Speaker 1: I wanted to let you know that this word was
Speaker 1: stirring in my heart. This word was stirring in my
Speaker 1: heart recently when we started the fast, and I was
Speaker 1: speaking to Pastor about it, and so I don't know,
Speaker 1: like I feel like the Lord wanted to release this
Speaker 1: word over the body of Jesus Christ. Of course, Pastor
Speaker 1: also heard from the Lord that I was the one
Speaker 1: to deliver it, and so.
Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know.
Speaker 1: There is an impartation that's taking place today, and I
Speaker 1: don't want you to miss it. That's that's what I'm
Speaker 1: telling you. I don't want to I don't want you
Speaker 1: to take the words lightly because I feel like if
Speaker 1: you miss it, then you're going to miss a big
Speaker 1: portion and in the future coming years of you could
Speaker 1: have got it today. That's what I'm trying to tell you.
Speaker 1: So don't miss it, Okay, get ready to grab it.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: So this this sermon message is called Daniel's weapon. We're
Speaker 1: talking about the fast, right, we've been fasting. We are
Speaker 1: in fasting. I'm in fasting, A bunch of you are
Speaker 1: in fasting. But there is a special weapon that Daniel employs.
Speaker 1: In the Book of Daniel that I think is not
Speaker 1: actually spoken of or taught necessarily. And that's what revelation means.
Speaker 1: Revelation knowledge of Jesus Christ, right, and the Lord just
Speaker 1: bringing a new, fresh word and a new understanding to
Speaker 1: the Book of Daniel, because a lot of the Old Testament.
Speaker 1: Sometimes we end up we end up taking the Old
Speaker 1: Testament for granted. We think, because it's in the past,
Speaker 1: it no longer applies to the New Testament sometimes, you know,
Speaker 1: and that's that's a fallacy sometimes, right. But but God
Speaker 1: has granted to us access to this word today.
Speaker 2: Amen. So it's the year six hundred and five BC.
Speaker 1: Daniel as a teenage boy, he's about thirteen or fourteen
Speaker 1: years old, and he's taken captive into Babylon. Okay, Daniel,
Speaker 1: it says in the Word in chapter one of Daniel.
Speaker 2: Let's go to verse three. Let's start at verse three.
Speaker 1: Then the king instructed Ashpirnaz, the master of the eunuchs,
Speaker 1: to bring some of the children of Israel and some
Speaker 1: of the king's descendants and some of the nobles, young
Speaker 1: men in whom there was no blemish, but good looking,
Speaker 1: gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge, and quick to understand
Speaker 1: who had ability to serve in the king's palace, and
Speaker 1: whom they might teach the language and literature of the Chaldeans.
Speaker 1: And the king appointed for them daily provision of the
Speaker 1: king's delicacies and of the choice wine which he drank,
Speaker 1: and three years training for them, so that at the
Speaker 1: end of their time they might serve before the King.
Speaker 1: Now from among the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Michael,
Speaker 1: and Azariah.
Speaker 2: To them the chief Unich gave names. He gave Daniel
Speaker 2: the name.
Speaker 1: Built Ti Jazar, and Hananiah Shaderaq, to Michel Mishak, and
Speaker 1: to Azariah Abennigo. But Daniel purposed in his heart that
Speaker 1: he would not defile himself with the portion of the
Speaker 1: king's delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank. Therefore
Speaker 1: he requested of the Chief of the eunuchs that he
Speaker 1: might not defile himself.
Speaker 2: Now, God, so he started. The last word started. But Daniel.
Speaker 1: Now God had brought Daniel into the favor in the
Speaker 1: goodwill of the Chief of the Eunuchs.
Speaker 2: Pause.
Speaker 1: Let's pause there. I want you to get this picture.
Speaker 1: You're thirteen and fourteen years old, and you know the
Speaker 1: scriptures it said in verse four that he was wise already.
Speaker 1: He had known the scriptures, he had the Torah, he
Speaker 1: had the prophets. He understood two things from the Old Testament.
Speaker 1: He understood that Isaiah had prophesied one hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: years ago. Well, it would have been at this point.
Speaker 1: It would have been about eighty something years ago. Eighty
Speaker 1: something years ago. Isaiah prophesies that there is coming a
Speaker 1: king named Cyrus, who is to deliver the people of Judea,
Speaker 1: which is Israel. Right at this moment, those that are
Speaker 1: were taken captive. He is a son of Judah, He's
Speaker 1: from the tribe of Judah. So himself being captured that
Speaker 1: he prophesied that Tires would come and free them at
Speaker 1: some point seventy years down.
Speaker 2: The road, because he also knew.
Speaker 1: About the prophet Jeremiah saying that their captivity would be
Speaker 1: for seventy years. Imagine you're that old, and you know
Speaker 1: you have a seventy year sentence saying in over your head, what.
Speaker 2: Do you do? Now?
Speaker 1: Do you forsake the Lord because you feel forsaken? Do
Speaker 1: what Daniel does, which he says that he purposed within
Speaker 1: himself verse eight again, but Daniel purposed in his heart
Speaker 1: that he would not defile himself with the portion of
Speaker 1: the king's delicacies.
Speaker 2: What do you do at that point in time? Right,
Speaker 2: It says.
Speaker 1: That the reason why in the Old Testament, the reason
Speaker 1: why they even went into captivity. It says that the
Speaker 1: remnant would not escape this captivity, that even they would
Speaker 1: be punished because they were drawn away by an.
Speaker 2: Evil king named Vanessa.
Speaker 1: Manessa even ended up sacrificing his own son and made
Speaker 1: him pass through the fire.
Speaker 2: It says he was wicked.
Speaker 1: He built astra poles inside of the courts of the
Speaker 1: Temple of Solomon, and they did heinous things, heinous acts.
Speaker 1: They built and erected all kinds of idols inside of
Speaker 1: the temple, and they desecrated the house of the Lord.
Speaker 1: So he said, not even my remnant would escape. Sounds
Speaker 1: sounds like they were in trouble, right, They were being
Speaker 1: put in a position where Daniel he's like, he's probably
Speaker 1: thinking in his head, He's like, I'm thirteen, fourteen years old,
Speaker 1: I'm filled with wisdom. I know the Gospel, right, I
Speaker 1: know the Torah, I know the prophets. And then all
Speaker 1: of the sudden, at once, He's like, Okay, this is
Speaker 1: that fulfillment of time. Now I got seven years to go.
Speaker 1: What do I do? Purposes that he will not defile himself. Now,
Speaker 1: I want you to look at this. This is where
Speaker 1: he begins as fast. Right in verse seventeen. Let's go
Speaker 1: to verse seventeen. As for these young men, God gave
Speaker 1: them knowledge and skill in literature and all wisdom, and
Speaker 1: Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. Now, at
Speaker 1: the end of the days, when the king had said
Speaker 1: that they should be brought in, the chief of the
Speaker 1: eunuchs brought them in before Nebuconezzer. Then the king interviewed them,
Speaker 1: and among them all, among them all, none was found
Speaker 1: like Daniel, Hannonaiah, Michel Azariah. Therefore they served before the king,
Speaker 1: and in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which
Speaker 1: the King examined them, he found them ten times better
Speaker 1: than all the magicians astrologers who were in all his realm.
Speaker 2: Thus Daniel continued until the first year of Cyrus.
Speaker 1: This is something that I found out, that means his
Speaker 1: fast began at the beginning of Nebukanezer and ended at
Speaker 1: the first year of King Cyrus. He fasted seventy years.
Speaker 1: That takes faithfulness. He chose faithfulness that resulted.
Speaker 2: In him in him leading.
Speaker 1: A life that said, I have the favor of God
Speaker 1: in my life, and therefore the king also recognizes the
Speaker 1: favor that he has on me, and so he has
Speaker 1: favor before the king. And it says that these men
Speaker 1: served the king continually in the word. In other translations,
Speaker 1: it says that they served before the king continually all
Speaker 1: the time. This is the same kingdom, mind you. That
Speaker 1: also the same kingdom that also made the law that
Speaker 1: said that not even the queen could stand before the
Speaker 1: king lest she be what killed for walking into his
Speaker 1: presence without being first called. That's the type of favor
Speaker 1: that God created.
Speaker 2: For these four men. That's favor outwardly.
Speaker 1: This king saw something amazing in these four young men,
Speaker 1: because he said that not only were they beautiful, they
Speaker 1: also saw wisdom in them, and that they had understanding
Speaker 1: and were quick to learn. There was something outwardly recognizable
Speaker 1: and different among all of the children who.
Speaker 2: They took captive.
Speaker 1: Because see, this king didn't just want the wealth of
Speaker 1: this nation Israel, nor the gold out of the temple,
Speaker 1: nor to destroy it, nor to make them serve him.
Speaker 2: He also wanted.
Speaker 1: The best of the best for himself, and he found
Speaker 1: that in the wisdom of God through these young men.
Speaker 1: He said, whatever you got, I need. And so he
Speaker 1: thinks he's calling them in because they're special. But guess what,
Speaker 1: God sent them there because it was his calling. In
Speaker 1: Seven Mountain Theology, we're taught that we understand that everything
Speaker 1: has a purpose, like there's the mountain of government, right
Speaker 1: in this case, Daniel was sent to the mountain of
Speaker 1: governance over Babylon that he would be the one who
Speaker 1: influences and oversees all the kings that were coming after
Speaker 1: nebukan Nezzer and Nebukanezzer all the way until King Cyrus.
Speaker 1: See the writer Josephis actually tells us what that that
Speaker 1: he believes that Daniel directly spoke with King Cyrus upon
Speaker 1: his arrival, when he spoke to him and told him.
Speaker 1: You have been prophesied over by Isaiah one hundred and
Speaker 1: fifty years ago that you would come and that you
Speaker 1: would free Jerusalem. Now is your opportunity to walk in
Speaker 1: the manner that the Lord has already carved out for you.
Speaker 1: It's your choice as a king to make the decision
Speaker 1: that you need to make. That is what the body
Speaker 1: of Jesus Christ should be doing continually before the leaders
Speaker 1: of the nations, that we should tell them right now
Speaker 1: there is a fullness of time that has come and
Speaker 1: you have a decision to make, whether it is good
Speaker 1: or evil.
Speaker 2: Choose for yourself. But God has declared it over your life.
Speaker 1: Where is the people of God in this time to
Speaker 1: be able to speak to the leaders of the nations.
Speaker 2: In the world. So he has to come station.
Speaker 1: And suddenly Ezra writes, another prophet, another leader of Israel writes,
Speaker 1: and he says, thus says King Cyrus, that he is
Speaker 1: going to rebuild the temple of God, and he is
Speaker 1: the only God, and he will make him his dwelling in.
Speaker 2: Not Babylon, Jerusalem.
Speaker 1: And so he hands them the papers, and then Ezra
Speaker 1: and Nehemiah go to build.
Speaker 2: Who stays behind.
Speaker 1: The one who had the call originally that he would
Speaker 1: be sent to a nation and to the mountain of government.
Speaker 1: Daniel stayed behind to make sure that he oversaw the
Speaker 1: kings of Babylon because they were still most likely I
Speaker 1: believe some people say he might have been too old
Speaker 1: to make the trek but I believe that that was
Speaker 1: his call, so he remains. And then in chapter ten
Speaker 1: he writes about the third year now of King Cyrus.
Speaker 1: So between the first year of King Cyrus and the
Speaker 1: third year of King Cyrus, I believe it says that
Speaker 1: he continued his fast, but then he stopped right, So
Speaker 1: he stops his fast for about two years. But in
Speaker 1: chapter ten he does something interesting. He reignites the fast.
Speaker 1: He starts it again, and then war breaks out in
Speaker 1: the heavens because he is behind the lines of another
Speaker 1: principality in Babylon.
Speaker 2: Now he needs.
Speaker 1: Gabriel to deliver the message. Gabriel shows up twenty one
Speaker 1: days later. He tells him, Oh, Daniel, you're so highly esteemed.
Speaker 1: He has favor before God. Remember this, you are highly esteemed.
Speaker 1: I heard you from day one, but the Prince of
Speaker 1: Persia withheld me for these days. And so then he said,
Speaker 1: so Michael came to wrestle with the Prince of Persia
Speaker 1: so that I could deliver to you the message. This
Speaker 1: man's prayer, through his unwavering faith and dedication to the Lord,
Speaker 1: he did not stop believing all the way until then
Speaker 1: he said, I'm gonna reignite the thing that I know
Speaker 1: that gets me all of these things answered, because his
Speaker 1: vision is disturbing me, and I need to pray and
Speaker 1: fast so that I know that I'm moving heaven and
Speaker 1: earth on this earth, right here, right now, on earth,
Speaker 1: as it is in heaven. So then he says, now, Daniel,
Speaker 1: I must leave you, because I'm going to go and
Speaker 1: take down what Prince of Persia, because the Prince of
Speaker 1: Greece must surely come. He set in motion, through his
Speaker 1: fasting and his praying the events that would eventually lead
Speaker 1: to Xerxes and all of the other kings that were
Speaker 1: coming after, including Alexander the Great, and then all of
Speaker 1: what needed to take place till the Roman Empire shows
Speaker 1: up on that place and thus brings what the time
Speaker 1: of what the four hundred years of silence, and then
Speaker 1: all of the sudden, the Spirit of Elijah proceeds in
Speaker 1: fore runs.
Speaker 2: The Messiah. There's a specific call.
Speaker 1: And a reason for every single person in the body
Speaker 1: of Jesus Christ, and you don't even yet know, like.
Speaker 2: This is just the iceberg.
Speaker 1: You're at the tip of the iceberg for your own life.
Speaker 1: You don't know the events that are going to lead
Speaker 1: up into the future or the million soul billion soul
Speaker 1: harvests that we need to have in our nation to
Speaker 1: bring about preparing the way of the Lord. Daniel gives
Speaker 1: us an early picture of the church and the position
Speaker 1: that it should be taking. Daniel gives us a great
Speaker 1: depiction of what we are to be like. Even to
Speaker 1: this day. You think Daniel's weapon is fasting. Some of
Speaker 1: you perceived that Daniel's weapon is abstaining from things right now.
Speaker 1: Some of you may think that Daniel's weapon may be prayer.
Speaker 1: But there's something else that God wants to give us,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna go into that. Outwardly, it looks like
Speaker 1: he has a life of consecration. Outwardly, it looks like
Speaker 1: he has a life of chastisement. Outwardly, it looks like
Speaker 1: he has a life of sacrifice.
Speaker 3: He just gave up all this bomb food, all these pastries,
Speaker 3: all this sugar, the best wine.
Speaker 2: And you know it was the best.
Speaker 1: Nebuknezzar was at the apex of Neo Babylonion.
Speaker 2: He was at the apex.
Speaker 1: This man would have You wouldn't have made it long
Speaker 1: or far had you brought bad food into the court,
Speaker 1: or bad wine or bad anything into that court, you
Speaker 1: wouldn't have made it far. Okay, So he gave up
Speaker 1: the best of the best for something better.
Speaker 2: And then the manner.
Speaker 1: Of which he did it is what God wants us
Speaker 1: to see, Okay, a life.
Speaker 2: Of rest.
Speaker 1: Through the Holy Spirit. We are actually able to walk
Speaker 1: in obedience to God. We're able to do the works
Speaker 1: of God through it. But what are the works of God?
Speaker 1: Jesus painted it to us like this, They said, what
Speaker 1: are the works of God?
Speaker 2: That we may work? The works of God? Right?
Speaker 1: He said, here's the work of God that you would
Speaker 1: believe in, the one whom he sent. How how do
Speaker 1: we go from working? But then it's just all about belief, right,
Speaker 1: But there's a manner that God is unlocking to us
Speaker 1: that he wants us to do that in that is beyond.
Speaker 2: What we're We're always about work. We're always about toil.
Speaker 1: We're always about moving and grooving, trying to get the
Speaker 1: next dollar. We're trying to get this, we're trying to
Speaker 1: get to that. We're trying to get the next item
Speaker 1: that we want on our checklist, you know, And that's
Speaker 1: you know what, that's that's in this world? We have needs, right,
Speaker 1: But there's a manner in which God is opening up
Speaker 1: to us that we should proceed moving forward in those
Speaker 1: areas of influence in life that he wants us to do.
Speaker 2: Okay, mm hmm.
Speaker 1: Daniel partners with the call of God in his life.
Speaker 1: This is what yields him the results that he gets. Okay,
Speaker 1: the results are of course powerful, as I've already expressed
Speaker 1: to you right that He's moving heaven and earth in
Speaker 1: order to make God's will come to pass in that
Speaker 1: nation and for the nation of Israel.
Speaker 2: Right m hm.
Speaker 1: He has an unwavering love of God. I pay attention
Speaker 1: to this. He has an unwavering love of God, and
Speaker 1: he desires to be intimate with the Father and be
Speaker 1: brought and be brought into God's rest that God promises
Speaker 1: to David, the writer of Hebrews, opens this up.
Speaker 2: And this is what God again is desiring that we
Speaker 2: should have today.
Speaker 1: Because Jesus said, come to me, all you who are
Speaker 1: what heavy laden, take my yoke upon you.
Speaker 2: Right, My burden is what light. Okay, let's go to
Speaker 2: verse eight and go from there.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna just give you the meat of this one.
Speaker 1: For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not
Speaker 1: afterwards have spoken of another day. There remains therefore a
Speaker 1: rest for the people of God. That's you and me
Speaker 1: in Jesus Christ. For he who has entered his rest
Speaker 1: has himself also ceased from his work, as God did
Speaker 1: from his.
Speaker 2: Let us therefore be diligent.
Speaker 1: This word diligent means spidazzo, meaning to labor. We're gonna labor, okay,
Speaker 1: We're laboring to enter into rest lest anyone fall according
Speaker 1: to the same example of what disobedience for the Word
Speaker 1: of God is living in powerful and sharper than any
Speaker 1: two edged sword, peers even to the division of the
Speaker 1: soul in the spirit and the joints in the marrow,
Speaker 1: and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of
Speaker 1: what the heart. And there is no creature hidden from
Speaker 1: his sight, but all things are naked and open to
Speaker 1: the eyes of Him, to whom we must give account
Speaker 1: if we are to work at all or endeavor for
Speaker 1: anything pertaining to holiness. In this season, it's going to
Speaker 1: be to labor to enter into his rest. God is
Speaker 1: bringing reformation to the church. God is bringing a new
Speaker 1: discovery in his word to us right now, right sacrifice.
Speaker 2: He did not ask for from the new bride.
Speaker 1: Why, because the fullness of the sacrifice has already been
Speaker 1: made in Jesus Christ.
Speaker 2: Therefore, what is there left to do? For our great
Speaker 2: high priest.
Speaker 1: Said that after he had made the sacrifice, that he
Speaker 1: walks in to what the throne, and he sits him
Speaker 1: down at the.
Speaker 2: Right hand of what the Father.
Speaker 1: In the scriptures, we are told that we are to
Speaker 1: what that we are actually what seated in heavenly places
Speaker 1: in Christ Jesus. That sounds great if I express that
Speaker 1: to you, But let me tell you something about that verse. See,
Speaker 1: priests would have to sacrifice morning and evening, and the
Speaker 1: fire could never go out once it was lit on
Speaker 1: the altar and in the temple or on the lampstand.
Speaker 1: It had to perpetually be fed all the time. But
Speaker 1: Jesus made sacrifice once and for all, and has sat
Speaker 1: down in the only seat available inside of the temple.
Speaker 2: It is the mercy seat.
Speaker 1: When you are seated in heavenly places, you're actually seated
Speaker 1: in heavenly places. In the place that John saw the
Speaker 1: same lamb that was slain, and Moses saw the vision
Speaker 1: of what the tabernacle would look like, he saw the
Speaker 1: same exact seats and said, oh wow.
Speaker 2: And John goes, oh wow.
Speaker 1: The Lamb of God, who was slain before the foundations
Speaker 1: of the earth, is now seated right here on this throne,
Speaker 1: and all the elders are bowing around him. And he
Speaker 1: says to us, the Holy Spirit expresses to us, you
Speaker 1: are seated in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus.
Speaker 2: And there's only one place where he sits.
Speaker 1: Therefore, it says in Hebrews, now we are able to
Speaker 1: come to the throne of Grace boldly. So we make
Speaker 1: our decrease from heaven, and we're seated in heavenly place.
Speaker 1: And that that is where Daniel was living from.
Speaker 2: Daniel's weapon was was rest in God. One thing David said,
Speaker 2: I have desired.
Speaker 1: One thing I've asked for that I would remain in
Speaker 1: the presence of my God forever.
Speaker 2: He knew this, and so.
Speaker 1: When Daniel goes into Babylon, one thing I asked for
Speaker 1: one thing I desire that I would be always in
Speaker 1: your presence. And the only key, the key to rest,
Speaker 1: and the only key that is found and the only
Speaker 1: door that is found for Daniel was to walk through
Speaker 1: the door of obedience. He didn't it says in the
Speaker 1: Word that sacrifices he didn't ask for, and obedience is
Speaker 1: greater than what sacrifice. He didn't ask Daniel to give
Speaker 1: those up. He asked them to just follow him, no
Speaker 1: matter where you go, no matter where you were going.
Speaker 2: Mm hmm.
Speaker 1: How do we know this? How can we make this argument?
Speaker 1: How can we make this argument? Zach It says in
Speaker 1: the Word, Paul tells us expressedly that we should make
Speaker 1: our bodies a living sacrifice wholly and pleasing to God.
Speaker 2: Did he not? So? Can two things be true in
Speaker 2: the Word of God?
Speaker 1: Certainly, even though they seemingly are opposites. I believe that yes,
Speaker 1: it can, because we know that Christ has fulfilled the
Speaker 1: perfect sacrifice already.
Speaker 2: Right, we no longer have to make sacrifices. Right, Okay?
Speaker 1: So can it also be true that we can make
Speaker 1: a sacrifice of praise to God, much like David did
Speaker 1: when he brings the Arc of the Covenant into Jerusalem
Speaker 1: and it rests inside the tabernacle of David. Yes, Yes,
Speaker 1: two things appear again to be opposite, but they are
Speaker 1: all equally. Yes, and amen, we get to also make
Speaker 1: sacrifices of praise. We get to we don't got to.
Speaker 1: It used to be, we got to. Now we get to. Okay,
Speaker 1: we don't do it from a place of needing to,
Speaker 1: but getting to. And we no longer sacrifice because we
Speaker 1: must out of a place of knowing that we are
Speaker 1: already accepted in the Beloved. We do not sacrifice in
Speaker 1: our fasting. We give it lovingly and wilfully because our
Speaker 1: deepest desire, much like Daniels, to be in His presence,
Speaker 1: continually seated in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus and resting
Speaker 1: in His embrace.
Speaker 2: That's what this fast is about.
Speaker 1: Some of you guys are getting that free right now
Speaker 1: if you feel that that's the Lord. God did not
Speaker 1: intend Romans chapter twelve, verse one and two to be
Speaker 1: used to only abstain from the works of the flesh,
Speaker 1: but to have understanding that God's will for you is
Speaker 1: beyond abstaining from food or drink or sin.
Speaker 2: Let's go to Colossians two.
Speaker 1: As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so
Speaker 1: walk in him. This gives a new depth of understanding
Speaker 1: to a pastor preached last week. Last week he preached
Speaker 1: on Isaiah thirty twenty one. It says your ears shall
Speaker 1: hear a word behind you saying this is the way
Speaker 1: walking it wherever you turn to the right hand, or
Speaker 1: whenever you turn to the left, that's Isaiah thirty twenty one.
Speaker 2: See you received Christ.
Speaker 1: God did not intend his word for us to be
Speaker 1: simply about abstaining, but to.
Speaker 2: Teach us a way to walk in Him. And through
Speaker 2: the power of.
Speaker 1: The Holy Ghost, we are given the ability to walk
Speaker 1: in obedience to God. Walk into the throne of Grace boldly,
Speaker 1: and take a seat in the embrace of Jesus Christ,
Speaker 1: and say, yes, my Lord, what shall we do to
Speaker 1: whom shall we speak to? What shall we decree from
Speaker 1: heaven on this earth? To make heaven tremble and shake,
Speaker 1: and to have principalities brought down and low and bow
Speaker 1: to the feet of Jesus Christ. Even what we prayed
Speaker 1: about this morning having to do with the inauguration, every
Speaker 1: single blay, blaspheming tongue will not prevail against the will
Speaker 1: of God. We speak from heavenly places to this earth.
Speaker 1: What else is there left for God to do? His
Speaker 1: only answer to obedience is for that His word be
Speaker 1: made manifest in your life. There is nothing left for
Speaker 1: it to do. Did you catch that the only response
Speaker 1: of God after you have completed obediences for that his
Speaker 1: will to be completed through His word in your life.
Speaker 2: Just like Daniel. That's why the lions couldn't even kill.
Speaker 1: Him, because his obedience was the key to be in
Speaker 1: heavenly places. An angel had to shut the mouth of
Speaker 1: the lions because God is not forsaking his word over
Speaker 1: Daniel's life.
Speaker 2: That's favor. Man observed the favor on his life.
Speaker 1: That is the picture of the new glorious church that
Speaker 1: we are to be today to God.
Speaker 2: He was esteemed of God. I tell you today that
Speaker 2: could be you. That is you.
Speaker 1: You're esteemed of the Lord in Christ. You have received Christ,
Speaker 1: so walk in him. You are esteemed of God. Even
Speaker 1: angels declared it, and I'm declaring to you to even
Speaker 1: right now that that's the case.
Speaker 2: Let's do a first closing you.
Speaker 1: Guys ready, because guess what, we're running out of time
Speaker 1: and I still got some more some more good stuff
Speaker 1: to share with you.
Speaker 2: Come on, we got some good stuff. Okay.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you further points to observe because God
Speaker 1: has always been the.
Speaker 2: Same and he will never change. Okay.
Speaker 1: First, Samuel fifteen twenty two through twenty three. So Samuel said,
Speaker 1: has the Lord great delight and burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Speaker 2: As in obeying the voice of the Lord.
Speaker 1: Be Hold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to
Speaker 1: heed than the fat of rams. For rebellions as the
Speaker 1: sin of witchcraft and stubbornness, as iniquity and idolatry. Because
Speaker 1: you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has
Speaker 1: also rejected you from being king.
Speaker 2: He's telling Saul, and observe here.
Speaker 1: Saul was told basically this, you have the fear of
Speaker 1: man which is holding you back, and God's breaking that.
Speaker 2: Off of you. Okay, that applies, all right.
Speaker 1: And rebellion is as the sin of witchft, rebellion to
Speaker 1: what what he had already told him to do, and
Speaker 1: that's being broken off your life. He even tries to
Speaker 1: manipulate God by trying to tell him I did this
Speaker 1: for you. He tries to use God as escapegoat for
Speaker 1: his disobedience. Sometimes we want something so bad that we
Speaker 1: try to twist God's arm. Even in what seemingly looks
Speaker 1: like sacrifice, sacrificing and fasting, God's breaking that off of
Speaker 1: you today.
Speaker 2: God's breaking that off.
Speaker 1: Today, Obedience is the key to rest. God doesn't want
Speaker 1: you burdening yourself with without you knowing that you are
Speaker 1: seated in heavenly places.
Speaker 2: First.
Speaker 1: Once we find that out, then fasting actually becomes a
Speaker 1: position of resting, not giving things up, not abstaining from
Speaker 1: certain things, understanding that obedience gets you there into the
Speaker 1: rest of God, and He has no other option but
Speaker 1: to bless you because he will not change, and he
Speaker 1: has not changed, and he will not back down on
Speaker 1: his own word. So when you choose to walk into
Speaker 1: the Holy of Holies, and that thing that you desire
Speaker 1: the most is that you be pleasing to Him and
Speaker 1: that you walk in Christ just like you received Him,
Speaker 1: and you just say, I'm gonna trust you, Lord. This
Speaker 1: is not what you want from my life. Perfect, that's
Speaker 1: what I won't do. This is what you do want
Speaker 1: me to walk like? Great, this is what it looks like.
Speaker 2: It's not about the don'ts, It's about the do.
Speaker 1: Daniel's weapon is what God wants to equip his church
Speaker 1: today with that you find rest, and the key to
Speaker 1: that door is obedience. Despite your circumstance, despite what things
Speaker 1: are from are are are are increasing in your life
Speaker 1: that may be negative, or that you are in a
Speaker 1: place or of work or influence that just seems to
Speaker 1: be overwhelming for you. You're not there to be changed
Speaker 1: by it. You're there to change it. If you have
Speaker 1: felt like you're continually sacrificing for your faith, God is
Speaker 1: talking to you. If you felt like you're being heavy
Speaker 1: this fast, God's talking to you. If you felt like
Speaker 1: you have done something to twist his arm. God's talking
Speaker 1: to you if you felt like religion was about abstaining
Speaker 1: from things rather than following the King of Kings and
Speaker 1: the Lord of Lords and receiving his sacrifice that He
Speaker 1: made for you to walk in purity, holiness, love, gentleness, kindness, meekness,
Speaker 1: self control.
Speaker 2: He's talking to you.
Speaker 1: The next days of fasting may feel tough for you,
Speaker 1: but I'm speaking to your spirit that it is being strengthened.
Speaker 1: Right now, let's stand up to receive more of God.
Speaker 1: I found out that when I'm asked to do something
Speaker 1: from the Lord, if I'm complaining about it, then the
Speaker 1: thing that I still do tends to feel heavy.
Speaker 2: It still tends to be a heavy yoke.
Speaker 1: I found out that when I do it joyfully, wilfully, lovingly.
Speaker 1: Then the Lord graces me with his presence in that
Speaker 1: thing that I'm doing, and suddenly it just feels slighter.
Speaker 1: It feels so much lighter. I no longer in burdening
Speaker 1: myself unnecessarily. I'm doing it. This thing that I'm doing,
Speaker 1: I'm doing it from a place of rest because I
Speaker 1: understand that He's there continually, and that he never left
Speaker 1: me an orphan, that he saw me through my darkest times,
Speaker 1: in my darkest hours. And if you hear the voice
Speaker 1: of God today, do not harden your hearts like they
Speaker 1: did in the rebellion.
Speaker 4: Because He's bringing you into something beautiful and amazing, and
Speaker 4: he's teaching you to walk again. He's bringing his beautiful
Speaker 4: bride past religion, unnecessary burdens, and he's bringing it into
Speaker 4: a place of glory. He's bringing his bride into a
Speaker 4: place of strength, honor, dignity. He's bringing his bride his church.
Speaker 1: He's bringing it to a place of real influence, through
Speaker 1: the door of obedience, into his rest forever. If you
Speaker 1: don't know what this rest feels like, if you don't
Speaker 1: yet know what I'm talking about, this joke, this thing
Speaker 1: that God wants to train you up in as his child,
Speaker 1: and you want to receive the Lord today, we in
Speaker 1: the congregation want to pray with you before I release
Speaker 1: the Destiny team to come up. I also want you
Speaker 1: to know if you will receive the Lord today to
Speaker 1: find out what this rest is about. If you've been
Speaker 1: living a life of religion, come up also. And if
Speaker 1: that means all of you walk up here, that's fine,
Speaker 1: I'm okay with that. The whole altar is open. But
Speaker 1: I want you to know this and receive it fully.
Speaker 1: Because God is breaking this off his church. You will
Speaker 1: walk into your seven mountains of influence. You will overcome
Speaker 1: the devil. Heaven will move on your behalf today.
Speaker 2: So Lord, I just give you thanks.
Speaker 1: God for all these souls. Father, we receive you afresh
Speaker 1: in the new revelation of your son and what he
Speaker 1: has actually paid for that we would walk as a
Speaker 1: people in your rest, God, not having to do.
Speaker 2: But living to be.
Speaker 1: Yours, perpetually, continually.
Speaker 2: Living for you. God Father. We just say, bless us.
Speaker 1: God with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in
Speaker 1: Christ Jesus, bless us, Lord, command your blessing on this
Speaker 1: house God, because we are a house who is united
Speaker 1: for one purpose.
Speaker 2: This one thing we have asked.
Speaker 4: For from you, O Lord, that we would be always
Speaker 4: before you.
Speaker 2: And be always in your presence. God. This one thing
Speaker 2: we need is to dwell in.
Speaker 1: Your courts forever and ever and ever and ever and ever. God,
Speaker 1: in Jesus' mighty name, we seal this up today. God,
Speaker 1: Thank you for your loving us.
Speaker 2: Amen. If you're receiving the Lord today, please come forward.
Speaker 1: We want to pray with you and make sure that
Speaker 1: you're walking free, that you're walking in rest today.
Speaker 2: Amen. Love you guys,