Speaker 1: We've gone through a lot of scriptures about this showing
Speaker 1: you and there's a lot more. So, not wanting to
Speaker 1: wear out your patients, you know, I've just I've highlighted
Speaker 1: a bunch and then if you have more questions, I
Speaker 1: would love it if you would seek me out more.
Speaker 1: And we also sell a book in the lobby called
Speaker 1: Victorious Eschatology, so that would be a good book for
Speaker 1: some of you to read. So here this we call
Speaker 1: this or the Lord called this right the Kingdom of Heaven.
Speaker 1: So it was also called the Kingdom of God. All right,
Speaker 1: so when we you know, when we think about the
Speaker 1: Kingdom of Heaven or the Kingdom of God, so this
Speaker 1: is also called the days of the New Creation, okay.
Speaker 1: And Peter said it's called a new Heaven and a
Speaker 1: new Earth. And we've talked a little bit. I don't
Speaker 1: have all day with you, but we've talked a little
Speaker 1: bit about why Peter called it a new heaven and
Speaker 1: a new Earth. And today I want to talk a
Speaker 1: little bit more about that because I'm what I'm trying
Speaker 1: to do a little bit is I'm trying to prove
Speaker 1: to you that we can be assured that this is
Speaker 1: the days of a new creation, new Heaven, and a
Speaker 1: new Earth, Kingdom of Heaven, Kingdom of God. We can
Speaker 1: be assured of that because of scripture and because of
Speaker 1: everything that took place with this resurrection and with him
Speaker 1: ascending to represent us at the right hand of the Father.
Speaker 1: So remember the passage in Hebrews. He ever lives to
Speaker 1: represent us, to be our intercessor, he ever lives to
Speaker 1: be our intercessor, he represents us before the Father. He
Speaker 1: represents And I want us to keep focused on that.
Speaker 1: You were a bunch of ugly heathens. I added the
Speaker 1: word ugly for emphasis, strong emphasis. But you okay, me too.
Speaker 1: We were all a bunch of gentile heathens. There are
Speaker 1: very few Hebrews in the room today. And so we
Speaker 1: were outside of the promises of God. We were outside
Speaker 1: of the covenant of God. And all of us came
Speaker 1: from reprobate nations of rebellion. So if you are Swedish
Speaker 1: or Norwegian, or English or Irish, or if you are
Speaker 1: from the Gauls, the Danes, if you are from you know,
Speaker 1: we could name any nation right any nation around the world.
Speaker 1: We all came from these reprobate heathen nations. And we
Speaker 1: didn't know God, and we weren't a part of Israel,
Speaker 1: and we weren't a part of what God was doing.
Speaker 1: But God was promising through Abraham. He made Abraham the
Speaker 1: air of the world, and he was promising through Abraham
Speaker 1: that he would bring every nation back together. And the
Speaker 1: beginning of that was the pouring out of the spirit.
Speaker 1: So like right here, right, So here's the cross. God
Speaker 1: didn't waste any time. Fifty days after Passover, he pours
Speaker 1: out his spirit and he does a reverse of Babel.
Speaker 1: A reverse of Babel happened fifty days after Passover, and
Speaker 1: there was somebody there from every nation. The Bible says,
Speaker 1: somebody was there from every nation, and he deposited the
Speaker 1: seed of the Gospel in them, and three thousand came
Speaker 1: to the Lord that day. Four thousand came to the
Speaker 1: Lord a few days later. Is it a little too loud?
Speaker 1: There's a little ring to it. I think it's just
Speaker 1: a hair too loud maybe, But they're what they're doing.
Speaker 1: They're honoring me and they're blessing me, so they know.
Speaker 1: I like it loud because that way I talk soft.
Speaker 1: If they turn it down, I start hollering. It's a
Speaker 1: subconscious just pray for me. I need healing. I receive
Speaker 1: it right now. So in fifty days later he does
Speaker 1: a reverse of Babel, and then thousands are coming to
Speaker 1: the Lord. Then his person acution rises. What happens. They
Speaker 1: are dispersed back to their nations, and so amazing things happen.
Speaker 1: And it wasn't the televangelist that were the superstars, you know,
Speaker 1: people from Day Star or TBN or people nothing like that.
Speaker 1: It wasn't the televangelist the superstars. It was the common
Speaker 1: ordinary believer. Like Philip goes to Samaria and begins to
Speaker 1: work signs and wonders because from this moment until the end,
Speaker 1: you have been ordained to work signs and wonders. Greater
Speaker 1: works will you do? Because he goes to the Father
Speaker 1: and he's sent the Holy Spirit. Greater works will you do?
Speaker 1: I'm just thinking today that it's bad for me to
Speaker 1: talk this way because because that's the end of the sermon.
Speaker 1: So I'm giving you a little view into the end
Speaker 1: of the sermon. But I was thinking today, you know,
Speaker 1: Bill Johnson testifies that when they first started going after
Speaker 1: this kind of thing at Bethel, that people started leaving
Speaker 1: the church in droves. And also part of what happened
Speaker 1: is is they begin to go after this thing, they
Speaker 1: had more lack of results than they had results. Randy
Speaker 1: Clark testifies from Global Awakening. Randy Clark testifies that more
Speaker 1: people got sick after he prayed than got sick when
Speaker 1: he prayed. You know, it's like they would get worse
Speaker 1: instead of better when he would pray for them because
Speaker 1: he began to believe that God would do miracles through him. Right,
Speaker 1: And so this is but part of what we're trying
Speaker 1: to say is that and part of what I'm trying
Speaker 1: to get at all the way through this is God
Speaker 1: has given us permission to press in. God has given
Speaker 1: us permission to taste of heaven. God has given us
Speaker 1: permission to bring Heaven to earth. This is God is
Speaker 1: God's in favor of this. We're not trying to talk
Speaker 1: God into something. God is trying to talk us into
Speaker 1: believing and then partnering with him to see this happen.
Speaker 1: Is that all right? So we're talking about, you know,
Speaker 1: some of the blessings of this kingdom and what are
Speaker 1: the you know, whether the hallmark blessings of this kingdom? Uh,
Speaker 1: And we have to realize that this kingdom is, this
Speaker 1: is this is huge, a huge thing, and we have
Speaker 1: to realize that this, this Kingdom of Heaven, Kingdom of God,
Speaker 1: it is not meant to be ethereal only. It's not
Speaker 1: it's not something in the sky in the sweet by
Speaker 1: and by, it's not something that we just taste of
Speaker 1: in our heart. But it has no practical application or
Speaker 1: no no relevance to everyday living. Now, that's unfortunately what religion,
Speaker 1: and I'm picking on religion just generically, can I do that.
Speaker 1: What religion has been telling us for hundreds, if not
Speaker 1: longer of years, is that the Kingdom of Heaven is
Speaker 1: a spiritual kingdom, spiritual only that we enter into the
Speaker 1: Kingdom of Heaven. And they've used various texts like Jesus
Speaker 1: at the Cross, he didn't fight, and so they were
Speaker 1: questioning him why he didn't fight, and he said, my
Speaker 1: kingdom is not of this world. If it were of
Speaker 1: this world, my disciples and I we'd put up a fight, right,
Speaker 1: But it's not this world. Because they were expecting the disciples,
Speaker 1: others were expecting the Messiah to be an earthly king,
Speaker 1: but an earthly king would have a lifespan an earthly
Speaker 1: king would have a period of rule, but then their
Speaker 1: rule could fade. So they didn't understand something about the Messiah.
Speaker 1: They didn't understand that his kingdom it wasn't of the earth.
Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean it wasn't going to influence the earth. Likewise,
Speaker 1: when we hear that this world is not our home,
Speaker 1: we've crafted these religious thoughts. Oh, if this world is
Speaker 1: not our home and we're just passing through, then we
Speaker 1: we're not really called to engage with the world. Now,
Speaker 1: that doesn't mean we don't engage with witnessing. You know,
Speaker 1: we engage by sharing our faith and leading other people
Speaker 1: to the Lord, so they too will not make this
Speaker 1: world their home. This is wrong thinking. This is wrong thinking.
Speaker 1: You are an heir of the earth. You actually are
Speaker 1: an heir of the earth. That God's giving He's not
Speaker 1: giving the earth to the devil. He's not giving the
Speaker 1: earth to the wicked. He's not giving the earth to
Speaker 1: the unrighteous. When this whole thing wraps up on the
Speaker 1: last Day, where's he coming back to Oh hm, he's
Speaker 1: coming back to the earth, and he's bringing all the
Speaker 1: saints with him. He's restoring the earth. This whole thing
Speaker 1: is about restoring the earth. This whole thing is about
Speaker 1: spreading Eden all over the earth. So when we have
Speaker 1: this religious I call it religious religious thinking that the
Speaker 1: earth is not important, the world is not important. We're
Speaker 1: missing something, we're missing that God has made you the
Speaker 1: error of the earth. Now, how has God made you
Speaker 1: the heir of the earth because you're a joint heir
Speaker 1: with Jesus. When the Bible says that Jesus is the
Speaker 1: heir of the promise made to Abraham. There's two promises
Speaker 1: made to Abraham. One is the promise of the spirit.
Speaker 1: The promise of the spirit was made to Abraham. Well,
Speaker 1: I don't think Jesus needed the promise of the spirit.
Speaker 1: Jesus had the spirit without measure. So that wouldn't be
Speaker 1: the promise he would be inheriting in his victory, or
Speaker 1: his manhood, his humanity, in his righteousness, in his victory
Speaker 1: over the enemy. That wouldn't be. That wouldn't be the
Speaker 1: thing he's receiving. What he's receiving is the earth. The
Speaker 1: promise in Romans four thirteen. Let's say, if we have
Speaker 1: it Romans for thirteen. Romans for thirteen tells us that
Speaker 1: Abraham was promised the earth or the world. This is
Speaker 1: what he was promised. So it was not through the
Speaker 1: law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that
Speaker 1: he would be the heir of the world. So he
Speaker 1: was promised two things. He was promised the spirit, but
Speaker 1: he was also promised the world. But it was through
Speaker 1: the righteousness that comes by faith. Now the Bible tells us,
Speaker 1: let's go to Galicians three twenty nine. Galatians three twenty nine.
Speaker 1: If we haven't. If you belong to Christ, then you
Speaker 1: are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise. Then
Speaker 1: let's go to Romans eight seventeen. If we have it now,
Speaker 1: if we are children, then we are heirs, heirs of
Speaker 1: God and co heirs with Christ. If indeed we share
Speaker 1: in his sufferings in order that we may also share
Speaker 1: in his glory. Now the suffering there, we talked about
Speaker 1: that a few weeks ago. It's the suffering of presenting
Speaker 1: ourselves as dead to the sinful nature into who we
Speaker 1: used to be and are entering into identification with him.
Speaker 1: But look at this, we have become heirs of the world.
Speaker 1: We've become heirs with Abraham of the world. So we
Speaker 1: do care about the world. And though the kingdom is
Speaker 1: entered into spiritually, the impact of the Kingdom is tangible.
Speaker 1: It's a tangible impact, and we influence the world in
Speaker 1: a tangible way, receiving leadership, receiving direction, receiving insight, receiving
Speaker 1: wisdom from above, receiving revelation from above. So we become
Speaker 1: those who are now edonizing the world. We become those
Speaker 1: who are expressing the government of God, the wisdom of God,
Speaker 1: the power of God, the glory of God, all of
Speaker 1: this in the world, everywhere we go, so that the
Speaker 1: world is edonized, so that the prayer Jesus told us
Speaker 1: to pray, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on
Speaker 1: earth as it is in heaven. So the victim that
Speaker 1: Jesus wrought for us, the victory that actually exalted him
Speaker 1: to the heavenly place, that victory now is resounding in him,
Speaker 1: the last atom in the heavens. But He's ordained that
Speaker 1: it resounds in us and through us, because that's the
Speaker 1: way everything started. In the beginning, Eden was a replica
Speaker 1: of Heaven, including the Mountain of the Lord, including the gold,
Speaker 1: including the precious stones, including the fire, include every aspect.
Speaker 1: Eden was an expression of heaven on earth, and God
Speaker 1: is rebuilding that in this season. This is what God's
Speaker 1: in the mood to do. God is already in the
Speaker 1: mood to do this right now. You don't have to
Speaker 1: talk him into it. You don't have to wake up
Speaker 1: and say, oh, Father, just make today like heaven. He's
Speaker 1: waking you up, right, And when you wake up, he
Speaker 1: was watching. He's watching right, And then you open your eyes. Wow.
Speaker 1: And then he's like hoping that, hoping that you will
Speaker 1: lean in and partner with him right to bring heaven
Speaker 1: to earth. So we talked a little bit about some
Speaker 1: of these blessings. I want to I want to dive
Speaker 1: into some of those because I gave you a list
Speaker 1: of some of these blessings that are like, these are
Speaker 1: like the hallmark of these are the hallmark of heaven
Speaker 1: on earth. He's made us friends, right, He's made his friends,
Speaker 1: so friends know what the Father's up to. He's delivered
Speaker 1: us out of darkness. Come on, say that one with me.
Speaker 1: He's delivered us out of darkness. He has made us
Speaker 1: to be a new creation. We actually are a We
Speaker 1: actually are a new creation. So that fits the new
Speaker 1: creation period because he's actually made us to be a
Speaker 1: new creation. Right, do you believe that he's bestowed upon
Speaker 1: us the glory of the Godhead. We read out of
Speaker 1: John seventeen. He's bestowed upon us the glory of the Godhead.
Speaker 1: Is that amazing and with unveiled face, with unveiled face
Speaker 1: Tewo Corinthians three and four. He says that the glory
Speaker 1: of the New Creation is beyond the glory of Moses,
Speaker 1: so much so that the glory of Moses appears to
Speaker 1: be dead, like that glory is so different. The glory
Speaker 1: of the New Creation is so much more vastly glorious.
Speaker 1: He actually said that these this this was actually these
Speaker 1: were letters of death or tablets of death, because what
Speaker 1: they did is the identified how dead you are. They
Speaker 1: identified how corrupt you are. They identified how corrupt all
Speaker 1: the gentiles were. But these are letters of life, and
Speaker 1: he writes the letters of life on our heart. So
Speaker 1: this only brought the understanding that we were corrupt. This
Speaker 1: brings the understanding that we've been recreated in the righteousness,
Speaker 1: into glory, into life. So that's why our faces can
Speaker 1: shine with glory, because He's redeemed us and delivered us
Speaker 1: out of our Gentile Heathen nations. Blessing number five was
Speaker 1: He's anointed us with the oil of Joy. And there
Speaker 1: was a lot of stuff in that passage that I
Speaker 1: read you about the oil of joy, and that was
Speaker 1: out of Isaiah. Number six. He's conquered the power of
Speaker 1: death for us, because Satan held the power of death
Speaker 1: ever since Adam's fall until the resurrection. Satan held the
Speaker 1: power of death, and he held the righteous and the
Speaker 1: wicked in hell in Hades in sheie Old number seven.
Speaker 1: He's delivered this out of Sheieol. So we're delivered out
Speaker 1: of Siel. That one kind of goes with that. Out
Speaker 1: of Sheiel she All. Okay, that's the bowels of the earth.
Speaker 1: That's the that's Hades, death held the grave. Number eight,
Speaker 1: he's conquered the curse. How many of you that sounds
Speaker 1: like something? Had he ever conquered the curse before? This
Speaker 1: is interesting. He's conquered the curse for us Colossians chapter two,
Speaker 1: And he did this for gentiles Colossians chapter two. Conquered
Speaker 1: the curse. When you were dead in your sins and
Speaker 1: the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you Colossians heathens,
Speaker 1: ugly heathens alive with Christ. He forgave us all of
Speaker 1: our sins, having can the charge of our legal indebtedness,
Speaker 1: which stood against us and condemned us. He's taken it
Speaker 1: out of the way, nailing it to the cross, and
Speaker 1: having disarmed powers and authorities. Remember I've been talking to
Speaker 1: you about how every gentile nation was under principalities, powers,
Speaker 1: rulers of darkness. These God had given these lesser gods,
Speaker 1: these Elohim. He had given them authority over the nations
Speaker 1: because of the rebellion of the people. Honoring the rebellion
Speaker 1: of the people, he kept Jacob only for himself Deuteronomy
Speaker 1: four nineteen Deuteronomy thirty two, eight and nine. He kept
Speaker 1: Jacob only for himself, Israel, I have kept for myself.
Speaker 1: Now he's saying that God disarmed these powers and authorities.
Speaker 1: We don't need to tremble at them. You don't need
Speaker 1: to tremble at powers, principalities, authorities, rulers of darkness. God
Speaker 1: has put all of them under our feet. Having disarmed
Speaker 1: the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them,
Speaker 1: triumphing over them by the cross. This was him overcoming
Speaker 1: the curse on our behalf overcoming, you're still hear the curse.
Speaker 1: And of course Galatians three point thirteen. Christ redeemed us
Speaker 1: from the curse of the law having become a curse
Speaker 1: for us Blessing number nine. He created a new race
Speaker 1: of people who were born in the spirit and who
Speaker 1: reign on the earth over these former principalities and powers.
Speaker 1: So he's actually not only delivered us from them, but
Speaker 1: he's actually empowered us to reign over them. Now, if
Speaker 1: you're just eating food and going through live checking in
Speaker 1: to McDonald's, don't go there. Oh boy, I went yesterday
Speaker 1: so bad if you're just checking in, if you're just
Speaker 1: running around and do it. I had all the grandkids.
Speaker 1: We went to the monster trucks just so bad. I
Speaker 1: think they've ruined McDonald's. But anyway, as if it needed
Speaker 1: ruin more. Mister Kroc, if you're watching, God bless you
Speaker 1: forgive me forgiving think about this though. It's not just
Speaker 1: that we've been delivered from their power, which was a
Speaker 1: blinding power, which was a bondage power of captivity power,
Speaker 1: but we've also been empowered to rule over them. If
Speaker 1: we aren't ruling over them, if we're just going through
Speaker 1: life punching the clock and we're not ruling over them.
Speaker 1: That means actually, you've now been ordained to be the
Speaker 1: bass of demon's spirits. That's why when Jesus showed up
Speaker 1: at the shore of the you know, the gatherin's there,
Speaker 1: and you know he show he shows up, the demons
Speaker 1: are already talking to him from the shore. You know,
Speaker 1: please don't judge us before our time. What have we
Speaker 1: to do with you? Jesus? Are you going to what
Speaker 1: are you going to have? Mercy? Honesus Jesus. Now you
Speaker 1: can't always hear the spirit realm talking, but I want
Speaker 1: to encourage you that as you rise up in who
Speaker 1: you really are and who you've been made to be,
Speaker 1: this is what begins to happen, is that that your
Speaker 1: lordship over them. You've been made a lord, You've been
Speaker 1: enabled to reign. Romans five seventeen says, because of this
Speaker 1: abundance of grace that we've received, we reign in life. Well,
Speaker 1: I don't need to rain over the things I already
Speaker 1: have rain over. I don't need to rain over my
Speaker 1: plate or my fork. Well maybe I do. I don't
Speaker 1: need to rain over my TV clicker. I've been made
Speaker 1: to rain over these that used to rain over me,
Speaker 1: and that rained over darkness, and so we now reign
Speaker 1: over them. Everybody say rain. So this, this goes on.
Speaker 1: There's more and more and more of this. But what
Speaker 1: I want you to see, especially today, what I want
Speaker 1: you to see is that you have so much to
Speaker 1: do with this. Chelsea. Could you pull up Joshua one
Speaker 1: six through eight just for fun? Could you add that in?
Speaker 1: You and I have so much to do with this.
Speaker 1: Let me read Ephesian chapter one. See what's going on
Speaker 1: is that, for one thing, we've been influenced greatly by
Speaker 1: Calvin and Augustine, and they've told us that if God
Speaker 1: is in a good mood, then God will do if
Speaker 1: God will do what he's in a mood to do,
Speaker 1: and if he's not in a mood to do it,
Speaker 1: then we have to labor to talk him into that mood.
Speaker 1: But what I'm trying to show you is that God
Speaker 1: was already in a good mood, and God ordained for
Speaker 1: an increasing kingdom of glory and light and illumination. And
Speaker 1: what happens is because we come under these religious thoughts
Speaker 1: or doctrines of demons, or these influences we're waiting on
Speaker 1: God when God's waiting on us. We're waiting on God
Speaker 1: for more healing, or more of a touch, or more
Speaker 1: an anointing, or more revival or more harvest. We're waiting
Speaker 1: on God when God wants us to partner with Him
Speaker 1: with the fullness of faith. Ephesians one eighteen. Listen to
Speaker 1: this one. I pray that the this is Paul writing
Speaker 1: to the church at Ephesus formerly homely Heathens. I pray
Speaker 1: that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so
Speaker 1: that you will know what is the hope of his calling. Oh,
Speaker 1: he's called you, Ephesians. He has called you. What are
Speaker 1: the riches of his glory, the glory of his inheritance
Speaker 1: in the saints? And what is the surpassing greatness of
Speaker 1: his power toward us who believe these? All three of
Speaker 1: these that he's just mentioned are in accordance with the
Speaker 1: working of the strength of his mind, which he brought
Speaker 1: about in Christ when he raised him from the dead
Speaker 1: and seated him at the right hand is right hand
Speaker 1: in heavenly places, far above all rule, authority, power, and dominion,
Speaker 1: and every name that is named, not only in this age,
Speaker 1: but also in the one to come, and he put
Speaker 1: all things Now this age he's writing right here. He
Speaker 1: wrote this right here, and he's looking into the one
Speaker 1: to come, far above all rule, power, dominion, every name
Speaker 1: that is named, not only in this age, but also
Speaker 1: in the one to come. And he put all things
Speaker 1: in subjection under his feet and gave him as head
Speaker 1: over all things to the Church, which is his body.
Speaker 1: So Father put all things in subjection under Jesus gave
Speaker 1: him as head over us the Church. We are his body,
Speaker 1: the fullness of him, the what the fullness of him.
Speaker 1: That's what it says. Did we have it up there?
Speaker 1: I don't know if we had it up there. I want
Speaker 1: you to see it. The fullness of him head over
Speaker 1: all things to the Church, which is his body, the
Speaker 1: fullness of him who fills, He fills all in all,
Speaker 1: He fills us. And we are the fullness of him.
Speaker 1: Think about that, because we're constantly asking to be filled,
Speaker 1: and we're constantly wishing we could be the fullness. But
Speaker 1: he's already declared, in a good mood toward us that
Speaker 1: we are the fullness. And then he's already showered on
Speaker 1: us the fullness. He's showering on us the fullness. So
Speaker 1: the problem can't be a God problem that we don't
Speaker 1: have the fullness. The problem has to be an us problem.
Speaker 1: The problem has to be an intimacy problem, a fellowship problem,
Speaker 1: a distraction problem, a unity problem, a faith problem. And
Speaker 1: this is part of one of the things I want
Speaker 1: you to see is that one doctrine is well, if
Speaker 1: God wanted more to show up, he would be doing it,
Speaker 1: and since he's not doing it, he must not want it.
Speaker 1: But another one is well, that's out here in the millennium.
Speaker 1: When we get out here, then we'll have the fullness.
Speaker 1: But these aren't right doctrines. The full the fullness started
Speaker 1: right here in these new days of the new creation.
Speaker 1: And this is what he longs for. He longs for
Speaker 1: us to stir up. He longs for us to awaken.
Speaker 1: He longs for us to partner with him in the
Speaker 1: fullness that stands morning. Pastor Todd was here over the
Speaker 1: weekend and he was telling them about their experience a
Speaker 1: little bit. Some of you were here, some of you weren't.
Speaker 1: I want to linger on that for a minute. They're
Speaker 1: in Dawson, Georgia, Dawson Dawson, Dawsonville is it Dawsonville, Georgia,
Speaker 1: sixty miles north of Atlanta, suburb out here, little town
Speaker 1: of thirty five hundred people. Eight and a half years
Speaker 1: he served at his church, like serving in a wilderness, right,
Speaker 1: so they'd ask him to come and be the pastor.
Speaker 1: And I think they had pastoral failure or something happened there,
Speaker 1: and so they asked him to come be the pastor.
Speaker 1: And after eight and a half years he was ready
Speaker 1: to resign. He was done, just a typical eight and
Speaker 1: a half years of a church wilderness. And but instead
Speaker 1: of resigning, they were moved upon by a word that
Speaker 1: they should pray. So they begin to see God instead,
Speaker 1: and they began to really rally, you know, in seeking God.
Speaker 1: And they went into a twenty twenty one days of fasting.
Speaker 1: Then the Lord showed him in through this that if
Speaker 1: he could gather one hundred and fifty people to begin
Speaker 1: to pray, that God would begin to like there would
Speaker 1: be critical mass. There's actually principles Newton's law physics. They
Speaker 1: actually describe principles that work not only in the natural realm,
Speaker 1: but they work in the spirit realm as well. Critical
Speaker 1: mass is a real thing with a congregation of people
Speaker 1: a body, even in a community. Critical mass is a
Speaker 1: real thing. And so he said that they saw the
Speaker 1: church begin to change as they got fifty people together
Speaker 1: who would pray every week and begin to do warfare
Speaker 1: and begin to believe and begin to go after things
Speaker 1: in God and begin to toss out maybe God doesn't
Speaker 1: want to do it, Maybe this isn't God's season, maybe
Speaker 1: this isn't a time for revival. They began to toss
Speaker 1: out these religious doctrines that had harmed them and just
Speaker 1: began to obey God. Just we're going to run after God.
Speaker 1: When they got to fifty, the church changed. Everything began
Speaker 1: to shift, and they begin to see some signs and
Speaker 1: wonders and miracles, and they begin to get some critical mass.
Speaker 1: They kept going. When they got to seventy five, it
Speaker 1: shifted more. When they got to one hundred, they started
Speaker 1: seeing cancer conquered and delivered people like. Things started shifting
Speaker 1: in a greater way. And this kingdom that's we think
Speaker 1: of it as just heavenly and ethereal, it began to
Speaker 1: manifest in the natural realm in very powerful ways. When
Speaker 1: they got to one hundred and fifty, then these very
Speaker 1: hard cases started appearing. People started coming right. But God
Speaker 1: was meeting the need. Dementia, paralysis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's, all
Speaker 1: these diseases started getting conquered and amazing things started happening
Speaker 1: as they hid one hundred and fifty who would pray.
Speaker 1: And it just speaks, It speaks to so much of
Speaker 1: what Matthew said. Matthew talked about the Kingdom of Heaven
Speaker 1: thirty two times he talks about it, but one of
Speaker 1: our favorite here is Matthew sixteen nineteen. I'm going to
Speaker 1: give you the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. This
Speaker 1: is what he said. Jesus said, I'm giving you the
Speaker 1: keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. And if you will
Speaker 1: bind what he's bound, then it shall be bound. And
Speaker 1: if you will loose what he has loosed, it shall
Speaker 1: be loosed. Huge implications, right, Huge implications, meaning if we
Speaker 1: aren't partnering with him in the binding and the loosing,
Speaker 1: even though he's won a victory for us, he's requiring
Speaker 1: our faith the partner with him so that the victory
Speaker 1: comes into our realm, so that we begin to taste
Speaker 1: of it and we begin to see it, and it
Speaker 1: begins to manifest And I was just thinking of Joshua
Speaker 1: this morning, and I'll close with this, Joshua one, were
Speaker 1: you able to get there? Joshua one and courageous? This
Speaker 1: is the Lord's word over you today, ordinary believer, you
Speaker 1: are like Philip. You don't need a tb in certification.
Speaker 1: You have a powerful anointing. You don't need a day
Speaker 1: star television show. You are the superstars of the Kingdom
Speaker 1: of God. You are the Phillips. And everywhere you go
Speaker 1: you carry the glory of the Kingdom. We carry the
Speaker 1: glory and the power of the Kingdom. And so as
Speaker 1: it was with Joshua, so it is with us. God's
Speaker 1: already predetermined. This is an increase of kingdom, and the
Speaker 1: Kingdom of Heaven is going to invade the earth with
Speaker 1: some generation and with some person. But he's saying over
Speaker 1: you like a Joshua today, He's saying, over you, be
Speaker 1: strong and courageous. Only say what I've told you to say.
Speaker 1: Only do what I've told you to do. Don't let
Speaker 1: another word in your mind, don't let another word in
Speaker 1: your mouth, because then you will make your way prosperous.
Speaker 1: How can I make my way prosperous and successful. Who
Speaker 1: am I like? I'm somebody special? I can make my
Speaker 1: way prosperous and successful because God already pre determined. It's
Speaker 1: promised land season. God pre determined that over Joshua. So
Speaker 1: he says, you will make your way prosper and successful,
Speaker 1: because I've already determined you're going in. So agree with me,
Speaker 1: Agree with me, Agree with me. Don't let another thought
Speaker 1: in your mind, don't let another word in your mouth,
Speaker 1: but only agree with me. Be strong and courage us,
Speaker 1: and then you will go in. And then, and do
Speaker 1: not turn what the enemy's trying to get us to do.
Speaker 1: He's trying to get the church do. He's trying to
Speaker 1: get you to do. He's trying to get this generation.
Speaker 1: Look at that report, look at this report. Turn away,
Speaker 1: don't turn away from what God's already determined and anointed
Speaker 1: you with and enabled you to be, and poured out
Speaker 1: upon you in this new season. And then you will
Speaker 1: make your way prosperous and successful. Amen. Come on, let's
Speaker 1: give him a thank offering this morning. Holy Spirit, You're
Speaker 1: so good. You're so good. We bless you, we receive
Speaker 1: of you, we revel in you, We we are encouraged
Speaker 1: in you. Come on, do this with me, Father. I
Speaker 1: agree right now to shed the doubt and the unbelief,
Speaker 1: the shed the religious influence that has limited my faith,
Speaker 1: that's kept me from going in, that's turned me to
Speaker 1: the left or the right, that's argued against the miraculous
Speaker 1: and argued against your increasing kingdom in the earth. I
Speaker 1: turn away from it, and I am bracefully who you've
Speaker 1: made me to be in Jesus' name. And everybody said, hey, man,
Speaker 1: God bless your church. Let's worship as we go. Let's
Speaker 1: worship as we go.