1 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,480 Turn over to Mark Chapter 9, verse 24. 2 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:20,000 Mark Chapter 9 verse 24. It says immediately the boy's 3 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:27,080 father cried out and said, I do believe, help my unbelief. 4 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:35,640 Do you know, you can have belief and unbelief, but unbelief is 5 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,840 dangerous. I said it's dangerous. 6 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:45,720 Now, I initially took the platform when Apostle Marsha was 7 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:50,000 under the unction of the Spirit and was reading from the Bible 8 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:53,480 the things that the Lord had spoken to her. 9 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:58,240 And so, you know, I had a desire to want to release something and 10 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:00,960 you know that as it just continued on, I'm like, well, 11 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:03,920 seems like the Lord says wait till you get the minister. 12 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:06,640 And so here I am. I'm going to release it now. 13 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:14,080 John 11 says in the beginning was the Word and the Word was 14 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:18,000 with God and the Word was God. Do you know that if we don't 15 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,760 watch out, we can miss that when someone comes up as Apostle 16 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:27,200 Marcy did, and open Scripture and began to read, what you 17 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:32,920 should visualize in your mind is the throne of grace, and that 18 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:38,920 the King Jesus is seated, seated on it next to the Father, and He 19 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:45,560 is speaking to you personally. We cannot see with natural eyes. 20 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,640 We must see with the eyes of the Spirit because when the 21 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:55,000 Scripture is being read, it is God speaking to you in that 22 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,360 moment, specifically in that atmosphere. 23 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,160 If you could have seen in the spirit, you should have been 24 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:07,280 able to imagine she disappears because these are not the words 25 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:11,320 of men. And all of a sudden you're, you 26 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:15,600 fix your gaze on the author and finish your of your faith and 27 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:21,040 you conclude the King is speaking to me, his beloved. 28 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,440 And when the King is speaking, what would you do? 29 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:30,240 I mean, what would you do if he just broke out of heaven and 30 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,760 manifested himself on this platform in the natural? 31 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:40,040 Now that's not more Jesus than the reading of the word. 32 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:47,360 You have to hold the reading of the Word with the same value as 33 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:53,240 if Jesus showed up, shows you his hands, showed you his feet, 34 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:57,080 showed you his side, and then began to speak. 35 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:07,920 It was the same Jesus that showed up in the planet from a 36 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:14,280 resurrection, spoke to a woman, and the woman went and ran back 37 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:18,840 to the apostles and said Jesus is alive, I've seen him. 38 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:27,120 And they did not believe. Although Jesus said to them with 39 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:33,080 them seeing his face, they will arrest me, they will scourge me, 40 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:37,800 they will kill me. But on the third day I will be 41 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:45,280 raised up right and Martha ran back. 42 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:47,560 Is that right? No. 43 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,760 Who was that? Mary Magdalene. 44 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:57,520 She had gone to the grave on the third day, came back and said I 45 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:06,800 have seen the king, he's alive. And they were stuck in a natural 46 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:11,200 instead of believing the word is much truth. 47 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:22,440 So when he showed up in A room that Thomas finally made the the 48 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:29,280 dinner, he said, Thomas, did they not tell you I was alive? 49 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,440 Shall I show you my hands and my feet? 50 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,280 You want to put your hand in my side? 51 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,960 And he says, Lord, I believe. He said, you're blessed 'cause 52 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:42,840 you believe, 'cause you saw more. 53 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:48,120 Blessed are those who believe and not not seen. 54 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,640 How do how can we be more blessed because Jesus does 55 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:57,400 should not have to show up for us to value his word as if it is 56 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:05,640 him Hallelujah. So if we will make just that 57 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:10,560 small adjustment there when the word is being when I just read 58 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,920 Mark Chapter 9. That is the word of God. 59 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:18,240 That's as if the king just stood up, leaned out over heaven and 60 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:25,360 said, I know you believe, but don't you want me to help your 61 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:34,720 unbelief? That's good. 62 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:38,760 Same in Hallelujah. So Mark Chapter 9, verse 24, he 63 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,440 said immediately the boy's father cried out and said I do 64 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:45,640 believe, help my unbelief. Jesus asked him, do you believe 65 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:47,600 I can do these? He says I do believe help mine. 66 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:53,120 I like the honesty of this father because if the truth be 67 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:57,640 known, all of us have experienced times of unbelief 68 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:05,720 and we need to be honest and say Lord, I do believe, help my 69 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:10,440 unbelief. Now I'm going to bring this in 70 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,400 from something we ministered on Wednesday. 71 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,400 So if you're here Wednesday, these passages of Scripture will 72 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,040 be familiar, but they're applicable. 73 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,840 It's amazing how we can just connect the things of God. 74 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:27,680 And you know what I love about the Word of God? 75 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,120 The Word of God was never designed for you to pull 76 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,560 principles out and isolate them alone. 77 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,560 They were always to stay within context of the whole and we need 78 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,840 to make sure we maintain that. All right. 79 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,480 So in John chapter 15, we'll start in verse one. 80 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:45,840 It says this. Jesus said I am the true vine 81 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,840 and my father is the vine dresser. 82 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:56,360 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away and 83 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:01,000 every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it so that it may bear 84 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,240 more fruit. Just stay right there for a 85 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:08,000 second. Notice the vine dresser is 86 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:12,040 examining his own branches. The branches are in him. 87 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,760 They're not saying they're in him and not no, they are in him. 88 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:18,800 They are literally connected to God. 89 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,120 They are of God. So they are born again. 90 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:26,960 Yet if the born again believer does not bear the fruit of the 91 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:31,960 Kingdom, the king himself will cut it off. 92 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:42,080 And fruit is seasonal, which means you do not bear fruit in a 93 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:48,200 season of your life and then retire when God says, well, it's 94 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:49,720 been good. You've done a lot of fruitful 95 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,440 things. Look what all you did done for 96 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:52,920 me. I'm so excited. 97 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,840 You know, I'm glad that we are Co laboring together. 98 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,800 I'm glad that you're hearing and obeying my voice and look at all 99 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:02,680 the things that have we've been able to accomplish by the Spirit 100 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,800 through you. However, here's a couple of more 101 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,200 things that I want to shave off your life. 102 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,720 Prune out of your life. It's not a priority. 103 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,040 I left it alone in the last season and you were able to bear 104 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,400 this fruit. But in this next season for us 105 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,240 to get more, I'm going to prune here. 106 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,560 And you want him to prune you now notice in both verses you're 107 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:30,120 getting cut either way. So you want to be cut to be 108 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:34,360 pruned, not cut off. All right, verse three, you are 109 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:39,360 already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 110 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:46,000 Abide in Me as I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit 111 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:51,600 of itself unless it abides in the bond, so neither can you 112 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,000 unless you abide in Me. That means you have to make your 113 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,880 abode. You have to be diligent to be 114 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,640 about the Father's business. His thinking must be first and 115 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,720 foremost in your mind. You are to seek first the 116 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:06,720 Kingdom of God. Verse five, I am the bond. 117 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:11,920 You are the branches, He who abides in me and I in Him. 118 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:17,680 He bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. 119 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:23,120 If conditional statement anyone does not abide in me, He is 120 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:29,080 thrown away as a branch and dries up, and they gather them 121 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:32,920 and cast them into the fire and they are burned. 122 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,720 If conditional statement you abide in me and my words abide 123 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:44,200 in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you now. 124 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,320 That is not ask whatever you wish. 125 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,960 You're asking whatever He's placed in your heart to ask. 126 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,720 Because first John 5 says this is the confidence that we have. 127 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:57,720 If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us and we 128 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,560 have that which we asked for. So this is not you being born of 129 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:05,120 God, and now God becomes your genie in a bottle. 130 00:10:06,680 --> 00:10:09,920 Will you get your wishes what you want? 131 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:16,240 And many have taken the one Scripture out of context, but it 132 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:19,080 says, well, God will give you the desires of your heart like 133 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,200 the desire originated with you and you're telling God what you 134 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,680 want. No, God gives you the desire in 135 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:29,760 your heart. You are to die to self. 136 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,160 And then he gives you a desire in your heart and that's what 137 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:37,560 he'll give you that desire. And then if you ask it, you'll 138 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:39,680 have it. Amen. 139 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:42,120 Why? If you abide in me, in my words, 140 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:46,920 if you abide in me in my, if you abide in me in my, If you abide 141 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:51,000 in me in my, if you abide in Me in my, I can't hear your port, 142 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:51,400 St. Joe. 143 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:56,640 If you abide in me, in my, thank you abide in you. 144 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:02,360 So words from God cannot just trickle past your ear gate. 145 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:09,160 They have to have a habitation, they have to live there. 146 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:13,520 They have to be a well of something that you can draw up. 147 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:18,240 It's of you all right. So if you abide in Me and my 148 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,360 words abide in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be done for 149 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,440 you. Verse 8 My Father is glorified 150 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:32,520 by this, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my 151 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,920 disciples. Notice being born again alone 152 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:42,120 does not prove discipleship. Bearing fruit proves you are a 153 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,560 disciple. You can be born again and fail 154 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:53,160 to bear fruit, but a disciple will bear fruit. 155 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,800 Can I get an Amen? Now let's connect the dots in 156 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:04,560 order for us to understand why branches are being cut off, why 157 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:08,080 pruning is occurring. Do you understand this is not 158 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:15,120 the only time God uses an analogy of a plant of God being 159 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:19,400 a vine and there's branches. Turn over to Romans Chapter 11. 160 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,960 Shout Amen. Romans Chapter 11, verse 16 says 161 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:28,680 it this way. For if the first fruit is holy, 162 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:33,840 the lump is also holy, and if the root is holy, so are the 163 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,880 branches. Well, is the bond holy? 164 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,640 I said, is the bond holy? Jesus is holy. 165 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,960 He is separated from the things of the world. 166 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,680 He's separated from darkness, He's separated from sin, He's 167 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:50,520 separated from ungodliness, He's separated from unrighteousness. 168 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:57,880 He's holy, right? And if the root is holy, so are 169 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,000 the branches. Now you as a branch, you don't 170 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,720 have to be holy in and of yourself. 171 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,160 You just have to release what you already are in Christ. 172 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,200 But it's your responsibility to release it. 173 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:13,720 Look what it says, how is it released? 174 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,200 Look what it goes on to say this verse 17. 175 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:21,120 And if conditional statement. And if some of the branches were 176 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:26,760 broken off, and you being a wild olive tree, were grafted in 177 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:32,080 among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and 178 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:36,680 fatness of the olive tree, do not boast against the branches. 179 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,720 But if you both do boast, remember that you do not support 180 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:44,360 the root, but the root supports you. 181 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:49,320 Now Paul is doing an analogy of Israel and the Gentiles. 182 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:54,800 He is saying the Israel was the nation God chose through Abram. 183 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:57,600 Abram was actually a Gentile originally. 184 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:00,560 He was a man from the land of Ur. 185 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:05,160 He was a Chaldean, but when God moved him into covenant, he 186 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,560 changed his name to Abraham. Abraham gave birth to Isaac. 187 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:12,960 Isaac gave birth to Jacob. His covenant carried through to 188 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,000 his sons. When he spent some time with 189 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,720 Jacob, Jacob wrestled with the Lord, and the Lord changed his 190 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:22,640 name to Israel. And that nation is still in the 191 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:27,000 earth today because God said to Abram, I'll make you a great 192 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:32,680 nation, not a religion, but a nation, a holy nation. 193 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,280 In fact, I'm going to bless you, and all the families of the 194 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:39,320 earth are going to be blessed. And so he carved out a people 195 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:44,280 for his own, where he was their king and they were his nation. 196 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:49,320 And man, when they followed the king, man did that nation 197 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:52,400 prosper. It was amazing how well that 198 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:56,080 nation conquered and and and overcame. 199 00:14:56,080 --> 00:15:01,640 And it was a sad day in First Samuel chapter 8 when the nation 200 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:06,320 came to the prophet and said, we want to see our king like the 201 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:11,320 rest of the Gentile nations. And Samuel said, you don't want 202 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:15,520 this God is your king. So he goes to the Lord And the 203 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:20,160 Lord is saying, says to him, says Samuel, give the people 204 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,080 what they want for they've not rejected you. 205 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,760 This is first same in chapter 8 verse 6. 206 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,760 I believe it is maybe a little bit left, maybe a little bit 207 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,840 further. But in first Samuel chapter 8, 208 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:34,320 he said do what the people have said because they've not 209 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:38,360 rejected you as, but they've rejected me as their king. 210 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:44,040 Now we know Jesus as a savior. Savior is what Jesus did because 211 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,960 Adam fell from dominion. But Lord he's always been. 212 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:49,920 And Lord is not a religious word. 213 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:56,760 It means supreme and authority. And so here Jesus has come back 214 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:03,200 in order to establish a pathway for all humanity to be back in 215 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,720 the position God originally intended for them according to 216 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,200 Genesis 126. Let us make man in our image 217 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,720 according to our likeness, and let them have what dominion or 218 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,640 rule. And so God was opening up His 219 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:21,480 Kingdom for all humanity to be able to be a part of it where 220 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:25,840 they can rule and reign with Christ because He is the King of 221 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:30,440 and the Lord of who are those kings we are. 222 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:35,000 And so there's this time that the nation of Israel, because of 223 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:39,560 an issue we're going to read very clearly are broken off. 224 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:46,560 And this to tell you why John 15 is letting us know what breaks a 225 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:55,080 branch off, why the Lord would break you off, because it's 226 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,240 really not the Lord as much as it is you. 227 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:04,960 You put the Lord in a position that he never wants to be in. 228 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:12,880 So it says this. You will then say branches were 229 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,680 broken off, that I might be grafted in. 230 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,880 Well said. Because of why? 231 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,079 Why? Because of unbelief. 232 00:17:24,079 --> 00:17:28,600 They were broken off. Unbelief is dangerous business. 233 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:37,360 Unbelief will cause a a secure relationship to be fractured. 234 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,920 Unbelief is not a quip of the lip. 235 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,000 Unbelief is not something we just like. 236 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,840 That's no big deal. It is very serious in God's 237 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,440 Kingdom. It is a hindrance for the 238 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,760 Kingdom of God to flow through you unbelief. 239 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,520 So these this nation that is God's people. 240 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:05,160 You understand we say we are with Israel, we are for Israel, 241 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,480 we pray for Israel, but you understand not every person that 242 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:12,760 is born of Israel are we standing with because those that 243 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:16,400 are in Israel that are not living for God are not following 244 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,760 God or living like the rest of the world. 245 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:20,560 God's having a problem with them. 246 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:24,120 We obviously have a problem. We want them to repent and come 247 00:18:24,120 --> 00:18:27,840 to know the King. But the nation as a whole will 248 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:36,040 be always around. Just like I can pray for our 249 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:40,400 president, not because of the individual but because of the 250 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:45,360 office, I can pray for Israel. Even if the nation itself by 251 00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:50,040 majority could be running from God, we still are to pray. 252 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:51,840 And you want to pray for their peace. 253 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:56,600 Now, the Antichrist soon will be offering peace of which they 254 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,920 will accept it. But it will be troubled times 255 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:03,240 because they accepted. And if you don't see the signs 256 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,320 of the times and all the the stuff that's going on in the 257 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:11,200 Middle East, it is it is getting ripe for someone to come in and 258 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:15,320 say I'm going to bring peace. I mean, it's becoming a 259 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:21,400 buzzword. So things are are happening and 260 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:26,520 an accelerated level and everything that needs to be for 261 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,200 the Antichrist is already in the earth. 262 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:32,800 And many believe he's alive now. Many believe that, which means 263 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:40,120 if he is, yeah, you can rejoice because you could be the 264 00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:45,200 generation that hears the sound, the sound of a trumpet, and that 265 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,920 you are changed in the moment, in the twinkling of an eye. 266 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:52,080 Now I know people say, well now nobody knows a day or hour. 267 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,280 I understand that. But we do know the season. 268 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,800 And at the end of the day, it would behoove you to believe 269 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,520 it's in your lifetime, then to go through your lifetime 270 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:07,360 thinking it is not. I'd much rather die in belief 271 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:23,680 then be left behind in unbelief. All right, so their unbelief is 272 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:27,520 the reason they were broken off. And you stand by faith? 273 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:33,360 Faith is not unbelief. Faith is belief. 274 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:35,440 It's a firm persuasion. It is. 275 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:37,600 It is this way. No matter what I believe. 276 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,520 It's this way. I'm firmly persuaded I will not 277 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:43,200 be moved off. So the guy said to Jesus, I do 278 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,920 believe I do have firm convictions concerning you and 279 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:50,400 your ability, but help my unbelief. 280 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:55,480 Do you know what most I could walk almost into any church that 281 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:59,280 has Jesus where they're where they recognize him. 282 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,360 And I can say, do you believe that Jesus can raise the dead? 283 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:04,160 Do you believe that Jesus can heal the sick? 284 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:06,400 Do you believe that Jesus can cast out devils? 285 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,880 Do you believe that Jesus can bring provision? 286 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,160 And they would all say, yes, I do believe. 287 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,760 But when it comes to Jesus doing it for their life, they would be 288 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:21,000 an unbelief because many know what God can do. 289 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:24,520 They just don't believe he will do for their life. 290 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,800 That's the difference. So you can believe something yet 291 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:35,440 still sit in unbelief. He goes on to say then do not be 292 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:39,080 haughty but fear meaning just because someone and you've been 293 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:43,320 given an access now to the Father through Jesus Christ the 294 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,320 Son. Man, you don't want to get 295 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,880 sideways with Israel. You don't want to get it 296 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:52,480 sideways with the plan of God. In fact, you actually do not 297 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,880 want to get sideways with. It's anyone who's actually in 298 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:59,600 unbelief and have been broken off and have been pulled to the 299 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:02,400 side. Hallelujah, 'cause he said, for 300 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:07,400 if God did not spare the natural branches, he may not spare you 301 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,920 either. Because if you start going, 302 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:12,600 well, look, we're in man, they're out. 303 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,000 Look at us now. You're moving into some 304 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:20,360 attitudes that are not of the Kingdom, and there were 305 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:23,640 attitudes they picked up that were not of the Kingdom that 306 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:28,040 moved them into unbelief. And you can easily move into 307 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,760 unbelief as well. Says therefore consider the 308 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,720 goodness and severity of God. Now we don't talk about the 309 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:39,280 severity of God. We only sing songs about the 310 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,960 goodness of God. I've not heard of praise song on 311 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:50,160 the severity of God recently, but there is a severity of God, 312 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,880 and we paint this picture in this dispensation as if there is 313 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,600 no severity. But this is Romans 11. 314 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:03,360 This is a new covenant writing that he's talking about the 315 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:07,400 severity of God, he said. Therefore consider the goodness 316 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:11,440 and severity of God on those who fail severity but towards you 317 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,840 goodness if conditional statement you continue in his 318 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:21,880 goodness. Otherwise you also will be what? 319 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,720 Come on, y'all doing all right, come on, help me. 320 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:29,160 Please do not get stuck in in in moving me into teacher mode. 321 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,480 OK? I mean, I I need expectation. 322 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:33,680 I mean I need you to believe you're going to hear something 323 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,280 that sets you free so that you'll be able to live a life 324 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,880 that's overcome and victorious that no matter what you face, 325 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,440 you can say I only believe. I only believe. 326 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,800 This is not lecture time. I'm not here to lecture you, I'm 327 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:51,560 here to inspire you by impartation of the Holy Spirit. 328 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,680 But it is requiring you to think a little bit. 329 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:58,320 It's requiring you to think Hallelujah. 330 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,800 We cannot go through this life mindlessly. 331 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:08,400 He's empowered our Spirit to be connected to a holy root by 332 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:12,240 which our mind can be renewed to produce the fruit of a holy 333 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:16,200 root. It does not happen just because 334 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,600 you can interfere with the harvest of your fruit. 335 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:21,720 We're trying to help this process. 336 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,920 OK, so therefore, verse 22, right? 337 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,320 Verse 23. So otherwise you'll also be cut 338 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,120 off. What would cause you to be cut 339 00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:33,200 off? Thank you. 340 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:37,560 Unbelief is the answer. If the ones that were naturally 341 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:42,600 of the tree are cut off because of unbelief, what's he saying? 342 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:46,520 You weren't even supposed to be here, but now you're in here. 343 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,640 And if what caused them to be cut off, cut them off. 344 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,720 Don't think that you can't be. How can you think the grace of 345 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:59,440 God allows you to live any way you want to live? 346 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,880 And that's bearing fruit of the Kingdom. 347 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:09,200 All right, verse 23. And they also if the a lot of 348 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:15,400 ifs in here because again, as much as you want to teach only 349 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:21,120 the God side of the Bible, there is a man's side of the Bible and 350 00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:32,400 God will not override your will. He will not. 351 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,160 As righteous as he is, and as righteous as He's made your 352 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:41,400 spirit in the new birth, He will still not override your will. 353 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:49,560 He wants you to want Him, and it would be an easy flow. 354 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:53,520 It's not hard when you yield to the spirit, but if you're not 355 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:57,400 yielding to the spirit, then unbelief can creep in. 356 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:02,680 And unbelief is dangerous. I said it's dangerous and they 357 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,200 also, if they continue, do not continue in unbelief. 358 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:11,000 So there's a cure for unbelief. I said there's a cure for 359 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,240 unbelief. This is good news. 360 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:17,320 That's why the man said I do believe, help my own belief. 361 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:22,360 You have the cure. You have the cure that keeps me 362 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:26,400 from being broken away from the results of your word. 363 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,120 All right. So he said if they do not 364 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:32,760 continue in unbelief will be grafted in, for God is able to 365 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:37,600 graft them in. Man, this is so good shout Amen. 366 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:43,720 So unbelief is the issue that occurs. 367 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:48,640 Unbelief is what it What is unbelief? 368 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:52,520 Unbelief is entertaining a thought that is an alternative 369 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:58,280 to the word of the king. Unbelief is a thought that you 370 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:02,120 are entertaining. That is contrary to the word of 371 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:05,920 the king. That's unbelief. 372 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:07,960 Let's say a few more things about unbelief. 373 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:12,760 Unbelief is not ignorance. Unbelief is not ignorance. 374 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,920 Unbelief is not ignorance. Now it says my people perish due 375 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,920 to lack of knowledge. But unbelief is not ignorance. 376 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:29,680 Unbelief actually is having heard and even entertained 377 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:37,800 seeing the word come to pass, yet disregarded still. 378 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:51,360 Unbelief is faith present, but one is overcome with a lack of 379 00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:54,840 trust and confidence to see faith to completion. 380 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:03,000 So faith is actually present. Faith comes by and hearing from 381 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:08,960 the faith is present. You know that that is, but you 382 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:14,080 lack trust and confidence actually in God, the one who is 383 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:19,080 speaking, and you begin to consider alternative thoughts. 384 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:33,880 So this is not I don't know. This is I know, but I know. 385 00:28:35,120 --> 00:28:40,920 But the minute you get a but in your faith, this is a problem. 386 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:46,120 It is the IT is that road or the door that opens to unbelief, 387 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:51,800 cause unbelief is having a belief that you're undoing. 388 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:58,840 Come on, it's if you look at the Greek word, it has the root 389 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,200 word, a Greek word, pistus, which is faith. 390 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:07,240 So it means faith is there. You know that. 391 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:13,120 You know what God says he will do, can do, should do, Yet 392 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:21,600 you're still going to say I'm not going to believe. 393 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,240 This is why unbelief is dangerous because unbelief is 394 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:32,120 not someone who doesn't know. This is someone who knows and 395 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:35,520 still chooses to not accept what he is saying. 396 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:39,040 And have we not been in circumstances where this has 397 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,840 occurred in our lives? I mean, I can start spouting out 398 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,960 all kinds of little statements that the King has said, the king 399 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:51,440 said, and I am my God shall supply all my needs according to 400 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,240 his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 401 00:29:54,480 --> 00:30:01,240 But then all the sudden a bill shows up and you say but and you 402 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:05,520 start looking your plan and not seeking his way of accomplishing 403 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,720 that. That is unbelief. 404 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:15,480 Everything we should do should be launched from the position of 405 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,320 faith. And faith is hearing from the 406 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:20,680 king. And whatever you say, however 407 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,200 you say, that's how I'll do. And an alternative. 408 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,280 I'm not even going to entertain. I'm not going to entertain. 409 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:30,640 And again. But what do we do? 410 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,320 Sometimes we'll make excuses for our unbelief. 411 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:37,760 Yeah, but God knows. Just because God knows is not 412 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:39,680 meaning. He's authorizing you to go down 413 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:43,000 that path. Does God know how hard it is? 414 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,080 Yeah. Does God know how difficult it 415 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:45,920 can be? Yes. 416 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,920 Does God know how tempting it can be for you to try to do it 417 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:50,600 yourself? Yes. 418 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:54,760 He was tempting on all accounts like us, yet without sin because 419 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,400 he always believed God at His word. 420 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,960 Now look at Hebrews chapter 3 again. 421 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,560 These are examples in another covenant that is being 422 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:09,400 highlighted in the new covenant to let us know it can happen 423 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:15,200 over here just like it happened back there, because unbelief is 424 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:22,800 in every dispensation of God. He said verse Hebrews 3 starting 425 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:29,160 in verse 12. Take care who who So we talking 426 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:33,000 to the lost. Come on, we talking to the lost 427 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:39,440 here. No says take care church, that 428 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:47,640 there not be in any one of you and say the word, come on, say 429 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:59,040 the word evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living 430 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,600 God. How would you fall away from a 431 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:05,440 living God? You would know what he says and 432 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:13,720 yet choose to disagree with it. That is an evil action. 433 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,520 Oh, yo, no, we don't. We don't want to hear this. 434 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,640 We, we've got, we've got the Western churches too candy 435 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,280 coated, too nice, too nice and nicey, right? 436 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:25,000 God's not mad at you. God's not. 437 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,280 You know this with you guys. You know he's done everything 438 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:28,600 for he's done everything for you. 439 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,920 So he's saying, why in the world would you ever doubt me? 440 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:42,240 Why would you get an unbelief? Unbelief in God's eye is evil. 441 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,760 Why are we calling? Well, you know, God understands 442 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,680 that. You know, I have some challenges 443 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,000 there. God says that's evil, quit it. 444 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:54,640 Why are we calling stuff that we're doing like it's OK when 445 00:32:54,640 --> 00:33:00,920 God's saying that is an evil, unbelieving heart that falls 446 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,160 away and he's saying, brethren, brethren. 447 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:08,000 Now again, you get with some people, they're so centered on 448 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:12,360 the finished work of Jesus that they think that we can't mess up 449 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,320 the finished work of Jesus in our life. 450 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,800 But we can. We can. 451 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,680 I mean, that's why we're with that excuse. 452 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,520 He's like, man, I did a finished work. 453 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:28,440 All you had to do was believe me at my word and my word will do 454 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,720 the power. But the minute you got yourself 455 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:36,560 involved and started doing it yourself, you're short 456 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:40,200 circuiting was already in the spirit realm for you. 457 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:49,560 Because we can thwart, we can make God's command of null 458 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:56,520 effect because of our issue. It isn't his issue and yet we've 459 00:33:56,520 --> 00:34:00,080 made this like it doesn't matter what you do, God's going to do 460 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:01,840 it through you anyway. You're a child of God. 461 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,600 God's going to do it anyway. Yet there's so much scripture 462 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,600 about God saying, listen man, you're without excuse. 463 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:11,639 I've elevated you to a class of people in the planet right now 464 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:14,239 that their spirits alive unto me and I put the Holy Ghost on the 465 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,520 inside with you. All you got to do is let my 466 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:20,679 spirit lead you. So why are you considering 467 00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:30,440 alternative ideas verse 13, but encourage one another day after 468 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,800 day, as long as it is still called, it Is it called today? 469 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,199 I said is it called today? I said, is it called today. 470 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:41,560 So that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of 471 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,080 sin. Sin will give you competitive 472 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:47,600 alternatives. Sin is simply a word different 473 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:51,040 than what God has said. Adam sinned. 474 00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:55,159 Why? Because he accepted an 475 00:34:55,159 --> 00:34:59,800 alternative word from a fallen anointed cherub. 476 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,880 God said do not eat the fruit, for the day you eat you will. 477 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:09,800 Surely he doesn't need to know anything else. 478 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:15,120 But the minute that serpent says you're not going to die, he gave 479 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:18,440 him unbelief. Now you know what God has said, 480 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,960 but I'm telling you, God's holding something from you. 481 00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:24,880 You know what? This is pretty cool. 482 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,080 But if He's holding this from you, what else is He holding 483 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:28,800 from you? You know how many believers 484 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:36,600 believe that? Four, We have become partakers 485 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:38,880 of Christ. If conditional statement, we 486 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:42,040 hold fast the beginning of our assurance. 487 00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:45,840 Notice, an assurance still has to be held. 488 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:51,640 You know why I'm secure, 'cause I'm holding, I'm holding this 489 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,320 thing. I'm holding this thing, I'm 490 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:58,520 holding this thing by the power and the grace of God in my life, 491 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:00,800 I'm not looking to the left or to the right. 492 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:04,320 I'm staying my eyes fixed on the author and finish from my faith. 493 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:09,200 I have an assurance that when I do the word, whoa, man, it's 494 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,960 going to come to pass. Ain't that right, Coach Ted? 495 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:18,240 So we have become partakers of Christ if we hold fast the 496 00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:23,000 beginning of our assurance firm until the end. 497 00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:29,480 While it is said, while it is it is said today, if you hear his 498 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:34,760 voice, do not harden your hearts as when they provoked me. 499 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,240 When did they provoke him? Verse 16 For they provoked me 500 00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:42,680 when they had, when he said, for who provoked him when they had 501 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:46,240 heard? Indeed, did not all those who 502 00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:51,840 came out of Egypt led by Moses? And with whom was he? 503 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:54,800 And whom? Then again, people say, well, 504 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,920 that's old covenant, that he was angry then listen, God's storing 505 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:01,080 up wrath. Now, God's position and his 506 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,400 thoughts concerning unbelief are no different in a new covenant 507 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:08,280 than it was in the old covenant, because God's character is 508 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:16,520 consistent. With whom was he angry for 40 509 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,640 years? Was it not with those who 510 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:21,120 sinned? Whose bodies fell in the 511 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:22,680 wilderness? What would they do? 512 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:26,880 They were cut off. They were cut off from going in. 513 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,240 Look what it says. And and to whom did he swear 514 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,160 that they would not enter his rest? 515 00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:36,360 But those who were what? Disobedience. 516 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:40,160 Why were they disobedient? Verse 19 So we see that they 517 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:49,560 were UN not able to enter because of unbelief is the first 518 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:53,040 step. The second step is disobedience. 519 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,760 Unbelief is the first step. The second step when you follow 520 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:08,640 that path is disobedience. And when you're disobeying, it's 521 00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:12,640 called sin. Say Amen anyway. 522 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:28,160 So Jesus marveled at this. Now he'll marvel at great faith, 523 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:34,000 but he'll also be blown away at unbelief. 524 00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:39,480 Mark chapter 6, verse 6, it says he wandered at their unbelief. 525 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:44,280 He wandered. You know what? 526 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:48,440 There are people that are praying right now that are 527 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,240 crying out to God. They want to see miracle signs 528 00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:53,360 and wonders. They want to see a move of God. 529 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:55,880 They want to see a passion. They want to see God move 530 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,680 mightily. And you know, God's moving. 531 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:04,080 He is moving, but in this case in Mark chapter 6, also in 532 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:10,040 Matthew's account, Jesus comes with power to do miraculous, but 533 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:16,320 it says he could not do the miraculous because of their. 534 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:25,920 And if the USA church is so ignorant of scripture, how can 535 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:32,600 we expect the power of God to move when it's their unbelief 536 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:37,960 that's hindering it? Now that can't be with anchor 537 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,760 faith. Churches cannot be with us. 538 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:46,960 We should not hold back the power of God because of 539 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:52,880 unbelief. We should not. 540 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:57,680 We have to say I only believe. I only believe. 541 00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:01,200 And you know what God will tell you to do some crazy. 542 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:06,040 I mean, out-of-the-box, it makes it will make you look like an 543 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:11,520 absolute fool to the world. I mean, the world will look at 544 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:16,480 you when they hear what you're believing for and say this is a 545 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,680 joke. Are you even serious right now? 546 00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:23,800 Are you out of your mind? You say I'm slap out of my mind. 547 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,840 I'm slap out of my mind of the world. 548 00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:30,920 My mind's been renewed by the word my, My mind's been washed. 549 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:35,040 My mind is transformed. My mind is connected with the 550 00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:40,360 King. My mind has been washed with the 551 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:48,200 water of the word God. So Jesus wondered at their 552 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:49,560 unbelief. Good news. 553 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:53,120 He knew the cure. I said he knew the cure. 554 00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:58,080 And listen, there's no cure. Let's see how he fixes it. 555 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,800 I'm going to throw in a few statements and tell me if it's 556 00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:02,760 right. And he won't put that scripture 557 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,280 back. And he wondered at their 558 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:07,760 unbelief. And he went around and 559 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:14,480 entertained them. And he went around and gave them 560 00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:17,920 stories that were relevant to their life only. 561 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:27,640 And he went around and and spent less time with the flock because 562 00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:29,600 he knew their lives were so busy. 563 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:49,440 Well, you're just so busy. I know it, God knows it, you 564 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,440 know, can you just read 1 scripture a day? 565 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:53,400 That's all. That's all God really cares 566 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:56,560 about. No, look what it says. 567 00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,040 And he was going around the villages. 568 00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:03,280 What teaching? Now teaching is line upon line, 569 00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:07,320 precept upon precept. He began to drop Kingdom truth 570 00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:12,880 bombs that were so amazing. He was dropping them so hard. 571 00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:14,720 He would say, he who has ears, let him hear. 572 00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:17,000 Because you know what he said? I'm not going to cast my pearls 573 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:20,120 before the swan. You want to stay in unbelief, 574 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,400 stay there. But those that are hungry, 575 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:26,480 they'll come mining the treasures I'm dropping out of my 576 00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:30,200 mouth right now. This is why if you can be 577 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:35,280 comfortable in a place that is not teaching the engrafted word 578 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:40,200 of God to the place that they are not withholding the full 579 00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:45,320 counsel of God, then you want to stay in unbelief. 580 00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:52,760 But God says I have a cure. I have a cure. 581 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:55,360 And that is I'm going to have to teach you. 582 00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:57,400 And you know what? If he's teaching, he's going to 583 00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:00,480 say this. What you're thinking is say that 584 00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:02,200 word again. Say it again. 585 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,960 And you got to accept I'm wrong. It's OK. 586 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,720 It's OK many time. Like, yeah, that's not the way 587 00:43:10,720 --> 00:43:11,560 to do it. I'm wrong. 588 00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:14,880 We're doing it your way because his way is better. 589 00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:22,680 Oh my gosh, this is the answer. Look what it says in Romans 590 00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:26,520 chapter 4 verses 17 to 21. Man, when you get the word of 591 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:31,000 God spoken to you, says as as it is written, I have made, I made 592 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,440 you a father of many nations in the presence of him whom he 593 00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:37,640 believed. God, who gives life to the dead 594 00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:41,600 and calls those things that do not exist as though they did, 595 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:46,720 who, contrary to hope and hope, believed so that he became the 596 00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:49,760 father of many nations. According to what was spoken, so 597 00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:54,280 shall your descendants be. And not being weak in faith, he 598 00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:57,720 did not consider his own body already dead, since he was about 599 00:43:57,720 --> 00:44:00,400 100 years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb. 600 00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:07,880 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, when a 601 00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:14,480 person's wavering unbelief is present, but was strengthening 602 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:19,280 faith, giving glory to God, being fully convinced that what 603 00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:24,440 he had promised, he was also able to perform. 604 00:44:27,720 --> 00:44:33,080 He was able to perform. He did not grow weak in faith. 605 00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:40,720 I said He did not grow weak, He would not consider God's way 606 00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:46,640 would not come to pass. He would not even take it into 607 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:49,240 account. Hallelujah. 608 00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:53,120 Unbelief is dangerous in the Kingdom of God. 609 00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:55,600 Come on, you know this. Romans 1011 to 17. 610 00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:59,000 But let's hear it today. With this attack against 611 00:44:59,240 --> 00:45:02,920 unbelief, there will be no unbelieving heart, no evil 612 00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:07,600 unbelieving heart among us. There will be no evil 613 00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:12,800 unbelieving heart among us. For the scripture says whoever 614 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,120 believes in him will not be disappointed. 615 00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:21,200 Now, I am going to show you today that this is not a 616 00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:27,040 singular expression. We've already did we. 617 00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:34,480 We already took the time to show that when we believe God and He 618 00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:39,200 saves us, saving is. He'll save us from all kinds of 619 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:42,680 things. Anytime you triumph over a 620 00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:48,920 situation, you are being saved. Salvation is a belief that Jesus 621 00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:52,400 died and rose from the grave, and you come out of the domain 622 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:54,800 of darkness into the Kingdom of His beloved Son. 623 00:45:55,000 --> 00:46:00,760 That is an occurrence, but that is saving, saving you from 624 00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:04,360 eternal separation. But God will do more than just 625 00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,280 save you from eternal separation. 626 00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:11,120 He will save your marriage. He'll save your kids, He'll save 627 00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:14,760 your job, He'll save your health, He'll save your finance. 628 00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:18,520 He'll save all kinds of things. He'll save your mind. 629 00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:24,600 So we have to quit being singular with the Romans. 630 00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:28,560 Rd. 'cause Paul is not only talking 631 00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:33,360 about being born again, it includes it, but it's not 632 00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:36,920 isolated. So for the scripture says who, 633 00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:40,160 whoever believes in him will not be disappointed. 634 00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:42,880 I mean, I'm not disappointed to know that by His stripes I'm 635 00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:45,840 healed. And I believe that there is no 636 00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:50,120 distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same is Lord, the 637 00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:53,520 same Lord as Lord of all abounding in riches, who all 638 00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:57,040 call on him. Again, we've been engrafted in. 639 00:46:57,840 --> 00:47:02,720 We're of a holy root, and we're engrafted in 'cause we believed 640 00:47:02,720 --> 00:47:06,200 in faith, the Scripture said by faith we were engrafted in. 641 00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:10,760 We were not in unbelief. We were not in disobedience. 642 00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:13,320 When we're in, we're engrafted in because of faith. 643 00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:16,280 We believe that Jesus Christ died, rose from the grave, His 644 00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:20,000 blood was shed so that our payment, our our redemption was 645 00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:22,480 bought and paid for. We could not have done it on our 646 00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:28,600 own work, separated from God, but we can do it with God 'cause 647 00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:32,560 God's done it. We just have to believe and 648 00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:38,400 believe is our part. How Then let's go on it says 649 00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:41,080 verse 12. For whoever will call on the 650 00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:45,280 name of the Lord will be If you call on his name and everything. 651 00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:48,120 What did he say? If you ask the Father anything, 652 00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:55,760 not one thing, He said if you ask the Father anything, not one 653 00:47:55,760 --> 00:48:00,280 thing, anything in my name, he'll do it and you'll bear much 654 00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:02,160 fruit. So when we call on the name of 655 00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:06,080 the Lord and anything that we need to accomplish for His 656 00:48:06,080 --> 00:48:09,600 Kingdom, that He's given us that assignment, we will be saved. 657 00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:13,520 Verse 14. How then will they call on him 658 00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:16,520 and whom they've not believed? And how will they believe in Him 659 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,200 whom they've not heard? And how will they hear without a 660 00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:24,120 preacher? Preachers are not sent just so 661 00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:29,360 you can be born again. The church did not show up in 662 00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:33,960 locations just to preach salvation from eternal 663 00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:38,760 damnation. Paul's letters to the churches 664 00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:41,080 covered a lot more subjects than that. 665 00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:48,520 That would save them out of idolatry out of of of all kinds 666 00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:53,720 of former way of living and move them into the Kingdom, He goes 667 00:48:53,720 --> 00:48:55,920 on. Unless how will they preach, 668 00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:59,040 unless they are sent just it is a written how beautiful are the 669 00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:02,480 feet of those who believe, who bring good news of good things. 670 00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:05,280 I mean, I'm giving you good news right now about how to get out. 671 00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:09,120 Stay out of unbelief. Is it good news to know that you 672 00:49:09,120 --> 00:49:13,680 do not have to stay in unbelief? You do not have to run the risk 673 00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:18,200 of being broken off. Verse 16. 674 00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:23,480 However, they did not all heed the good news for Isaiah says 675 00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:26,360 Lord, who has believed our report. 676 00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:31,520 So when he's saying that again, in Isaiah's time, they had a way 677 00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:35,640 to live to be righteous and protected by God. 678 00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:41,560 God had given them through the law of Moses and the prophets of 679 00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:46,120 how they could follow God in that dispensation and be 680 00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:51,040 divinely protected and prosper. All you got to do is read 681 00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:56,320 Deuteronomy chapter 28. That was applicable during the 682 00:49:56,320 --> 00:50:00,840 prophet Isaiah's time. But the problem is they did not 683 00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:05,520 believe the report of the Lord concerning living for him as a 684 00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:09,320 nation. Didn't believe it all the ways 685 00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:11,720 God was saying this is what I'll do for you, and this is what 686 00:50:11,720 --> 00:50:13,320 I'll do for you, and this is what I'll do for you, and this 687 00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:16,520 is what I'll do for you. I just need you to do this in 688 00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:19,640 the new covenant, Jesus said. I've paid it all, I've done it 689 00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:22,680 all, I've finished it all. Now I just need you to believe. 690 00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:28,080 Just believe, just believe, just believe. 691 00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:33,960 But if you have an evil and unbelieving heart, even those 692 00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:37,120 engrafted in can't be broken back off. 693 00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:44,600 So faith. So faith comes from hearing and 694 00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:53,600 hearing from the word of Christ. Every time you come to church, 695 00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:58,560 you're at risk. Every time you stay away from 696 00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:00,480 church, you're at a greater risk. 697 00:51:02,160 --> 00:51:04,360 Every time you come to church, you're at risk. 698 00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:07,600 Every time you're not at church, you're at a greater risk. 699 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:13,800 Because faith comes by hearing, not having heard. 700 00:51:17,440 --> 00:51:21,000 And today, as long as it's called today, we are here to 701 00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:23,720 hold each other, encourage each other. 702 00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:25,680 We're able to champion one another. 703 00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:29,040 Say listen, His word works what he says concerning us is going 704 00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:31,840 to come to pass what he said concerning this in your life 705 00:51:31,840 --> 00:51:34,920 personally, it's going to happen what he's given us as his 706 00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:37,280 Saints, it's going to it it it overcome. 707 00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:41,760 That's why when we were with the elders were like go to the house 708 00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:45,280 and connect with them because they're feeling it. 709 00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:49,360 They're experiencing an alternative thing to the Word, 710 00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:53,720 but you speak the Word, you prayed the power of God, and you 711 00:51:53,720 --> 00:51:57,440 stay in faith with them and hold their arms up and we'll see the 712 00:51:57,600 --> 00:51:59,880 result of what the Word says in their body. 713 00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:03,160 We just spend a little extra time. 714 00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:05,960 Not well. Hope you get it. 715 00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:09,040 Well. If it's the Lord will, they 716 00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:11,000 will. It is the Lord's will. 717 00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:17,480 It is the Lord's will, but it's through this perseverance, it's 718 00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:21,680 taking every thought captive. It's not allowing unbelief to 719 00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:27,200 show up. It's being honest in our 720 00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:31,320 day-to-day walk. I do believe, Help mom believe. 721 00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:32,480 Let's pray.