1 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:06,840 You've tuned into. A mega church. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,560 We are people hungry to encounter God through worship 3 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,040 and His Word being witnesses to the world around us. 4 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,080 We pray this teaching blesses you and trust God will reveal 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:16,600 Himself to you in a new way today. 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,400 And if you need prayer for healing or breakthrough? 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,040 Want to find out more about Omega? 8 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,760 Get to our website or Facebook page through the links below. 9 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,720 Hallelujah, that's it. Praise God. 10 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,400 So we continue our study in the book of Galatians. 11 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,480 We are coming to chapter 3 this morning. 12 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:44,040 How it is just humorous to see Paul calling them foolish 13 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:48,280 Galatians. What does he really mean by 14 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:48,880 that? Foolish? 15 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:53,480 If a pastor calls the church and say you foolish people, the 16 00:00:53,480 --> 00:00:55,680 whole church will store the pastor, isn't it? 17 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,560 But this man has the guts to call this people foolish 18 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:02,000 Galatians. In fact, it is JB Philips 19 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,480 translation. He even went I don't I don't 20 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,160 agree. He did a very good job. 21 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,880 But he says you idiots, he called them idiots. 22 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:17,880 So there must be something that is upsetting Paul and we need to 23 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,520 find out why. Why is he so upset with 24 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,960 Galatians that he can call them foolish? 25 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:26,880 And the word foolish has many different shades of meaning. 26 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:32,000 And here it does not mean that they lacked mental ability 27 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,320 there. He the the Greek word to 28 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:36,000 describe those kind of people is moron. 29 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:43,200 That is not used here. Here the word used is they have 30 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,520 intellectual ability, but they're not using it. 31 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,360 They're keeping it on the shelf somewhere safe in their house. 32 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:54,240 So they don't use their brain. So Paul is saying, guys, wake 33 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,160 up, its time to use your brain. Don't keep it on the shelf. 34 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,040 Don't put in the almirah somewhere in your safekeeping. 35 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,040 No, no, it's time for you to use it now. 36 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:04,680 Why does he use those kind of words? 37 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,800 Because we already have seen so much already in chapter 1 and 2. 38 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:11,680 This is only following idea is only following from that. 39 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:17,440 They were trying to add to the faith in Jesus, faith plus 40 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:21,440 works, faith plus ceremonial law. 41 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,800 You must be circumcised. You must do this, you must do 42 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,240 that. So Paul is saying wake up, think 43 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,720 straight, don't be foolish, use your brain. 44 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,040 You know, that's just that's, that's how he's trying to exhort 45 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:39,160 these people or foolish Galatians who has bewitched you. 46 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:45,760 What is bewitching? It is some people have, you 47 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,240 know, the superstition that people can sometimes look at 48 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:53,440 them and cast a spell on them. You know its called evil eye. 49 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:58,560 Oh, sometimes the child, you know, some of you children are 50 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:04,200 very cute. Mostly, you know, and people 51 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,840 when the child become sick, why is the child sick? 52 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,360 Why is the child coughing? I think that Lady cast an evil 53 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,320 lie on my child. That's why it became sick. 54 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,480 Have you heard this kind of explanation anytime? 55 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,120 Yeah. So what Paul is trying to say is 56 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,160 who has cast an evil eye on you? Who has bewitched you? 57 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,520 Who cast a spell on you? Now read it there. 58 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,360 Who has bewitched you before your very eyes? 59 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,360 Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. 60 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,040 So what is he trying to say? I was trying to figure out what 61 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,520 is the meaning of why does he talk about the crucifixion of 62 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,360 Jesus? Talking at the same time about 63 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:48,400 being being bewitched is because when you look at Christ on the 64 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:53,160 cross and put your eyes on the cross of Christ, when you are 65 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:59,240 looking at the crucified Christ, no evil shall fall on you, no 66 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:03,080 evil shall touch you, no spell will land on you when you are 67 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,680 looking at the cross and Jesus Christ was crucified. 68 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,200 Does it make sense? Why would Paul write like this? 69 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,520 You are foolish Galatians who has bewitched you before your 70 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,880 very eyes. Jesus Christ was clearly ported 71 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,800 as crucified. Basically what they have, what 72 00:04:20,959 --> 00:04:24,040 the language of Paul is deeply rooted in the Greek culture. 73 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,560 Whenever there is a war and a commander or a general is 74 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,160 walking into the area that he has won, there will be soldiers 75 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,520 coming behind him and there will be people. 76 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,480 He'll be mounting a horse and he'll be coming in and grandeur 77 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,960 and there will be a lot of musical instruments and you know 78 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,560 that the people should know that he's coming. 79 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,400 And there will be people walking in the front with a placard. 80 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,520 You know they will have a pole on which they will be something 81 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:50,880 written on it. You know what is his 82 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,440 achievement, how he has conquered or what are the CTC 83 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,880 conquered? What are his accomplishments? 84 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:01,080 That is to proclaim to the people so that the general will 85 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,920 be viewed highly by the people who are watching. 86 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:11,680 Basically its like a billboard. The Billboard is a glorified 87 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,960 version of the placard. But what is he trying to do 88 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,360 here? He's trying to say that Jesus 89 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:24,000 Christ was placarded, He was lifted on the cross and on. 90 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,320 It is which clearly and also it is for everybody to read. 91 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,000 The whatever is written on the placard is for everyone to read. 92 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,160 Its not secret, its for everyone to read. 93 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,160 So he says Jesus Christ has been lifted up on the cross and you, 94 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:43,760 he has been placarded so that you may know that you may read, 95 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:47,600 that you may understand that when you look at that Christ you 96 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,120 will not be bewitched. No one can cast a spell on you. 97 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:58,880 Does it make any sense? Shout Hallelujah so. 98 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,240 And I was looking at the Septuagint. 99 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,480 That is the Greek translation as well. 100 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,000 There it says Paul constellations foolish, 101 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,920 unthinking Septuagint use the word unthinking. 102 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,080 That means they have the ability to think, but they don't want to 103 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,440 think. How many Christians live like 104 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:27,400 that? Do we have something called 105 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,480 examined life? Examined life is you look at 106 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:36,600 your own faith and analyze it. Why are you believing in Jesus? 107 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,320 What has he done for you? Why do you want to believe in 108 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:40,960 him? Do you have a reason to give to 109 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:46,320 somebody who says, why are you a Christian if you don't have? 110 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:52,920 We are unthinking Christians because Peter, when he writes, 111 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:57,280 he says you must be willing to give an apologia, a defense of 112 00:06:57,280 --> 00:07:00,840 your faith, a reasonable explanation of why you believe 113 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:04,560 what you believe. Does it make sense? 114 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,000 So we should know why we believe in Jesus. 115 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:18,040 When somebody is bewitched, it is involuntary. 116 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:22,640 Like, I don't know, I just was talking to somebody in some 117 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:24,920 other country and I was trying to pray for them. 118 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,040 And when I prayed there was a spirit that is speaking. 119 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,680 And I asked the spirit, who are you? 120 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,840 And he gave the name and it sounded like Russian to me. 121 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:40,520 So after the prayer, I asked him, what does his name mean to 122 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,320 you? Oh, he was my colleague. 123 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,840 When did he work with you? 2006. 124 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,520 And what nationality belong? Oh, I don't know. 125 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:49,920 He may be Russian or Romanian, I don't know. 126 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,800 I said, what in Russia? In Romania also, they use black 127 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,320 magic. I didn't expect, but it was 128 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,480 there. So I said leave the leave the 129 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,000 person. Now I cast it out. 130 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:07,280 The point I am trying to make is bewitched is an involuntary 131 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,880 target. A person becomes an involuntary 132 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,720 target. But Paul is saying why are you 133 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:14,880 bewitched? You are acting as somebody cast 134 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,760 a spell on you when you yourself are walking into it. 135 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,800 That's the contradiction. That is a contradiction of the 136 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,280 Galatian people. Why is he calling them foolish? 137 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,720 Because they are to believe in Jesus only, nothing more, 138 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,480 nothing more. Just Jesus. 139 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:33,880 And because they're adding things, he's calling them 140 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:35,520 foolish. You're walking into the trap. 141 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:37,159 You're acting like you're bewitched. 142 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,320 You are not using your brain. You're putting it on a shelf. 143 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:45,960 So wake up, Galatians. You know these people. 144 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:50,200 Galatians before I already explained to you in one of my 145 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,760 previous sermons, Galatia is not a particular city. 146 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:55,480 It's a region. It's like a state. 147 00:08:55,800 --> 00:09:00,440 You have many other cities in that place, Iconium, Lystra or 148 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:04,240 Lystra whatever you call it, then Derby, different places. 149 00:09:04,560 --> 00:09:07,040 So when he went to a place called Iconium and he started 150 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,240 preaching, you see it all in Acts chapter 14. 151 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,240 When you when you read there, so many things happened there. 152 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:18,000 Its so dramatic is the passage, the chapter you see there Paul 153 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,520 and Barabas preaching the gospel, people responding in big 154 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:23,960 numbers. Both Jewish and Gentiles 155 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:28,120 believed in Jesus and after some time the unbelieving Jews, they 156 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,520 stirred up the crowd and then they just wanted to they made a 157 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:36,720 plan to stone Paul and Barnabas. When they came to know the that 158 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:41,360 there's a plan to attack, they just slipped in the night and 159 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:42,880 left the place and went to Lystra. 160 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,320 And there again when when Paul was speaking, he found a man 161 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,000 sitting on the floor and in his face was something that was 162 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,360 noticeable that Paul could see that he had faith to be healed 163 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:56,000 and he was a crippled from the birth. 164 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,120 He never walked from the time he was born. 165 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,080 And he looked at him and said stand up and walk. 166 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:04,600 I said, did he say in the name of Jesus? 167 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:09,800 He didn't. Did he say, I want to pray for 168 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,520 you brother, Just wait, Father, have mercy on this man. 169 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:17,360 Nothing. He said hey, stand up and that 170 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:22,000 guy stood up and when he was starting jumping and walking the 171 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:26,560 priest who has been in that place, they thought that the the 172 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:30,600 Jews ZEU yes, Jews. That is one of the gods, the 173 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:34,080 Greek gods, the Jews is come in the flesh. 174 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:41,280 What is that If I saw he just use it like that Jews that you 175 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,880 were think JUICE. So that's the reason why I'm 176 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:48,120 spelling it out, because, you know, in a restaurant people go 177 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:52,080 and sit there. Zeus. 178 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,320 Sorry, Zeus, correcting my pronunciation. 179 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:00,960 Thank you. I will skip the joke now. 180 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:10,200 Thank you. Cool. 181 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:22,760 So. Let's just keep going it were I 182 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,200 would like to learn just one thing from you. 183 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:29,080 Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law or by 184 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:33,080 believing what you heard? I had to struggle a lot with 185 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:37,480 this verse. I had to sit and think a lot 186 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,920 about it in this verse and in verse 5 as well. 187 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:45,040 He talks about it in verse 5. Does God give you His Spirit and 188 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,520 work miracles among you because you observe the law or because 189 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:52,920 you believe what you heard? So what is the measure? 190 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:57,280 What is the kind of experience that Paul has in mind when he's 191 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,120 saying about receiving the Holy Spirit? 192 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,080 What kind of experience is Paul having in his mind? 193 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,080 When you look into the life of Paul, he was trying to persecute 194 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:09,880 the Christians. He was going towards Damascus 195 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:13,920 with the authority to arrest people, enter their homes and 196 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,360 seize the men, women, children and put them in the jail. 197 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:20,720 But before he could do it, he was struck by a bright light and 198 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:23,520 he had an encounter with Jesus. I will not repeat the whole 199 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:24,720 story. You know the story. 200 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,280 So after that event he was told, go into the city. 201 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:29,840 You will be told what he should do. 202 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:34,160 And he was without sight for three days, and he was fasting 203 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,800 and praying. And God deals with another man 204 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,000 called Ananias. Go to sorts of place and you 205 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:41,840 will find a man called Saul. Pray for him. 206 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,160 Oh, he's a wicked man. He's a very bad man. 207 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,680 Don't worry about it. I will show him how much he must 208 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:49,960 suffer. You go lay your hand on him, 209 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:55,040 because he's seeing you come to him and lay hand on him, that 210 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:59,680 his eyes may be restored. All the story you see there and 211 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:04,360 then when Ananyas laid hands on him, he received the Holy 212 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,880 Spirit. What kind of Holy Spirit 213 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,400 experience did Paul have? The Bible doesn't tell us. 214 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:18,040 Was it the initial receiving of the Spirit which happens when 215 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,440 you believe in Jesus, or is he talking about the Pentecostal 216 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,480 experience of second blessing, that after you are converted 217 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,720 again, you have a second experience and encounter with 218 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,520 the Holy Spirit and you receive power for ministry? 219 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:33,120 Is he talking about that? It is not very clear. 220 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,600 So I, I spent a lot of time yesterday trying to understand 221 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:41,120 it, but it is not too difficult for us to decipher it or to 222 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:49,120 understand it because it can be sometimes both can happen in one 223 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,240 go. Both can happen in one go. 224 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,080 What do I mean it? At the time of your conversion, 225 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,320 you also have an experience with the Holy Spirit and you are 226 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,600 saved, sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. 227 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:05,120 According to Ephesians 113 to those who believed he gave them 228 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,240 the Holy Spirit, sealed them with the promised Holy Spirit. 229 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:09,960 So that is, that is every Christian. 230 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:11,600 If you are a believer, you have the Holy Spirit. 231 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:13,320 There is no doubt about it at all. 232 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,000 We stand by this teaching that every believer is filled with 233 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,920 the Holy Spirit. But Paul talks about repeated 234 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:25,240 feelings when he says Ephesians 518 be being filled with the 235 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:26,640 Holy Spirit. What is he saying? 236 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,680 It is not a one time experience. It has to be a continuous 237 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:31,760 experience. It has to be on the go. 238 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,280 You should be filled with the Spirit every day. 239 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:40,120 There is an ongoing experience, but he also talks about gifts of 240 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:42,200 the Holy Spirit, which are given by the Spirit. 241 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:47,840 So you have the Assemblies of God, which is one of the main 242 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:51,640 branches of the Pentecostal denomination. 243 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,600 That's the one main church that has stood and has taught many 244 00:14:55,600 --> 00:15:00,040 things and has promulgated many teachings on the Pentecostal 245 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,160 experience. They are the people who try to 246 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,960 say that there's a second experience that is distinct from 247 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,640 being born again. Then you have another encounter 248 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,720 with the Holy Spirit, and that time you receive the Holy Spirit 249 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,760 for power. See, this is not for self. 250 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,120 It is for others. Always is for others. 251 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:20,480 The Pentecostal experience of the baptism of the Holy Spirit 252 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:24,160 is for ministry for other people, not for yourself. 253 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,280 But when you are born again, you receive the Holy Spirit is for 254 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,760 you because you become a child of God. 255 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:32,920 That is what makes you to connect with God. 256 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,160 When you pray, when you kneel down, Father looks at that 257 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,160 Spirit that is in you and connects with you and speaks to 258 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:44,040 you because you are his child. Is it becoming clearer or am I 259 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,840 making it more difficult? I hope I'm trying to make it 260 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,720 simple. So in this experience, what I'm 261 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,440 trying to say here is this whole chapter. 262 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:58,080 When you read you will see the word in the Greek you have got 263 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,600 pistis is faith. There's also the word same root 264 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:07,400 is used for even for verb. So if you put together all these 265 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:13,120 forms, nouns, 7 word, 7 times, the word pistis is used, which 266 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:17,520 is a noun and the same root with a verb, sentence, sense of a 267 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:21,560 verb is used five times, adjective 2 times, total 14 268 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,720 times. So if you know that the word 269 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:29,800 pistis, pistios, pistas, whatever is a Greek word, 14 270 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:31,240 times it is used. What does it mean? 271 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:33,440 That's the main thing he's talking about. 272 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,640 It's the main thing that Paul is wanting to talk to you in this 273 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:41,080 chapter is faith. What is this faith? 274 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:47,400 It is so easy to understand. Every believer knows he has 275 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,840 faith. That's why he is a child of God. 276 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:53,920 But what is faith? Until and unless we analyze it 277 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:59,480 and understand it, we will be little bit of like Galatians, 278 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,400 unthinking Christians. We need to analyze it. 279 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,920 And who is the father of faith? Abraham. 280 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,520 So that's the reason why Paul goes on to talk about Abraham. 281 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,000 He he talks about himself, he talks about the Galatians 282 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,040 experience. How did you receive the Holy 283 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:18,079 Spirit when you heard? Not? 284 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:19,359 Because you are observing the law. 285 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:22,319 You heard the gospel, you believed it. 286 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,079 That's how you received the Holy Spirit. 287 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:28,240 And then he says, OK, let's talk about Abraham. 288 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:35,480 And he says God proclaimed the message to Abraham before he 289 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,600 anybody else heard the gospel. He proclaimed to him. 290 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:44,280 And he said, because you believe I am creating your faith as a 291 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:48,120 righteousness, and all the nations of the world will be 292 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:51,440 blessed through you. All the nations will be blessed 293 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,680 through you. So what Paul is trying to say 294 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,320 here is, OK, God gave this promise to Abraham. 295 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,960 Actually, when I looked more deeper into the story of the 296 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,960 Abraham story, how did Abraham believe? 297 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:08,680 He had a problem. Basically that problem is he was 298 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:10,360 not able to have a child of his own. 299 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:15,600 He was wealthy, powerful and he had an army of his own. 300 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:17,400 Everything is going good for him. 301 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,560 There is no problem with his life, but only one little thing. 302 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,360 He didn't have a child and he was he. 303 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,800 God appeared to him at the age of 75 and he keeps talking to in 304 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:31,320 between several times and now at the 99 1/2 years of age again he 305 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,760 appears to him and says by this time next year you are going to 306 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:37,320 have a son. And Sarah listen from in the 307 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,760 tent. She says will I have the 308 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,920 pleasure of becoming a mum, nurse, a baby at this age? 309 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,480 And she laughs. The Angel who didn't see her 310 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,120 physically was why does she laugh? 311 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,120 He has to go back inside and ask, did you laugh? 312 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,240 And she says no. And the Angel says no, she did 313 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,440 laugh. That's why they named their son 314 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:59,000 Isaac. Isaac means laughed. 315 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:04,040 OK, so now what am I trying to say here is there was a 316 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:06,560 necessity, there was a need, there was a lack. 317 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:10,720 And God promised I am going to fulfill that lack. 318 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:15,560 And Abraham believed him. Now there are many things here, 319 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:19,200 important things. One, when the faith comes into 320 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,120 your heart, there will be a revelation. 321 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,920 Without revelation its not possible to have faith. 322 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:30,360 Whether it is through your need or through intellectual grasp or 323 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:32,800 understanding, you will have a revelation. 324 00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:36,440 And when you have revelation, that is the one that puts the 325 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,480 seed for your faith. Seed for your faith comes 326 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,960 through revelation and no revelation faith is not 327 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:47,840 possible. And when I you know, these are 328 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:51,120 the things, some, some things are difficult to understand when 329 00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:54,960 you are beginning your life, when you are young, you can't 330 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:58,240 see much into the future. But after you have lived your 331 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:03,440 life for 1020304050 years, you look back, it becomes easy to 332 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:07,240 understand life because you are able to see retrospectively what 333 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,440 happened in your life. What are the milestones? 334 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:13,640 When you look at the milestones, you know that you did hear God 335 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,760 that time you think, did I really hear God? 336 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:25,520 Did I do I know it? And then after a few years, when 337 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,520 you look back and say, yeah, that day God spoke to me. 338 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,680 That thing, God did it for me, that thing because God ordained 339 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,200 it for me. So as you look back into your 340 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:41,600 life, faith makes sense. It becomes easy to explain. 341 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:47,560 Every time when I look into my life, I have supernatural 342 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,000 revelation. I did have. 343 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,840 It is not just thinking or else I'm reading the Bible. 344 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:55,120 I think God is speaking to me from this verse. 345 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,640 Not like that. I had supernatural revelation 346 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:04,120 few times and one of the first ones that I ever had was to hear 347 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,480 the Holy Spirit. He just flashed into my mind. 348 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:12,360 I would say it's like a fiery letters or golden letters and I 349 00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:15,360 could grasp it. You are not fighting with flesh 350 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:18,640 and blood, but its principalities and powers and 351 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,520 whatever. I was struggling at that time. 352 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,400 In one second everything gone. I was free. 353 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:26,800 But did I understand it? No. 354 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,000 It took me 40 plus years to understand. 355 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:36,080 Now I know that God had given me a revelation 40, nearly 3440 356 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,960 years ago. And now I know when I'm, when 357 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,600 I'm praying for people and I'm cashing over the devil. 358 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:45,400 I can tell the devil I have authority over you because he 359 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:51,040 said to me. He said to me I am not fighting 360 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,960 with flesh and bread, with peace, partisan powers. 361 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,720 When he said to me he has given me authority over you, you 362 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:03,960 devil, you are now coming out. So revelation is very important. 363 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:10,200 And Abraham in all those intercourses with God, with 364 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:16,680 Yahweh, he had not only deposited the seeds of faith in 365 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,360 him, but in fact he became the father of the faith because of 366 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:24,640 the revelation. Whatever is your, whatever is 367 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:29,720 your need for guidance, or I had to do this, I had to do that. 368 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,560 What is the best way? Should I take left turn or right 369 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,520 turn? God speaks to you in your ear. 370 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:40,080 Is there a promise in the Bible about it? 371 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:44,240 Yes, in the book of Isaiah. So when you have that experience 372 00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:48,080 and when you take that path and then you find things are going 373 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,360 well, you look back and say thank you Lord for speaking to 374 00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:54,560 me that day. Thank you for guiding me. 375 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:59,160 See, this is how Christian, Christian life is developing 376 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:03,440 into your own individual life. See Abrahams experience is not 377 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,840 for himself. It is for every one of us. 378 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,640 Every one of us is an Abraham. Everyone of us is a Sarah. 379 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,160 Why? Because your experience is so 380 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,800 unique and that is required for the body of Christ. 381 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,080 So don't keep your mouth shut, but speak about it so that 382 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,720 somebody else faith will be ignited because they hear your 383 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:28,200 story. The faith is contagious. 384 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,560 You cannot keep to yourself. When you share your faith, it 385 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:39,400 ignites faith in somebody. It has got that power because 386 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:45,160 somebody came to transmit that faith from their heart, from 387 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,920 their mouth to someone. That faith has reached you 388 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,560 today. So my question is, what do you 389 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,720 want to do with this faith that you have, which God has 390 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:55,880 deposited in you? Do you want to keep your mouth 391 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:59,400 shut? That's not the purpose. 392 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,960 That's not the purpose. The whole world is celebrating 393 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,600 Christmas. They are shouting Jesus was 394 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:08,880 born, Jesus was born, Jesus was born. 395 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,160 The shops are shouting it, malls are shouting it. 396 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,680 Everywhere you see decorations on the street, lamps are 397 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,480 decorated everywhere. They are saying Jesus is coming 398 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:22,960 to the world. But nobody's heart it is 399 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,640 touching. It's not touching anybody's 400 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,600 heart because somebody who has faith has to open their mouth 401 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,120 for that message to become meaningful to somebody. 402 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,400 I would encourage you to open your mouth this Christmas 403 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:42,200 season. Tell somebody, Jesus saved me 404 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,600 and he wants to save you too. How much time does it take to 405 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:50,760 say that? Right, right. 406 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:54,760 The doors will open for you to talk about evangelism. 407 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:59,400 Cool. So yeah, there's so much more to 408 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:03,880 talk about. Faith 1 John 54 For whatever is 409 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:08,440 born of God conquers the world. Whatever is born of God conquers 410 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,840 the world. Has Abrahams faith conquered the 411 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,240 world? It did. 412 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:17,720 Has your faith conquered the world? 413 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:26,560 That's the next question. Yield to God, God my I, yield my 414 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,360 spirit, my soul, my body, my mind to you. 415 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,680 Holy Spirit, take over and guide me. 416 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,560 Paul could say in the previous chapter, it is no longer I that 417 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:44,440 live, but Christ just who lives in me and reigns in me. 418 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:49,600 Until you come to that point of surrender where you think that 419 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:53,400 your life is not yours, but it is his, and you allow Him to 420 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,760 live in you through you and that great exchange you do, then your 421 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:03,520 faith will conquer the world. Then your faith will conquer the 422 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,560 world. Until then we are putting in the 423 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,440 safekeeping somewhere in the house. 424 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:17,000 Faith is the gift of God. No one can boast about it. 425 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,880 Faith is God, not conviction that rests on his self 426 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:26,760 revelation and responds with personal trust and obedience. 427 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:30,200 So faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God, Word 428 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:35,040 of Christ, Romans 10/17. Faith comes by hearing and 429 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,680 hearing by the word of Christ. So we need to have this 430 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:42,200 experience. Only then your faith will become 431 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,440 valid. You know, there are people who 432 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,760 have lots, lot of kinds of faith in the world. 433 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,800 You, you meet a Buddhist or a Muslim, they all have some kind 434 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,880 of a faith. Even atheist also has a faith 435 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,040 that there's no God. He believes it. 436 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,600 You may say, oh, that's a faith. He says, no, I don't think it's 437 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:04,280 a faith, but that's a faith because they do not, they cannot 438 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:08,480 prove that God does not exist. There's so much more shouting in 439 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,640 their face that God exists. Look at the world, whether you 440 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,720 might whether you look it through a microscope or a 441 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,800 telescope, you have lot of plenty of evidence. 442 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:21,200 It is difficult to erase it and they are having some kind of a 443 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,840 faith. Faith is always the work of God 444 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:29,400 and involves hearing his voice whereby the believer lays hold 445 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,840 half his lays hold of his preferred will. 446 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:38,040 It is John Calvin. I was quite surprised that John 447 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,800 Calvin said those words because I thought in his theology is not 448 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,960 much room for revelation. But he says faith is always the 449 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,920 work of God involves hearing his voice. 450 00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:51,240 You have to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. 451 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:56,800 When you hear his voice, then you lay hold of his will. 452 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,280 You lay hold of his will. Whether it is marriage, whether 453 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,520 it is Job is your vocation or the holiday where you want to 454 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,480 go. It is not for you to make a 455 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,160 decision on your own. This is what I believe. 456 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:14,200 You got to go to God and say, hi, I want to go to Italy, Rome. 457 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,680 Is it your will? Is it your will? 458 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:20,880 I was just thinking there was a time. 459 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,000 I just think if you want to have a holiday, you can have a 460 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:27,600 holiday, you have money, you go. And now I think, no, it's not 461 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,000 like that. You have to go to God and say, 462 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:36,920 can I have some fun? God says yes, go. 463 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:39,680 God says no, don't go. It's very simple. 464 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,120 Every time we have gone on different trips, like once we 465 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:49,080 went to India, we we bought the tickets 10 months in advance. 466 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:54,720 But those ten months I have prayed every flight, every means 467 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,040 of transport I bring under the bread of Christ. 468 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:02,400 And every train we take, every flight we take, you know 469 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,680 everything. The people we meet, the words we 470 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:06,400 speak. I have prayed over it several 471 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,840 times. And when it's all over, we take 472 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:14,080 the flight and land back here. Then the COVID was declared as 473 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,120 so God kept an eye on us and brought us back home. 474 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:20,720 He did not allow us to be struck somewhere. 475 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:25,840 Because you committed your holiday to God, He ordains it 476 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,120 for you. He protects you. 477 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,760 He keeps a special eye on you. This is how I want everybody to 478 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,520 live your life. Don't live on your own. 479 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,840 I have intelligence. I have a lot of the ability to 480 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:40,680 think through. I can plan. 481 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,840 I want to make my life according to my likes and dislikes. 482 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,440 That's not the way to live Christian life. 483 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,760 You have to bring it to God. Cool, let's go. 484 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,680 Romans 1423. Whatever is not of faith is sin. 485 00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,360 It is not of faith, it is sin. So you need to have that faith 486 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:03,240 mixed in everything. And without faith it's 487 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:07,600 impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe 488 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,440 that he is and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him. 489 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,080 And you know, this is all things. 490 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,960 All these things are talked about in the book of Hebrews. 491 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:21,600 Genuine scriptural faith is not our ability to count it done. 492 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:25,720 It is a deep consciousness divinely imparted to the heart 493 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:30,280 of man that it is done. It is the faith that only God 494 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:33,240 can give. What am I trying to say here? 495 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:38,640 Deeply in your heart you are conscious, and the Holy Spirit 496 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:40,320 puts it in your heart. It is done. 497 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:44,760 We are you're you're asking for something when you're asking for 498 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:46,680 a healing, asking for a deliverance. 499 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,760 You're you're trusting God to come through to do a miracle for 500 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:57,800 you Divinely ordained instinct, you call it instinct or whatever 501 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:02,800 it is, nudge in your heart, you know it is done and then the 502 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,680 miracle happens. Miracle before the miracle 503 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,960 happens there somebody has to believe, somebody has to have 504 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:13,000 faith and only then a miracle happens. 505 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:17,120 So I'm quite amazed about the things that I have been thinking 506 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:21,240 about in in James chapter 2 verse 19, you believe that God 507 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,120 is 1. You do well. 508 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,920 The demons also believe and shudder. 509 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:33,600 You tell the demon God exists. It may be shaking, but it cannot 510 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:37,200 be saved. It cannot be saved. 511 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:42,760 Demon is judged already. They will go into hell, but they 512 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,840 shudder at the name mentioning of the name of God. 513 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:51,680 What about believers? They don't have the same kind of 514 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,880 fear the demons have. How many of us really afraid of 515 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:59,720 God? I see some hands going up. 516 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:04,200 That's good. Good to see that when when you 517 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,200 are able to answer affirmatively, that means you 518 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,640 have a genuine encounter with God. 519 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,560 And when you have a genuine encounter with God, you will 520 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:17,800 have a respect. Is not fear fear, its not about 521 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:21,720 crouching before God. It is that reverence that comes 522 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:25,200 in your heart that lifts him up, that gives him the top place, 523 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,080 that obeys him, that just wants to please him. 524 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:32,840 Nothing else matters except his approval. 525 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:37,520 Just a nod, just a wink. We are looking for that wink 526 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:41,000 from his eyes and that is really living by faith. 527 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:47,520 Just living by faith and this, this kind of a faith will be 528 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,000 tested. If it is not tested, it is not 529 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,520 genuine. Remember Me, these words of 530 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:56,720 mind, every faith, when it is tested, only we know it is 531 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,560 genuine. And I think it is Peter who 532 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,080 talks about our faith being tested. 533 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,840 That is like gold being refined in fire. 534 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,760 The gold is a solid. It takes a lot of heat to melt 535 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:11,080 it. But when you melt the gold and 536 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:14,120 all the impurities come up on top, you remove the impurities 537 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,680 and then you allow it to cool down, that becomes pure like 538 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,320 that. Trials have got a place in 539 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:25,360 Christian life and they make you pure, they make you holy, they 540 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,480 make you to align with the will of God, the mind of God. 541 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:32,800 And there is a place for trials and faith will be tested and 542 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,120 other otherwise it will not be legitimate. 543 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,840 And faith is a gift of the Holy Spirit. 544 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,080 Galatians 522. So we have looked at so many 545 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:45,240 things about the faith, but ultimately what is important is 546 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:48,080 that we need to have this faith like Abraham. 547 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,000 And when you have the faith, you will be justified. 548 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,640 That is what it justifies. And Paul goes on to talk about 549 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,480 everywhere he scatters this idea in Romans 117, the just shall 550 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,280 live by faith, which picks up from the book of Habakkuk in the 551 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,400 Old Testament. He talks about in the book of 552 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,520 Galatians, he talks about elsewhere. 553 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:10,360 It is the most powerful thing that anyone can ever understand 554 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,600 and rely or base your life on is the faith. 555 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,639 Your foundation has to be faith in Jesus Christ, nobody else. 556 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:25,639 No other thing, no other thing. It is not Jesus plus something. 557 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:32,560 No, it is Jesus only. It is Jesus only and then you 558 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:36,320 have a real faith that's very, very important for us to 559 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,280 understand. So let's look at I think my time 560 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:42,480 is finished so I'll try to cover it next week, explain a little 561 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:43,880 more. There's so much more to talk in 562 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,040 chapter 3. We'll continue next week. 563 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,719 Shall we pray? Father, we thank you again, 564 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:52,400 thank you again, thank you again. 565 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:57,000 Thank you again for the gift of faith which your given a measure 566 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,200 of it to each one of us. I thank you for the deposit of 567 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,800 faith in our heart, in our spirit that has helped us to cry 568 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:07,600 out to our Father, to connect with You and to be saved and to 569 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,920 believe in your Son Jesus. We pray for the gift of faith. 570 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:15,080 We thank you Jesus. Nothing else can substitute it, 571 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:19,080 nothing else can replace it. Nothing else can replace it. 572 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:24,880 It is just Jesus and Him alone. He is our life, He is our light, 573 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,120 He is our bread, He is our fortress. 574 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:29,640 He is everything to us. He is our shepherd. 575 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:33,080 And I worship you, our Father, for this great gift of Jesus. 576 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,520 We thank you. For the gift of faith, we honor 577 00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:39,000 you, We praise you. Lord, bless your children now. 578 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,360 Holy Spirit, I invite you now to touch their heart. 579 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:46,880 Put your hand, Lord Jesus, upon their heart right now that they 580 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,440 may know that you are touching them and strengthen their faith. 581 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:53,920 Make it strong. It may be able to stand firm 582 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,920 until you're coming to the glory of your name, Jesus. 583 00:35:56,920 --> 00:36:00,480 Name, we ask and everybody says Amen. 584 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:05,120 Thanks for joining us at Omega. If you need prayer for healing 585 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,080 or breakthrough, or simply to find out more, please head to 586 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,400 our website or Facebook page in the links below.