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Hallelujah. 9 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,440 Oh yeah, this week it was very, very tough. 10 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:40,640 You know some scriptures they so difficult to get out of it 11 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,120 something you know, it was very, very tough study but I had to do 12 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:49,920 but it was bit, it was bit struggle for me to understand 13 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,080 some things there. But we will limit ours to few 14 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,400 verses because we also have communion. 15 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:58,040 So we need some time for that as well. 16 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:03,440 So we will see how it goes. So what he was trying to do in 17 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:08,000 in chapter 4 last week we started one to seven, 18 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:13,360 particularly in verse 6, he says because you are sons, God sent 19 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,560 the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. 20 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:20,240 Now this is the mark of every Christian. 21 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,400 You are sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. 22 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,840 If if anybody says I don't have the Holy Spirit, then you are 23 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,880 not a Christian. Anybody want to say I don't have 24 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,960 Holy Spirit? Because that is the mark. 25 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:38,720 The moment you say Jesus come into my heart, Holy Spirit comes 26 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:44,000 not one second later, not one second later. 27 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,240 So the same moment do you say Jesus come into my heart, 28 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,400 forgive my sin. I believe you died for me. 29 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,720 Bang, Holy Spirit. And he in fact comes in even 30 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,400 before that, because you cannot say it without his help. 31 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,880 It is he who helps you to see that Jesus is your Saviour. 32 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,800 So now when this Holy Spirit comes into you, what happens is 33 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,480 the Spirit who calls out ABBA, Father. 34 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,840 Now ABBA is the Aramaic word for daddy. 35 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,360 It is such a a condescending word. 36 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,440 It is something you know, sometimes we think of God as 37 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:26,760 very highly in terms of holy, sovereign, transcendent, you 38 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:31,320 know, all big words we use and sometimes in all using the big 39 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,480 words we missed to connect with this big God. 40 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:39,560 But when you call him Daddy, it is so easy to connect with him. 41 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,040 It is very easy. And sometimes, you know, it is 42 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,440 just depending on our background. 43 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,280 You know, we so many times I am praying for people for 44 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:51,560 deliverance and things like that. 45 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:57,000 And many times I mentioned about fathers who who have not been 46 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:02,480 really good fathers to them. So it becomes a big struggle to 47 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,800 connect with the Father God as Father. 48 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,200 It becomes a bit difficult. But I tell you, even I 49 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,000 personally have gone through the struggle. 50 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:15,320 I had a father, but I don't remember I played with him. 51 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,440 I don't remember he sat with me or gave me any lessons that I 52 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,640 need to learn in the school I was I was bright, so I didn't 53 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:25,720 need much lessons. I was learning by myself. 54 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,400 But it is difficult. Why am I saying is when I 55 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,440 thought about God as a father, I had a little bit of struggle. 56 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:37,800 But I tell you there is no other word that can describe God 57 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:43,160 better than Daddy. There is no other word that can 58 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,960 make you feel the intimacy with the Father. 59 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:50,600 That word is the essence of it and you do not have it in Islam, 60 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,400 you do not have it in Hinduism, you do not have it in Buddhism, 61 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,800 you do not have any any ISM. God the Father is. 62 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,400 The biggest revelation that Jesus did was to call God the 63 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,040 Father. Even the Jewish people were 64 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,520 stunned because for him God is too far. 65 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:11,520 And when he said ABBA, I know you hear me always. 66 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:18,440 Powerful words, powerful words. He stood before Lazarus tomb and 67 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:22,320 he said, ABBA, I know, hear me always. 68 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:28,840 And he says, Lazarus, come out. Do we know this ABBA? 69 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,280 Do we know this ABBA? Oh, my heart is being stirred, 70 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:38,200 stirred inside, because this God is our ABBA. 71 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:45,520 He is our Daddy, the one who can stand in front of a tomb and 72 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:49,240 call out the man to come out. Because that ABBA is living 73 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,480 ABBA. He is God. 74 00:04:58,470 --> 00:05:02,630 And when you know him, you are no longer a slave. 75 00:05:05,150 --> 00:05:10,990 You are no longer a slave, because a slave is not free at 76 00:05:10,990 --> 00:05:13,870 all. He is not free at all. 77 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,120 But you are a son. You are a daughter. 78 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,760 I would say even women should call them the sons because there 79 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,240 is no male and female in the Kingdom of God. 80 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:28,800 You are all sons of God. And when you know son, that you 81 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:35,040 are a son, then you feel the power go through you. 82 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:36,760 You don't feel like less than nothing. 83 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,640 Sometimes problems come, sometimes issues come 84 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,680 emotionally we are disturbed and they will attacks you. 85 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:49,080 But deep down in your heart you know you are a son and that 86 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,480 makes all the difference. That makes all the difference. 87 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:57,520 So we need to know him as ABBA and we have the Holy Spirit 88 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,920 dwelling in US and because of the Holy Spirit we can call him 89 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,480 ABBA. Daddy, Oh, I love you so much. 90 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:10,960 You know, sometimes we have a little Matthias come around 91 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,160 playing around and suddenly he'll come and say I love you. 92 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,680 I said no, I didn't say anything to you, but you say to me you 93 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:19,720 love me. I am so much impressed with 94 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,560 that. I love you too, Matthias. 95 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,160 He goes around in the evening before going to bed, he comes 96 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:30,840 and says good night. It's a, it's a very, very 97 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,160 important ritual. We don't take phone calls. 98 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,640 If we have one, we will say, Please wait for one minute and 99 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:41,200 then go and finish it because we love that moment where we can 100 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:46,120 say to the little one, we love you and he gives us a hug. 101 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,200 He gives us a high 5 and sometimes he will say, give you 102 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,440 a kiss. I said that's a big bonus. 103 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,720 So it is the same thing with God the Father. 104 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,760 When you know Him as ABBA, you can run into His presence 105 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:07,920 without fear, without anything stopping you and without any 106 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:13,960 hesitation and without any fear. You go to Him and you know that 107 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,440 He is going to hear what you are going to say to Him. 108 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:22,000 No, that's the relationship. Once you have the relationship, 109 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:28,360 devil cannot touch you, you. He cannot touch you. 110 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,320 He can try, but he cannot touch you. 111 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,960 If you are a son, you are an heir. 112 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:43,920 Ha, it is amazing how many of us we do not know. 113 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,800 We are heirs of God, coheirs with Christ. 114 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,120 Elsewhere Paul talks about it. He says we are coheirs with 115 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,840 Christ. That means whatever is available 116 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,000 to Jesus Christ is available to you. 117 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,040 Whatever God is. The Father looks at the Son and 118 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:00,960 says you are my son. With you. 119 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,240 I am well pleased and I tell you he is saying the same thing to 120 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:04,760 you. I am well. 121 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:06,480 You are well pleased. I am well pleased with you. 122 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:17,400 You are an heir. You have authority, you have the 123 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,360 authority. You know we are going to partake 124 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,920 in the communion and I actually wanted to. 125 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,680 I was in two months last night. In the last minute I wanted to 126 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:29,200 change my message and speech on the communion, but I will 127 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,480 briefly share it now so I do not have to repeat myself for the 128 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:36,320 communion in the Garden of Eden. What happened? 129 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,200 They ate the fruit. They are told not to eat from 130 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,600 the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 131 00:08:44,159 --> 00:08:46,960 You will not eat. If you eat it, you are going to 132 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:51,040 die and certain company says you will not die. 133 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:54,280 He just contradicts the word of God. 134 00:08:55,560 --> 00:09:01,040 Fast forward the story, she ate the fruit and Adam knew about it 135 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:05,960 and Adam had to think a lot. Should he eat or not eat? 136 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,880 I am telling you it was not a quick decision for Adam. 137 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:14,360 It was not a quick decision and God was delaying waiting to see 138 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:18,440 what Adam is going to do. And Adam was torn because she 139 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:23,440 has sinned against God and if he does not eat it, he cannot have 140 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,800 fellowship with her. He cannot be one with her 141 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,880 because sin and holiness cannot well together. 142 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:35,880 So it was a long thought after decision and the moment Adam 143 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:44,320 ate, the sin was complete and they knew they were naked when 144 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,200 he wait, did she feel I am naked? 145 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,280 Oh, let me run after run away from run away from Adam. 146 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,880 She didn't feel it after Adam ate. 147 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,240 Because they have one spirit, they have one flesh. 148 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,240 When he ate the fruit, the sin was complete and both of them 149 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:05,680 felt ashamed and had to cover with the leaves. 150 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,160 And what did God do? Later on in the story He says 151 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:16,160 now we have the tree of life. If we don't do something about 152 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:21,400 it, they will eat from the tree of life and sinful men will live 153 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:26,080 forever. It is judgment in a in a way God 154 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,960 is in mercy said let's not allow them to eat. 155 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:33,200 So he puts a kerub there, a flaming sword, so they cannot 156 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,240 reach out and eat from the tree of life. 157 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:40,520 Is it a is it a forbidding? It is is it because God wanted 158 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,480 to forbid them from eating that from the tree of life? 159 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,560 It is an act of mercy is an act of mercy. 160 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:50,680 He didn't want them to live forever in that condition. 161 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,560 He didn't want them to live in sin forever and ever. 162 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:01,840 So a provision had to be made, and that provision is Jesus 163 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,760 Christ. Jesus Christ is actually the 164 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:07,280 tree of life, and I will tell you why. 165 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:13,400 When people crucified Jesus, they had done two big sins. 166 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,640 Number one, they committed murder. 167 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:21,160 An innocent man, a sinless man was crucified on the cross. 168 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:35,400 And secondly, the the powerful blood, innocent blood was shed 169 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:39,920 on the cross so that we can be forgiven of our sins. 170 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:47,480 In that act of treachery, in that act of murder basically 171 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,320 comes lifeout of it comes lifeout of it. 172 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,600 So anybody who believes in this Jesus may receive for Eden's of 173 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,280 sins and may be forgiven and accepted as a son and a daughter 174 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:05,920 so that you can enjoy the benefits of communion with the 175 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:10,480 Father, which has been cut off because of sin. 176 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:16,600 So now after Noah's flood and things like that, what did what 177 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,960 did God said to him? Do not eat the blood, because 178 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,520 life is life of an animal is in the blood. 179 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,920 So don't eat the blood. Now when we are having 180 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,360 communion, what are we doing? We are eating the flesh of the 181 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:32,280 Son of God and we are drinking the blood of Jesus Christ. 182 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,320 Is it allowed to kill a man and also eat his body? 183 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:42,040 Can you drink the blood? You are contravening all these 184 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,560 Old Testament commandments. You are breaking it when we 185 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:49,240 partake in the communion. Why did God forbid to allow it 186 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:52,960 later? So that He when you partake in 187 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,080 the blood, you are partaking in the life of the Son of God, and 188 00:12:56,080 --> 00:13:00,280 He, that tree of life in the Garden of Eden which was 189 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,560 forbidden for Adam and you to reach out and eat. 190 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:07,400 He is the tree of life now He came and became available to us, 191 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:10,520 and He allowed sinful men to handle Him and crucify Him on 192 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,880 the cross so that we can partake in His flesh and drink His blood 193 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,840 and have life. And when He is giving you 194 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:22,880 opportunity to say come partake in my body and my blood is not 195 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,480 really we are talking about the flesh, we are not talking about 196 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,320 real blood. Jesus himself says in John 197 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,320 chapter 6, my words are life and spirit. 198 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:36,560 Everybody say life and spirit. When you believe in Jesus you 199 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:40,560 receive life and spirit. When you partake in the body and 200 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:42,880 the blood of flesh, you receive life and spirit. 201 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:47,880 That invitation is to partake in the nature of God. 202 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:52,200 Highest invitation you can ever get is to partake in the nature 203 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,920 of God. Children, come, I want you to 204 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,320 become like me. I am holy, be holy as I am holy. 205 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:07,480 Does it make sense? So when you partake today, you 206 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,040 are partaking in the life and spirit. 207 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,480 That is why when you partake in the communion, your sickness 208 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,520 will go, when you do it by faith, because you are partaking 209 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:20,240 in the life of the Son of God. That problem that is challenging 210 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,640 you has to disappear, be defeated, because you are 211 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:29,080 partaking in the life of God. That challenging situation has 212 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:33,960 to change, must yield, give way to you because you are partaking 213 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:39,800 in the life of God. I want you to partake in it with 214 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:44,360 that kind of reverence because you are not eating a piece of 215 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,440 bread, bringing a little bit of juice, but you are partaking the 216 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:51,080 life of God. And when you do it reverently, 217 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:56,960 you will receive every blessing that is attached to partaking 218 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,960 the body and the blood. Can I hear a Amen? 219 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:06,360 So that was a detour. Let's go back to our scripture. 220 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:12,200 So now in chapter AI mean verse 8, chapter 4, verse 8, basically 221 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,880 8 to 11, he's talking about something like this formerly. 222 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:22,920 That means before when you did not know God, you were slaves to 223 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,280 those who by nature are not gods. 224 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:28,240 Basically, what is he referring to? 225 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,600 He was referring to the idolatry the Galatian people were 226 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,640 indulging in before they believed in Jesus. 227 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:39,480 They were idolaters, they worshipped idols and elsewhere 228 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:46,720 we see umm, I think it is on the drive, there are couple of 229 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:55,880 slides. So basically the water idols, 230 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:59,360 they are nothing, just piece of metal, piece of wood. 231 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:05,120 But most of the time what happens behind them is there is 232 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,160 a demon. So when you sacrifice your 233 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,080 idols, you are sacrificing to demons. 234 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:12,640 That is written in the book of Deuteronomy. 235 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:16,520 We will have a verse. The reference will come up soon. 236 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:25,520 When it comes you will read. So we when people are offering 237 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,320 sacrifices to idols, they are sacrificing to demons. 238 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:33,880 That is why offering idolatry is not right, idolatry is not right 239 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:40,720 and idolatry is to distract people from appreciating the 240 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:42,840 real sacrifice that is Jesus himself. 241 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:49,560 Some places on the earth are so horrible you may even warm it 242 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,560 when you go to that place. In India there is a temple in 243 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:58,280 Calcutta and every second there is an animal cut there and 244 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:00,760 people when they have to go into the temple they will have to 245 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:07,280 walk through knee deep blood. And some people when who are 246 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:11,520 demonized by the same and they come near the temple, they will 247 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,680 be manifesting because the demons are stirred up by the 248 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:18,359 presence of the temple. So do not think idols are 249 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:23,800 nothing and particularly those who people who go on holidays 250 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:28,079 and you know it is a big craze to go on holiday. 251 00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:31,400 See the world, I am going to this country, I am going to that 252 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,160 country. There is nothing wrong in it. 253 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,240 You go to the places, but do not go to the temples. 254 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,280 Even if you walk through that area, sometimes the Spirit may 255 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:41,680 follow you without your knowledge. 256 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:47,560 They do not come by invitation. They just jump on you because 257 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:49,760 you are in the presence. In their presence. 258 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:56,160 Somebody we prayed for in in America, when we were praying, I 259 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,880 said there is a presence of this demon there, but how are you 260 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:04,160 connected to this demon? Back into Mother's? 261 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:08,000 Mother never lived in that place but she is from a village place 262 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:10,120 and there was a temple next to her house. 263 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:14,600 So because children go to visit the grandparents house, they are 264 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:18,080 in the presence of the temple there next door and the Spirit 265 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,240 has followed her from there. I said in the name of Jesus come 266 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,280 out and she was manifesting and it left, left the person. 267 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:29,040 So what I'm trying to communicate here is Paul knows 268 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,320 these things. He says idols are nothing, but 269 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,120 he also knows that there is a demon behind every idol. 270 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:37,120 So when they offer sacrifices, they are offering it to the 271 00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:42,200 demons, not just to the idol. And particularly, you know, 272 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:48,840 India and Thailand and Cambodia and many other places full of 273 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,280 temples and idolatry. And many things go, many things 274 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:55,680 happen. One thing they do when they 275 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,080 build the temple is to put an idol there in it. 276 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,760 And after they put the idol before they, they have a 277 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,240 ceremony where they say we pour life into the idol. 278 00:19:06,360 --> 00:19:08,200 Until then it's only a stone or a metal. 279 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:14,840 So they chant things anointed with maybe milk or yogurt and 280 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,400 things like that and then invite the spirits to come into the 281 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:21,760 tent into that idol. The word they use in India is 282 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:24,360 pranapatista. That means pouring life into it. 283 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:28,680 Until then it is just an idol, just an image. 284 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,360 But after that thing, demons coming. 285 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:37,840 That is why idolatry is not right because they will comes 286 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:43,560 behind it. So all that I know, I have told 287 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:48,360 you there will be more behind it, but all that I know I had 288 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:50,400 told you. So we need to be careful when we 289 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,600 walk into when you go on holidays, be cable, do not walk 290 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,040 into those places just like that. 291 00:19:55,480 --> 00:20:02,080 I went to Amritsar in India and there the Golden Temple is very 292 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:05,080 famous. So when we came nearer to that, 293 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:08,960 I said can anybody go and visit the Golden Temple? 294 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:10,840 They said you have to walk barefoot. 295 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:14,360 I said I am not interested in it. 296 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,440 I don't want to be barefoot and I don't want to visit that 297 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,640 place. I am not interested with 298 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,520 anything, whether it is gold or even made of diamonds. 299 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,200 It doesn't. I don't care for it. 300 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:29,960 It's got no value for me. So this is how a Christian has 301 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:34,480 to train his mind not to align with the culture and things that 302 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,880 are around you. Because when you give some room 303 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:43,000 that they will jumps on you. Enough about that, let's go, go 304 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,160 on. But now. 305 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:52,320 But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is 306 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,760 that you are turning back to those weak and miserable 307 00:20:54,760 --> 00:21:00,200 principles? What are the Galatians 4 308 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,960 Deuteronomy 3217? They sacrificed to demons, not 309 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:08,480 to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, 310 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:13,480 which your father's did not fear is from Deuteronomy 32 verse 17. 311 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:18,600 So that is how it is. And I think this verse 4, 312 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,960 chapter 4, verse eight in Galatians is more clearly 313 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:27,880 explained in the What version is that amplified? 314 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:33,400 But at that time, when you did not know the true God and were 315 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:37,320 unacquainted with Him, you Gentiles were slaves to those 316 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:41,160 Pagan things which by their very nature were not or could not be 317 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:45,840 gods at all. So the whole world, 8060 to 80% 318 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,240 of people are caught by idolatry. 319 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,880 It is just surprising to me. You, you can, you can make a 320 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:59,520 rocket and land on the Mars, but it does not make you stop you 321 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,560 from Bovington idol. Most of the scientists, they 322 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:08,600 bought some idol, and in fact, they even do some kind of a 323 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:14,280 ceremony to the gods in the science labs because they think 324 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,480 they receive all this wisdom, ability to do things from those 325 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,240 dumb idols. They have eyes to see, they 326 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,720 cannot see. They have ears, but they cannot 327 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:24,360 hear. They have mouth, but they cannot 328 00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:26,080 speak. Their hands but they cannot help 329 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:27,480 their feet, but they cannot walk. 330 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:29,240 That is how Isaiah talks about it. 331 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:30,840 That is how Samish talks about it. 332 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,240 Idols are dumb. They are nothing but people. 333 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:39,160 Bow down to them because what makes them bow down to the idol 334 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,920 is not the piece of metal or wood, but the demon that's 335 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,640 behind it. It makes them to bow down to it. 336 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,840 Highly educated people bow down to idols. 337 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:54,680 It is. I am very surprised in my 338 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,440 younger age I did too. I didn't know it, but when I 339 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,720 heard the gospel I said OK, this is better. 340 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:04,360 And I believed in Jesus. So that is how we we go into the 341 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:07,200 subject Now, how is it that you're turning back to those 342 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,680 weak and miserable principles? What is he talking about, him 343 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:14,960 weak and miserable principles. He's talking about whole Jewish 344 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,880 system. He is talking about the whole 345 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:22,800 Jewish system and he talks about what else do you wish to be 346 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,000 ensured by them all over again? He says what they were doing. 347 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,560 You are observing special days and months and seasons and 348 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,920 years. What is he talking about? 349 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:38,040 Special month is a new new moon day in a month you get once one 350 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,280 once you get a new moon and new moon they have sacrificed to 351 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:42,880 offer according to the book of Leviticus. 352 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:44,720 So they were observing those things. 353 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:50,480 And then you have got different festivals, you have festival of 354 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:54,320 the booths and then you have got Passover and all these things. 355 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,240 But now what? Jesus, What Paul is saying is 356 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,320 Jesus is our Passover lamb. He writes to the Corinthians. 357 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,360 Jesus is our Passover lamb. Because you believe in Jesus, 358 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:05,760 you are not born by the Jewish system anymore. 359 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:13,120 I do not find fault with the Jewish believers. 360 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,040 They sometimes, you know, they want to be accepted by his 361 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,360 relatives. They want their children to be 362 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:20,560 married. If they say they have become 363 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,120 Christians, they may not find brides and bridegrooms. 364 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,480 So they want to be on the middle, somewhere on the wall. 365 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,520 Sunday, step into the church, back again on the wall. 366 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,640 Another Jewish man meets this side. 367 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:43,480 Is that gospel? You have to be unequally equally 368 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,880 devoted to Jesus. He is your Lord, He is your 369 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,080 King. And any kind of a sacrifice we 370 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,400 have to make for it. We have to make it. 371 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,160 And we should not be going that side. 372 00:24:55,240 --> 00:25:01,080 They should come this side. Couple of times I had an 373 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:05,760 opportunity to pay for people who are not Jewish people. 374 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:12,680 They are non Jewish, but they adopt all those things. 375 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,280 They want to do Passover, they want to do Festival of 376 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,240 Tabernacles, they want to do festival lights descend that. 377 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,960 And I tell you when you go back, sometimes a demon can come 378 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:23,760 because it's nothing to do with you. 379 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:28,200 You are not born into it. You are not born into it. 380 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:32,960 We had to cast out a spirit. So we need to be very careful. 381 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,840 Don't mix the gospel, don't dilute it, don't adulterate it. 382 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,480 Don't mix. You know in India we we have a 383 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,880 big trade nowadays. It is now gone down much. 384 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:45,800 But in my younger days when you want to buy milk from any, any 385 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:49,520 person who is selling you milk, he will adulterate his water. 386 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:55,640 And you say hey, what is this? You are mixing water it for that 387 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,040 price. You cannot get anything better 388 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:01,800 than that because they want to sell you cheap as well. 389 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,520 You don't need to add any more water straight. 390 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,160 You put tea powder and you have tea. 391 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,760 If you dispute milk, you'll have to mix little bit of water in 392 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,120 it. You know, half and half, but you 393 00:26:13,120 --> 00:26:15,320 don't need because they already have mixed water in it. 394 00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:19,400 So, so that kind of adulteration, we don't do this 395 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,280 business of adulteration with the gospel. 396 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:25,920 We need to have the pure gospel, Jesus and Jesus alone and 397 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:30,120 nothing else, none besides him. He is King, He is Lord, He is 398 00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:33,280 Savior, He is a Redeemer, He is a bondage breaker, He is a 399 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:39,000 healer, He is God. That is how you you need to 400 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,920 adopt. So what Paul was concerned is 401 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,840 you get a glimpse of the heart of Paul when you read it here. 402 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:49,520 And he says, I fear for you that somehow I have wasted my efforts 403 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:56,800 on you. You guys were pagans worshipping 404 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:01,880 idols, but I came along because of infirmity, because of a 405 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,880 problem, health problem. I came along and I have preached 406 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,320 the gospel to you. That's what he writes in the was 407 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,320 12 onwards. I pray with you, brothers, 408 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,240 become like me. If I became like you, you've 409 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,400 done me no wrong. As you know, it was because of 410 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,560 an illness that I first preached the gospel to you. 411 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:20,120 He was traveling by land with different places. 412 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:24,160 He didn't have a plan to go to Galatia, Galatian places and he 413 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,000 didn't have a plan to preach the gospel there. 414 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,040 He wanted to pass by that places probably and then he had a 415 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,200 problem. People think it could be an eye 416 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,520 inflammation or something because he talks about it. 417 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:37,480 If it were possible, you were on your own eyes and given it to 418 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,160 me. You treated me like an Angel or 419 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:43,440 like a God himself, like Jesus Christ himself. 420 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:48,440 So there was so much of emotion built between Paul and the 421 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:54,040 people of Galatia and they were. Now he says, have I wasted my 422 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,320 time on you? Have I wasted my efforts upon 423 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,880 you? And I tell you, some deceased, a 424 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:04,480 lot of many pastors, they travel for people, therefore go after 425 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,320 them. They pray for them, they teach 426 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,320 them and all kinds of things. And suddenly one day they say, I 427 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,600 think enough, I want to go to and try in another church. 428 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,360 They go away. I'm not saying you should not 429 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:15,680 go. When you want to go, let me 430 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:16,880 know. I will tell you, I will bless 431 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:18,920 you and send you. That's not a problem for me. 432 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:21,920 But this is what Pauls agony was. 433 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:26,800 He said I have travelled much for you, I have took all the 434 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,800 pains. He further again in another 435 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:32,560 place he talks about I want to be in childbirth, pains of 436 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:36,080 childbirth again for you. Who will do that? 437 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,640 A mother goes through pain only once for a child and a child is 438 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,280 born. Will she say I want to go 439 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,200 through pains again to bring you out into the world? 440 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,560 She doesn't. Its just once, but here because 441 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:52,040 these people were deserting the gospel, turning away from 442 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:56,600 Christ, he says, I want to be in childbirth pains again for you. 443 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:00,000 I want to have the birth pangs again for you until Christ is 444 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,160 formed in you. I long for you. 445 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,080 I want to impart something to you. 446 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:08,720 I want to change your life. You see, Galatians don't just 447 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:14,800 quit. Hold on to the gospel, hold on 448 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:20,960 to the gospel. Thank you, Lord, Father 449 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,280 Hallelujah. So he says how have I wasted my 450 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,440 efforts on you. In fact, he he even even in the 451 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,640 beginning of the chapter. Also, I think it was Galatians 452 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,200 16. I'm astonished that you are so 453 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,160 quickly deserting the one who called you. 454 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,880 I'm so astonished. I'm surprised. 455 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,880 How come you are leaving this Christ. 456 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:46,720 I tell you so many times our walk with crashes like that, up 457 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:51,520 and down, up and down. I have I shared the secret of 458 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:57,240 how to walk victoriously before it is confessing the blood of 459 00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,680 Christ. If you are tired of committing 460 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:03,560 sins, confess the blood of Christ every day. 461 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:08,320 Put that blood on your spirit, soul and body and tell yourself 462 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:13,600 I am not under any obligation to commit sin anymore. 463 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,560 I am not under the mean of sin or Satan anymore. 464 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,000 I've been set free and you will walk out free. 465 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:26,520 It's very simple as that. So the Galatian churches, these 466 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:30,200 people, they just were deserting the Christ. 467 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,640 That's why he said, I plead with you, brothers. 468 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:38,600 Now he is oscillating. You know, one time he's angry. 469 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:43,600 I am perplexed. I am astonished how quickly a 470 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,880 deserting Christ and now his brothers is now pouring out love 471 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:50,480 again. This is the heart of a pastor, 472 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:54,400 heart of a pastor. And he says, brothers become 473 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:58,360 like me, for I became like you. What does it mean by that? 474 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,720 He lived among them as if he doesn't have a law. 475 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,000 But does he not have a law? He knows the Old Testament. 476 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:08,520 It doesn't contradict it. It doesn't stop practicing it or 477 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,480 fulfilling it. But he says, I became like you, 478 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:16,040 now you become like me. Let's exchange our life. 479 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,920 And for I became like you, You had done me no wrong. 480 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,200 As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached 481 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,760 the gospel to you. Even though my illness was a 482 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:29,160 trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. 483 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:33,440 Instead, you welcomed me as if an Angel of God, as if I were 484 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,400 Christ Jesus himself. Now what a reception these 485 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:40,120 Galatians gave to Paul, probably because of the sickness. 486 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:42,400 I don't know. He must have been looking 487 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,600 different. He was whether people think it 488 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,920 could be the eye problem, most probably they think it is an eye 489 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:52,280 problem because in chapter 6 he says you know how I'm using my 490 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:56,600 hand to with such big letters I'm using probably he did not 491 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,560 appear aspects in those days. There are no respects were not 492 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:01,960 invented at that time. So he must be having problem 493 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,880 with seeing and he says I use my handwriting. 494 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,560 I am writing with the big letters. 495 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,680 Pardon me for that. And that could be because of an 496 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:13,760 eye infection, that that's what commentators talk about it. 497 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:20,400 But whatever it was, he was not completely what he said. 498 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:27,000 He what is the word he used, contempt or scorn. 499 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,440 You did not treat me with contempt or scorn. 500 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,400 That means there was something about his physical appearance 501 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:37,720 that could have easily made them to scorn at him and put him 502 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,960 down. But they said no, no, no, no, we 503 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:44,200 they treated him like an Angel of God, like Jesus himself. 504 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:48,840 So there was a noble approach on the part of the Galatians. 505 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:52,360 But now what is happening? What is happening now, though 506 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:56,440 they loved Paul, they received the gospel with joy and they 507 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,920 were converted and they had faith in him. 508 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:01,960 All things are going good. But there was set of people who 509 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,320 came and said, Hey you guys, Gentiles, unless you're 510 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:10,320 circumcised, you will not be able to enjoy the full benefits 511 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:13,600 of Christ's death. So they said I think that is a 512 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,840 good idea. And he said that's not a good 513 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:19,200 idea. The people who came to you are 514 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,280 coming with a wrong motive. They are coming with a wrong 515 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,040 motive. They have a zeal, but that zeal 516 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:28,840 is not for your good, it's not for your good. 517 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:35,000 So he says that those people are jealous to win you over, but for 518 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,120 no good. What they want is to alienate 519 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,240 you from us, so that you may be zealous for them. 520 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:46,480 Is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be 521 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,000 so always, and not just when I'm with you. 522 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,720 So the zeal is important, but that should be for good, not for 523 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,240 bad. And then he says, My dear 524 00:33:56,240 --> 00:34:01,360 children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until 525 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:04,680 Christ is formed in you. Until Christ is formed in you. 526 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:09,880 This is the passion of a pastors heart that is Saint Paul. 527 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:14,719 Paul had a heart for these people that they should be 528 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,600 formed into the likeness of Jesus Christ. 529 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:22,159 Like a mother who carries a child for 9 long months and goes 530 00:34:22,159 --> 00:34:24,800 through a lot of pain to deliver and bring it into the world. 531 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:29,360 He has put efforts and now he says I want to go through it all 532 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:33,120 over again for you. There is no mother says that to 533 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:36,520 any child. But here Paul says I want to do 534 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,280 it all over again for you because you are going away from 535 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,800 the gospel. I want you to become like 536 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:48,120 Christ. So the more I thought about it, 537 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,120 the more I felt challenged. Do I have that kind of a love 538 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:55,199 for people? I need to have that kind of love 539 00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:59,120 for people. Sometimes I reach out to people, 540 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:03,560 I reach out to those who are, who don't want to come to church 541 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:05,120 and say would you like to consider? 542 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,320 I want to pray for you and they don't reply. 543 00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:10,640 I can see on the WhatsApp, you know the blue tick. 544 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,200 That means they have seen the message but no reply. 545 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:18,600 It's OK, it's OK. I have to do my job as a pastor. 546 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,480 I had to long for the people's welfare. 547 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:24,840 I need to feel like Paul felt for Galatians. 548 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,920 I need them to be. They should be confirmed to the 549 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,680 image of Christ. I want them to. 550 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:34,040 I want to pray for people so they can be set free from every 551 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,120 spirit that is hindering them from walking for Christ. 552 00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:39,800 I want people to go free. I want to pray for deliverance 553 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:41,240 for people. Why? 554 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:45,200 Because that's my heart. That's my calling. 555 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:48,360 That's my calling. And I tell you, I'm not trying 556 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,040 to boast before you guys. This is not this. 557 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:53,160 I get nothing by boasting about it. 558 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:56,680 I stand before God with a clean conscience. 559 00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:00,640 I'm here to serve, not to be served. 560 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:07,000 I am not here to make myself fat from what I receive from the 561 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,880 church. No, that's not my purpose at 562 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,680 all. I was thinking about should I 563 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:16,400 say these words or not? I had the choice. 564 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:22,160 But I want to tell you who I am because you should know who I 565 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,920 am, otherwise you will not know who is this pastor? 566 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,440 It is easy to shake hands when you enter the church. 567 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:31,440 Easy to shake hands when you leave the church. 568 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,720 God bless you. How was your holiday? 569 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:37,920 How is the weather? Ah, beautiful sunshine. 570 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:44,520 I want to do more than that. I want to do more than that. 571 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,120 That's my commitment to you, to the church. 572 00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:51,720 I long for people who are not anywhere here. 573 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:55,120 I pray for people in Australia, for those in US, those who are 574 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:58,720 in India or elsewhere, anywhere. That's my heart. 575 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,960 I want them to be set free, I want them to be healed. 576 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,840 I want them to walk in Christ. I want them to be conformed to 577 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:07,200 the image of Christ. I want the revival to come all 578 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,680 over the world. I cannot say to somebody you're 579 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,360 too far away, you are of no good to me, so I'm not going to pray 580 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:15,640 for you. That's not my heart, that's not 581 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:19,120 my heart. We are committed to pray for 582 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:25,240 people. So he was very perplexed because 583 00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:30,080 they are deserting Christ. I think now we will stop there 584 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:35,720 and let's prepare our hearts to partake in the communion. 585 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:41,320 As I want to remind you again, the invitation is open to 586 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:46,920 partake in the flesh of the Son of God and to drink the bread of 587 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:50,720 Jesus. That invitation is to partake in 588 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:54,080 the life of God Himself, the Father, Son, the Holy Spirit. 589 00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:57,360 You are partaking, not eating a piece of bread and bringing 590 00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:59,880 little bit of juice. You are partaking in the Father, 591 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:03,760 Son and the Holy Spirit. And that is something beyond 592 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:07,520 human imagination, because the people who are thrown out of the 593 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:12,440 garden are allowed to go back to the tree, take from the tree of 594 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:16,240 life and eat. And that is the invitation for 595 00:38:16,240 --> 00:38:18,880 you today. So we have got 2 tables, one on 596 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,440 my left, one on the end of it. Feel free. 597 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,520 Go grab the piece of bread and your juice and come back to your 598 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:26,800 seat. And we will pray about. 599 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,680 Let's give thanks. Father, we thank you for your 600 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,200 Son Jesus, whom you sent into the world. 601 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:38,840 And he came into the world and he suffered unjustly. 602 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:43,600 A righteous man, a holy man, a man without sin, offered himself 603 00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:47,880 as a perfect sacrifice. It was killed for us. 604 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:53,200 His body was bruised for us. He shed that powerful blood so 605 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:57,480 that our sins will be covered. Atonement made for our sins. 606 00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:01,200 We praise you, Jesus. You are the Lamb of God who was 607 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,960 slain for us. We worship you, we honor you. 608 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:07,280 We thank you, Jesus, as you partake in your body and the 609 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:09,760 blood. Help us to partake in your life 610 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,120 and your Spirit who dwells in US. 611 00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:15,280 It is not something that's going to happen later. 612 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:17,800 We already have him because of our faith. 613 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:20,560 And as we, as you partake in your body and breath, we 614 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:24,480 proclaim that you are our Lord, you are our King, you are our 615 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,480 God, you are our Savior, and we give you glory, honor and 616 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,160 praise. Thank you again for your love 617 00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:31,480 for us. Thank you for your body and your 618 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,240 blood in Jesus mighty name, Amen. 619 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:39,040 Let's partake together. Let's give thanks. 620 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:43,160 We again thank you for the privilege you have given us as 621 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:46,960 you partake in your life. I command every sickness, every 622 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:51,080 pain to leave the bodies of your children in the name of Jesus. 623 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:56,600 Healing we receive because we are parting in the body and the 624 00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:59,880 bread of Christ. A breakthrough we receive in any 625 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:02,800 area of our struggle. We receive the breakthrough. 626 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,360 We receive the breakthrough. We receive the breakthrough. 627 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,160 We receive the breakthrough for the growth of the Church as 628 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:12,200 well. Because you have done what needs 629 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:16,200 to be done for the revival to come and we believe we receive 630 00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:19,320 the revival in our generation. The glory of your name. 631 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,440 Thank you again for your body and the blood in Jesus mighty 632 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:26,000 name. Everybody says Amen. 633 00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:32,040 Thanks for joining us at Omega. If you need prayer for healing 634 00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:34,920 or breakthrough, or simply to find out more, please head to 635 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,280 our website or Facebook page in the links below.