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Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver
Episode: Order #2
Publishing Date: 2012-05-27T06:00:44-07:00
Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca
Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/order-2/

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Second part of order now, and we want to deal with this concept of how does order work with

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grace? And we touched on it last year. When it comes to order and grace, God has set up

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two systems in the universe. God has set up two systems in the universe. One is a system

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of grace and the other is a system of order. Another word for order is government. God

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has set up two systems on the face of the earth, order and government. And when it comes to order

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and government, we see that when it comes to, sorry, when it comes to order and grace, we see

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that in grace all relationships are equal. I'll explain that. All relationships are equal. There

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are no limitations, no boundaries. There are no limitations, no boundaries. As in, doesn't matter

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who you are and what you've done, there's grace. Doesn't matter the extent to which you pushed it,

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there's grace. Doesn't matter how far away or how close you are, there are no boundaries. Grace

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just extends. There is no boundary. But when it comes to order, there's divine arrangement, as in,

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we talked about this last time, as in rank, function, place, and there are responsibilities,

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and there are boundaries. Ha! That's one thing taken care of for Saturday. There are boundaries.

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So when it comes to order, there is a divine arrangement of things. There is rank. There is

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a proper place that has been given to us to fulfill functions we are supposed to fulfill.

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There are responsibilities. With order comes responsibilities. And there are boundaries,

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which we are not supposed to cross. See, in Jesus, order and grace come together. Government and grace

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come together. So Jesus was sent as the Savior of the world to provide grace to everybody without

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limit, past any known human boundary. Everybody is equal. He died for all mankind. And yet,

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in Him, there is government, which is what we hear of in Isaiah 9, 6, where it says,

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of His government there shall be no end, in the sense that in Christ is also this thing called,

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I have come to set up a kingdom. And in the kingdom, there is a code by which we need to live.

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So let me put it this way, guys. Under the order of God, you and I cannot walk away or out of bounds

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as we please. But in the grace of God, should we walk beyond boundaries, the grace of God covers

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us. Let me say that again. In the order of God, there are places that we are supposed to operate

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in. And if we cross those bounds, we are out of order. But in the grace of God, when we cross

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those bounds and are out of order, God's grace comes and brings us back. Happened with Adam.

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There were things that Adam had to follow in terms of order God had placed. When he broke that order,

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there were consequences. He was out of order. But then along comes the seed who restores the Adam

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who is out of order back into order. Same with Paul and Barnabas and Mark. Mark had to stay in

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order while they were on a mission trip. What did he do? He broke away and he left. What does grace

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do? In the letter to Philemon, or Titus. In which book is Mark restored? He is restored back. Mark

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is restored in one of the epistles that Paul writes. So what happens then, guys, is you can break

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order and there are consequences. But there is grace to restore you back to where you need to be.

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So don't take advantage of grace by breaking order. But know that should you break order,

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there is grace to cover you. We talked about this last time. Go listen to the CD from last time.

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I'll be putting it up on the website too. I'm stopping at the 69th minute of the CD because

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I've got names and nations mentioned after that which I don't want people to hear. But you will

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hear there what we talked last week. There are boundaries, there are limits. Remember the

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definition for order in case some of you weren't here. Order, not the definition, the description.

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Order is equal to origin. These are the things you have to look for. Plus purpose, plus function,

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plus proper place. All order, especially when it's from God, all order will have its origin in God.

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Order has its origin in God. It can be traced back to its origin in God. Secondly, order has purpose.

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God arranged things a certain way because he had a purpose that he wanted to fulfill. Sometimes you

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can understand the purpose, other times you can't understand it. Your lack of understanding of God's

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purpose does not nullify it and does not give you reason to walk out of it. Many times we don't like

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the arrangement of things that God has established so we say, nah, because you don't like it or don't

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understand it doesn't nullify it. You may not like gravity. Don't try doing anything that is

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anti-gravity. You may not understand how you fall at 9.8 meters per second square. Who the heck cares?

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Don't jump off a building. And after purpose comes function. In God's purpose, he has ordered things

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a certain way. Now that he has ordered things a certain way, he expects each person to fulfill a

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function so that his purpose may come to pass. And for you to function, he will put you in a

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proper place because without being in that proper place, you will not be able to function the way

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you're supposed to. And that proper place can change. As you show yourself faithful in the

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proper place allotted to you now, you will find that the proper place will change, your function

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will change, the purpose remains constant and the origin of order is forever. It's awesome what God

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has done. Therefore with Christ, even though the Father, Son and Spirit are co-equal, there was an

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order that came out of the Godhead. The origin is in the Godhead. What is the purpose? The purpose

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was to set up our kingdom here on earth and to sacrifice the Son for the sins of the world. That

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was the purpose. What was the function? The function was the King of the universe, the creator of the

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universe, now had to come down to lay his life down to establish his kingdom. What was the proper

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place? The proper place was that of a bond servant. I'm just giving you one aspect of Christ's living.

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He was many other things in terms of proper place. At any point if Christ says, now proper place,

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this don't fit me. That's how you, it's a transliteration of Hebrew, this don't fit me. And if he did that,

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it wouldn't work man. Okay, let's assume that in a church authority, let's take a family, in a

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family or in a church authority, which one do you want to take? Church, family, church, family,

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quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly. Both? In a church, God's authority or order comes from the origin,

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meaning God. Whose house it is? Is it his house? So he has the right to have origin in terms of

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order. What is his purpose? That we be built together into a temple for the Spirit of God,

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that we become kingdom people here on earth. What is the function? That we represent Christ accurately,

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that each of us be built up as a body, muscle, tendons, ligaments coming together. Therefore,

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people will be put in proper place to equip, to minister, to encourage, to provide whatever is

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required for the body to come into fullness. Go to the family. All families on the face of the earth,

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according to the book of James, get their fatherhood from God. The origin or the order is from God.

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What is the purpose? So that a family may one replenish the earth, two begin to nurture ones

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into fullness, three that husband and wife may be co-equal and begin to function as emissaries of

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God here, four that they are made complete together. Go easy on the fourth point. So for this function

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to be fulfilled, proper place has to come in. And in the proper place, like it or not, believe it or

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not, even though husband and wife are co-equal, the husband is first among equals. Which brings

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in a whole host of responsibilities. Oh my, guys, just remember this. If you are first among equals

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in any situation, know that the responsibilities upon you are multiplied. And the first one to be

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held accountable will be the one who has been given that position of first among equals. You

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will be held responsible. In this church, no one will be held to greater accountability or greater

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responsibility than me. And I'm talking about not in the sweet buy and buy. I'm talking about

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here in the now and now. I'm talking about here. Any questions? Just one point and then you can ask.

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Guys, order has to be embraced by Christians with not just in actions but with willingness. In the

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world, how we do it is we act out our submission to order because we may lose our job, we may lose

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our wages, we may lose favor with the boss or wherever we work. But as Christians, we have to

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come into order because we embrace it both willingly and obediently. So Isaiah 1.12 or 1.14 kicks in.

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You will eat the good of the land when you are both willing and obedient. It's both. It's not just

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actions, it's a willingness. It's a willingness. Okay, go ahead Diana. It deals with roles, rank,

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location. Yeah, yeah. 27 minutes 32 seconds. 15 minutes is a math special. It's a discounted

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thing. Yeah, not everybody else gets what you get, man. You're special. Okay, guys, the heavens may

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cover, the heavens may cover but will not rule in the areas of your life here on earth where you're

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out of order. The heavens may cover, meaning they'll provide a shade as in cloud, as in grace. The

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heavens may cover but the heavens will not rule in the areas of your life here on earth that you're

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out of order. Remember, Eddie talked about the heavens invading the earth, meaning the ways of

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God invading your ways in different areas, bringing amazing results will not be possible. Heavens will

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not rule in the areas of my life where I choose not to walk in order. The grace of God may cover

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me but it will not, the heavens will not rule in those areas. Do you see why in the situation of

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a church that does not have its origin in godly order, does not have these things flowing in it,

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the grace of God will prevail there but it is impossible for the heavens to rule here on earth

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if order is not there. Not possible. Same in a family, same in your own individual lives.

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Okay, let's talk about order and the spirit realm. Order and the spirit realm.

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No, no. Order is the way God has arranged things for us to function in.

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Obedience is only a part of it. We have to understand the divine arrangement of things

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in every area of our lives and we'll talk about some of the areas today. Guys, when it comes to

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order and the spirit realm, the first thing I want to look at is how God first after the flood

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started replenishing the earth with peoples and nations. So go to Genesis 1032 because I want to

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show you something progressively. Genesis 1032. So when you go to Genesis 1032 and this is after

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the flood, before Babel but after the flood, Genesis 1032 says, these are the clans of Noah's sons

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according to their lines of descent within their nations. From these the nations spread out over

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the earth after the flood. In another version it says, this is a family tree of the sons of Noah

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as they developed into nations. From them, nations developed all across the earth after the flood.

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I want to go to another scripture now. Deuteronomy 32. And you may have to make a correction in your

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Bible version and correction as in you may have to write this. I'm not saying cross out anything,

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I'm just saying write this on the side because this is one scripture that unfortunately based

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on the understanding of some biblical scholars is either diluted or left in a way that doesn't

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really give it its original sense. Go to Deuteronomy 32. Deuteronomy 32. NIV says,

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when the Most High gave nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind,

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he set up boundaries for the people according to the numbers of the sons of Israel. It should

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actually read when the Most High God gave the nations their stake or their inheritance or gave

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them their place on earth, he put each of the peoples within boundaries under the care not

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of the sons of Israel but under the care of divine guardians. Under the care of divine guardians.

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That is how it should read. Jacob, is that something you've just decided because you

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want to preach this message? No. I went and actually have notes on why this was interpreted

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wrongly and why this is the correct interpretation. So this isn't something that I pulled out this

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week and not for this message. Okay, there you go. So what you have to change is that

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instead of the sons of Israel, you have to put in the word divine guardians. I'm not saying cross

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out something. I'm just saying write it on the side. Crossing out something seems a little,

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in my mind it seems a little radical. So just write it on the side. So let me read that verse

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again then. Deuteronomy 32. When the Most High God gave the nations their inheritance, when he

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divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of divine

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guardians. Let me read it from another version which makes it even simpler. When the High God

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gave the nations their inheritance, gave them their place on earth, he put each of the peoples

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within boundaries under the care of divine guardians. I'm just going to write that down. He put each

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of the peoples within boundaries under the care of divine guardians.

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Okay, this is what we see played out in Daniel chapter 12, verse 1 and Daniel chapter 10,

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verse 21. Go to Daniel 12. Daniel 12.1. Daniel 12.1 says, At that time, Michael, the great prince

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who protects your people will arise. Michael here is the archangel. Michael. Michael, your great

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prince will arise. Go to 1021. This is again Gabriel speaking to Daniel and this is what he says to

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Daniel. But first I will tell you what is written in the book of truth and then he says, No one

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supports me against them except Michael your prince. Guys, God when he divided peoples and

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appointed them to nations, placed them under the care of divine guardians as in divine angelic

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entities. When it comes to Israel, the one that acts as or overlooks Israel as divine guardian is

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this angelic prince called? Michael. But here's the thing, as much as God did this with peoples,

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the enemy has done the same thing in terms of a counterfeit. Satan is not creative but he is

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an amazing forger in that sense, in the sense that he counterfeits what God sets up. God set up nations

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and peoples that could now be under the care of divine guardians and so here's what the enemy does

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and you see that in Daniel 10, verse 13. Daniel 10, 13. Let me start at Daniel 10, 12. Ready? Then

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he continued, Do not be afraid Daniel since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding

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and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard and I've come in response to them. But

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the prince of Persia, prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me 21 days. Then Michael, one of the chief

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princes came to help me because I was detained there with the king of Persia. Then go to verse 20. So he

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said, Do you know why I have come to you so soon? Soon I will return to fight against the prince of

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Persia. When I go the prince of Greece will come. So just as God has appointed divine guardians over

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peoples and nations, there is a counterfeit where the enemy tries to preside over people through

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the appointment of demonic principalities or entities that can begin to infuse, infect, affect

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the culture of a people. How does he do it? Very simple. He offers a people the choice to pledge

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allegiance to forms that he establishes or to stay with the God who is creator. And the moment of

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people begin to pledge allegiance to forms that the enemy has created, now they are presided over

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by guardians that come from the spiritual. Because when the nations were first divided and the

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boundaries were set, God appointed divine guardians. But somewhere along the process, nations have

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chosen to pledge allegiance not to the creator but to things that are created, forms of worship

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established here on earth by the devil. And once you begin to pledge, once a people begin to pledge

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allegiance to forms here on earth that have nothing to do with the creator but have to do with the

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creator, suddenly a people have exchanged divine guardianship through angelic hosts for a counterfeit

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guardianship that then begins to infuse, infect, affect and completely permeate their culture. For

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very long, we thought these were territorial spirits. And the moment you use the word territory,

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you think geography. But God has appointed divine guardians over peoples, not over geographical

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boundaries. Israel had Michael guard them regardless of whether they were in exile or whether they were

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in Jerusalem. Which then means that even when we look at a counterfeit, when a people, be it Persia,

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Greece, Germany or Canada, begin to pledge allegiance to a counterfeit that now has guardianship

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over them, it doesn't matter where they go, they still carry with them mindsets and cultural forms

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that are anti-God or sheerly demonic regardless of where they go. It's not limited to geographical

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territory. So you can't really call them territorial spirits. It's not genetic. It is something, we'll

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talk about that in less than four minutes. It is not genetic. But understand that there is almost

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nothing in the physical realm that is not really affected by your connection in the spiritual realm.

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Either it is through what God does in my life or it is through the enemy. This is what Eddie was

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talking about when he said, Jacob, in your mind, there are two gateways. One gateway allows earthly

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thoughts and the thoughts that are provoked by the enemy and the other gateway provides godly

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thoughts that are from God. This is what happened to Peter. Two gateways in Peter's mind. One gateway

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said, you are Jesus Christ, the son of the living God. And Jesus said to him, this revelation has

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not come from anybody else but the father. Shortly after, four verses after, another gateway opens

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when he says to Jesus, you shall not go to the cross. This is not what you're called for. And Jesus

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turns around to the same man who received a revelation from God and says to him, get thee

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behind me, Satan. You have no idea how it affects the way we think. This brings up a few things that

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we need to then deal with. First, given that people groups are under some form of divine guardianship

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or the other. Just think of this. Most people groups or all people groups are under some form

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of divine guardianship or other. Which would mean then that when a church engages people that they

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are sent to, make sure that you go to people who God sends you to not according to your qualifications,

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not according to the resources you have, not according to your abilities. I love Galatians 2, 7 to 9.

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Paul is, it's not in Galatians 2, 7 to 9 that he talks about it, but it's made evident there too.

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Paul is quite sure that given the fact that he was the Jew of Jews, that he would best serve God by

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being sent to the Jews. And yet God had specifically crafted for him ministry to the Gentiles,

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to the non-Jews. It fell outside of Paul's purvey. All his expertise would have better help with the

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Jews. But he was sent to the Gentiles. One of the things we need to understand when we are sent is,

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Oh God show us the peoples we are sent to so that we go where we are supposed to go. To go to a place

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where we are not supposed to go then brings us into a conflict that we are not supposed to be in.

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Go where you are sent because you will have less, you will have conflict but it will be conflict

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that you will overcome. It won't be conflict that will prevent. Secondly, if you take on mandates

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that God has ordered, then know that angelic hosts will engage hostile forces over that people's

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because that's their assignment now to serve you. Many times Christian missionaries and churches go

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into areas and God has to send angels to rescue them not to serve them. We got to have angels

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assigned to serve us not to rescue us. If Shillong is a place that God has ordained for us, let's

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assume that our peoples of Shillong are a people that we're being sent to. Then know this, oh and

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this because I've seen it. There is a guardianship, a hostile guardianship over Shillong. You will

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see it in physical form in all kinds of animistic behavior of a people that for 150 years have been

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exposed to Presbyterian evangelism and yet tons of animism exists, matriarchal societies exist.

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Now if we are sent to a people like that and if that is the people that God wants us to go to,

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when we go there know suddenly that angelic forces of God now begin to engage with hostile

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forces over that place or peoples because we are now sent on a mandate from God. When you go into

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a place where that is not the case then most of the angels have to engage in rescue missions

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because you're in the wrong place and you need to be rescued. Forget Shillong and Canada, now

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bring it down to nitty-gritty our own Vancouver things. Try and figure out father where are you

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sending me to? Who are you sending me to? Should I go or should I not go? Because depending on that,

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you either have to confront things that are beyond your ability or have the power of God,

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angelic hosts, engaging that which needs to be engaged so that while things are being taken

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care of in the spiritual realm you begin to function here on earth. Fourthly, you know guys,

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thirdly, thirdly, God against taking on the ways and mindsets of the people that you're sent to,

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God against taking on the ways and mindsets of the people that you're sent to. Oh I can't tell you

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how important this is. God against taking on the mindsets and the ways of the people that you are

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sent to. It's a Trojan gateway. When I say what I mean by a Trojan gateway, remember when they

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brought that horse and it was full of soldiers and they brought it into Troy? Yeah and the city

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was taken. God against taking on the ways and mindsets of people that you're sent to. It happened

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in Numbers 31, 16 and Numbers 25, 1. Here's what happened. Balaam tried to curse Israel, it did not

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work. So Israel arrives at a point near the promised land and guess what Balaam does? He now

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sends Midianite and Amalekite women to say hello to the Israelites and they come and they say hello

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in a way that gets these Israelites into bed and the same curse that they avoided through Balaam

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because God said the curse shall be turned into a blessing now began to hit them as a plague because

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instead of guarding the ways of the people that they were going to take over, they accepted the

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ways and immediately the same plague that was avoided through Balaam now hits them. Balaam was

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the architect in both cases. There it was an outright curse that didn't work. Here it was a subtle

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deception that worked. One of the things I do when I go into nations is I try to decipher certain ways

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and patterns that are ungodly, that are prevalent among the peoples that I'm going to minister to

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and then I build up fences saying Jacob you've realized this now in these areas make sure that

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you guard yourself. Certain nations may have money issues. Money issues are a little easier.

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Certain nations have strong sexually immoral situations that you have to guard against

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fiercely otherwise you end up being caught in the very same thing that you're ministering to.

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Yeah. Hey this operates on common levels man. I am not at liberty to share things that I know

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because it is deeply disturbing and it is horrible that is happening in this very city

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where people have gone out to minister and they have been completely rendered

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worse than you would find in a nightclub in Vancouver talking about strong Christian pastors.

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Guard against taking on the ways and mindsets of the people that you're sent to

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and this means any situation that you go into.

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If there is a place that you're going into that brims with control, guard against it. Hey tomorrow

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if one of you gets a job in a church somewhere in Vancouver guard against the prevalent ways of the

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people in that church because one of two things will happen. Either you will stand with a forehead

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like flint against them or they will run over you and you will become like they are.

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That's assuming that it is a church that does not understand order.

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It can be godly but you still can not understand order.

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Firstly a church must have kingdom culture proceed over every other culture you belong to.

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In this church the only culture that you should have primarily before anything else. I don't care

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where I come from. If Jacob's primary culture is not kingdom culture, if that is not what takes

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precedence over his Indian-ness, over his South Indian-ness,

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then it's terrible man. It's terrible.

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Don't for a moment assume that any of us here are without baggage from our background and from the

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peoples that we have come from. East Indians have it, the Brits have it, the Persians have it,

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the Canadians have it, the Sri Lankans have it, all of us have it, the Germans have it.

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The people who are in the background are the ones who are in the background.

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The people who are in the background have it, the Sri Lankans have it, all of us have it, the Germans have it.

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The Chinese have it, Pakistanis have it. Hope I've covered most.

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The Vietnamese definitely have it. Nick was feeling happy that I left him out.

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We come from a people who have been influenced by

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things in the spiritual. And when you come into a church, one of the first things that has to happen,

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oh the Aussies have it too. So do the Jamaicans and the Trinidadians.

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Persians, yeah. So guys, the point being that you have to then deliberately go down a path of

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I've got to let kingdom culture take precedence, which simply means that there is nothing in my life

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that I will give precedence to. I will not give my Persian or East Indian culture any precedence

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when it comes to making decisions. It will take its position only after the kingdom has precedence.

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What the kingdom value is, that will prevail over what my East Indian value is. If there is a clash,

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it will always be under kingdom value.

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Most of it is affected by the peoples we come from, man.

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Sorry? No, I'm not talking about personal experience.

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Yeah. Guys, don't feel hurt. I'm going to say stuff that will affect our national pride, but so be it.

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East Indians and Chinese may be clannish.

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We may have a greater degree of legalism. Yeah, we may have greater degree of legalism than perhaps

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some other cultures. German culture may be nationalistic. Persian culture may be proud.

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Vietnamese culture may be self-made, as in I've got to stand on my own and make it.

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Canadian and North American culture may be loose and immoral.

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The opposite of legalistic.

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Certain cultures are matriarchal. Certain cultures are patriarchal. The British culture may be a little

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snobbish. I'm putting a little there so that you're not too deeply offended.

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But I think generally everybody's found the thinking that you're such a good thing to be, or you're not.

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I don't. No, I mean neither do you really.

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Kingdom culture has to precede these values.

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Has to precede these values.

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Can't have matriarchal, denominational, national values that override kingdom values. Cannot have it.

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Because in every culture there are things that are redeemable or that are good.

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So don't think that everything is bad. That's why I said kingdom culture has to take precedence.

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At least with some of us it's a little easier. They know I'm not from Canada.

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In the sense of being Caucasian because somehow this thing got tanned.

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But yeah, that's the first thing they ask. And there is affinity that is immediately established

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based on where you come from, which is okay. There are things that will be common.

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But it should never come to a point. Can you imagine if this church was all Indian men?

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If this church was East Indian because I'm East Indian. That'd be terrible.

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Because that is exactly what the Bible says should not happen.

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Yeah, and that is exactly what the Bible says should not happen. Of many tribes, tongues, nations.

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Like I've always said, the only reason for a mono-ethnic church is that you don't know the language.

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That is the only reason for its existence.

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And as I've said before, the first church to die in the New Testament was a church in Jerusalem.

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The church that was doing quite well, both outwardly and inwardly, was the church of Antioch.

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Acts 13 gives you a glimpse of why. Because there were people from Nigeria, from Asia, from Jerusalem, from all over the place.

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Fifthly, guys, understand that the demonic is able to maintain ground in the lives of Christians through mindsets and strongholds.

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The demonic is able to maintain ground in the lives of Christians through mindsets and strongholds.

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If I have a certain mindset or stronghold, I'm not going to go to the church.

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If I have a certain mindset or stronghold, it becomes a hiding place for demons.

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If I have a certain mindset or a stronghold, it becomes a hiding place for demons.

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After that, you can go to as many seminars as you want and have as many deliverances as you want.

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But if Jacob refuses to break down that particular way of thinking, which often can be cultural,

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then it is impossible to be set free from the bondage that the enemy brings into my life.

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Because every time I listen to a teaching or a seminar, every time I go for deliverance,

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what happens is the demons, all they have to do is regress back to my old way of thinking and hide there till things are fine.

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Just think of that. A stronghold in your mind becomes a hideout for the devil.

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All they have to go is that is a safe place because that is one place you will not allow change.

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That's a safe place to hide.

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Go ahead.

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Second Corinthians 10 verses 5 onwards.

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The weapons of our warfare are mighty for pulling down strongholds, philosophies and every high and lofty thing that raises up itself against the knowledge of God.

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The weapons of our warfare are mighty for pulling down strongholds, philosophies and every high and lofty thing that raises up itself against the knowledge of God.

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So what then I need to do is in a certain area when I have a stronghold, I've got to now go and pull it down.

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How do I pull it down?

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Two ways. One by being willing to accept that this is a pattern that you've lived with for the last 25 years as a Christian.

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And it is a false pattern.

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It is built on faulty unbiblical ground.

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Do you want to tear it or do you want it to prevail?

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If you come to a place where you can choose that I will tear it down.

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Now you tear it.

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Yes, by calling it what it is, but tearing it alone is not enough.

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Now it has to be replaced by another stronghold that is from the word.

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Thought patterns in your life will be evident in your conduct.

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Guaranteed.

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The only person who probably won't see it is you.

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This is where the rest of the body helps.

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Let's say your problem is when you're alone, you're at home, you're at work and the body's not there and then nobody sees it.

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We're not talking about sicknesses and diseases here.

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We're talking about ways of thinking.

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My way of thinking will show in my way of living.

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The only guy who can't see it is me because I've got blind spots.

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Problem in a church this small is most people know you and they'll point out your blind spot.

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If you want to escape blind spots being identified, go into a church of 700-800 people, you're safe.

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You're safe from your blind spots being pointed out because nobody wants to come up to you and say,

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Hey, Jacob, you've got a big nose.

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Nobody will say that.

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We've got massive problems with anger against injustice and then rallying the world and stuff.

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I know that.

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Matt, we've talked about it.

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Matt, may I interrupt you by saying we've talked about it and we've discussed as to how to go about it by starting with one particular thing.

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We can talk about it again after we're done.

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Strongholds can be demolished bit by bit.

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But then the Berlin wall came down.

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They didn't nuke it.

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They took hammers and began to chip it down bit by bit and suddenly the whole thing crumbled.

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But that wall no longer exists.

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I don't know whether you have to do it 32 times or 51 times or 101 days.

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Depends on who you listen to in terms of destroying a habit.

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When God sees that Jacob is actually willing to call a pattern in his life defective and is actually willing to be open to change,

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then again, all of heaven begins to back me on it.

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You take it a brick at a time.

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Knock out a few bricks and the wall begins to shake.

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You know when you throw that ball to break that pyramid thingy that you have with those tins?

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You don't want to aim at the one on the top.

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You keep throwing it somewhere in the center so that the whole thing collapses.

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Gutter balls will never break down the pins, man.

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But one by one you chip away and it happens.

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Living under order.

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Living under order.

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Guys, God is emphatic about us living under order.

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He's emphatic about it.

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He's so into Jacob, I need you to live under order here on earth.

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I have ordained it so.

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I mean, it applies to government.

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Look at Romans 13.1.

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Stay with me on this one.

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It's 5 o'clock, but stay with me, please.

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Romans 13.1.

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Fascinating reading.

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Romans 13.1.

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Ready?

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Ready or not?

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Everyone must submit himself to governing authorities.

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For there is no authority except that which God has established.

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The authorities that exist have been established by God.

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Just in case we didn't get it the first time, he repeats the same thing the second time.

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He rebels against the authority.

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He's rebelling against what God has instituted.

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And those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.

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Very clear, the consequence of breaking order.

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Grace covers, but there are consequences to breaking order.

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For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong.

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Do you want to be free from the fear of one in authority?

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Then do what is right and he will commend you.

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For he is God's servant to do you good.

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But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing.

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He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.

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Therefore it is necessary to submit to authorities not only because of possible punishment,

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but also because of conscience.

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Again it comes back to willing and obedient.

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This is also why you pay taxes.

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For the authorities are God's servant who give their full time to governing.

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Give everyone what you owe him.

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If you owe taxes, pay taxes.

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If revenue, then revenue.

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If respect, then respect.

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If honor, then honor.

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Guys, this is written by Paul who is living under an oppressive system called the Roman government

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and isn't in the best, most democratic nation in the world.

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So just keep that in mind and we'll come back because you're already thinking of exceptions.

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Hold on to your exceptions for a little longer.

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Colossians 3, let's look at employment.

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Colossians 3.

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Colossians 3.

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Verse 22.

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I'm going to change the word slaves to employees.

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Colossians 3.22

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Employees obey your earthly employers in everything and do it not only when their eye is on you

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and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.

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Colossians 4.1

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Employers provide your employees with what is right and fair because you know that you also have a master in heaven.

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Let's go look at marriage.

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Colossians 3.18 and 19.

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Wives, submit to your husbands as is fitting in the Lord.

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Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

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If you have any question about this husband wife thing, go listen to the teaching Jason did some months ago

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on why prayers are hindered between husband and wives and how the person in authority or power

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or first among equal in the order needs to function.

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Go listen to that.

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It will be really helpful.

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Family, Ephesians 6.1-4

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Ephesians 6.1-4

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Ephesians 6.1-4

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Ephesians 6.1-4

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.

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Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment

00:52:37.400 --> 00:52:41.400
with a promise that it may go well with you that you may enjoy long life on the earth.

00:52:41.400 --> 00:52:45.400
Fathers, do not exasperate your children.

00:52:46.040 --> 00:52:49.040
Instead bring them up in the training and the instruction of the Lord.

00:52:49.040 --> 00:52:52.040
Fathers, do not exasperate your children.

00:52:52.040 --> 00:52:55.040
Let's look at church.

00:52:55.040 --> 00:52:58.040
1 Peter 5

00:52:58.040 --> 00:53:01.040
1 Peter 5

00:53:01.040 --> 00:53:06.040
Just keep turning pages and it's after Hebrews.

00:53:06.040 --> 00:53:09.040
Keep turning pages to your left.

00:53:09.040 --> 00:53:12.040
1 Peter 5

00:53:12.680 --> 00:53:15.680
1 Peter 5

00:53:15.680 --> 00:53:18.680
1 Peter 5

00:53:18.680 --> 00:53:21.680
5

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and then verses 1-3

00:53:24.680 --> 00:53:29.680
Young men, be submissive to those who are older.

00:53:29.680 --> 00:53:32.680
All of you, clothe yourselves with humility towards one another.

00:53:32.680 --> 00:53:34.680
Verses 1-3

00:53:34.680 --> 00:53:37.680
To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder,

00:53:37.680 --> 00:53:39.680
a witness of Christ's sufferings

00:53:40.320 --> 00:53:42.320
and one who also will share in the glory to be revealed.

00:53:42.320 --> 00:53:45.320
Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care,

00:53:45.320 --> 00:53:48.320
serving as overseers, not because you must,

00:53:48.320 --> 00:53:51.320
but because you are willing as God wants you to be.

00:53:51.320 --> 00:53:54.320
Not greedy for money, but eager to serve.

00:53:54.320 --> 00:53:57.320
Not lording it over those entrusted to you,

00:53:57.320 --> 00:54:00.320
but being examples to the flock.

00:54:00.320 --> 00:54:03.320
And when the chief shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory

00:54:03.320 --> 00:54:06.320
and that will never fade away.

00:54:06.960 --> 00:54:09.960
1 Corinthians 12

00:54:09.960 --> 00:54:12.960
We won't go there because we went there last time.

00:54:12.960 --> 00:54:15.960
Want to look at another scripture.

00:54:15.960 --> 00:54:18.960
1 Peter 2, verse 13-15

00:54:18.960 --> 00:54:21.960
1 Peter 2, verse 13-15

00:54:24.960 --> 00:54:27.960
Again it comes back to the whole government thing.

00:54:27.960 --> 00:54:30.960
Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake.

00:54:30.960 --> 00:54:32.960
Whose sake? For the Lord's sake.

00:54:32.960 --> 00:54:35.960
To every authority instituted among men.

00:54:36.600 --> 00:54:39.600
Whether to the king as a supreme authority

00:54:39.600 --> 00:54:42.600
or to governors who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong

00:54:42.600 --> 00:54:44.600
and to commend those who do right.

00:54:44.600 --> 00:54:47.600
For it is God's will that by doing good

00:54:47.600 --> 00:54:50.600
you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.

00:54:50.600 --> 00:54:53.600
Live as free men, but do not use your freedom

00:54:53.600 --> 00:54:56.600
as a cover up for evil.

00:54:56.600 --> 00:54:58.600
Live as servants of God.

00:54:58.600 --> 00:55:00.600
Show proper respect to everyone.

00:55:00.600 --> 00:55:03.600
Love and respect to all who are in your midst.

00:55:04.240 --> 00:55:06.240
Show proper respect to everyone.

00:55:06.240 --> 00:55:08.240
Love the brotherhood of believers.

00:55:08.240 --> 00:55:10.240
Fear God, honor the king.

00:55:10.240 --> 00:55:13.240
Last scripture, Titus 3-1

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Flip to the right.

00:55:18.240 --> 00:55:21.240
Titus 3-1

00:55:21.240 --> 00:55:24.240
Flip to the right, goes past Hebrews, Philemon

00:55:24.240 --> 00:55:27.240
and then comes to Titus 3-1

00:55:30.240 --> 00:55:33.240
When you go to the right, I will go to the right

00:55:33.880 --> 00:55:35.880
You know that song?

00:55:35.880 --> 00:55:38.880
You are such an old timer song guy.

00:55:39.880 --> 00:55:41.880
Titus 3-1

00:55:41.880 --> 00:55:44.880
You are really grooving with God is good today.

00:55:45.880 --> 00:55:48.880
Remind the people to be subject to rulers,

00:55:48.880 --> 00:55:50.880
authorities and to be obedient,

00:55:50.880 --> 00:55:52.880
to be ready to do whatever is good.

00:55:52.880 --> 00:55:54.880
To slander no one,

00:55:54.880 --> 00:55:56.880
to be peaceable and considerate

00:55:56.880 --> 00:55:58.880
and to show true humility towards all men.

00:55:58.880 --> 00:56:01.880
Okay, all those scriptures just solidify

00:56:02.520 --> 00:56:04.520
this whole thing about order.

00:56:04.520 --> 00:56:07.520
So guys, Titus 3-1

00:56:07.520 --> 00:56:10.520
It's after Timothy, after Paul, after Philemon.

00:56:10.520 --> 00:56:12.520
It's depending on which way you are traveling,

00:56:12.520 --> 00:56:14.520
it's after Timothy or before Philemon.

00:56:14.520 --> 00:56:17.520
Guys, much sifting, much distress,

00:56:17.520 --> 00:56:20.520
much confusion and much affliction

00:56:20.520 --> 00:56:23.520
is the result of breaking the hedge

00:56:23.520 --> 00:56:26.520
in these areas that the Bible instructs us to follow.

00:56:26.520 --> 00:56:29.520
Much sifting, much confusion,

00:56:30.160 --> 00:56:32.160
much distress, much affliction

00:56:32.160 --> 00:56:34.160
is the result of breaking the hedge.

00:56:34.160 --> 00:56:37.160
Ecclesiastes 10-8, we talked about it last time.

00:56:37.160 --> 00:56:40.160
Break the hedge and the serpent will bite you.

00:56:41.160 --> 00:56:44.160
Much sifting and unnecessary confusion and distress

00:56:44.160 --> 00:56:48.160
comes when these things that God has ordained here on earth

00:56:48.160 --> 00:56:53.160
and has asked us to be under order in is broken.

00:56:54.160 --> 00:56:56.160
So let's go back to Romans 13-1

00:56:56.160 --> 00:56:58.160
and here it is.

00:56:58.800 --> 00:57:01.800
Romans 13-1

00:57:01.800 --> 00:57:03.800
Here's where,

00:57:03.800 --> 00:57:06.800
Romans 13-1

00:57:08.800 --> 00:57:10.800
Romans 13-1

00:57:10.800 --> 00:57:12.800
Do I have to repeat something?

00:57:12.800 --> 00:57:15.800
Ok, Romans 13-1

00:57:18.800 --> 00:57:20.800
How can God make a statement like this?

00:57:20.800 --> 00:57:22.800
That there is no authority except that

00:57:22.800 --> 00:57:24.800
which God has established.

00:57:24.800 --> 00:57:26.800
That's a tough thing to swallow.

00:57:27.440 --> 00:57:29.440
I mean,

00:57:29.440 --> 00:57:31.440
you look around the world

00:57:31.440 --> 00:57:33.440
and you think to yourself, how can it be?

00:57:34.440 --> 00:57:36.440
Romans 13-1 says,

00:57:36.440 --> 00:57:38.440
Everyone must submit himself

00:57:38.440 --> 00:57:40.440
to the governing authorities,

00:57:40.440 --> 00:57:42.440
for there is no authority

00:57:42.440 --> 00:57:44.440
except that which God has established.

00:57:44.440 --> 00:57:46.440
So how do you grasp that?

00:57:46.440 --> 00:57:48.440
The thing is,

00:57:48.440 --> 00:57:50.440
the moment Adam rejected

00:57:50.440 --> 00:57:52.440
the direct rule of God,

00:57:52.440 --> 00:57:55.440
God set up authority structures here on earth

00:57:56.080 --> 00:57:58.080
to restore peace,

00:57:58.080 --> 00:58:00.080
justice on earth.

00:58:01.080 --> 00:58:03.080
The moment Adam

00:58:03.080 --> 00:58:05.080
rejected God's direct rule,

00:58:05.080 --> 00:58:07.080
that is when God

00:58:07.080 --> 00:58:09.080
began to establish authority structures

00:58:09.080 --> 00:58:11.080
here on earth to restore peace

00:58:11.080 --> 00:58:13.080
and justice that had been lost.

00:58:14.080 --> 00:58:16.080
Israel was given this opportunity,

00:58:16.080 --> 00:58:18.080
you know, in 1 Samuel 8 or so.

00:58:18.080 --> 00:58:20.080
Here's what happens.

00:58:20.080 --> 00:58:22.080
Israel is told

00:58:22.080 --> 00:58:24.080
that God will be king

00:58:24.720 --> 00:58:26.720
and what does Israel say?

00:58:26.720 --> 00:58:28.720
We want a king like every other nation.

00:58:30.720 --> 00:58:32.720
Again, God gives into the request

00:58:32.720 --> 00:58:34.720
but authority structures

00:58:34.720 --> 00:58:36.720
came to the earth when

00:58:36.720 --> 00:58:38.720
man rejected the direct rule of God.

00:58:38.720 --> 00:58:40.720
Just remember that.

00:58:40.720 --> 00:58:42.720
But how can we accept the statement

00:58:42.720 --> 00:58:44.720
in Romans 13-1, which says everyone

00:58:44.720 --> 00:58:46.720
must submit himself to governing authority

00:58:46.720 --> 00:58:48.720
for all authority is established by God.

00:58:48.720 --> 00:58:50.720
To understand Romans 13-1,

00:58:50.720 --> 00:58:52.720
you've got to look at Romans 13-4.

00:58:53.360 --> 00:58:55.360
Look at 13-4 first.

00:58:55.360 --> 00:58:57.360
Look at 13-4.

00:58:59.360 --> 00:59:01.360
Guys,

00:59:01.360 --> 00:59:03.360
when God institutes authority

00:59:03.360 --> 00:59:05.360
on earth, this is his primary purpose.

00:59:05.360 --> 00:59:07.360
For any authority

00:59:07.360 --> 00:59:09.360
on earth is God's servant

00:59:09.360 --> 00:59:11.360
to do you good.

00:59:11.360 --> 00:59:13.360
That is where you begin.

00:59:13.360 --> 00:59:15.360
Authority on earth

00:59:17.360 --> 00:59:19.360
is God's

00:59:19.360 --> 00:59:21.360
servant

00:59:22.000 --> 00:59:24.000
to do

00:59:24.000 --> 00:59:26.000
you good.

00:59:26.000 --> 00:59:28.000
This is the origin.

00:59:30.000 --> 00:59:32.000
This is the purpose.

00:59:32.000 --> 00:59:34.000
This is the function.

00:59:34.000 --> 00:59:36.000
And this is

00:59:36.000 --> 00:59:38.000
the place given to

00:59:38.000 --> 00:59:40.000
the authorities that are placed over us.

00:59:42.000 --> 00:59:44.000
Unfortunately, even though

00:59:44.000 --> 00:59:46.000
this is the case,

00:59:46.000 --> 00:59:48.000
ones that are supposed to be in authority

00:59:48.000 --> 00:59:50.000
and be God's

00:59:50.640 --> 00:59:52.640
servant to do us good, now do not function in it.

00:59:54.640 --> 00:59:56.640
That does not, however, take away the fact

00:59:56.640 --> 00:59:58.640
that when God places them, he places us

00:59:58.640 --> 01:00:00.640
as his servants to do us good.

01:00:02.640 --> 01:00:04.640
So, take for instance the fact

01:00:04.640 --> 01:00:06.640
that God has placed me here

01:00:06.640 --> 01:00:08.640
in authority, in this church,

01:00:08.640 --> 01:00:10.640
as set man to do you good.

01:00:10.640 --> 01:00:12.640
That was his origin, that was his purpose,

01:00:12.640 --> 01:00:14.640
that was a function appointed to me,

01:00:14.640 --> 01:00:16.640
and that is the place he has given me in this church.

01:00:16.640 --> 01:00:18.640
Do you realize that tomorrow I could change completely?

01:00:20.640 --> 01:00:22.640
Does that mean God did not establish his authority?

01:00:22.640 --> 01:00:24.640
No, he established his authority.

01:00:24.640 --> 01:00:26.640
But does that mean I will live by it?

01:00:26.640 --> 01:00:28.640
Thank God, thus far.

01:00:28.640 --> 01:00:30.640
But tomorrow, if I turn into a tyrant,

01:00:36.640 --> 01:00:38.640
Romans 13, 1

01:00:38.640 --> 01:00:40.640
is based on Romans 13, 4.

01:00:44.640 --> 01:00:46.640
That those in authority violate their power

01:00:46.640 --> 01:00:48.640
is separate from the origin, purpose,

01:00:49.280 --> 01:00:51.280
function and proper place they were given.

01:00:51.280 --> 01:00:53.280
This is why those that are placed in authority

01:00:53.280 --> 01:00:55.280
will be accountable and will have to

01:00:55.280 --> 01:00:57.280
really face consequences before

01:00:57.280 --> 01:00:59.280
God here on earth leave alone in it.

01:00:59.280 --> 01:01:01.280
After.

01:01:03.280 --> 01:01:05.280
So guys, here's the thing, civil government

01:01:05.280 --> 01:01:07.280
I'm not talking about, you know some dictatorships

01:01:07.280 --> 01:01:09.280
are better than democracies in certain cases

01:01:09.280 --> 01:01:11.280
but I'm not endorsing

01:01:11.280 --> 01:01:13.280
one form over the other.

01:01:13.280 --> 01:01:15.280
I'm just saying that civil government

01:01:15.920 --> 01:01:17.920
is established for our good

01:01:17.920 --> 01:01:19.920
and therefore God now says

01:01:19.920 --> 01:01:21.920
Jacob, you are now required

01:01:21.920 --> 01:01:23.920
to stay in order

01:01:23.920 --> 01:01:25.920
and give to the civil government

01:01:25.920 --> 01:01:27.920
the respect and the honor

01:01:27.920 --> 01:01:29.920
that is due to them

01:01:29.920 --> 01:01:31.920
because at the end of the day

01:01:31.920 --> 01:01:33.920
I am the one who has established order here on earth.

01:01:35.920 --> 01:01:37.920
We'll talk about the exceptions.

01:01:41.920 --> 01:01:43.920
Hey, Jesus paid taxes

01:01:44.560 --> 01:01:46.560
Jesus paid taxes

01:01:46.560 --> 01:01:48.560
to an abusive Roman government.

01:01:50.560 --> 01:01:52.560
Jesus

01:01:52.560 --> 01:01:54.560
submitted

01:01:54.560 --> 01:01:56.560
to corrupt religious authorities.

01:02:00.560 --> 01:02:02.560
This is the ultimate lawgiver

01:02:04.560 --> 01:02:06.560
the one in whom all justice and peace exist

01:02:08.560 --> 01:02:10.560
paid taxes to the abusive Roman government

01:02:10.560 --> 01:02:12.560
and submitted himself to corrupt Jewish leaders.

01:02:14.560 --> 01:02:16.560
And when it came to the point where they were going to hang him

01:02:16.560 --> 01:02:18.560
what did they do?

01:02:18.560 --> 01:02:20.560
He entrusted himself

01:02:20.560 --> 01:02:22.560
to the one who judges righteously.

01:02:32.560 --> 01:02:34.560
So now let's talk about the exceptions, having said all that.

01:02:38.560 --> 01:02:40.560
You know, while I was doing this

01:02:40.560 --> 01:02:42.560
I was clearing out

01:02:43.200 --> 01:02:45.200
things in my store room

01:02:45.200 --> 01:02:47.200
and there was this broken laptop

01:02:47.200 --> 01:02:49.200
the screen doesn't exist anymore

01:02:49.200 --> 01:02:51.200
I don't even know where the screen went

01:02:51.200 --> 01:02:53.200
the rest of the laptop is there

01:02:53.200 --> 01:02:55.200
and there was an external

01:02:55.200 --> 01:02:57.200
CD drive and all that stuff

01:02:57.200 --> 01:02:59.200
and so while I was preparing these notes

01:02:59.200 --> 01:03:01.200
I was going down to do some laundry

01:03:01.200 --> 01:03:03.200
so I thought take this and throw it

01:03:03.200 --> 01:03:05.200
so I take it and put it in a bag and I went down

01:03:05.200 --> 01:03:07.200
and as I'm going to throw it in the garbage

01:03:07.200 --> 01:03:09.200
there's these bold letters on the

01:03:09.840 --> 01:03:11.840
things banned from this

01:03:11.840 --> 01:03:13.840
garbage container

01:03:13.840 --> 01:03:15.840
laptop, laptop, laptop and I'm thinking about

01:03:15.840 --> 01:03:17.840
done. When I'm teaching

01:03:17.840 --> 01:03:19.840
an authority even though there's nobody around

01:03:19.840 --> 01:03:21.840
and I can easily slip this laptop

01:03:21.840 --> 01:03:23.840
into this thing, can't do it man.

01:03:23.840 --> 01:03:25.840
There is order

01:03:25.840 --> 01:03:27.840
there are things that have been specified by

01:03:27.840 --> 01:03:29.840
the law of the land

01:03:29.840 --> 01:03:31.840
so I took my computer bag and put it back in the store room.

01:03:35.840 --> 01:03:37.840
I'll give it to you.

01:03:38.480 --> 01:03:40.480
I know

01:03:40.480 --> 01:03:42.480
I drive by it every Sunday

01:03:44.480 --> 01:03:46.480
but the point is

01:03:46.480 --> 01:03:48.480
you may think Jacob this is being too finicky

01:03:48.480 --> 01:03:50.480
hey

01:03:50.480 --> 01:03:52.480
I've never seen you being finicky about gravity

01:04:00.480 --> 01:04:02.480
okay so here are some

01:04:02.480 --> 01:04:04.480
by the way one of the things I really like

01:04:04.480 --> 01:04:06.480
about acts 29 is

01:04:07.120 --> 01:04:09.120
we seem to have understood order without

01:04:09.120 --> 01:04:11.120
there being rules

01:04:15.120 --> 01:04:17.120
that's why it surprises me

01:04:17.120 --> 01:04:19.120
when occasionally you see

01:04:19.120 --> 01:04:21.120
disorder as in not following order

01:04:21.120 --> 01:04:23.120
disorder I don't mean disorder as in confusion

01:04:23.120 --> 01:04:25.120
but breaking of order rarely happens

01:04:25.120 --> 01:04:27.120
and yet we don't have rules and everyone seems

01:04:27.120 --> 01:04:29.120
to know order. That's wonderful

01:04:29.120 --> 01:04:31.120
that's how a Christian people should be

01:04:31.120 --> 01:04:33.120
order without rules

01:04:33.760 --> 01:04:35.760
fascinating how it works

01:04:35.760 --> 01:04:37.760
well done man

01:04:39.760 --> 01:04:41.760
okay here are some exceptions we've got to look at

01:04:41.760 --> 01:04:43.760
guys when submission to one authority

01:04:43.760 --> 01:04:45.760
conflicts with submission to another

01:04:45.760 --> 01:04:47.760
what do you do?

01:04:47.760 --> 01:04:49.760
it can happen at work

01:04:49.760 --> 01:04:51.760
sometimes it happens at home

01:04:51.760 --> 01:04:53.760
sometimes it happens in church

01:04:55.760 --> 01:04:57.760
when

01:04:57.760 --> 01:04:59.760
when submission to one authority

01:04:59.760 --> 01:05:01.760
conflicts with one authority

01:05:02.400 --> 01:05:04.400
conflicts with submission to another

01:05:04.400 --> 01:05:06.400
what do you do?

01:05:06.400 --> 01:05:08.400
you always

01:05:08.400 --> 01:05:10.400
you always defer or submit

01:05:10.400 --> 01:05:12.400
to the higher authority

01:05:12.400 --> 01:05:14.400
so

01:05:14.400 --> 01:05:16.400
in families learn this

01:05:16.400 --> 01:05:18.400
that

01:05:18.400 --> 01:05:20.400
if the child comes

01:05:20.400 --> 01:05:22.400
and the mom says

01:05:22.400 --> 01:05:24.400
one thing and the dad says one thing

01:05:24.400 --> 01:05:26.400
immediately

01:05:26.400 --> 01:05:28.400
at least at that time

01:05:28.400 --> 01:05:30.400
at that time

01:05:31.040 --> 01:05:33.040
defer to what the dad says

01:05:33.040 --> 01:05:35.040
they'll sort it out later and they can come and talk to you

01:05:35.040 --> 01:05:37.040
but defer to what the dad says

01:05:37.040 --> 01:05:39.040
thank god they can't see that I'm looking at you on the CD

01:05:45.040 --> 01:05:47.040
so when it comes to let's say the church

01:05:47.040 --> 01:05:49.040
let's say Heidi says something while I'm away

01:05:49.040 --> 01:05:51.040
that seems to

01:05:51.040 --> 01:05:53.040
contravene what I have said

01:05:53.040 --> 01:05:55.040
is the order of the house

01:05:55.040 --> 01:05:57.040
then you defer

01:05:57.040 --> 01:05:59.040
then to the higher authority

01:05:59.680 --> 01:06:01.680
at the end of the day then you take that one step further

01:06:01.680 --> 01:06:03.680
and who is the ultimate authority?

01:06:03.680 --> 01:06:05.680
god

01:06:05.680 --> 01:06:07.680
so the highest authority is god

01:06:07.680 --> 01:06:09.680
so when authority seeks

01:06:09.680 --> 01:06:11.680
to compel you to act contrary to the word of god

01:06:11.680 --> 01:06:13.680
you'll have to respond like peter did

01:06:13.680 --> 01:06:15.680
on one hand peter is saying

01:06:15.680 --> 01:06:17.680
submit to all authorities

01:06:17.680 --> 01:06:19.680
on the other hand in acts chapter 5

01:06:19.680 --> 01:06:21.680
when the jewish authorities call and say to him

01:06:21.680 --> 01:06:23.680
you will not preach anymore

01:06:23.680 --> 01:06:25.680
you know what peter says?

01:06:25.680 --> 01:06:27.680
that is fine that you are saying so

01:06:28.320 --> 01:06:30.320
but I'm very sorry to say that

01:06:30.320 --> 01:06:32.320
I'll have to listen to a higher authority called

01:06:32.320 --> 01:06:34.320
god go to acts 5 28-30

01:06:34.320 --> 01:06:36.320
acts 5

01:06:36.320 --> 01:06:38.320
28-30

01:06:44.320 --> 01:06:46.320
acts 5 28-30

01:06:46.320 --> 01:06:48.320
27-30

01:06:48.320 --> 01:06:50.320
having brought the apostles and made them appear before the sanhedrin

01:06:50.320 --> 01:06:52.320
to be questioned by the high priest

01:06:52.320 --> 01:06:54.320
we gave you strict orders not to teach

01:06:54.320 --> 01:06:56.320
in this name

01:06:56.960 --> 01:06:58.960
yet you have filled jerusalem with your teaching

01:06:58.960 --> 01:07:00.960
and are determined to make us guilty of this man's blood

01:07:00.960 --> 01:07:02.960
peter and the other apostles replied

01:07:02.960 --> 01:07:04.960
we must obey god rather than men

01:07:04.960 --> 01:07:06.960
the god of our fathers raised jesus

01:07:06.960 --> 01:07:08.960
from the dead and then he goes on to explain it

01:07:08.960 --> 01:07:10.960
so the saint peter who says

01:07:10.960 --> 01:07:12.960
submit to all authority

01:07:12.960 --> 01:07:14.960
all institutions here on earth that are authoritative

01:07:14.960 --> 01:07:16.960
submit to them the saint peter then says no

01:07:16.960 --> 01:07:18.960
because at the end of the day

01:07:18.960 --> 01:07:20.960
when you are compelled to do something contrary

01:07:20.960 --> 01:07:22.960
to the higher authority

01:07:22.960 --> 01:07:24.960
you have to choose to say no

01:07:26.960 --> 01:07:28.960
guys

01:07:28.960 --> 01:07:30.960
in situations like this

01:07:30.960 --> 01:07:32.960
disobedience cannot be equated with

01:07:32.960 --> 01:07:34.960
submission

01:07:34.960 --> 01:07:36.960
in situations like this

01:07:36.960 --> 01:07:38.960
you now disobey

01:07:38.960 --> 01:07:40.960
but you don't do

01:07:40.960 --> 01:07:42.960
ungodly things in your disobedience

01:07:42.960 --> 01:07:44.960
so here's what happened to peter

01:07:44.960 --> 01:07:46.960
peter disobeys and so you know what they do

01:07:46.960 --> 01:07:48.960
they beat the guy up

01:07:48.960 --> 01:07:50.960
and he takes the beating

01:07:50.960 --> 01:07:52.960
he does not revere

01:07:52.960 --> 01:07:54.960
he does not respect

01:07:55.600 --> 01:07:57.600
he does not rebel

01:07:57.600 --> 01:07:59.600
what happens with us

01:07:59.600 --> 01:08:01.600
is when we get a command that is contrary

01:08:01.600 --> 01:08:03.600
to the commands of god

01:08:03.600 --> 01:08:05.600
instead of disobeying it and taking

01:08:05.600 --> 01:08:07.600
whatever the consequences be

01:08:07.600 --> 01:08:09.600
of disobedience we begin to rebel

01:08:09.600 --> 01:08:11.600
and in

01:08:11.600 --> 01:08:13.600
rebellion you suddenly knock yourself

01:08:13.600 --> 01:08:15.600
out of order

01:08:15.600 --> 01:08:17.600
what you need to do

01:08:17.600 --> 01:08:19.600
is disobey because in situations like this

01:08:19.600 --> 01:08:21.600
disobedience is not

01:08:21.600 --> 01:08:23.600
something

01:08:24.240 --> 01:08:26.240
you are called not to do

01:08:26.240 --> 01:08:28.240
it's ok to disobey but you don't go into anything

01:08:28.240 --> 01:08:30.240
ungodly

01:08:36.240 --> 01:08:38.240
it's not fighting off the beating that is rebellion

01:08:38.240 --> 01:08:40.240
it is the fact that now you don't begin to raise

01:08:40.240 --> 01:08:42.240
take for instance

01:08:42.240 --> 01:08:44.240
the fact that I say something here that is contrary

01:08:44.240 --> 01:08:46.240
to the word of god

01:08:46.240 --> 01:08:48.240
and ask you to follow it

01:08:48.240 --> 01:08:50.240
you have one of two choices

01:08:50.240 --> 01:08:52.240
you can either disobey saying Jacob

01:08:52.880 --> 01:08:54.880
this does not matter with what god is saying

01:08:54.880 --> 01:08:56.880
or you can go around

01:08:56.880 --> 01:08:58.880
creating sufficient

01:08:58.880 --> 01:09:00.880
distress in this house

01:09:00.880 --> 01:09:02.880
and raise people against me for saying

01:09:02.880 --> 01:09:04.880
something that is contrary

01:09:04.880 --> 01:09:06.880
one spills into rebellion

01:09:06.880 --> 01:09:08.880
the other is just disobedience

01:09:08.880 --> 01:09:10.880
because you have chosen

01:09:10.880 --> 01:09:12.880
to honor god before you honor me

01:09:14.880 --> 01:09:16.880
what happens in churches often

01:09:16.880 --> 01:09:18.880
is when such situations happen

01:09:18.880 --> 01:09:20.880
you begin to have factions that begin to rise up in

01:09:20.880 --> 01:09:22.880
rebellion

01:09:24.880 --> 01:09:26.880
remember do not touch the arc

01:09:26.880 --> 01:09:28.880
if you are not called to carry it

01:09:34.880 --> 01:09:36.880
ungodly commands

01:09:36.880 --> 01:09:38.880
don't need to be obeyed

01:09:38.880 --> 01:09:40.880
but don't become ungodly in rebellion

01:09:40.880 --> 01:09:42.880
either

01:09:42.880 --> 01:09:44.880
guys leave rather than rebel

01:09:44.880 --> 01:09:46.880
leave the church but don't rebel

01:09:46.880 --> 01:09:48.880
it's safer and you are better off

01:09:48.880 --> 01:09:50.880
and you are blessed

01:09:50.880 --> 01:09:52.880
because you chose to honor god and disobeyed

01:09:52.880 --> 01:09:54.880
what was ungodly and you left

01:09:54.880 --> 01:09:56.880
but choose not to rebel

01:09:56.880 --> 01:09:58.880
because the moment you rebel you are out of order

01:09:58.880 --> 01:10:00.880
and when you break the head a serpent bites you

01:10:00.880 --> 01:10:02.880
so what about the guy who gave me a wrong command

01:10:02.880 --> 01:10:04.880
hey, trust me man

01:10:04.880 --> 01:10:06.880
god will deal with

01:10:06.880 --> 01:10:08.880
anybody who is an authority that

01:10:08.880 --> 01:10:10.880
contaminates, corrupts, abuses

01:10:10.880 --> 01:10:12.880
authority

01:10:18.880 --> 01:10:20.880
the other thing we need to recognize

01:10:20.880 --> 01:10:22.880
is that submission can happen at different

01:10:22.880 --> 01:10:24.880
at two levels at the same time

01:10:24.880 --> 01:10:26.880
what did they do when they came to Jesus

01:10:26.880 --> 01:10:28.880
they came to Jesus and said

01:10:28.880 --> 01:10:30.880
who should we pay our taxes

01:10:30.880 --> 01:10:32.880
should we pay Caesar

01:10:32.880 --> 01:10:34.880
or should we pay god

01:10:34.880 --> 01:10:36.880
and Jesus said give to Caesar what is

01:10:36.880 --> 01:10:38.880
Caesar and give to god what is gods

01:10:38.880 --> 01:10:40.880
so there are times

01:10:40.880 --> 01:10:42.880
when you can at the same time

01:10:42.880 --> 01:10:44.880
obey

01:10:44.880 --> 01:10:46.880
two authorities

01:10:46.880 --> 01:10:48.880
recognize that submission

01:10:48.880 --> 01:10:50.880
can be carried out on more than

01:10:50.880 --> 01:10:52.880
one level at a time

01:10:52.880 --> 01:10:54.880
the Pharisees assumed

01:10:54.880 --> 01:10:56.880
that you could not submit to Caesar and god

01:10:56.880 --> 01:10:58.880
at the same time

01:10:58.880 --> 01:11:00.880
Jesus said give to Caesar what is Caesar

01:11:00.880 --> 01:11:02.880
give to god what is gods

01:11:02.880 --> 01:11:04.880
there is no clash there

01:11:04.880 --> 01:11:06.880
so remember that as a point

01:11:06.880 --> 01:11:08.880
which will come up in life at some point

01:11:08.880 --> 01:11:10.880
another woman that I really like

01:11:10.880 --> 01:11:12.880
who showed tremendous skill

01:11:12.880 --> 01:11:14.880
was Abigail

01:11:14.880 --> 01:11:16.880
here is Abigail's problem in 1 Samuel 25

01:11:16.880 --> 01:11:18.880
on one hand she has to honor her husband

01:11:18.880 --> 01:11:20.880
Nabal who was acting like a fool

01:11:22.880 --> 01:11:24.880
then there is David

01:11:24.880 --> 01:11:26.880
who she has heard is going to be

01:11:26.880 --> 01:11:28.880
the king of the land

01:11:28.880 --> 01:11:30.880
so she has got to honor David

01:11:30.880 --> 01:11:32.880
and then she also has to make sure

01:11:32.880 --> 01:11:34.880
that in the whole process she submitted

01:11:34.880 --> 01:11:36.880
and honoring god

01:11:36.880 --> 01:11:38.880
she has got three things man

01:11:38.880 --> 01:11:40.880
and she has to honor David

01:11:40.880 --> 01:11:42.880
three things man

01:11:42.880 --> 01:11:44.880
and she does so well

01:11:44.880 --> 01:11:46.880
you should go home and read 1 Samuel 25

01:11:46.880 --> 01:11:48.880
this woman has the ability

01:11:48.880 --> 01:11:50.880
to honor Nabal her husband

01:11:50.880 --> 01:11:54.880
and therefore Nabal doesn't lose his life

01:11:54.880 --> 01:11:56.880
he lives a few more days

01:11:56.880 --> 01:11:58.880
guy was foolish enough to get himself killed after two weeks

01:11:58.880 --> 01:12:00.880
but he lives a few more days

01:12:00.880 --> 01:12:02.880
because she honored him

01:12:02.880 --> 01:12:04.880
said Nabal let's do it this way

01:12:04.880 --> 01:12:06.880
went and spoke to him and did things the right way

01:12:06.880 --> 01:12:08.880
Nabal was preserved

01:12:08.880 --> 01:12:10.880
and she knows David is the future king

01:12:10.880 --> 01:12:12.880
and she goes to David

01:12:12.880 --> 01:12:14.880
and she talks to him and she prevents

01:12:14.880 --> 01:12:16.880
David from shedding

01:12:16.880 --> 01:12:18.880
blood before he becomes king

01:12:20.880 --> 01:12:22.880
and in the process she also honors

01:12:22.880 --> 01:12:24.880
god

01:12:24.880 --> 01:12:26.880
so on one hand

01:12:26.880 --> 01:12:28.880
she

01:12:28.880 --> 01:12:30.880
spared her husband's life in spite of his foolishness

01:12:30.880 --> 01:12:32.880
then she spared David from acting

01:12:32.880 --> 01:12:34.880
in a way that would be detrimental

01:12:34.880 --> 01:12:36.880
to his reign and in both cases

01:12:36.880 --> 01:12:38.880
she turned both these men away

01:12:38.880 --> 01:12:40.880
from the intended course of action

01:12:40.880 --> 01:12:42.880
and yet did not violate any principle

01:12:42.880 --> 01:12:44.880
with god

01:12:44.880 --> 01:12:46.880
guys exert wisdom in submission

01:12:46.880 --> 01:12:48.880
you will help those that are in authority then

01:12:48.880 --> 01:12:50.880
you will help those

01:12:50.880 --> 01:12:52.880
that are in authority

01:12:52.880 --> 01:12:54.880
when you see

01:12:54.880 --> 01:12:56.880
Jacob going down a path

01:12:56.880 --> 01:12:58.880
and I hope it isn't too often

01:12:58.880 --> 01:13:00.880
where there is a possibility that

01:13:00.880 --> 01:13:02.880
something may go wrong and you have the wisdom

01:13:02.880 --> 01:13:04.880
not a fancy thought

01:13:04.880 --> 01:13:06.880
but wisdom, godly wisdom

01:13:06.880 --> 01:13:08.880
come and say Jacob how about doing it this way

01:13:12.880 --> 01:13:14.880
it will save me trouble

01:13:14.880 --> 01:13:16.880
it will save the person I am going to cause trouble to

01:13:18.880 --> 01:13:20.880
and yet you are submitted to me

01:13:20.880 --> 01:13:22.880
and you are also submitted to the person and you haven't violated

01:13:22.880 --> 01:13:24.880
things of god

01:13:30.880 --> 01:13:32.880
finally guys

01:13:32.880 --> 01:13:34.880
when submission we desire

01:13:34.880 --> 01:13:36.880
is not obtained

01:13:36.880 --> 01:13:38.880
don't forcefully

01:13:38.880 --> 01:13:40.880
try to bring about submission

01:13:40.880 --> 01:13:42.880
when submission that I desire

01:13:42.880 --> 01:13:44.880
is not obtained

01:13:44.880 --> 01:13:46.880
don't force it

01:13:46.880 --> 01:13:48.880
don't try to force submission

01:13:48.880 --> 01:13:50.880
there will be times when

01:13:50.880 --> 01:13:52.880
what you are saying is right and

01:13:52.880 --> 01:13:54.880
you have proper place

01:13:54.880 --> 01:13:56.880
your authority is from god

01:13:56.880 --> 01:13:58.880
you are functioning correctly

01:13:58.880 --> 01:14:00.880
the purposes are right and yet there will be

01:14:00.880 --> 01:14:02.880
those that choose

01:14:02.880 --> 01:14:04.880
not to submit

01:14:04.880 --> 01:14:06.880
to order and to authority

01:14:06.880 --> 01:14:08.880
when they don't recognize that it is always

01:14:08.880 --> 01:14:10.880
going to be a voluntary act

01:14:10.880 --> 01:14:12.880
it is a voluntary act of obedience

01:14:12.880 --> 01:14:14.880
it is a voluntary act of faith

01:14:14.880 --> 01:14:16.880
many times for women in a

01:14:16.880 --> 01:14:18.880
marriage it is not just a voluntary

01:14:18.880 --> 01:14:20.880
act of obedience

01:14:20.880 --> 01:14:22.880
it is a voluntary act of faith because they are thinking

01:14:22.880 --> 01:14:24.880
to themselves how the heck can I trust this

01:14:24.880 --> 01:14:26.880
man and yet you have to step out

01:14:26.880 --> 01:14:28.880
in faith and say yeah I will because

01:14:28.880 --> 01:14:30.880
god will give him wisdom

01:14:34.880 --> 01:14:36.880
you can't forcefully bring about submission

01:14:36.880 --> 01:14:38.880
hey when was the last time christ

01:14:38.880 --> 01:14:40.880
compelled you to submit

01:14:44.880 --> 01:14:46.880
in fact he served those

01:14:46.880 --> 01:14:48.880
who weren't submitting to him

01:14:48.880 --> 01:14:50.880
that's even more frightening that's taking

01:14:50.880 --> 01:14:52.880
in one extra level he served

01:14:52.880 --> 01:14:54.880
those who were not submitting to him

01:14:58.880 --> 01:15:00.880
and so to use means of

01:15:00.880 --> 01:15:02.880
manipulation to use

01:15:02.880 --> 01:15:04.880
guilt

01:15:04.880 --> 01:15:06.880
to use physical or

01:15:06.880 --> 01:15:08.880
verbal threats

01:15:08.880 --> 01:15:10.880
is abuse

01:15:16.880 --> 01:15:18.880
he wasn't asking anyone to submit

01:15:18.880 --> 01:15:20.880
he was clearing his father's house

01:15:22.880 --> 01:15:24.880
no he was driving them out

01:15:28.880 --> 01:15:30.880
why is it that

01:15:30.880 --> 01:15:32.880
you can choose who stays in your house or not

01:15:32.880 --> 01:15:34.880
it's not a question of submission

01:15:34.880 --> 01:15:36.880
it's a question of your domain

01:15:38.880 --> 01:15:40.880
I mean you

01:15:40.880 --> 01:15:42.880
you may not allow

01:15:42.880 --> 01:15:44.880
us to come to your house yet you allow your cat to live there

01:15:48.880 --> 01:15:50.880
yeah so

01:15:50.880 --> 01:15:52.880
it's different when it comes to your domain

01:15:52.880 --> 01:15:54.880
that's a different

01:15:54.880 --> 01:15:56.880
we are looking at it

01:15:56.880 --> 01:15:58.880
she'll be providing you anti-cat pills

01:15:58.880 --> 01:16:00.880
for the next bible study

01:16:06.880 --> 01:16:08.880
to use means of manipulation

01:16:08.880 --> 01:16:10.880
guilt physical or verbal threats

01:16:10.880 --> 01:16:12.880
is an abuse

01:16:12.880 --> 01:16:14.880
and god will hold responsible anybody who

01:16:14.880 --> 01:16:16.880
abuses one's

01:16:16.880 --> 01:16:18.880
authority like that

01:16:18.880 --> 01:16:20.880
so please don't be foolish in this

01:16:20.880 --> 01:16:22.880
guys at the end of the day

01:16:22.880 --> 01:16:24.880
learn to live in order

01:16:24.880 --> 01:16:26.880
and it'll be fascinating

01:16:26.880 --> 01:16:28.880
how the kingdom of god

01:16:28.880 --> 01:16:30.880
will break into different areas

01:16:30.880 --> 01:16:32.880
in your life that you're living under

01:16:32.880 --> 01:16:34.880
order in

01:16:34.880 --> 01:16:36.880
the kingdom of god will break into your driving

01:16:36.880 --> 01:16:38.880
if you live under order

01:16:38.880 --> 01:16:40.880
the kingdom of god will break

01:16:40.880 --> 01:16:42.080
into your finances if you

01:16:42.080 --> 01:16:44.080
live under order in your finances

01:16:44.080 --> 01:16:46.080
the kingdom of god will break into your marriage

01:16:46.080 --> 01:16:48.080
if order is correct

01:16:48.080 --> 01:16:50.080
the kingdom of god will break into the church

01:16:50.080 --> 01:16:52.080
when order is correct

01:16:52.080 --> 01:16:54.080
the kingdom of god will break into

01:16:54.080 --> 01:17:01.040
your livelihood in this land. This land will rise and bless you when you follow order.

01:17:03.440 --> 01:17:08.000
The heavens above and the the heavens will pour down rain and the earth will give you honey.

01:17:08.720 --> 01:17:12.000
The rocks will break and give you honey when you live under order.

01:17:13.040 --> 01:17:17.600
The place of your business begins to prosper in itself and in its prosperity

01:17:17.600 --> 01:17:19.680
you will prosper too when you live under order.

01:17:19.680 --> 01:17:27.600
By the same token, there's confusion, distress, affliction

01:17:29.920 --> 01:17:33.280
when there's a breaking of order because when you break the hedge the serpent bites.

01:17:36.000 --> 01:17:37.040
Questions, comments?

01:17:42.000 --> 01:17:49.040
Like I said 18 minutes 23 seconds ago, it applies to government, employment,

01:17:49.040 --> 01:17:52.240
marriage, family, church, covers every area.

01:18:09.200 --> 01:18:16.160
If the government insists for instance that anybody who is a minister of religion has now got to marry

01:18:16.160 --> 01:18:27.200
those that are not just man and woman but same-sex couples then now Jacob has a choice either he can

01:18:28.000 --> 01:18:36.000
give up his minister of religion authority and title or if they insist that it's been given to

01:18:36.000 --> 01:18:41.760
you and you have to do it then you have to count the cost and say no because now you obey a higher

01:18:42.480 --> 01:18:43.040
authority.

01:18:46.160 --> 01:18:55.280
Then you voice what you believe is the godly precedence and guys can you you can turn it off now.