WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: Ministry of the Spirit Publishing Date: 2017-12-24T05:00:44-08:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/ministry-of-the-spirit/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.200 I'm good to go, Ryan. Okay, Matthew 1, 20 to 23. Matthew 1, 20 to 23. 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:20.880 And it says in Matthew 1, 20 to 23 that 00:00:20.880 --> 00:00:31.920 But after he considered this, and this is Joseph, but after he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:41.360 Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 00:00:41.360 --> 00:00:48.880 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:53.600 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet. 00:00:53.600 --> 00:01:01.440 That a virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Emmanuel, which means God with us. 00:01:01.440 --> 00:01:16.000 Guys, so here's the thing. In those three verses, you see the Son of God, or this little baby in the manger, 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:24.320 before he is born, God gives him two names. So he goes tells Joseph, hey, you need to call him Jesus. 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:34.080 And then he also says to Joseph that a thing is being fulfilled, a verse or a prophecy that was spoken ages ago. 00:01:34.960 --> 00:01:41.600 Zeya is fulfilled. And what was that prophecy? That a virgin shall give birth to a son, you shall call him Emmanuel. 00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:50.480 So there are two names here that are being and in those two names you basically have at Jesus's birth, 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:57.440 his ministry, his life and his purpose in those two names. And what are the two names? Jesus. 00:01:57.440 --> 00:02:04.000 And what does Jesus mean? Just so nobody gets it wrong, the angel even explains what Jesus means. 00:02:04.800 --> 00:02:16.240 Jesus means he will save his people from sin. That's what the word Jesus means. 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:26.080 He will save his people or he will save people from their sins. He will save people from sin. 00:02:26.640 --> 00:02:33.360 And what does the word Emmanuel mean? And so the names are given to him before he's born. Hey, 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:42.240 can I change this mic because it's giving me some trouble. The second name he is given is Emmanuel 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:53.520 and Emmanuel means God with us. And in these two, in these two, in these two, yeah, so in these two names, 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:59.920 Jesus's life, ministry and purpose is defined. So what was his purpose? His purpose was I've come to 00:02:59.920 --> 00:03:07.920 save people from their sins. What was his other mission or ministry that hey, the earth and its 00:03:07.920 --> 00:03:13.920 people have lost touch with God because of their sins. I've come to save the people from sins and 00:03:13.920 --> 00:03:20.800 thereafter, I am going to be the God who dwells with them. I'm going to be a God not in heaven. 00:03:20.880 --> 00:03:28.160 God not in heaven. I'm going to be a God with you. This defines his purpose and his ministry 00:03:28.160 --> 00:03:34.400 and his life from there on. And as disciples of Jesus, our ministry and life and purpose is 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:39.600 defined too. It's the same as the one who leads us. You can't have a ministry life and purpose 00:03:39.600 --> 00:03:46.000 that is different from the one who you belong to. Yeah, belong to. This is not some voluntary thing 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:50.640 we are doing. The moment you ask Jesus Christ into your life, you're calling him Lord. Lord means 00:03:50.640 --> 00:03:54.880 master. And the moment you call him master, his mission, his purpose, his life becomes yours. 00:03:56.960 --> 00:04:03.680 So what is your mission, your purpose, your ministry, your life about? I'm not talking 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:09.200 about what you do in terms of work, but our mission life and purpose becomes simple too. 00:04:10.160 --> 00:04:11.440 Bear witness to Jesus. 00:04:16.960 --> 00:04:17.760 Make disciples. 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:23.040 Become 00:04:26.320 --> 00:04:27.440 God with us people. 00:04:31.200 --> 00:04:38.560 As the master, so the followers. Regardless of where you work, what you do, retired, active, 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:48.800 Canut fan, Colorado fan, both are in bad shape. Regardless of what you do, these things stay 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:54.640 consistent. You bear witness to Jesus. Bear witness, meaning here is who he is from what I know. 00:04:55.600 --> 00:05:00.400 Here is who he is from what I've experienced. Here is who he is from what I feel. Here is who 00:05:00.400 --> 00:05:07.120 he is from what I've sensed and read. To make disciples as in this is what Jesus did. This is 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:16.000 what I do. You do. Regardless of what we work at, our intent is make disciples. Make people who, 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:24.480 huh, make shape people not into followers, not into converts, not into religious kind, 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:30.720 not into Christians. No, make people who are willing to pay a cost to follow him who lay down 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:37.920 his life for you. And the third one is become a with us, God with us people. That is a strange one. 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:45.120 You never think of church as our church. That's where God dwells with people. No, our 00:05:45.760 --> 00:05:48.960 definition of church is our church, the thing that happens on Sunday mornings. 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:56.320 But the intent is become a God with us people where when people come into a place like this, 00:05:56.880 --> 00:06:02.640 they can't go away without sensing that boy there was something else in that room and they call it 00:06:02.640 --> 00:06:09.200 God and this God seems attractive. That's what we were singing it God with us, God for us. 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:14.320 Nothing can stand against, nothing can come between us. Where there was death you bring 00:06:14.320 --> 00:06:19.120 life Lord, where there was fear you bring courage. When I was afraid 00:06:20.320 --> 00:06:24.400 you were with me and you lifted me up, you lifted me up and that's the whole intent. 00:06:27.440 --> 00:06:35.600 These things are contained in the name Emmanuel and Jesus and it's strange before he was born 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:40.880 these are the names given to me. Any questions before we go on? 00:06:44.320 --> 00:06:52.720 Any questions? 00:06:55.120 --> 00:07:00.480 So what does Jesus mean? He will save people from their sins. What does Emmanuel mean? God with us. 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:05.760 Cling to this. Say if there's anything you take away from Christmas it is this that Jesus means 00:07:05.760 --> 00:07:11.280 he will save people from sins. Emmanuel means God with us and these things I will cling to 00:07:11.280 --> 00:07:15.360 because this is something that has to be lived out through my life. God wants to live this out 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:21.680 through my life. God wants to live this. God wants to live this through my life. Jacob I'm still in 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:27.920 the same business. I want to be a God who is with people and I want to be someone who still saves 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:33.520 people from their sins and I send Jesus, he ascended, he's now in heaven but by the way he 00:07:33.520 --> 00:07:40.880 lives in you so you got to do the same thing that my son used to do. Very simple. It doesn't matter 00:07:40.880 --> 00:07:48.160 where I put you whether it be in a corporate building or wherever this is what you do. Through 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:53.840 you I'll still continue what my son started. Through you I'll still continue what my son started. 00:07:56.480 --> 00:08:02.080 That's why like Bob Kran's letter said Merry Christmas doesn't really explain it. Someone 00:08:02.080 --> 00:08:09.440 did something ridiculous so that I not be lost. There's a passage we'll go there later. 00:08:11.840 --> 00:08:18.800 So what stands in the way of us operating this way? What stands in the way? Surprisingly people 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:25.040 say oh I'm sinful that's why this doesn't work. Oh I'm full of faults and I've got flaws so I 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:29.600 can't do this. No not really. The one thing that stands in the way of this happening guys 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:36.720 is not sin it's Satan. I mean just put up the first picture Ryan and then I'll call out when 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:53.440 I want the next picture. Yeah so thanks. And now drum roll. 00:09:00.880 --> 00:09:05.360 This is the first one. Yeah so this is where we're starting with two names that were given 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:09.600 him Jesus and Emmanuel. I'm getting more and more the hang of this powerpoint thing so you 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:14.800 might see more of this now but it takes up a lot of time so maybe I won't do it. So 00:09:17.760 --> 00:09:23.680 Jesus so this is what it means Jesus Emmanuel God with us. So standing in the way of this happening 00:09:23.680 --> 00:09:30.160 through our lives is not your defect not your flaws not your sin not your inadequacy. It is 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:38.160 someone else called Satan because there is an evil spirit called Satan who stands in the way of 00:09:39.520 --> 00:09:45.520 Jesus becoming Jesus through us Emmanuel becoming Emmanuel through us. What do I mean by that? Guys 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:56.720 there's an active evil spirit called Satan who opposes prevents stops people from 00:09:57.360 --> 00:10:07.040 being saved from their sins and there is an active evil spirit called Satan who works over time to 00:10:07.040 --> 00:10:15.440 prevent people from enjoying the with us God. Remember what was the devil's first intent when 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:22.400 Jesus was born? Can I destroy him right at birth? So he gets hered to kill all the babies that are 00:10:22.400 --> 00:10:27.120 under two years old. Why? He was hoping that Jesus could be slaughtered with them. 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:36.320 This is an old ancient thing. This fight has been going on for thousands and thousands of years. 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:44.800 Every time anyone rises up to save people from their sins and to present to them a God who can 00:10:44.800 --> 00:10:53.040 live with them there is an enormous ferocious adversary evil spirit called Satan who keeps 00:10:53.040 --> 00:11:01.760 coming to block because if he can prevent you from enjoying the God with us and if he can prevent you 00:11:01.760 --> 00:11:07.760 from getting out of your sin there's nothing else he needs to do and it happens again and again and 00:11:07.760 --> 00:11:14.480 again and again. In second Corinthians 4 4 it says it this way second Corinthians 4 4 it says 00:11:14.560 --> 00:11:23.040 that the God of this world as in Satan the God of this world as in the devil or Satan 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:30.960 this is in second Corinthians 4 4 has blinded the minds of people who do not believe to keep them 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:38.160 from seeing the light of the good news of Christ. The God of this world as in the devil has blinded 00:11:38.160 --> 00:11:47.920 the eyes of people who do not believe so that they may not get to taste and joy grasp 00:11:47.920 --> 00:11:55.040 fathom the good news that Jesus Christ came to save you from sin by dying for you. 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:58.400 So there is a blindness that devil brings eh. 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:06.000 There's another scripture which says that the good news of Jesus Christ is is veiled to people it's 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:11.360 almost like there's a veil on people and they cannot see you can explain it but they cannot see 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:16.080 because there's a veil upon them there's this picture that I found and this picture has nothing 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:21.760 to do with any religion it's just a picture that I felt would explain it so do not look at the 00:12:21.760 --> 00:12:27.200 picture in terms of it representing any religion it just doesn't have anything to do with any 00:12:27.520 --> 00:12:32.160 religion it just so happens that it is perfect for what I'm trying to explain so go to the next 00:12:32.160 --> 00:12:39.680 picture. So there is this veil that covers people's eyes unable to see their minds dulled 00:12:39.680 --> 00:12:45.840 their eyes dulled their hearts dulled their feelings dulled to the presence of the creator 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:50.960 of the universe thousands and thousands and thousands and the only thing they can do then 00:12:50.960 --> 00:13:00.240 is to shake their fists at this invisible creator who seems to be violent evil and yet it's because 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:02.880 of this veil that's over their eyes that they can't see the goodness of God. 00:13:06.160 --> 00:13:13.680 The gospel is veiled in second Corinthians 4 3 it says the gospel is veiled and it causes people 00:13:13.680 --> 00:13:22.240 to perish because God in his amazing love didn't want heaven all for himself he wanted me there so 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:28.880 he brings heaven down as the song says my sin was great his love was greater and so he comes down as 00:13:28.880 --> 00:13:35.840 a little baby lives here and dies for us why so that he could save us from sin and why so that 00:13:36.400 --> 00:13:42.320 we can enjoy God in us and with us guys just think of this say you and I have the privilege 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:49.280 a 24 7 privilege of enjoying the God of the universe not somewhere distant but in us with us 00:13:49.280 --> 00:13:56.000 hearing him knowing what he's saying experiencing him it's both feeling and fact and truth all 00:13:56.000 --> 00:14:03.120 combined into one God with us this is what Christmas really did and then you have thousands and 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:09.280 thousands of people who have veils upon them by the way you were one of them you were one of them 00:14:09.760 --> 00:14:14.800 there was a dullness over your eyes there was a dullness over my mind and eyes where we couldn't 00:14:14.800 --> 00:14:20.320 fathom who Jesus was people would come and tell you you couldn't fathom it people would try to 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:26.160 explain you didn't want it people would be able to elaborate it and you would still reject it because 00:14:26.160 --> 00:14:30.960 you didn't grasp it why because there was a veil over your eyes you could understand 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:35.760 rocket science easily but you couldn't understand simple Jesus 00:14:39.280 --> 00:14:43.440 because it's this veil that is over people 00:14:46.560 --> 00:14:53.040 here's another scripture in acts 26 18 acts 26 18 it says and this is God speaking to Paul 00:14:53.920 --> 00:15:00.240 and God says to Paul listen Paul I am sending you look at what God was sending Paul to do 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:06.560 I'm sending you to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light from the power of 00:15:06.560 --> 00:15:16.000 Satan to God because we have no idea how active an enemy the devil is in preventing these two names 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:26.400 of Jesus from taking root Jesus he who saves people from their sin Emmanuel God with us 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:35.040 an active adversary that keeps shutting down the door Jesus never came to establish Christianity 00:15:36.560 --> 00:15:43.920 that's just something that happened he never knew the word Christian that came much later too 00:15:43.920 --> 00:15:52.240 he never coined the word Christian that happened much later he just came to make disciples who 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:58.320 would be like him and who would show the world hey when God lives amongst you this is what life 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:04.720 looks like that's why it says oh it doesn't say anymore become a God with us people become a God 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:10.160 with us people let them see what can happen when your life gets filled with God 00:16:13.520 --> 00:16:13.760 so 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:21.280 Paul was told listen I'm sending you for two reasons I want you to go and open people's eyes 00:16:22.640 --> 00:16:28.480 and that's what I'm saying to you today that one of the reasons one of the purposes one of the 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:33.920 life missions you have one of the ministries you have is you are being sent tomorrow or day after 00:16:33.920 --> 00:16:38.880 tomorrow after after boxing day actually or during boxing you get the message you 00:16:40.400 --> 00:16:46.560 you're being sent out so that you can open eyes and turn people from darkness to light from the 00:16:46.560 --> 00:16:54.240 power of Satan to God this is why in Ephesians chapter 6 the scripture you're very familiar with 00:16:54.240 --> 00:17:00.560 it says we are not fighting against flesh and blood but we are fighting against dark powers of 00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:06.240 the universe just imagine it God is saying all this to us so that we become aware then listen 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:12.320 guys this church thing is not something you play on Sunday you are actually engaged in an active 00:17:12.320 --> 00:17:18.240 warfare with someone who wants to prevent your brothers your sisters your fathers your mothers 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:24.160 your neighbors your friends from ever experiencing throughout their lives here on earth for 80 or 90 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:30.320 years never being able to taste what it is to have God live with them never experiencing the 00:17:30.320 --> 00:17:39.520 forgiveness of sins what a wicked evil spirit this is that wants to kill destroy maim who gets 00:17:39.520 --> 00:17:45.120 blamed for it this baby in the manger that grew up to be one who was hung on a cross and they still 00:17:45.120 --> 00:17:45.920 blame him for it 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:56.800 have a hatred for what the devil is doing we end up hating people who are used by the devil 00:17:56.800 --> 00:18:01.920 and this is why Paul had to say in Ephesians guys your fight is not against flesh and blood 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:08.320 it's not against Herod it's not against Pharaoh it's not against some dictator it's not against some 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:16.720 fanatic that's not who your fight is against they are being used yes but your fight is not against 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:23.120 flesh and blood but against powers of darkness in high places that's how the word puts it 00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:31.600 this is one of the things we'll be praying on about on the 21st how to prevail against it and 00:18:31.600 --> 00:18:36.800 then Jesus goes on to say in Matthew 16 18 hey by the way i've told you that you're fighting against 00:18:36.800 --> 00:18:40.960 powerful adversaries in the spiritual realm that you can't even see that the devil is real but i 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:47.360 also want you to know he says in Matthew 16 18 that the gates of hell will not overcome or 00:18:47.360 --> 00:18:53.520 prevail or stand against the church the gates of hell cannot who is saying this the one who said 00:18:53.520 --> 00:18:59.120 all authority in heaven and earth has been given to me amazing eh like i said two weeks ago 00:18:59.760 --> 00:19:05.840 just imagine in this church given the authority i have by virtue of whatever i can say the 00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:11.280 jillian jillian could you go and sit on the bench two rows down and she would go not because she's 00:19:11.280 --> 00:19:16.160 scared of me but she because she recognizes my authority i can say to ryan ryan can we have the 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:22.720 next slide and he'll do it though he doesn't get paid for it i can say to hyde hyde let's not have 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:30.240 coffee next time and so in this place in this limited place i have some authority and you will 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:35.120 listen to it now think of jesus christ all authority he said in all heaven and all earth 00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:42.400 belongs to him when he says something you cannot defy it here you can defy it and you'll get away 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:50.000 with it and thank god you don't but with christ is different and i've said this before but always 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:57.760 remember this all satanic enterprise is by permission all satanic enterprise is by permission as in satan 00:19:57.760 --> 00:20:03.360 does things only by permission only by permission as in you will have to give him permission or god 00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:09.920 will have to permit it one or the other satan cannot do what he wants but one of his active 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:18.160 ministries is can i make sure that nobody figures out what the name jesus means and can i make sure 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:27.520 that the earth does not experience god with them and so jesus christ raises up us saying hey this 00:20:27.520 --> 00:20:31.840 is what he wants to do i'm raising up the church i'm building it and the gates of hell shall not 00:20:31.840 --> 00:20:37.200 prevail against it so what do i require of you you go and tell them what the name jesus means 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:45.200 and you go and show them what god with us looks like very simple in those two names in that simple 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:52.640 christmas announcement that the angel makes you have your mandate for 2018 regardless of where you're at 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:53.440 that 00:20:57.760 --> 00:21:04.160 so in a world where evil powers are actively at work in a world where evil powers are actively at 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:10.000 work god commands that we take the sword of the holy spirit stranger of all the things that god 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:17.600 could call the word of god he calls this the sword of the holy spirit as in hey why would you need a 00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:29.280 sword if you're a farmer who's growing avocados they grow on trees they do okay so why would you 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:35.200 they put it in burgers now i just can't understand that 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.960 just can't understand 00:21:43.360 --> 00:21:53.840 okay moving on so if you're a farmer farming avocado trees you don't need a sword 00:21:56.320 --> 00:22:01.680 but the reason god calls this the sword of the spirit is because he wants us to know that listen 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:08.880 you have an active enemy you need an offensive weapon he says wear gospel shoes of peace meaning 00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:14.000 you got to have tread man you got to know how to stand and not move 00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:19.920 you know that whole armor thing in the bible where it talks about wear this wear that 00:22:20.560 --> 00:22:24.000 if you're a farmer you don't need to wear that because you won't farm very well 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:32.000 dressed like sir galahad or whatever because that doesn't help with your plowing it's it's when you 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:38.160 fight that you need stuff and two essential elements of the sword of the spirit and shoes 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:44.560 that have tread so you can stand we'll talk about that another time but know that we are in active 00:22:44.560 --> 00:22:49.680 combat hey why is it so hard to tell people about jesus or speak about jesus or show people that 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:54.480 god is alive in your life because you've got an active enemy that has made it almost impossible 00:22:54.480 --> 00:23:01.040 to speak for the fear of derision or the fear of being scoffed at or the fear of being embarrassed 00:23:01.040 --> 00:23:02.560 so what do we do keep silent 00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.440 no 00:23:09.840 --> 00:23:14.080 i love that name man noah means rest noah means rest 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:29.920 guys so how do we go about proclaiming this these these two things that hey i'm someone who can 00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:35.040 tell you what the name jesus means and i can i can i can introduce you to this with us god 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:40.320 i can introduce it to the with us god i was just thinking when we were singing 00:23:41.040 --> 00:23:45.440 where there is death you bring life lord i'm thinking as a father you've done it so many 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:51.520 millions and millions of times in my life 28 29 years i've been a christian every time something 00:23:51.520 --> 00:23:56.320 goes wrong something begins to decay something begins to break down you come and introduce life 00:23:56.320 --> 00:24:02.720 how many times have you done it and how you long to do it for the 7.2 billion people that are here 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:09.840 on earth why would i then keep quiet to god this church cannot afford to stay quiet anymore 00:24:13.520 --> 00:24:16.960 go tell it on the mountains telling it in the mountains is easy nobody's there 00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:22.080 got to change that song a little 00:24:22.080 --> 00:24:25.280 over the hills 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:34.720 it it was important then but not so understand that that the whole idea of announcing jesus and 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:41.040 the god with us thing it's not a strenuous effort of the flesh it is a ministry of the 00:24:41.040 --> 00:24:47.120 spirit go to second corinthians 3 8 second corinthians 3 8 second corinthians 3 8 00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:53.600 second corinthians 3 8 00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:10.960 started seven now if the ministry that brought to death which was engraved in letters on stone 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:15.200 came with glory so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of moses because of its 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:21.360 glory fading though it was will not the ministry of the spirit be even more glorious as in hey 00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:27.360 just imagine this so there was this guy called moses and he would go into the temple and every 00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:33.040 time he would go into the temple and he would meet with god when he would come out his face would be 00:25:33.040 --> 00:25:42.240 blazing it'd be shining and yet in the temple were the 10 commandments and the 10 commandments were 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:48.400 basically a set of rules that if you broke them you die and here is god saying hey guys i'm not 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:53.520 giving you a list of rules to follow i'm not telling you things that will kill you i'm telling 00:25:53.520 --> 00:25:58.880 you things that will give you life and he says you begin to speak the name of jesus and explain to 00:25:58.880 --> 00:26:04.400 people what immanuel means and here's what's going to happen my spirit will be able to do things 00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:12.640 through you that even moses could not do understand that what we are being called to do is surely a 00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:18.080 ministry of the spirit a ministry of the spirit as in only the holy spirit can do this 00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:24.160 only the holy spirit can do this it's odd eh you know how the veil is removed from a person's face 00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:28.880 you can't go remove a veil from someone's face every time i do that no one takes four steps back 00:26:30.080 --> 00:26:34.800 you can't remove a veil from people's face they'll resist they'll say don't touch me don't don't touch 00:26:34.800 --> 00:26:40.800 my veil you can't force them you can't coax them you can't cajole them you can't bribe them you 00:26:40.800 --> 00:26:44.960 can't emotionally manipulate anyone to lift up their veils there's only one thing that you need 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:53.920 to do to remove the veil it says when you help people look at jesus the veil is removed 00:26:55.280 --> 00:27:02.320 all you and i have to do all you and i have to do is help people turn their faces towards jesus 00:27:02.320 --> 00:27:08.800 and the veil is removed how do you accomplish that through your inadequacy through your flaws 00:27:08.800 --> 00:27:12.800 through your faults help people look towards jesus 00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:18.560 what does that look like it'll look different every time man 00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:27.840 i was on a flight from jakarta to a place called surakarta and there's this hindu man sitting next 00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:32.960 to me and he and i are chatting and he's a businessman and i'm thinking to myself so how 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:43.520 do i help him look towards jesus and so i sense god saying ask him how he his business was this 00:27:43.520 --> 00:27:48.640 year and this was in november of the year october of the year ask him how his business was this year 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:53.520 because his business has been pretty bad and he's in the red and so i ask him and he says it's been 00:27:53.520 --> 00:28:00.240 pretty bad and then i sense the lord saying tell him on december 31st to look at his bottom line 00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:06.880 again and he'll be back in the black if if you're in the red you turn back to black right okay 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:14.640 i don't know much about farming or accounting so so you and he'll be in the black and so i told him 00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:22.720 that that's it six months later i'm in um not six months four weeks later uh he just emails me 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:27.760 saying thank you for what you said um may the gods help me and stuff like that like a very 00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:34.560 all gods lead to rome lead to the same place sorry all roads lead to rome all gods don't lead to rome 00:28:35.520 --> 00:28:46.480 and so um january he writes saying i just want you to know that what he said happened um we got such 00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:51.920 large orders in the last two months that from being in the red we've gone into positive and is 00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:56.160 there any chance that the next time you come to tukarta you could come and meet the rest of my 00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:58.960 family because i would like them to hear about jesus too 00:29:01.600 --> 00:29:07.840 it's amazing how simple these things are guys each of us will have it happen differently 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:15.600 have it happen differently but all we need to do is turn someone's face towards jesus because you 00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:22.080 and i cannot take away the veil you and i cannot take away the blindfold this is a spiritual thing 00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:27.680 it is not a physical thing spiritual things cannot be dealt physically 00:29:29.760 --> 00:29:36.160 this is why it's called the ministry of the spirit who lives in you and is 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:41.680 saying hey i don't know if you know jacob but you actually belong to me because christ paid a price 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:46.000 for your body and you are my temple i live in you so by the way can i use your body now 00:29:47.760 --> 00:29:51.920 he actually every morning i wake up and i've said this before when i wake up this holy spirit 00:29:51.920 --> 00:30:00.240 says he's finally awake with dawn he says huh when will he wake up but with me he says he's 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:05.920 finally awake and then he says he the holy spirit actually thinks that this body belongs to him 00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:13.360 the holy spirit actually thinks that this body belongs to him is that scriptural absolutely first 00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:18.800 corinthian 620 onwards says that don't you know that you are the temple of the holy spirit that 00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:24.160 you are not your own you've been bought with a price jesus paid for your body too you belong to god 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:30.400 and so he's yearning to say hey can i work my ministry through you 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:35.920 can you help people turn their faces towards jesus and when they do this third picture happens 00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:40.320 so you go to the second picture and then you go to the third picture in the third picture 00:30:40.320 --> 00:30:45.040 this person all the person does is turn towards jesus and now things begin to happen 00:30:49.280 --> 00:30:54.320 i want the reason i put these pictures up is so that you understand what's really transpiring 00:30:54.880 --> 00:31:00.640 you might think that what you're saying is so inadequate so not complete but you're turning 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:08.880 someone's face towards jesus and that takes away the veil the person is finally looking at the only 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:15.200 one who can do something inside do we want to make christians no do we want to add numbers to the 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:21.920 church not really what do we want we want everybody on the earth to experience what it is when god 00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:28.000 lives with you god with us immanuel that's why he came down he didn't come down to create christianity 00:31:32.320 --> 00:31:37.520 he wants to save people from their sins so that oh man when you read what will happen 00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:43.360 to those that keep rejecting keep rejecting keep refusing god it's not fun 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:47.360 so 00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:56.400 suddenly one out of the crowd looks towards jesus isn't that what happened to your families what 00:31:56.400 --> 00:32:04.480 happened in my family i was the first one to turn towards jesus and suddenly i saw something 00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:10.240 that began to change my heart people kept coming to me finally one day i had the good sense to 00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:19.040 turn towards jesus then my mom then my dad then my sister then my brother-in-law then their kids 00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:23.840 and it just keeps spreading it's contagious jesus infects 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:29.280 and it just keeps spreading 00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:38.480 just one girl turns and like i said this picture has got nothing to do with any religion 00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:41.280 it's just a portrayal of what i'm trying to say 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:48.720 through me then the holy spirit just wants to turn people towards jesus because that removes the 00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:54.000 veil it actually says so in second corinthians that when they turn to jesus the veil is removed 00:32:54.000 --> 00:33:01.520 through me the spirit wants to bring a person into contact with the power of god through me 00:33:02.560 --> 00:33:06.160 and through you the spirit of god wants to bring a person into the presence of god 00:33:06.800 --> 00:33:11.120 when paul wrote one of the first letters that paul wrote was first tessalonians 00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:17.360 he writes first tessalonians to these guys in tesla nica which i believe is a city that's present 00:33:17.360 --> 00:33:23.360 even now and he writes to the christians there and he writes to them saying hey when i came to you 00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:32.400 remember i had no finesse my words that i spoke to you somehow hit you there was conviction in 00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:38.160 my words and it convicted you and when he writes to the church in quarantine says i didn't come to 00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:44.400 you with rhetoric i didn't come to you with wisdom my speech wasn't fine it wasn't polished in fact i 00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:51.120 was some kind of a stammerer but you guys heard it not because of my oratorial skills but because 00:33:51.120 --> 00:34:00.560 of the ministry of the spirit the power of the spirit guys you are cracked earthen jars get used 00:34:00.560 --> 00:34:11.760 to it you are unadorned unadorned pots of clay with ordinary lives 00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:18.800 but like i've said who does god use nameless faceless ordinary people 00:34:22.560 --> 00:34:29.920 i was reading isaiah 52 or 53 once again and i was thinking to myself jesus was such a nameless faceless 00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:36.880 ordinary guy who had a carpenter's shop in nazareth the bible says no one would give him a second look 00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:46.400 i was going to put up a picture of jesus walking with crowds as one of the slides and then i looked 00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:53.840 at jesus's face and it looked like he was one of those malboro men kind of flowing hair stunning 00:34:54.000 --> 00:35:02.160 and sharp looks i thought to myself man i am absolutely sure this was not what jesus looks 00:35:02.160 --> 00:35:08.880 like because this is way too attractive he was charisma less personality limited personality 00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:15.600 probably like i said once slightly less good-looking than me because i'm about average 00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:23.200 that was who he was and i'm not kidding you when i say this it might sound funny 00:35:23.200 --> 00:35:28.400 but there was nothing about him that was attractive that's what isaiah says there was 00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:34.080 nothing about jesus that was attractive why because when god sent jesus his son on the earth 00:35:34.080 --> 00:35:37.520 he didn't want people to come to jesus because he was attractive or because he was a great 00:35:37.520 --> 00:35:43.520 skilled orator he wanted again the same thing that must happen to us to happen to jesus the ministry 00:35:43.520 --> 00:35:51.040 of the spirit conviction man where something happens inside you you are convicted of what 00:35:51.040 --> 00:35:54.800 you're saying and the hearer gets convicted of what you're saying and something transpires 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:59.840 when the spirit of god is saying hey can i use you for this can i use you to turn people towards 00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:08.880 jesus can i use you to bring god's power into their lives for paul it would never occur to him 00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:14.880 that once you proclaim miracles won't happen he he never thought he would never separate 00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:20.400 preach the gospel don't worry about miracles that's one side one side of christianity 00:36:21.040 --> 00:36:25.040 only preach god doesn't do miracles anymore and then the other side of christianity 00:36:25.680 --> 00:36:29.600 come for a miracle healing crusade but there will be no preaching because we don't want to offend you 00:36:29.600 --> 00:36:34.400 we just want to heal you so you got these two extremes therefore paul it was never like that 00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:40.400 paul it was hey if i tell you who jesus is i want you to know that jesus's power will touch your body 00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:42.160 simple 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:47.760 that is a god with us church 00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:58.160 know this begin to begin to expect nothing less begin to expect nothing less the easiest way to 00:36:58.160 --> 00:37:05.760 live a comfortable christian life without waves is to lower your expectation lower your expectation 00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:12.000 and life will be happy in the world they do it another way in the world they say think of the 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:19.600 worst thing that can happen to you and so you imagine yourself the worst case scenario and now 00:37:19.600 --> 00:37:26.880 everything will be better i used to do that that was really dumb and now the christian aspect of 00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:31.600 it is uh don't think of the worst case scenario because the lord doesn't like it but lower your 00:37:31.600 --> 00:37:37.360 expectations of god so even if he doesn't do anything it's okay i think it's as poisonous as 00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:44.320 the first one increase your expectancy as ones who the spirit of god wants to work through 00:37:44.720 --> 00:37:50.640 so that's what i was telling the lord this morning father i expect the miraculous to accompany the 00:37:50.640 --> 00:37:57.200 proclamation of of the gospel i expect the miraculous to accompany the proclamation of 00:37:57.200 --> 00:38:02.800 the gospel in romans 15 look at what paul says in romans 15 18 and 19 i'll wrap up in 10 minutes 00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:06.640 guys um romans 15 18 and 19 00:38:06.640 --> 00:38:07.600 18 19 00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:11.760 romans 15 18 and 19 00:38:13.680 --> 00:38:18.240 i will not venture to speak of anything except that which christ has accomplished through me 00:38:18.240 --> 00:38:24.400 in leading the gentiles to obey god by what i've said and done and look at what he says but by what 00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:31.040 i have said and done let it be the story of this church in 2018 hey that hey i wanted to both look 00:38:31.040 --> 00:38:36.160 at what i said and look at what i did what god accomplished through me and then he says look at 00:38:36.160 --> 00:38:42.880 what i did he says by the power of signs and miracles through the power of the spirit by the 00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:48.720 power of signs and miracles through the power of the spirit so from jerusalem all the way around 00:38:48.720 --> 00:38:52.160 to that other place i have fully proclaimed the gospel of christ 00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:03.040 because when we are talking about the holy spirit we are talking about the empowering 00:39:03.040 --> 00:39:08.160 personal presence of god just think of that when you talk about the holy spirit you're talking 00:39:08.160 --> 00:39:14.960 about the actual empowering personal presence of god you think he can't do miracle signs and wonders 00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:22.320 expect this be foolish when you meet people who have a problem pray for them 00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:30.560 it'll blow your mind how god will show off on your behalf never hesitate what's the worst that can 00:39:30.560 --> 00:39:35.520 happen you'll have egg on your face big deal it'll probably do your skin some good 00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:46.080 expect this because this is what remember what our theme is for next year recover 00:39:47.040 --> 00:39:52.800 tradition go back to how the guys used to do it then and let's begin to repeat it 00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:55.040 so 00:39:58.480 --> 00:40:03.040 all conversion i don't even like using the word conversion because it sounds like changing 00:40:03.040 --> 00:40:08.400 religions that's not what i'm talking about and as a conversion i mean the change of heart from 00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:16.320 that of one who was not saved from sin to one who is saved from sin the change of the condition of 00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:25.120 one who did not have god who now has god with or him or her that's what i call conversion 00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:27.760 all conversion and all transformation 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:35.760 is surely the work of the spirit because it there's this beautiful scripture in second 00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:40.320 corinthians 3 18 here's what it says where the spirit of the lord is there is 00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:48.000 freedom where the spirit of the lord is there is freedom so where is the spirit of the lord in you 00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:53.040 where are you at telus where are you in a helicopter where are you in the forests of 00:40:53.040 --> 00:41:00.000 vernon where are you in at vgh where are you in some jewish home teaching a jewish kid piano 00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:07.040 where are you organizing your company's stocks and bonds and all this stuff not bonds stocks right 00:41:07.040 --> 00:41:08.640 where are you in richmond 00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:15.120 i was gonna say school and then i suddenly remembered yeah 00:41:17.120 --> 00:41:23.760 yeah so where is the spirit of god he is wherever he wants to be and he's also where you are 00:41:24.640 --> 00:41:32.000 and all conversion as in anybody who is in a place of sin becoming one who is not anybody who 00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:36.880 did not have god now having god with them happens sheerly through the work of the spirit 00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:41.280 because you are the person through whom god brings brings freedom to people 00:41:42.800 --> 00:41:46.640 i hope we have these reunions in heaven but god will say oh by the way 00:41:46.640 --> 00:41:51.760 all those guys there those guys walked into freedom because you helped them turn their face towards me 00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:53.520 okay 00:41:57.680 --> 00:42:01.920 i mean tremendously you know why you should desire to live longer 00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:10.480 so that you can have more people that uh will say oh shucks because of you there's an old 00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:17.680 song written by a guy called ray bolts it says thank you for giving to the lord i am a life that 00:42:17.680 --> 00:42:23.840 was changed beautifully thank you for giving to the lord i am a life that was changed 00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:37.040 second corinthians 3 18 where the spirit of the lord is there is we but you go to the last picture 00:42:37.040 --> 00:42:42.560 we'll stop here i'll do the rest next week this is the final scene where the person comes into 00:42:42.560 --> 00:42:50.000 a place of freedom where they take off the veil it's not even it's not even i'll keep it on i 00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:55.680 will look at jesus no no no no i have tasted of something that's so ridiculously good that 00:42:55.680 --> 00:43:01.600 there ain't no turning back and this veil must go i see you take off the veil and there's a 00:43:01.600 --> 00:43:08.480 there's a joy that comes with it i'm telling you man there is nothing more precious than this 00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:18.480 as you and i can accomplish in 2018 so what you make some money great enjoy it get a newer house 00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:23.840 bigger house great but really at the end of the day there's always someone with a bigger house 00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:31.600 and more money and a better car or two seats ahead of you at rogers replace 00:43:31.600 --> 00:43:36.320 it's fascinating every time i go for a hockey game i think to my i look look at the upper bowl 00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:40.720 i used to sit on the last row in the upper bowl and for the last 15 years i've been working my way down 00:43:44.720 --> 00:43:48.880 because those days tickets used to be 28 dollars for the last seat i mean your nose would actually 00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:55.120 bleed when you'd sit there then you work yourself but then there are always another 14 rows ahead of 00:43:55.120 --> 00:43:59.520 you that someone's sitting in what i'm trying to say is those things that you're sitting in 00:43:59.600 --> 00:44:04.480 what i'm trying to say is those things you can keep aspiring for god will bless you he's a 00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:10.800 blessing he doesn't have a problem with you enjoying things that he provides it says so in first 00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:16.000 Timothy six i have given you all things so that you may enjoy them but be a steward instead of 00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:21.520 being an owner because an owner is always afraid of what he has a steward is only responsible for 00:44:21.520 --> 00:44:27.920 what he has when you're an owner you're always holding on to you're always holding on to this 00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:32.640 because you're scared someone may take it away when you're a steward you don't have to hold on 00:44:32.640 --> 00:44:36.880 to it because it's someone else's you're just responsible for putting it back and someone will 00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:44.160 put it back so that's a difference and bring people to this place where finally the whole thing is 00:44:45.040 --> 00:44:46.800 off any questions because i'll stop you 00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:47.440 i'll stop you 00:44:53.600 --> 00:44:59.520 it's fascinating how in luke 134 mary asks a question of the angel where the angel says you're 00:44:59.520 --> 00:45:04.160 going to have a child mary says how can this be because i'm not married i'm a virgin how can this 00:45:04.160 --> 00:45:09.920 be and the angel answers in luke 134 saying the holy spirit will come upon you and the power of 00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:16.480 the highest will overshadow you the holy spirit will come upon you and the power of god will 00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:22.640 overshadow you will hover over you and that's written by luke in luke chapter 1 verse 34 and 00:45:22.640 --> 00:45:29.840 then luke who still writes another book called acts writes a very similar line in acts where all 00:45:29.840 --> 00:45:36.320 the disciples are gathered jesus is ascending to heaven and he makes a statement jesus makes a 00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:44.160 statement but you shall receive power when the holy spirit comes upon you we'll talk more about 00:45:44.160 --> 00:45:50.560 that next time just look at those three go back to the first second third fourth slide just want you 00:45:50.560 --> 00:45:58.080 to remember jesus immanuel jesus means he will save us from us he will save people from that 00:45:58.080 --> 00:46:05.120 since immanuel god with us or the with us god not a distant god not a far away god the with us god 00:46:05.120 --> 00:46:10.880 the with you god the with you god you when you leave here we're not leaving him in church 00:46:13.200 --> 00:46:18.080 as in why would he want to stay in this building nothing wrong with the building i'm grateful for 00:46:18.080 --> 00:46:25.040 it what i meant is he would rather be with you so the with us god this is what we present to the 00:46:25.040 --> 00:46:30.160 world these were the two names given to jesus before he was born so that they may know what 00:46:30.160 --> 00:46:36.000 he is meant for and what are you meant for exactly what your master is meant for 00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:43.120 life purpose ministry that you have bear witness to jesus who saves people from their sins make 00:46:43.120 --> 00:46:50.960 disciples so that this may multiply and become a god with us people so that others may see 00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:55.600 ah so this is what life looks like when god lives in you oh shucks 00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:05.680 what a cool thing to live for plus all the other trappings 00:47:11.200 --> 00:47:18.800 and there's an active enemy i'm almost done no one i'm just summarizing the whole thing and it'll 00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:24.480 take another three four minutes that we have an active enemy who wants to prevent this from 00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:28.000 happening he's an active evil fears 00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:38.800 spirit that preys on innocence and ignorance and has absolutely no respect 00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:45.280 for innocence or ignorance in fact he brutalizes those that are innocent and ignorant 00:47:46.800 --> 00:47:48.960 and pins the blame on god 00:47:48.960 --> 00:47:54.880 who is always good always a father whenever you think god is doing something evil ask this 00:47:54.880 --> 00:48:00.240 question would a father do that and if a father won't do that god will not 00:48:04.960 --> 00:48:10.960 there's an active evil spirit called the devil who blinds people who draws them into darkness 00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:16.960 who does not want them to know that jesus saves you from sin who doesn't want people to 00:48:16.960 --> 00:48:21.120 sin who doesn't want people to experience what it is when god dwells with you 00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:30.080 and therefore because we are dealing with spiritual dark powers in spiritual places we can't deal with 00:48:30.080 --> 00:48:36.000 this with our skill our oratorial abilities our charisma our rhetoric or our wisdom it doesn't 00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:42.800 work this is a sheer ministry of god's spirit as in it's a sheer work of the spirit of god 00:48:43.760 --> 00:48:50.320 and that you possess he lives in you and he is saying can i through you 00:48:51.360 --> 00:48:57.920 say something to this person or that person so that they look towards jesus because of the entire 00:48:57.920 --> 00:49:05.440 world uh ryan just get the next one the entire world has its faces veiled its understanding 00:49:05.440 --> 00:49:11.760 wailed so that they cannot see truth they cannot see truth but they shake their fists at god who 00:49:11.760 --> 00:49:20.960 they cannot understand this is the condition of the world today and then you help people turn 00:49:20.960 --> 00:49:28.000 their faces towards jesus and the next slide one face out of 10 or 20 looks towards jesus 00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:32.320 and things begin to happen where the power of god and the influence of god 00:49:33.520 --> 00:49:39.680 and the goodness of god permeates one person it's not even a removal of the face it's just a 00:49:39.680 --> 00:49:46.640 turning towards jesus that's it just a turning towards jesus you think you can't do it you can 00:49:46.640 --> 00:49:56.000 do it so easily with a simple kind word again and again and again this is so easy to do i'm so looking 00:49:56.000 --> 00:50:03.840 forward to this and then as a person looks toward jesus the veil is removed to a point where it's 00:50:03.920 --> 00:50:11.440 just completely thrown off i love this shot it's completely thrown off doesn't matter that the 00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:17.760 ground around you is dry and parched you no longer belong to what you used to belong to a life with 00:50:17.760 --> 00:50:22.720 the one who saves you from sin and life with the one who lives in you begins this is how it works 00:50:22.720 --> 00:50:28.320 guys if possible this week and i was asking god this this morning if possible this week 00:50:28.400 --> 00:50:30.800 so 00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:34.800 we'll talk about it next week