WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: Ascension Publishing Date: 2016-05-01T06:00:44-07:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/ascension/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.920 making you go up and down 00:00:02.920 --> 00:00:08.280 check check check 00:00:08.280 --> 00:00:13.100 okay guys we're going to talk about ascension because uh... ascension happens 00:00:13.100 --> 00:00:15.060 forty days from Passover 00:00:15.060 --> 00:00:17.880 and if you were to follow the christian calendar 00:00:17.880 --> 00:00:20.760 it would fall on Thursday 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:24.600 and then fifty days after that you've got Pentecost 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:27.400 so we'll talk about that perhaps next week but 00:00:27.400 --> 00:00:29.660 if you want to follow the christian calendar 00:00:29.700 --> 00:00:33.180 ascension would fall on Thursday 00:00:33.180 --> 00:00:34.700 let's look at 00:00:34.700 --> 00:00:37.020 I mean it's a topic that's not talked about eh? 00:00:37.020 --> 00:00:39.700 we go from good friday to resurrection 00:00:39.700 --> 00:00:42.540 but very rarely do we spend any time looking at 00:00:42.540 --> 00:00:44.540 ascension 00:00:44.540 --> 00:00:46.280 and so uh... if you look at 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:48.700 luke 2451 00:00:48.700 --> 00:00:50.460 and acts 1 9 00:00:50.460 --> 00:00:52.560 luke 2451 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:54.300 and acts 1 9 00:00:54.300 --> 00:00:55.620 if you combine them 00:00:55.620 --> 00:00:58.740 here's what it would look like 00:00:58.780 --> 00:01:00.300 and he let them out 00:01:00.300 --> 00:01:01.740 as far as Bethany 00:01:01.740 --> 00:01:02.900 this is Jesus 00:01:02.900 --> 00:01:06.200 so Jesus let them out as far as Bethany 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:09.740 and he lifted up his hands and he blessed them 00:01:09.740 --> 00:01:11.960 now when he had spoken these things 00:01:11.960 --> 00:01:14.240 while they watched 00:01:14.240 --> 00:01:18.060 he was taken up and a cloud received him out of their sight 00:01:18.060 --> 00:01:20.100 if you combine luke 2451 00:01:20.100 --> 00:01:22.540 and acts 1 9 this is kind of how it would read 00:01:22.540 --> 00:01:23.940 and he let them out 00:01:23.940 --> 00:01:25.620 as far as Bethany 00:01:25.620 --> 00:01:27.220 and he lifted up his hands 00:01:27.260 --> 00:01:28.860 and blessed them 00:01:28.860 --> 00:01:32.780 and now when he had spoken these things while they his disciples watched 00:01:32.780 --> 00:01:33.820 he was taken up 00:01:33.820 --> 00:01:37.040 and a cloud received him out of their sight 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:38.340 crucifixion 00:01:38.340 --> 00:01:40.580 brings you out of death and bondage 00:01:40.580 --> 00:01:42.220 crucifixion brings you 00:01:42.220 --> 00:01:45.700 out of death and bondage 00:01:45.700 --> 00:01:47.560 crucifixion brings you 00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:53.860 out of death and bondage 00:01:53.860 --> 00:01:55.900 resurrection 00:01:55.900 --> 00:01:58.060 gives you 00:01:58.060 --> 00:02:00.580 new life 00:02:00.580 --> 00:02:03.380 new name 00:02:03.380 --> 00:02:07.380 new family 00:02:07.380 --> 00:02:10.420 you have the life of Christ you are called a 00:02:10.420 --> 00:02:12.180 Christian 00:02:12.180 --> 00:02:14.740 and you have a new family called 00:02:14.740 --> 00:02:17.140 people of God 00:02:17.140 --> 00:02:18.340 crucifixion 00:02:18.340 --> 00:02:20.500 breaks you out of death and bondage 00:02:20.500 --> 00:02:21.460 and sin 00:02:21.460 --> 00:02:23.460 resurrection gives you new life 00:02:23.460 --> 00:02:25.140 that's why when Christ rose 00:02:25.180 --> 00:02:27.020 you rise you are given new life 00:02:27.020 --> 00:02:29.460 and then that's where we normally stop 00:02:29.460 --> 00:02:31.660 but then there is ascension 00:02:31.660 --> 00:02:36.260 ascension locates you 00:02:36.260 --> 00:02:39.820 in a new home 00:02:39.820 --> 00:02:42.740 with the father 00:02:42.740 --> 00:02:44.300 we'll talk about that more 00:02:44.300 --> 00:02:46.700 but ascension locates you in the new home 00:02:46.700 --> 00:02:49.820 ascension locates you in the new home 00:02:49.820 --> 00:02:53.700 are there parallels in the scripture if you look at the book of exodus 00:02:53.740 --> 00:02:57.460 I mean the whole book of exodus is first 00:02:57.460 --> 00:03:01.180 deliverance from bondage in exodus what's the first thing that happens 00:03:01.180 --> 00:03:03.500 they have this passover 00:03:03.500 --> 00:03:05.900 and after passover they all leave Egypt 00:03:05.900 --> 00:03:07.780 Egypt is always connected 00:03:07.780 --> 00:03:09.460 to bondage 00:03:09.460 --> 00:03:10.580 and death 00:03:10.580 --> 00:03:12.220 they leave Egypt 00:03:12.220 --> 00:03:13.620 so that's the first part 00:03:13.620 --> 00:03:16.620 then you come to the second part of the journey which is 00:03:16.620 --> 00:03:20.860 going through the Red Sea to Mount Sinai to meet God 00:03:20.900 --> 00:03:23.700 going through the Red Sea to Mount Sinai to meet God 00:03:23.700 --> 00:03:26.580 and that is where a slave people 00:03:26.580 --> 00:03:29.180 begin to receive a new name 00:03:29.180 --> 00:03:31.420 they are not a slave people anymore 00:03:31.420 --> 00:03:32.740 they are back to being 00:03:32.740 --> 00:03:35.300 sons of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob 00:03:35.300 --> 00:03:38.020 they get a new idea of God 00:03:38.020 --> 00:03:41.500 El Shaddai now becomes Yahweh 00:03:41.500 --> 00:03:44.020 and they are now a new family 00:03:44.020 --> 00:03:46.340 a nation drawn out of Egypt 00:03:46.340 --> 00:03:49.940 to show the rest of the world what God is like 00:03:49.940 --> 00:03:51.260 but even that 00:03:51.260 --> 00:03:53.660 isn't the complete picture 00:03:53.660 --> 00:03:55.820 you have to take it to the third stage 00:03:55.820 --> 00:03:58.420 which is like ascension, it's a parallel 00:03:58.420 --> 00:04:01.180 where they arrive at a land called Canaan 00:04:01.180 --> 00:04:04.260 which is the promised land 00:04:04.260 --> 00:04:06.100 their journey is not complete 00:04:06.100 --> 00:04:10.020 if they go through the Red Sea and go to Mount Sinai and then say 00:04:10.020 --> 00:04:12.020 great lovely mountain let's retire here 00:04:12.020 --> 00:04:14.820 no there was a promised land that they were supposed to go to 00:04:14.820 --> 00:04:15.700 ascension 00:04:15.700 --> 00:04:16.780 is location 00:04:16.780 --> 00:04:21.100 in a home that is yours from the beginning 00:04:21.100 --> 00:04:23.340 Exodus shows us that 00:04:23.340 --> 00:04:25.460 and that is where they were supposed to go 00:04:25.460 --> 00:04:28.980 however they delayed it forty years by unbelief 00:04:28.980 --> 00:04:31.500 they could have gotten there in fifteen days 00:04:31.500 --> 00:04:32.860 they took forty years 00:04:32.860 --> 00:04:35.180 it's very possible for us to study this 00:04:35.180 --> 00:04:36.660 and have the same attitude 00:04:36.660 --> 00:04:40.700 yeah all this is good, it's nice theology but 00:04:40.700 --> 00:04:43.700 delayed by forty years, why? because some of us may live another forty years before we get there 00:04:47.060 --> 00:04:49.220 but what if we took this 00:04:49.220 --> 00:04:51.300 as reality today 00:04:51.300 --> 00:04:55.940 I mean imagine me being like an orphan boy 00:04:55.940 --> 00:04:58.060 in India 00:04:58.060 --> 00:04:58.860 dying 00:04:58.860 --> 00:05:00.820 and along come Anne and Elmer 00:05:00.820 --> 00:05:02.660 who are visiting India 00:05:02.660 --> 00:05:04.260 and so the first thing they do 00:05:04.260 --> 00:05:08.500 is they want this Jacob as their son 00:05:08.500 --> 00:05:11.220 and so they decide that they want to 00:05:11.220 --> 00:05:12.340 pay whoever is 00:05:12.340 --> 00:05:13.220 in charge 00:05:13.220 --> 00:05:14.260 to adopt him 00:05:14.260 --> 00:05:15.700 but it's a hefty payment 00:05:15.740 --> 00:05:17.820 so they mortgage their home 00:05:17.820 --> 00:05:21.700 they go to Shantel and her husband David and they say can we mortgage your home too? 00:05:21.700 --> 00:05:22.740 and David says yes 00:05:22.740 --> 00:05:27.060 and they sell both their homes, collect a huge amount of money and pay to the person 00:05:27.060 --> 00:05:28.580 who's in charge of the orphanage 00:05:28.580 --> 00:05:29.740 now I'm released 00:05:29.740 --> 00:05:32.260 that's just crucifixion 00:05:32.260 --> 00:05:35.340 now they start doing the papers of adoption, they give me 00:05:35.340 --> 00:05:38.020 a new name, they call me Jacob Mebs 00:05:38.020 --> 00:05:39.780 which is better than 00:05:39.780 --> 00:05:41.580 slightly better than my last name 00:05:41.580 --> 00:05:44.340 and 00:05:44.380 --> 00:05:45.820 all that is done 00:05:45.820 --> 00:05:47.460 all the paperwork is done 00:05:47.460 --> 00:05:49.340 new life, new name 00:05:49.340 --> 00:05:50.740 new hope 00:05:50.740 --> 00:05:53.660 but that ain't enough because now they're flying back to Vancouver 00:05:53.660 --> 00:05:55.780 and I'm still in India 00:05:55.780 --> 00:05:57.140 and so they decide 00:05:57.140 --> 00:06:00.540 we gotta change this, we can't have this long distance adoption 00:06:00.540 --> 00:06:02.580 so they decide we'll get him a 00:06:02.580 --> 00:06:03.660 Canadian passport 00:06:03.660 --> 00:06:04.900 and guess what 00:06:04.900 --> 00:06:08.460 they bring me to Canada and you guys are all at the airport waiting to see this 00:06:08.460 --> 00:06:10.340 new amazing kid 00:06:10.340 --> 00:06:14.100 and there I come 00:06:14.260 --> 00:06:20.140 see that is the ascension part where you're located in 00:06:20.140 --> 00:06:21.620 God's home 00:06:21.620 --> 00:06:24.380 and we talk about that, it's fascinating what ascension does 00:06:24.380 --> 00:06:26.060 in Ezekiel 16 00:06:26.060 --> 00:06:27.980 verse 1 to 14 you 00:06:27.980 --> 00:06:31.300 there's this beautiful story, we rarely read Ezekiel 00:06:31.300 --> 00:06:33.020 so let me read the whole thing 00:06:33.020 --> 00:06:34.420 it's quite something 00:06:34.420 --> 00:06:36.900 God's heart towards us 00:06:36.900 --> 00:06:38.900 and in this case towards Israel 00:06:38.900 --> 00:06:41.060 Ezekiel 16 00:06:41.100 --> 00:06:45.020 an allegory of unfaithful Jerusalem so let me read it from the beginning 00:06:45.020 --> 00:06:46.900 Ezekiel 16, 1 to 14 00:06:46.900 --> 00:06:49.180 the word of the Lord came to me, son of man 00:06:49.180 --> 00:06:52.860 confront Jerusalem with her detestable practices and say 00:06:52.860 --> 00:06:55.620 this is what the sovereign Lord said to Jerusalem 00:06:55.620 --> 00:06:57.860 now listen to it from here on 00:06:57.860 --> 00:06:59.940 your ancestry and birth 00:06:59.940 --> 00:07:02.900 were in the land of the Canaanite, your father was 00:07:02.900 --> 00:07:05.380 an Amorite and your mother a Hittite 00:07:05.380 --> 00:07:07.020 meaning your birth was 00:07:07.020 --> 00:07:09.220 insignificant, pagan 00:07:09.220 --> 00:07:10.820 on the day you were born 00:07:10.820 --> 00:07:15.260 your cord was not cut nor were you washed with water to make you clean 00:07:15.260 --> 00:07:19.060 nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths 00:07:19.060 --> 00:07:20.540 no one looked on you 00:07:20.540 --> 00:07:22.700 with pity or had compassion enough 00:07:22.700 --> 00:07:25.180 to do any of these things for you 00:07:25.180 --> 00:07:27.540 rather you were thrown out into the open field 00:07:27.540 --> 00:07:31.340 for on the day you were born you were despised 00:07:31.340 --> 00:07:33.300 then look at what God says 00:07:33.300 --> 00:07:36.860 then I passed by and I saw you kicking about in your blood 00:07:36.900 --> 00:07:40.900 and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, live 00:07:40.900 --> 00:07:43.660 I made you grow like a plant of the field 00:07:43.660 --> 00:07:47.020 you grew up and developed and became the most beautiful of jewels 00:07:47.020 --> 00:07:49.380 your breasts were formed and your hair grew 00:07:49.380 --> 00:07:52.120 and you who were naked and bare 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:56.380 later I passed by and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love 00:07:56.380 --> 00:07:59.220 I spread the corner of my garment over you 00:07:59.220 --> 00:08:01.020 and covered your nakedness 00:08:01.020 --> 00:08:04.340 I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you 00:08:04.340 --> 00:08:07.060 I declared the sovereign lord and you became mine 00:08:07.060 --> 00:08:10.380 I bathed you with water and washed the blood from you 00:08:10.380 --> 00:08:11.900 and put ointments on you 00:08:11.900 --> 00:08:16.020 I clothed you with an embroidered dress and put leather sandals on you 00:08:16.020 --> 00:08:20.040 I dressed you in fine linen and covered you with costly garments 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:23.340 I adorned you with jewelry, I put bracelets on your arm 00:08:23.340 --> 00:08:26.180 and a necklace around your neck and I put a ring on your nose 00:08:26.180 --> 00:08:29.260 earrings on your ears and a beautiful crown on your head 00:08:29.260 --> 00:08:33.540 so you were adorned with gold and silver, your clothes were of fine linen 00:08:33.540 --> 00:08:35.940 and costly fabric and embroidered clothes 00:08:35.940 --> 00:08:41.380 your food was fine flour, honey and olive oil 00:08:41.380 --> 00:08:44.140 you became very beautiful and rose to be a queen 00:08:44.140 --> 00:08:47.580 and your fame spread among the nations in account of your beauty 00:08:47.580 --> 00:08:49.620 because the splendor I had given you 00:08:49.620 --> 00:08:52.380 made your beauty perfect declares the sovereign lord 00:08:52.380 --> 00:08:56.020 what a beautiful picture, man 00:08:56.020 --> 00:08:57.940 ascension completes this 00:08:57.940 --> 00:08:59.860 it's one thing to give you new life 00:08:59.860 --> 00:09:02.700 it's another thing to make sure that you're adorned and ready 00:09:02.700 --> 00:09:06.460 in his place of dwelling 00:09:06.460 --> 00:09:09.900 this is why in Colossians 3, verse 1 it says 00:09:09.900 --> 00:09:11.740 Colossians 3, 1, it says 00:09:11.740 --> 00:09:14.500 if then you were raised with Christ 00:09:14.500 --> 00:09:17.780 set your mind on things above 00:09:17.780 --> 00:09:21.600 where Christ is seated at the right hand of God 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:22.780 let me say that again 00:09:22.780 --> 00:09:26.140 this is what, I mean, if there's anything, this is what God is 00:09:26.140 --> 00:09:28.460 commanding us today 00:09:28.460 --> 00:09:32.540 even right now, he's saying, hey, Acts 29 00:09:32.540 --> 00:09:35.420 if you were raised with Christ 00:09:35.420 --> 00:09:40.060 then seek, as in actively, diligently search 00:09:40.060 --> 00:09:41.900 not for the sake of finding 00:09:41.900 --> 00:09:45.220 but search for the sake of appropriating 00:09:45.220 --> 00:09:47.660 when we say search, we look to find 00:09:47.660 --> 00:09:49.900 when search and rescue people search 00:09:49.900 --> 00:09:53.660 they look to find and retrieve 00:09:53.660 --> 00:09:54.780 and he's saying here 00:09:54.780 --> 00:09:57.460 seek those things which are above, where Christ is 00:09:57.460 --> 00:10:00.940 and where is Christ sitting at the right hand of God 00:10:00.940 --> 00:10:02.460 and then in verse 3 it says 00:10:02.460 --> 00:10:06.140 for you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God 00:10:06.140 --> 00:10:09.660 for you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God 00:10:09.660 --> 00:10:12.620 which means wherever Christ is there I am 00:10:12.620 --> 00:10:14.460 which we'll talk about a little more 00:10:14.460 --> 00:10:20.020 any questions before we go on? 00:10:20.020 --> 00:10:26.620 any questions? 00:10:26.620 --> 00:10:29.660 okay, so the first thing ascension does, guys 00:10:29.740 --> 00:10:33.100 is ascension puts me 00:10:33.100 --> 00:10:38.780 ascension puts me 00:10:38.780 --> 00:10:47.260 in the presence of the Father 00:10:47.260 --> 00:10:49.900 if Jesus Christ hadn't ascended 00:10:49.900 --> 00:10:51.900 then I would have new life 00:10:51.900 --> 00:10:56.060 but I wouldn't be in the presence of the Father 00:10:56.060 --> 00:10:57.980 big difference, guys 00:10:57.980 --> 00:11:00.220 it would be like Elmer and Anne adopting me 00:11:00.220 --> 00:11:01.260 but I'm in India 00:11:01.260 --> 00:11:04.140 I never get to know what the Meb household 00:11:04.140 --> 00:11:06.540 or the Meb's name actually looks like 00:11:06.540 --> 00:11:10.140 I carry the name but I don't know its character 00:11:10.140 --> 00:11:16.540 I'm an orphan with a family but I'm still an orphan 00:11:16.540 --> 00:11:19.500 ascension brings me 00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:21.660 hey Heidi, Gina's here 00:11:21.660 --> 00:11:25.180 hey Gina, good to see you 00:11:25.180 --> 00:11:29.180 ascension brings me into the presence of the Father 00:11:29.180 --> 00:11:32.860 look at Acts 1.9 00:11:32.860 --> 00:11:39.580 Acts 1.9 00:11:39.580 --> 00:11:44.620 Acts 1.9 says that 00:11:44.620 --> 00:11:45.420 where is it? 00:11:45.420 --> 00:11:46.700 after he said this 00:11:46.700 --> 00:11:48.940 he was taken up from before their eyes 00:11:48.940 --> 00:11:51.340 and a cloud hid him from their sight 00:11:51.340 --> 00:11:53.260 a cloud hid him from their sight 00:11:53.340 --> 00:11:55.820 so now that Christ is going to verse 10 00:11:55.820 --> 00:11:57.740 they were looking intently up into the sky 00:11:57.740 --> 00:12:00.300 as he was going when suddenly two men dressed in white 00:12:00.300 --> 00:12:01.420 stood beside them 00:12:01.420 --> 00:12:02.940 men of Galilee they said 00:12:02.940 --> 00:12:04.780 why do you stand here looking into the sky? 00:12:04.780 --> 00:12:07.660 the same Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven 00:12:07.660 --> 00:12:10.940 will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven 00:12:10.940 --> 00:12:19.340 is there anywhere in the Bible where someone was taken up into the clouds? 00:12:19.340 --> 00:12:22.540 Elijah went in a whirlwind 00:12:22.540 --> 00:12:24.460 Enoch we don't know how or what happened 00:12:26.460 --> 00:12:27.900 someone who disappeared into a cloud 00:12:29.420 --> 00:12:31.260 Moses, Exodus 24 00:12:31.900 --> 00:12:34.540 Exodus 24 verse 15 actually says it 00:12:34.540 --> 00:12:36.700 it says when Moses went up to the mountain 00:12:37.500 --> 00:12:39.980 when Moses went up on the mountain 00:12:39.980 --> 00:12:41.100 the cloud covered it 00:12:41.100 --> 00:12:42.460 this is in Mount Sinai 00:12:42.460 --> 00:12:43.660 in Exodus 24 00:12:43.660 --> 00:12:45.340 when Moses went up on the mountain 00:12:45.340 --> 00:12:46.620 the cloud covered it 00:12:46.620 --> 00:12:48.460 and so what was Moses doing there? 00:12:48.460 --> 00:12:50.700 Moses was ascending the mountain 00:12:50.700 --> 00:12:52.140 on behalf of God's people 00:12:52.140 --> 00:12:53.100 guys remember this 00:12:53.100 --> 00:12:53.980 here is Israel 00:12:55.020 --> 00:12:56.940 God descends on Mount Sinai 00:12:57.500 --> 00:12:59.020 Israel doesn't want to go near him 00:12:59.020 --> 00:12:59.900 so what do they say? 00:12:59.900 --> 00:13:01.340 they say Moses you go 00:13:01.340 --> 00:13:03.180 and so Moses becomes a mediator 00:13:03.740 --> 00:13:05.260 and so Moses goes on the mountain 00:13:05.260 --> 00:13:07.260 and the cloud covers him 00:13:07.260 --> 00:13:10.780 and he goes before God on behalf of Israel 00:13:11.660 --> 00:13:12.940 change the scene now 00:13:12.940 --> 00:13:14.620 forward about 3,000 years 00:13:14.620 --> 00:13:15.580 and what do we have? 00:13:15.580 --> 00:13:16.460 we have Jesus 00:13:17.660 --> 00:13:20.700 a mediator who goes up 00:13:20.700 --> 00:13:21.900 and the clouds cover him 00:13:21.900 --> 00:13:23.260 and what is he doing? 00:13:23.260 --> 00:13:26.540 he's going before God on behalf of who? 00:13:26.540 --> 00:13:28.140 not on behalf of Israel 00:13:28.140 --> 00:13:30.220 on behalf of all mankind 00:13:31.260 --> 00:13:31.980 before whom? 00:13:31.980 --> 00:13:32.620 before God 00:13:34.380 --> 00:13:36.140 guys when you look at the New Testament 00:13:36.140 --> 00:13:36.940 and the Old Testament 00:13:36.940 --> 00:13:38.460 you'll find that everything 00:13:38.460 --> 00:13:39.420 in the Old Testament 00:13:39.420 --> 00:13:40.860 was meant to point you towards 00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:42.060 what Christ would later do 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:44.700 and so just as Moses goes up 00:13:44.700 --> 00:13:45.980 and is hidden by a cloud 00:13:45.980 --> 00:13:48.140 here Jesus ascends on man's behalf 00:13:48.140 --> 00:13:49.340 to come before God 00:13:49.340 --> 00:13:50.620 where he's hidden by the cloud 00:13:50.620 --> 00:13:52.300 look at Hebrews 9 24 00:13:52.300 --> 00:13:53.580 Hebrews 9 24 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:55.420 Hebrews 9 24 00:13:58.140 --> 00:13:58.860 and it says there 00:13:59.980 --> 00:14:01.420 for Christ did not enter 00:14:01.420 --> 00:14:03.260 a man-made sanctuary 00:14:03.260 --> 00:14:05.100 that was only a copy of the true one 00:14:05.100 --> 00:14:06.780 he entered heaven itself 00:14:06.780 --> 00:14:09.580 now to appear for us in God's presence 00:14:09.580 --> 00:14:10.300 I love that 00:14:10.300 --> 00:14:12.620 he entered heaven itself 00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:16.220 now to appear for us in God's presence 00:14:16.860 --> 00:14:18.060 hey guys here's the line 00:14:18.060 --> 00:14:19.020 I want you to remember 00:14:20.780 --> 00:14:24.380 my presence before God 00:14:28.460 --> 00:14:29.660 is as certain 00:14:31.900 --> 00:14:34.140 my presence before God 00:14:34.860 --> 00:14:38.620 is as certain as Christ's presence 00:14:41.820 --> 00:14:42.460 before God 00:14:45.980 --> 00:14:48.060 my presence before God 00:14:48.060 --> 00:14:51.340 is as certain as Christ's presence before God 00:14:52.380 --> 00:14:53.420 you must understand 00:14:53.420 --> 00:14:55.660 where you are constantly located 00:14:55.660 --> 00:14:57.340 this is why we keep singing songs 00:14:57.340 --> 00:14:58.700 with say I will I mean 00:14:58.700 --> 00:15:00.140 I mean there are statements we've made 00:15:00.140 --> 00:15:02.540 where we are ever present before God 00:15:02.540 --> 00:15:04.460 you you can be as certain 00:15:04.460 --> 00:15:07.020 of your presence before the father 00:15:07.020 --> 00:15:09.260 as you can be of Christ's presence 00:15:09.260 --> 00:15:10.140 before the father 00:15:10.140 --> 00:15:11.740 we know Christ has risen 00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:13.660 we know Christ has entered heaven 00:15:13.660 --> 00:15:14.940 we know Christ is seated 00:15:14.940 --> 00:15:16.220 at the right hand of the father 00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:17.900 we know that he beholds the father 00:15:17.900 --> 00:15:18.780 24 seven 00:15:19.820 --> 00:15:21.820 in which case I want us to know 00:15:21.820 --> 00:15:23.420 without a shadow of a doubt 00:15:23.420 --> 00:15:27.420 that 24 seven regardless of where you are at in life 00:15:27.420 --> 00:15:29.740 if you have received Christ into your life 00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:31.820 you are ever present 00:15:31.820 --> 00:15:33.900 before the God of the universe 00:15:33.900 --> 00:15:36.700 and you can be as certain 00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:38.620 as your presence before God 00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:40.460 as Christ's presence before God 00:15:41.100 --> 00:15:42.780 you don't know what that can do to you guys 00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:44.780 when you're feeling down 00:15:44.780 --> 00:15:45.820 when you're feeling lousy 00:15:45.820 --> 00:15:47.340 when things are not going well 00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:49.100 when you have aches and pains in your body 00:15:49.100 --> 00:15:51.020 when your mind is confused 00:15:51.020 --> 00:15:52.700 when people have done you harm 00:15:52.700 --> 00:15:54.060 when all that happens 00:15:54.060 --> 00:15:55.900 you know one thing remains 00:15:55.900 --> 00:15:57.180 and is constant 00:15:57.180 --> 00:16:01.180 that I am ever present before the God of the universe 00:16:01.180 --> 00:16:02.220 this is my condition 00:16:02.220 --> 00:16:03.660 because this is Jesus's condition 00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:08.940 the only time you will cease to be in the presence of God 00:16:08.940 --> 00:16:11.500 is when Christ is not in the presence of God 00:16:11.500 --> 00:16:13.180 and guess what it ain't happening 00:16:15.020 --> 00:16:16.620 do you know that the next time God 00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:18.220 Jesus Christ steps out of heaven 00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:20.620 and he will 00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:22.700 because it says Jesus Christ will return 00:16:22.700 --> 00:16:24.860 do you know that the next time he steps out of heaven 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.820 and leaves the presence of God 00:16:25.820 --> 00:16:27.100 that he's bringing heaven with him 00:16:27.660 --> 00:16:29.980 even then he will be before the father 00:16:30.700 --> 00:16:32.780 he is never going to leave 00:16:34.140 --> 00:16:35.180 the presence of God 00:16:35.180 --> 00:16:37.260 which means for the rest of your life 00:16:37.260 --> 00:16:38.860 if you have received Christ 00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:41.100 you are never going to leave 00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:43.340 even for a micro second 00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:44.540 the presence of God 00:16:44.620 --> 00:16:46.780 if you have received Christ into your life 00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.460 think of that guys 00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:54.780 ever present 00:17:10.780 --> 00:17:12.220 I just marvel at this man 00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:14.460 that for the rest of my life 00:17:15.020 --> 00:17:16.220 Jacob is actually 00:17:16.220 --> 00:17:18.620 yeah sure Jacob is walking the earth here in Vancouver 00:17:18.620 --> 00:17:20.780 but Jacob doesn't matter when he's flying 00:17:20.780 --> 00:17:21.580 where he is going 00:17:21.580 --> 00:17:22.460 which country 00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:23.260 how bad things get 00:17:23.260 --> 00:17:24.220 how good things get 00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:25.340 one thing remains 00:17:25.340 --> 00:17:27.820 Jacob will always be present before the father 00:17:27.820 --> 00:17:30.220 because Jesus Christ is always present before the father 00:17:31.580 --> 00:17:32.860 it is as true as 00:17:32.860 --> 00:17:34.060 if you think you are saved 00:17:34.060 --> 00:17:35.020 why are you saved 00:17:35.020 --> 00:17:36.860 because Jesus Christ died 00:17:36.860 --> 00:17:38.620 your sins were paid for 00:17:38.620 --> 00:17:39.900 and you died with him 00:17:40.540 --> 00:17:41.660 if that is true 00:17:41.660 --> 00:17:43.420 then let's take it to the next stage 00:17:43.420 --> 00:17:44.700 why do you have new life 00:17:44.700 --> 00:17:46.540 because Jesus Christ rose again 00:17:46.540 --> 00:17:47.660 he has life 00:17:47.660 --> 00:17:49.420 therefore you have new life 00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:51.020 then let's take it to the third stage 00:17:51.020 --> 00:17:53.180 if Christ is now seated in the heavenlies 00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:55.500 the bible says you have been raised up with him 00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:57.100 and you are ever present before the father 00:17:57.900 --> 00:17:58.460 guys you think 00:17:59.180 --> 00:18:01.180 you know the old testament was a poor example 00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:02.460 the old testament was like 00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:05.260 remember iphone 3 00:18:06.780 --> 00:18:07.980 that was the old testament 00:18:09.100 --> 00:18:09.740 it was this 00:18:12.540 --> 00:18:12.860 I mean 00:18:13.820 --> 00:18:15.180 when the iphone 3 came up 00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:16.620 everybody was very excited 00:18:16.620 --> 00:18:18.060 I mean you could show stuff and all 00:18:18.060 --> 00:18:19.580 but now when you look at the iphone 3 00:18:19.580 --> 00:18:21.260 you can't sell it man 00:18:21.260 --> 00:18:22.860 you have to put 20 dollars with it 00:18:22.860 --> 00:18:23.900 and nobody takes it 00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:25.020 they take the 20 dollars 00:18:25.820 --> 00:18:27.180 so the point being 00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:29.260 the old testament is like the iphone 3 00:18:29.260 --> 00:18:32.140 and yet look at what happened in the old testament man 00:18:32.140 --> 00:18:35.340 look at exodus 24 9 to 11 00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:37.900 exodus 24 9 to 11 00:18:37.900 --> 00:18:40.300 if this happened in the old testament 00:18:40.300 --> 00:18:44.300 you think this is not our present reality before God 00:18:44.300 --> 00:18:45.980 where we are ever present before him 00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:48.780 exodus 24 9 to 11 00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:50.300 here's what it says 00:18:53.020 --> 00:18:54.940 this happened to actual physical people 00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:57.020 Moses and Aaron 00:18:57.020 --> 00:18:58.940 Nedab and Abihu 00:18:58.940 --> 00:19:01.180 and the 70 elders of Israel 00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:01.820 went up 00:19:01.820 --> 00:19:03.660 and they saw the God of Israel 00:19:04.300 --> 00:19:05.260 under his feet 00:19:05.260 --> 00:19:07.580 was something like a pavement 00:19:07.580 --> 00:19:08.620 made of sapphire 00:19:09.260 --> 00:19:11.340 clear as the sky itself 00:19:11.340 --> 00:19:12.860 but God did not raise his hand 00:19:12.860 --> 00:19:14.780 against these leaders of the Israelites 00:19:14.780 --> 00:19:15.900 they saw God 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:17.020 and they ate 00:19:17.020 --> 00:19:18.940 and they drank with him 00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:20.060 in the old testament 00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.460 hey guys 00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:25.100 begin to 00:19:25.100 --> 00:19:26.060 in your times of prayer 00:19:26.060 --> 00:19:27.100 in your times of worship 00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:29.420 understand that 00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:30.940 you are not worshipping 00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:32.380 someone who's far away 00:19:33.100 --> 00:19:35.340 you're worshipping someone who is in you 00:19:35.340 --> 00:19:37.660 and you're worshipping someone in whom you are 00:19:39.580 --> 00:19:41.100 ever present before God 00:19:42.060 --> 00:19:42.940 this is why 00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:45.660 in Ephesians 2 5 00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:47.180 no in Ephesians 1 3 00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:48.220 in Ephesians 1 3 00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:49.100 here's what it says 00:19:49.100 --> 00:19:52.140 you are blessed with every spiritual blessing 00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:53.500 in Christ Jesus 00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.540 in the heavenlies 00:19:54.540 --> 00:19:55.740 you are blessed 00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:57.980 with every spiritual blessing 00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:59.740 in Christ in the heavenlies 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.140 how? 00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:03.980 because you're ever present before the father 00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:05.020 guys understand this 00:20:05.580 --> 00:20:06.380 it may take time 00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:07.740 but once we grasp it 00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:10.700 you will begin to take things out of your bank 00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.580 like you 00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:13.500 I mean you will begin to take things out of heaven 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:15.180 like you take money out of the bank 00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:19.260 all the benefits of heaven 00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:22.860 and all the spiritual blessings that the father had 00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:25.820 are yours for the taking 00:20:25.820 --> 00:20:28.220 because you are ever present before him 00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:32.140 when I go to my sister's place 00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:33.980 she'll stock the cupboards with 00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.660 junk food and stuff 00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:37.500 because they normally don't eat junk 00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:39.980 and so when I come they make sure everything is there 00:20:40.620 --> 00:20:43.100 and I'll get up late and I'll come down 00:20:43.100 --> 00:20:44.380 and everything is spread out 00:20:45.100 --> 00:20:46.140 everything is spread out 00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:50.300 this is how God does things man 00:20:51.020 --> 00:20:52.220 he said listen 00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:53.660 you are ever present before me 00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:55.180 I know what is good for you 00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:56.540 but begin to ask me 00:20:57.100 --> 00:20:58.540 begin to take from me 00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.540 begin to take from me 00:21:00.540 --> 00:21:01.820 the saddest thing is 00:21:01.820 --> 00:21:04.460 when children do not take advantage of their parents 00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:07.100 when they behave like servants 00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:11.580 or they don't know what their rights are 00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:13.100 that's what happens to orphans 00:21:13.100 --> 00:21:14.460 orphans go into a house 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.820 and they don't know what is theirs 00:21:15.820 --> 00:21:16.860 because they are scared 00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.900 when in the orphanage 00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:19.180 when they would take something 00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:20.060 you would have a slap 00:21:20.060 --> 00:21:21.820 it happened to Oliver Twist 00:21:21.820 --> 00:21:23.500 who is by the way fictional 00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:25.980 and it's different when you get adopted 00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:31.580 any questions before we go on 00:21:31.580 --> 00:21:33.580 remember in John 16 00:21:33.580 --> 00:21:36.380 this is what Jesus said to the disciples 00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:37.500 he said hey guys 00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:39.500 once I go away 00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:42.300 I don't want you to worry about asking me 00:21:42.300 --> 00:21:43.900 don't even ask in my name 00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:46.300 just ask the father directly 00:21:46.300 --> 00:21:47.820 because I'm going to the father 00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:50.220 once I've risen and I'm with the father 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:52.220 don't even bother asking in my name 00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:53.340 just ask directly 00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:57.340 because everything that the father asks me 00:21:57.340 --> 00:21:58.540 I ask him directly 00:21:58.540 --> 00:21:59.580 I ask him directly 00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:02.700 because everything that the father has in heaven is yours 00:22:03.260 --> 00:22:04.140 so what do you want 00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:05.340 what spiritual blessing 00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:08.620 what physical blessings do you want 00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.180 healing 00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.620 you think heaven doesn't have that 00:22:13.020 --> 00:22:13.740 provision 00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:15.260 you think heaven doesn't have that 00:22:15.260 --> 00:22:17.020 you think the jobs we heard about today 00:22:17.020 --> 00:22:18.140 six or seven jobs 00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:20.540 you think it came out of your employer 00:22:22.300 --> 00:22:23.740 who commands the universe 00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:28.220 who decides to feed every sparrow every day 00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:31.020 who decides which leaf will fall off the tree 00:22:31.020 --> 00:22:33.500 who decides that the fingerprints of every boy 00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:36.060 or girl born today will be different 00:22:36.060 --> 00:22:38.460 who decides that we will breathe 00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:40.700 who decides that the heart should beat 00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:43.820 who decides that the sun will go down at six 00:22:44.540 --> 00:22:45.820 14 today 00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:48.620 who decides it will come up at 5 13 tomorrow 00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:51.100 who decides how much rain Vancouver should get 00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:55.580 who even decides that I should learn how to speak 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:58.060 who gives me vocal chords 00:22:58.220 --> 00:23:01.740 what is it that God does not command and control 00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:05.100 and if so this God is your father 00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:07.740 and you are ever present before him 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:10.140 you are as certainly present before him 00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:11.900 as Christ is present before him 00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:15.020 guys if we begin to think like this 00:23:15.020 --> 00:23:18.380 no we will begin to take of what the father has for us 00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:20.700 and there'll be times when he'll say not yet Jacob 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.660 and that's fine with me 00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:25.340 but what a pathetic life I will live if I don't explore 00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:27.420 and exploit the father 00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.940 and I meant that word exploit 00:23:29.820 --> 00:23:30.860 my dad used to love it 00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:33.740 when I would take things from his wallet with his knowing 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.140 any questions 00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:45.820 okay so ascension declared 00:23:46.780 --> 00:23:48.060 puts me in the presence of God 00:23:48.060 --> 00:23:49.580 the next thing ascension does 00:23:49.580 --> 00:23:52.940 is ascension declared that Jesus Christ is Lord 00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:56.380 ascension declared that Christ is Lord 00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:59.260 ascension declared that Christ is Lord 00:24:00.540 --> 00:24:02.540 ascension declared 00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:07.420 that Christ that Jesus 00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.380 is Lord 00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:12.700 the word Lord comes from a Greek word 00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.340 Kyrios 00:24:14.780 --> 00:24:19.580 which means absolute sovereign tyrant 00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:24.700 it carries the sense of being a tyrannical absolute ruler 00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:27.020 the only difference is Jesus is super benevolent 00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:30.940 but it talks about being Lord and master 00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:34.220 so what do you mean Christ became Lord and master through 00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:44.540 it 00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.540 Mark 00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:54.780 Mark 00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.220 Mark 00:24:56.780 --> 00:24:57.100 Mark 00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.700 Mark 00:24:58.700 --> 00:25:00.300 oh this is being taped so it'll come on 00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:02.060 Mark 00:25:02.060 --> 00:25:02.700 don't worry Wayne 00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:05.260 as long as it's being recorded it's fine 00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:07.500 all those sounds will add to the 00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:10.700 yeah 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:13.900 okay Mark 16 19 00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:16.140 just follow me with these through these verses hey 00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:17.420 Mark 16 19 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:23.100 so here's what happens in Mark 16 19 00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:29.180 Mark 16 19 it says 00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:30.540 Mark 16 19 00:25:30.540 --> 00:25:33.900 and after the Lord Jesus had spoken to them 00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:39.660 he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God 00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:41.340 go to Philippians 2 9 00:25:41.340 --> 00:25:42.380 Philippians 2 9 00:25:43.340 --> 00:25:44.460 Philippians 2 9 00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.580 Philippians 2 9 00:25:48.860 --> 00:25:49.660 here's what it says 00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.780 let's start at verse 8 00:25:52.780 --> 00:25:55.260 and being found in appearance as a man 00:25:55.260 --> 00:25:58.220 he humbled himself and became obedient to death 00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.580 even death on a cross 00:25:59.580 --> 00:26:02.700 therefore God exalted him to the highest place 00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.740 and look what God did 00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:06.940 he gave Jesus the name that is above every name 00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:09.660 this is the whole idea of being Lord and master 00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:12.540 he gave Jesus the name above every name 00:26:12.540 --> 00:26:14.460 that at the name of Jesus 00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:16.620 hey whether people like it or not 00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:18.860 today or tomorrow this will happen 00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:22.460 at the name of Jesus every knee should bow 00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:24.220 in heaven and on earth thanks Wayne 00:26:24.780 --> 00:26:25.740 and under the earth 00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:28.380 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord 00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:29.900 to the glory of God the father 00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:32.700 let's look at another words Ephesians 1 20 00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:34.300 Ephesians 1 20 00:26:34.300 --> 00:26:36.780 I love how Ephesians 1 20 is written in the message 00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:39.340 look at look at what it says in the message 00:26:39.340 --> 00:26:40.540 Ephesians 1 20 00:26:40.540 --> 00:26:41.260 here's what it says 00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:58.860 rule and not just for the time being 00:26:58.860 --> 00:27:00.060 but forever 00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:04.620 you're talking about someone who's absolute Lord man 00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:05.580 nobody behind him 00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:06.700 nobody beside him 00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.820 let's look at another one 00:27:07.820 --> 00:27:09.180 Hebrews 2 9 00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:10.220 Hebrews 2 9 00:27:11.260 --> 00:27:13.980 I so enjoyed these scriptures earlier today 00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.860 and I was going through them 00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.820 Hebrews 2 9 00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.260 here's what it says 00:27:19.260 --> 00:27:23.900 but we see Jesus who was made a little lower than the angels 00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:26.220 now crowned with glory and honor 00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:27.660 because he suffered death 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:32.540 so that by the grace of God he may taste death for everyone 00:27:32.540 --> 00:27:34.860 and then it goes on to say where is it 00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:39.580 in bringing many sons to glory 00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.380 verse 10 00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:43.740 it was fitting that God for whom and through whom everything exists 00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:47.260 should make him the author of their salvation perfect through suffering 00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:50.380 I was expecting something else 00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:51.900 I don't know where I lost that verse 00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.540 anyways 00:27:52.540 --> 00:27:54.220 oh yeah yeah it's in verse 8 00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:57.340 in putting everything under him 00:27:57.340 --> 00:27:58.540 ah I love this 00:27:58.540 --> 00:28:01.340 in putting everything under Jesus 00:28:01.340 --> 00:28:06.380 God left nothing that is not subject to him 00:28:08.780 --> 00:28:09.740 next one 00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:11.340 first Peter 3 20 00:28:11.340 --> 00:28:12.700 first Peter 3 20 00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:15.100 first Peter 3 20 00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.500 and then we'll go back to 00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.260 where is Peter 00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:21.740 we don't have a Peter in church right 00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:24.620 first Peter 3 20 00:28:26.060 --> 00:28:28.060 the second part of it 00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:36.140 should be first Peter 3 20 00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:41.740 yeah 00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:45.740 3 21 and a half and 22 00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.380 22 00:28:47.260 --> 00:28:49.740 it saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ 00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.780 verse 22 00:28:50.780 --> 00:28:53.020 Jesus Christ who has gone into heaven 00:28:53.020 --> 00:28:55.020 and is at God's right hand 00:28:55.020 --> 00:28:58.140 with angels authorities and powers 00:28:58.140 --> 00:29:00.140 in submission to him 00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:01.420 guys look at it this way 00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:04.140 there is no power that exists here on earth 00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:08.060 that exists except through Jesus's permission 00:29:08.060 --> 00:29:10.060 and all the powers that exist 00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:11.820 every name that exists 00:29:11.820 --> 00:29:13.980 every demonic force that exists 00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:16.060 every false god that exists 00:29:16.060 --> 00:29:18.300 everything gives him 00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.300 fawning 00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:24.460 what's the right word 00:29:25.260 --> 00:29:26.380 gives him 00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:28.780 it's fawningly subservient to him 00:29:28.780 --> 00:29:32.220 if if Gisela is the master of everything 00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:34.620 we will fawningly come 00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:36.860 and be subservient before her 00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:38.300 we won't even lift up our heads 00:29:38.300 --> 00:29:41.340 Eddie always talks about chieftains in South Africa 00:29:41.340 --> 00:29:43.740 when you go to meet a chieftain in South Africa 00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.380 Eddie did this 00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:46.140 Eddie had to go with a couple of people 00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:47.660 to meet the Zulu chief 00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.940 and when he went to the 00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:50.220 meet the Zulu chief 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:52.140 you had to make sure 00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:53.820 that you did not look at him 00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:56.860 initially for the first little while 00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.980 you had to go backward 00:29:58.620 --> 00:30:00.700 and then you keep your eyes down 00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:02.380 you're not supposed to look at him 00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:04.220 this is a Zulu chieftain 00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:05.980 very human in South Africa 00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.660 why 00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:10.540 because it shows your absolute subservience 00:30:10.540 --> 00:30:11.260 to the monarch 00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:15.500 we're not talking about a Zulu chieftain 00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:18.220 we are talking about someone 00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:19.660 who runs the galaxies 00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:21.020 who runs government 00:30:21.020 --> 00:30:22.540 who has got a name 00:30:22.540 --> 00:30:23.740 that is above every name 00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:25.900 there is no power that exists except us 00:30:28.300 --> 00:30:30.300 this is why during times of worship guys 00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:33.740 explored in worship 00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:36.220 you don't need to feel anything 00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:37.820 you need to acknowledge it in our hearts 00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:38.860 and in our minds 00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:40.140 acknowledge it in your heart 00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:41.500 process it in your minds 00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.460 and worship him 00:30:43.020 --> 00:30:44.300 if a Zulu chieftain 00:30:46.060 --> 00:30:47.660 demands that I do not look at him 00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:49.580 this God is very different 00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:51.180 he says I am absolute sovereign 00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:52.540 but sure look at my face 00:30:52.540 --> 00:30:53.180 because you're mine 00:30:54.300 --> 00:30:55.100 but come on 00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:56.140 we got to do better than 00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:58.300 what we sometimes do guys 00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:01.260 and the beautiful thing is 00:31:01.260 --> 00:31:04.300 this Jesus Christ who is now Lord 00:31:04.300 --> 00:31:05.580 because he's defeated everything 00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:06.540 and he's ascended 00:31:06.540 --> 00:31:09.020 this Jesus Christ is Lord for the church 00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:10.780 not off the church 00:31:10.780 --> 00:31:11.580 he is 00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:12.780 but for the church 00:31:14.060 --> 00:31:16.220 this Jesus Christ is Lord for the church 00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.940 it would be like 00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.580 let's assume 00:31:19.020 --> 00:31:20.620 I'm just going to pick on you Lorian 00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.420 let's assume that 00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:24.380 Lorian is the head of Vancouver airport 00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:31.420 and I lost my tickets 00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.220 and I'm at the airport 00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:33.340 and I've got a few minutes 00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:34.860 before my flight leaves 00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:38.220 now she is Lord of the airport 00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:39.100 but guess what 00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:40.380 because she knows me 00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:43.900 she becomes Lord of the airport for me 00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:45.900 and she prints me an extra ticket 00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:47.740 hurries me through the baggage 00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:49.740 gets security to clear me properly 00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:51.180 and gets me on the plane in time 00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:53.900 the point being Jesus Christ 00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:55.580 who has all this power 00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:57.020 is Lord for the church 00:31:57.020 --> 00:31:58.620 which is why I stand here 00:31:58.620 --> 00:32:00.380 with absolute confidence saying 00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:02.380 there is nobody in this church 00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:03.900 that needs to be sick 00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:05.420 that needs to be demonized 00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:07.900 that needs to be impoverished 00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:09.340 that needs to be depressed 00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:10.700 that needs to be sad 00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.980 that needs to be resigned 00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:13.180 that needs to be defeated 00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:14.380 nobody in this church 00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:16.540 not because Jacob can do squat 00:32:18.060 --> 00:32:20.860 but because Christ who is the supreme head 00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:22.940 of the galaxies and the universe 00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:25.980 is absolute Lord for Acts 29 00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.060 yeah man 00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:31.660 and it is it is his intent to help 00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.860 which is why it doesn't matter 00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:34.220 what our problems are 00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:36.300 there is someone in this church who can help 00:32:36.300 --> 00:32:37.740 I'm screaming my lungs out 00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:39.100 not because I want you to hear 00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:42.140 because I can't understand this man 00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:44.460 this is just magnificent 00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:46.380 so what if we got the fifth pick 00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:49.180 in the draft yesterday 00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:50.140 things will get better 00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:53.740 oh you don't worry about that one 00:32:57.260 --> 00:32:58.940 how could the Canucks do that hey 00:32:58.940 --> 00:33:00.300 I mean you were third pick 00:33:00.300 --> 00:33:01.740 and then you in the lottery 00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:03.740 you lose and you go to the fifth pick 00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:07.980 let's get back to more important things 00:33:10.060 --> 00:33:10.940 I couldn't believe that 00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:12.380 you should have seen travel indian's face 00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:14.060 his lower lip was quivering man 00:33:14.060 --> 00:33:15.260 I felt bad for him 00:33:15.260 --> 00:33:16.220 but let's get back here 00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:24.300 hey Daniel talked about this Lord 00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:27.260 in Daniel 7 13 to 14 00:33:27.260 --> 00:33:28.540 look at it it's so beautiful 00:33:28.540 --> 00:33:31.980 I just love how scripture just weaves itself 00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:33.660 in and out so beautifully 00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:35.260 Daniel 7 13 to 14 00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:38.540 Daniel 7 13 to 14 00:33:38.540 --> 00:33:40.300 and Winnipeg got the second pick 00:33:40.300 --> 00:33:42.060 Daniel 7 13 to 14 00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:44.620 it doesn't bother me at all 00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:45.820 but it might come up a few times 00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:49.100 Daniel 7 13 to 14 00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:56.940 okay here goes Daniel seeing a vision 00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:59.420 in my vision at night I looked 00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:00.300 isn't this working 00:34:08.540 --> 00:34:12.060 in my vision at night I looked 00:34:12.060 --> 00:34:14.860 and there before me was one like the son of man 00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:16.860 coming with the clouds of heaven 00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:18.620 aha there we see it again 00:34:18.620 --> 00:34:21.100 he approached the ancient of days 00:34:21.660 --> 00:34:23.740 and was led into his presence 00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:25.020 he was given authority 00:34:25.020 --> 00:34:26.860 glory and sovereign power 00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:30.220 all peoples nations and men of every language 00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:30.940 worshiped him 00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:33.500 his dominion is an everlasting dominion 00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.940 that will not pass away 00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:37.660 and his kingdom is one that will never pass away 00:34:37.660 --> 00:34:39.660 one that will never be destroyed 00:34:39.660 --> 00:34:46.620 wow brilliant guys don't get tired guys 00:34:46.620 --> 00:34:48.220 scriptures don't make you tired 00:34:48.220 --> 00:35:00.140 stay next one ascension promises his return 00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:03.820 ascension promises his return 00:35:04.620 --> 00:35:05.420 what do you mean 00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:06.860 acts one versus 10 and 11 00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:09.020 so these disciples are watching 00:35:09.020 --> 00:35:10.860 they must have been fascinated 00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:12.620 one moment Jesus is with them 00:35:12.620 --> 00:35:13.660 and he's talking to them 00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:15.900 and the next moment 00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:18.380 Jesus raises his hand 00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.500 and he blesses them 00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:21.340 and the next moment they see him lifting off 00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:24.380 no smoke no mirrors no nothing 00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:25.900 just going straight up 00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:27.020 and they're watching him go 00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:31.660 as he disappears a cloud comes and covers 00:35:31.660 --> 00:35:33.500 so they can't see it anymore 00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.540 and just when they think 00:35:34.540 --> 00:35:35.740 okay what happens next 00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:37.100 you've got these two angels 00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:39.980 I mean this is amazing 00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:42.860 that the bible even dares to share stories like this 00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:44.460 you've got these two angels who appear 00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.980 and they say hey jillian 00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:47.020 what are you looking up for 00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:49.740 because the very one who went up 00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:51.420 and was covered by a cloud 00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:54.540 will return the same way from the clouds 00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:58.620 ascension promises a return 00:35:58.620 --> 00:36:01.100 Jesus Christ is coming back 00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:03.100 and he's coming back physically 00:36:03.100 --> 00:36:06.220 in a body he is coming back 00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:08.220 John 14 verse 1 and 2 00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:12.700 I am going to my father to prepare a place for you 00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:15.020 and if I'm going to prepare a place for you 00:36:15.020 --> 00:36:17.260 know that I will come back 00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:19.260 John 14 verse 24 00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:21.260 John 17 verse 24 00:36:21.260 --> 00:36:22.940 he's praying to the father 00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:25.020 Jesus is preaching prayer in John 17 00:36:25.020 --> 00:36:25.820 and what does he say 00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:28.460 hey father these ones that you've given me 00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:31.900 can you make sure that they see my glory 00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:33.500 they see my glory 00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:36.700 and could you make sure that Rachel and Matt 00:36:36.700 --> 00:36:38.700 will be with me where I am 00:36:41.580 --> 00:36:44.460 what a brilliant plan he has for us man 00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:48.540 Christianity is so much more than Sundays 00:36:50.060 --> 00:36:51.580 oh so now you're getting picky huh 00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:57.260 next one ascension 00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:09.340 yes someone cares thank you Gisela 00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:16.460 I'm just preparing for India next week 00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:17.980 I believe it's 45 degrees 00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:20.060 so I'm getting used to the whole sweat thing right now 00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:25.020 ascension relocated this is this is another one 00:37:25.020 --> 00:37:26.940 we talked about this as a young adult 00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:35.580 ascension relocated paradise to heaven 00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:41.100 ascension relocated paradise to heaven 00:37:43.180 --> 00:37:46.060 ascension relocated paradise to heaven 00:37:46.060 --> 00:37:47.020 what do you mean 00:37:47.020 --> 00:37:50.940 guys when before Jesus Christ died 00:37:52.060 --> 00:37:54.220 if any believer died 00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:56.460 anyone who believed in God 00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:58.540 anyone who practiced the law 00:37:58.540 --> 00:38:00.140 anyone who was righteous 00:38:00.140 --> 00:38:01.820 if they died guess where they would go 00:38:02.700 --> 00:38:04.380 they would go to this place called paradise 00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:05.500 no one would ever go to heaven 00:38:06.700 --> 00:38:07.660 how do we know that 00:38:07.660 --> 00:38:10.060 Luke 23 verse verse what 00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:14.060 Luke 23 verse 43 00:38:14.620 --> 00:38:17.180 what did Jesus say to the thief on his right side 00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:19.820 today you will be with me in heaven 00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:22.780 no today you will be with me in paradise 00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:27.180 so nobody could enter heaven before Christ died 00:38:27.180 --> 00:38:28.780 because nobody's sins were paid for 00:38:29.660 --> 00:38:31.740 but there were believers who died 00:38:31.740 --> 00:38:33.500 there were righteous people who died 00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:34.780 so what would happen to them 00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:36.700 they would go to this place called paradise 00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:41.340 but when Christ rose 00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:46.540 now that he had justified everybody who had believed in him 00:38:46.540 --> 00:38:47.980 when their sins were paid for 00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:51.180 the Bible says he took captivity captive 00:38:52.060 --> 00:38:53.740 so where do you think Abraham was 00:38:53.740 --> 00:38:54.860 where do you think Moses was 00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:56.060 where do you think David was 00:38:56.060 --> 00:38:57.180 where do you think Samuel was 00:38:57.180 --> 00:38:58.540 where do you think Joseph was 00:38:58.540 --> 00:38:59.420 when they died 00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:01.340 all of them were in paradise 00:39:02.700 --> 00:39:03.980 they couldn't enter heaven 00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:05.980 because regardless of how righteous they were 00:39:06.540 --> 00:39:08.860 man their righteousness was like filthy garments 00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:12.220 once Christ died they were justified 00:39:12.220 --> 00:39:14.460 and now paradise was located in heaven 00:39:15.660 --> 00:39:17.020 where do we go when we die 00:39:17.020 --> 00:39:18.380 as believers if you die 00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:20.540 what does Paul say in first Corinthians 5 8 00:39:20.540 --> 00:39:22.780 he says to be absent in the body 00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:24.700 is to be present with the Lord 00:39:24.700 --> 00:39:28.060 because this tent that I am in is groaning 00:39:28.060 --> 00:39:29.900 and I want to be unclothed 00:39:29.900 --> 00:39:32.540 so that I might be clothed with something new 00:39:32.540 --> 00:39:33.260 that's what it says 00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:35.580 absent in the body present with the Lord 00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:38.380 if I die tonight I ain't going to paradise 00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.980 I'm going straight to heaven 00:39:42.140 --> 00:39:45.020 ascension relocated paradise to heaven 00:39:45.580 --> 00:39:47.500 otherwise they'd all be still there 00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:52.700 yep, yep 00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:55.340 two more and we are done 00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:57.100 for those who are thinking when will this be done 00:39:57.100 --> 00:39:59.100 which none of you are thinking except perhaps Don 00:39:59.100 --> 00:40:00.620 so I'll just letting Don know 00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:08.700 the ascended Jesus 00:40:09.740 --> 00:40:11.100 the ascended Jesus 00:40:12.220 --> 00:40:13.580 is king 00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.580 priest 00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:18.220 and man 00:40:19.100 --> 00:40:20.380 the ascended Jesus 00:40:21.020 --> 00:40:21.580 is king 00:40:22.540 --> 00:40:23.020 priest 00:40:23.580 --> 00:40:24.140 and man 00:40:24.700 --> 00:40:25.820 and he's still at work 00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:27.420 this is nuts 00:40:28.060 --> 00:40:29.660 the ascended Jesus 00:40:29.660 --> 00:40:30.620 is king 00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:31.820 priest 00:40:32.620 --> 00:40:33.180 and man 00:40:33.180 --> 00:40:34.540 he is the king of kings 00:40:34.540 --> 00:40:36.700 he is the high priest of our faith 00:40:36.700 --> 00:40:37.980 interceding for us 00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:39.100 and he is man 00:40:40.060 --> 00:40:41.180 that sounds so odd 00:40:41.180 --> 00:40:42.540 we'll study that over the next few weeks 00:40:42.540 --> 00:40:44.220 but I'll give you three verses 00:40:44.220 --> 00:40:45.660 which just begin to show you a glimpse 00:40:45.660 --> 00:40:47.260 and then we'll 00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:49.820 remember we started a series called king priest 00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:53.660 and so we'll revisit that in two weeks 00:40:53.660 --> 00:40:57.100 and continue talking about Jesus as king priest and man 00:40:57.100 --> 00:40:59.500 look at Luke 9.35 00:41:02.140 --> 00:41:04.700 here is another place where the cloud thing happened 00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:08.620 before Jesus rose 00:41:11.100 --> 00:41:12.220 Luke 9.35 00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:16.380 let's start at verse 29 00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:17.420 or 28 00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:19.420 Luke 9.28 to 35 00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:24.620 about eight days after Jesus said this 00:41:24.620 --> 00:41:26.460 he took Peter, John and James with him 00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:28.700 and went up onto a mountain to pray 00:41:29.180 --> 00:41:30.380 as he was praying 00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:32.220 the appearance of his face changed 00:41:32.220 --> 00:41:35.340 and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning 00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:38.620 two men, Moses and Elijah appeared in the glorious splendor 00:41:38.620 --> 00:41:39.820 talking with Jesus 00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:41.820 they spoke about his departure as in his death 00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:45.340 when he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem 00:41:45.340 --> 00:41:47.340 Peter and his companions were very sleepy 00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:48.780 but when they came fully awake 00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:49.980 they saw his glory 00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:51.580 and the two men standing with him 00:41:51.580 --> 00:41:53.980 as the men were leaving Jesus 00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:55.420 Peter said to him 00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:57.740 master, it is good for us to be here 00:41:57.740 --> 00:41:59.500 let us put up three shelters 00:41:59.500 --> 00:42:00.460 one for you 00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:02.460 one for Moses and one for Elijah 00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:04.460 he did not know what he was saying 00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:06.060 verse 34 00:42:06.060 --> 00:42:07.820 while he was in the temple 00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:09.420 verse 34 00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:10.620 while he was still speaking 00:42:10.620 --> 00:42:12.860 and again you see this whole cloud thing 00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:14.380 while he was still speaking 00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:16.940 a cloud appeared and enveloped them 00:42:16.940 --> 00:42:19.900 and they were afraid as they entered the cloud 00:42:19.900 --> 00:42:22.780 a voice came from the cloud saying 00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:26.780 this is my son whom I have chosen 00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:27.820 listen to him 00:42:27.820 --> 00:42:30.620 guys, this verse that came out of the cloud 00:42:30.620 --> 00:42:33.340 is a verse that any Jew would have recognized 00:42:33.340 --> 00:42:36.860 as a verse that is always spoken over a king 00:42:36.860 --> 00:42:38.060 when he is being crowned 00:42:38.060 --> 00:42:39.340 go to Psalm 2 00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:39.980 Psalm 2 00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:41.580 Psalm 2 00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:49.180 this verse was always spoken 00:42:49.180 --> 00:42:50.460 when Solomon was crowned 00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:51.020 it was spoken 00:42:51.020 --> 00:42:51.980 when David was crowned 00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:52.860 it was spoken 00:42:52.860 --> 00:42:54.620 whenever a king was installed 00:42:54.620 --> 00:42:56.140 this verse would be spoken 00:42:56.140 --> 00:42:58.220 so for the disciples or for any Jew 00:42:58.220 --> 00:42:59.260 to hear this verse 00:42:59.260 --> 00:43:02.540 was a declaration of the kingship of Jesus 00:43:02.540 --> 00:43:04.940 look at what it says in Psalm 2 verses 6 and 7 00:43:05.740 --> 00:43:06.380 it says there 00:43:07.740 --> 00:43:11.100 I have installed my king on Zion 00:43:11.100 --> 00:43:12.220 my holy hill 00:43:12.220 --> 00:43:14.700 I will proclaim the decree of the Lord 00:43:14.700 --> 00:43:15.900 he said to me 00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:17.260 you are my son 00:43:17.260 --> 00:43:19.820 today I have become your father 00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:23.500 what is happening here 00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:26.620 is a declaration of Christ's kingship 00:43:26.620 --> 00:43:27.580 let's look at another word 00:43:27.580 --> 00:43:29.100 that talks about his priesthood 00:43:29.100 --> 00:43:30.620 Hebrews 4 14 00:43:30.620 --> 00:43:31.980 Hebrews 4 14 00:43:32.540 --> 00:43:33.820 Hebrews 4 14 00:43:35.100 --> 00:43:36.860 Hebrews 4 14 00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:40.140 man when I listen to the tape 00:43:40.140 --> 00:43:41.820 sometimes I think to myself 00:43:41.820 --> 00:43:44.060 I repeat these verses so many times 00:43:44.620 --> 00:43:46.140 Hebrews 4 14 00:43:46.140 --> 00:43:47.100 there I go again 00:43:47.100 --> 00:43:48.300 Hebrews 4 14 00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:49.180 oh shucks again 00:43:49.900 --> 00:43:50.620 so here goes 00:43:52.620 --> 00:43:53.660 I got to say it one more time 00:43:53.660 --> 00:43:54.780 Hebrews 4 14 00:43:54.780 --> 00:43:55.340 okay 00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:58.300 therefore since we have a great high priest 00:43:58.300 --> 00:44:00.460 who has gone through the heavens 00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:02.300 Jesus the son of God 00:44:02.300 --> 00:44:04.780 let us hold firmly to the faith we profess 00:44:04.940 --> 00:44:06.140 some other scriptures 00:44:06.140 --> 00:44:07.420 some other versions say 00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:09.980 therefore since we have a great high priest 00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:12.380 who has ascended into heaven 00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:13.820 Jesus the son of God 00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:16.300 let us hold firmly to the faith we process 00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:17.340 guys understand this 00:44:17.340 --> 00:44:18.220 when he ascended 00:44:18.220 --> 00:44:19.980 he isn't sitting there with his feet up 00:44:20.780 --> 00:44:21.740 he may be 00:44:21.740 --> 00:44:23.980 but he ascended there 00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:26.060 to be our high priest forever 00:44:26.060 --> 00:44:28.380 Jesus is our high priest forever 00:44:28.380 --> 00:44:30.380 and you will find out in the coming weeks 00:44:30.380 --> 00:44:32.620 how important that is to your existence here on earth 00:44:32.620 --> 00:44:35.420 Jesus is our high priest forever 00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:36.700 ever interceding 00:44:36.700 --> 00:44:38.140 ever before the father 00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:40.700 we'll talk about that another time 00:44:40.700 --> 00:44:42.060 and the last one is 00:44:42.060 --> 00:44:43.820 Jesus Christ is forever man 00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:45.500 which is a scary thought 00:44:45.500 --> 00:44:46.860 you might think so what is he 00:44:46.860 --> 00:44:48.380 five foot eight five foot nine 00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:49.260 that's another point 00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:50.220 we'll talk about that too 00:44:50.220 --> 00:44:51.100 but not today 00:44:51.100 --> 00:44:51.980 and he's not 00:44:51.980 --> 00:44:53.740 we're not talking about physical stature guys 00:44:53.740 --> 00:44:57.020 but he is forever man 00:44:57.580 --> 00:44:59.660 1st Timothy 2 5 00:44:59.660 --> 00:45:00.940 1st Timothy 2 5 00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:02.620 1st Timothy 2 5 00:45:03.580 --> 00:45:04.860 I mean that's just one of the scriptures 00:45:04.860 --> 00:45:07.420 there are at least six or seven others 00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:08.940 1st Timothy 2 5 00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:10.460 for there is one God 00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:13.100 and one mediator 00:45:13.100 --> 00:45:14.220 between God and man 00:45:14.860 --> 00:45:15.100 who? 00:45:15.820 --> 00:45:17.820 the man Christ Jesus 00:45:18.380 --> 00:45:19.100 look at that man 00:45:19.100 --> 00:45:19.980 it's in the scriptures 00:45:20.620 --> 00:45:22.860 for there is one God 00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:24.220 and one mediator 00:45:24.220 --> 00:45:25.500 between God and man 00:45:26.620 --> 00:45:27.740 that's like saying 00:45:27.740 --> 00:45:29.740 there is only one cure for cancer 00:45:30.380 --> 00:45:31.100 and I have it 00:45:33.100 --> 00:45:34.380 there is no other name 00:45:34.380 --> 00:45:36.620 by which man can be saved 00:45:36.620 --> 00:45:37.500 no Allah 00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:38.540 no Buddha 00:45:38.540 --> 00:45:40.460 no whatever 00:45:40.460 --> 00:45:41.820 nothing can save you man 00:45:42.460 --> 00:45:44.300 because there is only one mediator 00:45:44.300 --> 00:45:45.340 between God and man 00:45:46.060 --> 00:45:47.580 no Pope can save you for sure 00:45:48.300 --> 00:45:49.660 there is only one mediator 00:45:49.660 --> 00:45:50.700 between God and man 00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:54.460 and it says who? 00:45:55.260 --> 00:45:57.580 the man Jesus Christ 00:46:00.700 --> 00:46:01.260 or they? 00:46:07.180 --> 00:46:10.220 he forever will be man 00:46:11.820 --> 00:46:12.780 now we'll talk about that 00:46:15.660 --> 00:46:16.780 we'll talk about that 00:46:16.780 --> 00:46:18.060 in the weeks to come 00:46:20.140 --> 00:46:21.660 fascinating thing happened man 00:46:21.660 --> 00:46:22.940 when he decided 00:46:22.940 --> 00:46:23.820 to take on a body 00:46:23.820 --> 00:46:24.620 and come down here 00:46:26.300 --> 00:46:27.340 fascinating thing happened 00:46:29.740 --> 00:46:31.900 I mean just go look at that scripture 00:46:31.900 --> 00:46:33.820 it was in Hebrews 2 00:46:33.820 --> 00:46:35.580 just go to Hebrews 2 for a second 00:46:35.580 --> 00:46:36.620 you'll see a bit of it 00:46:39.100 --> 00:46:40.460 Hebrews 2 14 00:46:40.460 --> 00:46:43.660 and then we'll go to the last point 00:46:43.660 --> 00:46:44.780 Hebrews 2 14 00:46:46.140 --> 00:46:47.340 look at what it says 00:46:47.340 --> 00:46:50.140 since the children have flesh and blood 00:46:50.140 --> 00:46:52.700 he too shared in their humanity 00:46:52.700 --> 00:46:54.780 so that by his death 00:46:54.780 --> 00:46:56.380 he might destroy him 00:46:56.380 --> 00:46:58.060 who holds the power of death 00:46:58.060 --> 00:46:59.260 that is the devil 00:46:59.260 --> 00:47:01.420 and free those who all their lives 00:47:01.420 --> 00:47:02.620 were held in slavery 00:47:02.620 --> 00:47:03.660 by the fear of death 00:47:03.660 --> 00:47:05.820 for surely it's not angels he helps 00:47:05.820 --> 00:47:07.260 but Abraham's descendants 00:47:07.260 --> 00:47:08.300 for this reason 00:47:08.300 --> 00:47:10.700 he had to be made like his brothers 00:47:10.700 --> 00:47:11.900 meaning me and you 00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:13.020 in every way 00:47:13.020 --> 00:47:14.700 in order that he might become 00:47:14.700 --> 00:47:17.420 a merciful and faithful high priest 00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:18.620 in service to God 00:47:18.620 --> 00:47:20.380 and that he might make atonement 00:47:20.380 --> 00:47:22.300 for the sins of the people 00:47:22.300 --> 00:47:23.580 because he himself suffered 00:47:23.580 --> 00:47:24.620 when he was tempted 00:47:24.620 --> 00:47:25.740 he's able to help those 00:47:25.740 --> 00:47:26.700 who are being tempted 00:47:27.660 --> 00:47:28.860 and then it goes on to talk about 00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:30.860 how he's forever a high priest 00:47:30.860 --> 00:47:32.060 I will deal with that 00:47:32.060 --> 00:47:33.340 two weeks from now 00:47:33.340 --> 00:47:34.060 the last point 00:47:35.340 --> 00:47:36.780 which is where we'll finish today 00:47:36.780 --> 00:47:38.140 and start next week 00:47:38.140 --> 00:47:40.220 the last point is ascension 00:47:42.220 --> 00:47:44.060 ascension released 00:47:45.100 --> 00:47:49.180 ascension released the Holy Spirit 00:47:52.140 --> 00:47:54.380 on God's people 00:47:55.420 --> 00:47:58.620 ascension released the Holy Spirit 00:47:58.700 --> 00:47:59.660 on God's people 00:48:00.380 --> 00:48:02.860 ascension released the Holy Spirit 00:48:02.860 --> 00:48:03.980 on God's people 00:48:03.980 --> 00:48:05.180 go to Acts chapter 2 00:48:05.740 --> 00:48:08.380 Acts chapter 2 verse 33 00:48:09.260 --> 00:48:11.980 Acts 2 verse 33 00:48:11.980 --> 00:48:21.180 Acts chapter 2 verse 33 00:48:21.180 --> 00:48:29.020 let's start at verse 32 00:48:29.900 --> 00:48:32.620 God has raised this Jesus to life 00:48:33.180 --> 00:48:35.180 and we are all witnesses of the fact 00:48:36.220 --> 00:48:39.100 exalted to the right hand of God 00:48:39.100 --> 00:48:41.900 he has received from the Father 00:48:41.900 --> 00:48:43.820 the promised Holy Spirit 00:48:43.820 --> 00:48:45.180 and has poured out 00:48:45.180 --> 00:48:46.780 what you now see and hear 00:48:48.460 --> 00:48:49.580 and has poured out 00:48:49.580 --> 00:48:51.340 what you now see and hear 00:48:51.340 --> 00:48:52.380 go to John 16 00:49:05.900 --> 00:49:07.900 sorry John 14 verse 28 00:49:08.780 --> 00:49:10.780 John 14 verse 28 00:49:13.020 --> 00:49:14.300 John 14 28 00:49:15.340 --> 00:49:16.060 here's what it says 00:49:17.260 --> 00:49:18.460 you have heard me say 00:49:18.540 --> 00:49:19.660 I'm going away 00:49:19.660 --> 00:49:21.180 and I'm coming back to you 00:49:21.180 --> 00:49:22.140 if you loved me 00:49:22.140 --> 00:49:22.860 you would be glad 00:49:22.860 --> 00:49:23.980 that I'm going to the Father 00:49:24.860 --> 00:49:26.540 for the Father is greater than I 00:49:28.060 --> 00:49:29.900 I've told you now before this happens 00:49:32.140 --> 00:49:33.580 so that when it does 00:49:33.580 --> 00:49:34.300 you will believe 00:49:35.340 --> 00:49:37.420 I will not speak with you much longer 00:49:37.420 --> 00:49:39.180 for the Prince of the world is coming 00:49:39.180 --> 00:49:40.620 he has no hold on me 00:49:40.620 --> 00:49:41.500 but the world must learn 00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:42.620 that I love the Father 00:49:42.620 --> 00:49:43.660 and that I do exactly 00:49:43.660 --> 00:49:45.260 what my Father commanded me to 00:49:46.780 --> 00:49:47.660 verse 25 00:49:49.420 --> 00:49:50.780 and all this I have spoken 00:49:50.780 --> 00:49:51.900 while still with you 00:49:51.900 --> 00:49:53.740 but the counsel of the Holy Spirit 00:49:53.740 --> 00:49:55.980 whom the Father will send in my name 00:49:55.980 --> 00:49:57.660 will teach you all things 00:49:57.660 --> 00:49:58.940 and will remind you 00:49:58.940 --> 00:50:01.260 of everything I have said to you 00:50:01.260 --> 00:50:02.620 the point being guys 00:50:02.620 --> 00:50:06.620 that Jesus had to go to the Father 00:50:06.620 --> 00:50:09.020 so that the Father could send 00:50:09.020 --> 00:50:10.300 the Holy Spirit 00:50:10.300 --> 00:50:12.780 and we'll talk about that next week 00:50:12.780 --> 00:50:13.900 because next week we'll 00:50:14.620 --> 00:50:16.140 next week is in a way 00:50:16.140 --> 00:50:17.020 Pentecost Sunday 00:50:17.020 --> 00:50:19.580 it's Pentecost falls on May 11th 00:50:19.580 --> 00:50:21.580 which is a Wednesday 00:50:21.580 --> 00:50:23.580 so next week we'll talk about 00:50:23.580 --> 00:50:25.580 the coming of the Holy Spirit 00:50:25.580 --> 00:50:27.580 so I'd really encourage you 00:50:27.580 --> 00:50:28.780 next Sunday when you come 00:50:28.780 --> 00:50:30.780 at what time is the service Jeevan? 00:50:32.780 --> 00:50:33.580 10.20 yeah 00:50:33.580 --> 00:50:37.420 so when you come 10.20 next Sunday 00:50:37.420 --> 00:50:39.580 come with your hearts prepared 00:50:39.580 --> 00:50:42.140 to yield to the Spirit of God 00:50:42.140 --> 00:50:43.820 does the Spirit live in you fully? 00:50:43.820 --> 00:50:44.780 Absolutely 00:50:44.780 --> 00:50:46.380 are you fully yielded to God? 00:50:46.380 --> 00:50:47.740 are you fully yielded to him? 00:50:48.300 --> 00:50:48.940 No 00:50:50.060 --> 00:50:51.100 how do you know Jacob? 00:50:51.100 --> 00:50:52.380 because I'm not either 00:50:53.340 --> 00:50:54.780 so I would suggest to you 00:50:54.780 --> 00:50:55.820 that when you come next Sunday 00:50:55.820 --> 00:50:56.860 come saying Father 00:50:56.860 --> 00:50:59.500 I know you live in me fully 00:50:59.500 --> 00:51:00.460 by your Spirit 00:51:00.460 --> 00:51:01.900 but could you 00:51:01.900 --> 00:51:03.100 could you over this week 00:51:03.100 --> 00:51:04.140 begin to prepare my heart 00:51:04.140 --> 00:51:05.260 to be yielded 00:51:05.260 --> 00:51:07.580 so that the Spirit of God 00:51:07.580 --> 00:51:10.620 may begin to affect me 00:51:10.620 --> 00:51:13.580 in a way that I've never been affected before 00:51:13.580 --> 00:51:15.420 never been affected before 00:51:15.420 --> 00:51:17.180 whatever you want to do with me 00:51:17.180 --> 00:51:18.700 in terms of a change of character 00:51:18.700 --> 00:51:19.820 a change of nature 00:51:19.820 --> 00:51:21.340 a change of the way of thinking 00:51:21.340 --> 00:51:23.820 a change of the way of operating on this earth 00:51:23.820 --> 00:51:25.660 from this day on 00:51:25.660 --> 00:51:27.420 in terms of gifts 00:51:27.420 --> 00:51:30.140 of the Holy Spirit that you want to give 00:51:30.140 --> 00:51:31.420 in terms of 00:51:31.420 --> 00:51:33.100 places that you want me to go 00:51:33.100 --> 00:51:34.780 in the power of the Holy Spirit 00:51:34.780 --> 00:51:35.980 could you bring about 00:51:35.980 --> 00:51:38.460 such a radical transformation in my life 00:51:38.460 --> 00:51:40.700 as I prepare this week 00:51:40.700 --> 00:51:43.420 to yield myself? 00:51:43.420 --> 00:51:44.780 what is yielding then? 00:51:44.780 --> 00:51:46.620 how do you prepare yourself to yield? 00:51:46.620 --> 00:51:49.740 it is a decisive moment 00:51:49.740 --> 00:51:51.740 by moment walk 00:51:51.740 --> 00:51:52.540 where you decide 00:51:52.540 --> 00:51:54.700 Father I do not want this 00:51:54.700 --> 00:51:56.780 I want this 00:51:56.780 --> 00:51:58.540 it's a yielding 00:51:58.540 --> 00:52:00.300 yielding always is a decision 00:52:00.300 --> 00:52:02.140 more than anything else it's a decision 00:52:02.140 --> 00:52:05.260 worship is an expression 00:52:05.260 --> 00:52:07.420 that may happen after yielding 00:52:07.420 --> 00:52:11.820 but yielding is a decision 00:52:11.820 --> 00:52:14.300 may our stubbornness not stand in the way 00:52:14.300 --> 00:52:17.180 may your traditions not stand in the way 00:52:17.180 --> 00:52:18.540 may your 00:52:18.540 --> 00:52:20.700 knowledge of what you know till now 00:52:20.700 --> 00:52:23.900 not stand in the way 00:52:23.900 --> 00:52:27.820 may your moods and feelings not stand in the way 00:52:27.820 --> 00:52:29.180 may what your fathers 00:52:29.180 --> 00:52:30.860 and your pastors taught you 00:52:30.860 --> 00:52:32.460 not stand in the way 00:52:32.460 --> 00:52:33.580 may your culture 00:52:33.580 --> 00:52:34.940 not stand in the way 00:52:34.940 --> 00:52:36.220 may your gender 00:52:36.220 --> 00:52:37.500 not stand in the way 00:52:37.500 --> 00:52:39.100 may your own thoughts of whether you're 00:52:39.100 --> 00:52:40.780 holy or not holy 00:52:40.780 --> 00:52:41.980 pian of stand in the way 00:52:41.980 --> 00:52:47.520 because you are ever present before the Father and Jesus Christ is the most powerful, 00:52:47.520 --> 00:52:52.720 universal, sovereign head of everything and He can do what He wants. 00:52:52.720 --> 00:53:00.160 But decide, make a decision as you come next week that I come to be yielded, 00:53:00.160 --> 00:53:05.660 to be transformed, to be changed not by word that Jacob speaks or that anybody else does 00:53:05.660 --> 00:53:09.000 but by a sheer work of the Spirit of the Living God. 00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:16.340 Yieldedness is always met, always met, always met by God, always met. 00:53:16.340 --> 00:53:19.340 He never turns yieldedness away. 00:53:19.340 --> 00:53:23.240 What will happen to you then? You will look more like Jesus. 00:53:23.240 --> 00:53:27.940 That's what yieldedness does. Yieldedness makes you look more like Jesus. 00:53:27.940 --> 00:53:34.120 If this is all that you are yielded, then this is all that will be wet. 00:53:34.120 --> 00:53:38.660 If this is how you are yielded, that is how you will look. 00:53:39.660 --> 00:53:43.160 It's a very simple thing guys, but it's a decision. 00:53:46.160 --> 00:53:48.160 It's a decision. 00:53:48.160 --> 00:53:50.160 And I challenge you. 00:53:51.160 --> 00:53:57.160 I want this badly for myself, but I would hate it if it was only the experience of a few. 00:53:57.160 --> 00:53:59.160 I want it for us man. 00:53:59.160 --> 00:54:02.160 Everything God does, He does as a people. 00:54:09.160 --> 00:54:15.160 So Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, I just thank you for these marvelous scriptures 00:54:15.160 --> 00:54:20.160 that show us how much happened because Jesus Christ ascended. 00:54:23.160 --> 00:54:28.160 In Ephesians 1, it says towards the end, towards verse 18 and 19, 00:54:28.160 --> 00:54:34.160 that your great power raised him from the dead and then exalted him to the highest place. 00:54:34.320 --> 00:54:45.320 Father, would you please make us, make me consciously aware of a need to yield more 00:54:45.320 --> 00:54:56.320 so that I may decrease and you may radically, in giant steps increase. 00:54:56.320 --> 00:54:58.320 Not incremental steps, no. 00:55:04.320 --> 00:55:08.320 It doesn't have to wait till Sunday, but on Sunday we'll gather together. 00:55:08.320 --> 00:55:11.320 And we'll open our hearts and our lives and say, 00:55:11.320 --> 00:55:16.320 Holy Spirit possess what is rightfully yours and that has been paid for by Christ. 00:55:18.320 --> 00:55:21.320 I do ask this for all of us seated here Father. 00:55:24.320 --> 00:55:26.320 You deserve this. 00:55:26.320 --> 00:55:28.320 This is duly yours. 00:55:28.320 --> 00:55:29.320 You deserve this. 00:55:29.320 --> 00:55:31.320 You have bought us. 00:55:31.480 --> 00:55:36.480 We dare not hold ourselves back because of our stupid ideas Father. 00:55:36.480 --> 00:55:39.480 And I deliberately use the word stupid because it is stupid. 00:55:42.480 --> 00:55:44.480 You must have more of us. 00:55:44.480 --> 00:55:46.480 We belong to you. 00:55:46.480 --> 00:55:48.480 You paid the price. 00:55:48.480 --> 00:55:50.480 Please have your way. 00:55:50.480 --> 00:55:51.480 Please have your way. 00:55:51.480 --> 00:55:54.480 I'm just angry at my own stubbornness. 00:55:55.480 --> 00:55:58.480 And so we ask, granted I pray, 00:55:58.640 --> 00:56:01.640 Father so I bless this church Abba. 00:56:01.640 --> 00:56:03.640 I bless this church. 00:56:03.640 --> 00:56:07.640 I thank you that they listen to hear. 00:56:08.640 --> 00:56:11.640 Or they, yeah whatever Father, you understand what I mean. 00:56:11.640 --> 00:56:14.640 They listen to hear and grasp and I bless them. 00:56:14.640 --> 00:56:16.640 I just bless them. 00:56:16.640 --> 00:56:18.640 I just bless them. 00:56:20.640 --> 00:56:23.640 Anything else you want to do before we leave Father? 00:56:28.480 --> 00:56:30.640 Amen.