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Turn out. It teaches chapter one.
Will you believe with me today? Now I'm going to preach in such
a way that I don't blow the stitches out of my mouth.
Can you do that? I had a tooth extracted on
Friday and did graduation, but, you know, I just needed to read
scripture for the charge, but I preach.
So, you know, I'm like, Lord. Thank you that you're gonna let
my stitches stay in my mouth. Amen, you won't see me?
Spit them out here in a minute. The Lord is good.
You know what, I could always have somebody else Minister
because we have such a depth of people but, you know, Pastor,
Mike, you don't know it yet. I'm going to have him Minister
on Wednesday. You said, wow, you just now
telling me right in front of everybody.
Sure he's instant in season and out, I mean man, if he can't
bring a word we'd be in trouble. But at the end of the day, I
don't I'm listening because I was like Lord who needs to
speak? You know, I as a pastor have
this privilege this like you know really I'm just kind of in
all that I have so many individuals that we could call
up in a moment's notice. They are well equipped to
minister the word of God. Amen.
And I'm just so thankful for that, you know?
So I mean, it's not like, you know.
Okay, I got one person. My associate they have to always
do that, right? I don't have that issue.
Amen. Praise the Lord everybody doing
good. All right, so with that being
said, Pastor Mike, thank you. All right?
These is chapter one today. I want to talk to you about some
things, you know. To help us keep our self
straight. We've said this in years past,
you know, God is the author of words.
So he has the right to Define though, you know, there's a lot
of redefining going on in our planet right now.
Bride, there's a lot of redefining of terms.
Well, you know, the church needs to redefine some things because
the church has even gotten into some things called tradition.
Jesus, addressed this with a very with a religious group of
people when he walked on the planet was found in Matthew
chapter 15, verse 3. When he said, why do you
transgress the Commandment of God for the sake of your
Traditions? You're going to need to change
your thinking. You're going to change your
definition your way of living me.
Are you hearing me his whole Sermon on the Mount Was A
disruption. You've heard the Ancients say
which is his father through the prophets Thou shalt not.
But I say unto you, which means Jesus said I'm giving you a ride
interpretation of this thing because y'all made it a surface
issue and I'm telling you it's always was about a heart that
even if on the surface, you were able to accomplish something
your heart has condemned you as put you in a bad spot, right?
And so he addresses this situation, this issue that takes
place. And so, you know, we ourselves
have to make sure that we get rid of all religions religious
traditions because, you know, if we don't watch out, the Bible
can become a religious book, right?
We have a thing called a freedom of what religion.
But yet, the Bible is actually not even a religious book.
It's about a king is Kingdom in his role Offspring, the Bible is
actually historical document of the nation of this ups and downs
of God's desire to place Humanity within his kingdom,
where he rules and Reigns, and we reign with him.
The cool thing about God's kingdom.
It's not a kingdom of servants. Although we serve.
Yeah, it's a kingdom of Kings. The Bible says, he's the King of
who are those kings? You are.
He's the Lord Of Glory. Who are those Lords?
You are, which means you're not in Supreme, you're not the one
who's supreme authority. He is but you have the supreme
authority of how to live your life.
The devil can't make you, do something sin, can't make you do
something. Once you've been redeemed, you
have the authority to say no to sin.
You're no longer subject to it, because you've been delivered
out of its power. Are you hearing me, we've been
transferred out of the domain of Darkness into the kingdom of his
beloved Son. We would be pathetic species.
If we had to stay bound to our old ruler in a new kingdom if we
had to. But we don't because whom the
son has set is indeed, say I'm free.
Free now deliverance and freedom are two different things.
Because many people get delivered, but they never get
free. Why?
Cause their mind stays with the old Master, but you got to renew
your mind to the new one King Jesus, Hallelujah.
Well, with that being said, I want to talk to you about
Kingdom forgiveness, because forgiveness is a big deal when
it comes to the kingdom of God. But I'm concerned that we've not
we've kind of gotten off in this thing called forgiveness.
In fact, we've gotten a little religious in it.
And we're going to clearly see the difference between a
religious forgiveness and a kingdom.
Forgiveness. Are you hearing me?
So let's look at Ephesians chapter 1 starting in verse 3.
Paul says, this blessed, be the god of our father blessed, be
the God, and father of our Lord. Jesus Christ who has blessed us
with every spiritual blessing, in Heavenly places in Christ.
Just as he chose us in him win before the foundation of the
world that we would be holy Blameless before him in love, he
predestined us to adoption as Sons through Jesus Christ to
himself, according to the kind intention of his will to the
praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed
on us, in the Beloved, in him, we have Redemption through his
blood, the Forgiveness of our trespasses.
One translation says of our sins, according to the riches of
his grace, which he lavished, Lavish on us.
Which he lavished on us. Now, I want to take a moment
here. I don't want to go too far in
death because I got quite a few scriptures this morning which is
not unusual for us but I want to look at a few things.
The first thing I want us to look at is verse 4, that he
chose us in him before the foundation of the world now just
because your chosen before something does it mean you'll
walk in it? Are you hearing me?
I'll give you another scripture that helps support this God
desires. That all would repent, come to
repentance that none would perish that.
How many would perish none and that all how many all would come
to repentance will all come to repentance?
Will some Parish will many actually perish, they actually
will. So God has a desire.
Fire. So before the foundations of the
world before he created the world, the United States are.
I'm not you know the Earth itself, okay?
God already had an idea of how he wanted Humanity.
And he wanted them in Christ. He wanted them in a Kings
anointing because Christ means the king who will come and
establish his kingdom and there will be no end.
Christ is the anointed one in his anointed and that's what you
do with Kings you anoint them and Jesus was anointed member.
He was anointed when he came out of the Jordan River.
The Holy Spirit came upon him later on in Luke 4:18.
It says and look, he said the spirit of the Lord has come upon
me. For he has, anointed me Acts
chapter 10 38 says, look how Jesus of Nazareth went around
doing good. And healing all who were
oppressed of the devil whom the father had anointed.
Look how God anointed Jesus. So Jesus had an anointing.
It's a king's anointing. And if he has that anointing, we
have that anointing. Are you hearing me?
So he always saw that us as Hugh, those created in his
likeness would rain. That's why in Genesis 1 before
sin, ever enters the Earth, God said, let us make man in our
image, according to our likeness Genesis 1:26, and let them rule
have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky
over all the cattle over every creeping thing that creeps on
the earth, over all the Earth, both male and female were to
have dominion or rulership, in essence.
Jesus is King. We are his Kings underneath and
we serve in his Earth to cause Heaven, it to look like heaven
on Earth. Are you hearing me?
This was always God's design. So he chose us in him in the
likeness of God, before the foundations of the world, but
Adam sinned. And because he Sin Sin entered,
the Earth sin, brings death, which is an eternal punishment.
Now, what is sin? Sin is simply disobeying the
word of God. Because his through Adams
transgression or Adam's sin, what was his sin?
He ate the fruit God said, do not eat.
Are you hearing what I'm saying? So when he ate that fruit, God
had an Institute and amendment to his word because his word is
in effect. If you eat the fruit, you what?
Diana's human, if is Humanity still in a dead state today,
majority of them. So the only way they can come
back to life is he had to send his own son.
Are you hearing me because God is obligated to his word?
He said, if he eat the fruit, the day you eat it, you'll die
now, death has a wage, Because sin has a wage death is the Wage
of Sin, so God has to pay for that and only God could pay for
it. Now, in order to pay for it, he
can't use silver and gold gold, silver, and gold.
Cannot pay for your eternal security.
Are you hearing what I'm saying? So you can't buy your way into
heaven. You can't give your way into
heaven. You can't do more good according
to your estimation than bad. And it work for God, God's not
impressed with your giving. He's not impressed with your
social work. He's not impressed with you
feeding the poor, right? If you're feeding the poor only
to get his attention, Are you hearing me?
Because I know there was a guy who took care of the poor and
God heard it. But, yeah, he did, more than
just take care of the poor, he was seeking the Lord and the
Lord sent a message, so that he could become born again, are you
hearing me? So, in order for us to get back
into the family, we must be born of the family that we were were
out of, and it's the blood of Jesus.
He says, we were redeemed with the Precious Blood of Of Jesus,
not with it. A perishable type of currency
like silver and gold. But with the what precious blood
of Jesus, by All rights, Jesus death on the cross and his
blood, that he shed, was a financial transaction.
So that you could come back into the family, He paid your debt
and all of humanity is in debt to God. for the wages of sin is
death and all have sinned and fallen short of the glory so
they all need the blood I said they all need the blood blood
is, what causes forgiveness to manifest.
Are you hearing me? Because he goes on to say this
that it we were redeemed through his blood.
Now, understand when he says in verse 5 he predestined all that
means is that God has predestined to path for humans
to be able to of their own free, will to get on.
There's a lot of false Doctrine out there called pre.
Destination. Meaning, there are people who
are already predestined to be in.
And there are those art, that's not true, just because God knows
who's getting in. Doesn't mean it's still not
there. We'll to get in. they have to
choose because if God says this group, I'm going to keep this
group, I'm not and it's his choice then he is not just he's
not just He's just because he gives all of humanity, the
opportunity, this is the way. Come on, you know, the way is
Right? Jesus said I am the way the
truth and the life. No one comes to the father but
through me. How do you get to him?
You believe in your heart, confess with your mouth.
Jesus is Lord of your life. But there's something that must
take place in the believe And that's what we need to key on
today because many people, you know, know that God forgives,
but how do you? How do you actually receive
that? Forgiveness?
All right, let's go on Matthew, 26, 27 and 28, Matthew chapter
26, verse 27. And 28 says, and when he had
taken a cup and gave given thanks, he gave it to them
saying drink from it. All of you for, this is my blood
of the Covenant, which is poured out for many, for the
forgiveness of sin. Well, how many did he poured out
for many? How many are many That's every
person ever. That's every person ever yet.
Not every person ever. Will have forgiveness.
Hallelujah. Although the blood is there for
forgiveness. Now, we need to get this in
context because when we read this we got to understand.
Jesus is doing something in a way that has already been done,
but it's temporary. Jesus is not doing something
that oh, well, you know, we're going to do something new.
Jesus is doing something that creates finality.
We found this in Hebrews chapter 9 and Hebrews, After nine verse
22, it has to do with sacrifices of the old Covenant and why they
did sacrifices and look what it says here.
And according to the law one, may almost say all things are
cleansed with blood and without the shedding of blood there is
no. Now you know what took place,
the high priest would go in once a year and sprinkled the blood
everywhere from a lamb that was without spot or wrinkle.
Animal that had no defect because that's the type and
Shadow of Jesus Christ. Who was the man who knew no sin,
but became our sin. And every year they had to do
this yet throughout the year, there were other sacrifices
based upon festivals based upon knowingly, sinning and not
knowingly sinning. That needed to take place.
Why? Because if the blood's not
there, then forgiveness is not there.
And he every year, the high priest had to go on the day of
atonement for what purpose to apply blood.
So the nation could remain in Covenant with every year.
Because every year they were sinning.
So, another animal dies, another animal dies, another animal
dies. Let's go on.
It says this, therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the
things in the Heavens to be cleansed with these.
But the Heavenly things themselves with better
sacrifices than these. Because you understand the
Tabernacle or the holies of holies is a copy of what
actually exists in heaven. This is why Moses couldn't build
it according to his own design because there's a Copy in
another world. In another realm.
All right, for Christ did not enter a holy Place made with
hands a mere copy of the true one.
But into heaven itself now to appear in the presence of God,
how for us nor was it that he would offer himself often as the
high priest entered, the holy Place year by year with blood
that is not his own. Otherwise he would have needed
to suffer often since the foundation of the world.
Old. But now once at the consummation
of the ages he has been made manifested to put away sin by
the sacrifice of himself and is so much as it is appointed for
men to die once and after this comes the Judgment.
So Christ also having been offered once to Bear the sins of
many, how many and how many are many that's everybody.
Will appear a second time for salvation without reference to
sin to those who eagerly await him.
So, you need to understand that the blood of Jesus still runs
today. Which means there's no reason to
have to sacrifice again for you because blood is still flowing
for anything you ever do. Now, why do I say that because
many interpret? This, as Christ has paid for
everything, yet in one sense, many will still go to the second
or go. They have the experience, the
second death, which is the lake of fire.
Even though blood is Flowing on The Mercy Seat, Even though it's
flowing. So unlike the old Covenant,
which again, in the old Covenant, there was something
that occurred that in ordered that allowed that blood to take
hold of the nation. And in the New Covenant, the
same thing. There is something that is
required in order for that blood to take hold of your life if you
do not do what's required, although the Bloods been
applied, it Apply to you although it applies for you,
something can be applied for you but yet not apply to you.
Are you hearing what I'm saying? I can go to the bank and make a
deposit for you but unless you withdraw it it does nothing for
you. It doesn't bring your
deliverance. It doesn't set you free.
You're dying of cancer and you need twelve thousand dollars to
be able to do some medical treatment.
I put in the account, you know, fifty billion dollars for you
because there's more than enough but you won't go to the account.
To withdraw what I've already deposited.
So you die in your cancer not because it wasn't there.
So you got to understand what Jesus has done.
Yes, it's for the world. But it only applies to those
within the world. Should they do us required to
receive it. Are you hearing me Colossians
chapter 1, verse 9, through 14? For this reason.
Also, since the day, we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray
for you to ask that. You may be filled with the
knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and
understanding so that you will walk in a manner.
Worthy of the Lord to please him in All respects bearing fruit in
every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God
strengthened with all power. According to his glorious might
for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience
joyfully giving thanks to the father who has qualified who has
what qualified US to Share in the inheritance of the Saints of
life. For he rescued us from the
domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom
of his beloved Son. In whom we have Redemption, the
forgiveness of sin. So verse 12 tells us, we're
qualified. Guess what?
If Ida positive, 50 billion dollars in your account and you
need 25,000 out. I've qualified you to go get it.
Are you hearing me but if you don't go get it.
Then you don't have what you're qualified for.
Now, this sounds semantics, but it's not because there are many
people that are going to go to the Lake of Fire.
Because they believe God's already forgiven them yet.
They've not received it. Because has God provided
forgiveness. Provision of forgiveness is not
forgiveness. I'm going to say that again,
provision of forgiveness is not forgiveness.
Because again if the blood of Jesus, which we know has been
poured out for all Mankind's sin and is that done?
Is it finished? Is it on The Mercy Seat in
heaven? And if that's all that was
necessary, then we don't need to pray.
We don't need to come to church. We shouldn't even witness.
At this point we have what is called the doctrine of
inclusion. Christ has already done it all.
We can't do anything. We're all going there.
It really isn't a hell anyway, because we're all God's love and
people he's already forgiven us. He's paid the price with blood.
Well, he has paid the price for blood, but there are still
plenty of people that are living according to the devil.
And are children of the devil and are not getting in to the
kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of God, they are not
going to have eternal life with Christ.
They will be cast into the Lake of Fire which is the second
death. They will be at the great white
Throne judgment knowing that the account was paid in full But
they did not do. What was required to receive?
Didn't do it. Amen.
So we don't want to create a false reality to the world in
trying to be simple. I just want you to know God's
already forgiven you God has already provided forgiveness for
you. So this is not an issue about
what you've done, but if you want it this is what you must
do. That's how we should say this.
Instead of say, you know, God's already forgiven you, oh, he's
already forgive me. Yeah.
It's like you never done it. Wow, this is awesome.
Well, why would you have do anything different than Jesus
has provided forgiveness for everything you've done.
He's done that, but she, if you'll do this, you can receive
that forgiveness and it would be as if it never happened.
Do you understand? Blood is running on The Mercy
Seat, but God still taking notes of your life.
He's still taking notes and he's taking notes for the believer
and the unbeliever for of the saved and the lost.
He is taking notes. I like to say it this way, God
is the greatest micromanager. There's nothing you're doing
that, he's not recording. Why?
Because he loves to reward. Now, the only promised a reward
can be bad, you can get a bad reward, you can be rewarded for
bad things which is death separation or, you know, things
that don't make it to his realm. Because the Bible says for us,
that are born again, when we go before the Judgment seat of
Christ. Because again, Thrones are in
kingdoms, not religion, we need to leave Fantasy Land of Jesus
and religion and know that Jesus is the soon coming King.
Are you hearing me? He came as a king who died for
the rest of the Kings for the nation, for the kingdom and
those who will call on his name. Can come back into his kingdom,
have all the That come with his kingdom when they do what's
necessary to receive the Forgiveness that has been laid
out. And when he does he'll say, now
I'm gonna judge you, according to this new life in me.
How well did you follow me? That's what my rewards on.
That's why I said when you get before him, it could be wood,
hay and stubble, meaning you did something on the earth that
somebody recognized and it was really only for them, it wasn't
for Jesus. They gave you honor rewards
ackie, lays they clap for you standing ovation, but your heart
was to do it. So they would recognize you when
you stand before the Lord said. Yeah, I saw that moment it was a
selfish ambition. I get that and you know you got
that reward, there's nothing here.
But now when you do it for him, Him man, can applaud, applaud
you, give you rewards, give you great honor, but it can also
then translate up into his realm.
And says, man, not only, did you get that, you know, benefit, you
know, dinner where everybody, you know, was talking all
awesome and it was amazing, but the whole while you were just
serving me. So, I got some Treasures.
I'm going to hand out as well. Amen.
But then there's the great white throne.
And all these individuals. It's not because forgiveness is
not available. It's because they failed to do
what the Bible says, cause us forgiveness to take place.
Are you hearing me? Because I hear people all the
time. What you just need to forgive
them? Well, what does that even mean
then? Because has God not forgiving
us. I mean, what do you say on the
cross? Forgive them.
Father, for they know, not what they do.
What does that mean? Everybody's forgiving.
Now there's no responsibility on our end.
Why is Jesus telling his disciples to wait and don't even
Minister about me to be a witness for me until you are
clothed with power on. Ha, don't even preach yet.
Why does he say it's through the foolishness of preaching that
people get born again? If the blood that's forgiven
everybody of their sin is already on The Mercy Seat.
What's the reason Acts chapter 26, 15 to 18 says this.
And I said, Who are you? Lord and the Lord said, I am
Jesus whom you are persecuting. Now, this is the encounter of
Saul of Tarsus with Jesus on the road to Damascus.
He said, but get up stand on your feet for this purpose.
I've appeared to you to appoint you a minister and a witness not
only to the things which you have seen But of but also to the
things in which I will appear to you, rescuing you from the
Jewish people. And from the Gentiles to whom
I'm, I am sending you to open their eyes so that they may turn
from Darkness to light and from the Dominion of Satan to God,
that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an
inheritance among those who have been Sanctified by faith.
Now when we put these two passages together acts and
Colossians notice in Colossians, it said that because of what
Jesus did, he's qualified us to share with an inheritance.
Paul is going to go preach to let them know.
They have an inheritance That they've been qualified for, are
you hearing me? I said, are you hearing me okay?
Now in that some things have to take place because because Jesus
has qualified US in Colossians letter, he's already developed.
He's already put in place a rescue plan.
It's the way of Escape that get you out of the domain, the
power, the authority of living like a sinner and having the
nature of the devil and move you over into the kingdom of his
beloved Son, where you have the nature of God.
Are you hear me? And he established this Escape
Route by paying for this little way with his blood.
That has the door to forgive you of sin and sin is treason
against God's kingdom. It's your way, not the Kings
Way. It's treason.
If from a kingdom perspective and then here Paul has the same
responsibility to help people have their eyes open so they can
leave darkness and turn the light, leave the domain of Satan
to God, the Dominion of Satan, the power, the authority of a
tyrannical. Ruler and father, because
remember, Jesus said not, all of y'all are God's kids.
I mean, if Actually read the Bible.
You'll know that God doesn't look at the Earth and say these
are all God's people. He doesn't say that.
He talked to the Pharisees say you are of your father.
The devil now, God and the devil are not the same person.
God the Father does not have a split personality that one day.
He's God the Father good and the next day he's Satan.
So Jesus is not confused when he's telling human beings,
you're not godly and you're not up the God seed, you're not a,
my daddy, we're not in the same family.
Now, you are originally created to be in it, but because you
have fallen in sin, because you are rebellious to God because
you do it your way. You are not in my household and
you are not on my father. He told him.
He said, if you are my father, you would accept me.
But you're not, amen. I'm glad that I got a new dad.
I said, I'm glad I got to do dad, but in both places we see
there's a, our Paul begins to highlight and let us know.
Something has to take place in order for things to to turn.
He said that they may turn that they may turn.
Now, let me get a little bit further and we'll see it even
more in Acts chapter 10. In Acts chapter 10, starting in
verse 34, this is Peter, going to Cornelius house, okay?
And we'll pick it up in verse 34, opening his mouth.
Peter said, I most certainly understand now that God is not
one to show partiality, but in every nation the man who fears
him and does, what is right, is welcome to him the word, which
he sent to the sons of Israel. Preaching, peace through Jesus
Christ, he is Lord of Of all you yourselves know, the thing,
which took place throughout all Judea starting from Galilee
after the baptism, which John proclaimed, and we're going to
see what John proclaimed here in a minute.
You know, of Jesus of Nazareth. How God anointed him with the
holy spirit with power. And he went about doing good.
And healing all who were oppressed by the devil for God
was with him. We Are Witnesses of these
things. He did both in the land of the
Jews and in Jerusalem. Mmm.
They also put him to death by hanging him on a cross.
God raised him up on the third day and granted that he became
become visible, not to all the people, but to Witnesses who
were chosen beforehand by God, that is to us who ate and drank
with him after he rose from the dead and he ordered us to preach
to the people in Sodom lead to testify that this is the one who
has been appointed by God, as judge of the living, Of the
living and the so it's obvious that the blood he's put on The
Mercy Seat in heaven. Although it has the ability and
the power to forgive every sin that was ever created by anyone.
Yet he will still judge dead people.
People who do not receive that forgiveness.
As far as Jesus is concerned, he could say, I've forgiven you But
what does that do for you? What does that do for you?
Knowing that God's forgiving, you does nothing for you if you
do not do what's required to receive it.
Now I know religious mind start running right now.
And that's why, because they don't want to take personal
responsibility and they actually like their worldly living.
And so as a result of that, they feel comforted and they're
shallow explanation of the word that God did and I couldn't have
done anything. He's already forgiven me and,
you know, I just go through life knowing that, you know, Jesus
Paid It All and man when I am done I would have done enough
that, you know, Oh, God is going to take me in.
How could he deny me? Well, he'll deny you.
I said, he'll deny you although he paid for it all because you
don't get in that way. I said you don't get in that
way. And the Bible doesn't teach that
you get the Forgiveness that way, even though by All rights,
he's forgiven sin. All right, we're going to touch
on some things here in a minute, verse 43 of whom, all the
prophets, bear witness that through his name, everyone who
believes in Him. Receives, forgiveness of sin.
Everyone who what? What?
Now, I would love for this word belief to just mean believe.
In fact, that's what a lot of the religious churches.
Want you to believe. All you got to do is believe in
him and you receive forgiveness of sin.
You know what Jesus said? Jesus said this even the demons
believe. And tremble.
But how many demons are getting forgiveness of sin?
So, this can't be this, I believe Jesus came.
I believe Jesus is a Godly person.
That doesn't give you forgiveness of sin.
In fact, you're not forgiven of your sin at all.
Even though there's provision for all your sins to be
forgiven. Well, I believe Jesus is the son
of God whoopee. Big deal.
The devil's know. He is the Son of God fact.
They ran and says, you know, have you come to torment us
before our time? We know who you are.
Amen.
Well, I believe, Jesus, Son of God, big deal that doesn't give
you forgiveness of sin. Don't give it to you.
You know how many people you can walk at your work and stuff and
you oh well I believe in God. Big deal.
You're not forgiven of your sin big deal.
You're still gonna go to the Lake of Fire.
You still going believing there's a God means.
Nothing believing that Jesus Christ.
Is the Son of God doesn't mean anything.
That is not what the Bible says, because the Bible is very clear
of what it takes to receive Paul lets them know.
Now, listen, this thing hinges on what Paul John is been
preaching. Now, how did John preached turn
over to Mark chapter? 1 verse 4?
John, the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching, a
baptism of Of what repentance for?
The forgiveness of sin, John the Baptist appeared in the
wilderness, preaching, a baptism of repentance.
Why do you have to have repentance?
It's for Without repentance there is no application to be
able to receive what Jesus has already forgiven you.
What he's already provided doesn't matter.
He's already provided. It doesn't matter if you don't
qualify through repentance. Now repentance is not a
religious word. Repentance means to change your
thinking. It literally means side with my
party. Y'all doing.
All right. Look at this.
Matthew 13 or chapter 3, verses 1 and 2.
John the Baptist. Now, in the days of John, the
Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea saying,
repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
That's how he said it. Mark, lets us know.
He, it was a, it was a message of the baptism of repentance and
that's what he in in the Matthew gospel, he just LED with repent,
change your thinking side with God's party.
Why me party? It's not like come have a party.
It has implications of political or governmental party.
Meaning you've been in a domain or a ruler ship that is kept.
You cut off from God and had you rebellious from God, but if
you'll change the way you live the way, you think the way you
respond, the way you act the way you Lord, it yourself and submit
to his lordship. You got to change your thinking
and come over to the kingdom. You've got to submit your will
to his Is will it is no longer you got to quit thinking?
I got this. I can do this.
You got to change that thinking, you can't do it without him.
And you got to submit to him and then when you submit to him, you
can do whatever he says. Luke chapter 24 verses 46 to 47,
and he said to them, this is written that the Christ would
suffer and Rise Again from the dead on the third day.
And that repentance for the Forgiveness of sins would be
proclaimed in his name. To all the nations beginning
from Jerusalem. How in the world do we receive
the forgiveness of sin? We must repent.
Did Jesus himself? Not preach.
This in Matthew 4:17 from that time.
He began to preach and say, repent.
For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
You can't live like this and expect that you've been
forgiven. Okay.
This lifestyle is not tolerated in my domain, so you have to
change that. Yeah, entirely give it up,
abandon it, you have to denounce it.
And turn to my way in my way alone.
And when you do that from your innermost being you'll receive
forgiveness, The blood can be applied, you cannot hang out
over in the domain of Darkness, pull the blood of Jesus over on
you here. Still live this way and expect
when you die wake up here. Good.
I'm going to pull it over here. God, forgave me.
He's already done. A couldn't do nothing.
I'm still gonna drink on the weekend.
Still gonna smoke on a weekend. Still going to whore on the
weekend. Still gonna backbite still gonna
gossip. Well that nature, that's all
that nature can do and you can't pull his blood over into this
realm. And thank you, God, something
when you don't have it until you repent, you be like I got this
man's got to die. This man has to die.
I can't lift. This is whore, the condition I
am is filthy rags. He should.
He should throw me into, but I will give all of my allegiance
and my will, and my following a, my conduct a, my behavior.
I'm Healed. And submit, I'll do it.
Lord, I believe. It, I believe that your blood
has the power to change, everything about me and I'm
ready. Willing, I Repent, I don't want
to know more. The Lord said we'll come on in
son. Then our spirit man becomes new.
The old is pressed out of our body.
We become a new creature in Christ.
In the Holy Ghost, comes and lives on the inside and said,
now I'm going to clean your mind up because people who've
received forgiveness, actually live a lifestyle of repentance
This is why John the Baptist rightly judged the Pharisees
when he said, he said, who do you think you are escaping the
wrath of God. You brought a Vipers.
And they would Ally. Yeah, but we've got Abraham.
We've got more. He says, listen you need to live
a lifestyle in keeping with repentance because a person,
repented do you not to beg them to come to church, you don't
have to beg them to read a Bobby.
Had to beg them to to pray. You ought to beg them to crucify
the flesh there like, I gotta get that off me.
That's not my life. Yeah, I don't think that way
anymore, whatever you say, I'll Change and in my growth.
And what would God is? Have change us.
I'm a change that today. Change this.
I'm going to change. I never in my Wok have come
along and say, no. Now listen, I've done a lot for
you so far and I see as far as I go.
I mean, I want a little bit of me on the inside somewhere.
There is no me without him. In him, I live and move and have
my being his words, how's life? And I cannot habitually have
forgiveness. Unless I Repent, see this is
where we get duped. Is that we think because now
we're in all of a sudden, there's nothing else we do yet.
In the old Covenant, every year. They had a sacrifice another
set. God said to us, listen, you blow
it. The Bloods still flowing.
Repent, and ask me to forgive you.
You don't have to wait for the high priest to come.
You don't have to wait, you can get it every day.
You can get forgiveness every day.
Yes. Every day.
And I'm ready to dish it out, but you are not going to keep
this kind of life and thinking, that's outside my kingdom.
And think you can walk in forgiveness, that you're going
to have an applied. Are you hearing me see religious
forgiveness comes without a need to change?
But the kingdom forgiveness comes only through repentance.
you know what some churches are so stupid, they think I'm
talking to, you know, before certain things that you know, if
you were wearing a suit What Holiness is in a suit?
I wear suit called. I like it.
But it's gotten Justice crazy thinking that you can't wear a
suit anymore and identify with people because most are so laid
back wearing her pajamas. Have no thought about being in
front of a king and a lot of times their outward display is
really displaying their inward heart of this little, casual
relationship with God. Living in the world and saying
all but he's forgiven me. Well, is it a plot?
Is it to your account because without repentance you don't
have it. See.
God has already forgiven you but it's clear to say God has
provided forgiveness for you receive it by repenting Matthew,
18, y'all doing all right? Okay, 21 to 22, look at this.
Then Peter came and said to him Lord, how often shall my brother
sin against me and I forgive him up to seven times. and Jesus
said to him, do not say up to seven times, but up, to Seventy
Times Seven, Now, let's look at this.
Because when you read this, this is the please, this is the
problem. Do not make sure you always take
what God saying in context. Because again, what's the
implication here? If we just read this scripture,
then we take the one side that doesn't allow forgiveness to be
applied. If my brother sins before me
seven times, how many times do I forgive him?
Seven times, right? Jesus said, I don't say 7:00.
I say Seventy Times Seven. So again, all that the scripture
says, if your brother sins, well, he sinned against me.
Well, I'll forgive you and like that's it, you're done.
Well, I just forgive him. But Jesus says this somewhere
else and it reads differently, are you hearing me?
Let's look at it here. Luke chapter 17, Luke chapter 17
verse 3. He said be on your guard.
If your brother what What's the next two words?
Oh, Hallelujah. Same anyway.
Well God, forgave him. He poured out his blood.
I mean, there is sin. I'm, you know, I forgive them
and we walk away and act like, you know, they're forgiving of
what they've done wrong. no said if your brother sins rebuke him
and if he if is a conditional statement, Now listen, you're
not holding. You have ample provision.
God. Forgave me, I'll forgive them.
No problem with me. But yet they can't receive it if
they don't repent and if he You don't want to hear this finest
fun. Why?
Because it's just too easy to be irresponsible to stay.
In a watered-down sissy man, be pamby.
This is a reason why I world looks like it looks like because
again, we tolerate things that the kingdom, that the king
himself does not tolerate and this is not being unmerciful.
This is not being without compassion.
This is not being long-suffering.
This is not being impatient. This is being full of love.
Hey, we're in another kingdom here now.
And at the end of the day some things need to change here and
if they don't change the Bible says take two or three and then
they say they're can become conditions where you're like I'm
take this before the church. Yeah.
Then if they still won't repair it, I'm going to treat you like
you're not even a part of the church and when you go on social
media and say I ostracized you and I cut you off and I wouldn't
merciful to you know you didn't list all the times I came and
asked you to change repent change do what the word says.
Bra people around was long-suffering trying to help
out but I'm obligated by the king to put you out and love put
you out because love put Adam out of The garden.
Let me smile. Yeah, I mean, the church has got
to get a fear of the Lord. Again, this reverential, awe,
that I want to live, like God wants me to live.
I want to do what God wants me to do.
Oh, get dirty stuff off me. Oh my gosh, get that off me.
I don't want to live that way. I want to think that way.
I don't behave that way. That's disgusting.
Now, let me see how much I can dabble over here and get away
with it. And people are sit thinking.
Well, I'm good with God. You ain't good with God.
If you're not repentant, and even if you're born again,
you're not good with God. What you're doing is setting
yourself up to go to the Judgment seat and have
absolutely no reward. Yeah, because you won't live a
consistent life with the character of the Holy one.
That's on the inside of you because you fail, you fail to
change your thinking on how you're going to handle this
situation. You're going to do it your way.
My mama, he said listen if he repents forgive him and if he
sins against you seven times a day and returns to you, seven
times saying what was he saying? Nobody's not saying I'll forgive
me. Will you free?
I mean, I again, if you blowing, I'm going to ask, have you, are
you, are you repenting? His repentance taken place.
I mean these kind of truce get me very concerned as a pastor
that maybe people aren't where they think they are.
This is why it's very obvious. That when James says, listen,
you need to be a doer of the word, not a hearer only.
Because a lot of people here in this world.
They live in this world, they live in to see blob, which means
they're born again deceived thinking, they write what God
and am right with God because God cannot give them any reward
because they're not pulling the blood from The Mercy Seat of God
through repentance. You know, father, you've been
talking to me for the last month about dealing with my attitude
towards this person at work. And honestly, I feel like I'm
Justified. I mean, I really just the way
they are. I'm so short with them, but you
know what? I got to repent.
I need to do it your way, will you forgive me?
I'm going to do it your way, even at the cost of what it
looks like. I'm caving.
I could give multiple examples. Of where people aren't
repenting. And repenting is the big deal to
God. It's a big deal.
It is interest to the kingdom. Let's finish out.
Matthew 18, jump back over there.
Verse 23. Now, he's going to give an
example. He just said, hey, my brother
sins against me. All sa up to seven times, should
I forgive them? He said, I wouldn't say seven.
I'd say Seventy Times Seven. And then he qualifies.
Now, the reason why you would give you would in essence, he
saying, you should always have a heart to forgive your brother.
When he repents. Although, you are already in a
posture. Forgiveness, meaning, I'm not
offended with you that you've sinned against me.
I'm not all upset. You're not going to put strings
on me to be mad. I am already ready to forgive
you. I just need you to repent.
When I brother, you need ever forgive him.
I've already forgiven him. I remember one particular person
didn't left a church not to Great years ago.
Two years later, give me a call and repents and I told him, I
said, I forgive you because I forgave, you already.
So for two years you're walking under something that you didn't
have to be under if you only would have repented because it
was there, the minute you blew it.
Same thing with God, the forgiveness is there the minute
you blew it? How many people?
How many Born Again? People are not coming to church.
Because they're condemned with what they've done wrong.
And the devil starts hounding them.
There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
but they begin to hound and the and you know, how you get rid of
that you repent. If you're truly repentant, you
won't be beat up. You'll be guilt-free even though
you know forgiveness is are how can we have walked in such a
great salvation and not stay connected to this?
Not like some failure along the way.
There's only one failure along the way for the believer that
there is no forgiveness that God himself will not forgive and
that's blasphemy of the Holy Ghost that isn't for lost
people, that is for Born Again. People that have a qualify for
that and there's conditions that qualify you for that one.
And by All rights, the Bible says, you've openly trampled on
the blood of Jesus as a result of blasphemy of the Holy Ghost.
But the majority, mmm. I mean, I would say such a, it's
such a, my new fraction that go falls into the blasphemy of the
Holy Ghost category, most of his just the Believers failure.
To know that the blood is on The Mercy Seat, and all I have to do
is repent and be free from this guilt.
How can you be carrying guilt? If, you know, God's forgiving
you, if you know that he's removed your sin, as far as the
East is from the West yet, you do something wrong, you feel
guilty. You don't come to church, you
don't talk to people won't look people in the eye anymore.
You avoid them. Because well, I well God,
forgave me. I'm going to do it.
You know. God forgave me.
Well you've not received it because you're still doing the
same stuff. You've been doing.
That makes you feel this way. Andy, you know, it comes from
the believer that even the loss use.
Don't judge me. All right, let me just give you
a little Biblical advice, read it because the Bible actually
gives Saints the right to judge you.
It's called judging your fruit. Yeah.
Now, I'm not judging your Eternal destination that I have.
No right. But I sure have the right to
say, let me taste your fruit here.
This is garbage. There's no love in that.
There's no joy there. That fruit tastes so depressed.
It was so bitter. You need to repent.
You walk around here, like, Eeyore yet.
The Bible says the joy, the Lord, your stress, and then
you're mad at me cuz I'm like, where's your joy?
Don't tell me what's wrong with you, repent.
Repent, all we want is repent. O God wants, is all this.
Just to repent. I mean quick getting a hottie
like nobody in the rooms never blown it.
We've all blown it, but I'm telling you, you are free unless
you repent. Alright, verse 23.
Coming off how many times I forgive him.
Sometimes know I'd say Seventy Times Seven, he says, for this
reason, for this reason, what reason, Seventy Times Seven, you
forgive your brother. if he comes to you and repents, if he
comes to you repent you're going to forgive for this reason.
The Kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a King who wanted to
settle accounts with his slaves and when he had begun to settle
them, one who owed him, ten thousand talents was brought to
him. But since he did not have, the
means to repay it. The Lord commanded him to be
sold along with his wife and children, all that he had and
repayment be made. He said, I wait a minute,
Pastor. All this has to do with money,
don't you understand? Your sin has to do with
financial currency? You were redeemed.
Redeem means bought with a price.
The Bible says that you were bought bought with a price, you
were redeemed, not with perishable things like silver
and gold, but with the precious blood, so, in essence, you're
this guy, you had a debt that you had no ability to repay.
Okay, just so we're clear. So the slave fell to the ground
prostrated himself before him saying, have patience with me
and I'll repay you everything in the lord of the slave, felt
compassion and released him and and, and, and forgave him the
debt. But say, but say bud, but the
slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a
hundred denarian now. Now he o 10,000 talents.
And this guy only owed, 100 denarian.
Okay, he seized him and began to choking saying pay back what you
owe. so, his fellow slave fell to the ground began to plead
with him saying have patience with me and I'll repay you but
he was He's unwilling. And he went through him in
prison until he should pay back what he owed.
So when his fellow slaves, saw what happened, they were deeply
grieved and came and reported to their lord, all that happened.
Then summoning him. His lord said you Wicked slave.
I What did I do? What did I do?
What did he forgive him or not? You don't want to hear this.
Did he forgive him or not? When that slave left the
presence of the Lord, the first time, did he owe him?
Ten thousand talents anymore? When he stands before him the
second time. Does he owe him?
Ten thousand talents? No.
I forgave you all the debt because you pleaded with me.
Should you not also have had mercy on your slave in the same
way? And the Lord moved with anger
handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all.
Now, what does he owe him now? It's not ten thousand talents.
What is the Oe? He owed him the character of the
Lord. He didn't respond like his Lord,
he didn't live a life in keeping with repentance and responded,
like his Lord. Okay.
Mark chapter 11 have faith in God.
Speak to the mountain cast into the sea.
It's done. If you have the same Faith Of
God, right? Okay.
Same Faith Of God. Are you hear me?
We have that. You have the same Faith Of God
verse 25, but if you got an issue with somebody, you need to
go forgive them. because if you don't forgive them, your father
in Heaven, so, the price of character is worth more than
talents, Okay. Jesus, when he redeemed us from
the curse of the law brought us out of the domain of Darkness,
what did he deposit in you? His character his ability his
nature? and that nature will repent and
be like the father It's lifestyle.
So you don't don't think you can be over here, skipping around
living like the devil way, and don't think there's not a debt
to settle. All right, I'm not talking about
you lose your salvation a minute.
You blow it. I'm not saying that.
What I am saying the minute you blow it.
There is a way for you to wash that guilt, because you don't
have to wait for the priest to come next year.
There's plenty of blood rolling, he tells him, you're gonna blow
me off in essence. It's as if you've fallen into a
debt bigger than you can pay again.
He said my heavenly father will also okay, y'all doing all
right? I mean, I want to finish.
Well, we've been really religiously taught, a bunch of
forgiveness. Apparently my heavenly father,
who's heavenly father? Who's my Jesus, is your Stu, but
Jesus is talking here. He said, my daddy will also do
the same to you, if Here's the condition.
If you meet this condition, you don't want my gosh, but didn't
think I'd be plowing so hard my own church.
This is crazy evil. My heavenly father will do the
same. To you, if, if you meet this
condition, if each of you does not forgive his brother, where
promise heart? Well God, forgave me, my sin.
I went up and repented asked Jesus, Come into my heart and
save me yet. You have aught with your
brother. You know, you have awkward your
brother and you think that entrance is inevitable.
All the junk you've done. Seriously, all the all the
garbage we did against God, all the sin that is rightly that we
could have never paid in a lifetime in a eternity.
Can't do it. Think about this, this whole
thing is about, taking a person, put them in prison to be
tortured until the debts paid What happens when people fall
into the Lake of Fire? Is it like vacationland?
Just warmer. Are they not going to be in
torment? When will they pay that debt
never. It's never going to happen.
And here's someone who was forgiven of what their
wrongdoing was to the crown but yet because they wouldn't
forgive their own. Not showing the nature.
I'm telling you Lord shirts their hearts right now. search
it Lord I'm telling you if you knew there was something going
on and you would somebody you need to repent It is not
acceptable for a child of God, to hold an offense and be bitter
towards a brother. It's not even if they've done,
you wrong, if they've repented you have to treat them as if
they've never done it to you personally.
You can't bring it up at family. Meetings can't bring it up at
work. You can't talk about it, like it
happened yesterday, and if you're entertaining, someone who
does that, you're just a fault. You should be saying you need to
shut your mouth about that because you understand they're
under the blood. I mean you are at least be a
peacemaker. Okay, what have they have?
They repented they ask you to well, you know what?
Why don't we go see them right now because at the end of the
day, you need to be ever ready to forgive, which if you are,
you won't be talking about this. But now if they've actually come
to you and say, I Repent that I did that, then you should be
talking about him, it equally as well and you should be embracing
them as if they never did it. Let's just be real, get real
pastor. I'm real more real than you want
right now. Apparently more real than you
want. So wicked thing, so wicked thing
to think that you're Justified to hold someone to their account
of failure. It's a wicked thing.
All right, let me finish this up.
Praise the lord. Well, we had some Shelton
earlier, so that was fun, Acts 2:38 241.
This is the Launching of the church age.
Okay. Peter said to them.
What do you say? Repent?
And each of you, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus
Christ for cannot get the forgiveness of sin.
If you do not repent. You cannot sit in church and
have forgiveness. You cannot come with someone who
has received forgiveness and you get some of their account.
And you will receive the gifts of the holy spirit for the
promise, is for you and your children.
All for all for all who are afar far off as many as the Lord, Our
God will call to himself. And with many other words, he
saw me testify and kept on exhorting them be saved from
this perverse generation. So then those who received his
word were baptized, and that day there were added about 3000,
sold 3,000 people. Repented that day, although
there were more people in the crowd who nose forgiveness is
available. But did not receive because they
did not repent. I closed the first John 1:9.
This is probably one of our most popular.
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You wouldn't want people to be going to hell because they
falsely think they're forgiving and they've not actually access
the account. If?
Condition. If we confess our sin, this is
not to unbelievers. Paul is writing to brother.
He said, if we confess our sins, here's the thing.
How do we know these are the to the church and not to
unbelievers, because unbelievers could never confess all their
sins. They have no idea how many
things they've done wrong, they just know they've done wrong.
Now they can recall some recent things more traumatic things, I
get it. But at the end of the day,
they're not, we're calling everything they've ever done.
But a Believer has capacity because the Holy Ghost lives in
says Ho. Whoa.
Wait, that ain't right. That's Rebellion, that's
rebellious right there. Stop that.
You need to shut your mouth. You need to quit acting that
way. I got some fruit for you know
you need to repent and to change the way you're handling the
situation right now. You need to just shut them out.
Shut your mouth be quick to hear.
Slow to shut up. Shut up, shut up.
Some of you need to shut up, shutting up.
All right. If we confess our sins, he is.
What is he faithful and righteous to why?
Cause the Bloods there already. You can go, you can boldly go
before the throne of grace. Anytime you want to and have
help in your time of need. And man, when we are doing
right, we need to repent and get forgiveness to forgive us of our
sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness is not a
religious word. It is doing that.
Which is against what, the governing Authority says.
And God says, don't talk to your wife like that.
You need to stop and go honey. I Repent of that to my wife,
forgive me. Oh, I received it.
I got it, honey. I repent. please forgive me now
whether she accepts my repentance or not is not on me.
But I'm definitely putting her in a position and vice versa.
That I need to demonstrate what my heavenly father freely did
for me. And this is why we don't have
problems because when problems come we were paying get on the
blood. Because we know I don't have a
right to be angry. I can't take this personal at
the end of the day, God forgave me, I'm not going to do.
I'm not going to do the, I'm a repent.
I'm gonna do it God's way because that was what brings
life to our marriage. And I just want life because
God's giving me someone better silver and gold and not going to
Forfeit that. I'll just repent.
So flesh shut up. Hallelujah, same in any way but
yet, you know what people do you have to forgive me?
I don't have to forgive you till you repent.
This ain't a question about my forgiveness.
The question is about your repentance.
You hear what I'm saying? Yeah, next time someone put, but
yeah, you just need to forgive them.
Well, they'll receive it once they repent.
Now you just need to act like they didn't do it.
How can I act like they didn't do it?
They haven't repented. Well now honey that's just all
get around and that's a be just a good big family.
All right because again we just got to forgive each other.
I would love to forgive them. I got to sit in already but they
have not repented. And while you're sitting around
act, like everyone's forgiven, it's not actually being applied
to everyone. So there are many people that
your work, that you have a overflow forgiveness but they're
not repenting and it's not an issue with you.
They don't own you, you're not tied to it.
You're not holding in the context that you are mean to
them. You still treat them with
kindness and do exactly what God says, but sometimes God may say
don't even hang out with that one.
How come you don't hang out with me?
You know I mean honestly it's obvious that you don't care for
me and as much as I've tried to get along, we just don't so it's
just better that we don't. And that's not because well I
thought you were a Christian. I am and that's what I've been
instructed by the Kinkos. You won't repent.
Jesus does not accept your Rebellion.
He doesn't accept it, he doesn't accept you as you are.
Lord just stepped you guys are. No, I won't hear except you at
your repentance. Almost say that again.
He does not accept you as you are.
He accepts you at your repentance, your
acknowledgement, my junk stoff. I'm getting under your way.
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