1 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:05,760 Something's happening across the streets of America. 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,600 It's not a program, it's not a strategy, it's not a campaign. 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,880 It's a movement because love has officially broke out of the 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:17,280 building. Love is actually on the loose. 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:20,480 We call it Night Out with Jesus. It's not about a title or church 6 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,800 name. It's about people who believe 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,160 that Jesus still walks the streets, still heals the broken, 8 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,680 still feeds the hungry, and still finds the one who's lost 9 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,160 at the gas pump, in the grocery store or sitting on the 10 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:35,840 sidewalk. Everywhere we go, miracles 11 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:37,000 happen. Same with me. 12 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,400 That's crazy. No, that's God. 13 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:44,960 The Kingdom of God isn't stuck inside the four walls of a 14 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:46,400 church. It's breaking out into the 15 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,800 neighborhoods. Parking lots, pizza shops and 16 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,080 St. Point groceries are being paid 17 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:53,040 for. Tears are turning into joy. 18 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:54,760 Addictions are losing their grip. 19 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,880 The lonely bill seen in the gospel, the good news comes 20 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,160 alive in real time. This is what we like to call 21 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,200 revival. With sneakers on wherever we go, 22 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,000 He goes before us, Jesus. Then he just teaches the 23 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,640 synagogue. He sat with the outcast. 24 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,360 This is the moon. This is the this is your 25 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:17,560 invitation to come out with us, to step into the story that God 26 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,520 is writing. Be the hands, be the feet, be 27 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,840 the light. This is night out with Jesus in 28 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,760 the streets. We'll never be the same. 29 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,600 Come on, Illuminate Church, let's get excited. 30 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,240 Come on everybody, say it with me. 31 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,560 That's crazy. No, that's God. 32 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,040 Come on, one more time. That's crazy. 33 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:49,120 No, that's God. Listen, we got to stop chasing 34 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,440 the that's crazy because we got to start following Jesus. 35 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:56,240 We chase Jesus and the that's crazy automatically happens. 36 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,760 Let me tell you something. What started out years ago, you 37 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:04,520 know, with two people, you know, that we, we were going to just 38 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,600 go bless somebody. We went to an IHOP and the whole 39 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,320 goal was to pay for their meal and then back up. 40 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,840 So we weren't going to go on a Friday night and spend the money 41 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:14,120 on us. We were going to spend it on 42 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,640 somebody else. So we wind up going to this 43 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:21,320 place, we IHOP to be exact. And we fed them and then we kind 44 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:23,000 of watched and then they kind of were like what? 45 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,640 And then we were like, boom, we ran home. 46 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:27,680 And then we that was our night out with Jesus. 47 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,680 Then we got the whole church to do it, and then the whole church 48 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,560 went out and we just invaded our community, the subway. 49 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,960 Nobody, there was no nobody left in that community that we didn't 50 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:39,880 touch with Jesus. Are you with me? 51 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,000 Every store around that community knew who we were, not 52 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,200 just because we were a building on the side, but because they 53 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,280 knew we were the church. And then we always said mission 54 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:50,720 American. We always thought about these 55 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:52,280 things. Then all of a sudden it wound up 56 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,080 to where Right there. I think we had 10 churches. 57 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,040 This last one in November, we have 15 churches. 58 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:04,080 Join us around the state of all the states in America and then I 59 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,440 winded up recording with a praise the Lord network, a 60 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,320 television show with Jim Baker and all that and they wind up 61 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:12,440 broadcasting to over 8 million homes. 62 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:16,720 And now what started with two people in the nudge of the Holy 63 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:18,880 Spirit. Now the guys like look, I'm 64 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:24,160 going to prophecy next year America will be saved 50 states 65 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:26,400 will do be doing night out with Jesus. 66 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:28,560 So we're hoping you guys can join us. 67 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,960 We're praying that Pastor Tim and you guys will be doing it in 68 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,600 Kissimmee. Why? 69 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,560 Because while everybody's getting fed all this negativity 70 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,960 and the Muslims this and that, and everybody's complaining 71 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,120 about stuff, I'm like, well, let's do something about it. 72 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,560 Let's mobilize, Let's get established and let's go out 73 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,320 there and show who Jesus is. Amen. 74 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:50,880 Praise God. Listen, let me tell you 75 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,680 something, Pastor Tim, everybody's sending me messages 76 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,760 because I don't know if you know this about your dad, but when he 77 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:02,120 was at Gay Raptor, he came in like this because he had all the 78 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,560 guys with tats and all that. I think he was sharing recipes. 79 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,880 You know, he had like guys who did 20 years in prison asking 80 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,960 about pancake recipes. I'm like, what is going on? 81 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,800 This guy has a superpower. And so he did incredible. 82 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,320 I love that your pastor is the same no matter where he goes. 83 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,720 And he was reaching all kinds of people and it was incredible. 84 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,400 Now, for those that don't know me in Pastor One, that's my 85 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:33,400 beautiful wow, I feel good. Look, this is my beautiful wife, 86 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,520 Ruthie. I call it my baby Ruth. 87 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:38,280 Listen, we have two books out there. 88 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:39,960 A lot of things. We reach a lot of prisons 89 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:41,600 because I was in prison for about 10 years. 90 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:43,720 Don't worry, I've been saved. So you don't have to run out 91 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,280 that you know, everything's OK. I did about 10 years in 92 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:51,880 physical, physical bars and then 23 years where I say I had bars 93 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:53,720 around my heart. This is henceforth why I wrote 94 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,360 this book, Prison Break. I didn't write it for the people 95 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,280 that were incarcerated. I wrote it for the church that 96 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:02,040 looked incarcerated and I should know, are you with me? 97 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:03,880 So this is how to actively listen. 98 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,120 And then this one is once you're free, let's learn how to live 99 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:08,520 the that's crazy. No, that's God life. 100 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,440 Stop chasing the big dramatic spectacular stuff because God is 101 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,080 into the little things and there's a lot of things that we 102 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,600 miss because we're looking for the wheelchair rather than peace 103 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,680 in the storm. Are you with me? 104 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:21,720 So this one is how to live though. 105 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:22,800 That's crazy. No, that's God. 106 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,280 We're going to teach you how to follow Jesus and then the rest 107 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:28,760 happens. Are you with me, pastors Tim and 108 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:30,760 Christine, thank you for the job that you guys are doing out 109 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:31,800 here. Incredible work. 110 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,040 Let's give it up for your pastors. 111 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,160 Let me give you that's crazy. No, that's God. 112 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,880 Connor Delaney. I know he's not here right now, 113 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:43,800 but my that's crazy. That guy done ran all kinds of 114 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:45,160 stuff that said with a broken foot in her. 115 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,040 I'm like, they can only be Jesus. 116 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:52,000 My goodness, listen, today we're going to talk. 117 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,520 The message obviously is going to be that's crazy. 118 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,200 Oh, come on, we're and listen, it's a matter of you're a little 119 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:04,320 late. You came in, that's all that 120 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,640 matters. And so listen, we we, we, we 121 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,320 talk about the supernatural, but we talk about it from a place of 122 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,520 being spooky or sensational. When I talk about the 123 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:16,480 supernatural, I mean a life of the Spirit working through the 124 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,000 believer. In other words, transforming 125 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:24,080 what's natural into godly. Come on, transformation. 126 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,760 This is the verse of the day, Ephesians 320 and 21. 127 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:31,120 OK, Ephesians 3/20/21. We'll get into some other 128 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,360 verses, but this is like the theme verse. 129 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,200 Are you ready? Come on. 130 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,840 Listen, there's this thing I do at the church and I don't know, 131 00:06:38,840 --> 00:06:40,240 I want to make Bibles cool again. 132 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:41,960 So you have your Bibles. Let me see them, raise them like 133 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,400 you, like you just don't care. Oh, look at all these Bibles. 134 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,360 Pass the 10. This is my Bible. 135 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,160 Come on, stay with me. This is my Bible. 136 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,880 It's the word of God today. I'm good soil. 137 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:58,440 I'm going to hear what it says. I'm going to accept it and it's 138 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,000 going to bear fruit. Isn't the only job for you is to 139 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,800 hear and accept? Listen, if somebody was giving 140 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,600 you a gift and they gave me the gift and I go like this, did 141 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,960 that mean you accepted it? No, in order to accept it, I 142 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:12,320 have to almost use the gift, right? 143 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,400 You've taken a Christmas gift and stuck it in the closet. 144 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,120 You didn't really accept the gift, you actually re gifted it. 145 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,480 This is about that time of year where you start pulling out 146 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,560 those gifts. And so with Jesus, when he gives 147 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,640 you the word, you receive it. That means you accepted it. 148 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:27,800 That means you're going to live it out. 149 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,360 Are you with me? OK now to him who was able to do 150 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,240 immeasurably more. Everybody say immeasurably more 151 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,720 then all we ask or imagine according to his power, 152 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:44,520 according to whose power, his power that is at work within us. 153 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,000 Everybody say within me. Now the incredible part is that 154 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,240 a lot of times we read this and we're kind of selfish. 155 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,720 So we make this more about things, but immeasurably more. 156 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:57,040 He's talking about everything heaven has to offer through the 157 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,800 Spirit. He is talking about peace, joy, 158 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,080 revelation, salvation, transformation. 159 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,960 Come on supernatural provision, come on divine purpose. 160 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:12,320 Not more of just what we want, but the fullness of what God 161 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,400 wants for us. Can I get an Amen? 162 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,160 See, Paul is writing from a prison. 163 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:19,960 And this gets me a little bit excited because when I see that 164 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,200 Paul's writing from a prison, we can identify. 165 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:26,040 This is why I read the Bible and I go, OK, it's not that bad. 166 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:29,120 Doesn't matter where you were asked what you know, it's where 167 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,280 you end up. And so here he's writing from a 168 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:36,640 prison and I'm thinking, man, he's speaking like a free man 169 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:40,360 filled with faith, not in circumstances, but in the 170 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,760 supernatural capacity of God. Think about it. 171 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,600 He is in a prison and he is writing. 172 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,960 So I know a lot of times we go through things and maybe you're 173 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,720 in a circumstance right now and you rather go by sides and not 174 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:56,280 by faith or you rather go by the natural and not what God says. 175 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,640 And here I see a man who could be writing, man, I'm stuck here 176 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,640 in prison. I don't know when I'm going to 177 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:06,280 get out. Life's not good. 178 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:12,080 And he is like now to him who is able to do immeasurably more. 179 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:16,520 See, he is writing from a place that says heaven can intervene 180 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,400 any circumstance or any situation you might be going 181 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,760 through if you're a son or a daughter of the king. 182 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,400 See, what we call crazy is often God at work. 183 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,640 His ways are not our ways. They're supernatural. 184 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:32,920 If you would have told me that I would have been preaching the 185 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,120 gospel, that I would have been on any of this stuff that God 186 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,160 does, that sometimes I never even thought. 187 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:39,720 I don't even think of the outcomes. 188 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:41,360 I don't even know how I wind up there. 189 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,160 I just think about doing the little things well every day. 190 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,800 My marriage is awesome, not because of the vacations we 191 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,640 take, but by what we do every single day. 192 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:54,960 Are you with me? I never would have thought in a 193 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,680 million years that I would be preaching the gospel that we 194 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:00,320 would be doing night out with Jesus across America. 195 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,640 Some people have been in church a long time, and we've only been 196 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:13,040 as good as the chair. We live in a world where 197 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:17,360 supernatural things of God often look irrational, risky, or even 198 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:22,400 foolish to human logic. See, God's ways don't fit human 199 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:26,360 logic. Isaiah 55, eight and nine, it 200 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,960 says, for my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your 201 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:33,880 ways my ways, declares the Lord, when life doesn't make sense and 202 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,640 you can't see what God is doing. Isaiah 55 reminds us of this, 203 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:41,120 that God's plan is still perfect even when it feels painful. 204 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,240 I often ask people, do you think that God is perfect? 205 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,360 And everybody says yes. And I go, why do you go to him 206 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,440 after the after you go through something. 207 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,840 If I had a good friend that was perfect, I want you to just I'm 208 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:54,760 pausing for dramatic effect perfect. 209 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:01,320 Would you not ask him about everything first? 210 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,160 We usually go to him like a Hail Mary. 211 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:09,480 We don't read our Bibles. Some of us have like the whole 212 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,680 collection of Bibles, every translation, but we don't have 213 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:18,400 time. So do it by faith. 214 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:22,840 He delays. His delays are not denials. 215 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,240 They're divine designs. His mercy outlasts your 216 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:27,960 mistakes. This is where you see somebody 217 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:29,920 forgiving somebody or having mercy. 218 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,560 And you're like, man, that that person killed your, you know, 219 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:34,320 murdered your child. And you see them in the 220 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:35,640 courtroom. And I forgive him. 221 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:39,400 And you're like, whoa, because people don't see it often. 222 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:44,920 His vision includes what you can't see. 223 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,480 Instead of trying to understand everything, God invites us to 224 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:52,880 trust Him through everything. So my next point is that the 225 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:57,440 natural can't grasp the supernatural. 1st Corinthians 226 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:02,800 214 says the natural person does not accept the things of the 227 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,360 Spirit of God, for they are folly of foolishness to him. 228 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,760 I love reading first Corinthians 1-2 and three because you see 229 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:15,040 the natural mind at work. And he he begins to say, my 230 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,480 speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, 231 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,240 but with a demonstration. Everybody say demonstration. 232 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,040 Come on, the demonstration of the Spirit's power so that your 233 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:29,760 faith tap your neighbor and say so that your faith, come on, 234 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,320 might not be based on human wisdom, but on God's power. 235 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,520 Illuminate church. I believe today a decision is 236 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,760 going to be made where the world is going to say that's crazy and 237 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:41,440 we're going to say no, that's God. 238 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:44,560 Where we're going to be walking this out and people are going to 239 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:49,160 see the demonstration of the power, not just human wisdom, he 240 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:50,920 said. I didn't come, you know, in 241 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,400 eloquent speech or persuasive words. 242 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,320 Come on. The planet is tired of just 243 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,800 seeing people that have no power. 244 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,240 Come on. There's no, there's these little 245 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,400 testimony like, oh, I go to church now. 246 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:08,840 Come on, you're going to last. I check. 247 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:10,640 I read the Bible. To follow Jesus, you have to 248 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:15,040 deny, crucify and follow. We're not we just say crucify. 249 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,920 We forget about deny. Deny means you could say no to 250 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:22,480 the flesh because you're alive with God and you crucify because 251 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:24,960 you got to do it his way. So it's going to hurt a little. 252 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:27,000 It's going to hurt your little ego. 253 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,200 It's going to hurt your little pride and then you follow in his 254 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,240 ways. It's quite simple, but we've 255 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:37,560 overcomplicated the gospel. When you take a step in faith, 256 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:39,640 the world should say that's crazy. 257 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:44,240 See the supernatural life is not about chasing experiences, but 258 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,440 about being transformed by the Spirit through faith in Christ 259 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,880 so that we can see his hand in all circumstances as we walk by 260 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:53,920 faith and not by sight. Let me tell you there are 261 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,320 stories. I love the which wheelchair 262 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:00,240 story I've seen, you know, heard of blind eyes open and deaf ears 263 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,000 pop. And you know, I, in the 264 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,880 beginning, I, I was like, God bring me a wheelchair and God 265 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:07,520 brought him like 2 minutes later. 266 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:12,680 And so they brought him in. I, I, I freaked out. 267 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:14,640 I put my hand on his shoulder and I was like, Lord bless his 268 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,360 family. And I walked away. 269 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,680 Few minutes before that I was like, I'm going to stand them 270 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,520 up. Full of pride, full of ego, not 271 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:27,720 enough dependence on God. But then the day came and we 272 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,960 were in this little city called Palacios, TX, Small town, 273 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:34,040 everybody knows everybody and I'm there and I'm preaching. 274 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,240 My wife says I thought I took the man's Walker and put it to 275 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:40,400 the side, but she said I grabbed it and chucked it across the 276 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:44,480 room. That's crazy. 277 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,760 So I Chuck it across the room. I don't even realize what I'm 278 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:49,880 doing. I just thought I did like this. 279 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:53,240 But you know, and then he falls over, grabs me, and before you 280 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:54,880 know him, we're jumping up and down. 281 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,520 You know, he's excited. Then he starts running. 282 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,880 The service that started at 10:30 winded up ending at 3:00 283 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,560 in the afternoon. The the altar became, I didn't 284 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:07,840 even have to do an altar call. They just they just ran up there 285 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,000 and they started confessing their sins. 286 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:11,960 Come on. Everybody got of that 287 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,760 complacency and that comfortable Christianity by faith. 288 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,480 Everybody moved forward because they seen the power and the 289 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,840 demonstration of what God can do. 290 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:25,080 Listen, we got to start start walking by faith and not by 291 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,880 sight. Second Corinthians 57 says for 292 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:33,560 we walk by faith and not by sight. 293 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:35,880 And a lot of times I've seen these cute little posts on 294 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:38,720 Facebook and all the social media where they say, you know, 295 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,040 faith is the opposite of fear. And I'm like, that's not 296 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:44,640 accurate. The opposite of faith is sight. 297 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,080 And the reason why you get into fear is because you're walking 298 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,120 by sight. And fear is not just a little 299 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,080 feeling, it's the spirit of fear. 300 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,640 But He gave you spirit of power, love, and sound mind. 301 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:58,800 He did not give you the spirit of fear. 302 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,240 So when you're in the fear or insight, when you're in fear 303 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,640 because you're walking by sight and not by faith, you're 304 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:10,560 actually in the demonic realm. Are you with me? 305 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:14,800 The enemy will always try to talk you out of living by faith. 306 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:19,560 He'll use fear, logic and delay. You got to replace fear with 307 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,400 truth. Fear is fueled by lies about 308 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,600 God, about you, about your future. 309 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:30,160 See, faith doesn't deny reality. It declares God's authority over 310 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:33,440 it. I think of all these times where 311 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,920 I was challenged and I think about even Noah building boats. 312 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:39,440 And his ways are not always in his thoughts. 313 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,160 And he's building. We would have looked at it 314 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:42,960 through sight and we would have been like, you know what? 315 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:46,800 He needs a new sermon. Pastor Tim, 120 years, nobody 316 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,880 saved, only his family. That guy can't be a pastor. 317 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,240 And yet in God's will, it was perfect. 318 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,480 This is how God calls us. He he called us into ministry 319 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,640 where one day I was a translator for for this church. 320 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,200 I was making $300 a month and everybody was like, hey, you 321 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:05,880 need to go get a job. Are you going to support your 322 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,640 family? But I knew in here that the Lord 323 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:13,440 was telling me to do that. And so that means that I had to 324 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,240 go through some suffering. We don't like that word in 325 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,599 church. Come on. 326 00:17:17,599 --> 00:17:19,200 Whenever you're getting crucified, you should be 327 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,760 suffering. That's really where you 328 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:24,880 experience resurrection. Without suffering, there's no 329 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:29,160 resurrection. Are you with me? 330 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:33,400 So I'm translating, you know, Hola como estan tolos. 331 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,640 You know, I mean, it was exciting. 332 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,760 I was so saying, you know, on this, I mean, you know, big ups, 333 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,080 all my Puerto Ricans. Come on. 334 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:44,640 Hey, hold on. Can we come back? 335 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,280 Let me come back. Let me come back. 336 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:50,280 And that's what happens when you're before you know it, you 337 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:51,480 know? So I got to come back. 338 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:52,240 I got to come. We got to get. 339 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,600 Hold on. Holy, holy, holy Whip. 340 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:56,680 Hold on. Hey, all these words. 341 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:02,600 I'm like, see, I know there's a lot of Puerto Ricans here. 342 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,120 They're going to pass with him. You haven't brought the Puerto 343 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:10,400 Rican guy back. I love a multicultural church. 344 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,840 And so we're doing that. And all of a sudden he says, 345 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:16,920 hey, listen, I got a problem with the Spanish pastor. 346 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:18,960 Do you mind like taking over for a little while? 347 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:21,240 And I was like, I don't want to be no pastor. 348 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:24,360 I said, I'm going to be ripping and running. 349 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:28,880 I'm a bad come on. He's like, no, no, no, like, 350 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,760 like think about it. And so we go and I tell my wife 351 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,160 and she laughs because it's early stages and she's like, 352 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,840 look, I don't, I don't. And I for me too, because when I 353 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:38,920 met Jesus, he was like, hi, Juan, how are you? 354 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:42,480 He didn't say como esta. When I met Jesus, it was more 355 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:48,240 like, you know, American Jesus. Now I know how to talk Spanish, 356 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,360 but to show you how bad it was, you know my mom, you know, I 357 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:54,040 called her and I was like, Mom, you have a whole Bible, miss, a 358 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,520 whole book missing because I was looking for James. 359 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:59,160 And I thought to me, you know, we're Puerto Rican. 360 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:02,240 So we make everything make like Sprite is a Sprite. 361 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:04,840 Like we don't we don't change the words. 362 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,200 So I just thought James was Jaime. 363 00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:10,440 So I'm like, I, there's no J up in here. 364 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,840 So I call her. She's like, son, it's Santiago. 365 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,360 So I'm like, why don't they just make it easy? 366 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:21,840 Even that was a mystery, right? So just to show you where I was 367 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:23,960 at. And now my wife goes to fast and 368 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,800 I fast and we come back all sad. What did he say? 369 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,000 He's like he said yes. And so there we go. 370 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:32,280 We're running a Spanish congregation. 371 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,800 But in that, see, God will hide things in insignificant places 372 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,560 because most people don't look there. 373 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,760 You look for the easy and the big, and God likes to hide it in 374 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:42,440 a little boy with a sandwich bag. 375 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:46,960 He's into the little things like what's big for God? 376 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,040 You ever think of that? We think God's like, oh, this 377 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:51,560 was big. He's like, no, he loves the 378 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:53,040 little things. You do the little things. 379 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:54,440 Well, he'll make you ruler over much. 380 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,640 But we're so focused on the ruler over much, we missed the 381 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:00,600 little things. That's why I like when we give, 382 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,560 when we pray, when we fat, that's not like do it. 383 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,280 When we do it, that's like when like like brushing your teeth. 384 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:08,960 But we think those little things don't matter. 385 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,120 So we're just running around looking for the big, spectacular 386 00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:15,640 thing, the next big profit, the next big deliverance comp, the 387 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,360 next big. And it's like, no, that's cool. 388 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:20,480 That's a good catalyst. But it should point you back to 389 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,120 the little things. Are you with me? 390 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:32,920 Oh this is so good. So we wind up taking it and 391 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:34,440 there I got the heart of a pastor. 392 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:38,600 Before you know it, we start a Bible study with eight people 393 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,040 because the Lord put in my heart like start a Bible study. 394 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,760 So I'm like, OK, no plant. I didn't even know I was 395 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:44,840 planting a church. Peston. 396 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:47,520 I'm just like, all right, I got a Bible. 397 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,800 I want to see people free. I was crying in the back talking 398 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,480 to Wayne because I'm like, I still have that same. 399 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,080 Like, I still want to see people free. 400 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:00,160 Tired of seeing people not experience what I've experienced 401 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:01,600 in 15 years. And you've been in church 30 402 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,760 years already. And I'm thinking, wow, this is 403 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,120 so good. Everybody needs to know about 404 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:09,720 this. And so we, we start with that 405 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,400 thought and we got eight people. And I told my wife in the car 406 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,760 and go, babe, guess what we're going to do? 407 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,800 Oh, we needed a new place. So I go, we're moving and she's, 408 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:18,480 we, she's like, oh, well, how we're going to move. 409 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,120 We barely could afford. And this place was $200 more. 410 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,560 That's crazy. It's $200 more. 411 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:26,200 It's not making sense. Come on. 412 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,160 We're building a boat before it rains. 413 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,600 And so we're tripping out and she's like, so were you going to 414 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,680 leave your $300 job? We're going to move to an 415 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:40,440 apartment that costs more, and we're going to do a Bible study. 416 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,560 I'm like, doesn't that sound awesome? 417 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:47,680 And guess how I thought? I said, babe, I know this is 418 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,000 true, that I know this is real because the apartment said 419 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,520 mansions at Turkey Creek. And she said, well, how do you 420 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,360 know? I said, babe, there's a verse 421 00:21:55,360 --> 00:21:59,360 that says that he prepared for us a mansion and he said heaven 422 00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:00,680 on earth. So I'm not waiting. 423 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:05,520 These are our mansions. And guess what? 424 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:10,160 It worked. But it did not make sense to the 425 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,480 logic or the reasoning of my mind. 426 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:17,840 I had to walk by faith. Don't minimize the small ways 427 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,120 God is working in your life. The supernatural is already 428 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:22,680 happening. You just need to see it. 429 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,040 You need to open up your eyes. It's already there. 430 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,640 We actually walk this out by faith, by the finished work of 431 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,360 the cross. You see, faith is God's realm. 432 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,040 See, a lot of times we think that faith is just like, for the 433 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,200 big moment, I got to have faith. It's like, no, you're supposed 434 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:43,040 to live by faith. When you walk by faith, it means 435 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,080 your lifestyle, your habits, your direction, your daily 436 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,440 decisions. See, when you walk by sight, 437 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:52,080 that's the fleshes realm. And some of us walk in the 438 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:55,680 fleshes fleshes realm as a lifestyle. 439 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:57,600 That's where we get our decisions from. 440 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,240 Fear is the enemy's realm. That's the demonic realm. 441 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,600 Sight means basically how you see, what you see, what you 442 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,120 perceive, what you interpret, what you feel. 443 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,760 Not just your physical eyes, but natural thinking. 444 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:13,640 See, the supernatural is already at work. 445 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:15,640 According to James, 1/2 through 4. 446 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:19,280 The testing of your faith produces endurance. 447 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,440 The testing of your faith produces endurance. 448 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,160 Miracles aren't always about the spectacular. 449 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,640 They're about transformation. See, it's it's about having 450 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,960 peace in the middle of chaos, Forgiveness towards someone who 451 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,600 hurts you, kindness towards an enemy, joy when the enemy 452 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,480 attacks. All of these things, my, my, 453 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,120 I've been on this quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow 454 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:44,000 to get angry. I just been on this thing 455 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,080 because I've realized in life that what's made my life better 456 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,280 is not being reactive, but responding. 457 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,240 When you're reacting, most of the time you're in your flesh. 458 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,200 When you're responding most of the time you're in faith because 459 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,520 you're pausing. How do you know? 460 00:23:58,520 --> 00:23:59,960 Because the beginning of chapter 1. 461 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:04,880 Remember, consider it a pure joy when you have various trials, 462 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:06,680 right? You have trials, you have things 463 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:10,040 that happen. He says ask for wisdom later. 464 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,000 It says be quick to listen, so to speak, and so to get angry. 465 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,880 What does that mean? That when I'm going through 466 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:18,040 life, something happens. I need to unplug and pause. 467 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,760 Why? Because I'm having a trial. 468 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:25,320 I'm going to go to God first, ask Him for wisdom so that 469 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:29,640 heaven can intervene so I could be led by the Spirit, not by my 470 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,600 flesh or not by the natural realm that is also demonic. 471 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:41,120 Are you with me? And these things are important. 472 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,240 They're so important. They're so important. 473 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,640 It's so interesting that we we've forgotten about Ray. 474 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:51,440 I love Oh, listen, oh man, this time's up text Pastor Tim and 475 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:54,160 he's like, I'm on my Sabbath. I'm going with my kids. 476 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:58,280 I'm going. He takes care of his home first. 477 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:02,600 A lot of us, we the only time we have Jesus, when we come in here 478 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:08,480 at home, they're like, you know, I was always, that was the only 479 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,320 thing that had me nervous about ministering the gospel and all 480 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,160 that was like that. I never wanted to be up here 481 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,320 when my kids are all in their 30s and 20s, right? 482 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,360 I never wanted to look down and my kids be duck lipping me like, 483 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,920 like you don't do that because I mean, you can get over once you 484 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,680 can get over when they're like 8-6, they don't know no better. 485 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,840 But when they get older, they're like, yeah, he sure gets angry. 486 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:35,160 And I don't ever see him. Be gentle. 487 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,000 Are you with me? Because even if you miss it, 488 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,600 they should see the gospel. They should see, hey, man, my 489 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,280 bad. I wasn't really kind with you 490 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:46,800 right now. And I should have maybe said 491 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:51,960 that a little different. But sometimes, man, I'm telling 492 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,560 you, I've been walking this out and I don't know why God winds 493 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,200 up putting a crazy Puerto Rico like me on television. 494 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,760 But sometimes I get on there and I see stuff and I'm like, what 495 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,720 is going on? He would be looking like they 496 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,960 baptized in vinegar, little Tabasco sauce. 497 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,400 On top of that, they're like upset with the world. 498 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:14,400 I'm like no joy, no peace, no kindness, no love. 499 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:21,040 But listen, they could say Jesus and I'm like, oh, there's no 500 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:27,280 power in that got him. Listen, the only one, the only 501 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,520 way you could experience everything I'm talking to you 502 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:35,080 about so you don't become a chaser of the times. 503 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:38,880 My Bible says that there's going to be rumors of war. 504 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:40,720 There's going to be rumors that. Don't worry about that. 505 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:47,040 Why is everybody worried? I know Jesus. 506 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,440 Are you with me? Come on. 507 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:54,920 There's the trap of offense happening in the latter days. 508 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,800 The undertone of everybody's offended. 509 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:01,640 Don't fall for the trap. See, to see these things, you 510 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,400 can't look at it in the natural. That's why social media, you 511 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,080 know why social media does so well? 512 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:08,480 Because everybody thinks in the natural and looks at sight. 513 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,360 But if you was to pause for a minute, you don't get caught up 514 00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:16,520 in that stuff. You just have side conversations 515 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:20,920 with other guys who have wisdom. Are you with me? 516 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:27,680 You have to be born from above. You have to be born again. 517 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,960 John 3 says it like this. You can read 3 through 8, right? 518 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,480 It talks about what the flesh gives the flesh, the Spirit 519 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,880 gives the spirit. But but this part right here, 520 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:42,200 unless a man is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. 521 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,640 Listen, Nicodemus could not understand this. 522 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,360 He said how can a man go back into his mother's womb? 523 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,320 That is living in the natural, that is living by sight. 524 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:59,400 You got to understand something. This guy prayed, fasted, he did 525 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,320 all that, read his Bible. He knew the Bible probably 526 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:08,440 better than some of the people that you know today, but yet he 527 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,480 could not see the Kingdom because you can't grasp the 528 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:16,440 supernatural with the natural. You have to be born again. 529 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:21,280 That's the supernatural moment when heaven touches your soul, 530 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:22,800 your spirit. Man, come on. 531 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:25,800 There's words we toss around like the regeneration of the 532 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,800 Holy Spirit. There's all these terms, 533 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,480 repentance, all these things. The Spirit of God doesn't just 534 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,360 come to visit, He comes to inhabit. 535 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,920 You have to be once you're born again, you become a new 536 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,880 creation. Listen, I want, I want to show 537 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,880 you this little video that they're going to be playing in 538 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,480 the back. Let's see how it starts. 539 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:46,840 And you're going to see this Caterpillar. 540 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:50,280 See this Caterpillar? Everybody see the Caterpillar. 541 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:52,720 Just take a look at that Caterpillar. 542 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,120 I'm going to let you Stew on that Caterpillar because we 543 00:28:55,120 --> 00:29:00,240 think that salvation is just the makeover or remodeling, but it's 544 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,960 spiritual metamorphosis. That is when you're transformed 545 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,320 by the renewing of your mind is the word metamorpho. 546 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,400 And you see this Caterpillar. Just enjoy me. 547 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,040 Let you watch it for a little bit just so you could have a 548 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:13,160 little fun watching the Caterpillar. 549 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,400 And you see it's crawling up the thing and you know, he's having 550 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,200 a blast. He's like, oh, I'm just 551 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:23,440 crawling, you know. Then all of a sudden he starts 552 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:28,000 experiencing metamorpho. And see, the problem is that a 553 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:32,160 Caterpillar doesn't crawl better when it becomes a butterfly. 554 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,120 It flies because it's nature changed. 555 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,760 That's what happens when you're in Christ. 556 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:43,760 You don't live by willpower. You live by his power. 557 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:45,800 Now let me tell you, you crawled. 558 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:46,960 This is what we're trying to do at church. 559 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,560 We're trying to crawl better and I just came here to have a 560 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,320 better life. I was going to my finances to 561 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,360 get a little better. You know my day to get a little 562 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,080 better. You know, I want my relationship 563 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,000 just to get a little better. And so you're crawling a little 564 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,320 faster all in your effort. You know you're getting wore 565 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:05,760 out. That's it. 566 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,320 I crawled a little better last week. 567 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:12,520 Thanks for your prayers this week. 568 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:18,760 Try and crawl again and you just go through this crawling thing 569 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:20,600 and that's how most people. But let me tell you what's 570 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,200 happening there, OK? Because you are born again, a 571 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:25,600 new creation. This is about to be a new 572 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,320 creation. They say that I used to have a 573 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:29,400 message a long time ago called no struggle, no flight. 574 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,920 When it's in the cocoon, it's basically denying, dying, 575 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,880 denying, dying. No struggle, no flight, right? 576 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:40,400 It's in there waiting because it's getting fluid in its wings 577 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:45,800 so that when it's done it could come out and fly because if it 578 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:54,040 doesn't do this, read its Bible and fast and pray, posture their 579 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:58,400 hearts and learn all the Christian terms and believe in 580 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,640 our hearts and come in agreement that he is actually Lord. 581 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,640 It's not just the words, it's a belief in your hearts. 582 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,560 Confess with your mouth. Look at what happens. 583 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:12,680 He is going after it and all of a sudden, and I was thinking 584 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:14,720 right now, I was like, man, imagine it didn't do that. 585 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,400 It would just come out and be a butterfly and it wouldn't have 586 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:19,920 no power. It would just fall. 587 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,480 But because it was in there, look at this. 588 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,400 I should have had somebody come out with some wings. 589 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,080 Listen, God is not looking. Listen, you weren't just sick in 590 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:38,680 your sin. You were dead. 591 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:42,520 And He doesn't want you to crawl better. 592 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:46,800 It's not a remodeled view. It's a pull everything up, 593 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:52,840 foundation, walls, all of it. He's like, hey, matter of fact, 594 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,600 the dirt don't even look good. Let's get some new dirt in 595 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,440 there. And he wants to change you from 596 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:02,080 the inside out. I'm looking for some people who 597 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:05,880 want to fly like a butterfly and sing like a bee. 598 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:09,360 Come on, you are new nature. You don't live like that 599 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:14,200 anymore. You are new, totally transformed 600 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:22,240 by the power of the blood. Oh, Jesus, Oh, I feel the Holy 601 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,560 Spirit in this room tapping on shoulders, saying, hey, maybe 602 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,280 you've been a carnal Christian. You've been living led by the 603 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:30,840 flesh, and you have a little good week and then bad week, 604 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:32,680 good week, bad week. You just keep going back and 605 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:33,720 forth. You just want to crawl a little 606 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:34,400 bit. Then you want to fly. 607 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,960 You want to crawl. You want to fly. 608 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:41,640 Craw, fly, craw, fly. Maybe you're just not. 609 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,440 You've just been a catholer this whole time. 610 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,880 You've been at church for a long time and you just been trying to 611 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,600 crawl better because you didn't understand a completely new 612 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,560 nature. Born again. 613 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:56,880 You were dead and now you're alive. 614 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,600 Let let me read it for you in Scripture. 615 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:09,440 Ephesians 2, one through 5 and you were dead in your trespasses 616 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,760 and sins in which you once walked. 617 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:15,840 See if you're constantly doing the same thing, Catherine, 618 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:17,440 you're just a Caterpillar. You haven't been born again. 619 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:22,840 You're not a butterfly. You're not saved following the 620 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,080 course of this world. It's not just the people out 621 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,560 there. It's a world system following 622 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:31,200 the Prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now is at 623 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,760 work in the sons of disobedience. 624 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:38,840 You're constantly disobedient. You come to church, but you're 625 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,360 constantly disobedient throughout the weeks, about the 626 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,600 months, throughout the years. Matter of fact, instead of 627 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:47,320 yelling happy New Year this year, you should yell happy same 628 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:53,000 year. Among whom we all once lived in 629 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,080 the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the 630 00:33:56,080 --> 00:34:01,360 body and the mind. And we're by nature children of 631 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:05,960 wrath like the rest of mankind. Oh, this is a that's crazy. 632 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:13,719 No, that's God moments ready. That's crazy because we were all 633 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:15,719 there. Maybe some of you are still 634 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:24,920 there, but God, come on. But God, listen, I don't know 635 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,199 what situation you're in, but right now he wants to intervene 636 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:33,280 with a But God being rich in his mercy because of the great love 637 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:38,280 with which he loved us even when we were dead and our trespassers 638 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:42,080 made us alive. I feel like that butterfly I'm 639 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:43,760 shaking right now. I feel like jiggle, wiggle, 640 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,520 jiggle, wiggle, jiggle, wiggle made us alive together with 641 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:48,880 Christ. Together with who? 642 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,239 So you can only be alive if you are born again, new creation 643 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,520 together with Christ, living in the power of the blood. 644 00:34:56,520 --> 00:35:00,000 It says by grace you have been saved. 645 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:06,520 The same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you. 646 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:11,560 I don't know if I have anybody in this room who is willing to 647 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:15,800 be transformed, who is willing to fly, who is with. 648 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:17,280 Come on, Stand up with me. Y'all. 649 00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:19,520 Stand up. Stand up. 650 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,720 Oh, I feel like, listen, we ain't looking for a revival. 651 00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:25,200 But I send something in the atmosphere. 652 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:29,400 I send something. Some people will be born again. 653 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:30,680 I feel it. Born again. 654 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:31,720 Born again. Come on. 655 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,640 Someone who's been led by the flesh right now are being 656 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:36,320 crucified. Come on. 657 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:49,200 Oh, Jesus, I'm stirred up. I am stirred up. 658 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,040 Listen, I I, I want to do something. 659 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,600 I want God to open your eyes. I want God to help you see what 660 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:58,880 he's doing in the middle of what you don't understand. 661 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,840 I met a person in the last service that was. 662 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:09,800 I feel like the spirits of homosexuality broke and she was 663 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,920 so excited and she was like, I don't even know why I'm crying. 664 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,120 I was like, you're a new nature man. 665 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:23,240 You're like, she's like, I joined the I joined the young 666 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:25,960 adults. She was like, I'm coming. 667 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,600 I'm doing all these things. I've been in church. 668 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,160 She goes, I quit smoking pot two weeks ago. 669 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:32,800 I'm like, girl, learn how to fly. 670 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,520 Are you with me? I feel like God is breaking 671 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:42,760 something in this room. What looks crazy is really, God, 672 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:46,080 are you with me? And So what I want you to do 673 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:47,640 right now is I want you to close your eyes. 674 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,320 Listen, you're closing your eyes because we're stopping 675 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,680 distraction. Listen, maybe you've never 676 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:55,760 closed your eyes in a moment like this before, but God wants 677 00:36:55,760 --> 00:37:00,000 to speak to me and every person in this room at this moment. 678 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,960 Come on, if Jesus right in the room right now, in this moment, 679 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:09,080 I want you to give him your full attention and I want every mouth 680 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:13,600 in the room to move and say this Holy Spirit, what are you saying 681 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:14,920 to me? Ready go. 682 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:20,040 Thanks for joining us today. We hope God is speaking to your 683 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,600 heart through this message. If you'd like to connect with 684 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:29,800 us, you can text connect to 407-588-0115 or visit Illuminate 685 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,400 dot church. Have a great week.