1 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,560 Welcome to the podcast. Of the White church in Adelaide, 2 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,000 South Australia. Well, Father, we just thank you 3 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:16,520 for Dave. We thank you for the word that 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,640 He has prepared today. We just pray that you would just 5 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,480 speak mighty and powerfully we pray, and anointing over him. 6 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,840 We pray even right now that you were just brought in His 7 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:30,120 shoulders to carry more. Our Father, we pray that there 8 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,440 will just be such power in His words as the Word of God, even 9 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:36,560 as he physically opens his Bible today, that the Word of God will 10 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,520 move in might and power. Father God, we pray for us that 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,160 we will have receptive hearts. Father God, we pray, Lord God, 12 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,080 that we'll be all surrendered to the word of God this morning, 13 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,600 that we will be surrendered, that we will walk out here 14 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,440 transformed by the renewing power of your word. 15 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,800 In Jesus mighty name we all say Amen. 16 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,360 Amen. Thank you. 17 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,960 I better open my Bible physically. 18 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,280 There we go. Excellent. 19 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:05,200 I'm so glad that we started with communion because what we're 20 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:09,640 going to be talking about this morning to come at it from a 21 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:14,240 place of knowing that we're forgiven and having all of the 22 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,960 stuff washed away is a really good place to start. 23 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:23,720 So thank you for that. Lord, we, we spent, we spent the 24 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:29,840 last few weeks covering sort of really basic topics around the 25 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,440 Christian faith, like foundational stuff. 26 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:37,280 We talked, we talked about who Jesus is, the gospel, you know, 27 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:38,720 salvation. We've talked about water 28 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:40,440 baptism. We talked about the infilling of 29 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,400 the Spirit last week. We talked about building the 30 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,200 healthy bride. And we've done this very 31 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:52,000 intentionally, you know, to to make sure that we we grasp and 32 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,120 we understand what Jesus has done for us and so that we can 33 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:00,760 start there together and, and move on from that point of 34 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:05,360 knowing him, knowing him, knowing what he's done for us. 35 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,840 And, and then, and then from that point, it's like, let's 36 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:10,639 learn how the Lord would have us live. 37 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:14,440 Let's learn how the Lord would have his church built. 38 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:19,880 OK, So that's been the heart behind that last week. 39 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,920 We can. Does anyone know? 40 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:25,520 I'm just going to test you guys. Does anyone know the first point 41 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:31,120 from last week? Fear of fear of the Lord. 42 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:33,680 Great, great. Bianca was listening. 43 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,560 Thank you, Lord. I'm sure you guys know like fear 44 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,080 of the Lord. We talk about the fear of the 45 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:43,200 Lord in preparing for this week. We were going to move on to some 46 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,000 other things, but I couldn't, I couldn't get away from it. 47 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,120 I feel like we need to just unpack that a bit bit further. 48 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,520 The fear of the Lord, it can be quite a confusing thing, you 49 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,080 know, why should I be scared of God? 50 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,440 This these sort of questions. So we're going to talk about 51 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,440 that this morning and we're going to see a connection 52 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,640 between the fear of the Lord having a fear of the Lord and 53 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,880 receiving and walking in his anointing. 54 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,120 And so, so we've come out of like talking about the infilling 55 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:13,560 of the Holy Spirit and stuff like that. 56 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,240 So these things tie in together. So be on the lookout for that. 57 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,600 I'll highlight that when we when we get there, but it's sort of 58 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,320 one of the things that I want to touch this morning. 59 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,720 What does it mean to fear the Lord? 60 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,760 Hundreds of scriptures talk about fearing. 61 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,800 Fear not, you know, fear not. Fear not, You know, people, I've 62 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,360 heard people say that there's one for every day of the year. 63 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,960 I don't know if that's true. I didn't go look, but there's 64 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,560 hundreds. There's so many times that God 65 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,480 has said to his people and to you and I fear not, fear not, 66 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,240 fear not. So we're going to start there. 67 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:53,560 Isaiah 43 one says fear not for I've redeemed you. 68 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,160 I've called you by your name and you are mine. 69 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:03,600 Matthew 1427 says be of good cheer, it is I be not afraid. 70 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,440 Revelation 117 I'm just I'm just going to hammer through a few of 71 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,080 these. Revelation 117 says fear not. 72 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:15,400 I am the 1st and I am the last. Psalm 23 four you guys know this 73 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:17,240 one. Ye though I walk through the 74 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:22,040 valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are 75 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:27,160 with me. Isaiah 4110 says fear not, for I 76 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,160 am with you. Be not dismayed, for I am your 77 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,880 God. And so the great one of the 78 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:37,000 great takeaways from these verses is that, one, God doesn't 79 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,280 want us to live in fear, but two, God is with us. 80 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:43,880 You know, God's tying those two things together. 81 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:48,160 He's saying that God is drawing us to himself and he's saying 82 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,760 he's showing his great love for us. 83 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,960 For people saying do not fear, Why? 84 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,400 Why do not fear? Why is God saying don't fear? 85 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,880 Because I am there, because I am with you. 86 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:04,800 He says all your cares, all your worries, you know the enemy that 87 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:06,560 you face. All of those things are below 88 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:08,920 me, says the Lord. Those things are at my feet. 89 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,960 You, if you come to me, you don't have to fear any of those 90 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,400 things because because of who I am, right? 91 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:21,000 Be with me and all will be OK. And from the moment that Adam 92 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:25,160 and Eve sinned, God has you know, and and that Adam and Eve 93 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:26,920 were removed from God's presence. 94 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:31,200 God has been working on ways to bring people back to himself. 95 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:33,680 This is all through the scripture. 96 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:38,720 He got what he desires us. God desires to for his people to 97 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:42,520 come to him and to know him. Return to me. 98 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,280 You know, our fears disappear in our relationship with the Lord, 99 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:49,720 like when you connect with God, you know, when you're just 100 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,720 worried about something and you're fearful when you go to 101 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,680 God and you pray about it and the Holy Spirit's with you, you 102 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,320 don't fear anymore. There's there's peace there. 103 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,800 There's a peace. You know, God says that Jesus 104 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,200 said I'll send the comforter. There's, there's comfort that 105 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,880 comes by the Spirit of God and our fears are washed away in 106 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:11,880 relationship with him. 11 John 418 says there is No Fear in 107 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,680 love because perfect love casts out fear. 108 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:18,200 It's just like when I come into the love of the Father, when I 109 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:22,080 when I know that I can come to him, there's No Fear in that 110 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:23,360 place. I don't have to be fearful 111 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,320 anymore because I'm with him. He's with me. 112 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:31,600 But now we have a problem, don't we, because how can God say fear 113 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,520 not and then say so many times that you need to fear me. 114 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:39,200 Do you see there's a problem here? 115 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:43,960 How do we reconcile that? How is my fearing God supposed 116 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,600 to bring me closer to God? And we'll get to that. 117 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:49,680 But first let me ask you another question. 118 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:58,760 What separates mankind from God? Sin, sin, unrighteousness, 119 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,120 darkness, wickedness, these things, that is what separated 120 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,160 us from from God from the beginning. 121 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:06,520 Those things still can separate us from God. 122 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,920 Now I remember hiding from God in my sin, you know, earlier on 123 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,120 in my, in my walk with God, I'd hide from God. 124 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,000 I'd be like Adam in the garden all over again until I realized 125 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,520 that he doesn't want me to hide from him. 126 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,760 He wants me to come to him. He wants to deal with my sin. 127 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,320 He doesn't want me to deal with my sin on my own. 128 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,040 He's dealt with my sin. So he's desiring for me to come 129 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:32,920 to him. And so, you know, God hates sin. 130 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:37,760 God hates wickedness, God hates darkness, God hates those things 131 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:42,040 and God's wrath and fury is poured out upon those things. 132 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,280 We've seen it all through the Scripture with God's dealings 133 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,600 with, with Israel in the great flood, all of these things. 134 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:52,560 God, you know, I think about I'm sort of, I'm getting off my 135 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,080 notes for a second, but I think about, I thought about this this 136 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,760 morning or last night, you know, the sons of Korra. 137 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,840 So, so these guys rise up against Moses and they say, 138 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,480 well, you know, like you're taking too much on for yourself. 139 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:06,120 Like we, we, we hear from God too. 140 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,080 We can be leaders just like you, Moses, you're not just God's 141 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,560 chosen leader. And God says to, to Moses and he 142 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,400 says to others, separate yourself from them. 143 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:21,000 Get away from those evil people and the the earth opens up and 144 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,760 swallows them and then they blame Moses for that. 145 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:28,520 Like so you know what I'm saying is God deals with wickedness 146 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,800 through judgement. He always has and he always will 147 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,720 and he will into the future. God's judgement is going to come 148 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,200 and deal with sin and wickedness because God hates those things. 149 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:43,600 So fearing the Lord and his righteousness, sorry, fearing 150 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:48,040 the Lord is also to fear his righteous judgement on evil. 151 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:52,000 Like you don't want to be around for that, right? 152 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,280 When God pours out his judgement, you don't want to be 153 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,480 any, you don't want no part of that, right? 154 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:59,800 You want to be where he is. You want to be with him. 155 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,800 So this is the fear of this judgement that's coming for sin 156 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,920 and for wickedness that we, they have to have a healthy fear of 157 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,440 God's righteous judgement of who he is. 158 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:15,520 And having that, having that attitude towards God's judgement 159 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:19,440 and fear towards what God's going to do will separate us 160 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:23,680 from evil because like, like Moses separated himself from the 161 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:26,880 sons of Quran, like you will want to separate yourself from 162 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,280 that because you know what's coming, right? 163 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,480 So let's, let's look further at some of the, the scriptures that 164 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,800 talk about fear God. We'll start in the Old Testament 165 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,640 here. And just to just to premise 166 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:43,440 something before we read these, remember God's law kept Israel 167 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:45,920 separate from all of the other nations of the world. 168 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,280 There were a separate people that were a called out nation in 169 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:54,800 that they enjoyed the presence of God with them, right? 170 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,880 So because they knew God's ways, because God had given them his 171 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:03,840 ways, because they were able to follow God's ways, God could 172 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,240 make a home with them. Do you see? 173 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:11,560 Because God was leading them and giving them His truth then, then 174 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:15,120 God was able to be with them and they got to enjoy God's presence 175 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,760 with them. You know, He dwelt with them in 176 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,800 the Tabernacle. He said He made a home with 177 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,760 them. Deuteronomy 10/12. 178 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:24,240 So just keep those things in mind. 179 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,760 And now Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? 180 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,800 But to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways and to 181 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,800 love him. Did you catch that? 182 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:36,880 I'm just going to read that again because we might have been 183 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:38,480 a little distracted for a second. 184 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:45,040 Deuteronomy 10 verse 12 it says, and now Israel, what does the 185 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:49,360 Lord your God require of you but to fear the Lord your God and to 186 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:53,680 walk in his ways and love him. This is God's requirement for 187 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:57,360 His presence. You have to you have to fear the 188 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,080 Lord, you have to walk in His ways. 189 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:05,480 Ecclesiastes 12/13 says fear God and keep His commandments, for 190 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,880 this is the whole duty of man. Did you hear that? 191 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,880 This is the whole duty of man is to fear the Lord and keep His 192 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:15,960 commandments. Proverbs 1813 says the fear of 193 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,600 the Lord is to hate evil. Isn't that good? 194 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:24,800 To fear God is to hate evil. And so, you know, when we look 195 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,160 at Israel's life, it didn't go great for Israel, did it? 196 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:31,880 God had to continuously judge and, and he killed some of them 197 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,680 and he allowed their enemies to come and destroy them over and 198 00:11:34,680 --> 00:11:38,080 over again, time and time again. They repented, they turned back 199 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,800 to God. They found the books hiding away 200 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,640 in the corner. Oh, look what we've found. 201 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,640 It's the book of, of God. And then they blow the dust off 202 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,160 it and they start serving him again. 203 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,520 And God's presence is with them and they start living 204 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:56,400 victoriously again. And so to fear the Lord, you 205 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:00,480 know, to fear the Lord is to be terrified to be away from him. 206 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,000 You know, the Israel come to this place where they're just 207 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,200 being absolutely trounced by their enemies. 208 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:10,400 And you know, they're so fearful of of their enemies, but they 209 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,600 realize that they need to turn back to God and fear him first. 210 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:17,040 And so again, I'll say it again, to fear the Lord is to be 211 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:18,840 terrified of being away from him. 212 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,440 Looking at New Testament scriptures regarding fear of the 213 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:27,760 Lord now Matthew 10 verse 28, it says and do not fear those who 214 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:31,040 killed the body but cannot kill the soul, but rather this is 215 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:35,200 Jesus talking guys, but rather fear him who is able to to 216 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,480 destroy both soul and body in hell. 217 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:43,320 Fear him who is able to separate you from him, right? 218 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:45,520 Fear the one that could separate you from him. 219 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:47,960 He could throw your body in hell. 220 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:50,160 You got to you got to fear the one that could that has the 221 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:56,520 power to do that next from Acts verse 9, and I just want to 222 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,760 highlight as well, Acts, like the the book of Acts is, is like 223 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:01,920 the the early church. It's like the birth of the 224 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,640 church. This is a New Testament pattern 225 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,640 of how we build the church. So when we read out of the book 226 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,960 of Acts and when we see how they lived and how they went about 227 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:14,520 things, we're going to take heed of that guys, because that's the 228 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,880 sort of church that that the Lord is calling the way church 229 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,720 to be, you know, the the walk, the way that they walk. 230 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:26,520 So Acts 9, verse 31, it says then the churches through old 231 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:31,200 Judea, Galilee and Samaria had peace and were edified. 232 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,920 Catch this. And walking in the fear of the 233 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:37,920 Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were 234 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:42,000 multiplied in the fear of the Lord, they walked. 235 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,520 So again, they were they were fearing the Lord, they were 236 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:50,400 hating evil that was separating themselves from evil. 237 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:54,960 Philippians 2 verse 12 says, work out your salvation with 238 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:59,840 what fear and trembling. That's like, like walk out your 239 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,840 salvation is, is to outwork. It's like we we've we've been 240 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,240 saved. Now there's a outworking of your 241 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,080 salvation and we do it with fear and trembling. 242 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,320 We do it with fearing a God that hates evil. 243 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,440 So we want to hate evil. We've got to be terrified to 244 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:20,240 step away from Him, guys, we got to be terrified to step away 245 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,040 from Him. We got to we got to hold on to 246 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:23,920 Him. He is our life. 247 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,280 He is the one that keeps us safe from all things. 248 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:33,600 Hold on to Him tightly. Hebrews 12/28 and 29 Let us have 249 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:38,600 grace whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and 250 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:43,520 godly fear for our God is a consuming fire. 251 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,560 There's a fear of God, this consuming fire. 252 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,840 You know, I've, I, I, you know, when you hear people say, let 253 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:55,080 your fire fall on us, God, I'm just like, Are you sure that's 254 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,280 what you want? Like I read in the scripture 255 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:03,040 that God's fire is the thing that like destroys and burns you 256 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,640 away and, and removes the wickedness, right? 257 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:07,280 And that's true for us in our hearts. 258 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,440 So I understand what we're saying, right? 259 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:14,800 But gosh, I want to be fearful of the consuming fire of the 260 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,920 Lord, and that's going to keep me in good standing with him. 261 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:22,200 That's going to make sure that I'm I'm well away from from evil 262 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,840 and from darkness, because I know that he's a consuming fire 263 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,120 and I want no part of that fire. I want to be over here. 264 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:32,760 Let the fire fall on them. God that hate you, right? 265 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,880 Like I'm just going to be here with you, Lord, you know, So do 266 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:39,800 we see the picture here? So now we, we need to look how 267 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:43,280 how Jesus walked. This is a great example for us 268 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,680 in Hebrews 1. And I'm going to read quite a 269 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:47,560 few verses here. So we're going to start in 270 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,800 Hebrews 11. But these scriptures, you know, 271 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,640 you know, when I start reading it, you're going to know what 272 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,160 they're saying. This is like lifting up Jesus 273 00:15:55,440 --> 00:16:00,240 above all things, like Jesus is just magnificent and powerful. 274 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,360 Jesus is God, Jesus is above all of creation. 275 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,800 So let's start reading there Hebrews one verse one. 276 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:10,880 It says God, who at various times and in various ways spoke 277 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:15,680 in times past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last 278 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:20,800 days spoken to us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of 279 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:24,400 all things, through whom also He made the world's. 280 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,520 Who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of 281 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:33,000 his person and upholding all things by the word of his power, 282 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:37,760 when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down at the right 283 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,760 hand of the majesty on hire, having become so much better 284 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:46,760 than the angels, as he has by inheritance obtained a more 285 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,840 excellent name than they. It's just like Jesus, the name 286 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:53,800 above all names, right? So we're going to skip to verse 287 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,600 8, It says, but to the Son, he says, so this is the Father 288 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:00,840 saying to the Son, right? Anyone that believes that Jesus 289 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,000 isn't God, you've got problems with this verse, right? 290 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:08,680 But to the Son, he says, your throne, O God, is forever and 291 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:11,800 ever. A scepter of righteousness is 292 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,760 the scepter of your Kingdom. And here's where we're going to, 293 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:17,800 we're going to read on and we're going to see this connection 294 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,560 between God's anointing in the fear of the Lord. 295 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,920 OK, first nine, it says you have loved, Speaking of Jesus, you 296 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:31,080 have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness because Jesus 297 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:35,200 loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. 298 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,160 We know that lawlessness is sin. We've looked at this in past 299 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,080 weeks, right? Lawlessness is sin. 300 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,960 So he loves righteousness, he hates sin. 301 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:46,440 And it says, therefore, this is a very important, therefore, 302 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:52,760 therefore God, your God has anointed you with the oil of 303 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:56,800 gladness more than all of your companions, right? 304 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:00,000 Because you've loved righteousness and hated 305 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,320 wickedness, hated darkness, hated sin. 306 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,280 You have been anointed more than all of your companions. 307 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:11,120 Who here wants to be anointed by God, like more than all of your 308 00:18:11,120 --> 00:18:12,680 companions? Like I don't look at you guys 309 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,760 and say I want to be anointed more than Dan or whatever, but I 310 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,320 want to be anointed. I want the anointing of God to 311 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,640 rest upon me. I want to receive power from him 312 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:27,320 and this has given us a very clear way that we can, you know, 313 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:31,520 receive this from him. Jesus loves righteousness. 314 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:35,840 Who here loves Jesus? That was that was that was 315 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,440 pathetic guys, who, who here loves Jesus? 316 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:42,640 Yes, we love Jesus in this place, right? 317 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,360 So we love Jesus, we love righteousness. 318 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:48,480 OK, so here we are. We are people that love Jesus. 319 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,240 Should we then expect the anointing of God to fall upon us 320 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:52,960 right now? Should we? 321 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,400 I don't know, because that's half of the picture, guys. 322 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,000 We should, we, we want that. We desire that. 323 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,760 But but again, it's like it's not just about loving God. 324 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,480 It's not just about loving what's right. 325 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:08,760 It's about hating what's wrong, hating what's evil. 326 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,680 Jesus loved righteousness. He hated sin and lawlessness. 327 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:17,120 So the fear of the Lord is loving what Jesus loves and 328 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:21,680 hating what Jesus hates. Now Jesus loves people. 329 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:24,520 So we don't hate people that are in sin. 330 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,920 We hate the sin that has ensnared them, right? 331 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:32,200 So we love people because God loves people, but sin we hate. 332 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,920 And that that matters for us in this church, that matters for us 333 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,680 in our lives. We, we as leaders in this church 334 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:42,680 can't allow a sin to just go rampant on in this place. 335 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:46,880 We have to call it out. We have to make sure that we're 336 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:48,920 putting those things far from us guys. 337 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,240 And so that's an important part of what the church is. 338 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:56,600 We are wholly set apart. That means that that sin has no 339 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,400 place here. Darkness has no place here. 340 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,560 It's not like you leave it at the door and then you come in, 341 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,800 you get it out of your life, you cut it out of your life. 342 00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:11,160 We are the body of Christ, Amen. All right, so Romans 12 verse 9 343 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:14,040 says let love be without hypocrisy. 344 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:18,320 Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good. 345 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:23,880 That's the same thing, isn't it? And that word abhor, I've looked 346 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:27,480 at this word, it says to be horrified at evil, to be 347 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:30,640 horrified by it. It's not just like I'm not into 348 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,920 that evil stuff anymore. It's like, oh, I'm disgusted by 349 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:35,120 evil. I hate evil. 350 00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:39,760 I want it to be out of my life. It's like a, it's like a you got 351 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,080 to take your stand. You got to take your authority 352 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,160 over the darkness in your life. You've got to cut it out. 353 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,840 We have to. We're going to hate the evil to 354 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,400 say that we love Jesus and we love God and go on living in 355 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:53,800 darkness. You know what that's called? 356 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:56,440 Hypocrisy. This is what we just read. 357 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:58,560 Let me read it again just in case you're not sure. 358 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:04,080 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil, hate what is evil, 359 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,880 cling to what is good, right? That's what love is without 360 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:11,240 hypocrisy. It's loving godliness, hating 361 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:16,120 evil, love with hypocrisy is saying that you love God and 362 00:21:16,120 --> 00:21:19,680 living a life that in sin and darkness in the things that he 363 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,480 hates, allowing those things to be a part of your life. 364 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:26,200 This is a strong message guys. And and again, This is why I'm 365 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:30,120 glad we started with communion because you're not saved by your 366 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:31,760 works. You're not saved by getting it 367 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,720 all right. You are saved by coming to the 368 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:37,320 God and saying, forgive me, Lord, I repent from all of my 369 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,440 wickedness. He is faithful to, to cleanse us 370 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,160 and to wash us and to make us clean. 371 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:46,680 And that's what we need to do. So it's not on us, you know, to, 372 00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:50,160 to make ourselves better. But it's like there's a choice 373 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,400 that needs to be made that we will not go on living in the 374 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:59,240 things that God hates. So, you know, God has I said 375 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,960 that just now. God has dealt with our sins. 376 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,760 God can work with anyone that fears him. 377 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,280 He can work with anyone that fears him. 378 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:14,160 He can help, you know, walk you through, have you turn from sin 379 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,040 and turn to him, come to him. He can work with anyone that 380 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:22,240 fears him and fears being being taken away from his presence. 381 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:28,800 He can't help someone that through their own free will, 382 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:33,040 loves darkness and chooses not to let the light in. 383 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:38,680 He can't help you guys. He will not force you to give up 384 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,360 the things that he hates. He won't. 385 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:45,520 He will allow you through your own free will to love darkness 386 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:49,440 and to say living in it. That is a sobering truth, guys. 387 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:53,000 He will never force us to turn to him and to come to him. 388 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,840 So we know, you know, we know the times and the seasons that 389 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,080 we're living in. In case you don't know, like we 390 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,440 are, we're coming to the the end. 391 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,320 I believe many believe, I don't know what you guys believe. 392 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:07,600 I believe we're coming to the end. 393 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:13,000 I believe that our world is is on a express train to wickedness 394 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,520 and evil and all sorts of ungodly things. 395 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,640 It's coming to our government and it's in our schools, all of 396 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:22,880 these things like our world is flat out choosing the things of 397 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,680 darkness. And so it's one of the signs 398 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:27,720 that we know that things are coming to the end. 399 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:32,720 And so the church here exists to prepare the bride for, for the 400 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:37,240 coming of Christ, to prepare the bride and to see many join the 401 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:40,840 bride out of darkness into his glorious light. 402 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:46,760 And so basically what I'm saying to us in the fear of the Lord in 403 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:50,080 turning from darkness and, and, and allowing God to cleanse you 404 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,880 and wash you, that's the preparing of the bride. 405 00:23:54,360 --> 00:23:56,560 Jesus is coming for a spotless bride. 406 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,120 Jesus is not coming for a bride that says that she loves Him, 407 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:04,360 but he's caught up in all sorts of wickedness and and happy just 408 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:07,640 to live the life that we want to live outside of His will. 409 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:14,160 Only you can know if He is truly your Lord and Savior. 410 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,880 Only you can know. But do you love Him? 411 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:24,040 Do we love Him in this place? And again, do we hate the things 412 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:27,040 that He hates? Do you love darkness? 413 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,320 And I'm not sitting here like you got to work out the things 414 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,240 that God's saying to your heart that that is darkness, that is 415 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,200 evil, that you know he's speaking against. 416 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,400 You got to you got to allow the Holy Spirit to show you those 417 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,720 things. But what's your attitude towards 418 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:41,880 the things that you that you know aren't right? 419 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,880 Do you hate them or do you tolerate them? 420 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:50,160 Because tolerating them is, is not God's will. 421 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:54,960 It is that is the that is the lukewarm follower of Christ, I 422 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,360 think. All right, so we're going to 423 00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:00,360 we're going to bring this to a close, but I'm just going to 424 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:07,400 read some verses here from 1 John 3, just in light of 425 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,640 everything that I've shared like this, these scriptures in one 426 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,200 John 3. These are really challenging 427 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:17,360 scriptures, but it makes a lot of sense to me when you read it 428 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:22,120 in this light of God hating evil and expecting us to separate 429 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:26,520 ourselves from evil, right? So 1 John 3 verse One says, 430 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:32,000 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that 431 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,880 we should be called children of God. 432 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,480 Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know 433 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,400 Him. Beloved, now we are children of 434 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,480 God. Beloved, now we are children of 435 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:47,640 God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but 436 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:51,640 we know that when He is revealed, when we see Him, we 437 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:57,240 shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is, right? 438 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,280 So He's coming, and we're going to see Him, and we're going to 439 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:04,760 be like Him in every way. And everyone catches, and 440 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,240 everyone who has this hope, what do they do with this hope? 441 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:14,280 He purifies himself just as He is pure. 442 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:21,240 Did you hear that? We purify ourselves just as He 443 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,400 is pure? Because we have this hope that 444 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:27,360 Jesus is coming soon. And we have this hope that all 445 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:31,040 the struggles that we face today will be behind US1 day because 446 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,320 we will be like Him. Because we'll see Him as He is. 447 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,360 And all of my struggles I will no longer struggle with anymore 448 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:39,960 because I'll be like Him. Because I have this hope, I 449 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:43,240 purify myself just as He is pure. 450 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:47,240 That means separation from things that are evil, separation 451 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,040 from darkness, separation from things that are hindering your 452 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:53,960 walk with God, separation from good things that are stopping 453 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:57,280 you from walking in God's call, right? 454 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:02,120 Good things can stop us from, from, from being where God needs 455 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:04,160 us to be. We've got to, we've got to do 456 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,600 the separating allow, allow God to change us, right? 457 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,840 I'm going to read on because this is where it gets hard from 458 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,720 this point on, right? Verse 4 says whoever commits sin 459 00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:18,800 also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. 460 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:24,400 And you know that He manifested to take away sins, to take away 461 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:28,640 sins, to take away sins. Jesus was manifest to take away 462 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,520 your sins, not just to forgive your sins, to take away your 463 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:37,280 sins, right? And in Him there is no sin. 464 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,520 Whoever abides in him does not sin. 465 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:45,960 That's a tough word, isn't it? And everyone who has this hope, 466 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:47,440 sorry, I've I've jumped to the wrong thing. 467 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,360 Whoever sins has neither seen him or known him. 468 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,680 Oh, my goodness. What do you do with that, guys? 469 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:58,480 Whoever sins has neither seen him or known him. 470 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,400 Little children, let no one deceive you. 471 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:08,080 Let no one deceive us. He who practices righteousness 472 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,440 is righteous, just as He is righteous. 473 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:16,200 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the 474 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,160 beginning. For this purpose the Son of God 475 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:24,480 was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 476 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,480 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for his seed 477 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:33,640 remains in him, and he cannot sin because he has been born of 478 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,880 God. I remember reading that, you 479 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,520 know, a while ago, years ago or whatever, and just going, Lord, 480 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:44,240 I don't even know if I am saved. Oh my goodness, the life that I 481 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,920 live doesn't seem to be fitting with this right. 482 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:50,080 But John's, you know, where did we start? 483 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:54,560 It was just like, because Jesus is perfect, because he's coming, 484 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,840 because we're going to be like him, everyone must purify 485 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,560 himself. He's given us like there's work 486 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,560 to be done, guys. We got to walk down this road of 487 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,800 following Jesus and being purified. 488 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,600 And then it's given us this statement that just goes, all 489 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:13,400 right, this is now the test to know if you love Jesus, if you 490 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,560 want to follow him, if you truly want to follow him. 491 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,480 And it's talking about your attitude towards sin. 492 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,520 We have to, again, I'm just going to repeat myself again. 493 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:27,920 We have to hate darkness and sin the way that God does. 494 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,840 We have to love the Lord and hate darkness. 495 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:34,760 And in that place, the Lord as he anointed Jesus. 496 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,880 There's an anointing to be received from God when we when 497 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:42,920 we set out to be godly and to purify ourselves from sin. 498 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:48,160 And I think that, you know, as we come to an end here, I don't 499 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,440 want any of you guys to be heavy. 500 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,000 I don't want any of you guys to feel like you're failing and 501 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,040 you're struggling. None of those things. 502 00:29:56,120 --> 00:30:00,440 I want us as a people to gather together and just go. 503 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:04,360 We are going to take a stand. We're going to take a stand 504 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:07,920 against darkness in our city. We're going to take a stand 505 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:11,040 against darkness in our life. We are in our lives. 506 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:12,960 We are going to represent the King. 507 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,600 Is that OK? Do do we want to do that? 508 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,640 We want to see people saved, right? 509 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:24,440 We want to see His Kingdom come and His will be done. 510 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,120 We want to see people come to the knowledge of Christ. 511 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:29,240 It's going to take something for us. 512 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,480 And I think that this is what the Lord's saying to us. 513 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:36,360 Now is the time for us to take stock of the lives that we live 514 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:40,760 and our togetherness and make sure that we are walking the way 515 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:44,080 that Jesus walked and following him the way that we know how. 516 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,480 Like who here is willing to respond to that message today? 517 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,600 I'm seeing a lot of nods. Can maybe, maybe like, you know, 518 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,280 like I said to you, like, do we love Jesus? 519 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,680 And we go, yeah, we love Jesus. It's going to take more than 520 00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:00,000 that, guys, like if we're going to fight the good fight, if 521 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,160 we're going to fight the good fight against evil, like we've, 522 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:07,160 we're facing an enemy, guys. We are facing an enemy that has 523 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:12,480 been derailing people for longer than we've even known you could 524 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,560 be alive, right? The enemy is very good at 525 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,160 tripping us up. He knows how to deal with 526 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,120 people. He knows how to tempt. 527 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,200 He knows how to derail Christians. 528 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,120 He has been at it for a long time. 529 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:27,560 So it's going to take more than us just to go, yeah, I think I 530 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,440 want to hate fear. We got to hate fear. 531 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:33,200 We got to hate our enemy. We got to stand together and say 532 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:37,440 enough is enough. He is done ruining my life. 533 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,720 He is done leading me astray. He is. 534 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,000 We are done with him having his way in this church. 535 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:45,000 Amen. Let's stand together. 536 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,200 We're going to pray. We're going to believe that 537 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,240 there's an anointing in this place, that the Lord could pour 538 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:53,360 out his anointing and empower us for the work that he has for us. 539 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,280 Thank you, Lord. Lord Jesus, we come to you. 540 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:01,920 We come to you, Lord, fearing the Lord, knowing that you are 541 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:05,760 to be feared because you hate evil and you are going to pour 542 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,440 out your wrath upon it. Lord, you are going to deal with 543 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,840 every enemy. You are going to stomp on the 544 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,160 head, you are going to destroy, you're going to throw in the 545 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,840 lake of fire. But Lord, we take our stand in 546 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,480 this place. We can take our stand to love 547 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,480 you, to honour you and to praise you with our lives. 548 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:23,920 So Lord Jesus, I'm speaking for myself. 549 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:28,880 I speak on behalf of all of us. Lord, put a godly hate in us for 550 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,760 the enemy and the works of the devil. 551 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:36,240 Put a godly hate in us for the for sin and for darkness and for 552 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,640 anything that falls short of your glory. 553 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:40,840 We want to represent you well, Lord. 554 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,720 We want when people to see us to see you. 555 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,120 We want when people come into this church. 556 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:49,840 This is a set up plot place. This is a place of light, a 557 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,520 place of hope, a place of strength, strength and a place 558 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,120 of power. So, Lord, even in that, Lord, I 559 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,720 call upon you. Lord, pour out your spirit upon 560 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,000 us. Lord, anoint your sons and 561 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,320 daughters with a fresh anointing for the work that you have for 562 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,560 us. Lord, let us see your power. 563 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:09,280 Let us see your glory. Lord, we desire you in this 564 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,720 place. Thank you. 565 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:15,360 Lord, can we say Amen? Amen. 566 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:19,200 We trust him for it, right? We trust him for it. 567 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,360 Amen. Thank you for joining us for 568 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,800 today's message. For more information about The 569 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:28,000 Way Church, please visit ourwebsite@thewaychurch.com dot 570 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,360 AU. Have a blessed day.