1 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,500 Thanks for checking out the anchor Faith, Message podcast 2 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:15,900 from st. Augustine Florida. 3 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:24,400 Now, enjoy this message. Ephesians chapter 5. 4 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,800 I actually ministered this last Wednesday in Fort Walton Beach. 5 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:32,400 I've not ministered it here and I knew man, when I started 6 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,800 preaching a sermon, he preached this back at home and so now 7 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,300 it's a little different than what I did in Fort Walton 8 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:40,900 because I'm home and with our church. 9 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:45,000 And so we're going to show any fees in chapter 5 and verse 25 10 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,900 to 27. Now, I'm not here to minister on 11 00:00:47,900 --> 00:00:52,000 husbands and wives. Okay, I'm here to minister on 12 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,100 the ladder. Of part of that verse and that 13 00:00:54,100 --> 00:00:57,700 is Christ. Also loved the what, the church 14 00:00:57,900 --> 00:01:00,000 and gave himself up for her now. What did he do? 15 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,300 Verse 26, that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing 16 00:01:03,300 --> 00:01:07,700 of the Water by the word that he might present to himself. 17 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:11,500 A glorious church not having spot or wrinkle or any such 18 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:14,300 thing but that it should be holy and blameless. 19 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:17,000 Notice that Christ loved the church. 20 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:22,500 Okay, he gave himself for it, meaning because he died and he 21 00:01:22,700 --> 00:01:25,600 He rose from the dead. He's poured out his blood on The 22 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:30,000 Mercy Seat in heaven, has forgiven every person of their 23 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 sin. If they'll repent, they can 24 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,500 receive that forgiveness. Okay? 25 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:38,000 That he's already done that. They have to repent when they do 26 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:43,000 then the church they come in to the family of God. 27 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,600 They come into the kingdom and then God places them in the body 28 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,900 where it pleases him will see that verse here in a minute and 29 00:01:48,900 --> 00:01:52,500 what he does then is then he sanctifies and cleanses it with 30 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,400 The washing of the of Water by the word, which means when we 31 00:01:56,400 --> 00:02:00,000 become a Believer, then he gets us under the word so that the 32 00:02:00,008 --> 00:02:04,000 word can cleanse us. Meaning it can renew our mind, 33 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,199 change our thinking release, this new spirit, that we are now 34 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:12,700 in Christ, righteous Sanctified in the realm of the spirit, then 35 00:02:12,700 --> 00:02:16,100 we caused that to happen in our minds as well. 36 00:02:16,100 --> 00:02:19,700 We have to do that work and that work is we submit to the word. 37 00:02:19,700 --> 00:02:22,400 We allow it to renew our mind, change our thinking. 38 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,700 So We release who we are now in Christ. 39 00:02:25,700 --> 00:02:32,000 We live that life, we become in demonstration to the world, 40 00:02:32,300 --> 00:02:35,300 what's changed on the inside of us, in our spirit. 41 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:40,100 And when we do that, then he can present to himself a glorious 42 00:02:40,100 --> 00:02:43,400 church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing. 43 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:48,000 So, again, God is here to drive anything out that's hindrance. 44 00:02:48,700 --> 00:02:50,500 Really. In our thinking, our spirit 45 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:54,200 Man's Alive unto God has made Just only God could do that but 46 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,500 we are threefold nature man. We are Spirit. 47 00:02:56,500 --> 00:02:58,400 We have a soul and we live in a body. 48 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,100 It's our our mind will and emotions in our soul realm that 49 00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:04,900 we have to cleanse with the washing of the water of the 50 00:03:04,900 --> 00:03:06,500 word. So that we don't keep thinking, 51 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:09,600 like our old self. We don't respond like her old 52 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,500 self because our old self is actually dead. 53 00:03:13,900 --> 00:03:16,700 Right? The old has passed away now in 54 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:19,400 the spirit, that's happened. But in the thinking that has not 55 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:24,000 happened, unless you commit yourself to the study of the 56 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,500 word of God, and that's what the word of God will do that way 57 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:32,100 when he shows up again and is he showing up, he's coming back for 58 00:03:32,100 --> 00:03:36,900 his church when Jesus comes again in the air to catch a way 59 00:03:36,900 --> 00:03:38,400 his church. This is the church. 60 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:43,900 He's coming back for Okay. Now, Jesus is serious about his 61 00:03:43,900 --> 00:03:47,000 church because if you read the book of Revelation, there were 62 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:51,500 seven churches at the time that he addressed through the 63 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:55,700 Apostle, John in the Book of Revelation, the first, you know, 64 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:59,000 for chapters. But they are still types of 65 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,500 churches that exist today and he called them churches, but he 66 00:04:03,500 --> 00:04:06,200 would say now this is what you got going on, great. 67 00:04:06,300 --> 00:04:09,200 But this is my problem with you. Do you understand? 68 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,900 Jesus can have a Um, with the church because again here at 69 00:04:13,900 --> 00:04:18,500 he's wanting not having spot or wrinkle, he's wanting them to be 70 00:04:18,500 --> 00:04:22,300 holy and without blemish, are you hearing me? 71 00:04:23,100 --> 00:04:27,000 And so he would tell these churches multiple ones. 72 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:29,600 You're going to need to repent. You're going to need to change 73 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,500 this if this doesn't change. He said I'm going to pull my 74 00:04:32,500 --> 00:04:34,600 candle from you. Meaning. 75 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,500 You're not going to be my church. 76 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,300 Now you're my church now but these are my. 77 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,600 These are problems that I find ended in the church and you need 78 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,400 to fix this. If you do not fix this, then I'm 79 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,800 going to pull my light from his church. 80 00:04:52,500 --> 00:04:54,100 So again you can't live any old way. 81 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:56,600 You want to, once you come into kingdoms what I'm saying. 82 00:04:58,900 --> 00:05:02,000 Part of the reason why we're born again is so that we can 83 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:06,400 release everything that God has called us to be Hallelujah. 84 00:05:07,100 --> 00:05:12,600 And so, there is a way to live behave function in the earth and 85 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:18,100 God really wants this body called his chirst to demonstrate 86 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:20,800 this to the world. And we're going to see that 87 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,800 tonight. 1st Corinthians 12:18. You know, it says but now God 88 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,700 has placed the members, each one of them in the body. 89 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:31,400 D just as he desires we said this in the past it Bears 90 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,000 repeating today is that listen you don't have a right to pick 91 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:39,500 your church. God picks your church for you. 92 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,500 And again, you know, we have tons of guests that come through 93 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:47,300 us and well we're trying it out. Well, you can try, but what you 94 00:05:47,300 --> 00:05:52,300 need to do is you need to hear the Holy Ghost Right, you know? 95 00:05:52,300 --> 00:05:54,600 Because a lot of people can come because again, you bring your 96 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:56,700 American American ice thinking, right? 97 00:05:56,700 --> 00:05:58,700 You know, well, I like this about the church, but I don't 98 00:05:58,700 --> 00:05:59,900 like that. I don't like that. 99 00:05:59,900 --> 00:06:02,100 Well, I don't work in the Kingdom, that's like going to 100 00:06:02,108 --> 00:06:04,400 God and say, well, I like this about you and like this about 101 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,400 you, but I don't like this. I like that. 102 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:07,900 I like to go to hell, but I don't like that. 103 00:06:07,900 --> 00:06:09,400 I have to actually live for you every day. 104 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,200 Till I got to give this up. So can we compromise? 105 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:18,800 You know what the Lord says? No, he said, this is how you 106 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,500 function with me. You shall love me with all your 107 00:06:22,500 --> 00:06:26,500 heart, all your soul, all your mind and all your strength. 108 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:28,600 Which is the threefold nature of, man. 109 00:06:28,700 --> 00:06:31,100 I want your spirit. I want your soul and I want your 110 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:33,000 body. I want all your effort. 111 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,000 And that's not too much to ask as he gave. 112 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:41,300 He gave all and when we give all it is much better. 113 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,800 I said it's much better the passion translates. 114 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,300 It says that this way, but God has carefully designed each 115 00:06:47,300 --> 00:06:51,600 member and placed it in the body to function as he desires. 116 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,700 Which I like this translation about this because again, God is 117 00:06:55,700 --> 00:06:58,300 placing the members every one of them. 118 00:06:58,300 --> 00:07:02,500 There's not one person here that if they are born again, that God 119 00:07:02,500 --> 00:07:06,900 will not personally place you Which means he knows you 120 00:07:06,900 --> 00:07:10,000 individually. And here's the thing, when you 121 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:15,400 get placed in the body, where it pleases him, you your 122 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:24,000 individuality exists, but your Independence dies, Okay, there 123 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,100 is no such thing as being independent in the body. 124 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:33,100 There is no such thing because if being born again, is being in 125 00:07:33,100 --> 00:07:35,100 the body. Well then all of us have been 126 00:07:35,100 --> 00:07:40,700 born again, being born again, is just the entrance into the 127 00:07:40,700 --> 00:07:43,200 kingdom, being placed in the body. 128 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,400 Now was function, and we all don't have the same function. 129 00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:49,800 Because if you read 1st Corinthians chapter 12, it tells 130 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:54,700 us the hand and the foot are not the same, the eye in the ear or 131 00:07:54,700 --> 00:07:58,200 not the same, and one can't tell the other Idol. 132 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,900 Needle nor can one say, because I'm not something else. 133 00:08:02,100 --> 00:08:06,000 I don't need to be there, right? And moist, don't you run around 134 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,400 some run, run into some Christians. 135 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,800 Sometimes, that's a well, I, we don't have to go to church. 136 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,800 You know, I don't need a pastor. I mean, they're violating First 137 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:19,000 Corinthians 12. You can't say you don't need 138 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:23,800 amen. So as a result of that we did 139 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:27,100 are going to find our function in the body. 140 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:29,700 And if you do your function and I do my function, then at the 141 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:32,100 end of the day, we will all flow together. 142 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:36,700 And again Paul uses the body because even now as I'm in astir 143 00:08:36,700 --> 00:08:38,500 to you, a lot of things are happening. 144 00:08:39,500 --> 00:08:41,500 Right. I'm walking my knees are 145 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:42,799 working. My calves are work. 146 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:45,800 My quads are working. My hands are moving by Seth 147 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:47,600 elbow. You know my tendons ligaments 148 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,300 you know my heart's pumping obviously because if it wasn't 149 00:08:50,300 --> 00:08:53,700 I'd be down. You know, I'm breathing my mind 150 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:55,700 is moving. My brain is functioning my 151 00:08:55,700 --> 00:08:57,700 nervousness. I mean all kinds of things are 152 00:08:57,700 --> 00:09:00,500 flowing right now. My digestive systems working it 153 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:02,900 and it's you know, working that I just don't have to go to the 154 00:09:02,900 --> 00:09:06,600 bathroom right now but it's still in the process of doing 155 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:08,300 something. Are you hearing me? 156 00:09:08,900 --> 00:09:11,100 And all these things are working together. 157 00:09:12,300 --> 00:09:15,500 They're not competing against each other, they're, they're 158 00:09:15,500 --> 00:09:17,600 just flowing as they're supposed to be. 159 00:09:17,700 --> 00:09:20,400 So again, you know, we say, well, that's your body. 160 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,200 Although we can identify individual things, you know, and 161 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:29,000 doctors, they even specialize in certain parts of the body. 162 00:09:30,100 --> 00:09:32,700 But again, the minute you diagnose something going on in 163 00:09:32,700 --> 00:09:35,600 one part of your body without taking into account, all of your 164 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:42,500 body, you can do a misdiagnosis Are you hearing me a 165 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:45,900 misdiagnosis, you know, a lot of things that go on in your body, 166 00:09:45,900 --> 00:09:50,200 physically can be a result of your stomach, or your mouth, 167 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:54,100 your gums, your teeth and you need to fix those. 168 00:09:54,100 --> 00:09:56,200 And you may not even think it's you're trying to deal with a 169 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,800 symptom somewhere that it may be related to something else. 170 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,500 You know, cuz even Paul said and when it came to the body says, 171 00:10:04,500 --> 00:10:08,900 if one hurts, we all hurt. It's amazing how that little toe 172 00:10:08,900 --> 00:10:11,000 when you stub it at night, all of a sudden, wakes, your whole 173 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,700 body up and get your mouth to talk. 174 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,800 I mean, the mouth one gonna say anything until the toast, you 175 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,200 know, hit the hit the side of the bed or you hear me. 176 00:10:25,300 --> 00:10:27,700 So, I find it very odd. I find it awesome. 177 00:10:27,700 --> 00:10:30,600 That God loves us so much, and he knows us. 178 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:34,900 So intimately, he knows Us in great detail, but he also knows 179 00:10:34,900 --> 00:10:38,800 exactly where we fit. Now, we've talked about doing 180 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:43,600 this before, although I haven't done it, but I do know that 181 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,400 puzzles. A lot of times are made by 182 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:51,400 manufacturers have the exact same dye that cuts out the 183 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,800 puzzle. And I, in the past, I've talked 184 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,500 about maybe getting two puzzles that the same company. 185 00:10:56,500 --> 00:11:00,100 You know, it's the same cut, but then start mixing the puzzle 186 00:11:00,100 --> 00:11:07,700 pieces because one can actually fit in the other because the 187 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:10,900 guys cut the same, they're there, but the pictures. 188 00:11:10,900 --> 00:11:15,800 Different And you know, you can fit perfect but be the wrong 189 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:21,000 picture. You could be like doing 190 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,400 something somewhere thinking, man, this is my, this is 191 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,300 actually how I am, but you're, you're betraying a wrong picture 192 00:11:26,300 --> 00:11:28,300 because you're not even supposed to be a saint there. 193 00:11:29,900 --> 00:11:31,700 Now, how many of you, you know, you did puzzles? 194 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:33,400 You tried to force some things before. 195 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:38,800 Yeah. You're like surely you fit this 196 00:11:38,900 --> 00:11:42,000 and when we become convinced it has to be this one, I've looked 197 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,000 everywhere. So we're putting it there. 198 00:11:44,300 --> 00:11:45,500 You're like that. Looks like it might have a 199 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:50,100 little Gap. That's got to be it, right? 200 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:52,300 Nah, God's. Not here to force us into a 201 00:11:52,300 --> 00:11:56,200 position. He's here to lock Us in where it 202 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,600 fits, right? And all of us, all of us are 203 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,300 showing the same I'm picture, right? 204 00:12:01,300 --> 00:12:02,800 We're supposed to be where we're at. 205 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,400 So with that being said, Ephesians chapter 4 will start 206 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,700 one through eight. I'm going to read out the 207 00:12:07,700 --> 00:12:09,800 passion translation. It says, as a prisoner of the 208 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:14,300 Lord, I plead with you to walk. Holy in a way that is suitable 209 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,200 to your high rank given to you in your Divine calling. 210 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,900 You know what your high rank is? You're an ambassador with tender 211 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:25,000 humility and quiet. Patients, always demonstrate 212 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,400 gentleness and generous love towards one another. 213 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:32,500 Especially towards the Those who may try your patience patience. 214 00:12:32,900 --> 00:12:36,200 Be faithful to guard. The sweet harmony of the Holy 215 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,000 Spirit among you in the bonds of peace. 216 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,800 Let me stop there for a second. Now, when he says with tender 217 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,100 humility and quiet patients, always demonstrate gentleness in 218 00:12:45,100 --> 00:12:47,200 generous, love towards others, especially towards those. 219 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,400 Who may try your patience, he's not talking to the world here. 220 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:56,300 He's talking about those in the body. because in the body were 221 00:12:56,300 --> 00:13:01,100 all growing, You know, when we get born again, Paul calls us a 222 00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:05,400 babe in Christ, both him and Peter said we need to desire the 223 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,800 sincere milk of the word that we may grow. 224 00:13:08,100 --> 00:13:10,000 And you know what? Sometimes especially when it 225 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,800 comes to babies babies. Don't actually, you know, take 226 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,800 you into consideration a lot of times, right? 227 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,100 Like, you know, it's 2:00 in the morning. 228 00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:21,000 Why are you crying? And I have to go pick you up 229 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:22,900 now. I don't, you know, it's time to 230 00:13:22,900 --> 00:13:24,400 sleep. You should sleep all night. 231 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:29,000 But so in the body of Christ, there are things that are taking 232 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,300 place as people are growing. And we still need to be 233 00:13:32,300 --> 00:13:36,700 extremely patient because people are having their minds renewed 234 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:41,000 and we got to believe in who they are in their spirit and 235 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,900 that it's just a matter of time before, they'll eventually get 236 00:13:43,900 --> 00:13:46,600 that mind flipped over and we just be patient. 237 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,000 Are you hearing me? So be faithful to guard, the 238 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,800 sweet harmony of the Holy Spirit among you in the bonds of peace. 239 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:57,900 And we want to guard this guard, W Harmony Harmony is a big deal. 240 00:13:58,100 --> 00:14:01,900 He said, Being one body and one Spirit just as you were called 241 00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:03,900 into the same glorious. Hope of divine Desi. 242 00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:08,000 So we are one body say, one body, say one spirit. 243 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:14,100 So there's a Oneness that God is looking to achieve when it comes 244 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:16,100 to his church. Let's go on. 245 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:19,600 And it says this in verse 6 and he is the perfect father who 246 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:24,300 leads us all works through us all and lives in us. 247 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,800 Oh, okay. And he has generously given Each 248 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:33,400 one of us Supernatural Grace, according to the size of the 249 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:38,000 gift of Christ, every one of us has Supernatural Grace, right? 250 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:42,100 This is why it says he ascended into high, Heavenly Heights, 251 00:14:42,100 --> 00:14:46,700 taking his many captive ones with him and and Gifts were 252 00:14:46,700 --> 00:14:50,000 given to men. So every one of us has been 253 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:54,000 given a gift from God. He's gifted us with a 254 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:58,300 supernatural Grace to function in his body. 255 00:14:58,500 --> 00:15:03,300 Just as he designed you and you will never I'm just going to be 256 00:15:03,300 --> 00:15:05,600 on. So you will never get to the 257 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:11,300 perfect peace in life until you attain to the place that, you 258 00:15:11,300 --> 00:15:17,100 know, I'm in the body exactly where God wants me and you can't 259 00:15:17,100 --> 00:15:21,800 wait to function in that capacity because when you do 260 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,700 that, man, everything else is just going to run you down. 261 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:30,100 I mean you cannot I mean you can buy late scripture, but it's 262 00:15:30,100 --> 00:15:33,800 better to do scripture Jesus says seek first, the kingdom and 263 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,800 his righteousness and all these things will be what added to 264 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:38,300 you. So if you're seeking first, the 265 00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:41,100 kingdom, then you're going to want to seek the King on where 266 00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:44,600 he has placed you in the body and what that function is. 267 00:15:44,900 --> 00:15:48,500 And then you want to be obedient to that role with all your 268 00:15:48,500 --> 00:15:52,000 heart, all your soul, all your mind and all your strength, your 269 00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:56,400 daily, your money through Friday job, should not get all Your 270 00:15:56,400 --> 00:16:00,800 effort. God's Church shouldn't be second 271 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:02,500 thought to us. It should be. 272 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:07,200 What's motivating, our life. You may not be here full-time, 273 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:10,200 but you should be thinking, well, the next time service, I 274 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,900 know we're doing this and we got this plan, and this is going 275 00:16:12,900 --> 00:16:15,900 here, and then I'm all about do because God's Place me in the 276 00:16:15,900 --> 00:16:19,900 body where please just him. It's my greatest role in the 277 00:16:19,900 --> 00:16:23,300 earth, okay? Verse 11, jump down there and 278 00:16:23,300 --> 00:16:26,300 says any appointed some with grace, to be Apostles, and 279 00:16:26,300 --> 00:16:28,200 somewhat Grace to be prophets and somewhat Grace. 280 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:32,100 Advances and some with grace, to be pastors and and some with 281 00:16:32,100 --> 00:16:36,000 grace to be teachers and they're calling, that's the fivefold. 282 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:40,200 Ministry is to nurture and prepare all the holy Believers 283 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,600 to do their own works of ministry. 284 00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:47,900 And as they do, this will this this they will enlarge and build 285 00:16:47,900 --> 00:16:51,700 up the body of Christ. So when the fivefold ministry, 286 00:16:51,900 --> 00:16:57,900 accepts its function to then train the Saints to do their 287 00:16:58,300 --> 00:17:01,800 Function, then the whole church gets better. 288 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,900 It builds it up. Amen. 289 00:17:09,500 --> 00:17:12,300 Then he goes on and says these Grace Ministries will function 290 00:17:12,300 --> 00:17:17,700 until we all attain Oneness in the face a Oneness until we all 291 00:17:17,700 --> 00:17:21,000 experience. The fullness of what is meant to 292 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,099 know the Son of God. And finally, we become one. 293 00:17:24,099 --> 00:17:28,200 Perfect man with the full dimension of spiritual. 294 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:33,100 Here, it is maturity and fully developed in the abundance of 295 00:17:33,100 --> 00:17:37,900 Christ. God never intended for you just 296 00:17:37,900 --> 00:17:45,500 to get born again. Never being born again, is just 297 00:17:45,500 --> 00:17:50,100 the entrance into the greatest life you can ever live on the 298 00:17:50,100 --> 00:17:55,100 earth while you're separated physically from the King. 299 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,400 Being born again. Is what gets you entrance into 300 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,400 his kingdom so you can see his kingdom. 301 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,700 Then you should experience his kingdom and you should come 302 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:09,200 together with other brothers sisters in Christ and do a work 303 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,800 together. That's so amazing that even the 304 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:19,700 world will be in all And he never designed that. 305 00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:24,200 We would stay immature. Let's put it this way. 306 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:28,000 God never built his church to stay at preschool. 307 00:18:33,300 --> 00:18:36,900 Because the church according to the Bible is to be the pillar 308 00:18:36,900 --> 00:18:41,700 and support of Truth, the world should be asking the church. 309 00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:45,000 So talk to me about marriage, I don't know what that is. 310 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:49,500 Talk to me about economics, y'all know what that is talk to 311 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:52,100 me about government. You know what that is talk to me 312 00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:54,200 about parenting, you know what that is. 313 00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:58,000 We hold the truth of all aspects of life. 314 00:18:59,900 --> 00:19:06,500 Talk to me about healing we know this because we hold the truth. 315 00:19:06,500 --> 00:19:10,700 We are the truth because the holy spirit is the spirit of 316 00:19:10,700 --> 00:19:12,300 Truth. Yeah. 317 00:19:13,100 --> 00:19:15,700 And so we should be so passionate about true but if 318 00:19:15,700 --> 00:19:20,300 you're immature, Then you're not going to be able to display. 319 00:19:21,900 --> 00:19:26,400 All that we actually have he goes on and says in verse 14, he 320 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,700 says. And then our it, our immaturity 321 00:19:28,700 --> 00:19:30,200 will end. So God. 322 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,800 And what never wanted us to stay immature. 323 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:40,100 We have to press on to maturity. Now we know naturally that the 324 00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:45,800 body itself when a child is born because of his DNA, obviously, 325 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:50,700 if it's fed, right? Okay, it will naturally grow to 326 00:19:50,700 --> 00:19:55,100 a visit call maturity, but we know a lot of people that are in 327 00:19:55,200 --> 00:20:00,900 physically mature bodies that are immature mentally, right? 328 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:04,700 I mean, I remember going back to life my 20-year anniversary, 329 00:20:04,700 --> 00:20:08,000 maybe as my 30-year High School reunions. 330 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:14,400 I mean, and I got the air and I've just like these people are 331 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,000 still out like they're in high school. 332 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,200 I miss, like, I went back in time, but, you know, they don't 333 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,700 look the same. A lot of miles on their face. 334 00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:33,300 I'm like, wow, I mean, it's like saying same mentality, same way 335 00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:38,400 of thinking everything, this crazy, you know, but what's, 336 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:43,100 what's even more crazy as someone to get born again and 337 00:20:43,100 --> 00:20:48,800 ten twenty years later, they're still Being led by their flesh 338 00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:52,000 full of trouble. The devil, beat them up all the 339 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:56,000 time. You're like wow, you didn't grow 340 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:02,200 up at all. So then our immaturity will end 341 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,500 and we will not be easily shaken by trouble nor LED astray by 342 00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:09,000 novel teachings or by the false doctrines of deceivers who teach 343 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,800 clever laws. But instead will remain strong 344 00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:16,000 always sincere in our love. As we express the truth, all our 345 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,300 Direction and Ministries will flow from Christ and lead us 346 00:21:19,300 --> 00:21:23,000 deeper into him. The annoy the anointed head of 347 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,400 his body. The church for his body has been 348 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,300 formed in His image and his closely joined together and 349 00:21:28,300 --> 00:21:32,400 constantly connected as one. The and every member has been 350 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,100 given Divine gifts to contribute to the growth of all. 351 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,200 And as these gifts, operate effectively throughout the whole 352 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:44,200 body, we are built up and made perfect in love, you know, as I 353 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:48,200 read this, I realized that the preaching of a personal 354 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,000 relationship with the Lord alone has greatly hindered. 355 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:56,700 The ultimate plan of God. As ultimately hindered, the plan 356 00:21:56,700 --> 00:22:01,100 of God, that, you know, when we've reduced the Bible to, you 357 00:22:01,100 --> 00:22:02,600 just need to ask people if they're born. 358 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,500 Again, you need to see if their get saved. 359 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,800 You know, let's just get them saved the minute. 360 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:11,500 We reduce all that. The Bible says to, just this one 361 00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:14,800 little thought process, the door process. 362 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,700 How do you get in? You must be born again, okay, 363 00:22:18,100 --> 00:22:20,000 and that's all. We're addressing then. 364 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:24,100 Ultimately we lose what? God, ultimately planned. 365 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:27,400 For those who did get into his kingdom while they remained in 366 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,900 the Earth. You know and saying well, you 367 00:22:30,900 --> 00:22:35,700 know, have you made Jesus your personal savior, you know, like 368 00:22:35,700 --> 00:22:39,400 our relationship with God is just personal and it and you do 369 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:43,900 have a personal relationship. I'm not it's not saying that but 370 00:22:43,900 --> 00:22:47,300 if all you're thinking about is your personal relationship with 371 00:22:47,300 --> 00:22:56,800 God, and not the church that he's the head of Then you are 372 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:00,800 going to be. You're basically saying I am 373 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,500 going to be immature, my whole existence in the Earth. 374 00:23:06,500 --> 00:23:09,100 I will not grow. And again you can get them 375 00:23:09,100 --> 00:23:11,500 around people like that. Like, well I you know, I asked 376 00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:13,600 the Lord to come into my heart and save me which that's not in 377 00:23:13,608 --> 00:23:15,300 the Bible. Come into my heart and save you, 378 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,600 okay. You know, there's a little 379 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,600 saying that comes across but God does not come in your heart and 380 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:23,700 save you. God changes your spirit, man. 381 00:23:23,700 --> 00:23:26,000 He puts out the old Spirit. Puts in a new one. 382 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,200 Okay. He's not in your heart, right. 383 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,000 He Bears witness with your spirit. 384 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,100 You are a child of God once you confess Jesus as Lord, and 385 00:23:34,100 --> 00:23:36,100 lordship is actually the right way. 386 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,800 Way is the right into the kingdom. 387 00:23:39,500 --> 00:23:44,200 Okay. So if we don't watch out we and 388 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,800 we have see this takes place especially in our nation where 389 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,000 you know, it's just about getting somebody to do a quick 390 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,000 prayer. And then let them know you're 391 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,300 right. And at this point, doesn't 392 00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:57,900 matter what you do when you die, you go to heaven and yet the 393 00:23:57,900 --> 00:24:01,100 Ultimate Prize of what God and what God is coming back for. 394 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:03,900 Because again, I get it. People are saying, you know, 395 00:24:03,900 --> 00:24:05,500 well, the church at the building, I get that. 396 00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:08,000 It's not a bill now, because all of us could go outside and still 397 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,000 be the church, but you can't be the church by yourself. 398 00:24:13,100 --> 00:24:15,300 You just can't happen. Now. 399 00:24:15,300 --> 00:24:17,800 You can be by yourself, but you're guaranteeing your dying 400 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:21,000 because again with Jesus said I will build my church, you know, 401 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,300 it means of me and I've said this before, you know, here's my 402 00:24:24,300 --> 00:24:26,000 iPad right? It's mine. 403 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,400 I'm sitting it right here still mom, but I'm over here. 404 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:32,000 It's still mine, but that's not the my Jesus is talking about 405 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,500 it. Here's my arm. 406 00:24:34,100 --> 00:24:36,200 Now. I'm my arm is of me now. 407 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,400 Can I leave my arm on the pulpit without me being there? 408 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:44,100 Yes, but that means I have to sever it and it's cut off from 409 00:24:44,100 --> 00:24:48,400 the blood and the minute I cut my arm and leave it there. 410 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:52,300 It's dying. Now you can maybe poke it and it 411 00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:55,700 twitch or something, you know, there may be a shelf life for 412 00:24:55,700 --> 00:24:59,100 them to maybe reconnect it and potentially save it. 413 00:24:59,300 --> 00:25:01,200 But you know, you leave it there a few months. 414 00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:06,800 We ain't resurrecting the arm outside of Supernatural power 415 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,000 God. It's just going with her up and 416 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:13,700 it's gonna be a little in our trophy case until the flesh 417 00:25:13,700 --> 00:25:18,600 falls off and then it just turns into you know, the bone this 418 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:23,500 skeleton, right and I'm at To have Mia, you know a prosthetic 419 00:25:23,500 --> 00:25:27,700 prosthetic, which was not what God intended something 420 00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:31,800 artificial. Hallelujah. 421 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,000 So when we say that we love God and I have a personal 422 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,400 relationship with. Let me tell you what they had 423 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:40,200 the church is saying, get to church get together with other 424 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,300 believers. I have an assigned function for 425 00:25:42,300 --> 00:25:44,700 you that you can't do without the rest. 426 00:25:47,700 --> 00:25:50,000 Because I did not die for you to go to heaven. 427 00:25:50,700 --> 00:25:52,500 I died. So I could come and live in you 428 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,800 and empower the world because for us, we need to understand 429 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,600 that the next greatest move of God is the maturing of the 430 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:04,500 church. If he says that he wants to 431 00:26:04,500 --> 00:26:07,900 present himself with this church that's without spot or Wrinkle 432 00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:12,800 in this be without blemish, then it means that we can attain to 433 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,400 it. If he sent the fivefold, 434 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:19,600 ministry to bring us to full maturity, then we can get there. 435 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:28,900 And as a pastor, you know, when I began to really seek the Lord 436 00:26:28,900 --> 00:26:32,500 because he called me to be this and I began to read scripture 437 00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:37,200 concerning his church and the role that I had and the function 438 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,500 that I had concerning the Saints, I'm like I have to make 439 00:26:40,500 --> 00:26:46,600 a demand that we mature. I can't compromise the word. 440 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,800 This is why Paul said in the book of Acts when he was leaving 441 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,400 the church of Ephesus. He said I am innocent of the 442 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:56,000 blood of all men. Why could he say that he said 443 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:00,200 because I have not withheld from you the full counsel of God. 444 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,400 I'm gonna give you everything you need so that you can grow up 445 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:10,300 spiritually and that you can become one that you guard the 446 00:27:10,300 --> 00:27:14,100 sweet harmony that comes around a group of people collected 447 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:18,700 together sharing the same Faith The Same Spirit the same vision 448 00:27:18,900 --> 00:27:22,800 flowing in the same direction so that God can be glorified in a 449 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:28,700 particular location. and that's what God wants to do because 450 00:27:28,700 --> 00:27:34,300 when the church unifies there's some amazing things take place. 451 00:27:35,100 --> 00:27:38,800 Look what it says in Psalms 133 verses 1 through 2. 452 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,800 It says behold how good and how pleasant it is for Brethren to 453 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,500 well to Brett for Brethren to dwell together in unity. 454 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:51,600 It is like the precious ointment poured on the head that ran down 455 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,500 on the beard even the beard of air and the first high priest 456 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,900 that came upon the collar and the skirts of His Garment 457 00:27:57,900 --> 00:28:01,500 consecrating the whole body. Now who's the head of the 458 00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:05,700 church? Who is the high priest Jesus? 459 00:28:05,700 --> 00:28:09,600 And Jesus is the head of the church is Jesus anointed because 460 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,200 the oil represents the anointing and Jesus. 461 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,800 When he came up out of the Jordan River, God said the Holy 462 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:19,200 Spirit came upon him and the Lord father said, this is my 463 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,700 beloved Son in whom I wear. Well please later on. 464 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:25,400 Jesus says, he says, the spirit of the Lord is upon me for he 465 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:29,800 has anointed me and if he's anointed Jesus and guess what 466 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,100 you are anointed as well. Because it floats. 467 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,800 Oh, down from the head all the way down the body because we are 468 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:39,400 the whole body of Christ and notice when this takes place, he 469 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:44,400 says how pleasant good and pleasant is that Brethren dwell 470 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,400 in what Unity. Let me say it this way. 471 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,400 You're free from selfish ambitions. 472 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:56,500 You only want to do one thing, you want to fulfill the function 473 00:28:56,500 --> 00:29:01,300 that God has placed for you in his body and how he deploys you 474 00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:03,300 out in the world. Whether it's through your own 475 00:29:03,300 --> 00:29:06,400 business, whether it's through another type of job way, in 476 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:11,100 family, whatever the case may be, you still come and collect 477 00:29:11,100 --> 00:29:15,600 here because this causes who you are to be released so that 478 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,900 you're the greatest Ambassador for God. 479 00:29:21,900 --> 00:29:25,400 And when we come together as God calls us to then we'll be a 480 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:30,200 greater force on the earth than we could ever be individually. 481 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,400 When I saw this, I began to realize something really 482 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,200 important. That is not in church. 483 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:45,100 Growth strategies. But it needs to be and that is 484 00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:47,600 it's more important to grow Unity among the Brethren or 485 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:51,200 disciples in the church than the grow numbers without Unity. 486 00:29:56,100 --> 00:29:58,000 I mean, I can't tell you how many churches in the United 487 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,200 States, right now. All it is is about growth 488 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,700 tracks. How do we get more people in? 489 00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:04,900 How do we get more people then? We're not even trying to unify 490 00:30:04,900 --> 00:30:05,900 the people. We have. 491 00:30:08,700 --> 00:30:10,200 We're not trying to walk in unity. 492 00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:13,200 We're not trying to unify be of One Faith. 493 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,100 One Spirit speaking and saying the same thing. 494 00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:22,500 We spend more time just trying to get another unbeliever in 495 00:30:22,500 --> 00:30:25,500 another unbeliever in that, we don't develop the Believers that 496 00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:29,900 are there, so we have an immature church that cannot 497 00:30:29,900 --> 00:30:36,200 fight the good fight of faith. Now they may be the largest 498 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:41,100 church in the community but they respond in the community like 499 00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:44,800 the rest of the community when trouble hits they at the same 500 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,200 way, when the issue hits they at the same way when trial comes, 501 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,500 they act the same way, they just kind of throw a little caveat, 502 00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:56,400 well, Lord, if it's your will or, you know, you know, we're 503 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,300 just praying the Lord and do something well. 504 00:30:58,300 --> 00:31:01,400 The Lord to do is word if you walk by faith. 505 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:03,700 Amen. And God's gracious. 506 00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:05,500 Don't give Me wrong, full of Mercy. 507 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:09,600 There's a lot he's doing for his church to help them along and 508 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,600 way more than he is in the world. 509 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,100 But when the church comes together and say, what does the 510 00:31:14,100 --> 00:31:17,400 king saying, how does he want us to respond to this situation? 511 00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:20,800 And then we were laying, say, let's do this, then we all unify 512 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,200 Now, tell me, what is the power of unity? 513 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:29,500 When it came to covid? Because when colon came out, the 514 00:31:29,500 --> 00:31:37,100 whole world, Did the same thing. Nation. 515 00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:41,700 Shut down nations are standing nations of different tongues and 516 00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:46,100 tribe are two are standing 6 feet away from each other wear 517 00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:49,200 masks. We never lived. 518 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:53,600 This kind of existence, never heard of the word social 519 00:31:53,800 --> 00:32:03,900 distance. yeah, they unified and what kind of power was that come 520 00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:06,400 on y'all know because when you didn't want to go out where your 521 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,800 Mast and all of a sudden, the world is looking at you like 522 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:15,700 What's wrong with you? I mean you were like, you felt 523 00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:21,000 like you were a rebel. Your church is still meeting. 524 00:32:22,700 --> 00:32:26,000 What's wrong with y'all? Well, it's because we didn't 525 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:30,100 unify that way. We chose to unify another way. 526 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,000 Because our Unity supposed to be around. 527 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:40,500 God, I'm just saying there's power in unity when Unity comes. 528 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:42,300 It brings a thing called Leverage. 529 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,300 Because all of a sudden power comes, when we see plenty of 530 00:32:46,300 --> 00:32:50,200 people unify around causes. We see it on the news, we see 531 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:55,400 rallies, we see demonstrations, we see protests, what are they 532 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,100 doing? They're saying and they have the 533 00:32:57,100 --> 00:33:00,100 same little, you know, worship songs, right? 534 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:03,800 They'll chant these same things in this life and in some of us 535 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,800 so big, they little it across Nations. 536 00:33:07,700 --> 00:33:11,100 And they'll say the same things, why? 537 00:33:11,100 --> 00:33:15,500 Because they're wanting their unified and unity makes people 538 00:33:15,500 --> 00:33:22,600 look because the Devil Knows A house divided. 539 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:34,600 The church would be so awesome if it would just unify because 540 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:38,700 the church can say, yeah, you'd man if you only knew the baggage 541 00:33:38,700 --> 00:33:41,700 that was laid up in our congregation but she wouldn't 542 00:33:41,700 --> 00:33:43,600 know about it because it's under the blood. 543 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,500 Because we're not pulling out our old life all the time. 544 00:33:49,700 --> 00:33:52,600 Talking about how and then examining our new life in light 545 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:58,500 of our old life. We're only taking our cues from 546 00:33:58,500 --> 00:34:03,600 the King himself for developing a kingdom culture and we come 547 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,200 from every tongue every tribe Every Nation. 548 00:34:06,300 --> 00:34:10,699 But yet we still follow one, king one, father, one, Holy 549 00:34:10,699 --> 00:34:13,400 Spirit. When people ask us, we say well, 550 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:19,600 it is written. They we say, well, I have no 551 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:24,600 opinion in the matter. But my king says Hey, you know, 552 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:26,000 they're gonna say Well they're brainwashed. 553 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,100 Well are my our brain has been washed by the word. 554 00:34:31,199 --> 00:34:33,199 Amen. Make no mistake about it. 555 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:37,000 Your mom has been washed with the word but you freely do that. 556 00:34:38,699 --> 00:34:40,100 Hallelujah. It's the rest of the world is 557 00:34:40,108 --> 00:34:43,600 brainwashed. Brain-dead actually, there's 558 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:47,199 strength in unity. Okay, what's the say in Matthew 559 00:34:47,199 --> 00:34:49,900 18 18 to 20? Says, truly, I say to you, 560 00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:52,199 whatever you bind on Earth, shall have been bound in heaven 561 00:34:52,199 --> 00:34:54,000 and whatever you loose on Earth, shall have been loosed in 562 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,000 heaven. Again, I say to you that if two 563 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:01,100 of you agree on Earth about anything that they may ask, it 564 00:35:01,100 --> 00:35:03,900 shall be done for them. By my father who is in heaven 565 00:35:04,100 --> 00:35:06,900 for where two, or three have gathered together, in my name. 566 00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:12,400 I am there in their midst. Power. 567 00:35:13,500 --> 00:35:19,200 I said there's power in unity and if the church can quit 568 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,700 coming and coming together and say, well, you know, I love 569 00:35:22,700 --> 00:35:26,000 Jesus, they love Jesus, but that's the only Unity we have. 570 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,400 Well, then we're not going to take that move the strength that 571 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:31,600 God intended. Look at this. 572 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,800 In First Corinthians chapter 1 starting in verse 10. 573 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,100 The passion says that this way I urge you, my brothers and 574 00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:40,900 sisters for the sake of the name of our Lord, Jesus to agree, to 575 00:35:40,900 --> 00:35:43,100 live in. Unity with one another and put 576 00:35:43,100 --> 00:35:46,300 to rest any division that attempts to tear you apart. 577 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:51,500 Be restored as one United body living in Perfect Harmony form. 578 00:35:51,500 --> 00:35:59,900 A consistence Lily, you form a consistent choreography among 579 00:35:59,900 --> 00:36:02,000 yourself. Having a common perspective 580 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,900 which shared values. Yeah, the Lord just showed me 581 00:36:05,900 --> 00:36:11,900 the body. Okay, so There's a thing called 582 00:36:11,900 --> 00:36:14,100 Tan Lines. You may heard a tan lines 583 00:36:14,100 --> 00:36:16,300 before? Yeah, yes. 584 00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:18,400 Then we come together. We're one body, but we don't 585 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:22,900 look alike. You can't let the color your 586 00:36:22,900 --> 00:36:27,400 skin divide you. Are you hear what I'm saying? 587 00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:29,700 This way you can't no division among you. 588 00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:32,800 So again you can't say, well, cause we're not the same color. 589 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:38,900 I mean, I can wear a shirt and and pants all the time and get 590 00:36:38,900 --> 00:36:42,400 out and get some really dark arms and a net and then take off 591 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:46,300 and bebu white with real dark arms. 592 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:52,400 Are you hearing me and it's on the same body? 593 00:36:53,900 --> 00:36:55,900 It's what I'm trying to say. It's on the same body. 594 00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:00,300 Hey man. I mean, probably everybody in 595 00:37:00,300 --> 00:37:03,100 this room is a little different color somewhere. 596 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:11,200 Yeah, I mean unless you know you're tannin all-natural 597 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:15,900 somewhere and that's fine. Are you don't tan at all? 598 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:26,700 And it's just boo everywhere. My point is that we need to say, 599 00:37:26,700 --> 00:37:28,200 we're not going to let division here. 600 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:32,300 Why would we ever let the? World's divisive words? 601 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:38,400 Come into this place? Why would we take up said? 602 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,500 Well, that's my people. There's only two types of people 603 00:37:40,500 --> 00:37:42,500 in the planet. There are those of the kingdom 604 00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:45,500 of darkness and the Kingdom of Light, that's the only type of 605 00:37:45,500 --> 00:37:47,500 people there are. So, when you say my people, 606 00:37:47,500 --> 00:37:50,000 there's only one my people. If you're a child of God and has 607 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,100 two children of God and they don't look the same. 608 00:37:54,600 --> 00:38:00,300 Again, we identify nationally. Well, if you're going to Define 609 00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:03,900 Ashley identify with the kingdom, don't identify with 610 00:38:03,900 --> 00:38:06,800 Europe. Don't identify with Asia, don't 611 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:11,800 identify with Africa, identify when he came because the king 612 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:16,000 owns the planet. Anyway and again, when they come 613 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,300 in, they should see us hugging and love and in saying the same 614 00:38:19,300 --> 00:38:23,000 thing and none of us are talking about this past and that passed 615 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,200 and the way this one treated that. 616 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,000 We're just like, man, we love the king. 617 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,600 We love the king. We're gonna follow the king and 618 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:35,100 we're gonna obey the king, and we're going to move towards what 619 00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:37,700 he says only and you can't break us up. 620 00:38:37,700 --> 00:38:39,600 You can't divide us, she can't split us. 621 00:38:39,700 --> 00:38:41,700 You can't make us come against each other. 622 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,600 Amen. And he's like, man. 623 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,100 If we could just get into this, something powerful will happen. 624 00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:49,200 Let me show you what will happen. 625 00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:53,200 This is so powerful, man. I want this so bad. 626 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:56,000 I want this so bad, and I think we're on the precipice. 627 00:38:58,300 --> 00:39:01,000 Of potentially being this in our own County. 628 00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:04,100 I mean, we may be closer than I think. 629 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:07,100 But, you know, I want us to get there. 630 00:39:07,300 --> 00:39:08,600 John chapter 17. Look at this. 631 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,700 In verse 18. This is so good. 632 00:39:10,900 --> 00:39:14,600 This is what you need to do. And then we only look at God as 633 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,600 a personal relationship. Like we really have no 634 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:20,300 obligation to function in the body as God pleases him. 635 00:39:20,300 --> 00:39:23,500 We don't have to obligate ourselves to make sure we're 636 00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:27,400 doing the vision of the place he planted us and it's not our 637 00:39:27,500 --> 00:39:31,300 number one thinking. Then we will hinder this vert. 638 00:39:31,300 --> 00:39:35,500 This section of scripture from happening, Jesus Christ is 639 00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:39,900 talking okay, this is your king. He says, I've commissioned them. 640 00:39:39,900 --> 00:39:42,500 He's now this is his prayer to his father before he goes to the 641 00:39:42,500 --> 00:39:45,200 Cross. He said, I have commissioned 642 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:49,200 them to represent me just as you commissioned me to represent you 643 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:56,100 And now I dedicate myself to them as a holy sacrifice so that 644 00:39:56,100 --> 00:40:01,200 they will live a fully dedicated will live as fully dedicated to 645 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:04,300 God and be made Holy by your truth. 646 00:40:05,300 --> 00:40:09,600 And I do not ask only for these disciples but also for all say 647 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:13,400 oh those who will one day believe in me through their 648 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,100 message. Will do you believe in him 649 00:40:15,100 --> 00:40:17,200 through the messages of those disciples? 650 00:40:17,500 --> 00:40:21,000 Yeah. So This Is Us What's he want for 651 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,400 us verse 21. I pray for them all, say all to 652 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:30,500 be joined. What together as one notice? 653 00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:35,800 He didn't say, I've, you know, desire that everyone would just 654 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:43,400 get saved. Because that's all that matters 655 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:45,700 is they asked me to come into their heart. 656 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:48,400 That when they die, they go to heaven. 657 00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:57,900 No, he said that we would be joined together as one join 658 00:40:57,900 --> 00:41:01,900 together as one even as you. And I father are joined together 659 00:41:01,900 --> 00:41:07,400 as one. notice Jesus told his decide, he said, if you've seen 660 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:14,200 me, you've seen the father in essence he saying look if these 661 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:18,600 guys will join together as one, then when the community sees 662 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:26,000 that church, They'll see me. Let's go on, I pray for them to 663 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:34,700 become one with us so that the there who the, who that's the 664 00:41:34,700 --> 00:41:39,700 lost and what will the Lost. Do will recognize that you sent 665 00:41:39,700 --> 00:41:41,200 me. You know why? 666 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,900 People don't understand that God, the Father sent Jesus is 667 00:41:44,900 --> 00:41:47,100 because the church has it Unified. 668 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,200 I mean, if all you're telling the world is. 669 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:54,300 Yeah, but listen, I asked Jesus to come into my heart and save 670 00:41:54,300 --> 00:41:57,800 me and so when I die, I go to heaven, but you haven't and 671 00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:01,700 you're going to go to hell. But you live. 672 00:42:01,700 --> 00:42:02,800 Like, I do. Yeah. 673 00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:07,400 But I'm still saved. We were drinking last night. 674 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:08,300 Yeah. But you understand? 675 00:42:08,300 --> 00:42:14,300 I'm saved. You cuss like I do? 676 00:42:14,300 --> 00:42:17,400 Yeah but you know what God's grace is all my life different 677 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:23,700 than yours and I'm saved. What you're mad at our balls. 678 00:42:23,700 --> 00:42:25,700 I mean you you said all kinds of stuff. 679 00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:28,800 I'm like I mean that's how we respond. 680 00:42:28,900 --> 00:42:32,900 Yeah but I'm saved. I mean we're not perfect now but 681 00:42:32,900 --> 00:42:36,900 we're saved. No, the Lord's like you want to 682 00:42:36,900 --> 00:42:43,400 impress the world getting Unity? getting unity in the church 683 00:42:44,300 --> 00:42:49,300 because if you let the, the fivefold ministry, Build you up 684 00:42:49,300 --> 00:42:54,000 and they're all come together as one no longer independent of 685 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:58,700 each other, but dependent upon each other individually. 686 00:42:58,700 --> 00:43:03,400 Expressing your gifts coming together under the same covering 687 00:43:03,500 --> 00:43:06,100 as God assigned. Then when you go around 688 00:43:06,100 --> 00:43:11,000 marching, when you go around doing the world were recognized, 689 00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:19,000 that the father has sent me. So again, you know, we stress 690 00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:23,200 the independent theory of witnessing go out and tell 691 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:27,300 someone about Jesus. When Jesus stresses the unity of 692 00:43:27,300 --> 00:43:29,900 the body is the greatest witnessing tool. 693 00:43:33,500 --> 00:43:35,800 The world should come in here and say how can there be all 694 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:37,800 these people looking different from all these different types 695 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:39,700 of background and they love each other like this. 696 00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:45,800 How in the world can these people? 697 00:43:48,900 --> 00:43:50,600 How can they get how come there's not fighting? 698 00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:53,200 How come there's not gossiping? How come there's not because he 699 00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:55,700 we are supposed to gossip. We're not supposed to backbite. 700 00:43:55,700 --> 00:43:57,400 We're not supposed to live. Unholy. 701 00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:59,200 We're not supposed to lift fleshly. 702 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,500 We're not supposed to live by selfish ambition. 703 00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:04,600 We're not supposed to we're supposed to all be functioning 704 00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:07,200 with the fruits of the spirit and then the fruits of the 705 00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:09,400 spirit are flowing through us all love joy peace, patience 706 00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:11,300 kindness goodness gentleness and self-control. 707 00:44:11,300 --> 00:44:13,800 We're just flowing in this so well doesn't matter what we look 708 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:15,100 like. We're worshipping our King 709 00:44:15,100 --> 00:44:16,900 together. We're saying the same thing from 710 00:44:16,900 --> 00:44:20,100 the word or standing in faith. Hey, you know we Rejoice under 711 00:44:20,100 --> 00:44:24,400 trial, you know, we are full of joy when Trouble Comes our way 712 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:27,000 and they're like what is going on with this group of people. 713 00:44:28,300 --> 00:44:33,200 They're not from the world. We become the greatest 714 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:37,100 witnessing tool ever. He goes on and says for the very 715 00:44:37,100 --> 00:44:43,000 Glory you have given to me, I have given to them so that they 716 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:46,300 may be joined together as one and experience. 717 00:44:46,300 --> 00:44:52,000 The same Unity that we enjoy you live fully in me. 718 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:58,400 Now, I live fully in them man so that they will experience 719 00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:00,600 perfect. Unity. 720 00:45:00,700 --> 00:45:06,200 And the world will be what convinced that you have sent me 721 00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:08,100 for. They will see that. 722 00:45:08,100 --> 00:45:13,000 You love each one of them with the same passionate love that 723 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:17,200 you have for me. So there's something about 724 00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:21,200 coming together in unity. Developing this Unity where 725 00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:31,100 again, we're preferring one another You know, we've got to 726 00:45:31,100 --> 00:45:35,500 be passionate about one another. We got a rally each other's 727 00:45:35,500 --> 00:45:38,800 causes champion each other's gifts. 728 00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:44,300 Amen. They meant and you know what 729 00:45:44,300 --> 00:45:45,800 your gift will make room for you. 730 00:45:46,300 --> 00:45:48,200 I can't tell you how many times people have come in and you 731 00:45:48,208 --> 00:45:50,100 know, they had their own personal agenda. 732 00:45:51,100 --> 00:45:53,300 You know what to be place here doubt and I, well, you know, 733 00:45:53,300 --> 00:45:57,000 you're giving him a room for you, ain't no, there's too many 734 00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:00,400 people being used here. Now for that not to happen. 735 00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:06,000 But there's growth and development. 736 00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:08,900 All kinds of stuff takes place for us to be able to do all 737 00:46:08,900 --> 00:46:10,200 that. God has called us to do. 738 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:15,300 But it says, listen, he said I'm going to give them my glory. 739 00:46:16,700 --> 00:46:17,900 You know how many times people like man? 740 00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:19,500 I just wish the glory of God will show up. 741 00:46:19,500 --> 00:46:23,100 You know. Well you want to know how the 742 00:46:23,100 --> 00:46:25,800 glory shows up. Let's look at and second 743 00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,800 chronicles because this is where people reference this a lot of 744 00:46:28,808 --> 00:46:32,900 times but you need to see what causes his glory and Jesus 745 00:46:32,900 --> 00:46:34,900 already references as well. But we're going to look at a 746 00:46:34,908 --> 00:46:38,500 second chronicles 5 11. To 14 says this when the priest 747 00:46:38,500 --> 00:46:42,600 came forth from the holy place for all the priests who were 748 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:46,300 present had Sanctified themselves without regard to 749 00:46:46,500 --> 00:46:49,400 It's and all the levitical singers, all these people in 750 00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:52,500 their sons clothed, in fine, linen with symbols Harps, they 751 00:46:52,500 --> 00:46:57,000 stood at the east of the altar with with them 120 priest, 752 00:46:57,000 --> 00:47:00,900 blowing trumpets in unison, when the trumpets and the singers 753 00:47:01,500 --> 00:47:04,700 were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to 754 00:47:04,708 --> 00:47:07,600 Gloria fava, the Lord. And when they lifted up their 755 00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:10,400 voice accompanied, by the trumpets and cymbals and music 756 00:47:10,700 --> 00:47:13,500 instruments of music, and when they praise the Lord saying he 757 00:47:13,500 --> 00:47:16,100 indeed is good for his loving, kindness is Everlasting than the 758 00:47:16,108 --> 00:47:17,700 house. House, the house of the Lord was 759 00:47:17,700 --> 00:47:21,200 filled with a cloud, so that the priests could not stand to 760 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,500 minister because of the cloud for the glory of the Lord. 761 00:47:23,500 --> 00:47:25,900 Filled the house notice they were in unison. 762 00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:34,100 In unison. Unity is a big deal. 763 00:47:34,500 --> 00:47:36,500 You did he first starts in the heart? 764 00:47:41,300 --> 00:47:45,100 You know, because even Jesus himself, I'll use this example. 765 00:47:45,300 --> 00:47:50,300 Jesus was in Peters mother-in-law's house and he was 766 00:47:50,300 --> 00:47:53,400 ministering people and it was packed out so much so that 767 00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,300 people were outside. They couldn't even all get in 768 00:47:55,300 --> 00:47:58,600 her house, okay? And so, for guys hear that Jesus 769 00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:01,600 is in town, they have a friend that's paralyzed, right? 770 00:48:01,700 --> 00:48:03,600 And they say we're going to take you to Jesus, you going to get 771 00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:06,200 healed. And so they put him on his mat 772 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,500 and a carry him and they get to the house and like we can't even 773 00:48:08,500 --> 00:48:10,800 get in. Well, we going to do. 774 00:48:10,900 --> 00:48:12,100 None of them are going to turn back. 775 00:48:12,100 --> 00:48:14,000 We get to Jesus, so they said we're going to get on the roof, 776 00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:15,800 ripped the roof off, a man will lower you down. 777 00:48:16,300 --> 00:48:19,100 So they got on the roof started tearing a woman's roof off, 778 00:48:19,500 --> 00:48:22,100 okay? And then lowered this guy and as 779 00:48:22,100 --> 00:48:23,900 this guy starts coming down from the ceiling. 780 00:48:23,900 --> 00:48:26,300 Jesus, look it up. Seeing him is like, wow, he said 781 00:48:26,300 --> 00:48:30,000 seeing their faith, not just the guy on the mat, all of them 782 00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:33,300 because these guys were committed that Jesus can heal 783 00:48:33,300 --> 00:48:35,700 you. Jesus is in the room with 784 00:48:35,700 --> 00:48:37,600 people. He's teaching the word. 785 00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:40,000 And he says man your sins are forgiven. 786 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:43,200 The many he says that he identified the ones who were not 787 00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:48,600 in unity. Because there were religious 788 00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:52,500 people in there and when Jesus said that said, only God can 789 00:48:52,500 --> 00:48:55,100 black. Can only God can forgive sins. 790 00:48:55,100 --> 00:48:58,700 This is blasphemy, right? And then Jesus says, why do you 791 00:48:58,700 --> 00:49:01,100 say in your heart? Now, he's got a word of 792 00:49:01,100 --> 00:49:03,500 knowledge. And he says, why do you say in 793 00:49:03,500 --> 00:49:06,800 your heart, these particular things, he said to let you know 794 00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:10,100 that I have authority on Earth to forgive sins, and to heal, 795 00:49:10,100 --> 00:49:12,500 because he said, which is easier, whether forgive the man 796 00:49:12,500 --> 00:49:15,500 of sin, her healing So let you know, I have authority on Earth 797 00:49:15,500 --> 00:49:17,600 to do both. He said, take up your mat and go 798 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:21,300 and he got stood up, took his mat and walked out of the house. 799 00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:25,200 Hallelujah. My point is, is that you can be 800 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:28,900 in, in the church, even in this church and yet in your heart, 801 00:49:28,900 --> 00:49:30,700 not be committed to what's going on. 802 00:49:32,900 --> 00:49:37,700 You can even hear the word and and rejoice for yourself only, 803 00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,800 but not want that to be distributed to the ones around 804 00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:45,300 you. You could come and say, I want 805 00:49:45,300 --> 00:49:48,700 to grow, but don't realize your growth is not just for you. 806 00:49:50,900 --> 00:49:54,600 I want to grow so that I can be the best that I can be for 807 00:49:54,600 --> 00:50:00,700 everyone else, because my growth is not just for me, my growth is 808 00:50:00,700 --> 00:50:03,700 for my brothers and sisters, the stronger, I am the stronger, we 809 00:50:03,700 --> 00:50:06,600 are, the more I walk in love the better. 810 00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:09,500 We all are the more that I hear the spirit of God and letting 811 00:50:09,500 --> 00:50:10,700 are led by the spirit, the better. 812 00:50:10,700 --> 00:50:13,800 We all are, because it's not just about me because the 813 00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:19,500 kingdom is not just about you. Yet we've sold a message that is 814 00:50:19,500 --> 00:50:23,100 just about you. Yeah, Jesus didn't sell that 815 00:50:23,100 --> 00:50:25,500 message. Jesus said, man, I want you 816 00:50:25,508 --> 00:50:27,600 bring you into my family. I want us to get unified. 817 00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:29,400 I want us to be a one mom, want to court. 818 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:33,300 Listen, there will be absolutely without a shadow of a doubt in 819 00:50:33,300 --> 00:50:35,700 the end times with the new Heaven and new earth, there will 820 00:50:35,700 --> 00:50:40,700 be no division. Among the household of God, not 821 00:50:40,700 --> 00:50:45,100 a trace. We'll be there yet. 822 00:50:45,100 --> 00:50:51,800 The Lord is allowing us to know that, even in the Earth today we 823 00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:57,400 can move to a plane of maturity as a church that can unify in 824 00:50:57,400 --> 00:51:00,600 such a way that the world will know. 825 00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:05,900 That Jesus said was sent by the father that the world will 826 00:51:05,900 --> 00:51:10,400 recognize man in that church, man, they feed each other. 827 00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:15,900 They take care of each other. They rally around each other. 828 00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,000 They don't talk bad about each other. 829 00:51:20,100 --> 00:51:22,800 You can get one to talk bad about another one. 830 00:51:23,500 --> 00:51:27,800 Gonna get one. I mean, they should be like, 831 00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:30,100 this is a holiest group I've ever seen in my life. 832 00:51:31,300 --> 00:51:33,500 And again, You Are Holy when you're living the world. 833 00:51:33,500 --> 00:51:36,000 Now that doesn't mean we can't make a mistake. 834 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:39,100 We can't falter you, we can't fall down but the Bible says a 835 00:51:39,108 --> 00:51:42,400 righteous man may fall down seven times but what happens he 836 00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:45,200 gets up and goes we as brothers. What do we do we go and rally 837 00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:47,700 around each other and say, hey, I saw you stumble, let me help 838 00:51:47,700 --> 00:51:50,200 you back up. Oh, we're at around said, hey, 839 00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:51,700 what do you think what you're doing right now? 840 00:51:51,700 --> 00:51:53,900 How you're talking it, and pleasing to our father. 841 00:51:53,900 --> 00:51:56,300 You're like, yep, you're right. I Repent man, I'm not doing 842 00:51:56,300 --> 00:51:57,700 that. I mean, get back over in here. 843 00:51:57,700 --> 00:51:59,200 I know what's the best thing for me. 844 00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:00,800 I'm not going to get caught up in this. 845 00:52:01,900 --> 00:52:03,600 I'm not going to get caught up in an offense. 846 00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:05,800 I'm not going to get caught up in, bitterness. 847 00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:07,600 I'm not going to have that. You know what, we're going to 848 00:52:07,608 --> 00:52:11,500 stay together. This thing's bigger than me. 849 00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:16,300 And when we unify in this kind of place man, I'm telling you 850 00:52:16,400 --> 00:52:20,000 then the glory of God can move into this place even more so 851 00:52:20,300 --> 00:52:24,600 because he's like, look at that group, look at this but my body 852 00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:26,200 who's collecting upon the same place. 853 00:52:26,300 --> 00:52:30,000 I mean it could take us till Jesus comes just to unify the 854 00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:34,300 ones we have today. No, I want to grow, I want to 855 00:52:34,300 --> 00:52:37,500 see more people come into the kingdom, but when you get into 856 00:52:37,500 --> 00:52:41,800 the kingdom, you can't stay a baby because babies don't win 857 00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:46,300 the fight of faith. We're going to have to develop 858 00:52:46,300 --> 00:52:49,700 into ones that we can come alongside each other and you can 859 00:52:49,700 --> 00:52:52,200 come just like tonight. You know, I was dealing with 860 00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:55,000 some symptoms myself and I'm like, I'm not no, I'm not the 861 00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:58,300 only one and I've already heard. So we might as well just help 862 00:52:58,300 --> 00:53:01,000 the ones that are dealing with symptoms and let's just lay 863 00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:03,200 hands on a while. Because if you're hurting, I'm 864 00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:07,100 hurting now, we don't have to have that kind of call for you 865 00:53:07,100 --> 00:53:09,400 to get healed. You can walk into the church and 866 00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:11,700 say, Hey, listen, man, I've had some simply can't lay hands on 867 00:53:11,700 --> 00:53:13,700 me. Well, yeah, I would love to lay 868 00:53:13,700 --> 00:53:16,000 hands on you. We're Believers together. 869 00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:19,900 We're in the body wear uniform, but I believe that God heals 870 00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:23,800 just like, you believe God, heals and Men we touch and 871 00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:26,900 agree. And we get more and more 872 00:53:26,900 --> 00:53:30,100 complicated. So God wants us. 873 00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:34,800 To mature, we are destined for maturity. 874 00:53:37,900 --> 00:53:40,300 Now you got to understand, not everybody matures. 875 00:53:41,600 --> 00:53:44,900 I get it. Some just want to be childish. 876 00:53:45,700 --> 00:53:48,500 Paul said, when I was a child, I think thought as a child, I 877 00:53:48,500 --> 00:53:51,800 acted like a child. But when I became a man, I put 878 00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:56,400 away, childish, things, the only child like, you need to keep his 879 00:53:56,700 --> 00:54:00,300 childlike Faith, believe God, like a child. 880 00:54:00,700 --> 00:54:04,600 Whatever dad says, I do it II. Do not get intellectual on this 881 00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:07,300 deal. I'm not trying to say, well, 882 00:54:07,300 --> 00:54:08,300 now, the Lord, you're going to have to. 883 00:54:08,300 --> 00:54:10,600 I got to figure this out. Now you said it. 884 00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:12,400 That's it. I fully trust. 885 00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:15,600 You got it. Even if I have no idea how 886 00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:16,500 you're going to do. It doesn't matter. 887 00:54:16,500 --> 00:54:18,800 I got your word now and I'm doing this thing because you 888 00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:21,500 cannot fail. You never fail in your word 889 00:54:22,100 --> 00:54:25,600 period. But we are stronger. 890 00:54:27,500 --> 00:54:31,100 Together, then we would ever be independent. 891 00:54:34,500 --> 00:54:36,200 And activate church is going to unify. 892 00:54:37,900 --> 00:54:41,700 We're going to mature, we're going to continue to develop. 893 00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:47,700 And then this County, this state, this nation in the world 894 00:54:47,700 --> 00:54:50,500 is going to say. I don't know how they do it. 895 00:54:51,000 --> 00:55:03,700 They must be from God. Thank you so much for listening 896 00:55:03,700 --> 00:55:06,200 to this message. If you want more subscribe to 897 00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:09,600 our message podcast on iTunes, Google play Spotify and 898 00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:12,400 SoundCloud rating and leaving a comment and go a long way with 899 00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:14,500 helping our messages. 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