WEBVTT 00:00:01.299 --> 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 --> 00:00:41.359 right in. Now let's turn to our text for the 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:47.520 year John 14 verse 12 Continue our teaching on 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:51.060 faith for greater works understanding the faith 00:00:51.060 --> 00:01:00.060 for greater works John 14 verse 12 to 14 My prayer 00:01:00.060 --> 00:01:02.820 is that as we continue in these teachings that 00:01:02.820 --> 00:01:07.700 our faith is stirred up That we will be able 00:01:07.700 --> 00:01:12.930 to see what God has done in us and from the perspective 00:01:12.930 --> 00:01:16.609 that we have of what God has done we will rise 00:01:16.609 --> 00:01:21.129 up and do the things that God is calling us to 00:01:21.129 --> 00:01:34.450 do. The salvation we've received come alongside 00:01:34.450 --> 00:01:37.870 with work and the work is a work of ministry. 00:01:41.979 --> 00:01:46.340 and I trust that God will stir us up to do this 00:01:46.340 --> 00:01:50.019 work daily as we live. John chapter 14 verse 00:01:50.019 --> 00:01:53.159 12 it says most assuredly I say to you that he 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:56.099 who believes in me the works that I do he will 00:01:56.099 --> 00:01:58.560 do also and greater works than this he will do 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:04.659 because I go to my father and whatever you ask 00:02:04.659 --> 00:02:07.700 in my name that I will do that the father may 00:02:07.700 --> 00:02:11.560 be glorified in the son. If you ask anything 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:17.439 in my name, I will do it. Hallelujah. So from 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:21.680 this, we are able to establish what this greater 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:26.159 works is. We say that this works has to do with 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:30.699 what Jesus himself have done. When he was on 00:02:30.699 --> 00:02:34.939 earth, the Bible will say in Acts that Jesus 00:02:34.939 --> 00:02:39.199 began to do and he began to teach. and we established 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:43.139 that the things that Jesus began to do or the 00:02:43.139 --> 00:02:44.960 things that Jesus began to teach are those things 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:46.599 that were written about him in the scriptures. 00:02:47.340 --> 00:02:52.759 When Jesus came into the world, he came to fulfill 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:55.120 those things that were written about him on earth. 00:02:55.979 --> 00:03:00.319 And when he was on earth for over three and a 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:03.979 half years before he died, you know, in his ministry, 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:07.379 all that he was doing was teaching men, teaching 00:03:07.379 --> 00:03:10.620 the disciples, calling their attention to the 00:03:10.620 --> 00:03:13.099 things that the scriptures have said concerning 00:03:13.099 --> 00:03:15.719 him, calling their attention to his mission, 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:19.560 his purpose on earth. And then we see him accomplishing 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:22.639 the purpose. And the accomplishment of the purpose 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:26.639 is his death. In his death, he died because of 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:28.659 sin, not because of his own sin, he died because 00:03:28.659 --> 00:03:31.580 of our sins. And then by the power of the Holy 00:03:31.580 --> 00:03:33.500 Spirit, we sang and we danced about an empty 00:03:33.500 --> 00:03:36.710 grave. The Holy Spirit was able to bring him 00:03:36.710 --> 00:03:39.650 back to life and not only that he ascended to 00:03:39.650 --> 00:03:43.550 the Father and from there we have the indwelling 00:03:43.550 --> 00:03:47.689 of the Spirit in us. So the gifts that we receive 00:03:47.689 --> 00:03:51.229 or what we call the promise is actually that 00:03:51.229 --> 00:03:54.990 which we will receive by the Spirit of God. And 00:03:54.990 --> 00:03:56.689 without the death, without the resurrection, 00:03:56.930 --> 00:04:00.189 without the ascension, without Jesus going to 00:04:00.189 --> 00:04:02.870 the Father we wouldn't have received the promise. 00:04:03.389 --> 00:04:06.810 But then we see Jesus bringing us into the family, 00:04:06.909 --> 00:04:09.330 bringing us into the realities of the things 00:04:09.330 --> 00:04:12.270 that were promised long time. And we see that 00:04:12.270 --> 00:04:15.490 today the believer is seated together with God 00:04:15.490 --> 00:04:19.269 in Christ Jesus. Hallelujah. And we have the 00:04:19.269 --> 00:04:22.110 promise of the Spirit of God in us. So what He 00:04:22.110 --> 00:04:24.790 is calling us to do, as I will always remind 00:04:24.790 --> 00:04:27.930 us, God is not calling us to do something that 00:04:27.930 --> 00:04:30.639 we don't have the ability to do. He's not calling 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:32.899 us to do something that he himself have not done 00:04:32.899 --> 00:04:36.699 He will not call us to do something that we have 00:04:36.699 --> 00:04:40.060 not been equipped to do It is in God's character 00:04:40.060 --> 00:04:43.379 that whenever he gives an instruction He enables 00:04:43.379 --> 00:04:47.160 a man to do that which God has instructed so 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:51.079 as a believer This is speaking about you because 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:54.839 this promise or these statements that Jesus will 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:58.500 say that He who believes in me, the works that 00:04:58.500 --> 00:05:01.060 I do will do also is speaking about the church 00:05:01.060 --> 00:05:04.100 and you and I are part of the church of God. 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:07.459 Hallelujah. The church simply means his family. 00:05:07.899 --> 00:05:12.279 The church simply means the family of God. And 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:15.139 the church on earth has a responsibility and 00:05:15.139 --> 00:05:18.379 the responsibility is to ensure that the family 00:05:18.379 --> 00:05:24.699 of God expands. And the way by which we We expand 00:05:24.699 --> 00:05:27.379 the family of God is through the instrumentality 00:05:27.379 --> 00:05:31.199 of preaching We tell the world what Christ has 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:35.759 done And what has Christ done Christ God in Christ 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:39.899 has forgiven sins God in Christ has forgiven 00:05:39.899 --> 00:05:43.660 sins So we call people to partake into this life 00:05:43.660 --> 00:05:46.300 and when they receive this truth, they believe 00:05:46.300 --> 00:05:49.019 in this truth They are able to receive the gift 00:05:49.019 --> 00:05:51.699 of the Spirit of God that gives them an identity 00:05:51.699 --> 00:05:54.579 The seal that makes them part of this family 00:05:54.579 --> 00:05:58.759 is the Holy Spirit Hallelujah and that Holy Spirit 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:02.839 is the one that guarantees That we are kept to 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:05.879 the very end that Spirit of God that is in us 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:09.279 He is a one that walks in us to be able to even 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:12.149 preach the gospel It is the same spirit that 00:06:12.149 --> 00:06:14.509 empower us because when the Spirit of God is 00:06:14.509 --> 00:06:19.009 given unto us He came into us with abilities 00:06:19.009 --> 00:06:21.850 Hallelujah in Acts up to one verse eight He said 00:06:21.850 --> 00:06:24.269 you shall receive power when the Spirit of God 00:06:24.269 --> 00:06:26.629 has come upon you And what will you do? You'll 00:06:26.629 --> 00:06:30.050 be witnesses for me The essence is that we are 00:06:30.050 --> 00:06:32.089 empowered by the indwelling of the Spirit of 00:06:32.089 --> 00:06:34.970 God We're empowered by the capacity of God that 00:06:34.970 --> 00:06:38.569 he has put in us in order to be his representative 00:06:38.569 --> 00:06:42.500 on earth in order to bring others into this family 00:06:42.500 --> 00:06:46.420 and when he came into us he came into us with 00:06:46.420 --> 00:06:50.899 gifts in Acts chapter 12 Romans chapter 12 we 00:06:50.899 --> 00:06:53.660 speak about the gifts of the spirit the abilities 00:06:53.660 --> 00:06:56.579 of the spirit in the believer and this empowerment 00:06:56.579 --> 00:07:00.480 is in every believer pastors have been teaching 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:04.199 us about variation of these gifts and how they 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:06.079 work and how they manifest how we can utilize 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:09.199 these gifts And the essence is that we will be 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:12.120 equipped with the knowledge of what God has done 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:14.980 in us. We will not only know that we have an 00:07:14.980 --> 00:07:17.800 ability in us, but we will be able to learn how 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:22.579 to use the equipping of God in order to do the 00:07:22.579 --> 00:07:24.959 work that He has called us to do. So God has 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:27.579 supplied us with the resources, the ability to 00:07:27.579 --> 00:07:30.300 discern, the ability to heal the sick, the ability 00:07:30.300 --> 00:07:32.139 to give a word by the power of the Spirit of 00:07:32.139 --> 00:07:35.500 God, and all the things that has been taught. 00:07:37.049 --> 00:07:39.149 Concerning the indwelling of the spirit in the 00:07:39.149 --> 00:07:43.670 believer So our work as pastors and as teachers 00:07:43.670 --> 00:07:48.569 of the world is to always reveal to you What 00:07:48.569 --> 00:07:52.490 God has done in you? Is to help you understand 00:07:52.490 --> 00:07:55.269 what God has done by the spirit of God as we 00:07:55.269 --> 00:07:58.009 teach every day Our emphasis is that you will 00:07:58.009 --> 00:08:00.329 see what God has done I mean the prayer will 00:08:00.329 --> 00:08:02.970 always pray every week in this church, especially 00:08:02.970 --> 00:08:05.839 in the Wednesday prayers is that the eyes of 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:08.879 our understanding will be enlightened, the eyes 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:11.660 of our understanding will be open to the reality 00:08:11.660 --> 00:08:14.860 of what God has done for us. And when we know 00:08:14.860 --> 00:08:17.459 the things that God has done, we don't just know 00:08:17.459 --> 00:08:20.040 it for knowledge sake, but as we know what God 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.860 has done, we begin to walk in what God has done. 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:26.379 Hallelujah. So my desire is that our faith is 00:08:26.379 --> 00:08:29.600 stirred up, that our eyes are open to what God 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:32.299 has done, that we are willing, because you see, 00:08:32.299 --> 00:08:35.919 it takes your will, To do the work of God hallelujah 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:38.799 At most as it takes your will to believe the 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:41.980 gospel You became a believer the spirit of god 00:08:41.980 --> 00:08:45.039 lives in you. It will also take your will to 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:49.360 do what to live in obedience To the to the leading 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:52.620 of the spirit of god within you Because when 00:08:52.620 --> 00:08:54.299 you don't heal yourself the spirit of god does 00:08:54.299 --> 00:08:58.379 not manipulate you into acting God is a respecter 00:08:58.379 --> 00:09:01.740 of the will of man So even when you are his son 00:09:01.740 --> 00:09:06.620 one of the one of the One of the proof of His 00:09:06.620 --> 00:09:10.159 love is the fact that God respects the will of 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:13.480 man. So your will doesn't just disappear as salvation, 00:09:13.940 --> 00:09:16.100 but your will, even as a believer, is still active. 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:18.899 And God still respects your will. But the desire 00:09:18.899 --> 00:09:21.820 of God for you, the believer, is that you exercise 00:09:21.820 --> 00:09:24.879 your will by yielding to the nudging, because 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:28.100 every man that is born again has the leading 00:09:28.100 --> 00:09:31.100 of the Spirit of God within him. So as a spirit 00:09:31.100 --> 00:09:34.419 of God leads you daily you respond to the leading 00:09:34.419 --> 00:09:37.220 of the spirit of God and you do According to 00:09:37.220 --> 00:09:38.820 that which the spirit of God is leading you to 00:09:38.820 --> 00:09:45.860 do So disobedience will be that you are not yielding 00:09:45.860 --> 00:09:50.000 to the leading of the spirit As we teach the 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:53.019 word the word of God is a spirit of God as the 00:09:53.019 --> 00:09:55.279 spirit of God is communicated to you via the 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:59.340 word It's called is showing to you what you should 00:09:59.340 --> 00:10:02.220 do And when you're not doing what is taught, 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:04.539 it simply means that you're living in disobedience 00:10:04.539 --> 00:10:09.399 to the word of God. Hallelujah. So as obedient 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:13.200 children of God, we should respond to the word 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:16.399 of God. Hallelujah. And we should know what our 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:19.320 role, our responsibility is. And we should rise 00:10:19.320 --> 00:10:22.220 up as men that are responsible in this kingdom, 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:24.799 that we do that which God has called us to do. 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:28.000 because heaven or rather let me say the kingdom 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:32.700 of God is Depending on us to go out to speak 00:10:32.700 --> 00:10:36.100 about the good news to go out to preach the good 00:10:36.100 --> 00:10:41.360 news to go out and to bring men into the family 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:45.019 of God The desire of God is to fill the earth 00:10:45.210 --> 00:10:48.149 with his knowledge the desire for god is to have 00:10:48.149 --> 00:10:51.529 the family of men the desire of god is to have 00:10:51.529 --> 00:10:53.929 men come to the knowledge you see it is not the 00:10:53.929 --> 00:10:57.250 will of god for men to die it is not the will 00:10:57.250 --> 00:11:00.590 of god for men to be to be separated from him 00:11:00.590 --> 00:11:05.190 eternally that is never in fact hell was not 00:11:05.190 --> 00:11:09.909 created for men hallelujah so we are the ones 00:11:09.909 --> 00:11:13.429 that god by virtue of mercy and grace by virtue 00:11:13.429 --> 00:11:17.950 of of love that he has committed to us this ministry 00:11:17.950 --> 00:11:20.750 of reconciling men and what we do is that we 00:11:20.750 --> 00:11:23.529 tell them that which God has done there is no 00:11:23.529 --> 00:11:27.389 longer hostility there's no longer judgment there's 00:11:27.389 --> 00:11:30.450 no longer condemnation there's no longer wrath 00:11:30.450 --> 00:11:34.649 because God in Christ has dealt with the issue 00:11:34.649 --> 00:11:39.389 of sin that is our duty it is not given on to 00:11:39.389 --> 00:11:46.190 angels to do this but it's given on to men Just 00:11:46.190 --> 00:11:48.990 to preach the gospel is given unto men to do 00:11:48.990 --> 00:11:51.370 the work of ministry is given unto men To be 00:11:51.370 --> 00:11:54.649 able to reconcile men to God is an honor that 00:11:54.649 --> 00:11:57.549 you've been given This is the greatest honor 00:11:57.549 --> 00:12:01.129 that you have been given as a man to be a partaker 00:12:01.129 --> 00:12:05.070 of the work of God It's a privilege. It is not 00:12:05.070 --> 00:12:08.230 it is not you know for some special set of people 00:12:08.230 --> 00:12:10.570 alone the pastors the leaders in the church oh 00:12:10.570 --> 00:12:12.970 is this brother and this sister you know she's 00:12:12.970 --> 00:12:15.070 more spiritual than I he's more spiritual no 00:12:15.070 --> 00:12:17.970 no no no every man that have received the gospel 00:12:17.970 --> 00:12:21.710 is qualified to preach the gospel hallelujah 00:12:21.710 --> 00:12:25.269 if you've received the gospel the qualification 00:12:25.269 --> 00:12:28.549 is that you've received the gospel and when you 00:12:28.549 --> 00:12:30.330 receive the gospel you've received the message 00:12:30.330 --> 00:12:33.590 of faith that you can preach and a man can be 00:12:33.590 --> 00:12:36.769 born again So you must see yourself in the light 00:12:36.769 --> 00:12:39.409 that God sees you You must see yourself in the 00:12:39.409 --> 00:12:42.889 context by which God is looking at you as a man 00:12:42.889 --> 00:12:46.190 as a woman that he has equipped With a message 00:12:46.190 --> 00:12:48.769 not only you are safe But you are equipped with 00:12:48.769 --> 00:12:51.909 every resources within you to be able to preach 00:12:51.909 --> 00:12:54.110 and to bring men to the knowledge of his will 00:12:54.110 --> 00:13:05.120 hallelujah So we read a text in Mark Mark chapter 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:10.580 11 Similarly when Jesus Christ was teaching the 00:13:10.580 --> 00:13:13.399 issue of faith in Mark chapter 11 verse 12 to 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.639 14 Let's go back and there was an a matter we 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:18.740 started discussing on Wednesday says now the 00:13:18.740 --> 00:13:20.700 next day when they had they had come out from 00:13:20.700 --> 00:13:24.879 Bethany he was hungry and Seeing from afar a 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:27.899 fig tree having leaves He went to see if perhaps 00:13:27.899 --> 00:13:30.679 he will find something on it when he came to 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:33.470 it. He found nothing but leaves for it was not 00:13:33.470 --> 00:13:36.570 the season for figs in response jesus said to 00:13:36.570 --> 00:13:40.110 it let no one eat from you ever again and his 00:13:40.110 --> 00:13:46.929 disciples heard what he said verse 20 in response 00:13:46.929 --> 00:13:49.490 jesus now okay now in the morning as they passed 00:13:49.490 --> 00:13:53.549 by they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots 00:13:53.549 --> 00:13:57.009 and peter remembrance said to him rabbi look 00:13:57.009 --> 00:14:00.190 the fig tree which he cursed has withered away 00:14:00.590 --> 00:14:03.149 So Jesus answered and said to them have faith 00:14:03.149 --> 00:14:06.269 in God For assuredly I said to you whoever says 00:14:06.269 --> 00:14:08.370 to this mountain be removed and be cast into 00:14:08.370 --> 00:14:11.970 the sea and does not doubt in his heart But believes 00:14:11.970 --> 00:14:15.429 that those things he says will be done. He will 00:14:15.429 --> 00:14:23.450 have whatever he says Therefore I said to you 00:14:23.450 --> 00:14:27.210 whatever things you ask when you pray believe 00:14:27.210 --> 00:14:31.059 that you will receive them and you Will have 00:14:31.059 --> 00:14:35.960 them hallelujah, and then we saw in verse 24 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:45.259 that God in Jesus Christ here introduced a Similar 00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:48.539 idea as in John chapter 13 chapter 14 verse 14 00:14:48.539 --> 00:14:55.440 about prayer About asking God about you know 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:58.230 making requests before God says therefore i said 00:14:58.230 --> 00:15:01.629 to you whatever things you ask when you pray 00:15:01.629 --> 00:15:04.090 believe that you receive them which means that 00:15:04.090 --> 00:15:08.230 faith is necessary for receiving from god hallelujah 00:15:08.230 --> 00:15:14.529 faith is necessary okay for receiving from god 00:15:14.529 --> 00:15:17.929 james will tell us see if you if you ask and 00:15:17.929 --> 00:15:20.029 then you are doubting don't expect that you receive 00:15:20.029 --> 00:15:25.309 anything from god in fact in a practical sense 00:15:26.539 --> 00:15:29.899 If I ask for say Emmanuel for something and I 00:15:29.899 --> 00:15:31.500 don't believe that he has the ability to give 00:15:31.500 --> 00:15:35.600 me or I I'm just asking for asking sake You know, 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:37.840 I don't trust his ability to give me what I asked 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:41.580 for Then even if he's he's bringing it I'll be 00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:44.419 doubting whether you know, he's giving me even 00:15:44.419 --> 00:15:46.240 if he's giving an envelope I'll be doubting whether 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:48.500 he's giving me what I'm requesting of because 00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:51.360 I don't see him as having the ability Hallelujah. 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:55.460 So for us who are in Christ, okay For us who 00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:57.879 have the faith of God for us who have been quickened 00:15:57.879 --> 00:16:00.720 by the Spirit of God we have the ability to acts 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:10.580 of God and We acts in faith. Hallelujah So John 00:16:10.580 --> 00:16:14.700 also teaches in the in his epistles we saw a 00:16:14.700 --> 00:16:16.779 lot on what we read in Mark in first John chapter 00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:21.259 5 verse 13 and 14 about us having a confidence 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:24.240 right we have this confidence that when we ask 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:27.799 you know says these things I've written to you 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:31.120 who believe that this is written to believers 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:34.480 to Christians in the name of the Son of God that 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:38.220 you may know that you have eternal life and that 00:16:38.220 --> 00:16:41.720 you may continue to believe so believing does 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:45.419 not just stop our salvation all right so we continuously 00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:49.269 believe The Christian life is a life lived by 00:16:49.269 --> 00:16:55.110 faith. It's a life that exists primarily by faith. 00:16:55.210 --> 00:16:58.990 Hallelujah. So that you continue to believe in 00:16:58.990 --> 00:17:00.789 the name of the Son of God. The name of the Son 00:17:00.789 --> 00:17:03.129 of God has to do with all that He has accomplished. 00:17:04.250 --> 00:17:06.430 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him 00:17:06.430 --> 00:17:08.769 because we believe, because we are in Him. So 00:17:08.769 --> 00:17:11.640 we have this confidence in His character. that 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:14.180 if we ask anything according to his will is that 00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:17.720 he answers us he's able to hear us and if we 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:20.220 know that he hears us whatever we ask we know 00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:23.440 that he will have the petition that we ask of 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:27.599 him so because we are in him because of Jesus 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:31.039 because of what he has done for us we understand 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:35.420 the faithfulness of God and we are able to receive 00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:43.529 what we ask of him But in Mark 11 25 we saw that 00:17:43.529 --> 00:17:46.230 it seems to be a little bit like a contradiction 00:17:46.230 --> 00:17:51.970 to this Mark 11 25 26 We will see that Jesus 00:17:51.970 --> 00:17:55.670 seems to be suggesting that Apart from believing 00:17:55.670 --> 00:17:58.589 or apart from faith, you know, we need to do 00:17:58.589 --> 00:18:02.529 something as well Verse 25 and 26 says and whatever. 00:18:02.529 --> 00:18:05.069 Okay, let's read in context. Let's read from 00:18:05.069 --> 00:18:13.140 verse 20 to 26 now in the morning as they passed 00:18:13.140 --> 00:18:16.099 by they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots 00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:18.960 and peter remembering said to him rabbi look 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:22.160 the fig tree which you curse has withered away 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:25.039 so jesus answered and said to them have faith 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:29.140 in god but for okay for surely i said to you 00:18:29.140 --> 00:18:32.519 whatsoever Whosoever other says to this mountain 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:35.900 be removed and be cast into the sea and does 00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:38.519 not doubt in his heart But believes that those 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:41.380 things he says will be done. He will have whatever 00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:44.940 he sees Therefore I say to you whatever things 00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:47.440 you ask when you pray believe that you receive 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:50.599 them and you will have them in 25 see something 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:53.220 carefully verse 25 and whenever you stand to 00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:57.200 pray if you have anything against anyone Forgive 00:18:57.200 --> 00:19:02.069 him and your father heaven may also forgive your 00:19:02.069 --> 00:19:04.930 trespasses now if you stop here it will seems 00:19:04.930 --> 00:19:07.730 to communicate that whenever you have something 00:19:07.730 --> 00:19:11.470 against your neighbor you forgive and in forgiving 00:19:11.470 --> 00:19:15.150 that's when God will forgive you but if you do 00:19:15.150 --> 00:19:18.710 not forgive neither look at this if you do not 00:19:18.710 --> 00:19:22.069 forgive neither will your father in heaven forgive 00:19:22.069 --> 00:19:27.329 your trespasses neither will your father in heaven 00:19:27.329 --> 00:19:32.099 forgive Your trespasses so we can ask the question. 00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:36.660 Okay, how do we receive forgiveness of God? How 00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:41.160 do we receive the forgiveness of God? Is it by 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:43.099 faith that we receive the forgiveness of God 00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:47.200 or is by an action we took that will receive 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:54.680 the forgiveness of God So the verse would seems 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:58.359 to suggest that forgiveness is conditional on 00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:03.059 our forgiveness of others and we said the last 00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:06.799 time that This text Jesus made this statement 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:10.059 under the law Now I want to make a clarity what 00:20:10.059 --> 00:20:12.180 I want to do this moment is to make clarity concerning 00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:16.779 this That Jesus made this statement under the 00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:21.299 law. What do we mean by under the law? Now the 00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:25.099 Bible teaches that Jesus was born under the law 00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:29.819 Okay Galatians chapter 4 verse 3 to 5 will explain 00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:38.220 to us about Jesus Galatians 4 verse 3 to 5 even 00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:43.240 so we when we were children were in bondage under 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:47.460 the elements of the world but when the fullness 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:51.039 of time had come now children there is figurative 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:52.799 it's not literal it's not saying the children 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:54.599 are under bondage that's not what that text is 00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:59.849 saying is figurative of been under the law under 00:20:59.849 --> 00:21:03.369 the system of the law but when the fullness of 00:21:03.369 --> 00:21:07.170 time had come what happened? God sent forth his 00:21:07.170 --> 00:21:12.349 son born of a woman born when? born under the 00:21:12.349 --> 00:21:16.849 law okay to redeem those who were under the law 00:21:16.849 --> 00:21:22.190 that we may receive their adoption as sons because 00:21:22.190 --> 00:21:25.410 some people have used this text to teach about 00:21:25.410 --> 00:21:28.630 growth that first of all you know you begin from 00:21:28.630 --> 00:21:31.589 being a baby then you grow into a son and they 00:21:31.589 --> 00:21:38.569 try to explain it so wonderfully so we see that 00:21:38.569 --> 00:21:42.369 Jesus Christ here was under the law was he was 00:21:42.369 --> 00:21:45.230 born under the law he came under a system this 00:21:45.230 --> 00:21:48.910 is the word system of the law all right and then 00:21:48.910 --> 00:21:51.089 the statement he made in mark chapter 11 verse 00:21:51.089 --> 00:21:56.940 25 26 was in the context of the law So Jesus 00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:59.240 Christ will say that he did not come to abolish 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:03.859 the law in Matthew 35 verse 16 to 20 Give me 00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:08.240 this text in the amplified When he came he did 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:10.779 not come to abolish the law, but the Bible will 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:14.880 say that he came to fulfill the law Matthew 5 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:26.000 16 to 20 in the amplified Let your light Shine 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:35.500 before men In such a way that they may see your 00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:38.559 good deeds and Moral excellence and recognize 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:40.380 and honor and glorify your father who is in heaven. 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:45.000 Yes Do not think that I have come to do away 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:48.940 with or undo the law of Moses So you see contextually 00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:51.599 here. All right, we have a definition for what 00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:55.910 the law is right of Moses all the writings of 00:22:55.910 --> 00:23:03.769 the prophets okay so the law okay will refer 00:23:03.769 --> 00:23:10.230 to the writings of Moses Genesis down to the 00:23:10.230 --> 00:23:12.750 five books and then the writings of the prophets 00:23:12.750 --> 00:23:15.369 and the Psalms so Jesus Christ did not come to 00:23:15.369 --> 00:23:18.569 do away with the law of Moses all the writings 00:23:18.569 --> 00:23:22.490 of the prophets I did not come to destroy but 00:23:22.490 --> 00:23:29.029 to do what fulfill but to fulfill was yes for 00:23:29.029 --> 00:23:32.430 I show you that more solemnly say to you until 00:23:32.430 --> 00:23:35.630 a heaven and earth pass away not the smallest 00:23:35.630 --> 00:23:39.410 letter or stroke of pain will pass from the law 00:23:39.410 --> 00:23:43.250 what is the law the law will mean the writings 00:23:43.250 --> 00:23:47.549 of Moses okay the first books written by Moses 00:23:47.549 --> 00:23:51.910 from the law until all things which things things 00:23:51.910 --> 00:23:55.269 are written in the law of Moses right until all 00:23:55.269 --> 00:23:58.349 things which is foreshadows that is there are 00:23:58.349 --> 00:24:00.490 things that the law foreshadows there are things 00:24:00.490 --> 00:24:04.769 that have been spoken of in the laws that needs 00:24:04.769 --> 00:24:07.410 fulfillment that needs accomplishment fulfilling 00:24:07.410 --> 00:24:10.910 simply means to be accomplished to be done so 00:24:10.910 --> 00:24:14.690 whosoever breaks one of the least the importance 00:24:14.690 --> 00:24:17.450 of these commandments and teaches others to do 00:24:17.450 --> 00:24:20.599 the same Will be called least important in the 00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:23.019 kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and 00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:26.200 teaches them He will be called great in the kingdom 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:29.559 of heaven verse 20 for I said to you that unless 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:33.779 your righteousness Please I want you to maybe 00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:36.500 underline this verse 20 because we're going to 00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:38.579 explain what it means letter for I said to you 00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:41.619 that unless your righteousness your uprightness 00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:45.339 your moral essence is more than that of If you 00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:47.539 have a red pen on the line more than that of 00:24:47.710 --> 00:24:50.650 what does it mean to be more than that of the 00:24:50.650 --> 00:24:55.009 scribes and the Pharisees exactly you will never 00:24:55.009 --> 00:24:59.289 enter the kingdom of heaven if a bible student 00:24:59.289 --> 00:25:01.450 you ask how do people enter the kingdom of heaven 00:25:01.450 --> 00:25:07.269 who answer that in due course now the law and 00:25:07.269 --> 00:25:09.670 the prophets listen to what i will say carefully 00:25:09.670 --> 00:25:15.569 the law and the prophets contains things about 00:25:15.569 --> 00:25:21.849 the christ Okay, it contains prophecies it contains 00:25:21.849 --> 00:25:27.250 teachings it contains the things about the Christ 00:25:27.250 --> 00:25:30.049 Jesus said that he has not come to do away with 00:25:30.049 --> 00:25:33.250 them, but he has come to accomplish them So it 00:25:33.250 --> 00:25:36.029 means that when we talk about the law Which our 00:25:36.029 --> 00:25:37.650 person has been teaching us how we receive the 00:25:37.650 --> 00:25:40.769 law how the law was received by the instrumentality 00:25:40.769 --> 00:25:46.670 of angels by Moses, right? It contains things 00:25:46.670 --> 00:25:53.289 about the Christ In the law in the writings of 00:25:53.289 --> 00:25:59.089 Moses Contains the things About the Christ and 00:25:59.089 --> 00:26:01.329 we'll see Jesus Christ who said these in his 00:26:01.329 --> 00:26:04.250 address resurrection Matthew Luke 24 verse 25 00:26:04.250 --> 00:26:07.589 When he had died and he's been brought back to 00:26:07.589 --> 00:26:10.470 life by the power of the Holy Spirit See Luke 00:26:10.470 --> 00:26:18.799 24 verse 25 to 27 Then he said to them all foolish 00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:24.799 ones It's not an insult He's just diagnosing 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:27.339 their state of understanding. He says all foolish 00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:33.359 ones and slow of heart To believe okay in all 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:36.200 that the prophets have spoken. So the prophets 00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:40.359 have spoken in their writings Moses have spoken 00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:44.160 in his writings and the essence of what they 00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:47.630 wrote was meant to be believed upon Because they 00:26:47.630 --> 00:26:49.130 were supposed to believe look at give me the 00:26:49.130 --> 00:26:54.490 previous verse I'm slow of her to believe all 00:26:54.490 --> 00:26:58.309 that the prophets have spoken Okay, ought not 00:26:58.309 --> 00:27:00.069 the Christ that is this is what the prophets 00:27:00.069 --> 00:27:03.630 have spoken to have suffered Because you see 00:27:03.630 --> 00:27:06.970 they were they were murmuring about what has 00:27:06.970 --> 00:27:09.390 happened if you read the context Some disciples 00:27:09.390 --> 00:27:11.589 were on their way to Emmaus and are talking about 00:27:11.589 --> 00:27:13.849 what has happened. You know, Jesus has just died. 00:27:13.890 --> 00:27:15.829 They've crucified him. And some of our people 00:27:15.829 --> 00:27:17.490 have come and they've told us that he has his 00:27:17.490 --> 00:27:20.509 reason. But man, this is like to us like a dream. 00:27:20.789 --> 00:27:23.049 How can they say somebody died and then he has 00:27:23.049 --> 00:27:25.390 risen again? Maybe they saw a ghost. There is 00:27:25.390 --> 00:27:28.109 a lot of rumour on Instagram and on Facebook 00:27:28.109 --> 00:27:31.869 and on whatever blogs about what has happened. 00:27:32.349 --> 00:27:34.509 And when Jesus appeared, he said, what are you 00:27:34.509 --> 00:27:38.049 talking about? So are you a new person in this? 00:27:38.069 --> 00:27:39.849 I don't know the letters that happen in town. 00:27:40.269 --> 00:27:43.710 Are you new to town and Just say all you foolish 00:27:43.710 --> 00:27:47.410 of hearts flow slow of hearts to believe that 00:27:47.410 --> 00:27:50.509 means that they were meant to believe What was 00:27:50.509 --> 00:27:52.970 written by the prophets? What was written by 00:27:52.970 --> 00:27:56.230 what in the Psalms and in the law of Moses the 00:27:56.230 --> 00:27:58.529 writings of Moses and this is it He says ought 00:27:58.529 --> 00:28:01.549 not the Christ to have suffered these things 00:28:01.549 --> 00:28:06.839 and to enter into his glory beginning at Moses 00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:10.480 the Lord of Moses the writing of Moses and all 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:12.779 the prophets that means that Jesus Christ did 00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:18.279 a Bible study he what he expounded he explained 00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:21.980 to them he taught them he explained to them the 00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:28.019 things right across all the scriptures things 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:30.799 concerning himself that means that he will look 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:33.720 through the law and then he expound to them. 00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:37.200 Expound means interpret. You interpret those 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:39.319 things away foreshadowed in the law of Moses, 00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:42.980 in the prophecies, in the Psalms, the things 00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:46.539 that concerns him, the things that spoke about 00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:50.019 what he will do when he comes into the world. 00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:55.599 Hallelujah. So he expounded onto them the things 00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:59.220 that pertains to himself, the promises and what 00:28:59.220 --> 00:29:03.250 he will do. they were meant to actually believe 00:29:03.250 --> 00:29:06.789 those things that the prophets have said concerning 00:29:06.789 --> 00:29:10.289 the coming Messiah so Jesus will also explain 00:29:10.289 --> 00:29:13.349 the things written about him in verses 24 in 00:29:13.349 --> 00:29:20.109 verses 44 to 49 same Luke we will see his emphasis 00:29:20.109 --> 00:29:23.839 to them then he said to them These are the words 00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:25.940 which I spoke to you while I was still with you. 00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:28.259 That means that before his death and his resurrection, 00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:30.799 he has been, these are the things that Jesus 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:34.319 began to teach and to do. He began to teach and 00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:37.500 to demonstrate that he is a Christ because in 00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:40.640 the writings of the prophets, speaks of what 00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:44.039 the Messiah will do. Speaks, for example, now 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:46.900 when John was arrested, he sent people to go 00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:49.960 and check if Jesus is a Messiah. And the response 00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:53.329 of Jesus to John is, go and tell him the miraculous 00:29:53.329 --> 00:29:55.130 things that you see that the blind is able to 00:29:55.130 --> 00:29:58.029 hear and then the whatever happened the miraculous 00:29:58.029 --> 00:30:01.509 signs and everything and blessed is he who is 00:30:01.509 --> 00:30:06.410 not offended by this that is to say if john will 00:30:06.410 --> 00:30:08.049 hear that these things have been done these are 00:30:08.049 --> 00:30:10.430 the signs that have been have been spoken about 00:30:10.430 --> 00:30:13.390 the messiah in the writings of the prophets these 00:30:13.390 --> 00:30:15.549 are some things that have been spoken of that 00:30:15.549 --> 00:30:18.730 will the messiah the christ will do So he said 00:30:18.730 --> 00:30:21.130 to them these are the words which I spoke to 00:30:21.130 --> 00:30:24.069 you while I was still with you That all things 00:30:24.069 --> 00:30:26.549 must be what you see he says he didn't come to 00:30:26.549 --> 00:30:29.210 what to abolish the law right all things must 00:30:29.210 --> 00:30:33.049 be fulfilled Which were written in the law of 00:30:33.049 --> 00:30:36.509 Moses and the prophets and the Psalms concerning 00:30:36.509 --> 00:30:40.690 who? concerning him concerning Jesus Christ, 00:30:40.710 --> 00:30:45.099 so Jesus Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection 00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:48.619 fulfilled those things that were said about him 00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:51.359 in the writings of the prophets in the Old Testament, 00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:53.220 what we call the Old Testament part of the scripture. 00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:56.039 And he opened their understanding. How did he 00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:58.279 open their understanding? By teaching, all right? 00:30:58.339 --> 00:31:00.819 By teaching, by exposition, by the help of the 00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:04.240 spirit and by teaching, and that they might comprehend 00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:06.740 the scriptures. Then he said to them, this is 00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:10.309 what he said, the summary of the writings. of 00:31:10.309 --> 00:31:13.970 the bible thus it is written where it is written 00:31:13.970 --> 00:31:17.450 in the scriptures right and thus it was necessary 00:31:17.450 --> 00:31:22.769 in the scriptures for the christ to suffer and 00:31:22.769 --> 00:31:26.849 to rise from the dead the third day it was necessary 00:31:26.849 --> 00:31:29.509 that the christ will suffer so the sufferings 00:31:29.509 --> 00:31:31.609 of the christ was prophesied in the writings 00:31:31.609 --> 00:31:34.730 of of moses the writings of the prophets in the 00:31:34.730 --> 00:31:37.990 psalms about jesus christ that he will suffer 00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:44.180 and to rise again from the dead the third day 00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:48.779 and that what repentance and remissions of sins 00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:53.839 will be preached in his name to all nations beginning 00:31:53.839 --> 00:32:00.359 at Jerusalem and you are witnesses of these things 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:04.180 that is to say at your very own eyes you've seen 00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:07.859 the fulfillment of all that the prophets have 00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:12.000 written in all their books all that moses have 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:15.299 written in all their books concerning me and 00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:17.940 it has been fulfilled right before your very 00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:25.180 own eyes so we'll see that forgiveness of sin 00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:31.180 is a product of what what the messiah will accomplish 00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:34.059 because says that it will preach in his name 00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:35.900 the remissions of sins will be preaching his 00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:46.319 name hallelujah so forgiveness of sins is a product 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:50.279 of what Jesus Christ did but don't forget we 00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:53.759 saw in Mark 11 26 where Jesus Christ was saying 00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:55.359 that if you don't forgive your father will not 00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:59.460 forgive you so what does that mean? is that a 00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:05.220 contradiction? again Jesus made a statement about 00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:09.319 the righteousness that exceeds that of the scribes 00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:15.079 and the Pharisees in Matthew 16 20 Matthew 5 00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:17.619 rather verse 16 to 20 remember I said you should 00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:21.460 underline right he says something about a righteousness 00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:24.819 that exceeds that of the scribes and the Pharisees 00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:28.400 what does Jesus mean by this or what did he mean 00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:34.640 by your righteousness give me verse 20 For I 00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:38.119 said to you that unless your righteousness Exceeds 00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:41.240 the righteousness of the scribes and the Pharisees 00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:45.759 You will by no means enter the kingdom of Eve 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:49.039 which means that the Pharisees and the scribes 00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:53.940 have a kind of righteousness Okay, they have 00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:57.180 a particular kind of righteousness and if you 00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:59.799 will enter the kingdom of heaven or if you will 00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:02.259 be into the family of god or if you will be born 00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:05.720 again you must have a righteousness that exceeds 00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:12.219 that of the scribes and the pharisees so there 00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:15.019 are two kinds of righteousness explained in the 00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:18.880 scriptures that which comes from doing the law 00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:22.079 okay now don't be confused what do we mean by 00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:27.940 doing the law doing the law is called It's what 00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:34.059 is called works, okay? And another kind of righteousness 00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:36.920 that comes from believing the law, what the law 00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:40.659 says. What is a summary of the message of the 00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:44.340 law? The sufferings of the Christ, okay? And 00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:46.480 the resulting effect that will come from that. 00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:51.679 That is the content of the writings of the law. 00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:57.030 Romans 10 verse one to four. Romans 10 verse 00:34:57.030 --> 00:35:02.829 1 to 4 give me this text in the NLT in the NLT 00:35:02.829 --> 00:35:05.630 two kinds of righteousness one that comes from 00:35:05.630 --> 00:35:10.389 what from believing what the law says and One 00:35:10.389 --> 00:35:14.210 that comes from doing the works of the law Okay, 00:35:14.489 --> 00:35:16.550 their brothers and sisters. Look at what Paul 00:35:16.550 --> 00:35:19.630 is saying concerning his people Israel We're 00:35:19.630 --> 00:35:23.110 reading from verse 1 to 4 the longing of my heart 00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:26.079 My prayer to God is for the people of Israel 00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:28.579 to be saved. That is his desire that they will 00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:34.199 be saved. Why? I know that enthusiasm, what enthusiasm 00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:36.980 they have for God. That means that they have 00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:41.219 this desire for God. But it's misdirected zeal. 00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:45.340 Why is it misdirected? Because they don't understand 00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:47.519 God's way of making people right with himself. 00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:50.760 That is, they don't know how God makes, they 00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:54.039 don't understand the righteousness of God. refusing 00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:56.960 to accept God's way. What is God's way to make 00:35:56.960 --> 00:36:01.519 people right? To believe what was said about 00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:04.900 Jesus Christ and the law. When you believe this, 00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:08.539 you are met right with God. This is the righteousness 00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:14.559 that comes from what? From believing what the 00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:17.860 law says, okay? And the prophets, we can say, 00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:20.739 and what the prophet says, right? So for they 00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:22.920 don't understand God's way of making people right 00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:27.559 with himself, refusing to accept God's way, they 00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:29.800 cling to their own way of getting right with 00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:35.500 God. How? By trying to keep the law, which means 00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:38.360 that the law was not meant to be kept by them. 00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:42.460 Okay? It was meant to be believed. It speaks 00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:45.239 of what Christ will do. In it, there are teachings 00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:47.699 concerning what Christ will do, and their response 00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:49.360 should be that they believe what Christ will 00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:53.019 do. Hallelujah. It therefore means that God's 00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:55.920 plan from the beginning was faith. Very important. 00:36:56.840 --> 00:37:01.019 For Christ has already accomplished the purpose 00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:05.199 for which the law was given. So Christ has fulfilled 00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:08.340 the law. Okay? Christ has fulfilled the law. 00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:11.000 He has accomplished the purpose for which the 00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:15.079 law was given. As a result, all who believe in 00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:19.630 him are made right with God. So When you try 00:37:19.630 --> 00:37:22.610 to do the law, you are doing what we call works, 00:37:22.889 --> 00:37:25.510 and it's a kind of righteousness apart from the 00:37:25.510 --> 00:37:27.750 righteousness that comes from God, which is actually 00:37:27.750 --> 00:37:30.769 to believe in what the law says concerning what 00:37:30.769 --> 00:37:34.210 Christ will achieve for us. Hallelujah. So the 00:37:34.210 --> 00:37:37.349 righteousness exceeding that of the scribes and 00:37:37.349 --> 00:37:40.389 the Pharisees will be referring to that which 00:37:40.389 --> 00:37:44.409 is of faith. Okay. Exceeding doesn't mean that 00:37:44.409 --> 00:37:46.289 you have to do more than what they, because sometimes 00:37:46.289 --> 00:37:49.079 we think that, oh, If the Father sees, give 10 00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:51.260 ,000 in the offerings, we have to give 20 ,000. 00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:54.619 No, no, no. He's saying that this is their own 00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:57.860 kind of righteousness. These are the kind of 00:37:57.860 --> 00:38:02.059 way, what they do to make themselves right. Yours 00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:04.440 must be different because the kind of righteousness 00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:06.400 that makes you come into the kingdom of heaven 00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:10.360 is by faith. So their own kind of righteousness 00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:13.320 will not bring you into what? Into the kingdom 00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:18.679 of God. So the righteousness as I said exceeding 00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:20.239 that of the scraps and fathers who will be referring 00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:24.199 to that which is of faith That is believing the 00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:27.079 message written in the law and the prophets concerning 00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:32.199 the Christ This is a righteousness which a man 00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:36.860 enters into the kingdom of heaven So by now we 00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:40.539 can see evidently that all along right God's 00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:45.449 plan all along is faith God's plan all along 00:38:45.449 --> 00:38:50.449 is faith. God's plan and purpose for man is true 00:38:50.449 --> 00:38:53.610 faith. So why did Jesus make the statement in 00:38:53.610 --> 00:38:59.750 Mark 11 26? Okay, it is important to note that 00:38:59.750 --> 00:39:03.250 not everything written by Moses in the law was 00:39:03.250 --> 00:39:06.590 the will of God. Now write this exactly the way 00:39:06.590 --> 00:39:09.429 I said it. Don't paraphrase it. If you paraphrase 00:39:09.429 --> 00:39:13.070 it, it will mean something else. It is important 00:39:13.070 --> 00:39:16.900 to note That not everything written by Moses 00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:23.219 in the law was the will of God All right, now 00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:25.820 let's see some things that were in the law of 00:39:25.820 --> 00:39:28.500 Moses that were not the will of God For example, 00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:29.960 now let's go about that same Matthew chapter 00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:37.500 5. We'll see something Matthew chapter 5 Because 00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:43.340 Moses wrote many things right Some things were 00:39:43.340 --> 00:39:46.179 concerning the Christ and we will see that some 00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:48.179 things were not actually about the Christ and 00:39:48.179 --> 00:39:50.679 why were those things there? Matthew chapter 00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:59.739 5 from verse, let's see verse 20 Yes Let's even 00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:03.139 say verse 21 This is just speaking. It says you 00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:07.320 have heard that it was said to those of old You 00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:10.820 shall not murder and whoever murders will be 00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:14.469 in danger of judgment Who said this? It was said 00:40:14.469 --> 00:40:16.750 in the documentation of the laws and the prophets, 00:40:16.949 --> 00:40:20.489 right? You shall not murder. But I say to you 00:40:20.489 --> 00:40:24.269 that whoever is angry with his brother without 00:40:24.269 --> 00:40:28.570 a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And 00:40:28.570 --> 00:40:31.750 whoever says to his brother, Raka, shall be in 00:40:31.750 --> 00:40:34.949 danger of the council. But whoever says to you, 00:40:34.949 --> 00:40:38.389 says you fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 00:40:39.010 --> 00:40:45.139 Therefore, if you bring gifts to the altar, Yes, 00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:48.099 let's just jump down to verse also verse 27. 00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:51.559 You see also he make another statement you have 00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:55.960 heard It was said to those of old verse 27 You 00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:58.039 shall not commit adultery who said and where 00:40:58.039 --> 00:41:00.380 was he said in the laws, right? You've heard 00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:04.079 that it was said to a seat But I now say to you 00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:07.940 that whatsoever whosoever looks at a woman To 00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:10.460 lust for her has already committed adultery with 00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:13.659 her in his heart. It seems as though Jesus Christ 00:41:15.369 --> 00:41:20.690 Is raising the bar All right, this was what was 00:41:20.690 --> 00:41:25.769 said And I can tell you that this will not be 00:41:25.769 --> 00:41:32.849 speaking to a man that is kind of Amen Now let's 00:41:32.849 --> 00:41:39.250 look at another one verse 31 It has been said 00:41:39.250 --> 00:41:43.190 whoever divorces his wife let him give her a 00:41:43.190 --> 00:41:47.070 certificate of divorce Okay, whoever divorces 00:41:47.070 --> 00:41:50.110 his wife let him give her a certificate of divorce. 00:41:50.469 --> 00:41:55.429 So who said that Whoever divorces wife must give 00:41:55.429 --> 00:41:57.570 a certificate of divorce room, of course Moses 00:41:57.570 --> 00:42:03.570 right in the laws But I say to you whoever and 00:42:03.570 --> 00:42:07.429 you know, they divorce for whatever reason Okay. 00:42:07.769 --> 00:42:10.130 Now look at what Jesus will say, but I say to 00:42:10.130 --> 00:42:13.489 you whoever divorces his wife for any reason 00:42:13.869 --> 00:42:16.469 except sexual immorality causes her to commit 00:42:16.469 --> 00:42:21.469 adultery and whoever marries a woman who is divorced 00:42:21.469 --> 00:42:24.869 commits adultery hallelujah so we can see it 00:42:24.869 --> 00:42:27.929 seems to be like a contrast of what moses wrote 00:42:27.929 --> 00:42:34.190 in the law and what jesus is now saying now why 00:42:34.190 --> 00:42:38.070 are there these additions or why are there these 00:42:38.070 --> 00:42:42.960 explanations in the law of moses Because in Matthew 00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:45.539 chapter 19 verse 7 we see the Pharisees later 00:42:45.539 --> 00:42:47.820 on come to ask him if you've been teaching us 00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:50.900 all these things why then did Moses ask us to 00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:55.960 give what? To give the letter of divorce Matthew 00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:59.539 19 verse 7 to 8 They said to him why then did 00:42:59.539 --> 00:43:02.940 Moses command to give a certificate of divorce 00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:06.719 and put away and put her away Now look at the 00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:10.210 response of Jesus. He said to them Why did Moses 00:43:10.210 --> 00:43:13.730 say that they should give certificate of divorce 00:43:13.730 --> 00:43:18.269 because of the hardness of your heart Permitted 00:43:18.269 --> 00:43:21.409 so there was a permission. Okay that Moses gave 00:43:21.409 --> 00:43:25.449 to them when he was writing that They should 00:43:25.449 --> 00:43:30.190 divorce their wives But from the beginning What 00:43:30.190 --> 00:43:32.489 happened was the will of God it was not in the 00:43:32.489 --> 00:43:36.190 plan of God Okay, so divorce was not in the plan 00:43:36.190 --> 00:43:39.329 of God but in the law as written by Moses there 00:43:39.329 --> 00:43:43.329 is a provision for divorce so why? it says because 00:43:43.329 --> 00:43:46.389 of the hardness of your heart because of the 00:43:46.389 --> 00:43:52.530 condition of your heart Moses permitted so so 00:43:52.530 --> 00:43:55.489 you see so there is a permission that was granted 00:43:55.489 --> 00:43:59.289 in the writings of Moses that was not meant to 00:43:59.289 --> 00:44:02.230 be there but because of the disobedience we see 00:44:02.230 --> 00:44:05.170 for example in Galatians 3 verse 19 He called 00:44:05.170 --> 00:44:07.309 it because of transgression, the unbelief of 00:44:07.309 --> 00:44:12.510 the people. Galatians chapter 3 verse 19. What 00:44:12.510 --> 00:44:16.250 purpose then does the law serve? It was added 00:44:16.250 --> 00:44:19.170 because of transgressions till the sea shall 00:44:19.170 --> 00:44:21.690 come to whom the promise was made and it was 00:44:21.690 --> 00:44:23.989 appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. 00:44:24.469 --> 00:44:28.570 How it was received, hallelujah. So there were 00:44:28.570 --> 00:44:31.750 additions, all right? There were, will I say 00:44:31.750 --> 00:44:34.449 additions? shall I say injunctions, shall I say 00:44:34.449 --> 00:44:38.050 provisions, shall I say permissions because of 00:44:38.050 --> 00:44:39.849 what? Because of the disobedience of the people. 00:44:40.070 --> 00:44:42.250 Pastor was teaching us in the series concerning 00:44:42.250 --> 00:44:48.329 women's liberty that if Moses didn't allow them 00:44:48.329 --> 00:44:50.530 to divorce maybe there will be so much abuse 00:44:50.530 --> 00:44:53.849 because these people are so they're so obstinate 00:44:53.849 --> 00:44:57.849 in their heart and he created allowance and that 00:44:57.849 --> 00:45:01.619 was that is not the will of God all right Divorce 00:45:01.619 --> 00:45:05.840 is not the will of God Hallelujah So we see that 00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:08.599 Moses gave that permission because of the heart 00:45:08.599 --> 00:45:11.079 condition of the people He permitted them to 00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:14.420 do so So in the four gospels we will see that 00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:16.820 forgiveness of sins is attached to what man does 00:45:16.820 --> 00:45:21.360 because you see There were provisions in the 00:45:21.360 --> 00:45:25.699 law because of unbelief of the people because 00:45:25.699 --> 00:45:30.710 of their unwillingness to believe What God have 00:45:30.710 --> 00:45:34.489 said concerning Jesus Christ concerning the promise 00:45:34.489 --> 00:45:38.690 Therefore giving room for what what? the performance, 00:45:38.690 --> 00:45:44.170 okay But after redemption because we are trying 00:45:44.170 --> 00:45:47.530 to look at why would Jesus say Give that injunction 00:45:47.530 --> 00:45:50.809 of you forgive so that you be forgiving and we 00:45:50.809 --> 00:45:53.070 are explaining that it is under a system and 00:45:53.070 --> 00:45:56.030 it's a system of unbelief Hallelujah, and that's 00:45:56.030 --> 00:45:58.409 the same of unbelief is dependent on what men 00:45:58.409 --> 00:46:01.480 do Are we together? But that is not the will 00:46:01.480 --> 00:46:04.400 of God. Because the will of God we've seen consistently 00:46:04.400 --> 00:46:06.659 right from the beginning. Because even God was 00:46:06.659 --> 00:46:09.260 dealing with Abraham that was around before the 00:46:09.260 --> 00:46:14.900 law by faith. Amen? So the introduction of the 00:46:14.900 --> 00:46:17.500 permissions is because of the disobedience of 00:46:17.500 --> 00:46:20.880 the people. Because they rejected the faith. 00:46:21.340 --> 00:46:25.159 They rejected the message that they heard concerning 00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:28.000 the promise of God that they were meant to believe. 00:46:29.710 --> 00:46:35.369 upon hallelujah But after redemption We see that 00:46:35.369 --> 00:46:40.230 forgiveness of sins is a gift receive of God 00:46:40.230 --> 00:46:45.690 from God through faith It says if it's a gift 00:46:45.690 --> 00:46:48.550 we receive from God through faith officials of 00:46:48.550 --> 00:46:52.550 the one verse six to eight We'll talk about You 00:46:52.550 --> 00:46:55.250 know the redemption by his blood the forgiveness 00:46:55.250 --> 00:46:58.320 of sins to the praise of the glory of his grace 00:46:58.320 --> 00:47:05.320 by which he made us accepted in the beloved in 00:47:05.320 --> 00:47:09.980 him we have redemption through his blood so redemption 00:47:09.980 --> 00:47:14.119 the forgiveness of sins is not by what we do 00:47:14.119 --> 00:47:18.239 but by what christ has done according to the 00:47:18.239 --> 00:47:22.739 riches of his grace which he made to abound towards 00:47:22.739 --> 00:47:57.139 us in all wisdom and prudence verse 9 On what? 00:47:57.679 --> 00:48:00.219 On works. It's not anchored on what anyone will 00:48:00.219 --> 00:48:03.480 do but it's anchored on what God will do in Christ. 00:48:04.639 --> 00:48:07.199 So God's plan and God's purpose consistently 00:48:07.199 --> 00:48:11.780 right from the inception was faith. Right from 00:48:11.780 --> 00:48:14.360 inception was what? Was faith from the beginning. 00:48:14.420 --> 00:48:25.280 Hallelujah. So we now can forgive Ephesians 4 00:48:25.280 --> 00:48:28.960 verse 32 we forgive because we have been forgiven 00:48:28.960 --> 00:48:33.860 okay we forgive because God has forgiven us and 00:48:33.860 --> 00:48:37.099 be kind to one another tender -hearted forgiving 00:48:37.099 --> 00:48:41.559 one another even as what even as God in Christ 00:48:41.559 --> 00:48:45.940 forgave you so our forgiveness towards one another 00:48:45.940 --> 00:48:48.440 is not because we are looking forward to God's 00:48:48.440 --> 00:48:52.400 forgiveness no we forgive because God in Christ 00:48:52.400 --> 00:48:55.880 has forgiven us hallelujah and we receive that 00:48:55.880 --> 00:48:59.500 as a gift we receive that as a result of what 00:48:59.500 --> 00:49:02.239 believing in what he has done and we've received 00:49:02.239 --> 00:49:05.820 that forgiveness hallelujah so now our works 00:49:05.820 --> 00:49:10.800 and the work we do is by faith all that encompasses 00:49:10.800 --> 00:49:13.780 the work of the ministry all that encompasses 00:49:13.780 --> 00:49:17.000 the way we lead our lives in the flesh the bible 00:49:17.000 --> 00:49:19.480 will say that the life i live now in the flesh 00:49:19.480 --> 00:49:22.400 how do i live it i live it by the faith of the 00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:26.940 son of god I live it by the faith of the Son 00:49:26.940 --> 00:49:31.380 of God. I live it by what? By the provision of 00:49:31.380 --> 00:49:40.159 God. By the Spirit of God. So we work out our 00:49:40.159 --> 00:49:44.260 salvation in Philippians 2 verse 12 to 13. As 00:49:44.260 --> 00:49:51.500 I close, Philippians 2 verse 12 to 13. Therefore, 00:49:51.719 --> 00:49:54.960 my beloved, as you have always obeyed, Not as 00:49:54.960 --> 00:49:57.980 in my presence only but now much more in my absence 00:49:57.980 --> 00:50:02.199 Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling 00:50:02.199 --> 00:50:04.320 now when we stop here We think as if we are trying 00:50:04.320 --> 00:50:06.659 to create a way another kind of a salvation. 00:50:07.179 --> 00:50:13.559 No Is to bring to bear what has been done in 00:50:13.559 --> 00:50:18.199 us All right, because the next verse will explain 00:50:18.199 --> 00:50:20.900 the previous verse for us for it is God who what 00:50:20.900 --> 00:50:25.300 who works in you but to will and to do of his 00:50:25.300 --> 00:50:29.239 good pleasure. Hallelujah. So walking out salvation 00:50:29.239 --> 00:50:33.420 is actually bringing forth what God has done. 00:50:34.639 --> 00:50:39.219 Bringing to, you know, existence or rather to 00:50:39.219 --> 00:50:42.099 manifestation that which God has done in us. 00:50:43.860 --> 00:50:45.780 What has he done for us in salvation? He has 00:50:45.780 --> 00:50:49.320 given us his spirit. Hallelujah. So we manifest 00:50:49.320 --> 00:50:52.360 what God has done for us. Walking out the salvation 00:50:52.360 --> 00:50:54.929 will include Working in all that God has done 00:50:54.929 --> 00:50:57.809 for us in salvation has given us a spirit has 00:50:57.809 --> 00:51:00.489 given us his ability has given us You know the 00:51:00.489 --> 00:51:03.170 ns of his spirit in us. We have the ability to 00:51:03.170 --> 00:51:05.250 love people We have the ability to forgive people. 00:51:05.269 --> 00:51:07.710 We have the ability to pray for people We have 00:51:07.710 --> 00:51:09.750 the ability to preach the gospel. We have the 00:51:09.750 --> 00:51:13.269 ability to receive word for people we have the 00:51:13.269 --> 00:51:17.409 ability to To do the work of ministry by the 00:51:17.409 --> 00:51:21.070 spirit of God Because it is by faith that we've 00:51:21.070 --> 00:51:24.219 received this hallelujah And the work of ministry 00:51:24.219 --> 00:51:27.719 is anchored continuously on the finished work 00:51:27.719 --> 00:51:31.260 of Christ So my desire is that as you leave this 00:51:31.260 --> 00:51:35.539 place in your heart You live with a picture of 00:51:35.539 --> 00:51:38.659 yourself having all the necessary empowerment 00:51:38.659 --> 00:51:42.820 That you have all it takes by the Spirit of God 00:51:42.820 --> 00:51:46.739 as you continue in knowing the things that God 00:51:46.739 --> 00:51:50.360 has done That you only keep discovering more 00:51:50.360 --> 00:51:53.199 and more that which God has done in you And as 00:51:53.199 --> 00:51:55.820 you discover you begin to manifest it daily in 00:51:55.820 --> 00:51:58.260 your lives I want you to begin to pray for yourself 00:51:58.260 --> 00:52:01.500 that daily as you live your life that your life 00:52:01.500 --> 00:52:03.940 becomes a manifestation of the goodness of God 00:52:03.940 --> 00:52:08.920 We appreciate you being here today. We hope you 00:52:08.920 --> 00:52:11.119 carry this word with you throughout your week 00:52:11.119 --> 00:52:13.960 Don't forget to check the show notes for additional 00:52:13.960 --> 00:52:17.320 insights Stay connected with us through our website 00:52:17.320 --> 00:52:21.219 or follow us on social media if you were encouraged 00:52:21.440 --> 00:52:24.159 Share this message with someone you care about. 00:52:24.659 --> 00:52:26.539 Until next time, stay blessed.