1 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:17,640 Well, the Lord is good, and His mercy endures. 2 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,440 For how long? How long do you believe that? 3 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:23,840 Amen. Turn over to Ephesians chapter 4 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:28,000 2. In Ephesians chapter 2, we're 5 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,400 going to start in verse 4 and go to verse 7. 6 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,920 So excited to be ministering. How many have been enjoying 7 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:36,120 Wednesday night service with Pastor Marcy's? 8 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,200 The Lord is your shepherd. Hallelujah, man. 9 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,760 It's been powerful. Obviously we weren't here 10 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,680 Wednesday night because Pastor Mike and I had was, was 11 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:49,120 traveling, but I've been here in powerful testimonies and I'm 12 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,720 thankful for that. And she's got another week of of 13 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,800 ministry on that subject, so you don't want to miss it. 14 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,960 Amen. In Ephesians chapter 2 verse 4 15 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:01,040 through 7, it says this but God say but God come on say but God 16 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:06,520 say but God now this but God comes after a bad report of your 17 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:14,680 life, a bad report of all humanity, that all have sinned, 18 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:21,640 that everyone is outside of the family of God, destined to be 19 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:28,760 judged and separated eternally. They are full of sin, full of 20 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:33,760 rebellion, are against and away from God. 21 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:40,520 They are dead in spirit but God, but God, But God being what? 22 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,360 Rich in mercy? Aren't you glad he's merciful? 23 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:45,480 Aren't you glad he's a merciful God? 24 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,440 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with 25 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,600 which he loved us even when we were dead in our transgressions, 26 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:53,600 made us alive together with Christ. 27 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:58,000 By grace you have been saved and raised us up with Him and seated 28 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,400 us with Him in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the 29 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,920 ages to come he might show the surpassing riches of his grace 30 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,120 in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. 31 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:15,040 You know, it's the kindness of God that draws us to repentance. 32 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:20,480 And so God is rich in mercy. He is rich and the reason he can 33 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:25,760 be rich is because his love has paid the price for all of our 34 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,280 wrongdoing. I liken it this way. 35 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:32,800 A lot of times, you know, we, we and we'll minister next year 36 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,920 concerning the difference between grace and mercy because 37 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:38,680 there's a difference. A lot of times we invoke the 38 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,160 word grace when we really should be saying it's the mercy of God. 39 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,120 It's not the grace of God, It's the mercy of God because the 40 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,480 mercy of God and the grace of God are different. 41 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:51,440 But when it comes to the mercy of God and God has done, has 42 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:55,480 paid the price for your every wrongdoing you've ever done, I'm 43 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,360 told. I'm saying before you even got 44 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,680 out of your mother's womb, he's already paid the price for it. 45 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,760 There is no wrongdoing. You can do that. 46 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:09,040 It's not already paid in full. Are you hearing me? 47 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,600 So I want us to get a little better picture of the mercy of 48 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:18,800 God because we've all experienced this kind of mercy 49 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,680 in the natural. All right, Now, I'm not going to 50 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:26,920 make you have a show of hands, but maybe most of us that are of 51 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:32,240 driving age have exceeded the speed limit at some time in our 52 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,960 life. And as a result of that, we just 53 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:43,840 happen to exceed it when the police were watching and 54 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,480 monitoring it. In fact, I passed 2:00 today. 55 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,440 Yeah. Now, when I said pass, I didn't 56 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,480 blow past them. You understand, I was on the 57 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,240 road. Can I can I just pause for a 58 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,040 second? I'm going to come back to this 59 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:03,160 story. I have learned what it means to 60 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:09,120 function properly with power because when I purchased a 61 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:15,040 particular vehicle that has, that's built for power, right? 62 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:20,399 You have to be wise when you possess power. 63 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:26,680 I've been at lights and all of a sudden things happen with the 64 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,760 other vehicles. If it causes them to want to 65 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:35,680 challenge my power, they just look over and they see me and 66 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:41,360 they like, oh, I have literally had them take off as if we were 67 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:46,120 racing. And in my mind concerning which 68 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:53,520 vehicle that took off, I think to myself, if you only knew what 69 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,960 I could do, but I restrain myself. 70 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,120 Are you hearing me? And so today, you know, I wanted 71 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,320 to get to service. I get excited about getting to 72 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,960 service. And so when this an open Rd. 73 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:11,040 sometimes, you know, the desire to I put mine in sports mode 74 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,880 today, not because I had to. I just wanted to not that I 75 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:19,120 drove as a sports car. I just put it in that mode. 76 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:23,680 And so it was tempting to want to say, let me just do 20 miles 77 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:24,800 real fast and then come back off. 78 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:26,640 You know what I'm saying? Just get up there real quick and 79 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,000 then come right back, right? And every time I have, I 80 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,320 thought, no. And then all of a sudden there 81 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:31,880 was a police officer with the gun out. 82 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,720 I thought, praise the Lord, praise the Lord. 83 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,960 I restrained myself, right? And so then I turned off to go 84 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,640 to down another St. and nobody's on the road. 85 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,560 That thought came. Just hit it right. 86 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,280 You have power. I'm like, Nah, you know, I 87 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:50,680 didn't. Then when I got to the end of 88 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,320 the road, hit the stop sign, there was a police officer 89 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,200 across the road. He'd have watched me just fly 90 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,120 up. Well, you know what happened 91 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:05,000 then? Yeah, I'd have seen the light. 92 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,160 So you know how many of us have seen the light? 93 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,280 We have seen the light. We've done those things where 94 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:15,240 all of a sudden someone, you know, pulls you over and you 95 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:20,040 know, they asked the proverbial question, Sir, did you know you 96 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,000 were speeding? You know, now some of y'all 97 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,240 aren't honest. You lie right out the gate, 98 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:28,400 right? No, I didn't. 99 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,280 For me, it's like, yes, Sir, right? 100 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:34,880 I mean, let's just tell the truth. 101 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,240 What's coming's coming at the end of the day, right? 102 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,560 So what do they do? Typically they go at that point, 103 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,440 they pulled up, they grab your license, they go sit back in the 104 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,440 car and they let you sweat a little bit, right, 'cause, you 105 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:54,080 know, I have been caught, it is justified, I am wrong. 106 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:58,920 And the ticket they give me, it is due. 107 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:03,440 I have to pay the price period for my wrongdoing, right? 108 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,680 You see them because you're watching them in your rearview 109 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,480 mirror, you know, you're trying to act calm and cool, you know, 110 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,680 not sweat and get all upset, right? 111 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:13,880 And then all of a sudden they get out of the vehicle and they 112 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:17,640 start walking up and they hand you your license back, you know, 113 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,800 and your insurance card. And they said, and I'm going to 114 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,280 give you a warning. Anybody gotten a warning before? 115 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,680 All right, I'm going to give you that's called mercy. 116 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:33,960 I'm going to give you a warning. You need to just slow down, 117 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,560 right? Because what they've done is 118 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,560 they've looked at your record and because your record's been 119 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:44,200 clean, you understand what I'm saying? 120 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,960 Because your record's been clean or there's something, there's 121 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,560 something they decided. Now, it's not like they don't 122 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,240 think this probably ain't the first time. 123 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:55,880 Maybe they log your mercy moments, You know, Now, I'm not 124 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:58,520 a police officer, but I kind of have that little idea myself 125 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,680 warning on this vehicle. And if that happens within a 126 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,840 month, then the next guy's like, you already had a warning, bro. 127 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:06,520 You're getting a ticket anyway. You received the warning. 128 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,640 You drive off, you're like, and what's usually the first words 129 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,600 out of your mouth. Thank you, Jesus, thank God I 130 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,960 didn't get a ticket, right? Amen. 131 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:20,840 In fact, let's even go one more you now let's don't do that one. 132 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:27,320 So anyway, you drive off and you know, mercy has happened. 133 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:33,559 And usually we take this thought that that's how God is, but 134 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:40,440 that's not how God is. Let me tell you why, because we 135 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:47,360 know that he just gave you mercy and that the penalty for your 136 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:53,360 wrongdoing is not paid. It's as it's treated as if it 137 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:59,640 didn't happen. However, that's not how your sin 138 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:01,880 is treated like it didn't happen. 139 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:08,600 So Jesus, if he was the police officer stopping you and says, 140 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:10,640 do you know that you were speeding? 141 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:15,240 Yes, Sir, I'm sorry. You repent and they take your 142 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:16,840 stuff. They run your thing, come back 143 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,240 and say I'm going to give you a warning because, you know, Jesus 144 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:21,320 gave warnings, go and send no more. 145 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:25,160 And so give a warning. But what you don't know is Jesus 146 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:33,360 then sits down in the car and writes out the ticket and the 147 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:41,080 penalty, and then goes back to the station and pulls out of his 148 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:48,160 own pocket the price of the ticket that's in your name and 149 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:52,280 pays it on your behalf. The reason he can extend mercy 150 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:56,280 is because he knows this isn't going unpaid. 151 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:00,680 I'll pay it, which gives me the ability to extend this mercy 152 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,480 because everything has to be paid. 153 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,680 And the reason you can receive mercy from Jesus is not because 154 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:14,960 you get away with it, it's because he'll pay it so you 155 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:18,000 don't have to. And that's called mercy. 156 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:27,920 So anytime mercy comes to us, know that Jesus took it himself. 157 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:33,400 But God being what? Rich in mercy? 158 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:40,920 Being rich in mercy, every time mercy came running to us, Jesus 159 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:45,840 said, I, I paid it, I paid it, I paid it, I paid it. 160 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:50,600 When you walked away free without that penalty, I paid it. 161 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:55,600 The debt was satisfied. But God being rich in mercy, 162 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:57,720 because of his great love, of which he loved us when we were 163 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,560 dead in our transgression, made us alive together with Christ, 164 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:06,760 verse 6, but raised us up with him, and seated, say seated, say 165 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,080 seated, seated with him. Where? 166 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:11,880 In heavenly places in Christ Jesus. 167 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:16,680 This word seated means to cause to sit together, to cause, to 168 00:11:16,680 --> 00:11:21,600 sit together, to place together. So he has seated us, He's caused 169 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:27,600 us, He's placed us together with Him, He's placed us together 170 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,720 with him, He's placed us together with him. 171 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:37,240 You're not saved out of hell and they're not safe. 172 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,520 When you're safe from something, you're saved to something. 173 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:44,040 Most people know what they're safe from, but they don't know 174 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,280 what they're saved to. They don't know what they've 175 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:51,080 been delivered out of and what they've been delivered into. 176 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:56,600 You had a position change when Jesus became Lord of your life. 177 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:01,200 He repositioned you. He placed you in a different 178 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:06,440 seat. OK, I know we've taught along 179 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,080 these lines, but man, we need to be reminded. 180 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,320 Just like last week. I know we talk about faith, but 181 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,680 man, we need to be reminded because you understand, we are 182 00:12:16,680 --> 00:12:22,240 living in a time frame of the world that the church has to 183 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:28,320 remind themselves what seat they're on, where they're 184 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,360 seated. I said where they're seated. 185 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,120 Because when you don't know where you're seated, or if you 186 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,680 don't stay in the seat, there can become problems. 187 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,440 But while you were yet a Sinner, Christ died for you. 188 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,280 Paid the price. He's very merciful, which means 189 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:50,160 He's talking to us all the while, encouraging us and 190 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,800 drawing on us to receive His forgiveness. 191 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,640 Receive the blood that paid full price for all of our wrongdoing. 192 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:02,000 Get us out of one position into another position, and get us 193 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,160 put. Place us on His seat. 194 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,280 He wants us to sit down together with Him. 195 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,320 Amen. The Murdoch translation says 196 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,760 this. But God, who was rich in his 197 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,960 mercies, because of his great love with which He loved us when 198 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:22,520 we were dead in our sins, quickened us with the Messiah, 199 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:30,320 and rescued us by his grace, and resuscitated us with him, and 200 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:34,080 seated us with him and in heaven in Jesus the Messiah. 201 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,520 Messiah is the Hebrew word which is the anointed one in his 202 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,240 anointing. Christ is the Greek word that is 203 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,600 the equivalent. Both of those are making 204 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:47,280 reference to Jesus the King. Say he's the King and he is 205 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:51,000 seated on a throne. Thrones are in kingdoms, not 206 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,040 religions. And aren't you glad that God has 207 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,040 given us his seat? Amen. 208 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,600 Now when I say given us His seat, that doesn't mean He stood 209 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:04,520 up and he said, take a seat. He is in the seat and we are in 210 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:09,360 him. Hallelujah, we are in the same 211 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,640 seat. He's in glory to God. 212 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,160 I said glory to God. The Amplified classic says it 213 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,440 this way. And He raised us up together 214 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:23,520 with Him, and made us sit down together, giving us here it is 215 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:30,600 joint seeding with Him in the heavenly sphere by the virtue of 216 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,680 our being in Christ Jesus the Messiah, the Anointed One. 217 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,560 Amen. I mean, that's you going to a 218 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,680 place, getting invited to a place that, you know, I don't 219 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:46,040 even deserve to show up based upon who I am, my nature. 220 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:50,200 But there's been an invitation. And when you came in, in 221 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:56,640 essence, when you got to the door, you were in filthy rags. 222 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:04,600 You're not dressed for the occasion and you you answer. 223 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,680 You rang the doorbell, you've been invited. 224 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,480 The king is called and they open the door. 225 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,920 And when the door is open, which is the cross of Jesus Christ, 226 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:21,840 the minute you hit the doorway, you don't know how it happens, 227 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:27,360 but they pull off your filthy rags and clothe you in royalty. 228 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,240 You get into the house in a whole different apparel. 229 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,920 You're in King's clothings now. You've been robed in right. 230 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:39,600 Come on, you've been robed in righteousness. 231 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,240 You've been in right standing with the governing Thor. 232 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,600 You have the robe of right. You have the helmet of the crown 233 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:50,120 on your head is a is a headdress of salvation. 234 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:56,280 You have a ring on your finger that shows the authority and it 235 00:15:56,280 --> 00:16:00,520 has his name on it. You have the King's ring and 236 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,520 then he ushers you into the banquet hall. 237 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:07,240 You go past the the last row, though you would have been 238 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,600 satisfied just to be in the room. 239 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:13,360 He gets you past the middle way and he takes you all the way up 240 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:18,280 to the platform and sits you in the same seat that he's in. 241 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:22,760 He puts you in the banquet from the same vantage point that the 242 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,880 king sits in. That amazing. 243 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,000 Wow. The problem is, is that we've 244 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,720 been outside the building for so long we don't think we know how 245 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:39,440 to act on the seat. But training starts in the seat. 246 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:44,040 I said training starts from that position. 247 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:52,080 Psalms 2910 says if the Lord sat as king at the flood, yes, the 248 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:56,080 Lord sits as king. How long come on? 249 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:58,120 How long come on church, How long? 250 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:00,800 I mean, I can finish in 5 minutes if you like, if you just 251 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:05,640 participate with me, right? I mean, yes, the Lord what sits 252 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,440 as king, How long? Forever Psalms 47, Eight says 253 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:15,400 God reigns over the nations. God sits on his holy throne. 254 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:20,520 Glory to God, aren't you glad that our King sits on the 255 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,680 throne? He's never been dethroned. 256 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:28,240 He cannot be dethroned. It doesn't even matter about the 257 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:33,400 nations of the earth because our King reigns over all the 258 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:37,440 nations. When I visited Rodney Howard 259 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:41,800 Brown, I went to his church and, you know, spent a little time 260 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:43,520 with him. We were talking about the 261 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,040 election prior to November the 5th. 262 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:50,040 And he was, you know, obviously active in that sector of society 263 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,080 as well. And he was talking about, you 264 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,600 know, the things that were coming up and, you know, he was 265 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,560 concerned about our nation, concerned about his direction, 266 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,640 concerned about policies. And he said he was praying to 267 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:02,040 the Lord and I was talking to him. 268 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:06,840 And the Lord says, Son, do you think I care who's in the White 269 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:10,400 House? Now, that doesn't mean God 270 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,400 doesn't care. But what he was referencing is 271 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:17,800 that it doesn't matter who's in. I'm on the throne. 272 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:24,080 So he said, do you want to know if I care who gets elected? 273 00:18:24,120 --> 00:18:29,800 I'm telling you right now, I don't care who it is because 274 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,240 Jesus is on the throne. And guess what? 275 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,400 If Jesus is on the throne, then guess who else is? 276 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:37,600 There? You are because you're seated in 277 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,280 that place, Amen. Now, that doesn't release us of 278 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,160 our responsibility of civic duty. 279 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:46,520 I'm not saying that. I'm just saying that when it's 280 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:49,640 all said and done, he reigns over the nation's. 281 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,720 One of those nations happened to be the United States of America. 282 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:59,800 He rules over it, Amen. And his throne, he sits on it. 283 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:04,080 So you need to understand his seat of authority is our seat of 284 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:07,120 authority. I said, his seat of authority is 285 00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:11,480 our seat of authority. Praise the Lord, I said, praise 286 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:16,120 the Lord, glory to his name. Look what it says in Ephesians 287 00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:17,960 chapter one. This is one what we call one of 288 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,960 Pauline Paul's prayers to the church starting in verse 17. 289 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,360 He says that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of 290 00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:29,000 glory may give to you. That's us a spirit of wisdom and 291 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,480 revelation in the knowledge of him. 292 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,640 He said, I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so 293 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:37,040 that you may know what is the hope of his calling, What are 294 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:41,080 the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the Saints. 295 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,560 Do you know you have an inheritance and that you can 296 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:47,600 walk in that inheritance now because Jesus has died and risen 297 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,120 and he has given you an inheritance that you can have 298 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:50,960 now. Not what? 299 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,120 Not not to wait till you get to heaven. 300 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,120 You can walk in that inheritance now. 301 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:57,800 And what is the surpassing greatness? 302 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:02,680 Look at these words that are describing greatness and God in 303 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,480 these awesome things. I mean, we see riches, we see 304 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:10,480 surpassing, we're seeing wisdom, revelation, we, he wants us to 305 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,240 know these things, He said. What is the surpassing greatness 306 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:19,480 of his power toward us? Not against us, but toward, you 307 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:23,840 know, God's not against you. God's not against his own 308 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:27,640 people. He's made power available toward 309 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:30,760 us. We are not weak, beat down, 310 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:35,120 barely getting along, or, you know, holding on until we either 311 00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:38,360 die or the trumpet blows and we're caught up together with 312 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:40,720 him. No, He's given us a surpassing 313 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:46,840 greatness of power towards those us who what belief now is 314 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,680 required in order to receive. He goes on to say these are in 315 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:55,240 accordance to the working of the strength of his might, which he 316 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:58,000 brought about in Christ. When say when? 317 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:00,440 When he raised him from the dead. 318 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:04,800 Has he been risen? Has has He risen from? 319 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:12,400 Has He risen from the dead? Has he been raised up when he 320 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:16,760 raised him from the dead, and seated him at his right hand in 321 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:21,480 heavenly places? Now what does that seat give 322 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:28,880 Jesus? Far above all rule, and 323 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:33,800 authority, and power and dominion, and every name that is 324 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:41,360 named, not only in this age, but also in the one to come. 325 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:46,440 And He put all things, say all things in subjection under His 326 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:53,120 feet, and gave Him as head over all things to The Who are we, 327 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:58,600 Who are we, Who are we? We're the church, which is his 328 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,080 body, the fullness of Him who feels All in all. 329 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:06,640 His seat of authority is our seat of authority. 330 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:12,680 Hallelujah. When we stay in sin 331 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:17,280 consciousness, we never take our seat. 332 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:24,760 We never take our seat when we stay in sin consciousness, when 333 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:30,240 all we do is think about who we were before Christ and we live 334 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,480 the existence. This is this is who I was. 335 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,200 This is who I was. Oh man, I don't deserve this. 336 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,160 Who I was, this is who I was. And all the while the King's 337 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,520 like, take a seat. Come on, take your seat. 338 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,120 Because what you're in doesn't have to wait till you get to me. 339 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,360 You're no longer subject to the flesh anymore. 340 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,240 You're no longer subject to the devil anymore. 341 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,040 You understand? Let's talk about rulers. 342 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,160 Let's talk about authorities. Let's talk about powers. 343 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,400 Let's talk about dominions. He said that they are. 344 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:07,680 He is far above. Not just above, but what? 345 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,800 Far above? I mean, it's like it's not even 346 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:17,240 close. Not even close. 347 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:23,840 None of you would never want to if, if Jesus Christ, if Jesus 348 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:28,480 Christ was an athlete on a team, you would never want to go to 349 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:32,000 his games because they would only be blowouts. 350 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:37,800 They would only be blowouts because he's far above. 351 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,280 He's far above. It's not even close. 352 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:50,120 I said it's not even close. I saw this little parody where 353 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:55,280 this little kid came to his mom and was upset because they 354 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:59,040 played a Christian School and they said, you know, Jesus was 355 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,960 working for the team. Y'all see that little thing 356 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,520 isn't that funny? He's like, they got hurt and 357 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,560 Jesus healed them. You know, that was really good. 358 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,480 You can't win. I thought that was really funny, 359 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,200 but that's how it is. You know, you praying, if you're 360 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:15,600 playing against God, you can't win. 361 00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:19,520 I said you can't win if you're playing against God. 362 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:23,680 You can't win because if God be for you, who can be against you? 363 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,920 Listen, you have to, you have to get this vantage point that now 364 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:34,160 that I'm in Christ, the things of this world are far below me. 365 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,120 Now when I make that statement, I'm not saying that in a pride 366 00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:42,200 like yard beneath me. I'm saying that the issues that 367 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:46,160 cause death and destruction are far beneath you. 368 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:55,600 Far beneath you. If you get caught up in 369 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:59,360 something, it's not because it had the power to run you down. 370 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:08,080 You are letting it, you've heard it say before that you know, 371 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:12,160 some teams are so good that they they can't be beat. 372 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:16,960 They have to just lose the game. I mean, for Jesus to be 373 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,600 defeated, he would just have to not participate. 374 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,760 And so when things are happening in our lives, it's only because 375 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:28,200 we're not participating. Because when you participate 376 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:32,480 with Jesus, you are far above all, say all. 377 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:42,160 There's no principality or power, none that can overtake 378 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:47,800 you, none. So if you're in something today, 379 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:51,760 you need to say man no more. You need to see that which has 380 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:57,000 attacked you as weak and you have the ability to overcome it 381 00:25:57,120 --> 00:26:03,000 with such a victory that you'll forget you even had the battle. 382 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,000 I said you'll forget you even had the battle. 383 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:11,160 Hallelujah. Look what it says in Psalms 384 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:15,240 chapter 2 verses one through 4. It says, Why do the nation's 385 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:21,800 assemble with commotion, uproar with confusion of voices, right? 386 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:27,840 And why do people imagine, meditate upon devices and empty 387 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,520 scheme? The kings of the earth take 388 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:34,160 their places, the rulers take counsel together against the 389 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:37,320 Lord and his anointed. 1 The Messiah, the Christ. 390 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:43,160 They say, let us break their bands of restraint asunder, and 391 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,280 cast their cords of control from us. 392 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,840 He who sits in it, the heavens, what does he do? 393 00:26:52,120 --> 00:26:58,200 Laughs. The Lord has them in derision 394 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,360 and in supreme content. He mocks them. 395 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,400 So you understand when the Lord is looking at what's going on in 396 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:11,960 the planet and the attacks that nations are doing against His 397 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:16,240 church, what is our Father doing? 398 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,800 What's he doing? What's he doing? 399 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:27,360 He's laughing, he's laughing, he laughs at it. 400 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,960 Ha ha ha ha. He, he, he, he, he, he, he. 401 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,920 He's a laugher, he's laughing. The only time you're going to 402 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:42,880 get God over into grieving is when you as a child are not 403 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,800 yielding to the overwhelming power he's already given you on 404 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:52,720 the seat. Because he's not grieving over 405 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:57,840 the nation's as far as that they're a legitimate threat. 406 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:08,360 They're not a legitimate threat. They're not because he laughs at 407 00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:11,880 all their efforts. He's laughing at it because he 408 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:18,040 knows, man, my power is far above all this rule, all this 409 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:22,840 power, all this principality, all this power and dominion, 410 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,200 it's over it all. It's not even close. 411 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:30,920 And he's so merciful. I said he's so merciful because 412 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:35,800 when it's time to bring wrath to the ones who don't yield to his 413 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:42,000 mercy and receive him as their Lord, it's not a good day for 414 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,400 them. It's not a good day because God 415 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:49,440 has all power. I said he has all power. 416 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,960 Isn't that amazing? I said, isn't that amazing? 417 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,200 So he laughs. He goes on and says this, Now 418 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,240 listen in Psalms, he's communicating of something to 419 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,600 come because we're not talking about King David here. 420 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,760 We're not talking about King David when he makes this 421 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:11,200 statement in verse six. He says, yet the King of heaven, 422 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:15,120 he, he says, yet I have appointed, installed in place my 423 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:21,480 king, Say, my king firmly on my holy hill of Zion I will declare 424 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:25,480 the decree of the Lord. And he said to me, You are my 425 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,600 son. This day I declared, I have 426 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,880 begotten you. What happened on the day when 427 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:37,200 Jesus went down to the Jordan and John baptized him in the 428 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:41,160 river, and when he came up, the heavens opened up and the Holy 429 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:45,080 Spirit descended upon him? That's the anointing full 430 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,440 measure. The anointing without measure 431 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:51,000 came upon Jesus. Because that's what you do to 432 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,800 kings, You anoint them. And then the Father decreed, 433 00:29:55,000 --> 00:30:00,360 This is my beloved Son, and whom I am well pleased. 434 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,800 For God so loved the world, the systems of the world, that he 435 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:07,920 gave his own only begotten Son. Who is this King of glory? 436 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,160 Come on, who is this King of glory? 437 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:13,280 He said, I've set him on the hill of Zion. 438 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:15,120 I've placed him back in the earth. 439 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:19,520 I have made him king of all the earth. 440 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:26,480 My Mama, I said my Mama, he's made a, he's made him king, and 441 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,640 he has established him as the head and not the tail. 442 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,960 He's above and not beneath. He's never been defeated. 443 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:37,400 He is placed on the seed of the power of the right hand of God. 444 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,880 For what does it say in Luke 2269? 445 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:47,240 But from now on, the Son of Man, one translation says the son of 446 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:53,560 Adam, the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the 447 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:56,720 power of God. Man when he made this statement, 448 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:01,680 they went ballistic. Now this is at his trial his his 449 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:05,880 illegal trial that they had to be able to move him towards 450 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,880 crucifixion. All right. 451 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:13,160 And so he says the Son of man will be seated will be what? 452 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:18,840 Come on, say it will be what? Seated at the right hand of the 453 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,880 power of God? Well, if Jesus is seated there, 454 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:25,800 where are you seated? Where are you seated? 455 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:33,200 So how can you be inferior? Because again, he's already 456 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:41,800 raised you up. Before you even confess Christ, 457 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:46,640 His hope for you is that you would get to the place He sees 458 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:50,120 you. This is His desire for you, that 459 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,920 while you're yet a Sinner, He raised you up. 460 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:57,640 That means He gave opportunity for you to get to that seat. 461 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,480 All you have to do is call on the name of the Lord, and he'll 462 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,920 transfer you out of the domain of darkness, walk you straight 463 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,560 into the palace, take you straight to the throne of grace. 464 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:12,040 You can go straight to the Father in His name, and you can 465 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:15,200 go see Dad and sit at his right hand. 466 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:22,400 Oh my gosh, He makes you worthy. You worthy to come. 467 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,840 You're not walking into his throne room. 468 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,480 Beat down, unworthy. I don't deserve. 469 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:34,280 You're a child of the king. It is your seat. 470 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:38,160 It has your name on it. It's a sign. 471 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:41,200 Seating. It's a sign. 472 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,760 See, you want to go to the Father? 473 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:45,600 Come on, Brian, bring me that seat. 474 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:48,680 You want to come to the Father? You want to go to him. 475 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:52,080 You want to pray to your heavenly Father in the name of 476 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,800 Jesus when you begin to commune with him, the Father is sitting 477 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,520 on his throne in heaven. And the Bible tells us that we 478 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:01,440 can boldly come before the throne of grace. 479 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,960 So there's the seat of God right here. 480 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,560 And when you come in prayer, we're going to kind of 481 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,800 demonstrate you're like in essence, if you could see it in 482 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:17,080 the Spirit that when you begin to say, Father in the name of 483 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:22,160 Jesus, I come to you. If you could see, it's as if the 484 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:26,720 Father's saying you've come into his, Oh my goodness, you've come 485 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,240 into his course with Thanksgiving and pray. 486 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,440 You understand you've come into his course because courts are in 487 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:33,960 kingdoms, not religions. All right? 488 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:38,440 You've come into his courts and you come to make your petition 489 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:40,280 known. And when you walk into his 490 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,640 court, this is what Dad says. Dad says son or daughter. 491 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:47,440 Well, come on, get in your seat. Come talk to me. 492 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:55,560 You're not talking to him from hey, Dad, you're not opening the 493 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:59,960 door of the court and saying, Dad, are you there? 494 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:03,680 Right? Because when he hears your 495 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,880 voice, he says, we'll come on in. 496 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:10,960 I got a seat for you. Get in your seat, son. 497 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:16,960 So when I'm praying in Christ in the position, this is what it 498 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:24,120 looks like in heaven. Hey, dad, he's right here. 499 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,120 People like man, how close. I said I didn't feel like I'm 500 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,400 close to God. If you only knew. 501 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:34,280 When you begin to pray and go before the throne of grace in 502 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,880 God, it's like you're seated right beside him. 503 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:42,120 He's not hard to hear him because you're right by him. 504 00:34:42,679 --> 00:34:49,400 You have his ear. Hey, Dad, I just need to talk to 505 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,600 you about a few things. Come on. 506 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:56,159 Are you hearing me? You're seated at his right hand, 507 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,000 I said. You're seated at his right hand, 508 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:04,200 man, You need to have a seat. You need to take your seat. 509 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:08,280 You need to rest in the seat he placed you. 510 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:10,960 I mean, yes, you didn't deserve it. 511 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,680 I get it. You didn't deserve it, I get it. 512 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:17,920 But God always destined it from the original creation of Adam 513 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:21,600 that we would have dominion and it would be our seat all the 514 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:25,400 while. And when Adam left the seat, he 515 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:30,480 abandoned the seat. The Lord says, I will send my 516 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:34,640 son so that man can have his seat again. 517 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:39,440 And those who call on the name of the Lord, it's not like, 518 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:45,160 well, you know, because again, what do we do when we try to, we 519 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:49,640 get really religious in our humility, right? 520 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,520 Really religious in our humility. 521 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,400 And I won't do this because I don't want to take the cameras 522 00:35:55,400 --> 00:36:02,640 off, but we want to run to the back and sit there and act like 523 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:08,760 that's humility. But the God never saw you in the 524 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:13,040 back of the room. Even in your trespasses and sin, 525 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,680 He doesn't see you in the back of the room. 526 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:21,560 It was never where you were supposed to feel like you 527 00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:26,280 deserve. He's telling you your worth. 528 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:29,720 I'm where I'm at today. Not because of me, not because 529 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:34,680 what I think, what I feel. I just want to be where he told 530 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:37,400 me. And he said, son, this is your 531 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:38,440 seat. Have a seat. 532 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,160 Have a seat, son. Well, Dad, that's right beside 533 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:43,280 you. Yeah, I know. 534 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:48,000 That's your chair, daughter. That's your chair. 535 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:54,040 That's your chair. This has been your chair before. 536 00:36:54,040 --> 00:37:04,280 The foundations of the world. Oh my goodness, are you hearing 537 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,440 what I'm saying? If we go on to this same Psalm, 538 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:10,600 Psalms chapter 2, verses 10:50, it says therefore now, O kings, 539 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,200 plural, well, who are these kings? 540 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:18,000 I said, who are these kings? He said, act wisely, be 541 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:23,360 instructed and warned. O you rulers of the of the what? 542 00:37:24,240 --> 00:37:26,200 What are you supposed to be doing right now? 543 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,400 You're supposed to be ruling and reigning now. 544 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,800 You don't have to wait to get to heaven to rule and reign. 545 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,360 You're to rule and reign now. You're his kings in the earth. 546 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,600 You have access to his throne in heaven. 547 00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:41,440 You are spiritually positioned and seated at the right hand of 548 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:45,040 the Father, at the right hand of power because that's the seed of 549 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:49,400 Christ and you are in Christ, which now enables you to be at a 550 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:52,720 function as a king of the earth. This is why he says act wisely, 551 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:56,000 have instruction. This is why the the Paul in the 552 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,840 Ephesians said that you would receive a spirit of wisdom and 553 00:37:58,840 --> 00:37:59,920 revelation. Why? 554 00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:04,360 Because kings must know what the Father is saying. 555 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:08,040 Because what He wants done in His rulership in heaven, He 556 00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:11,120 wants it to manifest on the earth through His children, 557 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:15,480 which are His kings. And if you want His will to be 558 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:18,880 done in the earth as it is in heaven, then you need to take a 559 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:26,080 seat. He says serve the Lord with 560 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:30,720 reverent awe and Worshipful fear, rejoice and be in high 561 00:38:30,720 --> 00:38:33,680 spheres with trembling, lest you displease Him. 562 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:36,560 And the only way you're at you displease the Lord is if you're 563 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:39,400 not in faith. Without faith, it's impossible 564 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,640 to please him. And faith comes by hearing and 565 00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:44,600 hearing from the word of God. And that faith is being a doer 566 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:46,560 of what you heard. And when you do what he says, 567 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:48,960 he's not displeased because he's like, you're the kings of the 568 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,560 earth. I'm the king in heaven. 569 00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:53,600 And I've authorized you in the name of Jesus. 570 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:56,360 The seat that you're seated on, the seat that's at the right 571 00:38:56,360 --> 00:39:00,680 hand of my power, I've authorized you to perform, to 572 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:05,280 do, and to expand my Kingdom. You are the light of the world, 573 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:13,080 so we have to now set our minds to the one who sits on the 574 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:19,640 throne because our seat is not here, our seats up in heaven. 575 00:39:21,240 --> 00:39:25,680 Our authority is from there, but it extends into here. 576 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,040 Are you hearing what I'm saying? Look what it says in Colossians 577 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,120 chapter 3 verses one through 3. It says this. 578 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:34,280 Therefore, if you have been raised up with Christ, keep 579 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:38,480 seeking the things above where Christ is, and where is Christ 580 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:42,520 seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, 581 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:46,400 not on the things that are on the earth, for you have died and 582 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,360 your life is hidden with Christ in God. 583 00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:54,240 The Rick Renner or which is the Renner interpretive version, It 584 00:39:54,240 --> 00:39:56,760 says this. Since then you are raised 585 00:39:56,760 --> 00:40:00,400 together with Christ, earnestly and intensely seek the things 586 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:03,800 that are above where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 587 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:08,080 Focus your mind on the many things that are above and don't 588 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:11,800 get stuck in low level thinking about temporary things here on 589 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,560 the earth. Can I get an Amen? 590 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:19,520 Don't get stuck in low level things. 591 00:40:20,720 --> 00:40:24,200 Are you hearing me? So what does this tell me? 592 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:27,320 It gave me this, this illustration in my mind. 593 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:33,000 I am seated at the right hand of the Father in heavenly places. 594 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:39,840 I have access, not just I mean, I have access to sit by, not 595 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:44,600 just to show up in a small corner, not to be on the fringe. 596 00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:51,640 I'm talking right next to him. And man, when you're here, 597 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:58,160 unless you're just deaf and cannot hear at all, you are. 598 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:00,400 How will you miss what he's saying? 599 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:07,480 He's right here. And I don't mean that in a 600 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:10,960 derogatory manner. I'm just saying he's right here. 601 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:18,480 I mean, we're this close. OK, Wait till we get to the next 602 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:22,440 verse. But we got to keep our minds set 603 00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:25,880 on things above, because we're the kings of the earth. 604 00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:28,920 We are to draw our wisdom from above. 605 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,680 And this is what I see believers do. 606 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:36,160 Because remember, what's about our King, who's seated on his 607 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,560 throne? He looks at the nations and they 608 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:44,040 devise all kinds of plans against him, against his nation, 609 00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,360 against his son and against his church. 610 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,680 And all the while he's watching it, it doesn't escape his 611 00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:51,800 notice. He doesn't say, oh, I didn't 612 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:53,160 realize they were going to do that. 613 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:55,960 Wow. Didn't realize that plan was 614 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:58,320 going to take place. Didn't realize they were going 615 00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:00,240 to come in and try to take them out that way. 616 00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:01,920 Right. He knows. 617 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:05,720 He's aware of everything. And while he's seeing it, what's 618 00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:07,880 he doing? Come on, what's he doing? 619 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:11,600 He's laughing. I said he's laughing. 620 00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:18,720 But what we do, if we quit looking and setting our mind as 621 00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:24,800 the encouraging words this this morning in worship, if we start 622 00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:30,440 to look in the world and set our minds on what's going on here, 623 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:32,880 then this is typically what we look like. 624 00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:35,920 Oh, I just can't. Have you ever seen somebody get 625 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:39,840 upset and then all of a sudden they just they get up, They get 626 00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,560 up by that seat. You know what's going on? 627 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:46,120 Oh, and you jump up like, I'm going to do something. 628 00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:51,640 Well, you need to have a seat. The Lord's like, come on, just 629 00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:53,560 have a seat. Don't let that bother you. 630 00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:55,400 You just need to have a seat, right? 631 00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:57,920 Just look at you and say, you need to have a seat, man. 632 00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:02,200 You need to rest. Because we get in a situation 633 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,720 where we jump up, we get a report, we have cancer. 634 00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:09,000 We jump up. You know, something's going on 635 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:12,480 with our kids, We jump up. Something's going on in the 636 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:13,960 world, we jump up. Something happens with our 637 00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:17,760 money, we jump up. We get all fretful and fearful 638 00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:19,520 and anxious. We jump up out of that seat and 639 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:20,640 we're like, oh, what are we going to do? 640 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:22,800 What are we going? The Lord's like, son, just have 641 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:25,040 a seat. Have a seat, son. 642 00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:29,680 Come on, let me get you and get you laughing about this deal. 643 00:43:31,240 --> 00:43:34,480 Amen. Because the place to sit the 644 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:39,000 most is when you're having personal attacks because this 645 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:42,440 Psalms references, they are railing against him personally 646 00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:48,320 and he's just laughing. He laughs at it because he knows 647 00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:49,640 it's not going to come to naughty. 648 00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:54,000 It's not going to come to pass because you know why He has the 649 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:57,480 final say on the matter. And so you need to stay in your 650 00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:58,160 seat. Why? 651 00:43:58,280 --> 00:43:59,800 Because he's going to want to talk to you. 652 00:44:00,240 --> 00:44:02,840 He's going to want to tell you as the king what to say. 653 00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:05,360 Look at this in Hebrews chapter 10, starting in verse 12, we'll 654 00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:07,600 read out the amplified. It says this whereas this one 655 00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:11,240 Christ after he had offered a single sacrifice for our sins 656 00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:16,520 that shall avail at all time sat down at the right hand of the of 657 00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:22,120 God. Jesus is not jumping around now 658 00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:26,080 we have 1 recorded instance of him standing up and that is that 659 00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:32,600 Stevens being martyred because as Steven stayed in his seat of 660 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:36,000 authority God Jesus stood up and applauded him. 661 00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:41,200 Are you hearing me? OK but he sits at the right hand 662 00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:44,920 of God. Then verse 13, to wait until His 663 00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:50,360 enemies should be put made a footstool under his feet, for by 664 00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:54,240 a single offering He has forever completely cleansed and 665 00:44:54,240 --> 00:44:56,720 perfected those who are consecrated and made holy. 666 00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:00,080 And also the Holy Spirit adds His testimony to us in 667 00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:03,600 confirmation of this. For having said this is the 668 00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:06,480 agreement, the testament, the covenant that I will set up and 669 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:10,840 conclude with them after those days, says the Lord, meaning the 670 00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:14,200 Spirit is put inside us to bear witness with our spirit. 671 00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:16,800 We are children of God. But not just that. 672 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,960 Look what it does. I will imprint my laws upon 673 00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:23,800 their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds, on their 674 00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:25,760 innermost thoughts and understanding. 675 00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,920 He's saying, listen, stay in the seat, think like a king. 676 00:45:31,720 --> 00:45:33,400 Stay in the seat, think like a king. 677 00:45:34,240 --> 00:45:38,960 When things are coming, stay in the seat think like a king time 678 00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:40,920 I going to respond thing like a king. 679 00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:46,880 What's going Let me think I, I keep my mind focused on things 680 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:51,520 above any circumstance that comes on into our life for like 681 00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:55,360 how do you want to handle this? How do you want me to respond? 682 00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:57,760 What do you want me to do? And what's so awesome He has 683 00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:01,360 left me a documentation called the Holy Bible that allows me to 684 00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:03,760 see his character, his way of doing things. 685 00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:06,600 Do you understand that? Because I am always going to 686 00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:14,760 respond biblically. The greatest 3 words you can say 687 00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:19,920 in any issue that you face is it is written. 688 00:46:22,720 --> 00:46:25,160 Because if you'll go to it is written, it won't be. 689 00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:31,080 This is how you made me feel, this is how I feel. 690 00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:38,720 This is what you did. I can't forgive you. 691 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:43,920 You can't even go those places. It is written. 692 00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:49,200 It is written because that's the voice of the King, because he is 693 00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:53,440 the word of God and he's written this in our hearts and on our 694 00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:54,360 minds. Why? 695 00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:58,640 Because he says, listen, your born again experience was not 696 00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:03,160 about going to heaven. It was about becoming a child of 697 00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:07,760 God and reigning as a king. Now, because we are been given 698 00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:14,120 this rulership far above all, not only in this age but also in 699 00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:21,680 the one to come, there's two more ages still to come. 700 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:33,080 Two more, the millennial reign and then the eternal reign, and 701 00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:37,200 this transitions into both ages. Hallelujah. 702 00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:41,440 Are you hearing what I'm saying? So I close with this verse. 703 00:47:41,560 --> 00:47:42,960 Revelations 21. Five. 704 00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:45,880 Just tell your neighbor, have a seat. 705 00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:51,680 And he who sits on the throne, behold, I'm making all things 706 00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:53,400 new. And he said right. 707 00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:57,360 For these words are faithful and true. 708 00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:07,400 I'm so glad that Jesus came so that I could be placed back in 709 00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:13,320 the original seat that was destined for man or for 710 00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:21,480 humanity, and that is the seat to reign with God, to reign with 711 00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:25,720 him. And so I just rest in his seat. 712 00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:32,720 You understand, when you are seated in that kind of power, 713 00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:45,160 what can man do to you? You just, Hey dad, I need to 714 00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:49,960 talk. I got some stuff happening and 715 00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:53,800 he says, son, what's going on? Because I can guarantee you 716 00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:57,200 there's nothing you're going through that we have not already 717 00:48:57,200 --> 00:48:59,480 conquered. Without a doubt, we got this 718 00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:03,400 thing whipped. We just sit down and say, dad, 719 00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:11,760 what are you saying about this? He's going to say, son, this is 720 00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:17,560 what you do. And then from this seat, if you 721 00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:25,200 say what Dad said, and if you say anything the dad says, then 722 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:29,080 dad performs his own word. I said he performs his own word. 723 00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:34,120 And he always delivers the righteous out of all their 724 00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:37,240 trouble, out of all their trouble. 725 00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:42,640 Hallelujah. Please let us renew our minds to 726 00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:48,120 who we are in Christ. I didn't say this. 727 00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:54,200 The Bible said this, that you are such a superior being in 728 00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:58,440 Christ that you are far above these things. 729 00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:01,760 He placed you there. He doesn't even want if you'll 730 00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:07,040 get. It's not even a fight in compare 731 00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:14,320 when you recognize the position you're in, then it's easy for 732 00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:22,120 you to endure and persevere to your flesh, it's a struggle to 733 00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:24,920 your mind and emotions it can struggle. 734 00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:28,800 But if you'll stay in the word and the Spirit, it all begins to 735 00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:35,120 just fade. And ma'am, when I do that, the 736 00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:40,920 problems just keep getting lower and lower and lower and lower 737 00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:42,400 and lower. And you just have this 738 00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:47,120 confidence. Like, watch out now, Daddy's 739 00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:52,000 here, Daddy's with me. Daddy's with me because Daddy's 740 00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:53,760 for me. He cares for me. 741 00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:58,640 He placed me here. I have a right to win. 742 00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:05,120 I'm going to say that again. You and I have a right to win. 743 00:51:09,120 --> 00:51:14,880 You have a right because Dad said you're in his seat. 744 00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:17,160 And I've never seen Jesus defeated. 745 00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:24,360 Never. He's never lost. 746 00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:26,320 But you can't.