1 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:07,680 You're very welcome to today's Triumph Church podcast. 2 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:10,440 We pray that you enjoy the message. 3 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:20,040 I usually after most Sundays, Pastor Amy is in here, you know, 4 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,160 I always ask her, you know, what did you think? 5 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,560 How did I, how did I do? You know, did I, did I shame the 6 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:27,280 family name? Like how? 7 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,200 How was it? Do you have any input? 8 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:33,800 And usually she, she loves everything, you know, but she 9 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:38,440 felt like she would have liked to have heard more about what 10 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:43,200 our inheritance in Christ is like. 11 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,960 What is that? We have an inheritance with 12 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:47,880 Christ, right? Like Scripture is clear. 13 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,760 We've looked at in in the book of Ephesians here the apostle 14 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,800 Paul is talking about our inheritance in Christ. 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,280 Well, OK, I have an inheritance. I get that, I understand that. 16 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:02,040 But what is actually in that inheritance? 17 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,520 And the, the difficult part here and the issue is, is that 18 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,720 there's really so much in our inheritance in Christ. 19 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:15,400 There's a lot like if we, if we came for the, for the reading of 20 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,480 that will, of that inheritance that we have in Christ, we're 21 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:22,960 going to be here a really, really long time. 22 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:27,800 Like I, I hope your, your roast in the oven isn't going to burn 23 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:30,360 right. We'd, we'd be here for a long 24 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:35,640 time, days, weeks, months. Like our inheritance in Christ 25 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,200 is massive. There's so much to it. 26 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,480 And so in a Sunday, it is impossible to like fit 27 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,440 everything you like. You could talk about one thing 28 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,240 and you know, maybe it maybe another thing, but there's so 29 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,960 much to our inheritance in Christ. 30 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,920 It's just so big. And actually really since we 31 00:01:54,920 --> 00:02:00,280 started this church in September 2023, every single week, whether 32 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:04,280 you realize it or not, like we're talking about what is in 33 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:09,960 our inheritance every week and how we can walk in that. 34 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:15,600 So we've been talking about this since September 2023 and every 35 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,280 week since. There's a lot, isn't there? 36 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,880 And as long as we have this church before Jesus returns, 37 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,200 guess what we're going to be talking about every single week? 38 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,400 We're going to be talking about this inheritance that we have in 39 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,760 Christ and how we can walk in it. 40 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,360 That's what so much of this Bible is about, is our 41 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,640 inheritance. But Pastor Amy was right and I 42 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:47,080 know she likes to hear that she's right more than once. 43 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:51,640 She's right all the time. But you can't walk in what you 44 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:56,840 don't know is yours. So it's important that we try to 45 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:01,720 reveal the best that we can what is actually in this inheritance 46 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,840 that we have so that we can walk in it. 47 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,760 So I have something that I printed out for everyone was a 48 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,680 little card. I'm going to have the lads in 49 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,600 the back handout for everyone who's here, everyone who's not 50 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:18,360 here, well, too bad, they can pick it up another day. 51 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,880 Pastor Brad, I'm so sorry I missed Sunday. 52 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:22,440 Can I have one of those handouts? 53 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:26,920 No just messing, but on this front, front and back are just 54 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:29,120 some scriptures for you to look up. 55 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,000 The the first thing on the front talks about our identity and 56 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,520 possession who we are in Christ says that we're chosen in him 57 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,560 Ephesians 14. We're adopted as sons in him. 58 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:42,560 Ephesians 15 accepted in the beloved Ephesians 16 new 59 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,600 creation in Christ, 2 Corinthians 517 children of God 60 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:51,120 in Christ, Galatians 326 complete in him Galatians 210. 61 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:55,560 Like there's, there's a lot like what Christ did on the on the 62 00:03:55,560 --> 00:04:00,000 cross is so big and so vast that I don't even think in this 63 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,080 lifetime we're going to come to a full realization and 64 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:04,920 understanding. I don't care how long you've 65 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:08,800 been a, a, a Christian, right? Like Pastor Sam, who was here 66 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,440 earlier in this year in September for our our 67 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,720 anniversary service. He's been pastoring for over 40 68 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:16,880 years, right? And he's still preaching like 69 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,120 you think after a period of time, it's like, what more do 70 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,440 you have to say, right? It's like, but he's been 71 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,600 preaching every Sunday, you know, and way back when they 72 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,080 used to have like a Sunday morning service, a Sunday 73 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,680 evening service, they'd have a Wednesday evening service. 74 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,360 And he's preaching all those times and he's never run out of 75 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:40,880 things to say because the inheritance that we have in God 76 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:45,880 is so amazing and so big. So we're going to try to, I'm 77 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,680 not going to go through all all of this, every part of it this 78 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:50,920 morning, right? That's for you to take home and 79 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,960 do a little digging, you know, on, on your own time and 80 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,160 hopefully you do. So we're going to be looking in 81 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,800 into, you know, a little bit more of what our inheritance is. 82 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:04,560 I want to look at again at Ephesians chapter 1 and verse 5. 83 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,760 If you brought your Bibles, you can turn there. 84 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,040 If not, you can turn there on your tablet, your phone. 85 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,280 We'll also have it up on the, the screen there for you. 86 00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:17,040 But Ephesians chapter 1 and verse 5, so as God decided in 87 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:22,720 advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself 88 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:27,000 through Jesus Christ, and this is what he wanted to do and it 89 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,160 gave him great pleasure. I'm so glad that God's arm 90 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,360 wasn't twisted behind his back and he. 91 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,840 I have to do this. No, he wanted to do it. 92 00:05:38,840 --> 00:05:42,880 And not only did he want to do it, but it gave him great 93 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,040 pleasure. Well, what is it that gave him 94 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,000 great pleasure? All right? 95 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:53,480 That he was adopting you. He was adopting you into his 96 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,880 family, and that brought him great pleasure. 97 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,760 Isn't that a nice thought? You brought God pleasure. 98 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,000 Isn't that nice? You brought a smile to his face. 99 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,920 The Bible says that when one person gives their life to the 100 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,040 Lord, when they receive Jesus, all the angels of heaven 101 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:19,520 rejoice. Right man, You brought God great 102 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:22,680 pleasure. Amen. 103 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:27,120 That is good news. So right here in Ephesians 1/5 104 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:34,760 is what Jesus came to do. What He came to do was to bring 105 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:39,120 us to God, right? He came to pay the penalty for 106 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,400 our sins. Of course that had to be done. 107 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,720 That had to be done in order to enable the main thing. 108 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:51,720 And what is that main thing that Jesus came to do is to adopt you 109 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:56,680 into his family. That's good news, isn't it? 110 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,680 And this, of course, was made possible by Jesus being our our 111 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,720 substitute and paying the penalty for our sin. 112 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:11,800 And because of that, we each now have been given a choice on 113 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,760 whose family we want to be part of. 114 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:22,640 We can choose either to be part of God's family, praise the 115 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,800 Lord, is everyone here part of God's family, right. 116 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:33,280 Or you can choose to be part of another family, which is the 117 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,840 devil's family. If people haven't made an made a 118 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:41,280 choice and and accepted the sacrifice that Jesus has made, 119 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,640 if they haven't repented of their sin and made Jesus Christ 120 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:49,600 the Lord of their life, they don't belong as members of God's 121 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,640 family. They're still members of another 122 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,440 family, and that's not a good family. 123 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:59,560 In God's family, Jesus said, I've come to give life and life 124 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,200 more abundantly. In God's family there's peace 125 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,320 that surpasses all understanding. 126 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:07,960 There's joy. And joy is different than 127 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,600 happiness, all right? Happiness is our our emotion. 128 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,040 It's an emotion. Sometimes we're happy, sometimes 129 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:19,120 we're sad, sometimes we're mad, sometimes we're glad, right? 130 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,800 It's an emotion that is an up and down thing, isn't it? 131 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,360 Who woke up happy this morning, right? 132 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,720 Some of us, yeah. Some of us, maybe not, right. 133 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:32,480 But joy. Joy is rooted in something 134 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,640 different. It's something that the the 135 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:39,679 devil cannot take away. When you are rooted in Christ, 136 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:45,880 when you know beyond a shadow of doubt that you are a child of 137 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:51,680 God, that root, that joy the devil can't touch, that You know 138 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:55,080 who you are, right? You're in God's family. 139 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:01,880 But in the devil's family, it's stealing, it's killing, it's 140 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,600 destruction, isn't it? And it's so horrible to to see 141 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,600 that in people's lives. And that's why we share this 142 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,960 good news, because we don't want them to be part of the family, 143 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:17,320 because we know the end result, that if they don't make a 144 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,280 decision by the end of this natural life, they're stuck in 145 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,240 that family. That's horrible, right? 146 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:29,240 So we as Christians, like we share this good news. 147 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,360 Hey, I'm a child of God. You want to be in my family, 148 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:37,440 right? The gospel, it's good news, 149 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:41,080 isn't it? So let's look at this first part 150 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,400 this morning. We have three parts here. 151 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:48,720 The first part is the promises of God are yes, in Christ. 152 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:56,000 This is good in two Corinthians in chapter 1 verse 20 says for 153 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:00,280 all of God's promises have been fulfilled in Christ. 154 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:03,440 Notice there wording is always so important. 155 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:07,440 I like pointing this out is because it doesn't say for some 156 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,080 of God's promises have been fulfilled right. 157 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:16,200 It says all. All is very definitive, isn't 158 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,520 it? All means all, like everything. 159 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:24,440 Everything is included in that. For all of God's promises have 160 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:29,880 been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding yes. 161 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:35,120 That's a nice word. Hey Dad, do you think I can have 162 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,640 one of those ice lollies? Yes. 163 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,240 Hey, Dad, do you think we can order pizza tonight? 164 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:46,640 Yes, right. Hey, Dad, can you give me €100? 165 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:54,120 Yes, right. It is fun to say yes, isn't it? 166 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,200 For all of God's promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a 167 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:02,240 resounding yes. And through Christ our a man, 168 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:06,040 which means yes, ascends to God for his glory. 169 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,000 So Paul is making something unmistakably clear here. 170 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:13,400 All right? God is not undecided on His 171 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,720 will, is he? What's his will? 172 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,720 It's good and it's pleasing and it's perfect. 173 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,600 What is His answer to you going to be? 174 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:27,920 His answer is always going to be yes in Christ. 175 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:34,120 Every promise has received. Heaven's yes. 176 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,560 Notice the wording that Paul uses again. 177 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:43,600 He says all of God's promises, not some, not some for you and 178 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:48,160 some for another person, not the ones that you feel worthy of. 179 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,200 All right? All of them are. 180 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:55,120 Yes. When you approach your heavenly 181 00:11:55,120 --> 00:12:00,600 Father, if it is good and it is pleasing and it's perfect, what 182 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:04,680 answer are you going to get? Yes. 183 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,880 Isn't that good news? The Old Testament is filled with 184 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,560 promise, right? Read Deuteronomy chapter 28. 185 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:14,400 You ever read that chapter? If you haven't, your assignment 186 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,920 today is to go home and read Deuteronomy chapter 28. 187 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,840 There's a lot of promises in there, and that is just as much 188 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:25,160 a promise to you as it was to Israel back then. 189 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:29,080 And in the New Testament it reveals the person to whom these 190 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:33,760 promises are secured in through Christ. 191 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:37,680 All these promises have been fulfilled, haven't they? 192 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:43,040 I love what Hebrews chapter 8 and verse 6 says, says. 193 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:47,120 But now Jesus, our high priest, has been given a ministry that 194 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:51,280 is far superior to the old priesthood, for he is the one 195 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:57,400 who mediates for us a far better covenant with God based on 196 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,920 better promises. Wow. 197 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:02,400 So everything with God just keeps getting better. 198 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:05,800 He had great promises in the Old Testament, right? 199 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:11,720 But all of his promises in the New Testament are yes, if it is 200 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,360 good and if it's pleasing and if it's perfect. 201 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:18,840 My answer to you as my child is yes. 202 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:23,440 You don't have to approach God. Oh God, is it your will for me 203 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:27,520 to be healthy? The answer is yes. 204 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,240 Is it good? Is it pleasing? 205 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:31,360 Is it perfect? The scripture say by Christ's 206 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:35,120 stripes you are healed. Is that a promise of God? 207 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:40,360 Well, his promises are yes. It's good news. 208 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:45,200 This is the gospel. This means that you don't earn 209 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,800 forgiveness of sin, you just receive it. 210 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,880 What did you have to do for the forgiveness of your sin? 211 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,080 You just received it, didn't you? 212 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:59,480 You don't pursue righteousness, It's given to you. 213 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:05,120 You don't earn blessing. You inherit it in Him. 214 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,960 You don't work for authority. You walk in it because you're 215 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:14,600 seated with Him. This inheritance is amazing. 216 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,760 It's good news. And it's great news to know that 217 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:25,280 God's response to all of His promises are always already yes, 218 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,960 the second part of this morning is what is included in our 219 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,200 inheritance. Let's read Ephesians chapter 1 220 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,960 and verse three. I think I'm just going to title 221 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:40,560 this message. Yes, in Ephesians chapter one 222 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:44,640 verse 3, it says blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 223 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:51,920 Christ who has done what he has blessed us with every there's 224 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,040 another word that's pretty definitive, isn't it? 225 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:59,440 Every, every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in 226 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,280 Christ. Wow, this is good news. 227 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:05,920 It's amazing. Paul says every spiritual 228 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,640 blessing. Does that sound limited to you? 229 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:13,440 Does that sound like God has put some kind of cap on the 230 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,600 blessings that he's going to do in your life? 231 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,040 Like there's a limit, you've reached your limit. 232 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,320 I'm sorry you've reached your quota for the day. 233 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,280 No more blessings for you, right? 234 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:30,080 No, he says, blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 235 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:34,000 Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the 236 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:38,120 heavenly places in Christ Jesus. And why is this? 237 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:44,480 Notice at the end there it says heavenly places in Christ Jesus. 238 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,200 All right, Well, there's the fine print on the contract 239 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:56,280 there. If you're not experiencing every 240 00:15:56,280 --> 00:16:01,200 spiritual blessing, right, and it may be a part of your life, 241 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,160 you may be withholding that from God. 242 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:11,360 I want to encourage you like don't withhold any part of your 243 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,000 life from God. I want His blessing in every 244 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,200 part of my life, not just in one aspect or just in one area. 245 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:23,520 Like everything from my head to my toes, my spirit, my soul, my 246 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:27,880 body, like everything Lord have all of Maine, I want to live in 247 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,880 your blessings. That doesn't mean we're not 248 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,520 going to have trials and tribulations in our lives, 249 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,280 right? Jesus said we're going to have 250 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:39,000 trials and tribulation in our lives, but he always sees us 251 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,120 through. We have his promise that he will 252 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,480 never leave us, that he will never forsake us, right? 253 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:50,160 His promise is always, yes, you're not stuck where you are. 254 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,680 I don't care what that valley looks like. 255 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:59,760 You are not stuck if you are in Christ, His blessings are 256 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,920 unlimited. They're always yes, but you need 257 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:09,319 to be in Christ. Another thing that we why we can 258 00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:13,640 live in these things is because we're adopted into God's family. 259 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:17,720 You are an adopted child of God. We talked a lot about that, what 260 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,480 adopted means. And one of the things in the in 261 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:23,040 the Roman Empire with with adoption is there was actually a 262 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:26,240 stronger tie with an adopted child than there was with a 263 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:29,920 biological child. A biological child could be 264 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,560 disowned, right, but not an adopted child. 265 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:36,160 So what is the Apostle Paul telling you? 266 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:40,480 All right, that God is not going to abandon you. 267 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:45,400 He is not going to disown you even if you make a very stupid 268 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,120 mistake, if you return to him and repent, just like the 269 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:52,080 prodigal son that the story that Jesus shared, he is always there 270 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,440 running back to you with open arms. 271 00:17:55,280 --> 00:18:01,440 He's not going to disown you. You can't mess up that big that 272 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:05,560 your mistake is bigger than the blood and the sacrifice that 273 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:12,400 Jesus made to pay for that. You can't mess up that big. 274 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:16,760 This is good news, isn't it? When the apostle Paul says 275 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,440 every, that is exactly what he means. 276 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:24,000 God has given us every spiritual blessing because you are in 277 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,160 Christ and you've been adopted into His family. 278 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:31,360 And it's in that position. Why when we read Philippians 279 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:34,920 419, right, you know this scripture, we're going to read 280 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,800 it from the Amplified Classic. This position is based upon your 281 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:43,960 adopted position, your position in Christ and your inheritance. 282 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:48,320 And you have access to this scripture because of that 283 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,520 position. Philippians 419 and the 284 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:55,720 amplified classic, classic says, and my God will liberally 285 00:18:55,720 --> 00:19:01,920 supply, fill to the foal your every need according to his 286 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:06,760 riches and glory in Christ Jesus. 287 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,760 I chose this particular scripture because I like how it 288 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:14,840 says he'll liberally supply. He's not being stingy. 289 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,440 You know, my wife asks, you know, can I have a bite of your 290 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:19,480 food? Right. 291 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,360 You know, we went out the other night for Valentine's Day and 292 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:27,200 Thursday went early after, after our meal, you know, she's like, 293 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:29,160 should we order dessert? You know? 294 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:31,360 And I'm like, gosh, sure. Yeah. 295 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,120 And so I like, we went to this Italian restaurant, and I like 296 00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:41,120 the tiramisu at this restaurant. And she's like, you know, do you 297 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:45,640 want to share? And I'm like, no, I don't want 298 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,720 to share. Have your own tiramisu, right? 299 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,520 I'll order one for you and one for me. 300 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:56,800 I want to have every bite of my tiramisu for myself, right? 301 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:00,240 And so we ordered tiramisu. I didn't want to be up all 302 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,800 night, so I ordered a decaf cappuccino and they bring out 303 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:08,560 the tiramisu and I'm like, Oh my gosh, this thing is so big. 304 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,040 It's a massive. We really could have split that. 305 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:13,880 I could have split it with you as well. 306 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:19,400 It was a big piece of tiramisu. It was massive, right? 307 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:25,960 And my God shall liberally supply fill to the full your 308 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,240 every need. He's not going to skimp. 309 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:34,120 He's giving you this big massive piece of whatever it is that you 310 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:36,960 want that's good and pleasing and perfect, right? 311 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,600 If it's not good for you, of course a father's not going to 312 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,600 give his child something that's not good for them. 313 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:44,840 But if it's good and pleasing and perfect and it's good for 314 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,560 you, he wants to bless you. His answer is yes. 315 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,960 And he's not going to skimp. He's not just going to give you 316 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:51,720 a little bite. Well, here, I'm just going to 317 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:53,880 give you this, and that's good enough, right? 318 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,640 No, he's going to bring out this massive tiramisu. 319 00:20:58,360 --> 00:21:01,840 He gives liberally, right? You give to God, and He gives 320 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,640 pressed down, shaken together, and running over right, like 321 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,360 massive. He always goes above and beyond 322 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:12,840 what we can ask or think and can even imagine, doesn't he? 323 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,440 That's just the nature of our Heavenly Father. 324 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,920 It's a good family to be adopted into, isn't it? 325 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:22,800 It's good news. So when Paul says that God will 326 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:26,720 supply all your need, where does that supply reach? 327 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,000 Its cap or it's limit? It doesn't, does it? 328 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:35,240 That's not what Paul is saying. He's saying that God will supply 329 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,480 our every need. Well, what does that encompass? 330 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:43,600 What do you have need of? Scripture says that He will 331 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:48,040 provide all of our need. Maybe it's a physical healing 332 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,440 that we need in our body. Maybe we're dealing with things 333 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,480 in our body. God says that he will liberally 334 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,760 supply to the full our need, whatever it is. 335 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,600 Maybe we're having having issues with our our mental health. 336 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:04,960 God will supply all of our need, whatever it is. 337 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,560 The apostle Paul didn't put a stipulation on here. 338 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,960 There wasn't an asterisk that has fine print. 339 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:16,080 Well, God will provide all of your need, but right, He just 340 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:19,960 says he will provide all of your need. 341 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:24,120 Isn't that great? We've been adopted into a really 342 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:27,280 great family. There's no family better than 343 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,880 God's family, is there? When Paul says every spiritual 344 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,800 blessing, he's pointing to everything that's been secured 345 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:38,680 by Jesus on the cross and by his resurrection. 346 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:43,200 Nothing's been left out. Forgiveness, reconciliation, 347 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,000 restoration, wholeness and provision. 348 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,200 And what is the provision? It's the provision for our soul. 349 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,960 We're a spirit, soul and body, aren't we? 350 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:55,400 Provision for the soul, our mind, our will, our emotions. 351 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,800 Provision for the body, physical healing and health. 352 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:02,360 Provision for living. The material things that you 353 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:05,720 need, God wants to provide for you. all-encompassing. 354 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:09,080 I don't tell my children I'm only going to provide for you 355 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,560 these things. All right, the other things. 356 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:15,560 Come on, you don't need clothes. You don't need a new pair of 357 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,880 shoes. I bought those for you 10 years 358 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,080 ago. Look, they're still good. 359 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,000 They're still a little bit right, But I'm but I'm growing 360 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,000 out of them dead. It's OK, right? 361 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,280 We'll just cut off the toe part, right? 362 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,360 You can wear those for another 10 years. 363 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:30,080 They're fine. They're good quality. 364 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:37,200 No, every God will provide for everything that we have need of 365 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,560 right? And you don't have to beg. 366 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:46,360 You don't have to go to God. God, please, what child goes to 367 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:50,360 their Father and has to beg for provision? 368 00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:53,600 What taught us to go to their Father and beg that they'll 369 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,920 provide for their need? They don't, right? 370 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:04,320 Hebrews chapter 4 and verse 16. So, So let us come boldly to the 371 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:10,120 throne of our gracious God and there we will receive His mercy 372 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:15,720 and we will find grace to help us when we need it the most. 373 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:21,120 You can go to your heavenly Father anytime like you have an 374 00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:23,880 open door to your heavenly Father. 375 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:28,200 There aren't business hours. You know, he's not too busy for 376 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,040 you. You know, some people, some 377 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,600 people think, and I've heard people say, ah, sure, God's God 378 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,400 has enough to take care of. He doesn't need to. 379 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:41,120 No, you have an open door to God anytime, whenever you have a 380 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:44,440 need. You are never going to bother or 381 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:49,360 irritate your Heavenly Father. He's never going to say I'm busy 382 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:55,120 right now, come back later. You always have an open door to 383 00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:57,200 your Heavenly Father. Isn't that good news? 384 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:01,120 You've been adopted into God's family and we've been given an 385 00:25:01,120 --> 00:25:07,080 inheritance through Christ and God's promises are always yes. 386 00:25:08,120 --> 00:25:10,920 Listen, we're all adults here, aren't we? 387 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:15,880 And as adults we have to understand that to experience 388 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,280 these things, to walk in these, there's, there's something more. 389 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:22,040 There's something that we do have to to do. 390 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,920 The Apostle Paul is writing to people living under the Roman 391 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:31,120 Empire and they understood adoption and an adoption back 392 00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:34,000 then, it wasn't usually small children or or youth, it was 393 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,760 adults, right? They were being adopted into a 394 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:42,200 family for a purpose, right? They were wanting to take on 395 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:47,120 whatever the family name is, for whatever reasons, prestige or 396 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:49,160 the inheritance or whatever it was. 397 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:53,280 But they were expected that when they became adopted into that 398 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,640 family, that that family wasn't going to have to coddle them and 399 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:02,120 spoon feed them and change their nappy and do whatever, right? 400 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:05,800 They're being born into the family of God, US or he being 401 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:10,800 born into a family to be a productive part of that family. 402 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:15,960 So Christ does have some expectations for us. 403 00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:19,480 He provided all these things. But if we're not going to walk 404 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,000 in them, if we're just going to stand there and just wait for 405 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,040 the Lord to just dump all these blessings on us and we don't 406 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,280 have to do anything. We don't have to take a step. 407 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,880 We don't have to walk. We don't have to take any 408 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,320 action, right? Nothing's going to happen in 409 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,440 your life. Yes, you've been born again. 410 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,240 Praise the Lord. You at least had faith enough to 411 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,960 take a step to do that, right? But you have to keep taking 412 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:45,440 steps. You have to keep walking in 413 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,120 Christ. You have to keep abiding in 414 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:50,720 Christ. And this world is constantly 415 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,600 going to be trying to pull you out from that position, right? 416 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:59,200 Pull you away from God's promises, pull you away from 417 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,440 Christ. So you're focused on the things 418 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:05,000 of this world instead of the things of God, right? 419 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:09,400 It's constant, it's continual. So our part is we have to keep 420 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,640 taking steps toward Christ. There's something we have to do. 421 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,120 The apostle Paul said this in One Corinthians 1311. 422 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:23,400 He said, when I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned 423 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:28,880 as a child, But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 424 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:34,320 When we're children, most everything is done, of course, 425 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:38,240 isn't it? My daughter's 8 and still, most 426 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,400 days I still carry her downstairs to the sofa. 427 00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:44,960 She's still a child. Pastor Brad, you shouldn't baby 428 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:46,320 her like that. Sorry. 429 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:49,440 She's my last kid. I'm going to baby her as long as 430 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,520 I can. But we're not expected to act 431 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,840 like children any longer. The Apostle Paul is telling us 432 00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:02,080 that in this adoption we're not being adopted as a child, but as 433 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:07,360 an adult and we're expected to walk in this inheritance. 434 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,920 A small child is, is spoon fed everything, but God's not going 435 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:13,880 to just spoon fed you everything. 436 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,040 There's nothing more that Christ is going to do. 437 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:20,120 He did everything on his part to do and now he's seated at the 438 00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:22,040 right hand of God in heavenly places. 439 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,760 He's like here lads, this is my inheritance, all right to you. 440 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:30,280 There's so much in here, but you have to walk in that. 441 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:32,840 And here we have this, this card here. 442 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:36,360 There's a lot to it, right? If you want to walk in that, 443 00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:37,760 then what are you going to have to do? 444 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:42,400 You're going to have to read. Read what it is that God wants 445 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,800 you to walk in. That takes a little bit of 446 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,040 spiritual maturity. You know, a child may want you 447 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,800 to read to them, right? An adult, it's expected that 448 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,400 we're going to read for ourselves. 449 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,200 The third part of this is we access our inheritance through 450 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,640 faith. This carries into what I was 451 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,360 just talking about in Galatians chapter 3 and verse 14. 452 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,960 It says through Christ, God has blessed the Gentiles with the 453 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:15,600 same blessing he promised to Abraham so that we who are 454 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:20,000 believers might receive the promised Holy Spirit through 455 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:24,560 faith. The inheritance is given by God, 456 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:28,640 it's secured by Christ, and it's administered by the Holy Spirit 457 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:34,320 in our lives. But we access that by our faith, 458 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:40,720 by believing in what it is that God is telling us. 459 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,920 I can tell you I have some money for you. 460 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:48,240 I have it at my home. If you'll call over tomorrow, 461 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:52,560 say about like 5 if you want to come over, you know, I have an 462 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:56,760 envelope and it's full of some euro for you if you don't show 463 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,440 up. I told you about it, didn't I? 464 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:01,640 But you never showed up to collect it. 465 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,520 Well, how are you going to use that money? 466 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,920 You're not right. You actually have to collect it. 467 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:11,720 You have to believe one that what I'm saying is true, right? 468 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,560 But then you have to go collect it. 469 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,760 You have to do something with what I told you. 470 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:21,280 Paul makes it clear that we receive by believing. 471 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:25,160 We access the blessings of God through our faith. 472 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,880 You place your trust, your faith in Jesus, and you begin to step 473 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:34,240 into everything that He's given you as an inheritance, not 474 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,080 because of performance, but because of position, because 475 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,600 you're in Him. You received your salvation 476 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:44,280 because you believed that what you heard was true, and then you 477 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:49,080 confessed Jesus Christ as your Lord, and then you received 478 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,800 salvation, didn't you? Or receive all of this because 479 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:57,840 of the position that we have as His children, Romans 817 says. 480 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,480 And since we are His children, then we are heirs. 481 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:06,640 In fact, together with Christ, we are heirs of God's glory. 482 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,440 Heirs don't earn their inheritance. 483 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:11,960 You didn't. You don't earn any of this. 484 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,560 People who receive inheritance are born into it, and 485 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:19,000 spiritually speaking, you're born again into it. 486 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:23,640 This is why the enemy fights so aggressively against faith. 487 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,120 Anything faith. The Bible says that without 488 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,240 faith in Hebrews, we cannot please God. 489 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,000 You have to have faith. You receive everything from God 490 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,840 by faith. What is faith? 491 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:37,360 It's not just some intangible thing. 492 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:40,920 Faith is just you believing that God is telling you the truth. 493 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:44,760 If you believe that God is telling you the truth, then you 494 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,440 have something to take a step on, right? 495 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,840 It's difficult to to receive something from someone. 496 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,720 You know they're lying to you. You know they're not telling you 497 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:57,040 the truth, right? God's always telling you the 498 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,880 truth. His word will never return to 499 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:01,920 you. Void. 500 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:06,400 You can have faith in it. If He says it, then you can have 501 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:10,920 faith in it and the the enemy fights so aggressively against 502 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:15,360 faith because if he can shake your confidence in Christ, then 503 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:19,720 he can actually keep you from walking in what is legally yours 504 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,360 as a child of God. He's going to fight really hard 505 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:27,840 against your faith with everything he can because he 506 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:30,040 doesn't want you walking in that place. 507 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,880 Because once you start walking as a child of God, it doesn't 508 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,080 just affect you, right? It starts affecting other people 509 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,160 around you. It's that domino effect. 510 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:46,280 Once you realize who you are in Christ, you walk different, you 511 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:50,440 talk different, you live different, and people see that 512 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:54,640 and another domino falls because they love what they see in your 513 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,080 life. They love that goodness of God 514 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,360 that they're seeing in your life. 515 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:03,360 And then another domino falls and another domino falls. 516 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,960 So how is it that we access these blessings in our lives? 517 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:11,320 It's by believing and speaking. That's how you step into that. 518 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:15,720 We access this inheritance by placing our faith in Christ, 519 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:20,760 which is agreeing with God, what God has declared, and aligning 520 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:25,760 our thoughts and our words with God's Word. 521 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:30,840 God's Word is the foundation. Everything outside of this, if 522 00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:35,560 it's contrary to God's Word, then I'm not following it. 523 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:39,520 I don't care what it is, right? And I don't care who says it. 524 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:43,240 If it's contrary to God's Word, I'm not following that. 525 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,920 I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that my thoughts 526 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:50,200 are aligned with God's Word, that my words, that I'm not 527 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,680 speaking against God's Word, right? 528 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:57,160 If His Word says by Christ's stripes that I am healed, then 529 00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:01,320 I'm not going to speak to my body anything contrary to that. 530 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:05,400 Even though I may not be feeling well today, I'm going to speak 531 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:08,400 God's word because what is going to change the way this body 532 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,320 feels like? This is the reality. 533 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:12,960 I'm not feeling well today. I actually am. 534 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:14,239 I'm just using that as an example, OK? 535 00:34:14,679 --> 00:34:16,880 I'm not feeling well today, right? 536 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:21,080 That's the reality of where I am in this body right now. 537 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:26,320 But what is truer, God's Word or what my body is telling me? 538 00:34:27,159 --> 00:34:31,120 God's Word is greater. God's word Trump's the way this 539 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:36,280 body feels every single time. I can choose though, what I'm 540 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,560 going to have in my life. I can choose to align my 541 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,760 thoughts, choose to align my words with what my body is 542 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:46,440 saying. Oh I feel so horrible today. 543 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:53,400 Oh man, my stomach hurts, my head hurts, my arms hurt, my 544 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,639 legs hurt, like everything hurts. 545 00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:01,240 Or am I going to choose instead to say what God's word, align my 546 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:04,320 thoughts, and align my words with what God's word says? 547 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:08,000 Because if I speak what my body is telling me, that's what I'm 548 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,080 going to have, right? If I want to stay in that 549 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:15,200 position of not feeling good, then sure, I can speak that and 550 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:16,560 align my thoughts and words with that. 551 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:20,480 But if I want to actually get better, I'm going to align my 552 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:24,160 thoughts and words with what God says. 553 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:28,400 I'm going to believe what he says because that is going to 554 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,280 change what's happening here in my natural. 555 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:35,120 It's his supernatural working in my body, right? 556 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,960 It's his word and his word we know we have his promise is 557 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:42,040 never going to return to him null and void, but he's going to 558 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,520 perform what it is that it's sent out to do. 559 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:47,760 If his word says that by Christ stripes that I'm healed, then 560 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,560 when I speak that out and I believe it, I have faith in that 561 00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:54,080 I'm just going to receive that healing in Jesus name, right? 562 00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:58,040 There's a difference. And Jesus said this in Mark 563 00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:00,640 Chapter 11, verse 22 and verse 24. 564 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:04,960 And we'll close with this Mark Chapter 11, verse 22 and verse 565 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,280 24. And Jesus said to his disciples, 566 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:11,880 have faith in God. I tell you the truth, you can 567 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,800 say to this mountain, you may be lifted up and thrown into the 568 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,960 sea and it will happen, but you must really believe that it will 569 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:23,240 happen and have no doubt in your heart. 570 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:27,440 Verse 24, I tell you, you can pray for anything and if you 571 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:31,800 believe that you've received it, it will be yours. 572 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,640 Listen, I'm not talking about frivolous things here. 573 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:39,600 Scripture says that God will provide all your need, right? 574 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:43,400 If you need it, then you can believe God for it, right? 575 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,240 This is possible because of who you are. 576 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:51,760 Through Christ. You've become a child of God. 577 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:56,880 You've been adopted into his family, and your provider now is 578 00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,880 not your job. It's not this world. 579 00:37:00,240 --> 00:37:05,080 Your heavenly Father has become your provider, and everything 580 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,680 that He provides for you is a blessing. 581 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:12,480 And His answer to you is always yes, isn't it? 582 00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:16,680 It's always yes. It's not about what you can do. 583 00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:21,400 It's about agreeing with and believing what He's done. 584 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:25,640 It's about aligning your words in agreement and declaring 585 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:30,920 vocally what is yours as an adopted child of God. 586 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:34,000 Amen. This is good news, isn't it? 587 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:35,960 All right, well, I've gone long enough. 588 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:41,040 Thank you for listening to the Triumph Church podcast this 589 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,600 week. If it was a blessing to you, 590 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:48,480 share it with someone you know. For more information on Triumph 591 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:54,440 Church, you can visit us at www.triumphchurch.ie.