1 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:08,240 You've tuned into a mega church. We are people hungry to 2 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,240 encounter God through worship and His Word being witnesses to 3 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:13,760 the world around us. We pray this teaching blesses 4 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,320 you and trust God will reveal Himself to you in a new way 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:16,680 today. And. 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,040 If you need prayer for healing or breakthrough, Want to find 7 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,600 out more about Omega? Get to our website or Facebook 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:31,840 page through the links below. It is very interesting when you 9 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:37,000 make meet connections and speak with them and you know what they 10 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,520 go through. And it's such a joy. 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,160 And I, I want to thank him, Praise the Lord that He's given 12 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:47,240 us this grace to come to you and to speak with you this morning. 13 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,600 And may the Lord be his. May through His grace, speak 14 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:56,160 through me so that the word will become alive to all of you this 15 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:01,720 morning. My, my message for you is that 16 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,440 very simple message. And I want to go to the basics 17 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:10,640 because it's important that we truly be connected to God, that 18 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,440 we do all things through him who is in US. 19 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,880 And that understanding needs to come. 20 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:23,000 And if that understanding does not come, it's very hard for us 21 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:29,120 to live because it is him in US who helps us to live a holy, 22 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,600 separated life. And that understanding must 23 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,440 really come so that we can live through him. 24 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:41,080 It is important that that's why I chose this to say transformed 25 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:46,360 by his presence. You know, Paul was such a 26 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:51,200 religious person that he wanted to do everything right, but he 27 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:56,480 was not connected to God. He was not connected to Jesus. 28 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:02,840 The moment that he came and had an encounter with Jesus and that 29 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,920 at the encounter that everything around him changed. 30 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,680 And that's what I want to speak, that encounter truly, that 31 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:17,880 encounter that you need to have with Jesus in Romans chapter 10 32 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:22,640 and verse 10 says, for with the heart you believe. 33 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:26,600 And when we believe with the heart, what happens is that into 34 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,040 our hearts comes what the righteousness of God, which 35 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:35,480 comes when we believe and we live by that righteousness which 36 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:39,280 is in our hearts. And that's the most important 37 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,080 thing. And then what we are able to do 38 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,400 is that we are able to confess with our mouth, because what is 39 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,080 in our heart is His righteousness. 40 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:55,000 And therefore we are able to, you know, confess with our 41 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,520 mouth. And we are not fearful when we 42 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:01,000 are anywhere. We are not fearful because in US 43 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,640 this is in Him. So when we are in a public 44 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:10,240 place, we are able to confess that He is our Lord and God and 45 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:16,680 not hide behind a skirt, because truly He is God in US. 46 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:24,840 Galatians chapter 1 and verses 15 to 17 says, But when God, who 47 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:30,400 set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by His grace, 48 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:36,520 was pleased to reveal his Son in me, so that I might preach Him 49 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,560 among the Gentiles. Now look at this. 50 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,720 This is important. In this verse he says my 51 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,280 immediate response. Whose immediate response? 52 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,400 The response of whom? Paul. 53 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:53,720 My immediate response was not to consult human beings. 54 00:03:55,720 --> 00:04:02,080 He was not interested to consult any disciple or Peter or anyone. 55 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,160 But what did he do? I did not go to Jerusalem. 56 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:10,760 He did not go but to see those who were apostles before I was, 57 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,160 but I went to Saudi Arabia or I went to Arabia. 58 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,480 Later I returned to Damascus. Why did he go? 59 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,680 He wanted to spend time with the Lord to learn the word. 60 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:31,080 It is important that when Yes, I know Jesus, but the to know 61 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:35,480 Jesus is to know his word. And if we do not know the word, 62 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,920 then we don't know Jesus. And then that's the change which 63 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,440 has to happen and that's the righteousness which settles in 64 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:46,840 our heart. So Paul believed. 65 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,680 So for for Paul to believe he has to apply that in his life. 66 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:54,840 To apply that you need to have the substance in you. 67 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:01,280 If if you and I don't have the substance in US, how can we 68 00:05:01,280 --> 00:05:05,320 apply? It's important, therefore we 69 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:09,480 have the substance in US. So there are two parts to the 70 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:14,160 transformation that I'm talking about today and that the 71 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,920 transformation is 1 is the part that we truly believe and say 72 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:23,080 yes, God, I believe you, therefore I have the 73 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,800 righteousness. It's like, you know, he paid the 74 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,240 price, he took the debt and he gets given you credit. 75 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:33,320 There is cash in your account and that's what he has given us. 76 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,560 And the second is that, you know, he has given that faith so 77 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:42,960 that we need to apply that. To apply, we need the substance 78 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:44,240 as a faith that I'm talking about. 79 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,960 I'll give you like 2 examples I want to give here. 80 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:54,480 There was a time that, you know, the first grandbaby or we 81 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:59,880 purchased a cot and I thought, OK, I can do this without a 82 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:02,640 problem. And so I started meddling around 83 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,560 with it and tried to fix it. I never could fix it. 84 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:10,000 You see, it took covers because why I didn't look at the menu. 85 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,600 I thought I can do it. It's the same. 86 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,720 You see, you need to know the scripture to apply it. 87 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:23,000 But when I called a person from church, the first thing that he 88 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,600 took he did was he looked at the menu all and he said, OK, yeah, 89 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:29,640 this is how it's this needs to be done. 90 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:34,920 And he fixed it in a moment. So it think that's one thing and 91 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,760 another thing is this. I'll give you another example. 92 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:44,480 You know, we, we met some friends and they love the Lord 93 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:52,680 and so they love the Lord. They believed in the Lord very 94 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:57,240 much. Beautiful people and they wanted 95 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:03,720 to buy a house and they went and saw the house. 96 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:07,360 The house was beautiful and they claimed the house. 97 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,200 They claimed the house and they said yes, this house belongs to 98 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,360 us. And they prayed and they prayed 99 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,640 and, and they said yes, by faith we believe. 100 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:27,440 And and then they went on a holiday and probably after the 101 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:30,800 holiday was the auction and they were now prepared to go for the 102 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,400 auction. But the day before the auction, 103 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,880 they wanted to go see the house and there was a soul board on 104 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:46,800 the House. What I'm getting to you is that 105 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:52,280 you can believe and believe and believe, but there is some 106 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,080 substance to it that you need to apply. 107 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:04,640 You can believe on something, but not having the substance is 108 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:09,200 not going to give you the house. I will talk a little bit more 109 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,800 when I just will come to applying the faith and how we 110 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,280 need to move by it. That we it is important that we 111 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:23,840 need to have the substance. Just blindly applying faith on 112 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:28,520 something is not going to happen unless you have the substance to 113 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:31,520 it. For transformation, we need 114 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:36,240 faith. We cannot see faith because it 115 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:37,960 is spirit. It is a spirit. 116 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,960 To live in the divine nature, we need faith. 117 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:48,560 So the currency of the divine nature is faith, but faith 118 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:53,000 cannot be just applied unless you have the substance. 119 00:08:53,520 --> 00:09:00,080 So to live in the natural we have, you know, we have we we 120 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,360 see and we hear and we have the five senses. 121 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:12,120 But to live in the spiritual is our substance is faith is that's 122 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:16,360 what our currency is faith and that is credited to us and we 123 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:22,400 live by that. So the first thing that I can 124 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:27,640 learn today and can teach you as well is this, when I am 125 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:31,680 transformed by his presence, when I am transformed by his 126 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:37,880 presence, I apply faith by speaking. 127 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:47,440 I apply the faith by speaking. Matthew chapter 12 and verse 34 128 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:52,240 says for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. 129 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,840 So what's the abundant in our heart? 130 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:59,640 The abundance in our heart is the righteousness in US and that 131 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:06,320 righteousness keeps growing as we ponder and read and read the 132 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,680 Word. As we continue to read the word, 133 00:10:08,680 --> 00:10:12,360 what happens is that the Word gets filled in our hearts to 134 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,560 overflow into the soul and the soul. 135 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:21,600 Therefore what happens is the soul is like a lever which 136 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:28,080 guides the word coming out. Its important therefore for us 137 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:33,520 the word. 2 Corinthians chapter 4 and verse 13 says we having 138 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:38,440 the same spirit of faith according as it is written, I 139 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:42,040 believed and therefore have I spoken. 140 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:46,760 We also believe and therefore we speak the Word. 141 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,640 We believe the Word and we speak the word. 142 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:55,400 So it's important that the application of our faith comes 143 00:10:55,400 --> 00:11:00,680 by declaring our faith. The Word says I believed and 144 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:07,240 therefore I spoke. When we believe, we also speak 145 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:16,760 with our mouth. So faith, therefore I think it 146 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,800 needs to be vocalized, isn't it? It's important. 147 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:28,400 So to vocalize it, you need to know what it is all about. 148 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:39,160 So therefore it is important for us to know the word to vocalize 149 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:45,080 the faith. So Peter and John, they said 150 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:49,480 silver and gold have I none. But he said in the name of 151 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:55,160 Jesus, rise up and walk. I'll touch a little bit on that 152 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,080 as we go on. They vocalized it, but there was 153 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:04,240 something which happens before. When I am transformed by His 154 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:12,280 presence, I am moved and apply my faith, I am moved. 155 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:18,880 So when I am transformed by His presence, when I'm transformed, 156 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:25,840 I am moved as something which happens in me and I am able to 157 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:30,920 do. Hebrews Chapter 11 and verse 7 158 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,680 says by faith. Noah being warned by God of the 159 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:41,920 things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared enough to 160 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:48,040 saving of his house by that which he condemned the world and 161 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:51,400 became heir of righteousness which is by faith. 162 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:55,480 So he was moved. There was a movement in his 163 00:12:55,480 --> 00:13:00,360 heart because he believed. I'll give you by an example, 164 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:06,000 which happened in my life maybe about a couple of weeks ago. 165 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,720 No, weren't you? A couple of weeks ago I heard 166 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:14,520 about what was happening in Israel and I just watched the 167 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:16,880 Christian news. I don't watch any other news. 168 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,720 So watch the Christian news. And as I watch the Christian 169 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:29,880 news and there was something which moved in my heart and I 170 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,080 switched it off and then started praying. 171 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:37,840 I, I started weeping and crying because it was a move by God. 172 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,760 There was some movement in my heart. 173 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:44,880 She couldn't believe what was happening because there was some 174 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:49,200 move, because I believed in God and God moved. 175 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,480 So here Nova moved, Nahimaya moved. 176 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,480 Why Nahimaya heard and who caused the movement? 177 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:02,440 God caused the movement for Nahimaya to pray and because he 178 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:05,640 prayed what God moved in the heart of the king to give him 179 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,760 everything to go and build the wall. 180 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:13,240 So there is a movement as we believe because God knows here, 181 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:16,560 here, here is my son whom I can believe and trust. 182 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:19,960 So there is a movement and and through that movement that you 183 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,120 can do things what God has asked for. 184 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:31,160 And when this happens, when I move by faith, we also need to 185 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:35,120 prepare. So when we are moved, we need to 186 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:36,680 prepare, we need to do something. 187 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:40,480 And that's why I'm coming back to what I spoke about earlier 188 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:45,280 about this friend whom we knew was going to purchase a house. 189 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:50,640 So few. So you're moved by faith, but 190 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:55,960 unless you have a deposit, unless you go and I'm I'm sure 191 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,440 Seema knows what to do for an auction, you got to go register. 192 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,960 You got to register and do all kinds of things I believe. 193 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:08,960 And if they are not done, no one will know that you want to 194 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,720 purchase a house. You need to be prepared with the 195 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:17,000 deposit which you need to put in on the day of auction and you 196 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:22,200 need to inform the agent that you are interested in that 197 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,480 house. Just looking at that house and 198 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,600 believing is not going to give you the house. 199 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:35,720 See in all good faith that is called blind faith because you 200 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,080 need to believe. So the substance will allow you 201 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:44,360 to prepare to act on faith. Do you get that? 202 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:49,520 What I am saying, it is important for you and I to know 203 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:59,120 that when I'm transformed by His presence, faith helps me to 204 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:03,280 endure. When I'm transformed by His 205 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:07,400 presence, faith helps me to endure. 206 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:12,800 Hebrews Chapter 11 verses 27 to 28 goes by faith. 207 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:17,760 He left Egypt not fear. In the King's anger he 208 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:22,200 persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 209 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:28,800 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood so 210 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:32,720 that the destroyer of the first born would not trust the first 211 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,160 born of Israel. Beautiful, isn't it? 212 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:40,120 This is awesome. Two things happens here. 213 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:47,120 By faith, he left Egypt. He was brought up in a palace, 214 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:53,720 and what made him run away from the palace? 215 00:16:53,960 --> 00:17:00,000 What made him do the things that he did to kill a Egyptian? 216 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:07,119 What made him do all that? Because of the upbringing, it is 217 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:13,920 important church as to how we bring up our children, how we 218 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:16,800 teach them the statutes of the Lord. 219 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,800 We were, we were on the flight and there was a lady next to us 220 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:32,000 and, and Manju was chatting away and eventually our business is 221 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:37,280 to talk about the Lord. And then Manju brought the topic 222 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:47,480 of the Lord and, and we were talking and eventually we said, 223 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:51,680 we are so and so and, and all that and, and then asked her, 224 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:57,200 are you a Christian? And oh, you know, it came to in 225 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,960 the conversation, it was obvious that we were trying to speak to 226 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:04,360 her about the Lord. And so she said, you know, my 227 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:14,880 grandparents, my grandparents went to church and my parents 228 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:20,880 did not probably. And she does not know the Lord. 229 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:29,040 You know, it is important that we teach our children. 230 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:39,520 New Zealand in 19 sixties 80% or 85% of Kiwis knew the Lord Jesus 231 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:42,600 Christ. Now we have maybe 10 percent, 232 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:50,640 15% who know Jesus unless we teach our children, unless we 233 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,720 speak to them and speak about the Lord. 234 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:59,640 You know, we are not doing what God has called us to do. 235 00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:07,040 So here Moses therefore knew that his purpose, that there was 236 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:14,920 a purpose behind, he believed. And Moses did go run away from 237 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:22,000 Egypt because he believed. And Moses, because he believed 238 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,960 he applied the blood on the doppos. 239 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:30,240 Just imagine believing and trusting the Lord to say yes, 240 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:35,240 not seen but believed in the Lord to say if I apply the 241 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:43,120 blood, then you know the Angel of death will pass through. 242 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:48,240 Two things that we can learn here is this 1. 243 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:54,760 He knew the Lord. He had a close communication 244 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:58,760 with the Lord too. Because he knew the Lord, he was 245 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:03,440 able to hear exactly what the Lord was saying to him. 246 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,880 And that is what is to us for us to hear. 247 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:11,320 The Lord is the Word, and because we know the word that we 248 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:15,480 can apply the word, therefore that He applied the blood to 249 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:20,280 say, yes, the first born of Israel will be saved. 250 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:24,920 It was not a blind faith. It was knowing the Lord and 251 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,880 applying it because He knew the word. 252 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,480 Pages are not moving because of the cold. 253 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:48,080 I think when I'm transformed by His presence, fate helps me to 254 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:53,000 adhere. Faith helps me to adhere. 255 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,320 Hebrews Chapter 11 verses 8 and 9 goes like this. 256 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:02,640 By faith Abraham and called to go to a place he would later 257 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:08,040 receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went even though he 258 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:12,680 did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the 259 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:16,400 promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. 260 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:21,040 He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were hears with 261 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:29,960 him of the same promise. You know, obedience is something 262 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:34,600 which is very important for our walk with the Father. 263 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,320 When the Lord calls us to do something. 264 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:44,520 We need therefore to obey and to walk in the way that God has 265 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:49,240 called us. If we do not obey by faith, we 266 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:54,400 cannot move forward. Everything mentioned above will 267 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:59,880 happen if you truly obey and walk as God has called us to do. 268 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:04,640 Manju and I, when we were called to come to New Zealand 25 years 269 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:11,160 ago, there was a prophecy by a man and he said God is going to 270 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,240 take you into a country with four stars on the flag. 271 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:19,800 The man did not know about New Zealand, He never knew, but he 272 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,080 said it's volcanic and he said it there are two islands and so 273 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:28,560 on and so forth. 1997, we had our permanent residency, 274 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,280 residency, but we procrastinated. 275 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:37,880 Procrastinated until such time we came here in 1999 and you 276 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:44,920 know, and then and then we wanted to postpone our coming 277 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:49,680 and I went to the immigration and and and the immigration and 278 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:53,520 she said, I still remember this. He said many are wanting to come 279 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,400 into New Zealand. Why are you just going up and 280 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:01,040 down and if you don't come by this time, we will cancel your 281 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,800 visa and you will not able to come to New Zealand. 282 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,480 And then we quickly packed our bags within two months, sold 283 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:13,040 everything and we were here in 2001. 284 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:18,000 Now what I'm saying is this, I was disobedient to what God had 285 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,400 called me until such time. God just forced us out to say 286 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:28,040 yes, I want you there. We should have moved in 1997, 287 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:33,240 but it took us such a long time to move because we were 288 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:39,640 disobedient. God wants us to obey. 289 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:45,480 God wants us to obey His Word. If you know His Word, you will 290 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:51,440 obey His Word. How does then transformation 291 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:56,000 happen? At the beginning of the message 292 00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:01,040 I said we need to have faith and also know the Word. 293 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,720 This would be the confirmation, I said, But there's much more, 294 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,520 something a little more than that, that we need to know. 295 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:18,160 If you look at 2 Peter chapter 1 verses 3 to 10, it gives us an 296 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:24,200 insight to the foundation. What we need to have the 297 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:30,520 foundation of faith. The Word says is divine power 298 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:34,600 has given us everything we need to a godly life through the 299 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:40,640 knowledge of Him. So the divine power of God comes 300 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:47,280 upon us. If we truly know Him, that's 301 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:51,880 when the power can come upon us. There are two things which 302 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,880 happens in our lives. One, when we know Him, that we 303 00:24:55,880 --> 00:25:01,880 have the authority of Him because we are His sons and 304 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,360 daughters. We have the authority, and with 305 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:07,120 that authority that we can do all things. 306 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:12,520 And if we continue to know the word, then with that authority 307 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:17,080 we have that power as well. And that's when faith can move 308 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,120 through the substance which is in US. 309 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:27,360 And the word goes on to say, who called us by his own glory and 310 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:31,120 goodness. Through this he has given us his 311 00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:38,400 very great precious promises. So because of we come in to know 312 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,320 Him, what has He given us? He has given us great promises, 313 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:46,720 and the promises are the Word. The promises are in us. 314 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,840 Through the Word. He has given us His divine 315 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:54,320 precious promises, so that through them, through the 316 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:58,760 promises, that's when we can live in the divine nature. 317 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:04,560 Do we get that? So living in this world is 318 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,240 different to living in the divine nature. 319 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,640 It is different. We do not seek for things of 320 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:15,000 this world, but we seek for things of Him of the divine 321 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:19,720 nature, which gives us satisfaction, joy and peace. 322 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:25,200 The world just gives us pleasure, which will just last 323 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:31,440 for a moment. How many times see you can buy a 324 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:38,120 purchase a beautiful car and you we would have spent 50,070 325 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:43,720 thousand 100,000 and the car looks so good and and you drive 326 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,480 it and OK the first day is nice. And when you park it, you go and 327 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,440 take it, park it in a corner where no one will, you know, 328 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,840 bend the door, you know, so the car won't get stretched And, and 329 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,960 you do all that you see, you do that. 330 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,880 And and then weeks pass by and months pass by and, or when it 331 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:03,760 rains, you park the car inside the house. 332 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:12,080 The car shouldn't get wet and you know, but after some time 333 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,960 there is no joy. You know, it's another car. 334 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:20,160 It's another car in the carpets get dirty and then you know that 335 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:26,440 that pleasure goes out. But transformation, living in 336 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:31,040 the divine nature, you know there is continuous joy in your 337 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:37,400 heart. It can never wither and that's 338 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,800 the difference. So if you want to spend 339 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,720 everything and that pleasure only for a moment, yes, you can 340 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,760 do that. But if you invest in the 341 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:54,000 promises of God, spending time with the world, then there's 342 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,520 continuous joy. Isn't it two things? 343 00:27:57,120 --> 00:28:02,880 You can spend time with the world, and that joy won't last 344 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,880 all the time, but spending time with the world will give you 345 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,120 more joy. Isn't it beautiful? 346 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,960 So having escaped the corruption of the world caused by evil 347 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:20,360 desires, so the word gives us the strength to escape the evil 348 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:23,400 desires. I'm coming to the bottom line. 349 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,440 I'm just going to land. The plane is almost there just 350 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,000 to you can see the runway now we're just about to land. 351 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:37,120 So for this very reason, make every effort to add to your 352 00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:39,760 faith. This is where I'm coming to. 353 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:44,800 So to add to this substance of foundation, OK, that's what I'm 354 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,280 calling. That's not blind faith, OK, To 355 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:51,560 faith you need to add these promises which God has given 356 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,120 you. What are these promises? 357 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,920 That is your goodness and, and to goodness, knowledge and to 358 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,880 knowledge, self-control and self-control, perseverance and 359 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,040 perseverance and godliness and brotherly kindness and love and 360 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:08,040 all this purity, all in increasing measure, so that you 361 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:12,520 will not be ineffective or unproductive in the knowledge of 362 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,240 God. So that when a person who is 363 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:22,280 driving a 30 kilometer speed in a 60 kilometer, 60 kilometer, I 364 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:28,760 see some smiles, yes, we go and somebody you want to get to the 365 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,840 airport on time, you're running late. 366 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:36,200 And there is the 60 kilometre speed limit and there is a 367 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:41,640 person driving at 30 kilometres. Oh God, where is my self-control 368 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:45,400 and patience? It has gone through the window. 369 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:55,880 It happens to me as well. These promises have to be 370 00:29:56,720 --> 00:30:00,480 planted with faith. You add knowledge and 371 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,280 self-control and patience and godliness and brotherly kindness 372 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:09,160 and love. And that's why the Lord said, if 373 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:13,160 a person beats you on one shake, give the other as well. 374 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:19,280 Don't sit on offenses and talk about the offenses that this man 375 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,600 said this and that man said this, and he is this and that 376 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:27,600 and so on and so forth. No Live by the promises of God. 377 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:33,880 So foundation alone is not enough. 378 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:39,760 Transformation happens when we use the right material to build 379 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:43,680 a house. The foundation is of faith in 380 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:47,000 Jesus, which we will draw as close to God. 381 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:54,720 So transformation happens just like Jesus said, he said there 382 00:30:54,720 --> 00:31:00,560 are two people who built the house in Matthew 7 and verses 24 383 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:04,200 and 27. He said, therefore everyone who 384 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:09,240 hears his words of mine hears his words, words what hears the 385 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:14,000 words, his word of mine and puts them into practice is like a 386 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,560 wise man who built his house on the rock. 387 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:21,200 So you hear the word, you listen to the word and apply the word 388 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:25,040 into your lives. You apply the promises. 389 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,360 And that's why when you apply, you apply the faith through 390 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:33,600 apply it in your lives. Then the rain will come, the 391 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:37,280 streams will rise, and the winds will blow, and we will beat 392 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:42,880 against the house, and it will never fall because it is founded 393 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:47,320 on Jesus. But everyone who hears these 394 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:51,600 words, you can hear these words and go out and say, oh, it's 395 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:57,040 another Sunday, let's go. Have do what we desire to do in 396 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:01,080 pleasure. But everyone who hears his words 397 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:04,800 of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish 398 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:09,200 man who built his house on sand. The rain came down and the 399 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:15,080 streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against the house and 400 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:23,760 hit a big crash. So what we are trying to do this 401 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:28,560 morning is this. So what does it mean to build a 402 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:35,240 house on the sand? Building a house on the sand 403 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:39,880 would be a form of godliness, I would think. 404 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:43,720 You know, you're fooling everyone to say I'm a godly 405 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:45,480 person. I know the word, I know the 406 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,640 promises. And you know, but Huma, you're 407 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,360 fooling. You're fooling yourself. 408 00:32:51,400 --> 00:33:02,200 A form of godliness, the so OK just a minute of prayer because 409 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:06,640 I know I need to pray. So let let me just pray you know 410 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:11,560 for a minute. The Bible is another reader. 411 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,800 Bible is another reader just another reader. 412 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:23,720 Bible is just another book. If the author does not reveal 413 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:29,680 the word to you, it's just another, another comic or 414 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:34,840 whatever, but the word, the author should speak to you. 415 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:40,280 When you read the word, then that's when the transformation 416 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:44,680 happens. When you open the book you 417 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:48,400 desire because the author, there is somebody speaking to you from 418 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:52,440 the word, That's the author. In no other book you'll get that 419 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:57,360 other just because another reader it's important church. 420 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:05,720 So for a man or a woman who builds the house is like a man 421 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:12,440 who does not fear God. We move with the crowd but are 422 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:16,360 seen in church. We like to be seen with the in 423 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,040 crowd who does does everything wrong. 424 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:25,239 But yes, I like to be seen on in church on Sunday as well. 425 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:32,120 A life of compromise, holding on to grudges and and no 426 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:37,920 forgiveness. Love a love, a life of pity. 427 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:42,400 Party about yourself. OK thinking about yourself. 428 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:46,360 Yes. Did this happened to me and that 429 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,840 happened to me and everyone pointing everything towards you 430 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:59,920 and enjoys gossip. This I would say is building the 431 00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:05,520 house on the sand. The house on the rock is of 432 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:11,160 faith with God's love and promises being built on having 433 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:14,440 patience and kindness and gentleness and self-control, 434 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,200 purity all in increasing measure. 435 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:24,240 Church, I brought you a message from my heart. 436 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:32,840 It speaks to me first when I bring this message, it speaks to 437 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,440 me that I need to be transformed. 438 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:41,400 I truly need to be transformed. That I need to live a life, a 439 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:46,120 holy life separated for Him with the promises that He has given 440 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:51,240 me and given you. Today would be a day for you to 441 00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:55,760 say, Lord, help me to know the promises that you have given me, 442 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,560 that you have given me that faith. 443 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:01,720 And Lord, to the faith I want to add goodness and knowledge and 444 00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:05,720 self-control and patience and godliness and brotherly kindness 445 00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:08,040 and love and purity and holiness. 446 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:11,880 Lord, I want to add this, oh God, so that this will be in 447 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:16,040 increasing measure in me. God, that's what I desire to do. 448 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,080 Would you do that in my life, God? 449 00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:19,720 And that would be be your answer. 450 00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:21,920 Would that be your answer today, this morning? 451 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,040 If that is so, would you stand up? 452 00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,440 Would you stand up? Would you stand up this morning 453 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:31,000 and say, Lord, I want to live by the promises that you have given 454 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:36,560 me, God, Lord, I find it very hard to live sometimes, oh God. 455 00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:40,800 But today I say, Lord, I want to walk in these promises so that 456 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:45,600 these promises will be embedded in me, God, and will flow out, 457 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:49,560 Godfather, embedded in me. That's what I desire, Lord. 458 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:53,160 Would you say that today, this morning and say, Lord, fill me, 459 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:58,280 Fill me to overflow. I desire you. 460 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:03,720 I desire you that my house will be built on the rock and the 461 00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:08,920 rock the foundation of Jesus. Oh God, that I will be an 462 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:13,280 influence when people see me that they will see see me and 463 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:17,360 they can see the fruit in me and that they will be decide to have 464 00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:20,720 the fruit that you have when they see you. 465 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:25,640 Would you be that when you walk out of this place, when you go 466 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,040 anywhere, would they see the fruit in you? 467 00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:32,320 And would they come to you and say, you know, I see something 468 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,240 different in you? Why? 469 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:40,240 Because you know there is that beauty in you, that joy in you 470 00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:42,440 that you want to pass on to others. 471 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,920 Let me pray for you, Lord. We thank you, God. 472 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:50,880 We want to praise you. We want to worship you. 473 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,880 We want to honor you. We want to exalt you. 474 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,840 We want to glorify you because you are God, because you're 475 00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:59,920 mighty, because you're victorious. 476 00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:05,160 God, everyone of them, Father, oh God, including me, we are all 477 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:08,920 standing, Godfather, today, oh God, because we want to make a 478 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:13,200 declaration to you, Father, a declaration to you that we want 479 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:17,040 to stand on your promises. We want to stand on your faith 480 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,800 of God, to build a house on the rock. 481 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:24,280 Oh God, I want to build my house on the rock, Godfather, on your 482 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:28,960 word, on your promises, so that, Lord, out of my heart will flow 483 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:33,520 your word into the soul, God, Jesus, so that my heart will 484 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:38,000 pump out, Oh God, your word. Wherever we go, Father, we pray, 485 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,000 Lord, as a church we declare today. 486 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:46,280 We declare decree today, God in your name, Jesus, that that we 487 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,600 will walk in your promises, that our house will be built on the 488 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:54,960 rock, that you will be glorified God and all said Amen. 489 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:01,040 Thanks for joining us at Omega. 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