1 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:22,680 This morning, you know I believe that I have a word from the Lord 2 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:25,920 for you, for the body. Amen. 3 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,360 You know, I don't ever want to get up and have nothing to say 4 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,479 because you know what? He has everything to say. 5 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:39,720 He has everything to say. And so we lean in to him to be 6 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:43,800 led by His spirit to be able to bring forth the utterance that's 7 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,200 needed at the time for His body, for his people. 8 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:52,080 And and for those that may not be his people, they need to hear 9 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,120 that he is the savior of the world. 10 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:59,040 And so this morning, what I might share, you know, may, may 11 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,000 be something that some of you and most of you in here have 12 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,599 already heard, but do you know, there's people that haven't 13 00:01:04,599 --> 00:01:09,360 heard what you've heard that need what you have. 14 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:16,960 And this is the goal is to remind us of that, to remind us 15 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:21,240 of this precious gift that we've all been given and that we need 16 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,120 others to be able to receive it. Amen. 17 00:01:25,320 --> 00:01:36,200 Because we are living in an eternal Kingdom, and so many 18 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:42,000 times we can get so used to focusing on the scene that we're 19 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,000 not looking to the unseen and reminding ourselves that there 20 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,560 is an eternal Kingdom that we are to be a part of. 21 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,720 And he's, you know, asking us to be a part of it. 22 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:58,960 And listen, it is the most precious thing that we could 23 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:03,720 ever have been able to encounter, which was the savior 24 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,640 of the world. Amen. 25 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,800 Hallelujah. And this song was so perfect for 26 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:14,320 where we're going today. And This is why I wanted us to 27 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:18,200 stop at this song is because sometimes the utterance is just 28 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,800 right there. So let's just get on up and get 29 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:21,840 started. Amen. 30 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,560 But you know, I'm going to come from a scripture that we have 31 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:29,520 all heard, those that are a part of this body. 32 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,480 We've all heard the Scripture. But as I was beginning to study 33 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:38,040 the Scripture, the Lord gave me a little different lens of it. 34 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,320 And so this is what we're going to talk about today. 35 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:45,160 And our key text is going to be found in John chapter 10. 36 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:53,600 John chapter 10 and verse 10 says this, the thief what comes 37 00:02:53,600 --> 00:03:00,040 to steal, to kill and destroy. But I have come that you may 38 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:07,200 have life, that I that you may have life and life, not just 39 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:12,440 life, but life more abundantly. I've come that you might have 40 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:16,800 life, not just life, but life more abundantly. 41 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,160 And we've all heard this scripture, but I want to focus 42 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:28,360 on this life because there's so many people in the world that 43 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,520 are still groping around and making comments like, well, what 44 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:36,960 is life? What is life, right? 45 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,680 What is life, you know? And then you even have the 46 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:44,200 statement, you know, well, you only live what, one life, Yolo. 47 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,880 You only live one life. What is life? 48 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:55,600 Is life just, you know, existing here on this earth, you know, 49 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,840 barely making it through, going through all the challenges, 50 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,560 going through all the circumstances, going through 51 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:09,680 whatever life throws at you. Is life just you getting married 52 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:16,079 and having children and having a family and and having your 401K, 53 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:20,279 having your retirement and having all the things the world 54 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,800 says that you should have? Right? 55 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,080 But what does it for? What does it gain right? 56 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,600 What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit 57 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,760 his soul? So what is life? 58 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,800 And and as I was reading the scripture, he gave me just that 59 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,560 different bit. The thing about it is, is we 60 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,280 wouldn't we shouldn't be asking what is life? 61 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:50,240 We should be asking who is life? Who is life? 62 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,280 And this is the question, who is life? 63 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,960 Who is life? This is the question because I 64 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:03,720 don't care about everything else in this life. 65 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:09,760 You can have it all and still be in that place of asking what is 66 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,520 life? Because what seems to be life 67 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:23,920 only ends up being death, only ends up being death without him. 68 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:31,240 So what is life? No, who is life? 69 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:37,680 And he says that he came, that we might have life and that we 70 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:42,960 might have it more abundantly, More abundantly. 71 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,640 And what does that abundance mean? 72 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:51,560 Alive, more abundant. That word abundant means. 73 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:57,760 Listen to this an exceedingly overflowing superior say 74 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:05,240 superior a more excellent come on, a more excellent life. 75 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:09,920 That is what abundant means. So he didn't want us to just 76 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,040 barely make it through life. Come on. 77 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:18,320 He wanted to give us a superior life, a more excellent, 78 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:23,560 excellent life. Come on, a, a more superior way 79 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:29,360 of living, a more superior way. And this is where, you know, you 80 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,560 hear people when you come across their paths and you're just 81 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,800 living your life. You're living your best life 82 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,480 now, right? And you hear people say, oh, you 83 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,480 just think you're better than me. 84 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,600 Why do they think that? Why is that comment made? 85 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:53,280 Is it made because they recognize you do have a superior 86 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:57,160 life. Not that you've ever tried to 87 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:03,640 act superior, but they recognize there is something more 88 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:07,640 excellent about your life and there is something more superior 89 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:11,120 about your life. There's they should recognize 90 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:17,120 that and you shouldn't take that as a oh, you like, you know, a 91 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,360 bad thing. You should say, no, I don't 92 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:23,880 think I'm more superior than you, but I do think I am to live 93 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:28,800 more superior than you, right? Because he's given me a more 94 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:33,240 superior life and people ought to recognize that. 95 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,640 And that's what that word abundantly. 96 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:40,560 So he, he wants to give us a more excellent and superior way 97 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:46,160 of living and that is truly going to reflect the Kingdom of 98 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,480 God. It's truly going to reflect the 99 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:53,000 Kingdom of God so that when they see you, they see the Kingdom. 100 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:57,560 Because when you walk around, you live more excellent, you 101 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,400 live more superior. You don't act a fool like 102 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:09,440 everybody else running around acting crazy in this world gone 103 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,640 crazy. No, they ought to recognize they 104 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:18,680 never see you acting crazy because you have a more 105 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,000 superior, excellent way of living. 106 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,920 Come on, this world does not have to make you crazy. 107 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:30,440 Amen. When you know what life truly is 108 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:35,200 about, South, life is not just breathing, It's not just 109 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,760 existing. Come on, no life. 110 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,960 Life that God intended for each and everyone of us to live. 111 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:49,760 Life is divine, you know, I think we've forgotten that that 112 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:54,480 life is divine and that life is eternal. 113 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,720 It's divine. And the reason why we've 114 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,800 forgotten that because we so easily support those who want to 115 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:06,480 take life. And the minute you, you know, 116 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:12,600 take on the fact that we should kill babies in a womb, you begin 117 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:17,000 to realize that life really, you think life really isn't divine. 118 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,560 But yet we want to save the turtles lives. 119 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,000 We want to save the whales lives. 120 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,680 Come on, I'm just, let's think about it. 121 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:36,280 I'm not trying to be political. No, I'm trying to be biblical 122 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:42,000 because life is divine. And He gave us a life, a divine 123 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,760 life to live. And we can live that way if we 124 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:49,560 recognize what life truly is. Amen. 125 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,200 But when we allow the philosophies and the things of 126 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:59,320 this world to disintegrate or degenerate, whatever the Word is 127 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:07,000 our mind from realizing that life is divine and it's a gift. 128 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:12,920 It's a gift. Life is a gift. 129 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:21,760 Hallelujah. You know, because all we see is 130 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:27,080 in the world the way that the world never intended to be. 131 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:32,240 When we go back to the beginning in the book of Genesis, right? 132 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:36,600 We know in Genesis chapter 1, Genesis chapter 2, Genesis 133 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:41,920 tractor in the beginning, what He created the earth and 134 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:46,240 everything in it. And what did he just say about 135 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,640 the earth and everything that He created? 136 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:53,640 And then he created man and woman and he created them to 137 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:56,840 have dominion and to rule over the earth. 138 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:01,440 And, and at the end of the the Scripture, it says what he 139 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,280 looked at it and he said it is good. 140 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,440 It's good. Life was good. 141 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,800 And we know that the life that we're or the world that we're 142 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:19,120 living in has been perverted, has been changed from God's 143 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,920 original intent. He never wanted this life that 144 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,560 we are living for us. He never wanted it. 145 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:31,600 He wanted everything to be good. He wanted he actually wanted 146 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:39,520 mankind not to know what evil, but we know the rest of the 147 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:43,040 story. Adam chose to what disobey God 148 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,640 ate the fruit. Sin entered the world, but not 149 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:51,480 just sin. And so many believers only just 150 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:55,880 think about it as sin. Sin didn't just enter the world. 151 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:04,560 Death entered the world, death and and decay entered the world 152 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:08,680 as well. Sin and death entered the world. 153 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:14,120 So everything that God had made and he said it was good is now 154 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:20,920 what destroyed and now is, you know, going to show forth the 155 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:26,960 consequence of sin, which is death and everything else. 156 00:12:27,560 --> 00:12:33,760 And so we know that what happened, God decided that he 157 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:38,560 would send his Son to be the Savior of the world, to put us 158 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:43,040 back into right standing with Him if we would call on His 159 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,240 name. And then what would happen? 160 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:53,280 Life could begin to blossom again in your life, in your 161 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,320 life, because without him we are separated. 162 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:01,120 Sin, death separated Adam from God. 163 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:05,000 Sin and death separates us from God because for because of one 164 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,240 man's transgression. The Bible says what sin entered 165 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:14,120 the world, Sin entered the world and the only way that we can 166 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:18,640 eradicate sin and death is through the blood of Jesus 167 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:23,040 Christ and the Savior of the world that died, come on, that 168 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,840 died on the cross and that rose in three days. 169 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:31,680 Come on and poured out his blood on the mercy seat for all who 170 00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:36,240 would call on his name shall be saved. 171 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:40,400 Hallelujah. But when you look back into 172 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:45,200 Genesis chapter 2 and you see where he says Genesis chapter 2 173 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:50,280 where He created man out of the dust of the earth, right? 174 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,480 And He was forming him. And what does it say? 175 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:54,880 He did? Let's read that. 176 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:56,400 And that's where I want to go next. 177 00:13:56,560 --> 00:14:02,880 Genesis chapter 2, Genesis chapter 2 and verse 7, Genesis 178 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,800 chapter 2 and verse 7, and I'm going to read it out of the 179 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,600 amplified version. It says then the Lord God 180 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:13,840 formed, that is He created the body of man from the dust of the 181 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:19,360 ground and He breathed, say, breathed into his nostrils the 182 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:25,160 what? Breath of life He breathed into 183 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:31,760 him, the breath of life. This is God's life right here, 184 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:38,000 His breath, his existence, who he is, the life source. 185 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:43,320 He breathed into him the breath of life and man became a living 186 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:47,800 being, an individual complete body spirit. 187 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:54,560 We were not created and and did not evolve from animals. 188 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:00,680 No, he clearly states I created mankind. 189 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:05,240 Come on, I created man and not only did I create him, I 190 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:10,960 breathed life into him. His very existence depends on my 191 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:17,120 life. The very existence of your being 192 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:25,400 depends on his life. His breath he breathed in him 193 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:33,720 life, and this is how humanity was born, through him and his 194 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:37,840 life. Hallelujah and Psalms 36, nine 195 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:41,280 says this. For with you is the fountain of 196 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,800 life. Or one translation says the 197 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:51,120 wellspring of life. The wellspring of life, The 198 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:57,320 source of life in you is your light, and we see light. 199 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:03,840 So he is the wellspring, He is the starter of life. 200 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:07,600 Come on, he breathes into them the breath of life. 201 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,480 He is the wellspring, He is the source of life. 202 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:15,640 This is why you can search all the world and still be empty and 203 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:20,000 still looking for life. You still feel dead. 204 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:24,240 You're like a zombie. You're alive walking around but 205 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,600 not breathing the right breath of life. 206 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:33,560 Because He is the source of true life. 207 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:38,200 He is the source of eternal life. 208 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:46,200 Hallelujah, Isaiah Chapter 9 Listen, because God is the 209 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:51,280 Father and we were created. Listen, we were created for the 210 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:58,280 eternal. We were created as eternal 211 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:04,640 beings for the eternal See all. And some people think all this 212 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,960 life is, is that you live your life and then you do what? 213 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,240 Then you die. And people are like, what's the 214 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,720 big deal? Live your life the way you want 215 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,760 to live it because in the end all you do is die. 216 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:22,119 But no, God created us as eternal beings. 217 00:17:24,079 --> 00:17:27,640 Adam was never supposed to what die. 218 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,600 Adam was never supposed to die. He was never supposed to 219 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,480 encounter evil or death. He chose it. 220 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:40,640 And do you know how many people still choose death every single 221 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:44,520 day, even though they've heard the name of Jesus and they've 222 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:51,800 even heard the way to life, and they still choose death because 223 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:58,120 they won't surrender to the lordship of Jesus Christ. 224 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:06,240 But he says here that we were created for eternal life. 225 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:10,960 Isaiah 9 I want to read this and verse six and seven and many of 226 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:16,560 us know this Scripture in in in the light of the Kingdom of God. 227 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:20,720 And it says this for a child will be born to us, a son will 228 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,760 be given to us, and the government will rest on his 229 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,720 shoulders. His name will be called 230 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:33,320 wonderful counselor, mighty God. And this is the point, Eternal 231 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:39,520 Father, eternal. So many of us are not even 232 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:45,120 thinking eternally or even about eternity. 233 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:50,280 And we have to, as even believers, get our mindset back 234 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:54,600 on not looking at the scene, but thinking about eternal things. 235 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:58,840 Thinking about eternity. Knowing that there are people 236 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:02,640 that are still choosing death every single day and are still 237 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,600 dying. And if they died today without 238 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:10,200 be making the Savior of the world their Lord, they'll be an 239 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:15,840 eternity in a place of fire and torment, which is what we'll see 240 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,640 in a minute. So eternity is here. 241 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:25,480 He created eternity. We he created us to be eternal 242 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,800 beings. We are living eternity right 243 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:33,520 now. Right now. 244 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:38,720 I'm living in eternity right now. 245 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:47,880 And we have to remember that Hallelujah because He is our 246 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:56,960 eternal Father that breathed life into man Hallelujah, First 247 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:04,920 Timothy, first Timothy and verse 1 and 17. 248 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:10,600 It says this now to. The eternal, immortal, 249 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:17,720 invisible, the only God be honor and glory, forever and ever. 250 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:22,360 Amen. Eternal, the eternal King. 251 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:29,720 Come on, He is the eternal King, the king of his Kingdom, and He 252 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:34,720 wants to open up the doors, come on, of the Kingdom of God to 253 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,720 people's lives so that they can come, be a part of it and 254 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:41,160 participate in it, so that they don't have to be separated 255 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:49,760 eternally from Him, eternally from him. 256 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:57,360 See, eternal life begins now and lasts forever. 257 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,320 It begins now and it lasts forever. 258 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:10,600 And without that word, eternal means this without beginning and 259 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:18,320 end, that which has always been and will always be since the 260 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:29,680 world began without beginning. Eternal life from an eternal 261 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:34,000 Father who is a king of an eternal Kingdom. 262 00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:47,760 Eternal, because the decisions that we make today will be 263 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,400 decisions that will eternally affect our lives. 264 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:09,360 Just a few other scriptures concerning Him and who He was as 265 00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:16,000 our Father and creator. Acts 1724 through 25. 266 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,600 And in the context of the Scripture, he's actually, this 267 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:31,840 is Paul, and he was walking along the streets and seeing all 268 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:38,440 the idols and gods that people had built by their hands. 269 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:46,520 And Paul begins to speak forth and remind humanity, come on, 270 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,560 let's see what he reminds them here. 271 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:54,480 It says the God who made the world and all the things in it, 272 00:22:54,960 --> 00:23:00,280 since he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples 273 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:05,760 made with hands, nor is he served by human hands, as though 274 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:12,960 he needed anything, since he himself gives to all people life 275 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:19,400 and breath and all things. He was reminding them, listen, 276 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:23,680 your God is nothing. This idol, this statue, it's 277 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,200 nothing. It was man made. 278 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,120 But the God that we serve, come on. 279 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:34,160 He's the creator of heaven and earth and all of these things 280 00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:39,320 and he is the one that brought life into mankind. 281 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,880 And then you drop on down to verse 28 of that same scripture 282 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:51,400 of chapter in 17. It says for him for in him 283 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:56,480 pastor quoted this last week and something just spoke up to me in 284 00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:00,200 my spirit and it were reminded me that this was coming off of 285 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:06,680 this context and he said for in him we move, we live, we live, 286 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,080 see life is to be lived through him. 287 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:14,960 In him we live and move and have our being. 288 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,520 That's what Paul was saying when he was talking about these dead 289 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:22,280 idols and all these things that they had created with their 290 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,200 hands. He's like, but I serve a God who 291 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:29,720 breathed life into something. Come on, who would I live and 292 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,720 move and that's how I have my being. 293 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:44,160 Hallelujah, glory to God. So we need to recognize that the 294 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:48,680 Creator of heaven and earth, Father God, the God eternal of 295 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:55,040 His Kingdom, is the one that brings life and life only. 296 00:24:55,040 --> 00:25:00,400 He brings life into everything, everything that exists. 297 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:04,280 We know the animals, the plants, come on, not just mankind, but 298 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,320 the animals, the plants, everything we see. 299 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,400 He created and brought life to it. 300 00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:19,200 Hallelujah. But we know that He then sent 301 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:27,680 Jesus the Savior of the world and made a way for us to be back 302 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:35,640 into the life of God for those who were separated through sin 303 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,880 and death. Jesus declares this. 304 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:43,520 We know that God and is the triune God. 305 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,640 We have the God the Father eternal of the Kingdom. 306 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:51,920 We have Jesus Christ his Son, right, who was the word wrapped 307 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,800 in flesh glory to God. And then we have the Holy Spirit 308 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,080 that there is there breathing. Come on. 309 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,120 And orchestrating life into people's lives. 310 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:08,640 But look what he says here in John about Jesus. 311 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:14,880 Jesus declared this himself in John 1125 through 26. 312 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,640 He said this. I am. 313 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:28,520 I am the resurrection and the life, you know, and all I used 314 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:32,560 to think about in the spirit of the Lord prompted me with this 315 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:36,000 as I was studying as Jesus is the resurrection and the life. 316 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:40,200 Yeah, he, he was resurrected. He was brought back to life 317 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,760 through the power of the Holy Spirit, like the Father said he 318 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:47,760 would be. But as I began, no, he is the 319 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:53,600 resurrection and life of your life, because see, you were dead 320 00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:58,960 before Christ, bound up in your sin. 321 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,440 Come on. But he can be the resurrection 322 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:09,200 and the life to you. When you call on his name, he 323 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,080 says I am the rest. So there's nothing dead. 324 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:16,520 Come on, that he cannot breathe life back into. 325 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:21,720 It doesn't matter how hopeless of a situation you think you 326 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,720 might be in or whatever you may be going through, and it looks 327 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,080 like death ahead. I'm telling you, if you'll just 328 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:34,480 allow him to breathe his life on that situation and on that 329 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:38,280 circumstance, he can resurrect it once again. 330 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:43,080 Come on, an old stale marriage can be resurrected, corrected if 331 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,760 you'll allow him to breathe that resurrection power on your 332 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:54,440 marriage. See, because he is, He says I am 333 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:59,760 the resurrection and the life who he who believes in me, 334 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,760 though he may die, He shall live. 335 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,480 He's letting you know this body is going to die. 336 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,360 Come on. But those who've called on His 337 00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:12,000 name and believe that He is the resurrection and the life and 338 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:16,200 the Savior of the world, they will continue to live on in 339 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:22,680 eternity. And everyone who lives and 340 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:26,960 believes in me will never die. Hallelujah will never die 341 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:35,480 because we are eternal beings. Even when people die, death is 342 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:41,480 not the end because they will burn in the lake of fire for 343 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:46,240 eternity. That's what the scripture says. 344 00:28:53,970 --> 00:28:56,210 Hallelujah. It gets quiet up in here. 345 00:28:57,610 --> 00:29:02,530 But see, we have to be reminded of some of these things of 346 00:29:02,530 --> 00:29:06,400 eternity and that it's real and we're living in it. 347 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:10,120 Amen. Romans chapter 6 and 23 says 348 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,640 this. For the wages of sin is death, 349 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:17,440 but the gift of God is what? Eternal life. 350 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:22,120 So now he moves on into saying, listen, I am the resurrection in 351 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,160 life. But then we go on and see. 352 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,960 But now he's saying, listen, I am eternal life. 353 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:35,600 I'm not just life, I'm eternal life, eternal life, forever and 354 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:43,440 ever and ever. His Kingdom will have no end. 355 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:48,440 His Kingdom will have no end. Hallelujah. 356 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:53,480 John 17 three says this. And this is eternal life that we 357 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:59,040 may know. You listen, the only true God, 358 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:05,640 Jesus Christ, whom you have sent, and Jesus Christ whom you 359 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:11,400 have sent, eternal life is at our hand. 360 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:16,440 It's already here. It's already here, and we get to 361 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,160 choose the way we're going to live eternity. 362 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:24,360 Hallelujah, in this life and the one to come. 363 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,280 Amen. First John five. 364 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:33,200 First, John 511 says this and this, and the testimony is this, 365 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:38,200 that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His 366 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,440 Son. And we know that the Son of God 367 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:46,000 has come and has given us understanding so that we might 368 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:54,480 know Him who is true. Say He's true, He's true, and we 369 00:30:54,480 --> 00:31:01,280 are in Him who is true in his Son Jesus Christ. 370 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:06,120 This is the true God and eternal life. 371 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:12,880 Wow, it's so plain in Scripture. So plain. 372 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:25,280 He is life, He brings life and He lets us know that we are to 373 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:29,960 live in eternity and have eternal life. 374 00:31:36,190 --> 00:31:43,750 Thank you father. Jesus also said this and John 375 00:31:47,310 --> 00:31:54,590 chapter 14 and verse 6 says this. 376 00:31:54,590 --> 00:31:59,870 I am the way, the truth and the life. 377 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:07,640 No one comes to the Father, the Eternal Father. 378 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:11,600 No one comes to the Eternal Father except through Me. 379 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:18,640 He lets us know the only way, the only way to be able to have 380 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:23,480 life and have life eternally is through Him. 381 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,640 He's the only way. The way. 382 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,680 What does that mean? The one that he is, The way that 383 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:34,120 reconnects us to the Father. It literally means when you look 384 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:37,360 up that word way, he says I'm the highway. 385 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:44,480 If you want to know what Rd. you're on, you might want to 386 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:48,640 read your map. And the map is every 387 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:53,280 circumstance and every situation and everything you're doing in 388 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:56,280 life. And what does your map lead you 389 00:32:56,280 --> 00:33:00,560 to? But he says I have one map and 390 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:05,120 one way, a straight path. That's what it says. 391 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:09,360 He says I am the highway, I am the road. 392 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:13,160 I love the way it broke that down in the Greek, I am the 393 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:17,160 highway, I am the road. And you know what else he says 394 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:21,400 that that word way means? It means the journey to the 395 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:25,640 father. Because I've always said this, 396 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:29,680 the minute you get born again, your life just begins and you 397 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:36,640 start your journey with him. And this journey continues until 398 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:43,160 he blows that trumpet and we go on, come on into heavenlies, and 399 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:46,880 then we come back and we help him establish and put His foot 400 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:50,280 down in Israel, Jerusalem. Amen. 401 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:55,480 Hallelujah. And so I'm telling you, He is 402 00:33:55,480 --> 00:34:00,000 the only way that can reconnect us to the Eternal Father. 403 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,680 He's the highway, He's the road. I love it. 404 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:07,680 He gives us the right direction. God will never lead us astray. 405 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:12,600 He will never lead us astray. He will never lead us in a wrong 406 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:16,199 direction and in a wrong path, but He'll always lead us 407 00:34:16,199 --> 00:34:21,760 straight to life, straight to life in every situation. 408 00:34:22,199 --> 00:34:27,480 And it says He is the truth. The truth is what reveals God's 409 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:31,560 reality and who He is. He is the truth. 410 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:36,000 It is not your own truth and what you make it and bits and 411 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,400 parts and pieces of who you might coexist with. 412 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:45,360 No, He says. I am the truth, I am the way. 413 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,360 And do you know what truth means? 414 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:53,600 It means true in any matter, in any circumstance, when you look 415 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:58,120 it up in the Greek, true in any matter and in any circumstance. 416 00:34:58,720 --> 00:35:01,840 So no matter what circumstance you're going through, no matter 417 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:06,760 who's saying what, the the the North Star is pointing right 418 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:11,360 here to truth. And what does truth have to say 419 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:15,440 about every circumstance or every situation you're going 420 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:19,600 through? Come on, because it's the truth. 421 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,320 No matter what you're going through, it's a lie. 422 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:28,840 It might be the circumstance and the situation, but the truth in 423 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:32,880 the matter is, is that God can make a way where there seems to 424 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:36,200 be no other way. The truth of the matter is, come 425 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:41,680 on, that he can breathe life into everything that is going on 426 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:44,200 into your life. Hallelujah. 427 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:50,400 And then he goes on to say in the life, I am the life, and 428 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:54,920 that literally means I am the breath source. 429 00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,360 That's what he means by the life. 430 00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:06,720 I am the breath source. I am life. 431 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:15,680 I'm the only life there is, the only life that there is. 432 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:22,680 I am the source of life. Everything else is really non. 433 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:31,560 It's not even reality. So false reality that the devil 434 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:41,200 has blinded the eyes of people so that they can't see the light 435 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:45,000 and the life of God. And that's why we need people 436 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:50,480 like you to pray so that the eyes of people's understanding 437 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,600 would be enlightened, so the veil of darkness would be 438 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,520 removed from their eyes so that they can see the light of the 439 00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:04,200 glorious gospel. It's a false reality when we're 440 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,880 really, you know, they tell us we're all, no, we're actually 441 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:17,360 living in the reality of what true life is, of what true life 442 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:21,600 is. But this life, this life that 443 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:26,960 we're living is eternal. We are eternal beings. 444 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:31,560 And I'm telling you what He lets us know that there is only one 445 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:35,960 way to be able to receive this life and walk in this life, have 446 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,040 a superior life, have a more excellent life. 447 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,160 Because He didn't want us to have to live like this world and 448 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:45,760 people in darkness live. He didn't want us to have to be 449 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:50,680 bound in what all the people of this world are bound in. 450 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:53,800 He didn't want us to have to live that way. 451 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:58,280 Hallelujah. He had a better way of living 452 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,960 for us. Glory to God. 453 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,680 Look at Matthew. I'm going to close with these 454 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:09,600 last few scriptures. In Matthew chapter 10 and verse 455 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:15,280 39, it says this. Whoever finds his life in this 456 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:19,760 world will eventually lose it through death. 457 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:23,480 The scripture says that. I'm not saying that. 458 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:31,360 The truth is saying that. And whoever loses his what life, 459 00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:33,560 not his wife, don't lose your wife. 460 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:41,440 Whoever loses his life in this world for my sake will find it. 461 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:45,480 And that is life with me for all eternity. 462 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:53,480 Hallelujah, life with him for all eternity. 463 00:38:54,240 --> 00:39:00,280 Those that choose to live to lose this life and receive his 464 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:02,680 life. Hallelujah. 465 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:08,760 Now look at John John chapter 12 and verse 25. 466 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,200 It says this. The one who loves his life 467 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:16,320 eventually loses it through death, but the one who hates his 468 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:20,400 life in this world and is concerned with pleasing God will 469 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:25,720 keep it for life eternal. You see that for life eternal. 470 00:39:25,720 --> 00:39:30,160 That was just another scripture reading, Matthew, Luke and John. 471 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:35,360 But now look over here. Matthew 2534 says this. 472 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:39,680 Then the King will say to those on his right, come, you who are 473 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:44,000 blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you 474 00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:48,960 from the foundation of the world. 475 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:55,840 So from the very beginning of creation, He's been preparing 476 00:39:56,560 --> 00:40:03,400 and has a place come on for us for all eternity for those who 477 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,960 choose come on to be a part of his Kingdom. 478 00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:12,280 And then if you continue reading on and drop down to verse 4441, 479 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:17,320 in that same chapter of Matthew 25, it says this Matthew 2541 it 480 00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:21,800 says then he will also say to those on his left, depart from 481 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:27,200 me accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been 482 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:32,280 prepared. For the devil and his angels. 483 00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:38,680 So he's saying through that scripture he was talking about, 484 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:42,480 listen, those that choose me, they're going to have life with 485 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,640 me in eternity in my Kingdom eternally. 486 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:52,120 But those who don't listen, they're going to be thrown into 487 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:57,320 a place that that God never wanted his humanity to have to 488 00:40:57,320 --> 00:41:01,000 go to that place. But because Adam chose to rebel 489 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:05,120 and because he created this place for his, for the devil, 490 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:09,560 because he chose to revel, rebel, and his angels listen, 491 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:13,560 then this is the place of torment and punishment for 492 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:19,520 rebellion. And he never wanted us to have 493 00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:24,600 to be there, but he will. To all of those who choose not 494 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:30,720 to call on his name and not to receive this free gift of 495 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:35,160 salvation. There is a place of eternal fire 496 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:38,480 and it's prepared. And unfortunately, many are 497 00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:45,720 going to go into it, but we need to be about the Father's 498 00:41:45,720 --> 00:41:51,400 business and let them know how they don't have to go, how they 499 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:55,760 don't have to go to this place. Look at Matthew 25 and 46. 500 00:41:56,080 --> 00:42:03,160 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous 501 00:42:03,240 --> 00:42:11,920 into eternal life. So there is eternity at hand, 502 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:19,600 and you can decide where you want to be in eternal punishment 503 00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:24,720 or in the lake of fire or in His Kingdom. 504 00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:29,160 Come on, that is going to last and rule and reign for eternity. 505 00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:33,840 And we get to choose. And that's what's so awesome 506 00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:38,520 about God is that He will not make anybody submit. 507 00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:43,800 He will not make anybody, but what he'll do is he'll show them 508 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:48,200 the way. He'll show them away and he'll 509 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:52,400 show, show them by showing them people that will come across 510 00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:56,680 their path that are living their best life, their best life in 511 00:42:56,680 --> 00:43:00,720 Christ, the one that is more excellent and superior. 512 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:04,760 And to see that they are being blessed and that they're able to 513 00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:08,000 overcome things that are going on in this world and they're not 514 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,680 having to, you know, yield to the things of this world. 515 00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:18,000 And this is what He wants for all mankind, for them to 516 00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:23,760 recognize eternity is at hand and that we need an eternal 517 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:28,160 Savior, the Savior of the world, Amen. 518 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:33,920 And He is the only one that can bring life, real life, true 519 00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:38,280 life, eternal. Amen.