sin. We see that in Jesus' 00:15:33.409 --> 00:15:36.610 resurrection, He appeared before the Father for 00:15:36.610 --> 00:15:39.940 us. Also, the result is seen in the pouring of 00:15:39.940 --> 00:15:43.259 His Spirit. The pouring of His Spirit to the 00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:49.399 church. John chapter 7 verse 38. The result of 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:52.340 the election of Jesus Christ, the result of the 00:15:52.340 --> 00:15:56.039 Easter, in quote, right, is the Spirit of God 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:59.940 that He gave to man. The Spirit of God that He 00:15:59.940 --> 00:16:02.539 gave to man that enables us to live, the light 00:16:02.539 --> 00:16:05.200 that He has called us to live. Sin is no longer 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:08.720 a problem because Jesus has resurrected. We have 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:10.539 access to the Father. We are no longer separated 00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:13.279 from the Father. We have the ability of the Father 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:15.720 in us. He says, I will come to you. He has come 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:19.799 to us by the Spirit. So John chapter 7 verse 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:24.539 38 and 39 says, He who believes in me, as the 00:16:24.539 --> 00:16:27.500 scripture has said, out of his heart will flow 00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:30.620 rivers of living water, that's nine. But this 00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:34.429 he spoke, consider what? The Spirit. whom those 00:16:34.429 --> 00:16:37.669 believing in him will receive so those who believe 00:16:37.669 --> 00:16:40.690 in Jesus at this moment he has not given the 00:16:40.690 --> 00:16:43.429 spirit yet but those who believe will do what 00:16:43.429 --> 00:16:46.750 will receive and we have believed today and we 00:16:46.750 --> 00:16:48.769 have received for the Holy Spirit was not yet 00:16:48.769 --> 00:16:52.250 given because Jesus was not yet glorified so 00:16:52.250 --> 00:16:55.710 going to the father speaks of his glorification 00:16:55.710 --> 00:16:59.750 that as he's glorified he will come and him coming 00:16:59.750 --> 00:17:04.269 is by the spirit hallelujah He gave us His Spirit. 00:17:05.309 --> 00:17:09.170 John chapter 6, verse 7. John chapter 6, verse 00:17:09.170 --> 00:17:11.650 7. Now I just want our eyes to be open to the 00:17:11.650 --> 00:17:14.630 realities of what we have. Okay? So we will begin 00:17:14.630 --> 00:17:17.970 to talk about doing greater works. Know that 00:17:17.970 --> 00:17:20.549 you are equipped to do the greater works. Nevertheless, 00:17:20.670 --> 00:17:24.029 I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage 00:17:24.029 --> 00:17:28.809 that I go away. For if I do not go away, the 00:17:28.809 --> 00:17:31.779 helper will not come to you. But if I depart, 00:17:31.940 --> 00:17:35.440 I will send Him to you. Hallelujah! That is prior 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:38.180 to His death. But today, Jesus has gone to the... 00:17:38.180 --> 00:17:42.680 He has died. He has resurrected. And He has ascended. 00:17:43.099 --> 00:17:45.559 And He has given us the gift of the Spirit. And 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:48.220 the Spirit, the helper, is in us. The ability 00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:50.619 of God dwells in us. The person of the Spirit 00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:54.740 of God lives in us. Hallelujah! He lives in us. 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:58.480 Acts 1 verse 8. Let's see what He will do when 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:04.390 He is in us. Acts 1 verse 8 says that you shall 00:18:04.390 --> 00:18:07.710 receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon 00:18:07.710 --> 00:18:10.829 you. You shall receive power. Power speaks of 00:18:10.829 --> 00:18:14.769 ability to act, the enablement to do when the 00:18:14.769 --> 00:18:17.829 Spirit has come upon you and you shall be what? 00:18:18.029 --> 00:18:21.630 You shall be witnesses. Witnessing speaks of 00:18:21.630 --> 00:18:25.430 the greater works that God enabled the believer 00:18:25.430 --> 00:18:28.930 to do. You shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem. 00:18:29.069 --> 00:18:33.509 in all Judea and Samaria and to the uttermost 00:18:33.509 --> 00:18:39.190 part of the earth. Acts chapter 2 verse 32 we 00:18:39.190 --> 00:18:45.130 see when the Apostles began Acts chapter 2 verse 00:18:45.130 --> 00:18:51.890 32 and 33 this Jesus God has raised up of which 00:18:51.890 --> 00:18:54.529 we are all witnesses this is a testimony of the 00:18:54.529 --> 00:18:57.230 Apostles they were witnesses of what God has 00:18:57.230 --> 00:19:01.619 done therefore be exalted to the right hand of 00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:05.539 God and have received from the father what did 00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:08.579 he receive from the father the promise and that 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:11.980 promise is the Holy Spirit what has he done he 00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:16.279 poured out this which you now see and hear hallelujah 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:21.559 so the resurrection ushered us into the gifts 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:24.599 that God has given to us in Christ Jesus the 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:28.400 spirit and that spirit is for everyone who believes. 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:30.660 Ephesians chapter 1 verse s speaks it clearly 00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:33.299 when we receive the salvation the message of 00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:36.079 salvation he sealed us with his spirit Ephesians 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:40.740 chapter 1 verse 13 speaks of this reality in 00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:43.180 the life of the believer says in him you you 00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:46.240 also trusted after you heard the word of truth 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:49.259 so this gives gives by hearing the word of truth 00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:53.059 hallelujah the gospel of your salvation one is 00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:55.779 the gospel of salvation the gospel is that god 00:19:55.779 --> 00:20:00.569 in christ has dealt with the issue of sin. Jesus 00:20:00.569 --> 00:20:04.890 died, he rose again, and then there's no longer 00:20:04.890 --> 00:20:08.130 condemnation for he who received. So the gospel 00:20:08.130 --> 00:20:11.990 of your salvation, it won't also, having believed 00:20:11.990 --> 00:20:16.289 that what Jesus did is true. Having believed 00:20:16.289 --> 00:20:20.750 that your sins are forgiven. To be thinking that 00:20:20.750 --> 00:20:23.890 God is holding you accountable is not believing 00:20:23.890 --> 00:20:28.980 that Jesus has died for your sins. So the gospel 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:32.160 of your salvation in war also have believed when 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:37.000 you believe you were what you were sealed With 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:41.220 the Holy Spirit of promise the Holy Spirit there 00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:47.619 was a promise Galatians chapter 4 verse 6 Galatians 00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:53.519 chapter 4 verse 6 and because The reason and 00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:56.619 because you are sons. How did we become sons? 00:20:56.829 --> 00:21:01.470 we became sons by believing in Jesus so because 00:21:01.470 --> 00:21:06.049 you are sons God has sent forth the spirit of 00:21:06.049 --> 00:21:12.349 his son into your heart so we look at what that 00:21:12.349 --> 00:21:15.089 heart means all right what does it mean that 00:21:15.089 --> 00:21:16.910 the spirit of God is in our heart is it in the 00:21:16.910 --> 00:21:19.130 heart of the palms blood we're going to look 00:21:19.130 --> 00:21:22.869 at that clearly right so it says God has sent 00:21:22.869 --> 00:21:25.890 forth the spirit of his son into your hearts 00:21:26.109 --> 00:21:31.710 crying out our Father So we see the result of 00:21:31.710 --> 00:21:34.329 all that Christ has done the resurrection we 00:21:34.329 --> 00:21:37.769 celebrate see the essence of Easter is not to 00:21:37.769 --> 00:21:42.190 dance All right, it's to remind us of what Christ 00:21:42.190 --> 00:21:45.670 has done Dancing is good. All right, but we don't 00:21:45.670 --> 00:21:47.470 dance away the meaning of what Christ has done 00:21:47.470 --> 00:21:52.549 for us Hallelujah It reminds us of one we have 00:21:52.549 --> 00:21:55.210 and the responsibility that comes in one we have 00:21:58.019 --> 00:22:02.779 that Jesus died and he rose again from the dead. 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:06.579 And that brings us to the experience of his spirit. 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:11.440 So greater works are for everyone who believes 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:16.299 in Jesus. Who believes in Jesus. You have all 00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:18.940 it takes. That means if you are not doing greater 00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:22.799 works, it means that you are not doing that which 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:25.759 you have been equipped to do. You are not doing 00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:32.089 that which you have been empowered to do. all 00:22:32.089 --> 00:22:36.529 that he has done in redemption hallelujah is 00:22:36.529 --> 00:22:40.009 for all who believe who believe in jesus who 00:22:40.009 --> 00:22:42.349 believe in all that he has done in redemption 00:22:42.349 --> 00:22:45.210 not just many believing in his existence i see 00:22:45.210 --> 00:22:48.210 that are people that believe jesus also existed 00:22:48.210 --> 00:22:51.930 they believe that he was a messiah all right 00:22:51.930 --> 00:22:53.950 james of the true verse 19 will say even even 00:22:53.950 --> 00:22:56.609 demons they believe but that's all the kind of 00:22:56.609 --> 00:22:58.569 belief we are talking about okay that's what 00:22:58.569 --> 00:23:00.319 they kind of believe we are speaking about you 00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:04.240 believe that he died for you hallelujah you believe 00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:06.759 that your sins are forgiven by what he did you 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:09.319 believe that he is a messiah you believe that 00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:11.579 he is the one that god has sent into the world 00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:14.980 you believe that he is god that became man that 00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:17.779 you will die for your sins and that he was raised 00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:22.259 again from the dead by the spirit of god and 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:24.960 that he has appeared before the father for you 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:27.420 and right now he is seated at the right hand 00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:33.759 of the father for you for you says for me Jesus 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:40.019 has As we elevated right to a position for our 00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:43.579 sake By virtue of what he has done his death 00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:47.579 is better his resurrection It is to our advantage 00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:56.940 It is to our advantage The authority of Christ 00:23:56.940 --> 00:24:04.799 is to the church So we have the ability to do 00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:08.519 all the things that God We want us to do because 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:10.960 he has made a promise and he has fulfilled his 00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:14.599 promise and This promise of doing greater works 00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:19.680 is for this era is for the church era Hallelujah, 00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:23.299 and this greater works is the works of faith. 00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:27.680 You mean is the works of faith What do I mean 00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:30.619 by is the works of faith is not by your own doing 00:24:30.890 --> 00:24:34.549 Hallelujah. There's no formula you implement 00:24:34.549 --> 00:24:40.829 to do the rock of faith. Greater works are not 00:24:40.829 --> 00:24:43.109 produced by human effort. That is what I want 00:24:43.109 --> 00:24:47.970 to emphasize. Showing to us how God has qualified 00:24:47.970 --> 00:24:51.529 us by what he has done. Okay? And we come into 00:24:51.529 --> 00:24:56.339 what God has done by faith. We are transformed. 00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:59.640 We are made world. We are forgiven and we are 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:04.059 alive in Christ by faith So the greater works 00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:08.799 are not produced by human effort but by faith 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:13.480 that originates from God And we see this revealed 00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:18.299 through what Christ has done Hallelujah, so then 00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:20.660 we say you go to preach we don't go to preach 00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:22.920 laying hand on the six because sometimes we begin 00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:25.349 to speak about laying hand on the six to be healed 00:25:25.349 --> 00:25:27.670 this is part of greater works all right given 00:25:27.670 --> 00:25:29.710 the road of prophecy is is part of the greater 00:25:29.710 --> 00:25:32.630 works all right all that is inspired by the spirit 00:25:32.630 --> 00:25:36.430 of god is a greater works some of us think that 00:25:36.430 --> 00:25:40.309 there's a method by which we will take in order 00:25:40.309 --> 00:25:45.170 to find these results look at what paul explained 00:25:45.170 --> 00:25:48.609 to the church in galatia galatians of the three 00:25:48.609 --> 00:25:53.069 verse one Galatians of the three verse one to 00:25:53.069 --> 00:25:58.849 five says all foolish Galatians who has bewitched 00:25:58.849 --> 00:26:04.109 you that you should not obey the truth before 00:26:04.109 --> 00:26:07.369 whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed 00:26:07.369 --> 00:26:12.569 to you among you as crucified this only I want 00:26:12.569 --> 00:26:16.150 to learn from you did you receive the spirit 00:26:16.150 --> 00:26:19.930 by the works of the law that is is there anything 00:26:19.930 --> 00:26:25.779 you did all right that made God favored you Is 00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:29.900 there anything you did? Did you obey all the 00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:33.279 laws of Moses that qualify you to receive the 00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:36.519 mercy of God? Is there anything that comes from 00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:39.039 you that enables you to receive the forgiveness 00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:42.660 of sin? This only I want to learn from you. Did 00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:45.140 you receive the Spirit by the works of the law 00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:49.680 or by the hearing of faith? This is a rhetorical 00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:55.019 question to them. Are you so foolish? Yes, they 00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:59.000 are foolish. Are you so foolish that having begun 00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:02.579 in what? In the spirit. Beginning in the spirit 00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:06.480 simply means by faith. Having begun in the spirit, 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:10.299 are you now being made perfect by the flesh? 00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:14.359 Meaning, you started by faith. Are you now going 00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:17.220 to be perfected by doing some things to be perfected? 00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:22.599 Have you suffered so many things in vain, if 00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:25.849 indeed it was in vain? Look at verse 5 very importantly. 00:27:27.769 --> 00:27:30.650 Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and 00:27:30.650 --> 00:27:34.829 what did He do? And work miracles among you. 00:27:35.329 --> 00:27:42.170 Right? Does He do it by works of the law or by 00:27:42.170 --> 00:27:49.029 the hearing of faith? Jesus did all He did for 00:27:49.029 --> 00:27:52.009 us and we enter into the reality of what He's 00:27:52.009 --> 00:27:56.099 doing by faith. And for them, they have enjoyed 00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:59.079 the miraculous, they've enjoyed in particular, 00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:06.140 the works of the Spirit. The supply of this particular 00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:09.559 verse five says, the supply of the Spirit and 00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:12.220 the miraculous work that happened among them 00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:17.700 was the greater works done through faith and 00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:23.769 not by any of their own efforts. works of the 00:28:23.769 --> 00:28:29.329 law emphasizes what man does. Hallelujah. So 00:28:29.329 --> 00:28:31.650 the context is that some people here have come 00:28:31.650 --> 00:28:34.390 into the church and began teaching them that 00:28:34.390 --> 00:28:37.190 obeying the law of Moses was necessary part of 00:28:37.190 --> 00:28:41.109 the gospel. Obeying those rules and norms were 00:28:41.109 --> 00:28:44.809 necessary part of the gospel. And we see Paul's 00:28:44.809 --> 00:28:48.990 response to them. Paul's religious studies are 00:28:48.990 --> 00:28:51.170 amazing at their countenance. Let's go back to 00:28:51.170 --> 00:28:54.180 chapter one verse. verse 6 and 10. See how short 00:28:54.180 --> 00:29:01.839 the quote was. It says chapter 1 verse 6. Galatians 00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:09.359 1 verse 6. I marveled that you are turning away 00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:14.920 so soon from Him who called you in the grace 00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:19.319 of Christ to a different gospel. That is to say 00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:23.200 jesus what jesus has done plus something is another 00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:29.480 gospel all right the lunar equation okay is jesus 00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:33.140 alone there is no other parameters there's no 00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:36.099 other variables that accompany your salvation 00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:41.740 jesus and what he has done alone but some have 00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:44.619 come into their midst and began telling us that 00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:46.839 jesus have done this but there are some things 00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:51.390 you need to do so that god will accept you Which 00:29:51.390 --> 00:29:54.470 is not an order, but there are some who trouble 00:29:54.470 --> 00:29:57.549 you and want to pervert the gospel of God They 00:29:57.549 --> 00:30:00.930 want to dilute they want to pervert what God 00:30:00.930 --> 00:30:05.869 has done verse 8 but even if we or an angel from 00:30:05.869 --> 00:30:10.029 heaven Preach any other gospel to you than what 00:30:10.029 --> 00:30:15.430 we have preached to you. Let him be cut off Let 00:30:15.430 --> 00:30:18.589 him be cut off let him be accursed verse 9 as 00:30:18.589 --> 00:30:21.519 we have said before so now if maybe they didn't 00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:25.440 hear it well so now again if anyone which is 00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:28.700 any other gospel to you than what you have received 00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:33.779 let him be across vasten for i do not for do 00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:36.599 i now persuade men or god or do i seek to please 00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:42.720 men for if i simply men i will not be a born 00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:47.920 servant of christ so paul will follow mention 00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:51.259 his opposition to peter Who was trying to be 00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:54.279 a people pleaser? That is the reason why they 00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:58.140 are trying to inculcate The laws of Moses is 00:30:58.140 --> 00:31:00.920 to please the Jewish people. All right to please 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:04.720 the Jewish people. Look at how Paul opposes Peter 00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:07.960 in chapter 2 verse 11 because of that Galatians 00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:14.400 2 verse 11 on 14 Just now when Peter had come 00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:17.240 to Antioch I will stood him to his face because 00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:19.779 he was to be blown What was there to be blamed? 00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:23.259 So before certain men come from James, he will 00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:25.240 eat with the Gentiles because in the law, in 00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:28.680 the law of Moses, in the law of the Jews, the 00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:32.900 Jews will practice non -Israelite, mixed with 00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:36.140 Israel, people of Israel. So Peter was trying 00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:38.319 to, you know, practice these things. So before 00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:41.700 certain men came from James, he would eat with 00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:44.279 the Gentiles. But when they came, he would with 00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:46.859 Jew and separate himself, fearing those who are 00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:50.059 of the circumcision. All right? Firm those who 00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:52.839 have a circumcision. And the rest of the Jews 00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:56.299 also played the hypocrite with him. So that Elion 00:31:56.299 --> 00:32:00.539 Barnavas was carried away by their hypocrisy. 00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:04.579 But when I saw that they were not straightforward 00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:09.160 about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter 00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:12.799 before them all, if you, being a Jew, live in 00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:17.190 a manner of dentists and not as Jews, Why do 00:32:17.190 --> 00:32:19.950 you compare Gentiles to live as Jews? That is 00:32:19.950 --> 00:32:23.950 to say, if you who is a Jew, you don't practice 00:32:23.950 --> 00:32:27.210 those things because you have a knowledge that 00:32:27.210 --> 00:32:31.849 in Christ the law has been fulfilled. Why do 00:32:31.849 --> 00:32:35.589 you want to make Gentiles who are not Jews practice 00:32:35.589 --> 00:32:42.970 those things of the Jewish tradition? So Paul 00:32:42.970 --> 00:32:49.319 explains the justification is by faith of Jesus 00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:54.099 Christ it's not by what you do but it's by faith 00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:59.779 of Jesus Christ Galatians 2 verse 15 you see 00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:05.559 emphasizing this in chapter 2 verse 15 and 16 00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:11.539 who are Jews by nature and not sinners of the 00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:15.250 Gentiles verse yes knowing that a man is not 00:33:15.250 --> 00:33:19.529 justified by the works of the law so what makes 00:33:19.529 --> 00:33:22.950 a man justified what makes a man accepted is 00:33:22.950 --> 00:33:28.109 not what he did but by faith of Jesus Christ 00:33:28.109 --> 00:33:31.869 even we have believed in Christ Jesus that we 00:33:31.869 --> 00:33:35.009 might be justified by faith in Christ and not 00:33:35.009 --> 00:33:38.069 by the works of the law for by the works of the 00:33:38.069 --> 00:33:42.769 law no flesh shall work shall be justified no 00:33:42.769 --> 00:33:44.470 flesh shall be justified look at verse 20 and 00:33:44.470 --> 00:33:51.869 21 verse 20 and 21 verse 20 i have been crucified 00:33:51.869 --> 00:33:56.769 with christ it is no longer i who live okay but 00:33:56.769 --> 00:34:01.029 christ lives in me that is to say you will make 00:34:01.029 --> 00:34:03.990 perfect you are justified by what christ has 00:34:03.990 --> 00:34:07.269 done and even the life that you live right now 00:34:07.269 --> 00:34:10.610 it is it is christ who lives in you all right 00:34:10.809 --> 00:34:14.769 It is no longer I who live, but Christ in me. 00:34:15.309 --> 00:34:19.110 And the life I now live in the flesh. How does 00:34:19.110 --> 00:34:22.250 he live the life in the flesh? By his effort? 00:34:23.369 --> 00:34:29.050 No. I live by the faith of the Son of God. I 00:34:29.050 --> 00:34:32.969 live by the faith of the Son of God. So who lives 00:34:32.969 --> 00:34:35.230 out the life in me, the faith of the Son of God, 00:34:35.389 --> 00:34:39.960 who loves me and gives himself for me? So of 00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:42.320 course we say in verse 20, it is no longer I 00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:47.420 who live, but Christ in me. This means that the 00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:50.159 believer is set by the faith of God through Christ. 00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:53.860 The believer will also live by the same faith 00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:59.119 of God through Christ. Your salvation is all 00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:03.199 you're doing. So your outliving of the salvation 00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:09.929 is not also you're doing. So, what is my responsibility? 00:35:10.690 --> 00:35:13.409 The responsibility of the believer is to respond 00:35:13.409 --> 00:35:17.309 to what God is doing in him. The responsibility 00:35:17.309 --> 00:35:21.329 of the believer is to yield to what God is living 00:35:21.329 --> 00:35:26.010 in him. The moment you begin to act outside what 00:35:26.010 --> 00:35:28.829 God is doing from within you is the rocks of 00:35:28.829 --> 00:35:35.369 the flesh. Even if it is preaching, you can preach 00:35:35.369 --> 00:35:40.519 in the flesh. Because the focus will not be He 00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:46.039 who is in you. So everything the believer does 00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:50.559 is from the empowering that is within. That the 00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:53.260 power of God, the indwelling of the Spirit of 00:35:53.260 --> 00:36:00.940 God lives out alive in you. You don't begin to 00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:05.960 formulate formulas. We begin with the faith that 00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:11.150 comes from God. And the sense of God perfects 00:36:11.150 --> 00:36:13.789 us. Do you know why you are struggling with sins? 00:36:14.409 --> 00:36:17.329 You are struggling with behaviors? It's because 00:36:17.329 --> 00:36:19.150 you are trying to live by your strength, by formulas. 00:36:21.030 --> 00:36:23.570 You are trying to live by what? By rules and 00:36:23.570 --> 00:36:27.909 laws. In the meantime, those things may seem 00:36:27.909 --> 00:36:31.449 they are working. But time will tell. You will 00:36:31.449 --> 00:36:34.409 see they are failures. Because those are not 00:36:34.409 --> 00:36:37.210 enduring. Those cannot last. That cannot last. 00:36:39.670 --> 00:36:41.610 But when we yield to the work of the Spirit, 00:36:41.789 --> 00:36:44.429 the Bible will tell us that when we work by the 00:36:44.429 --> 00:36:47.250 Spirit, we will not gratify the desires of the 00:36:47.250 --> 00:36:50.829 flesh. When we yield ourselves to the dynamic 00:36:50.829 --> 00:36:53.409 power of the Spirit of God that lives in us, 00:36:53.750 --> 00:36:55.949 we will not yield ourselves to the desires of 00:36:55.949 --> 00:37:02.210 the flesh. Because we are not called to live 00:37:02.210 --> 00:37:05.329 on our own. You are not born again to live by 00:37:05.329 --> 00:37:08.230 your strength. You are not born again to live 00:37:08.230 --> 00:37:11.989 by your power. The Christian life cannot be lived 00:37:11.989 --> 00:37:16.610 by willpower. It's by the power of the Spirit 00:37:16.610 --> 00:37:22.269 of God that you can live. And the work of ministry 00:37:22.269 --> 00:37:25.730 is not by your willpower. It's by the outworking 00:37:25.730 --> 00:37:31.250 of the power of God within you. So, let me say 00:37:31.250 --> 00:37:34.110 this cautiously. It is not your responsibility 00:37:34.110 --> 00:37:38.369 to heal. Contextually, you know what I'm saying. 00:37:39.150 --> 00:37:42.150 It is not your responsibility to heal, but it 00:37:42.150 --> 00:37:44.010 is your responsibility to lay a hand on the sick. 00:37:44.849 --> 00:37:47.789 And who does the healing? God does the healing 00:37:47.789 --> 00:37:51.510 through you. Hallelujah. So if I lay my hand 00:37:51.510 --> 00:37:53.969 on the sick and the sick did not get healed, 00:37:54.710 --> 00:37:57.489 what happened? Have I done my responsibility? 00:37:59.170 --> 00:38:01.769 We calculate God's responsibility in our head. 00:38:02.369 --> 00:38:04.809 And we want to do what God will want to do by 00:38:04.809 --> 00:38:09.110 himself. Hallelujah So what if I go to preach? 00:38:10.889 --> 00:38:13.250 And the person you know here it is not your duty. 00:38:13.409 --> 00:38:16.110 You know that you cannot get any man born again 00:38:16.110 --> 00:38:18.909 All right, do you know that you there's nothing 00:38:18.909 --> 00:38:21.510 you can when a man have made up his mind even 00:38:21.510 --> 00:38:26.349 God cannot make him born again Because God will 00:38:26.349 --> 00:38:29.969 violate the will of the man are we together So 00:38:29.969 --> 00:38:32.469 even you yourself what you do is that you obey 00:38:32.469 --> 00:38:35.469 you allowed God to find expression to you and 00:38:35.469 --> 00:38:37.530 the Holy Spirit does the rest The Bible says 00:38:37.530 --> 00:38:40.190 I is a spirit that convicts the world of sin. 00:38:40.230 --> 00:38:42.349 Not you you don't is that the ministry of the 00:38:42.349 --> 00:38:45.429 spirit Convict means to show proof of what Christ 00:38:45.429 --> 00:38:48.829 has done concerning sin Perhaps the person will 00:38:48.829 --> 00:38:54.210 receive But God is long -suffering hallelujah 00:38:54.210 --> 00:38:59.170 God is long -suffering so we begin with the faith 00:38:59.170 --> 00:39:02.150 that comes from God and the self -faith of God 00:39:02.150 --> 00:39:05.130 perfects us the greater works that is the work 00:39:05.130 --> 00:39:09.909 of ministry are done by the same faith of God 00:39:09.909 --> 00:39:14.130 faith is not self -generated nor a human achievement 00:39:14.130 --> 00:39:20.090 it is rooted in Christ who is the author and 00:39:20.090 --> 00:39:25.170 the finisher of our faith now this faith is uncalled 00:39:25.170 --> 00:39:29.449 in Christ is sustained by his word and perfected 00:39:29.449 --> 00:39:32.630 in him. It's all about what God is doing in us. 00:39:39.150 --> 00:39:41.110 So in Jesus' teaching on Pharaoh, we saw the 00:39:41.110 --> 00:39:45.469 last time in Mark chapter 11 verse 12. I want 00:39:45.469 --> 00:39:50.849 us to go back there again once again. Mark 11 00:39:50.849 --> 00:39:57.480 verse 12 to 14. When Jesus was teaching what 00:39:57.480 --> 00:40:02.380 faith does all right what faith does now on the 00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:04.380 next day when they have come out from Bethany 00:40:04.380 --> 00:40:08.039 he was hungry and seeing from afar a fig tree 00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:10.880 other leaves he went to see if perhaps you will 00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:13.300 find something on it when he came to read he 00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:15.199 found nothing but leaves for it was not season 00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:20.340 for figs okay in response Jesus said to it let 00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:24.550 no one eat from you ever and the disciples they 00:40:24.550 --> 00:40:28.949 had what he said okay now verse 20 verse 20 to 00:40:28.949 --> 00:40:36.389 24 now in the morning as they passed by they 00:40:36.389 --> 00:40:41.090 saw the fig tree dried up from the roots and 00:40:41.090 --> 00:40:45.929 Peter remembering said to him rabbi look the 00:40:45.929 --> 00:40:50.829 fig tree which he cursed has withered away now 00:40:50.829 --> 00:40:53.690 look at what Jesus said So Jesus answered and 00:40:53.690 --> 00:40:56.989 said to them have faith in God and we've explained 00:40:56.989 --> 00:40:59.829 this that this speaks of have the faith of God 00:40:59.829 --> 00:41:02.969 or when you have the faith of God, right the 00:41:02.969 --> 00:41:06.389 next verse For assuredly I say to you whoever 00:41:06.389 --> 00:41:08.530 says to this mountain be removed and be cast 00:41:08.530 --> 00:41:11.989 into the sea and does not doubt in his heart 00:41:11.989 --> 00:41:14.650 Where does faith lives? Faith is in the heart 00:41:14.650 --> 00:41:17.289 of man. All right, faith can be found in the 00:41:17.289 --> 00:41:20.940 heart of man Doubt can only be found and also 00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:27.260 be found in the heart of man. So the heart is 00:41:27.260 --> 00:41:33.079 actually the place where faith dwells. Be removed 00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:34.920 and cast out into the sea and does not doubt 00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:37.980 in his heart, but believes that those things 00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:42.500 he says will be done, he will have whatever he 00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:47.559 sees. Verse 24. Therefore I say to you whatever 00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:50.360 things you ask when you pray, believe that you 00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:54.619 receive them and you will have them. So Jesus 00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:58.119 here I said is teaching what faith does. He's 00:41:58.119 --> 00:42:03.619 describing the work of faith. He's describing 00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:06.340 the works of faith. It is important we must learn 00:42:06.340 --> 00:42:10.679 from what Jesus said in Mark 11. It is important 00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:13.960 for us to mark this out. It is not within your 00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:18.469 power. okay it is not within the power of the 00:42:18.469 --> 00:42:22.489 disciples or the believer to make the mountain 00:42:22.489 --> 00:42:26.969 to move all right but a believer will speak to 00:42:26.969 --> 00:42:30.070 the mountain but it is not within the power of 00:42:30.070 --> 00:42:34.309 the believer to move the mountain all right if 00:42:34.309 --> 00:42:36.429 the believer or the man that is standing there 00:42:36.429 --> 00:42:38.070 that is speaking to the mountain has the ability 00:42:38.070 --> 00:42:40.309 the ability to speak to the mountain to make 00:42:40.309 --> 00:42:43.769 it move On his own, then he does not need the 00:42:43.769 --> 00:42:46.469 faith of God in him to speak to the mountain. 00:42:48.010 --> 00:42:51.550 Are we together? So, it is not within your power 00:42:51.550 --> 00:42:54.889 to move mountains. It is not within your power 00:42:54.889 --> 00:42:58.469 to cause a fig tree to die up. Or to, to, to, 00:42:58.570 --> 00:43:03.429 yes, to, to die up. But it is actually God at 00:43:03.429 --> 00:43:07.789 work. All right? So the believer who will speak 00:43:07.789 --> 00:43:10.340 to the mountain, yes. We will speak to the victory, 00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:12.880 but it is the power of faith that causes the 00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:16.500 result of what we see. And this faith, where 00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:19.480 is it located? It is inherited in the believer. 00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:23.500 This faith is located in the believer. This faith 00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:27.539 is from God, but lives in man. So what I want 00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:29.980 you to know is that you have the ability of God 00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:33.760 unwillingly. All right? And your responsibility 00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:38.519 is to yield to the power that is God has put 00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:41.219 in you and then you see the manifestation of 00:43:41.219 --> 00:43:45.539 the work of God. So what we often do many times 00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:49.480 is exercise our self -will. Self -will is not 00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:55.300 faith. We try to exercise effort and we call 00:43:55.300 --> 00:44:03.639 it faith. We must realize that it is God. The 00:44:03.639 --> 00:44:05.260 Bible will say that it is Him that is in us, 00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:09.030 right? It is God who lives in us and grant us 00:44:09.030 --> 00:44:11.369 the ability to do the things that He has called 00:44:11.369 --> 00:44:17.889 us to do. Example of Peter in Matthew chapter 00:44:17.889 --> 00:44:24.269 4. Often times we blame Peter for sinking, but 00:44:24.269 --> 00:44:26.090 we do forget that Peter actually walked on water. 00:44:27.269 --> 00:44:30.710 Matthew chapter 14 verse 22. And that is the 00:44:30.710 --> 00:44:40.070 walk of faith. Matthew 14 verse 22. And said, 00:44:41.530 --> 00:44:44.909 immediately, this is the story of Peter and Jesus, 00:44:45.210 --> 00:44:47.090 right? Immediately, Jesus made his disciples 00:44:47.090 --> 00:44:49.769 get into the boat and go before him to the other 00:44:49.769 --> 00:44:53.110 side, while he sent the multitudes away. And 00:44:53.110 --> 00:44:55.369 when he had sent the multitudes away, he went 00:44:55.369 --> 00:44:57.969 up on the mountain by himself to pray. Now when 00:44:57.969 --> 00:45:01.130 evening came, he was alone there. But the boat 00:45:01.130 --> 00:45:03.949 was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the 00:45:03.949 --> 00:45:06.510 waves, for the wind was contrary at least to 00:45:06.510 --> 00:45:09.019 the boat. Now in the fourth watch of the night, 00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:13.659 Jesus went to them walking on the sea. And when 00:45:13.659 --> 00:45:16.320 the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they 00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:19.340 were troubled saying, it is a ghost. And they 00:45:19.340 --> 00:45:23.139 cried out for fear. But immediately Jesus spoke 00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:27.940 to them saying, be of good cheer. It is I, do 00:45:27.940 --> 00:45:31.019 not be afraid. And Peter answered him and said, 00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:36.090 Lord, if it is you, what? command me to come 00:45:36.090 --> 00:45:41.329 to you on the water if it is you command me to 00:45:41.329 --> 00:45:47.369 come to you on the water so he said come and 00:45:47.369 --> 00:45:51.429 when Peter had come down out of the boat so Peter's 00:45:51.429 --> 00:45:55.110 obedience is a response to what Jesus said come 00:45:55.110 --> 00:46:00.309 and when Peter had come out of the boat he what 00:46:00.309 --> 00:46:07.320 he walked on the water To go to Jesus. Hallelujah. 00:46:08.019 --> 00:46:11.840 So and a response of what Jesus said He began 00:46:11.840 --> 00:46:16.800 to walk on the water So he said that he talked 00:46:16.800 --> 00:46:21.960 about study But when he served the wind was by 00:46:21.960 --> 00:46:28.940 a star us Right. He was afraid He wasn't water, 00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:33.150 okay and then his attention shift from what Jesus 00:46:33.150 --> 00:46:37.869 said to what is happening in his environment 00:46:37.869 --> 00:46:42.449 when he saw that the wind was biased for us he 00:46:42.449 --> 00:46:47.030 was afraid and beginning to do what and he began 00:46:47.030 --> 00:46:51.170 he beginning to sing he cried out saying Lord 00:46:51.170 --> 00:46:55.389 save me was that one and immediately Jesus stretched 00:46:55.389 --> 00:46:58.539 out his hand and called him, and he said to him, 00:46:58.739 --> 00:47:04.880 O you of little faith, why did you doubt? And 00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:08.260 when they got into the board, the wind ceased. 00:47:08.519 --> 00:47:12.940 So Jesus says, why did you doubt? Why did you 00:47:12.940 --> 00:47:16.960 doubt? So it means that you can begin. What it 00:47:16.960 --> 00:47:19.960 means is this. You can start in faith, right? 00:47:20.780 --> 00:47:25.349 And walk into doubt. That is why often times 00:47:25.349 --> 00:47:27.590 the scripture will ask us, we should start as 00:47:27.590 --> 00:47:30.710 if we were in defeat. It is not saying that you 00:47:30.710 --> 00:47:34.489 have lost your salvation. It is saying that you 00:47:34.489 --> 00:47:37.110 should start to see if you are living, if you 00:47:37.110 --> 00:47:40.869 have not abandoned how you came in and then you 00:47:40.869 --> 00:47:47.710 begin to do other things. So we see here, Peter 00:47:47.710 --> 00:47:53.579 stood on the word of Jesus. And of course everybody 00:47:53.579 --> 00:47:55.380 knows that the water doesn't have the ability 00:47:55.380 --> 00:47:58.860 to allow them to float. That was a supernatural 00:47:58.860 --> 00:48:01.920 activity that happened there. So he began in 00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:06.360 the spirit, he began by faith. He began by believing 00:48:06.360 --> 00:48:09.260 with his heart and speaking with his mouth and 00:48:09.260 --> 00:48:17.360 he was walking on the water. Peter started the 00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:24.429 right way and he walked on water. and immediately 00:48:24.429 --> 00:48:27.070 his attention was moved to his environment for 00:48:27.070 --> 00:48:29.449 what is around him shifting his attention from 00:48:29.449 --> 00:48:32.710 what is of faith what Jesus said he was good 00:48:32.710 --> 00:48:37.469 with doubt in his heart and possibly is a story 00:48:37.469 --> 00:48:41.530 over some of us in this place they are beginning 00:48:41.530 --> 00:48:45.050 to doubt and your doubt is the result of your 00:48:45.050 --> 00:48:49.510 attention you are no longer looking within you're 00:48:49.510 --> 00:48:51.929 no longer looking onto how you in fact how did 00:48:51.929 --> 00:48:56.539 he become born again And I begin to look elsewhere 00:48:56.539 --> 00:48:58.960 and looking at a storm and the things that are 00:48:58.960 --> 00:49:03.179 happening without and not looking within And 00:49:03.179 --> 00:49:08.099 so that comes in Peter ought to have known that 00:49:08.099 --> 00:49:12.880 I did not make myself walk in water. I Went on 00:49:12.880 --> 00:49:23.039 the word that says come Now the bottom line is 00:49:23.039 --> 00:49:27.639 this The greater works is a walk of faith The 00:49:27.639 --> 00:49:31.400 Christian life is a life of faith It is not your 00:49:31.400 --> 00:49:34.539 power. It is your responsibility. It is not your 00:49:34.539 --> 00:49:39.360 responsibility to move mountains All right It 00:49:39.360 --> 00:49:42.099 is God's is in God's ability to move mountains 00:49:42.099 --> 00:49:48.940 if you have the faith of God You allow the faith 00:49:48.940 --> 00:49:54.119 to find expression The faith of the Son of God 00:49:54.119 --> 00:49:59.559 will always work. This faith is in North, Ephesians 00:49:59.559 --> 00:50:06.119 2 verse 8 to 9. We can only see mountain moves 00:50:06.119 --> 00:50:09.039 by what God is doing. It's not in our own ability. 00:50:09.219 --> 00:50:10.699 You see, the reason why sometimes we say that 00:50:10.699 --> 00:50:13.519 this thing is not working. It's not working because 00:50:13.519 --> 00:50:15.699 you are the one at a time to do it by yourself. 00:50:17.500 --> 00:50:19.719 And the moment you want to take responsibility 00:50:19.719 --> 00:50:23.429 of what God wants to do, then You can't see God 00:50:23.429 --> 00:50:28.250 at work. You can't see God at work in your life. 00:50:31.670 --> 00:50:33.929 So now we can move mountains in the faith of 00:50:33.929 --> 00:50:37.050 God, not in our own ability. We don't produce 00:50:37.050 --> 00:50:40.230 faith. It was given to us. Our responsibility 00:50:40.230 --> 00:50:46.170 is to yield to it on a daily basis. The danger 00:50:46.170 --> 00:50:53.199 is that many people go into mechanisms. They 00:50:53.199 --> 00:51:00.199 now get into mechanical approach to fate. Why 00:51:00.199 --> 00:51:04.480 afraid in its simplistic fashion is to believe 00:51:04.480 --> 00:51:09.980 with your heart and say with your mouth, we begin 00:51:09.980 --> 00:51:17.039 to have mechanisms. For example now, as good 00:51:17.039 --> 00:51:20.880 and as important confession is. Some people have 00:51:20.880 --> 00:51:22.699 a list of confessions they've written down and 00:51:22.699 --> 00:51:28.639 placed on their wall. They have a method. When 00:51:28.639 --> 00:51:33.719 it's a week to exams, they have to fast and pray 00:51:33.719 --> 00:51:37.320 for five hours. Then they will see what will 00:51:37.320 --> 00:51:41.239 happen and when it happens, then they will credit 00:51:41.239 --> 00:51:45.079 it to their fasting and praying. Oh, I've had 00:51:45.079 --> 00:51:47.539 some people come to me to share this, to complain. 00:51:47.860 --> 00:51:51.179 So I have prayed about this thing. And it didn't 00:51:51.179 --> 00:51:56.780 work. After all the sacrifices, the fasting and 00:51:56.780 --> 00:52:05.280 prayer, I prayed for 40 days. Most recently, 00:52:05.360 --> 00:52:13.960 someone was asked to buy some ingredients so 00:52:13.960 --> 00:52:19.199 that they would use it to pray for her. You see? 00:52:19.980 --> 00:52:23.159 The moment we don't see what God has done. We 00:52:23.159 --> 00:52:26.219 don't rely on what God has done. We don't look 00:52:26.219 --> 00:52:28.239 within to see what Christ has done for us. We 00:52:28.239 --> 00:52:32.780 begin to miss the mark. Because all that God 00:52:32.780 --> 00:52:39.480 entails of us is that we live by faith. Just 00:52:39.480 --> 00:52:42.380 as the walk of salvation is a walk of faith, 00:52:42.880 --> 00:52:44.840 the same way we have received the Lord Jesus 00:52:44.840 --> 00:52:47.320 Christ, the Bible will say in Colossians 2 verse 00:52:47.320 --> 00:52:54.190 5 to 6, we walk in the same alright we walk in 00:52:54.190 --> 00:52:56.949 the same now we are not saying this is what we 00:52:56.949 --> 00:52:58.590 say we're not saying the prayer and fasting is 00:52:58.590 --> 00:53:01.250 not is not important even though we will not 00:53:01.250 --> 00:53:02.690 be praying in this church we will not be fasting 00:53:02.690 --> 00:53:05.010 in this church we understand the place of prayer 00:53:05.010 --> 00:53:08.670 and fasting they are very very important discipline 00:53:08.670 --> 00:53:10.889 if a believer does not pray if a believer does 00:53:10.889 --> 00:53:14.130 not fast then there's a problem but that is not 00:53:14.130 --> 00:53:16.949 what makes you that's not what produces a result 00:53:16.949 --> 00:53:21.050 in your life There's a place for that. But what 00:53:21.050 --> 00:53:24.809 that does is that it makes you ready. It makes 00:53:24.809 --> 00:53:29.769 you receptive to what God is doing. It makes 00:53:29.769 --> 00:53:32.710 you conditioned to allow God to flow through 00:53:32.710 --> 00:53:37.510 your life. So when someone is sick and he comes 00:53:37.510 --> 00:53:39.550 around you and says, please sister, I'm sick, 00:53:39.590 --> 00:53:41.269 can you just lay down on me? Don't say no, I 00:53:41.269 --> 00:53:43.329 need to go and fast and pray. Fast and pray to 00:53:43.329 --> 00:53:46.409 do what? Is it by prayer and fasting that you'll 00:53:46.409 --> 00:53:50.280 be able to heal the sick? or when somebody is 00:53:50.280 --> 00:53:52.579 possessed by a demon as person was teaching us 00:53:52.579 --> 00:53:57.000 about the gifts the power gifts the give of the 00:53:57.000 --> 00:53:59.659 disarmament of spirits then you need to fast 00:53:59.659 --> 00:54:01.360 and pray so that you have the ability it's not 00:54:01.360 --> 00:54:04.199 in person and prayer it's in what God has done 00:54:04.199 --> 00:54:06.619 within you you must have this consciousness within 00:54:06.619 --> 00:54:09.840 you that all that it takes to do what God has 00:54:09.840 --> 00:54:12.579 called you to do but to live the life and to 00:54:12.579 --> 00:54:17.920 do the work of ministry is inherent in you so 00:54:18.800 --> 00:54:22.039 It does not depend on activity and mechanisms. 00:54:23.159 --> 00:54:25.679 There are some people that before they pray, 00:54:26.380 --> 00:54:31.079 they have to sing some songs to charge up the 00:54:31.079 --> 00:54:34.219 atmosphere. God does not need a charged atmosphere 00:54:34.219 --> 00:54:38.840 to move. Songs might prepare your mind to receive 00:54:38.840 --> 00:54:42.119 from God, but God is not your oracle in a village. 00:54:43.159 --> 00:54:45.659 Then you need to sing some songs of war so that 00:54:45.659 --> 00:54:49.309 God will now be be mobilized uh will be what 00:54:49.309 --> 00:54:58.190 will be prepared mobilize to act let god arise 00:54:58.190 --> 00:55:02.550 and then you sing for three hours four hours 00:55:02.550 --> 00:55:06.349 then god have now been prepared now he's ready 00:55:06.349 --> 00:55:10.489 to move now no no no no there are no mechanisms 00:55:10.489 --> 00:55:13.789 to that what god has done has done it once and 00:55:13.789 --> 00:55:16.670 for all And indwelling in you is the ability 00:55:16.670 --> 00:55:20.210 and the power of God. Hallelujah. So we don't 00:55:20.210 --> 00:55:23.150 live as... Listen, these are similar religious 00:55:23.150 --> 00:55:25.769 stuff. We're not even talking about the extremes. 00:55:28.710 --> 00:55:32.269 So we must depend on what God has done. And rest 00:55:32.269 --> 00:55:35.429 on what Christ has done. So that we can enjoy 00:55:35.429 --> 00:55:38.409 the benefits of all that we have in Christ. Hallelujah. 00:55:40.329 --> 00:55:42.610 So the message of Easter is that it is finished. 00:55:43.050 --> 00:55:45.980 Right? Some of us were passing throughout the 00:55:45.980 --> 00:55:47.800 week, it is finished. Do you really know what 00:55:47.800 --> 00:55:53.079 has finished? If we truly believe that it is 00:55:53.079 --> 00:55:54.380 finished, then let's hold on to the fact that 00:55:54.380 --> 00:55:57.920 it is finished. No more works. It is finished. 00:55:59.360 --> 00:56:03.199 Hallelujah. The work of redemption, it is actually, 00:56:03.199 --> 00:56:07.380 it is finished. And we have the complete package. 00:56:08.179 --> 00:56:10.599 Even it's not in installments, it's in full. 00:56:13.420 --> 00:56:18.699 Hallelujah. So we are fully forgiven. Amen? We 00:56:18.699 --> 00:56:22.039 are fully forgiven. We are eternally forgiven. 00:56:23.119 --> 00:56:25.860 We are eternally empowered and endowed with all... 00:56:25.860 --> 00:56:30.440 See, there is no any impartation that can come 00:56:30.440 --> 00:56:32.760 elsewhere from that, apart from that which is 00:56:32.760 --> 00:56:34.860 within you. So even when personal loans are on 00:56:34.860 --> 00:56:36.420 you, they are not bringing another spirit on 00:56:36.420 --> 00:56:40.619 you. They are only bringing out what has already 00:56:40.619 --> 00:56:43.019 been put, deposited in you by the Spirit of God. 00:56:45.409 --> 00:56:48.610 Hallelujah. So we must work with this reality. 00:56:48.730 --> 00:56:51.210 Every day we work. Just know that I have only 00:56:51.210 --> 00:56:53.789 texts. By virtue of the resurrection of Jesus 00:56:53.789 --> 00:56:57.110 Christ, swim is not an issue. By virtue of what 00:56:57.110 --> 00:56:59.889 Christ has done, there's no doubt in my heart. 00:57:02.150 --> 00:57:04.570 There's no shortcoming as far as my relationship 00:57:04.570 --> 00:57:08.610 with God is concerned. I have an advocate that 00:57:08.610 --> 00:57:17.170 I have played before the Father. So let's focus 00:57:17.170 --> 00:57:21.389 on Jesus and what He has done. Let's focus on 00:57:21.389 --> 00:57:25.110 Jesus and what He has done. And we will see that 00:57:25.110 --> 00:57:28.250 even our own inabilities begin to disappear. 00:57:28.909 --> 00:57:31.869 Hallelujah! Our inabilities will begin to disappear 00:57:31.869 --> 00:57:36.030 because we are focused on Him who has worked 00:57:36.030 --> 00:57:39.090 and is still working in us. The work He has done 00:57:39.090 --> 00:57:41.969 in us is affecting what He has already done in 00:57:41.969 --> 00:57:44.489 us. Hallelujah! Let's close our eyes and give 00:57:44.489 --> 00:57:49.420 thanks to God. We appreciate you being here today. 00:57:49.980 --> 00:57:52.039 We hope you carry this word with you throughout 00:57:52.039 --> 00:57:54.860 your week. Don't forget to check the show notes 00:57:54.860 --> 00:57:57.599 for additional insights. Stay connected with 00:57:57.599 --> 00:58:00.420 us through our website or follow us on social 00:58:00.420 --> 00:58:03.920 media. If you were encouraged, share this message 00:58:03.920 --> 00:58:07.179 with someone you care about. Until next time, 00:58:07.559 --> 00:58:08.099 stay blessed.