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Message podcast from st. Augustine Florida.
Now enjoyed this message. Well, tonight, I want to talk to
you because I'm not preaching on love, but I'm not going to lie.
This is a little bit of a setup. So what I'm going to preach
tonight, probably going to show back up somewhere because I
cannot do love till next week. So I have to preach and I said
dad what do I say? It's just one service because
I'm really ready to preach on love and he says you just say
this. he said, like, the father, Now look what Jesus said in Luke
2:49. He said, why do you seek me?
Did you not know that I must be about?
My father's business. As a pastor for in this
location, 18 years pioneering. This church started it right but
been in Ministry for almost three decades now.
Okay, one thing that is becomes quite grieving to my ears is to
hear Christian cliche. Okay, and that is I'm a follower
of Jesus. But they don't even know what
Jesus did. They don't even know who he is,
other than he died on the cross and Rose from the grave.
They don't know what he sounds like.
For many of them, he's this mystical figure, to be honest
with you, that just comes in swoops in and takes care of a
problem when the problems really there, and then sweeps away.
Now, you need to understand this in the world, the majority of
Believers are going to function, like most documented, Covenant
children are, and I'm told my, in the Bible, we have a whole
history book of Covenant children, and how they function
with the god that's not in the earth that they can't see based
upon the spirit and that is when Trouble Comes.
They go to him. He that is going to be the
majority of the children of God in the earth, unfortunately.
Even today. When tragedy hits we go to God.
Now I'm be honest with you, it was I was excited, I didn't see
it. Personally, Pastor, Mark text
me. I was away from the TV
concerning the Monday Night Football game.
All right, but because that athlete at 24 was in a condition
that no one can help. There's still an awareness that
somebody outside us can. And those that believed did what
should be done in tragedy, cry out.
I mean, I saw a clip, my wife show me clip today of literally
on ESPN there, praying, Now, they didn't say his name.
They said it is name. Now I know who his name is, but
not everybody on ESPN, it's listening knows the name.
So we need to say today. Just say the name.
Okay, Mike, but I applaud at MIT, at least and that
particular athlete. This is how people respond in
tragedy. He had a foundation for his
hometown to raise toy to get toys because he was in poverty.
He had raised three thousand dollars We see this incident
within 24 hours, 5 billion dollars was raised.
Now at the end of the day, the foundation is going to do it for
a good cause but my oh my and I'm like the guy has to die on
the field to get the money. The vision and the purpose
wasn't enough, a tragedy had to show up.
He basically has to die. Come back, die again and now
he's in critical condition. So I know those are guilt
offerings. Because all the world feels
guilty about things going on in their lives.
Now there's nothing wrong. I've know nothing about the
individual, I applaud again that at least our nation.
Once again again, when 9/11 hit we're going to pray.
I mean when tragedy we gonna pray, you know, mass shooting
out of school. We gonna pray all of a sudden we
I mean, why don't we do? Think we have to understand that
we got to get a remnant of us that know who we are and
function in the father's business.
All the time and not wait till tragedy shows up.
Because when you're about the father's business, we can
actually thwart some things even To help the process he meant.
And I pray he recovers and we may never know the truth of what
happened in the first place. And honestly, whatever.
I mean, it's his own personal medical issue.
I don't need to know, I just pray that there's something
there that the Lord definitely would but at the end of the day
that's between him and God. Now, right, and people are
interceding, I get it and we pray for the family but you
know, there are plenty of people that Are having tragedies.
I mean you know how many murders are taking place right now.
Right now you're not many people are going to die tonight.
I mean there's a left going on in Chicago right now and
Detroit. Where's the vigils?
Perspective. Good news, is our nation still
knows. There is something bigger
outside them, but the church has not done a great job in the US.
To demonstrate what Jesus did. And that's because we want to go
to heaven. And the Lord really wants to
keep us in the planet. For a purpose, because Heavens,
not what, we're trying to gain sonship is what we're trying to
gain, right? So again, let's look at this
Luke 2:49 and he said to them. Now, Jesus is a youth.
Okay. He's not an adult at this time.
And as, you know, they went into town and Joseph, and Mary
thought he was with relatives. So when they were all leaving,
they thought he was with someone else and they get three days in,
and realize, Jesus is not around.
So then have to go back to town and they're looking all over the
place for him and find him in the synagogue.
Now he's in the synagogue with the, you know, those that were
teachers of the law and he's explaining to them.
What the scripture means and they are blown away, okay?
Now that tells us then Jesus was a studier of scripture.
I'm a follower of Jesus, Jesus studied scripture.
So if you're a follower of Jesus, the first thing you have
to do is you have to study scripture, because Jesus
literally says that he found himself in Scripture, it was as
he was reading the word, he began to realize, that's me, I
am this. They're talking about me.
He is the The man who knew no sin who became saying he is the
Son of God. He had the he he was without sin
in that timeframe. There was a opportunity for him
to have scripture no issue. He had no sin context.
Although when I say that he was tempted on all accounts like us
but his his life was alive so he could understand the word.
And begin to find himself and he studied it and he knew it.
As a teenager and are teenagers are very proficient at
Tick-Tock. But we're follower Jesus.
Are you hearing me, okay. So Jesus says didn't, you know
that I'd be about my father's business.
Well, what's the father's business?
When that be a good question to ask.
What is the father's business? I mean, we have so many
assumptions going on in the church today that we're assuming
we know exactly what's going on. And I have come to find out.
There are just some really very basic things that will cause you
to be absolutely devastating for the kingdom of darkness and a
champion for God. But the problem is it's just not
glamorous. There's no glamour about.
It doesn't fit the American mold of what church should be.
But God is not concerned about that.
God's concerned about his way of communicating demonstrating his
kingdom. And Jesus is the example yet, we
call ourselves followers are, you know, the church in general
and say I'm followers of Christ, but we don't do what Jesus did.
So Jesus obviously was a study of scripture.
We know this because when he was tempted of the devil, what could
he say it is written? So we know how Jesus attacks the
devil he doesn't cry. He never once prayed to the
father to get him off the mount the we'll get him out of the
Wilderness, he never did that, he never said, no father don't
you see? He's here talking to me, you see
what he's doing to me? Will you get him out of my way?
I mean people pray like that. Oh Lord, we got this prom Lord,
just remove the problem. Lourdes like man, if he has some
scripture in your mouth right now, you could take care of that
problem. Because again, when you say his
words, he an accident it's his power doing it but he's not
doing it to you. Say something again, let me
bring it down to bury Simplicity because this is not cough rocket
science, okay? This is not complex when we
became born again, all of the power to forgive.
You of all your wrongdoing has already been paid for by the
blood of Jesus that been poured out on a mercy seat.
Heaven, yet, it stays, in its power position, not active in
your life until you. Release some words that the
Lord, through the holy spirit says, You must do in order for
the power to manifest. You Must Believe in Your Heart
confess with your mouth, that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Now it was your mouth, your faith, you're releasing.
That then caused God to get involved with that word and
cause your spirit man that was dead to be driven out of your
body and put a brand new spirit on the inside of you.
Then the Holy Ghost came and showed up on if the inside of
you and says you are a child of God.
Hallelujah. Now, it's a child of God.
Heaven or Earth doesn't matter. I'm the child of the king.
But the power did not happen. Until I did the word.
Till I believed it and said it. Now I didn't even have to
understand it. I just believe I mean, how can I
can't even comprehend how blood from another human being.
Over 2,000 years ago, has the capacity in another realm, on a
mercy, C be able to cause the spirit that was dead and could
not talk to God be ripped up out of this skin suit and get a
whole new one. And how that whole little
Exchange took place. I couldn't see it.
Although I was there, I felt it. Now when I say I felt that I
didn't feel like suck up out of my body, right?
And then the next one came in. I'm like I'm Different.
No. I mean, it was like I'm
Different. I mean, it was so quick.
I mean, like a moment, the twinkling of an eye.
So to save us so quick aside, dude, I know I'm Different.
I am different now. Look the same on the outside and
my thinking sure is still pretty jacked up, right.
But I know I am different and man, if somebody came in and
shot me right now, I'd be present with the Lord.
I know that I don't have no guilt.
I'm so I'm so light now. Even though I way to say the
guilt was gone, the shame was gone.
Right? I mean, it's like amazing.
Then the work started. Hallelujah.
Amen. Because Jesus is without sin but
had to study Jesus had to speak. Okay, let's go on.
So he's about his father's business.
Will watch this father's business.
His father's business is really easy for us to determine okay,
it's not complicated. Let's go on to Luke chapter 4
Army, John chapter 14 will start in verse 6, John chapter 14,
start in verse 6. Jesus said to them, I am The way
the truth and the life. No one comes to the father, but
through me, I love this statement because Jesus doesn't
make things complicated. Well, how do you know that
Jesus? The only way he said it.
He said broad is the way Narrows away.
Albania is, so you're so narrow-minded.
Thank God. Thank God.
I mean, it doesn't take, I mean,
if there was like this huge where do we get in at?
But then you see this one skinny little, ah, that must be it.
It's like a straight line. I mean, God, just draws a
straight line. Here it is.
He takes out all of the issues that make it complicated.
So I am the way, not a way, he's not away, he's the way the, he's
the truth because truth is not words alone.
Truth is a spirit so person. Okay.
He's the life, which means, if you're not with him, you're not
living. Even if you're breathing.
And no one comes to the father but through me if you had known
me he says you would have known my father.
Also for now you know him and have seen him now Philip and we
know Philip had some challenges Philip said to him Lord show us
the father and it is enough again.
It's Jesus like wow. Okay.
Verse 9. Jesus said how have I been so
long with you and yet you have not come to know me.
Philip That sounds like a little frustration.
Now that doesn't mean it's on God.
He's just like seriously. Me, how long I've been with you,
Philip, and you can't figure this thing out.
Really. Wow.
He goes on to say this them. He says, he who has has seen me,
has seen the father. How can you say show us the
father? Do you not believe that I am in
the father and the father is noticed that now.
Do you not Then I'm in the father and the father is what in
me the words that I say to you I do not speak on my own
initiative but the father abiding in me.
Does his work believe me that I am in the Father?
The father is in me otherwise believe because of the works
themselves. Understand Jesus the way he
lived and the Bible says he was full of grace.
So apparently Jesus. I didn't understand his own
Doctrine. Because most church today, the
minute, you're in Grace, you're out of Works, yet.
Jesus like you don't believe me. Believe the So, there is Works
associated with Grace. Grace doesn't mean we do nothing
because we couldn't do nothing. Grace means you couldn't do
nothing, guess what? Now you can do something.
Right? I mean it's like someone
unemployed, right? They don't have a job, you know.
I have no money and you say, okay, fine.
You're hired now you're an employee and you get up.
And then they're at like, well, I can't, you're employed now.
You do have you can't keep saying what you were when you
were unemployed. Your employee.
Obviously, when I was outside the kingdom, there's nothing
that I can do to be right with God.
But the blood brought me in, and now I can be right with God and
do like Jesus did, which means Jesus, let's go on and read it,
you know, just so we won't get. Don't throw too many things at
me right now, he says this. He says, believe the works
themselves verse 12. Truly, truly, I say to you.
He who believes in me? The works that I do, he will do
also. What did Jesus say, you're going
to do? You going to have some works?
And Greater Works than these. He will do cuz I go to the
father, And the minute we reduce the Bible to just telling people
that they need, Jesus to save them.
So when they die, they go to heaven.
We reduce the whole scripture to every other religion on the
planet where you going to go when you die.
Which at that point it's like well maybe Hinduism is right?
Because we're asking the same question where you going to go
when you die? Maybe Buddhism is correct
because we're asking the same question, where you gonna go
when you die, because there's something we have to do here, to
determine what's going to happen.
There. But the Lord's like I'm not
asking you the question where you going to go when you die?
I'm asking you do you want to become a son now, so I can come
and live in you and do something in you.
And demonstrate to the rest of the people that we already
connected. And I don't have to get you out
of there. I mean, seriously, how many
people in this building right now thinks that if Jesus Christ
came back to the planet started walking around, somebody could
take him out? Anyone.
Do we consider him the most powerful man on the planet?
If God the father came down, do we think anyone can take him
out? Will he be in a navigate this
situation? No problem.
Then why do we think we can cause this Christ in you?
You have the third person of the godhead.
So, there's nothing going on in the planet today that we cannot
navigate because we have God on the inside of us.
In fact, description is what can man do to you.
In fact, Jesus said don't even be afraid of somebody kills.
You don't be afraid of that. He said, what you need to be
afraid of is the one who can cast into the Lake of Fire.
What happens to be my daddy? Amen.
Hallelujah, I'm already living eternal life.
I'm leaving eternal life. Now I'm around sin because the
world still in a fallen State, and they're still centered, but
I'm living eternal life. He men.
Now I'll get more disconnected from the effects of sin in the,
the atmosphere sin as we continue to progress and it's
going to be far better. There's no doubt about it, but
at the end of the day, I'm alive unto God.
God lives in me. I talked with him, he talks with
me, I can say, things believe act and God can demonstrate
through my life. I mean, really, what are we
waiting on? Jesus, understood this person.
I'm about I'm doing the father's business.
He goes on and says, in verse 3, 13, whatever you ask in my name,
I will do it. So that the father may be
glorified in the son, if you ask me anything in my name, I will
do it. Verse 15, if you love me, You'll
keep my Commandments one translates.
You'll keep my word? Well, why is that important?
Because Jesus himself said in verse 10 he says I the words I
say to you I do not speak on my own initiative.
You know what the father's business is yet?
John chapter 10. Let's start in verse 30 and John
chapter 10 starting in verse 30. It says this I and the father
are one, you know there's an expression chip off the old
block. Right?
That's like the sun is just like the father, right?
Contra John kentrell y'all know who's here with our church
unfortunately back years ago I think it was 2005 6 somewhere in
those years. His brother and father died on
the same night. His brother was a police officer
and his father was riding along and he got a call and he went to
turn around and he was flying down the road and a car pulled
out. And to avoid it, he went out of
the way and it fell into a ditch that was deep and they instantly
died. So John, because I work with him
a healty, he calls me and he says, Pastor, I want you to do
the funeral. Now, I've never met his father
or brother ever. I'm said sure man.
I mean it's tragic, this is back in Oklahoma when he was living
there. So, you know, I flew out met
with the family and, you know, ask them questions because, you
know, I'm doing a funeral for two individuals, I don't know.
The only person I know is John I never met his mom.
Sister, nobody family. Nothing welcomes to find out,
bro. Pastor Hagen, his wife Lynette,
her brother. Was related to the family.
So when the funeral comes on which he's a police officer that
died. So this is packed house.
I mean I'm going in the funeral you know per session and there's
people lined up along the road. I'm like wow Lord I need your
help, you know, because I'm doing a funeral first.
A couple people I personally do not know and so I'm up on it and
Pastor, hey can walk in. I'm like, wow, I'm preaching a
funeral in front of Pastor Hagen.
Now, his whole staff was there, you know, I mean, I'm newly, you
know, graduated just five years ago so I'm like you know you're
like man you sure. Do you sure want to hope the
president of your University hopes?
You don't flop on this deal when you have no idea.
How about the individuals and both caskets are out.
So you know, I'd been listening and there was you know, things
that was happening seeing and stuff and I'll never forget
because I had nothing. I mean, I'm sitting on the
platform. Nothing Thank God for the Holy
Ghost. Now I'm a man of Faith so I can
thrive in these situations because at the end the day I
know God will not fail so you know I don't get anxious.
Like I don't have nothing on. I'm like Lord I trust you I
trust you I trust you. And and and it was time for me
to get up, right? And then there was you know some
oh how do you say it things you just have to do you know I can't
think of the word right now. But anyway we did those
particular elements but now it's time for me to minister and when
I got up to minister the Lord says if you've seen the son,
you've seen the father Because that's really what I heard.
I mean, honestly, that son was just like his dad.
And so, I preach that and you'd have thought that I knew them
personally and everybody thought I was intimately acquainted with
them. But that's the Holy Ghost,
right? Thank God for the Holy Ghost,
because he knows. Well, you understand, you can't
separate Jesus from the father. So if you want to know, who the
father is, you have to examine the sun because Jesus says
you've seen the father because of me.
Okay. So when he says I and the father
are one, this is really important because Jesus had this
desire to only function, so that when you saw him, you actually
didn't see him. You saw his father I'm a
follower of Jesus. Okay.
So, who are we seeing When we see you.
Because if I walked up to some Christians and I'm like so
that's what my daddy looks like. Just say Amen.
Anyway, right? I mean I know you want to
humanize yourself. Well, you know, but I'm not got
you're a child of God. You are in Christ as the son is
in the father. You're in Jesus when the father
sees you, he sees Jesus. So do you look like him?
Do you look like him? Series really aggravating me.
It's really been listening to way too many my conversations
and like talking back. We cannot tolerate talking back.
That is disrespectful. It's time for me to get a non
Apple watch and wear it while I preach.
Hallelujah. He said, I am.
The father are one. He said, the Jews picked up
stones again to Stone him. Jesus answered, I show.
I showed you many good. What from the father for, which
of them. Are you stoning me?
The Jews. Answered him for a good work.
We do not Stone you. So did Jesus?
Do good works. Okay, but you blasphemy because
you being a man, make yourself out to be God.
Jesus answered has it. Not been written in?
Or law. I say you are gods.
If he called them Gods to whom the word of God came and the
scripture cannot be broken. Do you say of him whom the
father Sanctified and sent into the world?
You are blaspheming because I said, I am the son of.
I am the Son of God. If I do not do the works of my
father, do not believe me. but if I do them, Though, you do not
believe me. Believe the So that you may know
and understand that the father is in me and I in the father,
you know what, the father wants his kids to demonstrate him so
much that the lost and dying world may not believe what
you're saying, but it cannot refute what's happening in your
life and I out of your life and the product of your life.
Now again, what was the worst Jesus doing?
He's only Healing The Sick casting out, Devils raising the
dead multiplying fish. Right.
He's only doing. But again, all those things he's
doing, what did he say? He says, and I'll go ahead and
jump to it. Look what it says here in John
12. Just so you understand that when
Jesus is doing all those things, he says for, I do not speak on
my own initiative, but the father himself who sent me has
given me a command as to what to say and what to speak.
I know that know that his command is what eternal life.
Therefore, the things I speak, I speak just as the father Other
has told me. So when he says, what do we
have? Dad said, ask him.
What do you have? Well, we found Five Loaves and
two fish. The Lord said that's enough,
that's enough. Yes, and Jesus can hear it by
the spirit. So he says sit down and then the
Lord said, sit down blessed start this.
He gives him the plan by the spirit just because it's not
audibly. Heard to the 5,000 men.
Does it mean? Jesus decided?
Oh, this is what I'm going to do.
I'm just going to do this because Jesus is not waving a
wand. Jesus is doing the business of
his father. The father's business in
simplest terms is just doing what he says, if you don't do
what he says, then you're not about to father's business.
Now, you may be about your Christianity.
But you're not about the father's business because the
father's business is only one business.
He's only in one business. Making sure his word comes to
pass. Father has one business.
Making sure that his word does not return unto him void, but it
shall accomplish that which it was sent to do.
I'm going to prove it in the next few weeks, man.
I'm telling you. The Bible says, God has even
exalted his word above his own. Was tells me your name is not
more important to Jesus. You want me to give you a little
teaser, a little trailer for next week.
God loves his word more than he loves you but we preach the
Christianity of God's love is if we are the object of God.
Now God loves you. Don't get me wrong.
I'm not saying he doesn't love you but he loves his word.
And that's his business because the king's business is to
guarantee. Whatever he says.
Hallelujah, come on and your Faith Church.
Only go a little bit deeper. Want to get a little bit deeper,
right? Let's give this a deep stuff
Pastor. Okay we go give you some deep
stuff. It's really not deep and my
personal opinion. It's not deep.
Okay but it's definitely not religious It's not religious.
Okay. I love you.
So again, Jesus says, look done your own law said that you are
gods. And at the end of the day,
you're upset at me only because what's happening?
I'm only saying what gag? Dad told me to say, if Dad said
that I'm his child, then I'm going to say it.
I'm a Son of God has he called you that Siri talking to y'all
to that sound? Will you mad.
But Siri out to build, not cast her out, people, and cast her
out. Alleluia maybe series to get
saved and get the whole organization saved.
Alleluia, and then they put the piece back in the Apple.
Just kidding. There's no scriptural evidence
that it was an apple, but it is interesting.
That is one bite out of a fruit. I'm not here to get you in a
conspiracies, just leave it alone.
I have an apple soda but I'm redeemed.
You hear what I'm saying? Hallelujah, Jesus was about his
father's business. That's why he's in the synagogue
because he wants to be around scripture because he wants to be
around the word because the words life and then he only
wants to say what the word says, because that creates life And it
resolves problems. The father's business is not
winning the Lost. The father's business is to
uphold his word and for you to speak his word to someone
outside his kingdom, as he instructs, you to do so.
But what will cause them to do, more is when you demonstrate it.
Jesus is demonstration of the Kingdom, because he had the
audacity to, actually believe that him and the father were one
And he believed that, when I say, what Dad says it has to
happen and it did that the crowd showed up Supernatural, things
took place, we have reduced Christianity to a confession.
That may not even have belief with it because when you start
taking so much out of the scripture, you make it religious
anyway, and at the end of the day, you can say something with
your mouth, but your heart be far from it and you're just a
religious person. Okay, so I get concerned about
people who've made, you've confess.
Jesus is Lord. Because if they're not living a
life in keeping with repentance as John, the Baptist said to the
Pharisees, the religious ones, he said you brought a by pers
who warned you of the day of judgment.
And then they went talking about, you know, a you know
Moses and all he said, well then we live a life in keeping with
repentance, I don't see you demonstrating it.
Now, you aren't running around telling everybody what to do,
even Jesus said, do what the Pharisees say, but don't do what
they do. Don't live their life.
Because they're hypocrites. But the word they say is life if
you'll believe and act on it and it will work because God always
performs his word must say it again always.
So don't come to me, your experience, where someone
believe God his word and didn't work.
You might want to question something else.
Before you question God because I am amazed we say again this is
religious cliche, right? God is all knowing God's without
fail. God is all powerful, but ants on
so was believing in. God didn't do it?
Well, would it be more easy for me to think, maybe Aunt?
So, and so, didn't have something?
That allowed it to happen. Before blaming God.
And then we take it out of context, Albany Sovereign, his
ways are higher than our ways. We works in mysterious ways.
No, he doesn't. No, he does not.
He does not work in mysterious ways.
He works in calculated ways that always come to pass.
Always. But again, it's easier to
develop a Doctrine when you're not in Scripture.
That fits your feeling. And your unknown.
Then it is to go and ask the tough questions.
Hallelujah. I know some people have gone on
to be with the Lord because they had hatred in their heart
unforgiveness in their heart. But on their bedside, they were
acting like they were believing. Okay, that's fine again.
Everybody wants real Ministry to you real, right.
Hey man guys, we're living in a society today that we, we are
going to be the most odd looking folks on the face of the planet
because we're just actually believing the word simply as it
is stated. And that is an anomaly,
unfortunately. But you know, God works with the
remnant man, you want to be a Remnant?
Then you always just want to be with God, I was talking with
laura-leigh before service. I said we have a history book
that I don't care how rebellious people were and how Oh, bad
societies were even to the point of flooding God had somebody
believing. Amen.
So, just choose to be that one sound.
Will be that one. I'll be of that group.
I am the believing group. I am the righteous believing
group. Everybody go to hell in a
handbasket, but I'm the rights of the leaving group.
Everybody back slide out of their Covenant.
I am going to believe God, right?
Because it's amazing what God can do with a little Hallelujah.
So you know just because the majority seems like they're lost
or the majority of the church seems like they're in error.
I'm hopeful because I know what God can do with just one person.
Amen. So again the father's business
is to only be doing what the father says, John Chapter 14
verse 31 He says, but so that the world may know that I love
the father. So that who may know?
And we're supposed to show the world.
The father or Jesus. Are we not supposed to show the
world Jesus? We are ambassadors for for
Christ. Paul said, imitate me.
As I imitate Christ. First Corinthians, 11:1, So
we're supposed to imitate him. So how did Jesus Show The World?
God, the Father. I do.
Exactly. I do exactly.
As the father commanded me. Now notice of command from the
father may not be a miracle. Dad said when I tuck in my
disciples tonight I need to go to the mountain and pray.
When do exactly what he said. My dad said go to the pull up.
Bethesda. I'm looking for one guy,
although there's a lot of people there.
The guy not care for them. Sure, he did.
But we have no idea what was going on.
See I look across this room. Not right now and all these you
as individuals, right? The Bible says, the only person
who knows the spirit of the man is the spirit of the man
himself. So, here's the thing, you know,
your heart, you know what's going on the inside, you know,
what kind of issues are going on or not?
Here's another six God knows too so again we say God knows my
heart. You bet he does.
Most of the time though those people that they're saying that
have a problem with their heart and their they say that
statement as a mask but God does know.
Absolutely, okay. And Jesus the Lord knows what he
has spoken to you about. If you're about the father's
business, you just do it. Whether anyone sees it or not?
because if you can't do the private stuff for the father, I
mean, he's not going to trust you.
Even though it's available. Come on, you have to admit, it's
pretty intimidating to be in a public place.
And you think you heard God say, go snatch that person out of the
wheelchair? How's that going to work?
Let's go to work. Exactly as the father said, But
the reality is really don't believe that.
So that's why we don't snatch them out.
And that's being real, right? Which means then we have to
become proficient at only doing exactly what the father says.
Now, we have zealous people that do all kind of stuff, but
they're not hearing God, they're just trying to do what they've
heard God's done. There's a difference between
hearing God and doing what he said and then hearing what he's
done and trying to do it yourself.
That's what the seven sons of sceva did.
I mean, does God not cast Devils out of people?
Is that God's will? Yes.
Absolutely. It's his will.
And let me just throw this out. Did the disciples before it?
They were born again able to cast Devils out.
Yes, it's not like, it hasn't happened.
Now, I understand this is ax. I understand, Jesus died on the
cross Rose from the grave. I understand the New Covenant is
in play here, but at the end of the day, if they firmly believe
in the name of Jesus, why could they not have gotten it to work?
Well, number once, they weren't authorized because Jesus
authorized them to go out and do this.
Which they were only doing what Jesus said.
So here's the thing, What Makes Miracles easy for us.
What makes operating in the miraculous easy for us?
What anything Z is that we only moved when we here and here's
the cool thing. God may not want you to cause a
deaf person's ear to open, because he has someone else he's
gonna do because he has so many kids.
You don't have to single-handedly do every work
that Jesus did. But you can't you should
single-handedly do exactly what he tells you to do.
And put that scripture back up. If the world wants to see that,
the Hebb that heaven's realm exists and that there is a God.
Because again, can we be honest? The majority of prayers going up
for our NFL player right now the majority Have no idea whether it
is going to be answered. But they know it could be
because they ascribe that God can do those things. now, there
are some people who know Because they know what God's saying
about the situation. I don't know he's not talk to me
about the situation but he could have literally, he can literally
be talking to someone about the situation.
Exactly what to pray, what to do.
And that could be just one person on the planet right now.
And that one thing is what's going to bring it to pass.
Now everybody that's in generally doing it and they know
that God can and they want him to do it because I get at the
end of the day. Who wants people to die, right?
But there's really bring the power.
But so that the world may know. That I love the father.
So not only is this show the father but what else is it show
it shows that he loves him. Hmm, say la.
The world wants to know that Jesus loves dad.
I do exactly as he commanded me. Not because I say I love Dad.
So the first thing you need to change in your love relationship
with Jesus is saying I love you. Jesus and think that's loving
him. Maybe you're not ready for this
series. Oh, we've been so deceived with
our own words. How many of you told someone you
love them? You left them.
I'm talking dating a stay with dating.
I'm not talking about marriage, okay?
I'm not getting over in that. I mean, I was a kid.
Once I slid across a little note, And I was that kid that I
knew the answer before I slid to note because if I don't know the
answer, you're not getting to know.
You ain't Goin. Beerus me.
I have done found out. You dig me?
You want some of this right here?
Sure enough. Yes, I thought so all my
insiders told me. Right.
You like them? Come on.
How many you had at least five girlfriends?
Oh good. Something look.
Look, your wife doesn't care. She knows there was a life
before her. Yeah.
I mean he had about five boyfriends.
Yeah man there's more women on us than the men right now.
Five, every time I had five on the side, I got you.
Literally had one in every country.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get it right.
Right. I mean you there were someone
you genuinely at that time thought I could be with this
person for the rest of my life. Then would you use the words?
Those three words. But they're not with you.
So we think when we say I love Jesus, that means we really do.
And that Jesus says, yeah, I feel it.
No, Jesus says the world knows that I love that.
Because I do exactly. As he, what?
What translation it says, New American Standard, as he
commanded me? That's a tough word in the u.s.
right now. Most congregational churches you
don't command me, then you don't understand the kingdom.
Because the kingdom is not sure your democracy because we're not
in a democracy, but you think we are so most people are
functioning that way, right? It's not a democracy.
I mean, you have a will but life is in his word so I'm like
command me because that's life tell me something.
So that I can do it. Because that's life.
All right, so then John chapter 14, John 14:23, 24.
Last scripture tonight says, is Jesus answering said.
If anyone loves Loves who Jesus. He will.
Keep my word. and, My father. Will love him and we will come
to him. Oh my there's so much in this
one first right here. I mean it's like eradicates most
Christian Church preaching right here.
I mean let's live this life, Jesus answered.
If anyone conditional statement If it's a conditionals, if
anyone loves me. what proves law, he keeps my word and My
father says the Son and the father are one.
How do you know dad loves you because you're keeping Jesus's
word woman, she's word. It's the word in the beginning
was the word. The word was with God and the
Word was God. So I love Jesus.
Keep the word. Well, they done me wrong, I
don't care what they did. What does it is written?
Say in this situation, keep that because you love Jesus, right?
Oh, he knows I love him and keep his word when I can't do that,
then you don't love him. Don't tell me, I don't love him.
God knows my heart, he knows you don't love him.
That's what he knows cuz you're not keeping it.
Period. So quit being Faith.
Being the fantasy. It's a fantasy.
This is how people fall into wrong relationships because they
fantasize that it's better, and it brings death.
And this is why are we don't have deep convictions with God
and walking. His fear is because we really
think it's optional to not do what he says in any situation
and we still love him. The day of God told me, this is
how you prove, you love me. What how simple is that?
I mean, my wife, if she literally tells me if you do
this it it tells me you love me. That's simple.
And I'm tell you, I probably
hadn't done that the best. I need to come up my game on it.
Yeah. Because at the end of the day,
if someone comes to you, to literally says this, right here,
tells me, well, then you have an answer.
And to not do it and try to convince them, you love them
another way. And that they're actually wrong
and how they. Now we're humans.
So we can really be jacked up. I get that.
But God is telling us and he's not a man that he shall I.
So he's establishing to us. This is how I know that you love
me and this is how I know the father loves you.
And because at this is how I know we come to you again.
Quit waiting on, trying to come to us.
We're coming to you. I mean, that's the whole great
thing about our relationship with the creator of Heaven and
Earth is that he's like, can't wait to get down there.
Can't wait to get down there, just can't wait to get in them.
I mean, we preaching Christianity, can't wait to go
to heaven, can't wait to go to heaven, can't wait to go, but
yet the father saying can't wait to get down there.
Can't wait to get with him, can't wait to be with him and
he's not, I don't care that they're in a suit that's gonna
still Decay and fall off and they're not in their glorified
because at the end of the day, we can drop all that.
I'll renew their mind as they yield to me and we'll clean that
mess up. We'll get their whole soul round
face and then I'll heal their body.
I'll get that thing a fine running machine man and it goes
State keep them in the planet as long as they're doing that
purpose because I want to be right there with them, right?
And they're Miss, right? Where they're at.
But we don't want to do is where we just want to check out, go to
heaven. Verse, I'll come to him and make
our Abode with him. I wake up everyday and I go,
hey, Lord. Because he's right here.
The holy spirit's in me and the words in me, the word comes out
of me. I wake up with the word of my
mouth. That's awesome.
It's can't wake up with the word of mouth if you're not in the
word verse 24, he who does not love me.
So, we have Clarity here. Does not keep my words.
Who's defining love here. Because Jesus knows that I'm
about to father's business. And the father has a one
business. Doing his word.
So I only do what he says. And the reason why I do what he
says because when I do what he says It lets him know I love
him. I love him.
And the only reason why this is a problem in the Christian
church, Is because before the father for Father, God was our
father, we had another daddy and he was a liar, it's called the
devil. And he has this way of
convincing you. That if you don't get to do it
your way, you're in bondage. That you've lost your freedom.
That true freedom is do what you want to do because you got to
take care of yourself. Jesus speaks the opposite.
He says, man tries to save his life hill. but if he wants to
save his life, he has to lose his life.
The devil tricked. Adam I mean, not tricked him.
He just told me. You said, listen, it's better to
not do. What the father says.
You'll be more powerful. And we lived and existence doing
it. Our way fulfilling our own lust,
doing our own feelings. And they had these weird because
again, there are aspects that God created for us.
That still feel great naturally, but in the Soul and Spirit
realm, there's guilt shame. So I guess all clouded the feel
so good. Mine's me an old country song.
If Loving, You Is Wrong, I Don't Want to Be Right.
And that's how most Christians are.
Because they really just want Jesus to accept them as they
are. But Jesus says, that's what I'm
asking. Accept me as I am.
And I would Empower you to live it my way.
Because you couldn't obey me when you were dead in your
trespasses and sin. Now, I made you alive and to me,
you can You can literally do exactly as I ask you to do and
show me all the time. You loved me.
Because he who does not keep, who does not love me.
Does not keep my words and the word which you hear because he
says, and The Words, which you here is not mine.
But the father who sent me that amazing.
So again, it's like, Lord, you're telling me What to say
and do and they're not even your words, their dad's words.
And he loved me so much. He sent his word to deliver
them, sin is worth the most powerful thing he could do for
the for the human race. When they got into the rebellion
was send his word. Because there's only one
business that has. I will keep my word.
I'll keep it. It will come to pass.
I guard my word to perform it. And his words life his words
truth. His word is the way.
Wow. It's not complicated.
So you have to ask yourself tonight.
Am I about the father's business?
Emma. A my keeper of his word when I
say that, I'm not saying just reading scripture.
I'm saying every situation that takes place you're having a it
is written moment or that. I don't know what to do.
So I'm coming to you because I'm about your business and this
situation you have a word for me that will deliver me on all my
trouble. Because you love me and I love
you and I need your word to key. I need a word right now.
Hallelujah. Thank you so much for listening
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