WEBVTT 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:06.639 Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:09.660 designed to uplift and strengthen you in your 00:00:09.660 --> 00:00:13.939 walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until 00:00:13.939 --> 00:00:17.899 the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive 00:00:17.899 --> 00:00:22.210 right in. I want to thank God for this opportunity 00:00:22.210 --> 00:00:25.469 to bring the word to us. And I also want to thank 00:00:25.469 --> 00:00:29.089 the asteroid also for this opportunity they have 00:00:29.089 --> 00:00:32.100 given me. And I pray that as you listen to the 00:00:32.100 --> 00:00:38.579 word of God, that you're blessed. Amen. So this 00:00:38.579 --> 00:00:43.159 morning, we're going to be looking at the topic 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:54.840 titled, Filled with the Spirit or God with Us. 00:00:57.539 --> 00:01:03.329 Filled with the Spirit or God with Us. Amen. 00:01:04.689 --> 00:01:18.140 Colossians chapter 2. Colossians chapter 2. This 00:01:18.140 --> 00:01:49.519 is Paul writing to Timothy and he says, in whom 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:53.560 are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 00:01:54.310 --> 00:01:57.969 Now this I say, lest anyone should deceive you 00:01:57.969 --> 00:02:01.549 with persuasive word, for though I am absent 00:02:01.549 --> 00:02:06.590 in flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing 00:02:06.590 --> 00:02:09.990 to see your good order and the steadfastness 00:02:09.990 --> 00:02:14.159 of your faith in Christ. As you, therefore, have 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:17.900 received Jesus Christ the Lord, so walk in him. 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:23.340 rooted and built up in him, established in the 00:02:23.340 --> 00:02:27.360 faith, as you have been taught, abounding in 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:31.349 it with thanksgiving. Beware lest anyone cheat 00:02:31.349 --> 00:02:36.490 you through philosophies and empty deceits, according 00:02:36.490 --> 00:02:39.909 to the tradition of men, according to the basic 00:02:39.909 --> 00:02:43.689 principles of the world, not according to Christ. 00:02:44.009 --> 00:02:48.479 For in him dwells all the fullness. of the Godhead 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:53.020 bodily, and you are complete in him who is the 00:02:53.020 --> 00:02:57.680 head of all principalities and power. Amen. You 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:03.080 are complete in him. So we see here that he encourages 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:07.219 him to be established in faith. And one of the 00:03:07.219 --> 00:03:10.960 things that we try to do, even in church, how 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.819 we're doing in church, is to get you to be established 00:03:14.819 --> 00:03:18.810 in faith. Praise the Lord. that nothing deceives 00:03:18.810 --> 00:03:23.550 you or nothing cheats you of the power of God 00:03:23.550 --> 00:03:27.009 or the things that are found in Christ. Praise 00:03:27.009 --> 00:03:29.409 the Lord. So today we're looking at being filled 00:03:29.409 --> 00:03:34.169 in the Spirit or, like I said, God in us. He 00:03:34.169 --> 00:03:38.469 said you're complete in Him in verse 20. You're 00:03:38.469 --> 00:03:41.750 complete in Him. Praise the Lord. Can somebody 00:03:41.750 --> 00:03:46.580 say I'm complete in Him? So He wants us to... 00:03:46.939 --> 00:03:49.780 be established in faith, to be well established 00:03:49.780 --> 00:03:54.020 in faith. In this season and in this time, it 00:03:54.020 --> 00:03:57.319 is important that we as children of God continue 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:01.439 to grow, continue to know God for ourselves. 00:04:01.900 --> 00:04:04.479 Praise the Lord. Like I said, what we do here 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:09.699 is to show you, or as we teach, is to show you 00:04:09.699 --> 00:04:12.479 and then you go and find out for yourself. You 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:15.979 go and check again. Praise the Lord. As you listen 00:04:15.979 --> 00:04:18.660 to a teaching, what you do is that you go and 00:04:18.660 --> 00:04:21.939 read your Bible again to find out if these things 00:04:21.939 --> 00:04:26.040 are true or if you understand them to be established. 00:04:26.579 --> 00:04:29.319 Praise the Lord. You need to have a clear understanding 00:04:29.319 --> 00:04:34.620 of the things of God or the Word of God. Hallelujah. 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:40.500 So this is not our main text, but I wanted to 00:04:40.500 --> 00:04:44.139 just start from there. Praise the Lord. So you 00:04:44.139 --> 00:04:47.600 need to read further. Right? That you are persuaded 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:51.360 by the scriptures. Praise the Lord. He said that 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:54.540 even though he's not present with them, praise 00:04:54.540 --> 00:04:58.620 the Lord, even if you're far away, as most of 00:04:58.620 --> 00:05:02.959 us are, from home, or even from, as you're far 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:05.779 away, let's say even from your pastors in church, 00:05:05.939 --> 00:05:09.680 as we meet twice in a week, right? That you establish, 00:05:09.939 --> 00:05:12.560 you're persuaded. Praise the Lord. That you know 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:16.009 God for yourself and your lifestyle, It's not 00:05:16.009 --> 00:05:18.930 that which requires monitoring. Praise the Lord. 00:05:19.189 --> 00:05:22.350 It's that which is established because you have 00:05:22.350 --> 00:05:24.649 given yourself to understand the Scriptures. 00:05:25.170 --> 00:05:28.129 Praise the Lord. We see in Ephesians 5, verse 00:05:28.129 --> 00:05:32.209 18, God also tells there that be filled with 00:05:32.209 --> 00:05:38.730 the Spirit. Ephesians 5, verse 18. He tells them 00:05:38.730 --> 00:05:42.790 what? To be filled with the Spirit. To be filled 00:05:42.790 --> 00:05:44.589 with the Spirit. Well, let's just go to our main 00:05:44.589 --> 00:05:48.670 text. Matthew chapter 28, as you've been doing, 00:05:48.769 --> 00:05:51.699 or as I've been doing for a while now, Matthew 00:05:51.699 --> 00:05:57.970 chapter 28, Matthew chapter 28 and verse 18 to 00:05:57.970 --> 00:06:01.970 20. And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, 00:06:02.230 --> 00:06:05.930 All authority has been given me in heaven and 00:06:05.930 --> 00:06:09.149 on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of 00:06:09.149 --> 00:06:12.810 all nations, baptizing them in the name of the 00:06:12.810 --> 00:06:16.360 Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. teaching 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:18.959 them to observe all things that I have commanded 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:23.199 you, and lo, I am with you always, even to the 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:25.420 end of the age. So we're looking at this, we 00:06:25.420 --> 00:06:28.540 want to understand what he means by saying that 00:06:28.540 --> 00:06:33.639 I am with you always. I am with you even to the 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:39.120 end of the age. Mark chapter 16, Mark chapter 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:44.579 16, the same thing, Mark chapter 16 verse 15. 00:06:46.990 --> 00:06:59.420 Mark 16, verse 15. And he said to them, Go into 00:06:59.420 --> 00:07:01.860 all the world and preach the gospel to every 00:07:01.860 --> 00:07:04.800 creature. He who believes and is baptized will 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:07.199 be saved, for he who does not believe will be 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:09.959 condemned. These signs will follow those who 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:12.279 believe. In my name they will cast out demons, 00:07:12.660 --> 00:07:16.259 they will speak with new tongues, they will take 00:07:16.259 --> 00:07:19.019 up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly, 00:07:19.259 --> 00:07:22.540 it will by no means hurt them. They will lay 00:07:22.540 --> 00:07:24.660 their hands on the sick, and the sick will recover. 00:07:26.029 --> 00:07:28.689 So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, he 00:07:28.689 --> 00:07:32.610 was received up into heaven and sat down at the 00:07:32.610 --> 00:07:35.509 right hand of God. And they went out and preached 00:07:35.509 --> 00:07:39.189 everywhere, the Lord walking with them and confirming 00:07:39.189 --> 00:07:41.430 their word through accompanying signs. We're 00:07:41.430 --> 00:07:43.930 also going to look at this word, the Lord walking 00:07:43.930 --> 00:07:46.670 with them. Praise the Lord. The same thing that 00:07:46.670 --> 00:07:48.250 he's saying as Matthew, he said, I'm with you 00:07:48.250 --> 00:07:52.750 always, right? The Lord walking with them. Praise 00:07:52.750 --> 00:07:57.480 the Lord. We go back to that Matthew chapter 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:02.399 28, and we see two things there, right? Or we 00:08:02.399 --> 00:08:06.120 see something there, or we pay attention to what 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:08.680 is written there. It said, I am with you always, 00:08:08.819 --> 00:08:13.339 verse 20, even to the end of the age. So this 00:08:13.339 --> 00:08:17.660 word, I am with you, right? It's a proper name, 00:08:17.980 --> 00:08:23.019 right? It is a name. So it's not just a set of 00:08:23.019 --> 00:08:26.480 pronouns, right? It's a proper name. Praise the 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:31.680 Lord. I am with you is a proper name, right? 00:08:32.100 --> 00:08:36.500 We also see something that is something similar 00:08:36.500 --> 00:08:41.220 to this in Exodus chapter 3, verse 14. Exodus 00:08:41.220 --> 00:08:50.120 chapter 3, verse 14. And God said to Moses, I 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:55.840 am who I am. Or you can say, I will be what I 00:08:55.840 --> 00:09:00.490 will be. I am who I am, right? And he said, told 00:09:00.490 --> 00:09:03.669 you shall say to the children of Israel, I am 00:09:03.669 --> 00:09:06.610 have sent you. What does that mean? It's a name. 00:09:06.690 --> 00:09:11.889 Somebody has sent you. I am who I am. I am has 00:09:11.889 --> 00:09:16.110 sent you. So he's saying that someone has sent 00:09:16.110 --> 00:09:19.649 you and that I am is a person. Praise the Lord. 00:09:19.730 --> 00:09:23.830 It is someone. I am who I am or I will be what 00:09:23.830 --> 00:09:28.870 I will be. It's the word haya, right? H -A -Y 00:09:28.870 --> 00:09:32.330 -A or Yahweh. Praise the Lord. The same thing 00:09:32.330 --> 00:09:35.490 as saying Yahweh has sent you. Praise the Lord. 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:41.980 It's also the same thing as egomai. Praise the 00:09:41.980 --> 00:09:48.879 Lord. It's a Greek word, egomai. E -G -O -E -I 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:58.409 -M -I. E -G -O -E -I -M -I. Egomai. And in its 00:09:58.409 --> 00:10:02.480 fullness, right, I am. with you, that is what 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:07.940 we saw in Matthew chapter 28, is egomai met haimon. 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:12.299 I'm going to spell it. Egomai met haimon. It's 00:10:12.299 --> 00:10:29.460 E -G -O -E -I -M -I -M -E -T -A -H -Y -M -O -N. 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:36.980 Egomai met haimon. I am with you. Praise the 00:10:36.980 --> 00:10:40.169 Lord. He's saying that I am with you is God's 00:10:40.169 --> 00:10:45.250 name. Praise the Lord. Yahweh, as I've said, 00:10:45.370 --> 00:10:49.070 Yahweh or Hayah. Praise the Lord. So he's saying 00:10:49.070 --> 00:10:54.470 that, so God's name is I am with you. Praise 00:10:54.470 --> 00:10:59.620 the Lord. God's name is what? I am with you. 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:03.580 Not just I am, but I am with you. Praise the 00:11:03.580 --> 00:11:05.580 Lord. So we see that in the gospel. He's not 00:11:05.580 --> 00:11:08.600 just saying that I am, as we see here, I am who 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:12.620 I am. but he's saying, I am with you. That is 00:11:12.620 --> 00:11:19.009 God's name, that God is with you. So this shows, 00:11:19.029 --> 00:11:23.769 right, God's everlasting covenant to say, I am 00:11:23.769 --> 00:11:27.240 with you. Praise the Lord. So this is showing 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:31.899 God's everlasting covenant to say that I am with 00:11:31.899 --> 00:11:36.460 you. He's saying that I will not leave you nor 00:11:36.460 --> 00:11:40.100 forsake you. Praise the Lord. He's saying, I 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:43.000 will not leave you nor forsake you. I am with 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:47.220 you. And he said, God walking with them. Praise 00:11:47.220 --> 00:11:51.019 the Lord. So God is not apart from them. Praise 00:11:51.019 --> 00:11:54.909 the Lord. God walking with them. Let's go back 00:11:54.909 --> 00:11:57.909 to that Mark and see this walking with them. 00:11:57.929 --> 00:12:02.909 Mark chapter 16, verse 20. Verse 20, he says 00:12:02.909 --> 00:12:04.889 what? And they went out and preached everywhere. 00:12:05.129 --> 00:12:09.649 The Lord walking with them through accompanying 00:12:09.649 --> 00:12:13.850 signs. Praise the Lord. The Lord walking. with 00:12:13.850 --> 00:12:17.049 them. So the Lord is working with them. Praise 00:12:17.049 --> 00:12:20.549 the Lord. So if we say that, for example, as 00:12:20.549 --> 00:12:22.970 a church, we work together. Let's say different 00:12:22.970 --> 00:12:26.330 departments work together. And we give example 00:12:26.330 --> 00:12:33.470 that Femi is in the ushering department and God's 00:12:33.470 --> 00:12:36.669 voice is in the media. Praise the Lord. So although 00:12:36.669 --> 00:12:40.110 they work in the same organization or they work 00:12:40.110 --> 00:12:43.549 in the same church, but They are not doing the 00:12:43.549 --> 00:12:46.690 same thing. Praise the Lord. They are not doing 00:12:46.690 --> 00:12:48.850 the same thing. Although they walk in the same 00:12:48.850 --> 00:12:51.389 place, right? They are not doing the same thing. 00:12:51.529 --> 00:12:55.850 But this, this word, the Lord walking with them 00:12:55.850 --> 00:12:59.190 is not the same. It's not the same as somebody 00:12:59.190 --> 00:13:01.990 being in the same organization, but performing 00:13:01.990 --> 00:13:04.470 different roles. Praise the Lord. It's not the 00:13:04.470 --> 00:13:12.429 same as that, right? I am, or the Lord walking 00:13:12.429 --> 00:13:16.440 with them. He's saying that. He is working together 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:20.559 with them. Praise the Lord. He is working together 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:25.990 with them. We see the same word in Romans chapter 00:13:25.990 --> 00:13:35.840 8. Romans chapter 8, verse 28. He said, For we 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:39.460 know that all things work together for good to 00:13:39.460 --> 00:13:41.759 those who love the Lord and to those who are 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:44.480 called according to his purpose. This thing, 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:48.850 all things work together for good, right? All 00:13:48.850 --> 00:13:50.909 things work together for good. It's the same 00:13:50.909 --> 00:13:55.470 thing as saying, working with them, right? It's 00:13:55.470 --> 00:14:10.210 a Greek word, S -Y -N -E -R -G -E -O, sunageho, 00:14:10.730 --> 00:14:14.710 right? Sunageho. That's what it means, working 00:14:14.710 --> 00:14:18.350 with them. We also see the same thing in 1 Corinthians 00:14:18.350 --> 00:14:24.340 16, verse 16, for laboring together. 1 Corinthians 00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:35.879 16, verse 16, that you also submit to such and 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:39.620 to everyone who works and labors with you. The 00:14:39.620 --> 00:14:44.289 same thing as that place, laboring with us. 2 00:14:44.289 --> 00:14:49.139 Corinthians 6, verse 1. 2 Corinthians 6, verse 00:14:49.139 --> 00:14:59.870 1. We then, as workers together with him, also 00:14:59.870 --> 00:15:03.179 plead with you. Plead with you not to receive 00:15:03.179 --> 00:15:07.559 the grace of God in vain. We then as walkers 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:15.509 wait. Right? It's that word. Tsunageho. So, and 00:15:15.789 --> 00:15:18.049 we also see the same thing in James chapter 2. 00:15:18.429 --> 00:15:25.929 James chapter 2. James chapter 2. James chapter 00:15:25.929 --> 00:15:32.950 2 verse 21 to 22. Was not Abraham our father 00:15:32.950 --> 00:15:36.409 justified by the works when he offered up Isaac 00:15:36.409 --> 00:15:42.080 his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:45.399 working together with his work? And by works, 00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:49.549 faith was made perfect. Praise the Lord. So you 00:15:49.549 --> 00:15:53.629 see what? See that faith was working, what? With 00:15:53.629 --> 00:15:57.429 his work. Or working together with his work. 00:15:57.730 --> 00:16:00.950 It's that same word we see there. So it means 00:16:00.950 --> 00:16:05.039 that we are seeing his faith by his work. That 00:16:05.039 --> 00:16:09.659 is from this place. Right? We also see that in 00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:14.690 Romans chapter 16, verse 3, an adjective of this 00:16:14.690 --> 00:16:19.629 word, sonageho. Romans chapter 16, verse 3. He 00:16:19.629 --> 00:16:23.090 said, greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers 00:16:23.090 --> 00:16:26.970 in Christ. My fellow workers, right? It's that 00:16:26.970 --> 00:16:33.470 same word. And then we also see in verse 21 of 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:37.200 that same Romans chapter 16. He said, Timothy, 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:41.639 my fellow worker. Praise the Lord. Timothy, my 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:45.840 fellow workers. So it means that they are working 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:49.659 together. Praise the Lord. It means that they 00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:53.080 are working together. When he says working with 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:58.240 them, right? We saw in Mark chapter 16, verse 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:01.179 20, right? He's talking about that they are working 00:17:01.179 --> 00:17:04.940 together to achieve the same goal. Praise the 00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:07.859 Lord. They are working together to achieve the 00:17:07.859 --> 00:17:10.779 same goal. God is saying that what God is working 00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:13.359 with them with a company sign. He said that God 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:16.339 was working with the disciples, right? They were 00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:20.099 working together to achieve the same goal. So 00:17:20.099 --> 00:17:22.539 their goals and their priorities were alike. 00:17:23.329 --> 00:17:25.930 Praise the Lord. So when he says working with 00:17:25.930 --> 00:17:27.849 them, he's saying that they are achieving the 00:17:27.849 --> 00:17:30.309 same thing. Their goals and their priorities 00:17:30.309 --> 00:17:37.539 were the same. So, but it's actually quite stronger 00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:39.200 than that. It's not just that they were working 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:41.759 together to achieve the same goal. Praise the 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:46.339 Lord. It means one walking through the other, 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:50.599 praise the Lord, and vice versa, right? It's 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:52.200 not just that they are walking together, you 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:55.640 know, we agree on the same thing. Let's say Femi, 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:57.880 who is in the ushering department with Caroline, 00:17:58.299 --> 00:18:00.160 they're in the same place. They are walking together 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:02.779 to achieve the same goal in the church ordination, 00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:05.140 getting people to see properly and all of that. 00:18:05.299 --> 00:18:07.480 But he's saying he's just greater than that, 00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:12.319 right? That word walking. That word walking with 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:16.099 them is saying that one is walking through the 00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:18.940 other and vice versa. Praise the Lord. It means 00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:22.880 that there is no separation. Hallelujah. It means 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:29.730 there is no separation. Fellow workers, people 00:18:29.730 --> 00:18:33.109 who are doing the same thing, who are walking 00:18:33.109 --> 00:18:37.839 the same way. Praise the Lord. So when he says, 00:18:37.859 --> 00:18:40.019 or when you say that you have the spirit of God 00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:42.549 in the inside of you, right? It means that you're 00:18:42.549 --> 00:18:44.930 saying that you and God are working the same 00:18:44.930 --> 00:18:48.609 way. Praise the Lord. You're saying that you 00:18:48.609 --> 00:18:51.930 and God are working the same way, right? That 00:18:51.930 --> 00:18:55.740 your goals are the same. Praise the Lord. You're 00:18:55.740 --> 00:19:01.130 fellow workers. Hallelujah. Philemon chapter 00:19:01.130 --> 00:19:05.740 1 verse 1. We see that same word again. Fellow 00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:10.000 laborers. Philemon chapter 1 verse 1. Fellow 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:16.720 laborers. So it means that God is working, right? 00:19:17.390 --> 00:19:19.549 Philemon chapter 1, it said, Paul, a prisoner 00:19:19.549 --> 00:19:22.750 of Christ, and Timothy, a brother, to Philemon, 00:19:22.869 --> 00:19:28.230 a beloved friend and fellow laborer. Praise the 00:19:28.230 --> 00:19:32.089 Lord. Fellow laborers. So it means that God was, 00:19:32.210 --> 00:19:34.390 when he says God was working with them in Matthew 00:19:34.390 --> 00:19:37.670 chapter 16, right? He's saying that God was walking 00:19:37.670 --> 00:19:40.930 through the world that he preached. Praise the 00:19:40.930 --> 00:19:43.809 Lord. is that God was walking through the preaching 00:19:43.809 --> 00:19:47.210 that they were doing. Praise the Lord. And the 00:19:47.210 --> 00:19:50.849 word of God is walking through God. Like I said, 00:19:50.869 --> 00:19:54.849 it's vice versa. Praise the Lord. The word is 00:19:54.849 --> 00:19:58.009 walking through God. So you cannot separate the 00:19:58.009 --> 00:20:01.809 message from God himself. Hallelujah. It means 00:20:01.809 --> 00:20:04.130 that you cannot separate the message from God 00:20:04.130 --> 00:20:06.569 himself. What they were doing cannot be separated 00:20:06.569 --> 00:20:10.539 from God. Praise the Lord. So when you go out 00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:12.690 to preach, or when you go to tell somebody about 00:20:12.690 --> 00:20:15.009 Christ, what you're doing cannot be separated 00:20:15.009 --> 00:20:18.309 from God. It's all a different walk. Praise the 00:20:18.309 --> 00:20:21.990 Lord. It is God that is walking together or through 00:20:21.990 --> 00:20:25.250 you. So the world cannot be separated, or God 00:20:25.250 --> 00:20:27.829 cannot be separated from the message that we 00:20:27.829 --> 00:20:32.970 preach. Praise the Lord. So when he says something 00:20:32.970 --> 00:20:36.470 like another gospel, it means that they are preaching 00:20:36.470 --> 00:20:39.789 something that God is not in the middle of it, 00:20:39.809 --> 00:20:42.500 or God is not there. Praise the Lord. They're 00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:45.599 teaching that which is not from God, which does 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:49.609 not originate from God. Praise the Lord. So we 00:20:49.609 --> 00:20:55.579 cannot separate the message from God. So when 00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:58.359 you preach the word, God's word is powerful, 00:20:58.539 --> 00:21:03.359 right? God's word has God in it. So when you're 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:05.559 preaching, what you're doing is you're not just 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:09.440 saying things. You're not just wasting your time. 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:13.400 You're not just... Taking a time out of the afternoon 00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:16.000 and saying something. Praise the Lord. It is 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:17.960 that the things that you're preaching, God is 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:22.500 in the inside of it. God is in his word. God 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:29.640 walking with them. God's word has God in it. 00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:33.599 The message we preach has God in it. He said 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:37.240 what? A fellow laborer. He's a fellow laborer 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:40.099 with the message. Praise the Lord. The Lord is 00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:44.170 walking with. with them with the lord is working 00:21:44.170 --> 00:21:53.059 with so it means that when jesus uh told them 00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:56.119 to go and preach or when jesus told them to go 00:21:56.119 --> 00:22:00.099 and preach he gave them himself as well praise 00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:02.819 the lord when jesus said go and preach go and 00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:05.079 preach the gospel when he says what he should 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:07.640 preach where starting from jerusalem and to the 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:09.599 ultimate part of the earth he's saying that i'm 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:13.079 giving you myself with it praise the lord So 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:16.400 he's not telling them, oh, go and do this work. 00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:19.180 And it's your responsibility. You are in charge 00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:23.839 of it. I have no, I have no, I just come to judge 00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:26.279 you on the result that you get. If somebody gives 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:29.720 you a workplace and it requires a result, right? 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:32.140 You go and figure out how that work is being 00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:34.839 done, if it's difficult, if it's not. He's saying, 00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:36.700 when he said he should go and preach, he also 00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:40.519 gave himself to them. So that's what he's walking 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:44.869 through them. Praise the Lord. Do we have an 00:22:44.869 --> 00:22:47.660 understanding of what I'm saying? Do we understand 00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:53.220 what I'm saying? So when we say God with you 00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:58.920 or God with us, you see what it is. That the 00:22:58.920 --> 00:23:04.140 Lord is in the inside of you and is working as 00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:06.799 you preach the word. Praise the Lord. As you 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:10.480 teach the gospel, the Lord is working. He gives 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:23.720 you himself. Praise the Lord. So we're not just 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:29.190 messengers of the message, right? We're not like 00:23:29.190 --> 00:23:34.690 John the Baptist, okay? A voice of the one crying 00:23:34.690 --> 00:23:37.890 out in the wilderness, right? We're not just 00:23:37.890 --> 00:23:42.809 the messenger of the message, right? We are what? 00:23:43.470 --> 00:23:46.490 The messengers of a person. Remember where we 00:23:46.490 --> 00:23:49.650 started from? I am with you and we say it is 00:23:49.650 --> 00:23:52.569 a proper name. Praise the Lord. Yahweh, right? 00:23:54.089 --> 00:23:59.019 We are messengers of a person in a message. Hallelujah. 00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:03.480 We are messengers of a person in a message. Luke 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:09.490 chapter 14, Luke chapter 24, verse 49. Luke chapter 00:24:09.490 --> 00:24:31.720 24, verse 49. 1 verse 4. Remember, Luke was the 00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:37.690 writer of the book of Acts. As they had been 00:24:37.690 --> 00:24:40.509 assembled together, he commanded them not to 00:24:40.509 --> 00:24:44.740 depart from Jerusalem and to wait for the promise 00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:47.559 of the Father, which he said, you have heard 00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:50.720 from me. Praise the Lord. So he had made the 00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:53.319 promise. And he's the same writers of the same 00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:56.119 scriptures. So he's the word promise. So that 00:24:56.119 --> 00:25:05.160 word promise is a Greek word. I'm going to spell 00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:19.430 it, and then E -P -A -N -G -E -L -I -A. It's 00:25:19.430 --> 00:25:23.180 a word, epangelia. Praise the Lord. It's a word, 00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:27.579 epangelia, right? Promise, right? That word for 00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:31.819 promise. It means a self -commitment to do something 00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:35.910 by yourself. Praise the Lord. So when he says, 00:25:36.109 --> 00:25:39.740 what? The promise of the Father. It's something 00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:42.240 that he has committed that he's going to do. 00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:47.920 Right? Promise, epangelia. It means a self -commitment 00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:52.170 to do it by yourself. Praise the Lord. And we 00:25:52.170 --> 00:25:57.309 saw it in Acts chapter 1, verse 4. The promise 00:25:57.309 --> 00:26:01.529 of the Father. So, look at verse 4 now, verse 00:26:01.529 --> 00:26:06.720 5 of this Acts chapter 1. For John truly baptized 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:09.599 with water, but you shall be baptized with a 00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:13.009 holy spirit. not many days from now. Verse 8. 00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:20.359 Verse 8. But you shall receive power when the 00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:22.900 Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall 00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:26.380 be witnesses to me in Jerusalem and in Judea 00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:29.200 and in Samaria and to the ends of the earth. 00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:34.369 Acts chapter 2, verse 38. The promise of the 00:26:34.369 --> 00:26:38.579 Father, the Holy Spirit. Acts chapter 2, verse 00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:42.769 38. Then Peter said to them, Repent, and let 00:26:42.769 --> 00:26:45.809 every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus 00:26:45.809 --> 00:26:48.569 Christ for the remission of sins, that you shall 00:26:48.569 --> 00:26:53.589 receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Verse 39. 00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:58.599 For the promise is to you and to your children, 00:26:58.759 --> 00:27:02.599 and to all who are far off, as many as the Lord 00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:06.210 our God will call. Praise the Lord. The promise 00:27:06.210 --> 00:27:09.309 is what? Not just for you, but to your children. 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:12.720 and to all who are far off. Remember, we were 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:15.900 looking at this a few weeks ago about the intention 00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:19.599 of God concerning salvation. Praise the Lord. 00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:23.480 So Jesus is teaching them, right? And he keeps 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:26.700 mentioning to them what's the promise of the 00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:29.980 Father, the promise of the Father. Luke chapter 00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:40.619 4, sorry, Luke chapter 24, verse 27. He tells 00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:43.220 us that what's... that he taught them from what? 00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:46.480 Genesis to what? He taught them from Moses and 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:48.259 in all the prophets. He expounded to them in 00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:51.220 all the scriptures the things consigning himself. 00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:59.519 Praise the Lord. Verse 44 and 45. And he said 00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:01.440 to them, These are the words which I spoke to 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:03.740 you while I was still with you, that all things 00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:05.559 will be fulfilled which are written in the law 00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:08.539 of Moses and in the prophets and in the Psalms 00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:11.980 consigning me. Verse 45. And he opened the understanding 00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:15.220 that they may comprehend the scriptures. We've 00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:19.460 also dealt with that. So reading, right? So he 00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:25.640 read from Genesis to Malachi to give them understanding. 00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:29.019 So even you, as you read the scriptures, right? 00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:32.599 You read now, you read the scriptures from Genesis, 00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:36.619 right? To Malachi and to the four Gospels, you 00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:39.599 regard them as a book, right? You consider them 00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:41.940 as a book. I remember in the sound meeting where 00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:45.630 we were dealing with... at the judgment seats 00:28:45.630 --> 00:28:49.589 of Christ and we read in Matthew, right? And 00:28:49.589 --> 00:28:51.170 I was asking them, I said, how do you explain 00:28:51.170 --> 00:28:54.849 to somebody when in the scriptures in Matthew, 00:28:54.890 --> 00:28:58.869 he talks about telling those, separating the 00:28:58.869 --> 00:29:01.410 sheep from the goats and he's saying to them, 00:29:01.470 --> 00:29:03.750 to those who have done good things to this side 00:29:03.750 --> 00:29:05.829 and to those who have done bad things to the 00:29:05.829 --> 00:29:07.369 other side. How do you explain to somebody who 00:29:07.369 --> 00:29:09.829 is just a believer, who just became a believer 00:29:09.829 --> 00:29:11.730 or somebody who does not, is curious to know 00:29:11.730 --> 00:29:14.049 what is going on here? Or ask you the question, 00:29:14.250 --> 00:29:18.009 does it mean that in my good deeds, I'm righteous 00:29:18.009 --> 00:29:20.690 with God? How do you explain that? Seeing that 00:29:20.690 --> 00:29:22.490 it is declared there in the scripture, that is 00:29:22.490 --> 00:29:24.329 what he's suggesting. Praise the Lord. How do 00:29:24.329 --> 00:29:26.730 you explain that? And we said that you explain 00:29:26.730 --> 00:29:30.650 that by what? Explaining the entirety of the 00:29:30.650 --> 00:29:33.190 scriptures. Praise the Lord. You explain that 00:29:33.190 --> 00:29:36.250 by explaining the entirety of the scriptures. 00:29:36.609 --> 00:29:38.589 So you see that and you become confused, like 00:29:38.589 --> 00:29:41.990 what is going on here? So you read Genesis. and 00:29:41.990 --> 00:29:44.890 to the four Gospels as one book. And then Matthew 00:29:44.890 --> 00:29:48.670 to Acts, right? As the same as one book, and 00:29:48.670 --> 00:29:51.970 then Romans to Revelation as a singular book. 00:29:52.309 --> 00:29:56.460 So, in essence, they explain each other. Praise 00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:58.759 the Lord. As somebody tells you that from Matthew, 00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:01.839 you want to go to the epistle to explain to him 00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:06.599 what was that about. Praise the Lord. So, when 00:30:06.730 --> 00:30:09.069 you see a phrase in the epistle, or when he's 00:30:09.069 --> 00:30:11.109 saying something, remember, we just read something 00:30:11.109 --> 00:30:13.759 now. And it means that these things was written. 00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:16.539 You will find this story or the narrative or 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:19.380 the concept of this in the Old Testament when 00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:25.589 you see something in the epistle. So when Jesus 00:30:25.589 --> 00:30:29.089 said, I am with you, right? We said it's a proper 00:30:29.089 --> 00:30:33.049 name. Egomai is a single name, right? He said 00:30:33.049 --> 00:30:36.369 always to the end, right? But it's not just the 00:30:36.369 --> 00:30:40.049 first place that this thing was written. Praise 00:30:40.049 --> 00:30:42.289 the Lord. It's not just the first time. Right? 00:30:42.309 --> 00:30:45.710 Matthew writes about it. Matthew chapter 1. Matthew 00:30:45.710 --> 00:30:49.009 chapter 1. The angels, the Joseph encounter with 00:30:49.009 --> 00:30:57.039 the angel. Matthew chapter 1, verse 21. And he 00:30:57.039 --> 00:31:00.250 shall bring forth a son, and he shall call his 00:31:00.250 --> 00:31:04.529 name Jesus, for he will save his people from 00:31:04.529 --> 00:31:07.450 their sins. Just pay attention to this. Verse 00:31:07.450 --> 00:31:12.880 22. So all this was done that it might be fulfilled, 00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:16.140 which was written by the Lord through the prophets, 00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:20.490 saying, verse 23, Behold, the virgin shall be 00:31:20.490 --> 00:31:23.849 with a child and shall bear a son, and they shall 00:31:23.849 --> 00:31:27.789 call his name Emmanuel, which is translated God 00:31:27.789 --> 00:31:33.829 with us. Praise the Lord. So we read, we see 00:31:33.829 --> 00:31:36.410 that it seems like there is a contrast, right? 00:31:36.490 --> 00:31:40.730 In verse 21, let's go back to 21. He said, she 00:31:40.730 --> 00:31:44.549 shall bring forth a son and his name shall be 00:31:44.549 --> 00:31:48.279 called, and you shall call his name what? Jesus. 00:31:48.970 --> 00:31:52.190 What is Jesus going to do? He said he will save 00:31:52.190 --> 00:31:55.130 his people from their sins. Just pay attention 00:31:55.130 --> 00:31:57.470 to this because we're going to understand it 00:31:57.470 --> 00:32:03.140 very soon. Verse 23 now. He said, Behold, the 00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:06.569 virgin shall be with a child and bear a son. 00:32:07.130 --> 00:32:10.309 Praise the Lord. And he shall call his name Emmanuel. 00:32:10.930 --> 00:32:15.130 What is Emmanuel? He says what? God with us. 00:32:15.309 --> 00:32:18.109 The first one said his name shall be who? Jesus. 00:32:18.210 --> 00:32:20.990 And what is Jesus going to do? He's going to 00:32:20.990 --> 00:32:25.940 save people from their sins. But Emmanuel is 00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:29.779 what? He's talking about the same son. And he's 00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:32.460 going to be what? Emmanuel, for you to know what? 00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:36.059 He's translated God with us. Praise the Lord. 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:39.539 So he's not just saving, he's staying. Praise 00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:45.400 the Lord. Hallelujah. He shall save his people 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:48.400 from their sin. We write down verse 21. And then 00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:50.759 verse 23 says what? He shall call his name Emmanuel, 00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:56.859 which is God with us. God with us. Jesus didn't 00:32:56.859 --> 00:33:00.859 just say God with us in Matthew 28, but he says 00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:04.880 what? I am with you. Praise the Lord. So when 00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:08.180 we say I am with you, right? He's telling them 00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:10.200 something that has been prophesied. I've already 00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:12.480 said it, but he's saying God with us. But then 00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:17.039 he's saying I am with you always. Praise the 00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:21.740 Lord. Do you understand that? So he said, I am 00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:25.259 with you. But then when you see the angels reporting, 00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:29.720 verse 22, when we see what the angel was reporting, 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:33.119 he says what? And so this was done that it may 00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:35.640 be fulfilled which was written, which was spoken 00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:39.380 by the Lord through the prophet, saying. So when 00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:41.880 we see the angel, the angel is the third party 00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:45.819 here, saying this. He says what? God with us. 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:48.279 Praise the Lord. So the angel will say what? 00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:54.069 God with us. Emmanuel. Praise the Lord. So, but 00:33:54.069 --> 00:33:58.230 where is the angel referencing this from when 00:33:58.230 --> 00:34:01.230 he says that it was spoken of the Lord through 00:34:01.230 --> 00:34:06.140 the prophet? Isaiah chapter 7, verse 14. Isaiah 00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:14.019 chapter 7, verse 14. Therefore, the Lord himself 00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:18.610 will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall 00:34:18.610 --> 00:34:23.489 conceive and bear a son and shall call his name 00:34:23.489 --> 00:34:31.789 Emmanuel, God with us. So, Emmanuel. is two words 00:34:31.789 --> 00:34:34.769 to put together. Praise the Lord. The manual 00:34:34.769 --> 00:34:40.309 is two words put together. The first one is I 00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:50.590 -W -M -A -N -U. Right? I -W -M -A -N -U. Right? 00:34:52.110 --> 00:34:56.849 Emmanuel. Or Emmanuel. Right? And then we have 00:34:56.849 --> 00:35:00.829 E -L. Right? That's the second word that was 00:35:00.829 --> 00:35:07.199 put together. to bring Emmanuel. So, Emmanuel 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:11.579 is with us. That's the word, with us. Right? 00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:19.050 E -L or L is God. So that is God with us. So 00:35:19.050 --> 00:35:23.460 it's to say God with us. Then he referenced that 00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:26.219 Emmanuel, he said God with us, Emmanuel, and 00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:30.239 referenced a child. Right? He said what? Shall 00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:34.179 conceive and bear a son. Right? And you shall 00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:47.690 call him Emmanuel. So where did we see this? 00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:54.619 Let's just look at this word with us. Right? 00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:58.500 Or God with us. And let's see where it is first 00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:02.019 also mentioned or where we can start seeing it. 00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:07.059 Right? We see examples of this with Eve and Adam. 00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:11.860 Genesis chapter 3 verse 16. Sorry, Genesis chapter 00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:20.510 3 verse 6. Genesis 3, verse 6. So when the woman 00:36:20.510 --> 00:36:23.510 saw that the tree was good for food, that it 00:36:23.510 --> 00:36:26.210 was present in the eyes, a tree desirable to 00:36:26.210 --> 00:36:30.030 make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. 00:36:30.570 --> 00:36:35.429 She also gave her husband with her, and he ate. 00:36:35.690 --> 00:36:39.809 Right? It's that word. It says what? With her 00:36:39.809 --> 00:36:43.250 husband. Right? Right? Her husband with her. 00:36:43.530 --> 00:36:45.840 Praise the Lord. It's also that same thing we 00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:53.210 see there as wheat. So we see that wheat has, 00:36:53.389 --> 00:37:00.250 so it means together with her, right? When he 00:37:00.250 --> 00:37:01.829 says her husband with her, it means that her 00:37:01.829 --> 00:37:03.909 husband was together with her, right? They were 00:37:03.909 --> 00:37:09.079 in the same place. We also see in Genesis 2, 00:37:09.329 --> 00:37:16.369 verse 24, rendering it in another way as one 00:37:16.369 --> 00:37:19.369 flesh, right? Therefore a man shall leave his 00:37:19.369 --> 00:37:22.010 father. and his mother and be joined to his wife, 00:37:22.070 --> 00:37:27.349 and they shall become one flesh. Ehad is a Greek 00:37:27.349 --> 00:37:32.650 word, ehad. E -H -A -D, right? It's the same 00:37:32.650 --> 00:37:34.730 word that is used for that first place we read 00:37:34.730 --> 00:37:37.510 as with her or with her husband. It's used for 00:37:37.510 --> 00:37:40.369 one here. Praise the Lord. So he's saying with 00:37:40.369 --> 00:37:47.889 as alike, right? Or alike or by or in, right? 00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:52.599 Let's not miss what we're saying, okay? So remember 00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:55.739 where we came from. We said what? Emmanuel, God 00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:57.920 with us. And we're trying to look at the word 00:37:57.920 --> 00:38:01.199 with us, right? And we came here to say that 00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:06.460 when he says with, he's saying as like or alike 00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:09.840 or by or in. Remember where we started and we 00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:13.719 said that he's walking through them. Praise the 00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:17.760 Lord, right? I am with you always. He's walking. 00:38:18.530 --> 00:38:21.010 through them. So he's saying that they are alike 00:38:21.010 --> 00:38:24.690 or by or in. So it's the same thing that the 00:38:24.690 --> 00:38:28.329 apostles explored and we have the words in the 00:38:28.329 --> 00:38:33.630 epistles as in Christ or Christ in us. Praise 00:38:33.630 --> 00:38:39.320 the Lord. So it means that they have a mutual 00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:43.519 identity. Praise the Lord. With us. God with 00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:48.360 us. That you have a mutual identity or a reflection. 00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:52.170 Praise the Lord. or a reflection or a likeness. 00:38:52.650 --> 00:38:58.000 Praise the Lord. Or a likeness. A light. So we 00:38:58.000 --> 00:39:07.860 have God with us. God like us. Right? So we have... 00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:10.440 So what he's saying is that when he says God 00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:15.010 with us, he's saying a man like God. Praise the 00:39:15.010 --> 00:39:19.449 Lord. Emmanuel. A man like God. He's not saying 00:39:19.449 --> 00:39:24.469 a man like God. Right? A man like God. A reflection 00:39:24.469 --> 00:39:29.849 of God. A man -like God. Which means that in 00:39:29.849 --> 00:39:33.909 the incarnation, we are going to have a man -like 00:39:33.909 --> 00:39:39.519 God. Praise the Lord. A man -like God. Emmanuel. 00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:45.980 God reflecting as a man. Praise the Lord. God 00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:55.150 reflecting as a man. So he's not going to be 00:39:55.150 --> 00:39:59.750 walking through men, like in terms of... occasionally, 00:40:00.150 --> 00:40:03.650 or the thing that Emmanuel is coming to do is 00:40:03.650 --> 00:40:06.190 not something that is bestowed on particular 00:40:06.190 --> 00:40:11.630 individuals. Praise the Lord. He's going to reflect 00:40:11.630 --> 00:40:16.469 himself as a man. Praise the Lord. So when the 00:40:16.469 --> 00:40:20.929 angel said, thou shalt call his name Jesus, right? 00:40:21.030 --> 00:40:23.690 Two things are happening. So when he says Jesus, 00:40:23.869 --> 00:40:26.550 remember when we said Jesus, it's the same word 00:40:26.550 --> 00:40:31.079 as family has at that name, Joshua. Praise the 00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:37.539 Lord. Or Yeshua. So it's the same word when he 00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:43.239 says Jesus. It's the same word as Yeshua or Joshua. 00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:48.059 Praise the Lord. So remember, there's one teaching 00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:51.000 I was doing and I said that in theology, that 00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:55.420 location is important and name is important. 00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:57.840 Praise the Lord. It's important to understand 00:40:57.840 --> 00:41:01.630 what God's intention is. When you're studying 00:41:01.630 --> 00:41:08.340 the scriptures. Why did he use Joshua? Why did 00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:12.449 he use Joshua? Why did he say you shall call 00:41:12.449 --> 00:41:17.230 his name Yeshua? He says what? We read there, 00:41:17.289 --> 00:41:20.110 what did he say? He will save his people from 00:41:20.110 --> 00:41:24.489 their sins. He will save his people from their 00:41:24.489 --> 00:41:28.719 sins. So we see that Emmanuel was prophesied 00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:32.139 in the Old Testament, right? Emmanuel was prophesied 00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:35.949 in the Old Testament, but not Yeshua. Right? 00:41:36.110 --> 00:41:43.340 Or Jesus. Or that name, Jesus. So, we know where 00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:46.159 we started seeing Joshua from. Right? The assistant 00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:49.280 of Moses. Right? From the scriptures. He was 00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:52.079 somebody who was assisting Moses and who took 00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:54.460 the children of Israel to the promised land. 00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:57.179 Praise the Lord. He was the one who took them 00:41:57.179 --> 00:42:01.710 to the promised land. So, it means that Jesus, 00:42:01.829 --> 00:42:05.510 right? It means that we regard Jesus or we would 00:42:05.510 --> 00:42:11.269 look at Jesus as an event. And that event is 00:42:11.269 --> 00:42:15.150 what? He will save his people from their sins. 00:42:15.789 --> 00:42:20.469 Praise the Lord. Why? Because Jesus is a common 00:42:20.469 --> 00:42:25.289 name, as we well know. Jesus is a common name. 00:42:25.809 --> 00:42:28.989 Presently, we have some Arsenal players who are 00:42:28.989 --> 00:42:33.030 Jesus. Praise the Lord. a lot of Brazilians who 00:42:33.030 --> 00:42:37.590 bear Jesus. Praise the Lord. So now and before, 00:42:37.730 --> 00:42:41.710 it was a common name. Praise the Lord. It was 00:42:41.710 --> 00:42:45.670 a common name. It wasn't a peculiar name to just 00:42:45.670 --> 00:42:48.449 our Lord and Savior. Praise the Lord. It was 00:42:48.449 --> 00:42:58.639 not just the person bearing this name. So it 00:42:58.639 --> 00:43:02.559 was a common name. So when you say Joshua, right, 00:43:02.659 --> 00:43:11.469 it's also two words. Ave Yeshua. When you say 00:43:11.469 --> 00:43:14.949 Joshua, it's two words. Ave Yeshua. A -V -A -H. 00:43:15.699 --> 00:43:24.829 Then Yeshua. So, Ave is used for Yahweh. Then 00:43:24.829 --> 00:43:34.869 Yeshua. So, we also see that we use that word 00:43:34.869 --> 00:43:40.250 because they were in Exodus. Right? We use that 00:43:40.250 --> 00:43:43.010 word because they were in Exodus. Why did they 00:43:43.010 --> 00:43:47.360 use that word? The name shall be Jesus. Right? 00:43:47.360 --> 00:43:50.159 We use that word because, well, that word is 00:43:50.159 --> 00:43:53.460 used because it's also people of Exodus understand 00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:56.679 it. Praise the Lord. People in Exodus understand 00:43:56.679 --> 00:44:03.530 it. So, by the very name of Jesus, we need to 00:44:03.530 --> 00:44:06.170 read that word. That's in Exodus. Exodus chapter 00:44:06.170 --> 00:44:10.539 4, chapter 2, verse 7. Exodus chapter 2, verse 00:44:10.539 --> 00:44:27.250 7. 2, verse 17. 2, 17. It said, Then the shepherd 00:44:27.250 --> 00:44:30.800 came and drove them away. But Moses stood up 00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:35.400 and helped them and watered their flock. He helped 00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:42.070 them. Exodus chapter 14, verse 30. Exodus chapter 00:44:42.070 --> 00:44:50.309 14, verse 30. The Lord saved Israel that day 00:44:50.309 --> 00:44:55.409 out of the hands of the Egyptians. And Israel 00:44:55.409 --> 00:44:59.889 saw the Egyptians died in the seashore. Saved. 00:45:00.929 --> 00:45:06.909 Yeshua is an Exodus name. Numbers chapter 10, 00:45:07.030 --> 00:45:15.599 verse 9. Numbers chapter 10, verse 9. He said, 00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:19.550 When you go to war in your hand against the enemy 00:45:19.550 --> 00:45:22.630 who oppress you, then you shall sound an alarm 00:45:22.630 --> 00:45:25.650 with a trumpet, and you shall be remembered before 00:45:25.650 --> 00:45:28.389 the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from 00:45:28.389 --> 00:45:31.530 your enemies. We see that word again, what? You 00:45:31.530 --> 00:45:33.829 shall be saved from your enemies. Deuteronomy 00:45:33.829 --> 00:45:43.099 chapter 20, verse 4. For the Lord your God is 00:45:43.099 --> 00:45:47.630 he who goes with you. to fight for you against 00:45:47.630 --> 00:45:51.510 your enemies, to save you, to fight for you against 00:45:51.510 --> 00:45:54.989 your enemies, to save you, your enemies. Deuteronomy 00:45:54.989 --> 00:46:03.239 33, verse 29. Deuteronomy 33, verse 29. Happy 00:46:03.239 --> 00:46:06.079 are you, O Israel, who is like you, O people, 00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:09.760 saved by God, the shield of your health and the 00:46:09.760 --> 00:46:12.460 sword of your majesty. Your enemies shall submit 00:46:12.460 --> 00:46:16.699 to you, and you shall tread down their high places. 00:46:17.469 --> 00:46:20.710 Praise the Lord. Saved by the Lord. These are 00:46:20.710 --> 00:46:23.489 people saved by the Lord. So it is an Exodus 00:46:23.489 --> 00:46:29.480 name, Joshua or Yeshua. Praise the Lord. So it 00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:33.340 means that Jesus, therefore, right? When he says 00:46:33.340 --> 00:46:35.400 you shall call his name, can we go back to that 00:46:35.400 --> 00:46:37.500 place in the scripture where you shall call his 00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:48.989 name Jesus? The angel was talking to Mary, Matthew 00:46:48.989 --> 00:47:01.429 chapter one, verse 21. So when he said you shall, 00:47:01.860 --> 00:47:05.119 Bring forth a son, and he shall call his name 00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:07.960 Jesus, for he will save his people from their 00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:11.500 sins. So it means that Jesus was given a proper 00:47:11.500 --> 00:47:16.039 name. Praise the Lord. It means that what? Jesus 00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:19.840 was given a proper name. Why? Because that word 00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:23.940 Jesus, it means what? To save, right? To deliver. 00:47:24.809 --> 00:47:30.369 Praise the Lord. To deliver. Because what does 00:47:30.369 --> 00:47:33.230 Joshua did for them? He saved them or he took 00:47:33.230 --> 00:47:35.650 them across the Jordan to the promised land. 00:47:35.809 --> 00:47:38.769 So he was given a proper name. What does that 00:47:38.769 --> 00:47:43.170 represent? So Joshua represented someone, a man 00:47:43.170 --> 00:47:45.949 who took them to where? To the land. He took 00:47:45.949 --> 00:47:49.269 them to the land. Praise the Lord. I wish we 00:47:49.269 --> 00:47:51.369 had time to describe this, but I'm just going 00:47:51.369 --> 00:47:53.849 to say it and then we'll come back to it again. 00:47:54.250 --> 00:47:57.969 So the land, I think we have done a brief study 00:47:57.969 --> 00:48:02.559 on this. describes, right, as a people. Isaiah 00:48:02.559 --> 00:48:06.500 describes it as God himself, right? Jerusalem, 00:48:06.900 --> 00:48:11.840 Zion, right? He calls it a person, right? Like 00:48:11.840 --> 00:48:13.699 I said, we're going to come back to this. But 00:48:13.699 --> 00:48:16.000 let's look at some of the promises concerning 00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:19.889 the promised land, right? Genesis chapter 12, 00:48:20.110 --> 00:48:24.380 verse 2 to 3. Genesis chapter 12, verse 2 to 00:48:24.380 --> 00:48:29.980 3. I will make you a great nation. I will bless 00:48:29.980 --> 00:48:32.960 you and make your name great. You shall be a 00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:36.510 blessing. I will bless those who bless you. I 00:48:36.510 --> 00:48:39.559 will curse them who curse you. In you all the 00:48:39.559 --> 00:48:41.880 families of the earth shall be blessed. Genesis 00:48:41.880 --> 00:48:48.340 chapter 15, verse 5 to 8. Then he brought him 00:48:48.340 --> 00:48:52.400 outside and said, Look now towards the heaven 00:48:52.400 --> 00:48:54.460 and count the stars if you are able to number 00:48:54.460 --> 00:48:58.539 them. And he said to him, So shall your descendants 00:48:58.539 --> 00:49:03.480 be. And he believed in the Lord. and he accounted 00:49:03.480 --> 00:49:07.869 it to him for righteousness. And he said to him, 00:49:07.989 --> 00:49:10.250 I am the Lord who brought you out of the land 00:49:10.250 --> 00:49:14.849 of all of the Chaldeans to give you this land 00:49:14.849 --> 00:49:22.860 to inherit. And he said, O God, how shall I know 00:49:22.860 --> 00:49:27.579 I would inherit it? Genesis chapter 17, verse 00:49:27.579 --> 00:49:35.019 4 to 6. Genesis 17, verse 4 to 6. As for me, 00:49:35.079 --> 00:49:37.800 behold, my covenant is with you. and you shall 00:49:37.800 --> 00:49:40.989 be a father of many nations. No longer shall 00:49:40.989 --> 00:49:43.349 your name be called Abraham, but your name shall 00:49:43.349 --> 00:49:46.010 be called Abraham, for I have made you father 00:49:46.010 --> 00:49:49.590 of many nations. I will make you exceedingly 00:49:49.590 --> 00:49:53.849 fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and 00:49:53.849 --> 00:49:58.630 the king shall come from you. Genesis chapter 00:49:58.630 --> 00:50:10.960 22, verse 16 to 18. And said, By myself I have 00:50:10.960 --> 00:50:13.840 sworn, says the Lord. Because you have done this 00:50:13.840 --> 00:50:15.760 thing and you have not withdrawn your son, your 00:50:15.760 --> 00:50:20.750 only son, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying 00:50:20.750 --> 00:50:23.510 I will multiply your descendants as the stars 00:50:23.510 --> 00:50:27.769 of the heavens and as the sand which is on the 00:50:27.769 --> 00:50:29.590 seashore, and your descendants shall possess 00:50:29.590 --> 00:50:34.719 the gates of the enemies. And in your seed all 00:50:34.719 --> 00:50:36.699 the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because 00:50:36.699 --> 00:50:41.239 you have obeyed my voice. Then to Jacob now. 00:50:41.550 --> 00:50:50.809 Genesis chapter 28, verse 13 to 15. He was dreaming 00:50:50.809 --> 00:50:54.380 or seeing a vision. And behold, the Lord stood 00:50:54.380 --> 00:50:59.300 above it and said, I am the Lord of Abraham your 00:50:59.300 --> 00:51:03.920 father, the God of Isaac, the land of which you 00:51:03.920 --> 00:51:08.079 lie I will give you and your descendants. And 00:51:08.079 --> 00:51:10.300 all your descendants shall be as the dust of 00:51:10.300 --> 00:51:12.539 the earth. You shall spread abroad to the west. 00:51:13.019 --> 00:51:14.840 to the east, to the north, to the south. And 00:51:14.840 --> 00:51:17.119 in you and in your seed, all the families of 00:51:17.119 --> 00:51:19.829 the earth shall be blessed. Behold, I am with 00:51:19.829 --> 00:51:22.809 you. You see that again. I'm with you and I will 00:51:22.809 --> 00:51:25.610 keep you wherever you go. And I will bring you 00:51:25.610 --> 00:51:28.449 back to this land for I will not leave you until 00:51:28.449 --> 00:51:31.789 I have done what I have spoken to you. Praise 00:51:31.789 --> 00:51:34.670 the Lord. So we see here that there's a lot of 00:51:34.670 --> 00:51:37.369 land. There's a lot of things that we said. So 00:51:37.369 --> 00:51:41.199 again, remember that there are several studies 00:51:41.199 --> 00:51:45.260 and we said that God uses or permits something 00:51:45.260 --> 00:51:49.539 to teach them what his divine purpose is. Or 00:51:49.539 --> 00:51:51.820 he uses maybe something that they are used to, 00:51:51.840 --> 00:51:54.960 to teach them what he wants to do. Praise the 00:51:54.960 --> 00:51:57.940 Lord. And one of those is land because they were 00:51:57.940 --> 00:52:00.940 farmers. They were capturers. Praise the Lord. 00:52:01.079 --> 00:52:05.980 They were people who were into agriculture. Praise 00:52:05.980 --> 00:52:09.659 the Lord. So he uses the land, right? He uses 00:52:09.659 --> 00:52:14.039 the land because it is... the closest he can 00:52:14.039 --> 00:52:17.639 use to describe what he is trying to get them 00:52:17.639 --> 00:52:20.420 to believe, right? Because they were farmers, 00:52:20.559 --> 00:52:23.940 they dealt with land and they produced and they 00:52:23.940 --> 00:52:27.500 were into agriculture. So we said Joshua represented 00:52:27.500 --> 00:52:29.679 the man who took them to the land. So it was 00:52:29.679 --> 00:52:33.280 Moses who saved them, right? It was Moses who 00:52:33.280 --> 00:52:38.440 saved them. It was Moses who sent them through 00:52:38.440 --> 00:52:43.750 the waters, right? Joshua was the one who took 00:52:43.750 --> 00:52:47.690 them to the land. So we see that even John the 00:52:47.690 --> 00:52:51.010 Baptist, when he came to baptize, he went to 00:52:51.010 --> 00:52:53.590 the Jordan. And I think Pastor Takunda was teaching 00:52:53.590 --> 00:52:56.010 on this as well. He went to the Jordan, praise 00:52:56.010 --> 00:52:57.769 the Lord, deliberately. He didn't just choose 00:52:57.769 --> 00:53:01.150 any water to go to. Why? Because what? They crossed 00:53:01.150 --> 00:53:04.550 through the Jordan. Praise the Lord. They crossed 00:53:04.550 --> 00:53:08.010 through the Jordan. Mark chapter 1, verse 4 to 00:53:08.010 --> 00:53:16.940 5. Mark chapter 1, verse 4 to 5. John came baptizing 00:53:16.940 --> 00:53:20.340 in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of 00:53:20.340 --> 00:53:23.659 repentance for the remission of sins. Then all 00:53:23.659 --> 00:53:27.440 the land of Judea and those from Jerusalem went 00:53:27.440 --> 00:53:30.679 out to him and were baptized by him in the Jordan 00:53:30.679 --> 00:53:34.590 River, confessing their sins. So he took them 00:53:34.590 --> 00:53:37.630 to Jordan to baptize them. Jordan, we said, was 00:53:37.630 --> 00:53:43.559 how they entered into the land. This is the land. 00:53:43.739 --> 00:53:49.179 Praise the Lord. So they are in the land. They 00:53:49.179 --> 00:53:52.440 are in the land. So why is he going to Jordan 00:53:52.440 --> 00:53:55.659 again? Praise the Lord. So they thought, okay, 00:53:55.699 --> 00:53:58.179 when they get to the land, they're going to be 00:53:58.179 --> 00:54:00.940 free from their enemies, right? There's nothing 00:54:00.940 --> 00:54:05.079 that will happen, but their enemies were also 00:54:05.079 --> 00:54:09.440 there. Praise the Lord. So if God was promising 00:54:09.440 --> 00:54:11.780 them a land that is flowing with milk and honey, 00:54:11.940 --> 00:54:14.980 but then they go there and they found that there 00:54:14.980 --> 00:54:18.909 were bees. that were wild beasts. They were coming 00:54:18.909 --> 00:54:21.369 after their life. Praise the Lord. So they were 00:54:21.369 --> 00:54:23.809 not free of troubles, but they were not free 00:54:23.809 --> 00:54:27.690 of enemies. Praise the Lord. They were not free 00:54:27.690 --> 00:54:31.650 of enemies. It means that the land was not the 00:54:31.650 --> 00:54:33.690 promise. There was something else that was bigger 00:54:33.690 --> 00:54:36.210 than that. Praise the Lord. They were looking 00:54:36.210 --> 00:54:39.929 forward to something. Emmanuel. Praise the Lord. 00:54:40.409 --> 00:54:44.110 God with us. A Messiah. Right? God with us. They 00:54:44.110 --> 00:54:47.429 are waiting a Messiah. So John is saying that 00:54:47.429 --> 00:54:50.869 the Messiah is here by going to the Jordan. Praise 00:54:50.869 --> 00:54:54.429 the Lord. Because now you are able to cross into 00:54:54.429 --> 00:54:58.010 the proper land in which God intended for. Praise 00:54:58.010 --> 00:55:01.670 the Lord. They were going to cross into the proper 00:55:01.670 --> 00:55:04.690 land in which was promised. Praise the Lord. 00:55:04.869 --> 00:55:08.309 So John was pointing them not to a land because 00:55:08.309 --> 00:55:10.309 they were already in the land. He pointed them 00:55:10.309 --> 00:55:13.369 to a person. If you read down, you will see that 00:55:13.369 --> 00:55:16.289 he's pointing them to a person. Praise the Lord, 00:55:16.329 --> 00:55:20.369 because they were already in the land. So John 00:55:20.369 --> 00:55:23.090 is saying that the kingdom is here. We are close 00:55:23.090 --> 00:55:25.510 to it. We are at the border of it. The Messiah 00:55:25.510 --> 00:55:30.619 is close to coming. So when he said you shall 00:55:30.619 --> 00:55:34.869 call his name Joshua, right? His father understood 00:55:34.869 --> 00:55:40.489 what he was saying. That is Joseph, right? He 00:55:40.489 --> 00:55:44.510 will save his people, right? Not from their enemies. 00:55:45.170 --> 00:55:48.000 Praise the Lord. This Joshua. He's not saving 00:55:48.000 --> 00:55:51.099 his people, what? From their enemies, what? But 00:55:51.099 --> 00:55:54.260 he's saving them from their sins, right? Their 00:55:54.260 --> 00:56:00.710 greatest enemy. Praise the Lord. So when they 00:56:00.710 --> 00:56:02.989 were taken out of Egypt, right? He took them 00:56:02.989 --> 00:56:07.369 out, right? To the promised land. So John the 00:56:07.369 --> 00:56:09.989 Baptist, right? He's a messenger that is going 00:56:09.989 --> 00:56:14.309 before his face to prepare the way for the Messiah. 00:56:15.500 --> 00:56:18.300 Because of time, I will not be able to talk about 00:56:18.300 --> 00:56:23.840 that. The use of the land was a parable, right? 00:56:24.380 --> 00:56:29.559 The land is God himself. Praise the Lord. The 00:56:29.559 --> 00:56:32.659 land is God himself. He is their possession. 00:56:33.000 --> 00:56:35.380 He is that which they have been waiting for. 00:56:35.500 --> 00:56:45.130 And God is our possession now. God with us. So 00:56:45.130 --> 00:56:48.670 he was given a name of a man that is Jesus. We 00:56:48.670 --> 00:56:50.449 said it was a common name so that they would 00:56:50.449 --> 00:56:54.099 know what he came to do. Praise the Lord. He 00:56:54.099 --> 00:56:55.940 was given that name, Jesus, so that the people 00:56:55.940 --> 00:56:58.639 would know that this one had a purpose. He came 00:56:58.639 --> 00:57:01.599 to do something. He was given the name of a man 00:57:01.599 --> 00:57:05.309 so that they would know what he's doing. So the 00:57:05.309 --> 00:57:08.630 name describes his function, tells about the 00:57:08.630 --> 00:57:14.309 function of the Christ or Jesus. So like I said, 00:57:14.349 --> 00:57:16.750 Jesus was a common name. There were many people 00:57:16.750 --> 00:57:20.269 who were called Jesus, right, in that land or 00:57:20.269 --> 00:57:25.219 in this thing. So what is important? Why is he 00:57:25.219 --> 00:57:27.480 important? Praise the Lord. There were so many 00:57:27.480 --> 00:57:29.340 people who were called by that name. Why is it 00:57:29.340 --> 00:57:31.860 important? It is important because what? It is 00:57:31.860 --> 00:57:36.079 Emmanuel, God with us. Praise the Lord. It is 00:57:36.079 --> 00:57:38.659 important because what? God with us. Yes, he 00:57:38.659 --> 00:57:44.130 was given a name, right? Joshua or Yeshua, right? 00:57:45.030 --> 00:57:48.449 To describe what he came to do. But many people 00:57:48.449 --> 00:57:51.530 will say, oh, okay, my son is also called Jesus. 00:57:52.110 --> 00:57:56.239 So who are you? It is important because he is 00:57:56.239 --> 00:58:04.460 what? Emmanuel, God with us. A man like God. 00:58:04.860 --> 00:58:09.969 Praise the Lord. There is a man, Yeshua, right? 00:58:10.739 --> 00:58:14.559 For God will deliver, right? Yeshua means that 00:58:14.559 --> 00:58:17.800 what? God will deliver. Joshua means God will 00:58:17.800 --> 00:58:22.829 deliver, right? Then you have Emmanuel. So God 00:58:22.829 --> 00:58:25.829 is delivering and God is with us. Praise the 00:58:25.829 --> 00:58:29.639 Lord. Do we get that? God is delivering and God 00:58:29.639 --> 00:58:34.769 is with us. So the man like God is reflecting 00:58:34.769 --> 00:58:40.590 man and God at the same time. Praise the Lord. 00:58:40.730 --> 00:58:44.090 So he's Yeshua and he's also Emmanuel. Praise 00:58:44.090 --> 00:58:47.719 the Lord. He's reflecting or God is reflecting 00:58:47.719 --> 00:58:54.809 a man and vice versa. Praise the Lord. So Jesus... 00:58:55.570 --> 00:58:57.809 Like I said, it was a common name that God bought 00:58:57.809 --> 00:59:00.610 to show his mission on the earth. Praise the 00:59:00.610 --> 00:59:04.710 Lord. To show his mission on the earth, to save 00:59:04.710 --> 00:59:10.329 his people from their sins. Amen. Praise the 00:59:10.329 --> 00:59:13.710 Lord. So Wednesday, we're going to continue to 00:59:13.739 --> 00:59:17.989 discuss more. But one thing that, or two things 00:59:17.989 --> 00:59:22.210 we can learn from these things, right? Is one, 00:59:22.329 --> 00:59:26.539 as believers, we need to recognize the presence 00:59:26.539 --> 00:59:30.849 of God in our lives daily. Praise the Lord. We 00:59:30.849 --> 00:59:34.289 need to recognize what? The presence of God in 00:59:34.289 --> 00:59:39.989 our lives daily. I am with you. You live with 00:59:39.989 --> 00:59:44.730 that confidence that God is with you. God is 00:59:44.730 --> 00:59:48.130 present with you. Whether you're at home, whether 00:59:48.130 --> 00:59:50.090 you're in school, whether you're in workplace, 00:59:50.469 --> 00:59:53.550 whether you're facing difficulties, God is with 00:59:53.550 --> 00:59:58.019 you. If you've lived long enough, you'll realize 00:59:58.019 --> 01:00:03.039 that trouble does not finish. Hallelujah. Do 01:00:03.039 --> 01:00:06.380 you know that? That even the person that you 01:00:06.380 --> 01:00:08.780 are thinking that you want to become has a challenge. 01:00:09.500 --> 01:00:11.760 Praise the Lord. Has something that is in his 01:00:11.760 --> 01:00:14.539 face that he needs to deal with. Praise the Lord. 01:00:14.800 --> 01:00:19.110 But he's saying what? God is with you. So when 01:00:19.110 --> 01:00:22.400 God is with me, what do I do? I'm confident. 01:00:22.980 --> 01:00:26.239 Oh, sorry. When I have this assurance or when 01:00:26.239 --> 01:00:28.840 I have this knowing in the inside of me, I can 01:00:28.840 --> 01:00:32.099 face anything. Praise the Lord. It means I can 01:00:32.099 --> 01:00:34.719 pray about anything. It means I can speak to 01:00:34.719 --> 01:00:37.699 God about any situation. It means I can communicate 01:00:37.699 --> 01:00:42.139 with Him. He says what? He is in us. Praise the 01:00:42.139 --> 01:00:48.139 Lord. He is in the things that we preach. Praise 01:00:48.139 --> 01:00:51.300 the Lord. So, we sang the song, You Are Not Alone. 01:00:51.559 --> 01:00:53.900 Praise the Lord. It means that you are not alone. 01:00:54.420 --> 01:00:57.219 Praise the Lord. So, no matter the situation 01:00:57.219 --> 01:00:59.920 or no matter the difficulties you face, You will 01:00:59.920 --> 01:01:02.860 not say you are alone. Praise the Lord. You are 01:01:02.860 --> 01:01:06.099 encouraged. Praise the Lord. All of a sudden, 01:01:06.179 --> 01:01:08.239 there is a joy that comes from the inside of 01:01:08.239 --> 01:01:11.340 your heart. Knowing that you are not alone. Knowing 01:01:11.340 --> 01:01:13.539 that God has not left you. Knowing that you are 01:01:13.539 --> 01:01:16.679 not forsaken. Praise the Lord. No matter the 01:01:16.679 --> 01:01:19.179 challenges that come upon your life, you know 01:01:19.179 --> 01:01:23.050 that you are not alone. You don't go through 01:01:23.050 --> 01:01:25.949 it alone. Praise the Lord. So what the devil 01:01:25.949 --> 01:01:28.519 wants to do is to... Make you not to see that 01:01:28.519 --> 01:01:30.940 reality. Make you not to recognize that reality 01:01:30.940 --> 01:01:34.599 at every circumstance, at every junction of your 01:01:34.599 --> 01:01:37.650 life. So when you face your challenges, what 01:01:37.650 --> 01:01:40.309 do you do? As we have been taught, you begin 01:01:40.309 --> 01:01:42.369 to find out what you're supposed to do at this 01:01:42.369 --> 01:01:44.750 time and at this season, to hear what he will 01:01:44.750 --> 01:01:49.409 say to you now. Praise the Lord. God with us. 01:01:50.289 --> 01:01:54.769 Hallelujah. Let us just pray and just thank God 01:01:54.769 --> 01:01:58.380 for his presence with us. We appreciate you being 01:01:58.380 --> 01:02:01.059 here today. We hope you carry this word with 01:02:01.059 --> 01:02:04.079 you throughout your week. Don't forget to check 01:02:04.079 --> 01:02:06.699 the show notes for additional insights. Stay 01:02:06.699 --> 01:02:09.300 connected with us through our website or follow 01:02:09.300 --> 01:02:13.099 us on social media. If you are encouraged, share 01:02:13.099 --> 01:02:16.110 this message with someone you care about. Until 01:02:16.110 --> 01:02:17.730 next time, stay blessed.