1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,560 Hi, this is Dave Olson. I'm the senior leader of 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:04,600 Heartland Church located in Ankeny, IA. 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:08,039 I hope the following message challenges, encourages, and 4 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,160 ultimately changes you. Thanks for joining us. 5 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:13,200 Let's get into the word real quick here. 6 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,000 We got 1/2 hour and we're going to pray that God will make the 7 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,080 sun stand still like He did for Joshua. 8 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,080 Turn with me to revelate. I'm not revelation. 9 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,200 Where am I? Hebrews Hebrews 12 Hebrews 12 10 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:33,800 verse 18 we are looking at we've been, we've been looking at 11 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,680 Revelation 3-4 and five. The Book of Revelation is 12 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,440 apocalyptic literature. There's a long tradition of 13 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,240 Hebrew literature known as apocalyptic literature. 14 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:49,520 It is records of people's encounters, these prophetic 15 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:51,760 encounters, whether dreams or visions. 16 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:57,760 And so just like Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Isaiah, John was taken 17 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,840 up into this encounter and he recorded it for you and I. 18 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,480 And so we've been looking at that in chapter 5, John is 19 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,520 pulled into the throne room. It's the epicenter, the 20 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,040 governmental seat of the universe, and he's allowed 21 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,840 access to the throne. And to be an influence on the 22 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:19,720 throne, this is heavy, man. We need to realize that God 23 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,280 wants your influence. He wants your voice. 24 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:28,160 And so there's this, this encounter that John has and 25 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:33,880 John's tears actually result in the the scroll being open in 26 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,080 God's operation being released on the earth. 27 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,480 And so they were singing, we sang the song this morning. 28 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:45,120 Is anyone worthy? I believe that that that song is 29 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,400 the anthem of the hour. I really do. 30 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,440 It's the anthem of this house for this hour. 31 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:51,360 And I believe it's it's wider than that. 32 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,600 It's a fairly new song. And the reason it was written is 33 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:59,080 because it's the now of God. God wants to teach his people to 34 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:04,360 ascend the hill of the Lord. And so John is in Revelation 5 35 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,800 and he looks and the the the one who sits on the throne has a 36 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:13,880 scroll with 7 seals and he recognizes the importance of 37 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,880 this thing. It is the answer to what is 38 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:20,280 happening on the earth. It's what God wants to release, 39 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,920 to turn things around. It's the judgments of God, but 40 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:27,360 it's the judgments of God against the opposition to his 41 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,320 purposes. For the believer, the judgments 42 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:35,200 of God are good things. Proverbs says the judgments of 43 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,440 God are pure, so God longs to release them. 44 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:41,440 But there was no one found worthy. 45 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:46,640 And John began to weep, and his tears released something. 46 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,120 It was then that the lamb stepped forward. 47 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,600 The elder stepped up and said, Hey, don't worry, the lion of 48 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,680 the tribe of Judah hath triumphed. 49 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,600 And when he said that he looks and the crowd parts and in 50 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,640 rather than a lion, he saw a lamb as though it had been 51 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:03,800 slain. And it was the lamb that was 52 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,360 able. But it was his tears that 53 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:09,840 activated that. God, you have a role to play in 54 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,160 God's government on the earth. And I know a lot of people act 55 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:14,600 like God's just going to do things. 56 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:19,440 And we sat idly by and watch as as though we're just spectators, 57 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,760 but we're not. We are participants. 58 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,080 That same passage, we were just singing it this morning. 59 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:30,120 It said he has made us a we have made us kings, kings and priests 60 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,800 to our God. It's all in that passage. 61 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,200 In other words, we are priests, we are go betweens before God. 62 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,760 We represent man and before man we represent God. 63 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:45,040 That is our role. We we are to be possessed by our 64 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:50,160 Creator and therefore be able to represent Him properly, but 65 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,520 before God. We represent humanity in 66 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,640 intercession, but we're also kings. 67 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,600 We bear authority to see things happen on the earth. 68 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:05,080 God delegated the earth to man, and he will not govern without 69 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:06,720 you. It's not that he can, it's he 70 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,680 won't. He will not violate the system 71 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,440 he himself created. God delegated the earth to man, 72 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,560 and he's looking to you to invite his intervention. 73 00:04:16,959 --> 00:04:19,880 The theology of prayer can be summed up in this short 74 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,320 sentence. Divine intervention only by 75 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,680 human invitation. And that human invitation isn't 76 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:29,400 is called prayer, it's called intercession. 77 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,920 We invite him. And so it's not a coincidence 78 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,000 that that begins to happen in the midst of a prayer meeting 79 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,760 around, I mean, a praise, a worship set around the throne. 80 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,680 And so we've been talking about this last week, we talked about 81 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,720 how God has made us spirit, soul and body. 82 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:51,560 We are out of all creation. Mankind are the only ones who 83 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,200 have the equipment to deal in the spiritual realm and in the 84 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:59,880 physical realm simultaneously, we have a body. 85 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,240 But as born again believers, we also have a born again spirit. 86 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,200 God has imparted life to our human spirit. 87 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,160 That's what being born again means. 88 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,720 Our spirit came back to life. God created us with a spirit to 89 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,000 commune with him. It died in the fall when when 90 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,720 God warned Adam and Eve, he said to the day you eat of it, you 91 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:24,120 shall surely die. Their spiritual death was an 92 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,560 event and their physical death is a process. 93 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,960 And the older I get, the more I realize that's still at play 94 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:34,880 here. But in through the born again 95 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,080 experience, God energizes our spirit. 96 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:42,560 He weds himself to our spirit. First Corinthians 6 says he who 97 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,120 has joined himself to the Spirit has become one with them in 98 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,160 spirit. The Spirit of God lives within 99 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:52,000 you as a believer. But he's not just residing until 100 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:56,240 we get there. He wants to be active and so we 101 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,440 talked about how we need to grow up in the faith. 102 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,800 We're not merely born ones. The Greek word is Tecnon. 103 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,920 We are children of God. Tecnon born ones, but we're in 104 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,600 the process of becoming sons of God. 105 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,320 It's an entirely different Greek word and an entirely different 106 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,280 meaning. It means mature ones who have 107 00:06:16,280 --> 00:06:20,800 been released authority to use the household name and, and, and 108 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,520 operate in the marketplace. And so you and I are called 109 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,840 Jesus didn't say go into all the world and make converts. 110 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:32,840 He said go into all the world and make disciples, grow them up 111 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,440 so they can represent the Father. 112 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,560 And so all of this is very, very important. 113 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:41,560 So I want to continue in this vein. 114 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,520 We're we'll probably swing back around and get into Revelation a 115 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,200 little later, but I want to continue in this vein from a 116 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,720 little different angle. We were talking last week about 117 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,440 developing our spiritual senses. And I know I'm at risk of 118 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,800 sounding really mystical up here when I talk like that, but this 119 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,560 is in the Bible. We've got to preach what the 120 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,880 Bible says. The danger is we talked last 121 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:08,040 week about Jacob, Remember where Jacob goes to a place called 122 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,360 Zlaz. He has a dream, he wakes up and 123 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,160 the first thing out of his mouth was this. 124 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:13,920 God was here and I didn't know it. 125 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,040 You know, that is the tragic state of many a believer. 126 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:25,400 They're walking around totally unaware of the spiritual reality 127 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,800 that surrounds them. They don't know their 128 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,680 inheritance. They don't know what's going on 129 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,080 around them. They are only locked into the 130 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,440 physical realm. And so all they can do is tinker 131 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:39,160 with earthbound realities when in actuality, God has given them 132 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:42,800 the equipment to move things in the spiritual realm that will 133 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,440 show up in the physical realm. And so we need to have our eyes 134 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,320 opened. We need to say, God, open my 135 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,040 spiritual eyes, open my spiritual ears. 136 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:55,240 Scripture talks about our spiritual eyesight being opened, 137 00:07:55,960 --> 00:08:01,360 tuning our ear to hear. So we have spiritual senses that 138 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,920 need to be activated because there are things going on around 139 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,280 us we need to be aware of. It's like during worship, 140 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,520 something opened up and all of a sudden it was ripe. 141 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,040 God was calling people to himself. 142 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,680 But did you notice Jesus didn't show up and say, come to the 143 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:22,360 altar and get saved? He has to work through people. 144 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,800 And the only way we can cooperate if we can hear and see 145 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,720 and cooperate with him. And that's not just for pastors, 146 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,520 that's for all of us. We're a Kingdom of priests, 147 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,280 every one of us. It's not that there's these, 148 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,200 these few that are on the payroll of heaven and then the 149 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,400 rest are spectators. No, we're all called to 150 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:45,600 ministry. We're all called to operate in 151 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,840 the spirit, to be spiritual men and women of God. 152 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,360 And so the, the, the God does call apostles, prophets, 153 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,840 advanders, pastors and teachers, but they are called to train 154 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:59,120 others for the work of ministry. They're not the, they're not the 155 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,320 ministers. We think of those five people, 156 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,600 those five offices as ministry offices. 157 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,800 They're not, they're equipping offices. 158 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,680 What we do with what they tell us is ministry. 159 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:12,720 This isn't ministry this morning. 160 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,920 This is equipping. What you do with it tomorrow is 161 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,280 ministry. So let's do ministry. 162 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:23,320 But we've got to be awakened spiritually to understand. 163 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,280 And so I want us to jump into Hebrews chapter 12. 164 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:28,680 Look at what it says. Verse 18. 165 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,920 So all through. Well, let's look, let's read. 166 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,240 For you have not come to what may be touched. 167 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:40,920 A blazing fire and darkness and gloom, and a Tempest, and a 168 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:45,760 sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg 169 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:49,040 that no further messages be spoken to them, for they could 170 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,240 not endure the order that was given. 171 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,400 If even a beast touched the mountain, it shall be stoned. 172 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:59,320 Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, I tremble 173 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,760 with fear, verse 22 But you have come to Mount Zion. 174 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,240 Pause right there. So what the writer is doing is 175 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:12,720 he's juxtaposing these two mountains in Scripture. 176 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,160 There was Mount Sinai and it's a clear, it's clear that that's 177 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:17,640 what the writer is talking about. 178 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:21,080 Mount Sinai was a place, it was called the mountain of God, and 179 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:22,640 they encountered God at the mountain. 180 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:26,440 And this is not an uncommon thing in the ancient world. 181 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:30,160 In the Old Testament, mountains were looked at as the meeting 182 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,880 places between heaven and earth. Literally, they were the high 183 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,680 places and people would climb the mountain and they would 184 00:10:35,680 --> 00:10:38,400 disappear into the clouds. They're going up into the 185 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,240 heavenly places. They're going to encounter God, 186 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:44,840 and God would operate like that. You had Moses on Mount Sinai, 187 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,920 You had Elijah on Mount Horeb, which some scholars believe it's 188 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:52,280 another name for Mount Sinai. You had Moses, I mean Abraham on 189 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,160 Mount Moriah. It's a common theme through 190 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,560 Scripture, but there's one mountain that supersedes them 191 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:04,440 all, and it is Mount Zion. And So what the writer of 192 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:08,600 Hebrews tells us is we're not coming to Mount Sinai where we 193 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,480 get the law. And there's cloud descended and 194 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:15,080 peals of Thunder broke through and they heard a voice and it's 195 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:16,560 shaking. And they had to, they had to 196 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:18,960 cordon it off and said, if anybody even touches it, you 197 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,200 will die. And the people were terrified. 198 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:25,320 Moses was terrified. And so the people said, hey, MO, 199 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,800 this is too heavy. Tell you what, How about you go 200 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,320 up, hear what God says, and you come down and give it to a 201 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:38,560 second hand, never realizing what a tragic forfeiture of what 202 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:42,000 God intended. That was that they said we want 203 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:47,200 to get things second hand. God never intended for man to 204 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,560 get things second hand. He wants to put, he wants a 205 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:55,280 Kingdom of priests, not just one priest, but a whole Kingdom of 206 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,880 priests that are his representatives to be sent into 207 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:01,640 the world. So the writer of Hebrews 208 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:05,000 juxtaposes to say that's not what we're called to, but you 209 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:09,000 are called to Mount Zion. Now notice in the first verse, 210 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,720 in verse 12, he said it's not something that can be touched. 211 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,920 He said we're not called to this physical reality, this mountain, 212 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:18,240 but we're called to something greater. 213 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,320 It's Mount Zion. So what is Mount Zion? 214 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:27,240 It's both a physical reality in the Old Testament that is pulled 215 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:31,560 on into the New Testament to describe your and my experience. 216 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:36,800 So what is Mount Zion? Mount Zion was the mountain that 217 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:42,120 David conquered. It was originally, Yeah. 218 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,320 Salem and Melchizedek ruled from there. 219 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:49,800 Then it became Jabis, A stronghold for the Jebusites. 220 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,640 And then David went in and he grabbed that thing from the 221 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,360 Jebusites. It's a crazy story. 222 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:56,560 I wish we had time to get into it. 223 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,440 But David said what? This is the way we're going to 224 00:12:58,440 --> 00:12:59,440 take it. We're going to go up through the 225 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,880 water shaft. Look it up online. 226 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:08,440 These dudes were crazy. They dove into a pool, swam down 227 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,480 the, I mean, they didn't have scuba gear. 228 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:12,960 They're it's dark, man. They're just going to swim their 229 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:15,880 way through the rocks and hopefully they can fit and they 230 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:19,600 come up and then they've got to climb up this well shaft and 231 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,600 they're in the city and the Jebusites were laughing at them. 232 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:26,800 The blind and lame could defend this city, they said to David. 233 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,760 And David told his boys, the one who gets goes up the water 234 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:34,240 shaft, you're made commander. So I believe it was Abner jumps 235 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:36,600 in and he goes, I mean, look it up online. 236 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:40,200 This is absolutely crazy. And not to mention that once, 237 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,880 once you get through the the tube, if you will, and you made 238 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:48,000 it, that gives me, I get claustrophobic just thinking 239 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,720 about it. And then he gets out and he's at 240 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:52,480 the bottom of this. Well, now he's got to climb up 241 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,400 the sides hoping that someone doesn't come and dip a bucket 242 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:57,000 and see you. I mean, you're pretty 243 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,160 vulnerable. You're dead. 244 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,600 And they take the city that way and it becomes the stronghold of 245 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,440 David. So Mount Zion. 246 00:14:05,680 --> 00:14:10,040 And it says that Mount Zion is the envy of all the other 247 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,120 mountains. Now I think I mentioned this 248 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:13,760 recently. I went to Israel a couple years 249 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:17,120 ago and I remember seeing Mount Zion. 250 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,880 I, I've read about it. I was so fascinated by it. 251 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,120 I've, I've been just really ministered to by this motif of 252 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:26,640 Mount Zion. And then I saw it and I had an 253 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,360 internal conversation with the Lord. 254 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:33,040 I said, Lord, with all due respect, not saying you were 255 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:37,040 dishonest, but calling this the envy and even calling it a 256 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,640 mountain is pretty generous description. 257 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,000 It's like a little Knoll. It's it's not. 258 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,720 I mean, we have bigger mountains in Iowa and we don't we're not 259 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:53,400 known for our mountains. OK, So the only conclusion I can 260 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:59,680 come to Lord is that God doesn't have the same metrics he 261 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:07,440 measures by. And the psalmist would say all 262 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,280 the mountains. Remember what mountains meant. 263 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,040 Mountains were meeting places between heaven and earth. 264 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,120 There were places where men would go, and this is all over 265 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,680 the world. Men would go to mountains to 266 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:26,440 encounter the gods. And David says Zion is the envy 267 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,200 of every mountain. And you look at it, it's not the 268 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:34,120 physical structure that should encourage us because God has a 269 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,760 different metric by which he measures things. 270 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,560 It's not the size, it's the impact. 271 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:44,600 And that became what we see in Revelation 5. 272 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:48,680 The epicenter of rule of the universe was actually Mount Zion 273 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:52,600 on Earth. And now when you and I come into 274 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:55,760 God's presence, we are coming to Mount Zion. 275 00:15:55,760 --> 00:16:00,200 It is, in actuality, David. And so here's a question I have 276 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:02,280 for you. I don't have time to answer it. 277 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,400 I'm just teasing you with it and you have to come back next week. 278 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:13,080 But what was it about David that recognized, perceived what God 279 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:17,440 wanted to do there? Why was David so fascinated with 280 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:25,960 Jabis, the Jebusite Center? David perceived something and 281 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:30,080 established something that you and I are stepping into, so much 282 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:34,400 so that Scripture actually says the throne from which King Jesus 283 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,360 rules from is the throne of David. 284 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:41,640 That blows my mind. It's a problem with these mics. 285 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,600 You can't do a mic drop. You'd have to fall over. 286 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,440 And I don't want to do that. But seriously, think about this. 287 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:53,600 This is an amazing thing that the God of the universe said 288 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:58,040 I've I'm so affectionate towards a human man that I'm going to 289 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:01,960 say the seat he used to sit on. I'm going to still call it that 290 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:08,160 when I sit on it. It's the throne of David, the 291 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:13,599 ability for man to touch the heart of God and for God his his 292 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:16,240 desire for relationship that he would connect himself. 293 00:17:16,319 --> 00:17:18,880 And then you look at David's history, you might think God, 294 00:17:19,079 --> 00:17:21,560 you know, Are you sure you want to be connected? 295 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:25,079 Yes, he was a man after God's heart. 296 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:29,120 It's an amazing thing. So the writer of Hebrews 297 00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:34,440 juxtaposes over against Sinai, where you came and there was 298 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,120 judgement and fire and Thunder and they were terrified and 299 00:17:37,120 --> 00:17:38,520 said, hey, let's get a go between. 300 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,800 He said, you and I don't come to that. 301 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:46,160 We have come to Mount Zion. What in the world does that 302 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,880 mean? Well, listen, he describes it. 303 00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:53,360 He describes this dynamic that you and I are stepping into. 304 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,320 Look at verse 22. You have come to Mount Zion and 305 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,880 to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. 306 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,320 Now again he says this one can't be touched. 307 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:07,160 It's a spiritual reality that we're stepping into the heavenly 308 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,520 Jerusalem. And I love this two innumerable 309 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:15,720 angels and festal gathering. I'm not even exactly sure what 310 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,480 that means, but it sounds fun, doesn't it? 311 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:23,000 Festal gathering. See, the tragedy is that a lot, 312 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,680 there are a lot of believers who have never developed their 313 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,720 spiritual senses. They're born again, but they're 314 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,320 a carnal Christian. They're they operate simply out 315 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,280 of their own desire, their human desires. 316 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,000 They're still left a prisoner of what their body wants. 317 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:38,880 Oh, I'm hungry, I'm going to eat. 318 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:40,840 I want, I want this, I want that. 319 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:44,120 We just follow that and God wants to grow us up out of this. 320 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:49,760 Infancy Paul calls in First Corinthians 3 and move into 321 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:55,200 adolescence and then adulthood and adulthood is being spiritual 322 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,280 men and women. And what is hottest, Paul 323 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:01,000 defying that in Romans 8. They who are led by the Spirit, 324 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,840 they are the sons of God. They're the mature ones. 325 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,320 They're the ones that God releases the authority to 326 00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:14,640 operate out of the family name. God's invited us into sonship. 327 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:23,400 We're born children, but we grow into being sons, and sons have 328 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:27,840 developed their spiritual perception so they realize 329 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:32,400 what's going on in the room and what the writer is telling us. 330 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,000 When we go into worship together, will we gather as the 331 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,040 church? We're not just tinkering with 332 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:43,280 earthbound realities. It's not reduced to the good mix 333 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,200 in the back. Sorry, Josh, it's not. 334 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,160 It's not reduced to that or to how good the guitarist was. 335 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,480 Well, you know, it helps, so we thank you. 336 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,480 It's not reduced to the preaching of the word. 337 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:58,280 Hallelujah, it's there is a reality we come into and he says 338 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:02,120 it right here and and what the reason I I, I'm, I'm keep 339 00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:06,400 pushing on this these last number of weeks is we need to 340 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,880 get our minds around this. We need to renew our minds 341 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,360 because God wants us to do business for heaven. 342 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,160 When we come into this environment and we're 343 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:20,280 worshipping, there are moments where we can move things in the 344 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,200 earth. We can begin to appeal to heaven 345 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:26,120 and cry out to God, get marching orders that we walk out during 346 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:28,360 the week. But if we reduce this to oh, I 347 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:31,080 like that song makes me want to dance a little. 348 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,120 Oh, I hope, I hope he tells a good joke when he preaches and 349 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,160 it's not about it. We're we're stepping into a 350 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,240 spiritual reality. We need to discern what's going 351 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,080 on. So what does he say? 352 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:48,400 He says. But you have come to Mount Zion, 353 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,800 to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to 354 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,440 innumerable angels and festo gathering, to the assembly of 355 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:58,320 the first born who enrolled in heaven, into the God and to God 356 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,840 the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made 357 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:03,560 perfect. That's Speaking of the great 358 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:07,040 cloud of witnesses, those who have already gone before us. 359 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:09,680 We enter into the praise of heaven. 360 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,320 Heaven's not just sitting idly by thinking, I hope they do that 361 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,040 one again. They're already in worship. 362 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,080 We're stepping in. We're merging heaven and earth. 363 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,280 And to Jesus the mediator, renew covenant, the sprinkle blood, 364 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:24,720 that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. 365 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,920 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. 366 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,000 For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them 367 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:36,000 on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who 368 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,160 warns from heaven. That's what I was feeling in 369 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:43,720 worship this morning. It's a serious thing to be 370 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:48,000 confronted by God. Here's my point. 371 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:53,240 When we gather, there is a dynamic that we enter into and 372 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,960 what God is doing is we He's inviting us to ascend the hill 373 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:00,080 of the Lord. We come to Mount Zion. 374 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:06,480 Mount Zion was the governmental seat from which David ruled all 375 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,440 his region. You know, when David conquered 376 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:13,200 Jerusalem, Jabis, you know how big it was. 377 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:18,400 I was shocked. It was 11 1/2 acre little walled 378 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,160 city. I think we got more land than 379 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:24,840 that here, 11 1/2 acres. Man, I thought it was this 380 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:31,560 glorious Kingdom and it was in the spirit, but it was pretty ho 381 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:35,880 hum from an earthly perspective. Now David extended that and he 382 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:41,200 really extended the rule of Israel under his reign, but 383 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:47,040 Jesus still rules from Mount Zion and He's inviting us into 384 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:51,160 this process. God wants you to exercise your 385 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,080 authority. He wants you to ask. 386 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:58,440 Ask of me, and I will give the nation's as an inheritance to 387 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,640 you. We got our missionaries here 388 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:04,480 this morning. Ask of me and I will give 389 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:08,760 Columbia to you. Ask of me and I will give the 390 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:12,120 Sudan to you as a gift. I will give Greece to you as a 391 00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:13,680 gift. Ask of me. 392 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:18,040 Do we really believe that that is that is the result of 393 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:20,960 sonship? You look in that passage these 394 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,640 things God wants to bring us higher. 395 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,880 Give us a grid work so we can understand what goes on. 396 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:32,240 Amen. And in worship the Lord, there 397 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,720 are times where God will drop something in your heart and you 398 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,440 will go into intercession. Sometimes you hear people, 399 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,840 they're groaning under intercession. 400 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,040 That's what that is. Think, wow, that's weird. 401 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,480 No, that's scripture. That's the way it's supposed to 402 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,200 work. We move in and we begin to pray 403 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,920 and cry out to God. We see him and we we see him in 404 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,720 all his glory. And all of a sudden there's 405 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,320 something grips us. God, you deserve it all. 406 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,400 And we begin to look on earth. This has to line up with who you 407 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,440 are. And we begin to cry out to him. 408 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:06,280 And in those moments God begins to extend his scepter and begins 409 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:12,480 to move things in the spirit. This is no small thing. 410 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,280 Worship isn't because we like music. 411 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:19,640 Worship is because it's where God rules from. 412 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,640 And so we've got to catch this thing. 413 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,560 Let me shift gears just just for a second. 414 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:34,760 Here I was. This would have been, oh man, 415 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:40,200 probably 10/12/15 years ago. I don't know, I'm terrible at 416 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:41,880 time. I'll say the other day and if my 417 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,320 brother's here, he can tell me the date, the time of day, what 418 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:49,040 I was wearing. He's very irritating and, but so 419 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,480 I'll say just the other day and he'll say, dude, if it was four 420 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:57,920 years ago. Anyway, I digress, but I think 421 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:03,280 it was about 15 years ago. I was in my office and I don't 422 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,360 remember all that was going on. I think we had just come out of 423 00:25:06,360 --> 00:25:08,240 a staff meeting, if I remember right. 424 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:13,280 But I was praying and I saw, I went into this vision and I saw 425 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:19,920 the Lord on this huge White Horse and he was intense and he 426 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,120 was riding fast. There was a ferocity AZ the zeal 427 00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:28,000 of the Father's house was consuming him and he had this 428 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,520 broad sort of two edged sword and it was long. 429 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,360 I bet this thing was 7 feet long, but he was so massive it 430 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:37,840 didn't look as long as in his hand as it would have been mine 431 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:39,560 which would have been on the ground. 432 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,960 And he was, he was spinning it like a helicopter blade. 433 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:49,560 And he was tall enough in his saddle that he was putting it 434 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:51,040 around his waist. It would that would be 435 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,840 physically impossible for us because we'd hit our body. 436 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:55,720 But for him it looked perfectly natural. 437 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,800 And that blade was coming like this and it was at head level 438 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,000 and I knew, Oh my goodness, I've got to get down. 439 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:07,440 And I went down low as he came, and this is what he spoke to me. 440 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:11,400 And so I could tell you the date, approximate year, because 441 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,680 it was right after this hit the news. 442 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,400 Some of you will remember this. This is what he said to me. 443 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,640 He said Eliot Spitzer is assigned to you. 444 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:21,000 Anybody know who I'm talking about? 445 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,280 Eliot Spitzer is assigned to you. 446 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,640 If you look this up, you'll find that Eliot Spitzer was the 447 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:31,560 governor of New York and he had a reputation. 448 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,080 He had been a prosecuting attorney and he had a reputation 449 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:39,120 for being tough on white collar crime and and in fact had 450 00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:43,160 dismantled a white collar prostitution ring. 451 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:48,080 It was call girls for, you know, Wall Street fellas. 452 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,960 And he dismounted it and prosecuted that, only to be 453 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:57,080 exposed for having frequented a high end prostitute. 454 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:01,120 And he lost his position. And I knew what the Lord was 455 00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:03,680 saying. He was saying that when I come 456 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,720 and it was the word of the Lord, that that sword was the word of 457 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:10,400 the Lord being released in response to the prayers of the 458 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,640 Saints. And it released something. 459 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,400 And the Lord was coming in tremendous ferocity. 460 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,480 And I knew I've got to get down it. 461 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,360 It represented getting humble or I'll lose my head. 462 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:23,600 And the Lord, said Eliot Spitzer is assigned to you. 463 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:28,280 Whenever you release the word of the Lord, you must make sure 464 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:32,400 there's no internal sympathies with the thing you're releasing 465 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,400 the word of the Lord against. Because once the word of the 466 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:39,680 Lord is unsheathed, it will remove everything and come back 467 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,640 and remove you if you have internal sympathies. 468 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,800 And I was terrified. I just went down, down low. 469 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,000 And I knew the Lord didn't say this, but it was around that 470 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:56,760 same time Ted Haggard had lost his position as the president of 471 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:03,080 the, I think it was Evangelical Association, or I don't know, 472 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:04,520 you know what I'm talking about. Look it up. 473 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:09,080 And Ted Haggard had been preaching against homosexuality 474 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,840 and he'd been talking about how we need to hold the line on this 475 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:17,040 and and not not normalize that. And I have great compassion on 476 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:21,360 those who are are, you know, struggling with same sex 477 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:23,280 desires. But we can't normalize it. 478 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,200 We've got to hold the line. Only to be found out that he had 479 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,520 frequented it, a male prostitute, and he lost his 480 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:33,560 position. And I knew that Ted Haggard was 481 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,000 the example in the church, even though the Lord didn't say it. 482 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,880 And what he was talking about is there is there are times in the 483 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,880 body of Christ where God releases great authority to 484 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,560 change things. And I believe this song we've 485 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:53,760 been singing is indicative of a time where we've entered a time 486 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,880 of great authority. And we need to have the fear of 487 00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:01,960 the Lord and understand that we can't just sling hash, OK? 488 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,960 We need to make sure that when we are releasing the word of the 489 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,240 Lord, we have searched our hearts. 490 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,200 We need to have clean hands. And a pure heart doesn't mean 491 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,400 you are perfect, but it means that you are repentant and you 492 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:18,040 side against your sin because we can say things and actually 493 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,320 cause a boomerang effect and disqualify yourself, remove 494 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:25,040 ourselves. And so it's a very serious 495 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,360 thing. And, and God, I believe the Lord 496 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,440 is wanting to release greater authority on his church. 497 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:37,720 The last move of God in the mid 90s brought great power to the 498 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,680 church and a revelation of the love of God. 499 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:46,200 It was called the Father's love out of the Toronto revival down 500 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,040 in Brownsville. It was the Father's Day 501 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:49,640 outpouring. That's not a coincidence. 502 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,120 It was a restoration of the Father's love. 503 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:58,080 But 30 years later, we're in need of a correction, and we 504 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,640 need the counterbalance of the fear of the Lord. 505 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:06,240 And whereas the last move of God brought an impartation of great 506 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,960 power, I did ministry before that and after. 507 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,400 And I'm telling you, it was a totally different deal better 508 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:16,280 afterwards. But this next move, what God 509 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,760 wants to do is release great authority. 510 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:23,760 And authority and power are different, and authority must be 511 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:28,840 wielded with humility and the fear of the Lord. 512 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,480 God is looking to and fro throughout the earth. 513 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,680 He's looking for bodies of people. 514 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:39,520 Can I find a group of people that I can release authority to 515 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:43,520 and begin to use them to shape affairs on the earth? 516 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,760 It's not about headlines. It's not about anybody knowing. 517 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:50,560 It's about God finding a people that will catch the word of the 518 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,760 Lord and stay there until he sees it happen. 519 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:58,200 And I believe the Lord's extending that to you and I, but 520 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,400 we have to have a sobriety to this thing. 521 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,720 I'm going to ask you to go ahead and stand 522 00:31:14,340 --> 00:31:17,140 to those of you that are thinking, why is he talking 523 00:31:17,140 --> 00:31:19,140 about this stuff? Just hang with us for a while. 524 00:31:19,540 --> 00:31:25,300 You'll, you'll understand God's called us to be more than it's 525 00:31:25,940 --> 00:31:30,780 what Kevin said this morning. He wants to take us beyond being 526 00:31:30,780 --> 00:31:33,460 born again and having heaven as our destination. 527 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,840 He wants to use you to pull heaven to earth. 528 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:41,120 Now. There are so many needs around 529 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:45,760 us. God needs people that will pull 530 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:53,960 Heaven's influence into earth and your personal life. 531 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:59,320 Your character is the beachhead of his invasion. 532 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,720 If he's going to break into your circumstance, if he's going to 533 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:09,200 break into our nation, he's got to 1st break into your heart and 534 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:13,160 get things in order there. This is for all of us. 535 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:22,680 I'm not preaching at you. So Lord, we're asking God, Lord 536 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:27,560 that you would deal with us and Lord, that you would align our 537 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:32,160 hearts with you. Lord, I ask that you would put 538 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:36,760 your finger on those things that are hindering your activity in 539 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:41,240 our lives personally so you can pave the way to come 540 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:46,200 corporately. Thanks for listening to our 541 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:47,920 podcast. If you'd like to help more 542 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,520 people hear this message, you can get the word out by 543 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,840 subscribing and sharing it on social media. 544 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,680 If you'd like to support the ministries of Heartland Church, 545 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:59,440 you can do so at Heartland Church online.com/give.