WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: Shekinah – walk before Me Publishing Date: 2021-02-07T05:00:44-08:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/shekinah-walk-before-me/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.640 and Abraham gave the name Ishmael to the son she had born. Abraham was 86 years 00:00:05.640 --> 00:00:12.360 old when Hagar bore him Ishmael. 17.1. When Abraham was 99 years old the Lord 00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:17.600 appeared to him and said I'm God Almighty. Strangely there are 13 silent 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:24.960 years that passed between Genesis 16.16 and Genesis 17.1. 13 years it's almost 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:31.640 like Abraham has no visit from God. Abraham has no voice from God for 13 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:38.120 years. Genesis 16.16 ends with Ishmael was born and then it takes 13 years 00:00:38.120 --> 00:00:44.160 before Abraham hears from God again. It's not that God was upset. God had already 00:00:44.160 --> 00:00:49.920 credited to Abraham his fate as righteousness but sometimes things birth 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:55.680 from the flesh have to be taken care of before you can move on and birth things 00:00:55.680 --> 00:01:01.680 of the spirit. Hear me again. Sometimes things birthed from the flesh need to be 00:01:01.680 --> 00:01:07.320 taken care of and God will give us time to nurture that which we have brought in 00:01:07.320 --> 00:01:12.480 flesh because that is still something that needs to be taken care of. Before 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:16.800 God can now begin to renew birthing things by the spirit. Ishmael was born 00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:23.440 Ishmael needed to be taken care of. Once Ishmael was born Sarah turned. When Ishmael 00:01:23.440 --> 00:01:28.240 was once Ishmael was born Hagar's attitude changed. Once Ishmael was born 00:01:28.240 --> 00:01:33.960 Sarah wanted Hagar removed. Once Ishmael was born Abraham had to stand up for 00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:37.720 Hagar and Ishmael every so often but that boy had to be taken care of because 00:01:37.720 --> 00:01:44.800 out of that boy would come a nation. Sometimes we think God's silence in a 00:01:44.800 --> 00:01:48.000 situation is because he's upset he's angry maybe you made a mistake. 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:52.960 Sometimes it's not a mistake or anger it is simply Jacob you have birthed this 00:01:52.960 --> 00:01:56.840 I'll help you take care of it but till we are done with it I cannot go ahead 00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:00.680 with other things of the spirit because you have birthed something in the flesh 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:07.000 but I will take care of that too. But what happens in the process is that you 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:11.480 do not hear about the things that have to be birthed of the spirit for the next 00:02:11.480 --> 00:02:16.600 little while. We've got to beware of that. I've got to beware of that both with 00:02:16.600 --> 00:02:21.520 the church and with what happens with what God is doing globally. The moment I 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:24.720 start birthing things in the spirit if you have a business be careful that you 00:02:24.720 --> 00:02:28.480 don't start birthing things in the flesh because you will have to take care of it 00:02:28.480 --> 00:02:32.040 and while you're taking care of it God will be on pause because he'll help you 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:41.160 take care of it. He doesn't abandon us because we birth a mistake. 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:55.800 What an odd God eh? He doesn't cut you off because you made a mistake but there's 00:02:55.800 --> 00:03:01.520 still a consequence and the consequence is now I have to take care of what has 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:05.880 happened and then after that's taken care of I can get back to the things of 00:03:05.880 --> 00:03:11.920 the spirit. I don't know how Abraham felt through 13 years of not hearing and not 00:03:11.920 --> 00:03:18.080 having visitations from God and then suddenly in Genesis 17 it starts again. 00:03:21.880 --> 00:03:25.760 I think it's too high a cost to pay. 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:38.680 As we step into what God is doing across the earth in terms of this revival and 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:46.160 what God is doing with the young ones between the ages of 12 and the late 30s 00:03:46.160 --> 00:03:51.360 so that generations can be affected in the future of the earth we have to make 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:55.360 sure that what we birth beat in a simple service like this or beat in actions in 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:58.840 other parts of the world is birth from the spirit and is not flesh that it is 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:02.560 not sustained by flesh but we do not breathe into it we breathe the breath of 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:05.480 the spirit into it. 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:15.520 And then in Genesis 17 one God appears again as El Shaddai. The word El Shaddai 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:24.120 El Shaddai means there's two there's two sides to the El Shaddai coin. The first 00:04:24.280 --> 00:04:33.960 one is the one who is sufficient the one who is sufficient and the other side is 00:04:33.960 --> 00:04:48.120 the one who overpowers and destroys and out of these two we've come up with God 00:04:48.520 --> 00:04:56.520 Almighty but the idea of God Almighty comes from on one hand the the fact that 00:04:56.520 --> 00:05:01.760 he is sufficient there's nothing beyond him you don't need anything past him in 00:05:01.760 --> 00:05:06.640 him everything is taken care of contained so on one hand you have God 00:05:06.640 --> 00:05:11.120 Almighty he who is sufficient now the other hand you have he who can over 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:15.720 power and destroy nothing stands in his way and out of that comes his idea of 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:22.240 El Shaddai God Almighty that is the God who's involved with us and churches 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:29.000 connected with us in this global movement takes courage and faith for me 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:35.120 to say global movement because when we look at ourselves we look so small and 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:40.760 so ragtag and yet there is this one who is sufficient and who is someone who can 00:05:40.760 --> 00:05:44.560 overpower and destroy everything that stands in the way and bring to pass what 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:53.960 he wants to and so El Shaddai appears to Abraham and then he gives Abraham a charge 00:05:53.960 --> 00:06:00.000 just as he did us now what is the charge he gave us let me read it out and if you 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:06.400 have it on the screen the do you have the word on the screen that we can read 00:06:06.400 --> 00:06:10.120 together yeah 00:06:22.760 --> 00:06:27.800 let's read out the word that he gave us the charge that he gave us it's a charge 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:32.560 sometimes in thinking things are prophetic we forget that it is a charge 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:39.120 it's a charge as in this is what I'm charging you with so here's what it says 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:46.280 and let's read it together it's on dawn okay and here's a charge he is giving me 00:06:46.280 --> 00:06:52.400 he's a charge he's giving you so don't be afraid I am with you for I will pour 00:06:52.400 --> 00:06:58.540 water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground I will pour out my 00:06:58.540 --> 00:07:02.980 spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your descendants I will bring your 00:07:02.980 --> 00:07:07.380 children from the east and gather them from the west I'll send orders north and 00:07:07.380 --> 00:07:12.140 south I'll say to the north give them up and to the south do not hold them back 00:07:12.140 --> 00:07:17.060 return my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth I 00:07:17.060 --> 00:07:22.580 want them back every last one of them who bears my name every man woman and 00:07:22.580 --> 00:07:27.820 child whom I created for my glory how wonderful and beautiful they will be the 00:07:27.820 --> 00:07:32.060 young men will thrive on abundant grain and the young women will flourish on new 00:07:32.060 --> 00:07:37.460 wine they will spring up among the grass like willows by watercourses you will 00:07:37.460 --> 00:07:41.500 raise up young men and young women bishops and strong apostolic ministry 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:45.780 strong teachers going out from your company and they will reproduce this 00:07:45.780 --> 00:07:50.660 anointing your young people will freely join you at the break of dawn with all 00:07:50.660 --> 00:07:54.920 the vigor of youth resplendent and holy armor on the day of your conquest that 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:58.200 is a charge he's given us when you're given a charge and when God is saying 00:07:58.200 --> 00:08:05.320 he'll do it the way you receive a charge is to read it as if you were saying it 00:08:05.320 --> 00:08:09.920 so one of the ways you read this is to change it as if you were saying it as 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:14.520 in I'm gonna bring children from East and gather them from the West I am 00:08:14.520 --> 00:08:18.040 saying to the north and the south give them up I'm saying this to the south do 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:21.920 not hold them back I'm saying return the sons from afar and daughters from the 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:25.760 ends of the earth I'm saying I want them back every last one who bears the name 00:08:25.760 --> 00:08:29.720 of Jesus every man woman and child created for its glory you begin to 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:33.200 declare it because it's a charge given to you whenever a charge is given to it 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:41.960 is I'm giving this to you so that you can steward it so God gives Abraham a 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:45.360 charge and there are two imperatives in this charge and I'm gonna just write 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:50.800 them down and it's the same thing that's being given to us today so Genesis 17 is 00:08:50.800 --> 00:09:04.440 a pattern for us so here are the two imperatives yeah how do you know you 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:13.960 have birthed something from the flesh it doesn't profit it needs a lot of taking 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:22.440 care of in terms of your own sweat things that are birthed by the spirit 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:27.440 the question is how do you know things that are birthed by the flesh here's how 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:33.200 we distinguish it one we look back and see how it was produced what it produced 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:39.120 by the word of God and nothing that is when you know something is off the 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:43.440 spirit most things that are produced of the spirit are the word of God and 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:50.120 nothing second things that are produced by the spirit have very little of your 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:56.640 sweat involved in it your work is the diligence that you show in fulfilling 00:09:56.640 --> 00:10:00.920 what God has asked you to do there's no striving no self-effort no 00:10:00.920 --> 00:10:06.360 manipulation no creating a bread out of stones even though you have the power to 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:10.780 the most significant aspect of things that are created by the spirit is that 00:10:10.780 --> 00:10:14.220 everything that is created by the spirit is made up of just two things the 00:10:14.220 --> 00:10:18.340 word of God and nothing either the word in Logos form or the word in Rhema form 00:10:18.340 --> 00:10:26.580 and nothing else when things are made of anything else put in the mix then you 00:10:26.580 --> 00:10:34.300 will have to sweat to sustain it when things are made of the spirit there is 00:10:34.300 --> 00:10:38.260 the life of the spirit that sustains it that brings it to fruition that brings 00:10:38.260 --> 00:10:45.340 it to completion you're so helpless when things are birthed by the spirit that 00:10:45.340 --> 00:10:48.740 you are only a participant as you are directed because there's nothing you can 00:10:48.740 --> 00:10:57.100 do your diligence and work ethic is seen in your obedience and your ability to 00:10:57.100 --> 00:11:04.260 endure the long haul that aside what results from the flesh has to be 00:11:04.260 --> 00:11:11.940 sustained by the flesh you have to put in the work you'll also find that things 00:11:11.940 --> 00:11:16.660 that are birthed in the flesh have a tendency to decay John 6 63 the flesh 00:11:16.660 --> 00:11:23.580 profits nothing it decays the spirit gives life you'll find that the things 00:11:23.580 --> 00:11:28.100 produced in the flesh will turn upon the things produced by the spirit you see 00:11:28.100 --> 00:11:30.980 this in churches you see this in denominations you see this in 00:11:30.980 --> 00:11:35.060 Christianity you see this in the kingdom the very things produced by the flesh 00:11:35.060 --> 00:11:39.020 now turn against the things produced by the spirit because things produced by 00:11:39.020 --> 00:11:43.620 the flesh are slave to the world things produced by the spirit get their orders 00:11:43.620 --> 00:11:55.180 from somewhere else a whole different system things produced by the flesh do 00:11:55.220 --> 00:11:59.420 not require faith things produced by the spirit require oodles of faith 00:12:09.420 --> 00:12:14.780 things produced by the flesh are dependent for survival on the systems of the earth and on 00:12:15.220 --> 00:12:30.060 things produced by the flesh create fear things produced by the spirit create helplessness 00:12:30.060 --> 00:12:50.020 there are two imperatives it was any other question or just one okay done it okay so 00:12:50.020 --> 00:12:59.540 God charges Abraham with two imperatives the first one is walk before me and the second 00:12:59.620 --> 00:13:09.700 is be blameless these are the two imperatives given to Abraham and it's the same thing that's 00:13:09.700 --> 00:13:18.620 being given to us today walk before me be blameless walk before me be blameless and if we do then God 00:13:18.620 --> 00:13:31.380 says there are two resultant God actions and the God actions are I will establish my promise I 00:13:31.380 --> 00:13:46.340 will multiply you or I will make you fruitful and with regard to this global movement where 00:13:46.380 --> 00:13:52.740 at least two generations are going to be affected because of the thousands and thousands and thousands 00:13:52.740 --> 00:14:00.740 of ordinary 12s to late 30s that will be drawn into the kingdom city by city nation by nation 00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:06.820 church by church that will suddenly recognize that will suddenly taste and recognize God is 00:14:07.820 --> 00:14:19.340 so absolutely attainable so present that promise that God wants to establish and that promise 00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:31.300 that he wants to multiply across the earth while not dependent on us if we walk before him and if 00:14:31.300 --> 00:14:37.140 we are blameless before him we will be able to participate in it fully and I have every intention 00:14:37.140 --> 00:14:46.100 of us doing that and so let's look at the two charges that have been given to us guys although 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:51.580 God's covenants are unilateralism as in he's the one who initiates it he's the one who establishes 00:14:51.580 --> 00:14:57.180 it and sustains it although God's covenants are unilateral it needs accountability from both partners 00:14:57.180 --> 00:15:03.580 it needs accountability from both partners so here is what God is saying to Abraham Abraham if 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:07.940 you conduct yourself this way I will establish and multiply you and he's saying that to Acts 00:15:07.940 --> 00:15:13.620 29 Acts 29 if you conduct yourself this way I'll establish the promise I've given you and multiply 00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:22.900 you and you can be full full-fledged partners with me in what I'm doing I'll do it anyways because 00:15:22.900 --> 00:15:30.620 I'm gonna avert disaster on earth I'm gonna rescue generations I'm giving you first dibs at this but 00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:45.420 if you conduct yourself like this I'll have you as full partners walking with me so let's look at 00:15:45.420 --> 00:15:52.020 walk before me first what does it mean to walk before me it's not walk behind me it's not follow 00:15:52.300 --> 00:15:59.100 me it's not walk with me it is walk before me what do you mean walk before me to walk before me 00:15:59.100 --> 00:16:11.660 means walk faithfully before my eyes walk faithfully before my eyes before my eyes walk faithfully 00:16:11.660 --> 00:16:16.980 before my eyes as in someone walking in front and God is watching as you walk and he's saying 00:16:17.540 --> 00:16:26.620 walk before me and the idea is that of a devoted faithful servant devoted faithful servant to 00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:33.740 king devoted faithful servant to the king that's Bronx the idea servant to the king that's the 00:16:33.740 --> 00:16:41.700 sense of the word walk before me like a devoted faithful servant to the king the word faithfulness 00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:57.380 has perhaps three components to it and here are the three components fidelity as in the best way 00:16:57.380 --> 00:17:04.700 to describe fidelity is to think of what infidelity is and then think of the opposite fidelity obedience 00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:20.700 endurance fidelity obedience endurance that describes faithfulness to be faithful is to 00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:26.980 have a fidelity to someone that you are being faithful to not out of fear but out of an alignment 00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:34.500 of heart obedience is part of faithfulness because you cannot be faithful without being obedient 00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:44.740 because if you are not obedient what are you being faithful to and the third one is endurance 00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:51.420 because it is insufficient to be obedient or to have fidelity for a certain period of time or during 00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:58.340 a time when things are really going well what about the times when things are dry when nothing 00:17:58.340 --> 00:18:06.540 is happening these are the three things that make up faithfulness and to walk before me God is saying 00:18:06.540 --> 00:18:12.660 hey can you walk faithfully before my eyes like a devoted faithful servant walks before the king 00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:24.420 just walk faithfully before my eyes let me give you examples to help you understand people like 00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:35.300 this first example that comes to mind Elisha guy knew how to walk before Elijah I tell you these 00:18:35.300 --> 00:18:41.060 names and you'll get an idea of what I mean by walk when God says walk before me Elisha won't 00:18:41.060 --> 00:18:47.260 leave man second Kings chapter 2 being told again and again stop go back you've come as far as 00:18:47.260 --> 00:18:52.860 Jericho you've come as far as Gilgal you've come as far as the Jordan leave but he will not leave 00:18:52.860 --> 00:19:01.140 he walks before him saying come what may I am not leaving I'm gonna walk with you it is this 00:19:01.140 --> 00:19:08.820 commitment that is so intense that nothing phases you you leave family possessions wealth work to 00:19:08.820 --> 00:19:16.900 follow the one that you have committed to is this a big ask not really when compared to what Jesus 00:19:16.900 --> 00:19:24.700 did for us but is it a big ask in today's world yes the strange thing is even though we call it 00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:30.540 radical Christianity the Bible says once you've done this you should sit at the table and say to 00:19:30.540 --> 00:19:38.580 the Lord but we are nothing but unprofitable servants who have just done our duty this idea 00:19:38.580 --> 00:19:45.180 radical Christianity exists because the rest of Christianity is very non radical 00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:58.300 Elisha is the first example ponder on this a later another guy that you haven't perhaps read or 00:19:58.300 --> 00:20:06.140 heard of for a while is John a dab or Jehoene a dab he's in Jeremiah 35 John a dab of the 00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:21.100 recobites John a dab of the recobites Jeremiah 35 Jeremiah 35 these people give flesh to the 00:20:21.100 --> 00:20:31.140 word walk before me in faithfulness Jeremiah 35 this is the word that came to Jeremiah from the 00:20:31.140 --> 00:20:36.780 Lord during the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah go to the recabyte family invite 00:20:36.780 --> 00:20:41.220 them to come to one of the side rooms of the house of the Lord and give them wine to drink 00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:48.500 verse 5 then I said bowls of full of wine and some cups before the men of rec the recabyte family 00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:55.020 and said to them drink some wine but they replied we do not drink wine because our forefather John 00:20:55.020 --> 00:21:00.660 a dab son of recab gave us this command neither you nor your descendants must ever drink wine 00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:08.860 was 12 then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah saying this is what the Lord Almighty the God of 00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:13.660 Israel says go and tell the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will you not learn a lesson 00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:19.300 and obey my words John a dab son of recab ordered his sons not to drink wine and his command has 00:21:19.300 --> 00:21:24.300 been kept to this day they do not drink wine because they obey their forefathers command but 00:21:24.300 --> 00:21:29.860 I've spoken to you again and again yet you have not obeyed was 18 then Jeremiah said to the family 00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:34.380 of the recubites this is what the Lord Almighty the God of Israel says you have obeyed the command 00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:38.300 of your forefather John a dab and I followed all his instructions and I've done everything he 00:21:38.300 --> 00:21:42.660 ordered therefore this is what the Lord Almighty the God of Israel says John a dab son of recab 00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:49.140 will never fail to have a man to serve me this is the idea that here is Jeremiah one of the greatest 00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:54.180 prophets that lived and he calls the recubites on the command of God and says hey guys here have a 00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:59.740 drink and they said no despite being told by a man who is supposed to be the ultimate prophet that 00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:05.300 was alive at that time why because they had committed to obedience to a command given to 00:22:05.300 --> 00:22:14.740 their father by God for them as a tribe to keep this is what walk before me faithfully looks like 00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:27.860 another picture is that of John the only disciple that was there at the cross John's gospel is the 00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:33.820 only gospel that is a true witness account of the crucifixion everybody else had to get their 00:22:33.820 --> 00:22:40.140 version from somewhere else but John what he says about the crucifixion and what happened from 00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:48.660 Jerusalem to the cross and thereafter was a true eyewitness account because he was the only one 00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:59.580 who was there man which is why in John chapter 19 verse 27 Jesus has the ability now to hand his 00:22:59.580 --> 00:23:05.420 mother over to John and say mother here is your son woman here is your son son here is your mother 00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:15.580 and he hands her over walk before me here was an allegiance or an affinity of heart in this young 00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:23.140 man's life that had him stand there even though he ran from Gethsemane he finds his way way back 00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:30.100 into the very thick of things where everyone else had disappeared and he was the younger of the 00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:41.420 bunch a the youngest probably and then there is Paul that guy was something else man once he would 00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:48.340 have a heavenly vision he would not budge from it guys remember one thing and I remind myself 00:23:48.340 --> 00:23:54.860 again and again and again Jacob once you have received something you know is of God it is not 00:23:54.860 --> 00:24:01.300 open to amendment the only one who can amend it is the Holy Spirit no one else has the right to 00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:08.380 amend it neither your mentors nor your friends nor the church nor the world nor any pressure 00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:17.180 your mentors can ask questions and say but why are you doing this how does it line up with 00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:23.980 scripture how does it line up with how the kingdom works but once you have clarified how 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:29.060 it works and you just can't say oh God said now anything God says must match up with scripture 00:24:29.060 --> 00:24:48.100 but you can't amend it I love what Paul says in Acts chapter 26 Acts 26 he's talking to King 00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:55.900 Agrippa and he says at one point in the message it says tell me King Agrippa how can I be disobedient 00:24:55.900 --> 00:25:13.820 to the heavenly vision so let me read Acts 26 verse maybe 14 to 20 Acts 26 14 to 20 we all 00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:19.340 fell to the ground and I heard a voice I'm reading from the NIV and I heard a voice saying to me in 00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:25.180 Aramaic Saul Saul why do you persecute me it is hard for you to kick against the goats then I 00:25:25.260 --> 00:25:30.740 asked who are you Lord I'm Jesus whom you are persecuting the Lord replied now get up and stand 00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:35.140 up on your feet I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have 00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:40.700 seen and will see of me I will rescue you from your own people from the Gentiles I'm sending you 00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:45.460 to them to open their eyes turn them from darkness to light from the power of Satan to God so that 00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:50.180 they may receive forgiveness of sins in a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me so 00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:54.820 then King Agrippa I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven let's read the same thing from 00:25:54.820 --> 00:26:02.740 the message starting at verse 14 we fell flat on our faces then I heard a voice in Hebrew Saul 00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:08.780 Saul why are you out to get me why do you insist on going against the grain I said who are you 00:26:08.780 --> 00:26:16.420 master the voice answered I'm Jesus the one you're hunting down like an animal verse 16 but now up on 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:22.420 your feet I have a job for you listen to this acts 29 these are words for us these are words for us 00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:29.700 these are words for us church listen to this but now up on your feet I have a job for you I've 00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:35.620 hand-picked you to be a servant and witness to what's happened today and to what I'm going to 00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:42.700 show you I'm sending you off to open the eyes of the outsiders so that they can see the difference 00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:48.400 between dark and light and choose light see the difference between Satan and God and choose God 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:55.280 I'm sending you off to present my offer of sins forgiven and a place in the family inviting them 00:26:55.280 --> 00:27:01.640 into the company of those who begin real living but believing me what could I do King Agrippa I 00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:07.420 couldn't just walk away from a vision like that I became an obedient believer on the spot I started 00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:13.200 treating this life change this radical turn to God and everything it meant in everyday life right 00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:19.040 there in Damascus and then went on to Jerusalem and the surrounding countryside and from there to 00:27:19.040 --> 00:27:30.480 the whole world this should be like an anthem for us it's not possible man to be disobedient to the 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:36.840 heavenly vision once it is given that this is what is meant by walk before me faithfully so that's 00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:40.440 what walk before me faithfully means let's look at what it means to be blameless 00:27:40.440 --> 00:28:06.080 what does it mean to be blameless so the first thing is blameless is not sinless blameless is 00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:17.360 not sinless take that to heart blameless is not sinless blameless is a reflection of God's 00:28:17.360 --> 00:28:22.920 character so it would be like you're looking into a pool of fresh crystal water and you'll 00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:30.240 see a reflection of God's character reflection of God's nature that's what blameless looks like so 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:37.240 how do we define blameless then we define blameless as very little gap between profession and 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:46.280 practice very little gap in God's case it's no gap very little gap between what you profess 00:28:46.280 --> 00:28:59.760 and what you practice very little gap and I've said this before at least many of you have heard 00:28:59.760 --> 00:29:09.760 this before but the word sincere comes from a Latin word sign seer which basically means 00:29:09.760 --> 00:29:24.360 without wax and the way the word came about is in those days they used to sculpt beautiful statues 00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:32.320 and some were done by master craftsmen and then they would be taken and they would they would just 00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:37.480 try to make copies of this and people who are not skilled at making statues would make statues out 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:43.000 of clay and eventually once they've made it cracks would appear in the clay and the way they would 00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:48.840 cover the cracks the cracks was to take wax and put it on the cracks so that it doesn't look like 00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:54.400 there are cracks and then what would happen is you would take these statues home and you would put 00:29:54.400 --> 00:30:00.200 them next to your fireplace but you didn't have light then and halfway through the night you would 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:06.800 see the wax begin to melt off the statues and so statues made by master sculptors would carry a 00:30:06.800 --> 00:30:12.800 tag which said sign seer which means without wax and that's how the word sincere came to pass I 00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:19.880 love the story because we are called to be without wax blameless without wax there must be very little 00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:27.160 gap between what I profess and what I practice I must bridge that gap I must bridge that gap in 00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:37.120 any area where I think and know something and where I am NOT that we'll talk about that but the idea 00:30:37.280 --> 00:30:45.680 blameless is one very little gap between what you profess and practice to a transparent honest life 00:30:45.680 --> 00:31:01.160 a transparent honest lifestyle very hard eh both these words are so hard to live out a transparent 00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:09.440 honest lifestyle this was what was said of job the job was a blameless man what it means when it says 00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:14.720 job was a blameless man was to say job one one says that job was a blameless man hasn't there was 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:22.880 something about him where what he said was what he practiced that he was honest and transparent 00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:30.640 that he was unblameable in the way he lived a life according to the standards of holiness that 00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:43.320 existed then the same thing is said of Enoch so much so that in Genesis 524 Enoch was so blameless 00:31:43.320 --> 00:31:55.260 in his ways that he got rescued from the process of death that is his 524 and then Enoch walked with 00:31:55.260 --> 00:32:01.780 God and he was not because of how blameless he was this is highly valued in the eyes of God the 00:32:01.780 --> 00:32:07.540 same thing is said of Noah Genesis chapter 6 verse 9 that Noah was blameless before God and he got 00:32:07.540 --> 00:32:13.020 rescued out of the flood there is something that connects blamelessness with salvation and therefore 00:32:13.020 --> 00:32:21.180 a blameless people are really good at at serving salvation to not only do they experience salvation 00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:28.420 when you whatever you experience you can then distribute otherwise you've got to go buy it from 00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:35.380 somewhere there's a connection between being blameless and enjoying the benefits of salvation 00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:51.060 so the thoughts that I had with regard to how to then Jacob begin to act blameless is 00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:58.780 Micah 6 8 Micah 6 8 how will this church learn how to walk blamelessly practice Micah 6 8 00:32:58.780 --> 00:33:13.860 act justly show mercy do justly show mercy and what's the last one walk humbly beautifully 00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:25.780 act justly or do justly show mercy walk humbly or Philippians 2 14 and 15 I learned this when 00:33:25.780 --> 00:33:34.140 I used to teach Sunday school in Bahrain there was a song by I forgot the name of the group kids 00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:43.500 group it says do everything without complaining do everything without arguing so that you may 00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:53.500 become blameless and pure children of God without complaining and arguing do do everybody together 00:33:53.780 --> 00:34:02.300 now everything the point being one of the ways that we can walk in blamelessness and this is 00:34:02.300 --> 00:34:11.380 so fascinating is by not complaining and not arguing very odd a that complaining and arguing 00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:22.700 unravels blameless living these are practical ways you can begin to work out and then the last one 00:34:22.700 --> 00:34:30.900 is Psalm 15 Psalm 15 verse 1 & 2 what I found fascinating about Psalm 15 verse 1 & 2 is that 00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:38.580 blamelessness in Psalm 15 verse 1 & 2 is absolutely connected with the words I speak it says hey 00:34:38.580 --> 00:34:43.700 Jacob are you someone who lies are you someone who deceives are you someone who speaks harshly 00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:52.420 are you someone who uses your words to slander to gossip are you someone who does that because if 00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:58.060 you don't do that can someone open the door for Jane if you don't do that then you are blameless 00:34:58.060 --> 00:35:02.980 there's something that our words have to do with blamelessness try practicing this church 00:35:14.180 --> 00:35:19.580 bridge the gap a wherever you find a gap between what you profess and what you practice bridge the 00:35:19.580 --> 00:35:25.740 gap blessed are you if you have people who will point it out if you don't have people who you who 00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:33.820 will point it out ask yourself the question why don't I have people that pointed out let me say 00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:42.100 it again bridge the gap between what you practice and what you profess and if you do not have and 00:35:42.100 --> 00:35:46.980 blessed are you if you have people that pointed out and if you don't have people that pointed out 00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:52.740 then ask yourself the question why don't I have people that pointed out stop there 00:35:52.740 --> 00:36:07.620 bridge the gap bridge the gap between what I know and how I behave bridge the gap between 00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:20.220 what I know and how I behave bridge the gap between what I face and how I respond and bridge 00:36:20.220 --> 00:36:36.220 the gap between what I know God is calling me to become and where I am presently these are three 00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:42.780 areas where it'll be great to be blameless one bridge the gap between what I know and how I 00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:50.300 behave I know I have to be kinder I'm not pulling out examples out of the air and trying to do a 00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:54.820 hypothetical I'm talking about real stuff in my life because I went through this list so I know 00:36:54.820 --> 00:37:01.900 I need to be kinder I'm part of kindness includes being patient but it is one thing to know it Jacob 00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:07.060 how you doing in terms of behaving and when I catch myself finding knowing that yeah I know 00:37:07.060 --> 00:37:12.340 I should be kinder but I'm not behaving kindly I realize there's a gap and that gap if it's not 00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:27.340 bridged doesn't bring me into a place of blamelessness please examine yourself you know have you noticed 00:37:27.580 --> 00:37:35.700 how when I tell you a fault in my life hunt I usually tell you a fault that presently exists 00:37:35.700 --> 00:37:45.140 I don't tell you a fault that existed six months ago that I have fixed that's a tendency we have 00:37:45.140 --> 00:37:52.540 we talk about faults that we fixed six months ago and now you have come to a place where you're 00:37:52.540 --> 00:38:00.340 godly nothing wrong with that that's a good thing but sometimes it's important to pinpoint 00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:13.620 faults that presently exist because now people know whether you're actually changing or not 00:38:13.620 --> 00:38:21.220 otherwise people know only after you have changed and then they doubted too the next one is stimulus 00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:30.420 response how am I doing with things that come against me and am I responding to it correctly 00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:36.780 I find that there are so many situations that are coming in my life where when the stimulus comes 00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:44.580 I am not in a place of rest and therefore I'm not able to exert the kind of faith I want to and I'm 00:38:44.580 --> 00:38:51.740 working hard at it so that anything that comes my way the first place I'll go to is rest so that I 00:38:51.740 --> 00:38:57.620 can exert faith and respond it is impossible to exert faith without moving into a place of rest 00:38:57.620 --> 00:39:05.940 faith that does not come out of rest flails like crazy quoting scripture hanging on for dear life 00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:14.980 hoping that God will come to that in faith man that's a desperate Hail Mary and then there's 00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:25.180 a prophetic and the present bridge that gap what has God said about who he is saying you are what 00:39:25.180 --> 00:39:35.700 he's calling into and then you look at your present and I have a word called disco doubt that's a 00:39:35.700 --> 00:39:42.260 mixture of this discouragement and doubt not important it's just something that I occasionally 00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:49.980 use disco doubt is when I'm both discouraged and I'm beginning to doubt because what God said it 00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:55.620 ain't happening and I'm thinking to myself did God really say this man because nothing is happening 00:39:55.620 --> 00:40:01.140 what the prophetic my prophetic and the present don't watch a match and it begins to become 00:40:01.140 --> 00:40:05.420 discouraging and I begin to doubt it and that is something that I want to bridge the gap between 00:40:05.540 --> 00:40:10.940 where I do not go here where I will not be discouraged I will not doubt I'm just giving 00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:18.940 you three areas in my life bridge the gap I'm excited about being blameless because I know 00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:27.460 being blameless go ahead Jane you can still go through without being on camera yeah Jane is 00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:31.140 passing by can you see her can you see her can you see her can you see her no you can't okay 00:40:31.140 --> 00:40:48.780 so whenever there's a gap invite sorry whenever there's a gap identify it after you identify it 00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:55.500 confess it as and tell someone about it I tell God yes but if you have someone you can tell tell 00:40:55.500 --> 00:41:02.220 them about it so they are aware of it invite the Holy Spirit into it invite the Holy Spirit into 00:41:02.220 --> 00:41:12.580 it and then delight in repairing it delight in repairing it delight in repairing it delight in 00:41:12.580 --> 00:41:18.300 repairing it guys gaps you must you must be delighted to repair it I'm delighted to be 00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:24.260 blameless in these three areas I'm delighted to be kinder delighted to walk into a place of rest 00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:30.020 delighted to not be discouraged when things take time always remember guys when it comes to 00:41:30.020 --> 00:41:36.100 Christianity delight must proceed discipline delight must proceed discipline if you first say 00:41:36.100 --> 00:41:40.740 oh I've got to be disciplined in this I've got to practice this without delight in it man it'll 00:41:40.740 --> 00:41:46.580 turn to sawdust in your mouth you know why athletes are able to discipline themselves the way they do 00:41:46.580 --> 00:41:53.260 because they delight in the sport they are playing they love their hockey or they love their running 00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:58.860 or they love their swimming and the love is so intense that any amount of discipline does not 00:41:58.860 --> 00:42:04.300 hurt it's only in Christianity it seems like oh I got to do this somehow because the Lord will 00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:12.260 bless me or the Lord will do this for me I got to if there is no delight discipline sucks because 00:42:12.260 --> 00:42:26.700 it's so not fun doing it it's like recycling unless you're delighted in recycling which some 00:42:26.700 --> 00:42:31.900 people strangely are they'll have these neat bags a brown bag a green bag a red bag I'm so 00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:53.700 confused by the bags right now let me conclude one of the ways we repair gaps is by finding out 00:42:53.700 --> 00:42:58.500 father is there a principle I can introduce into this gap is there a promise that I can introduce 00:42:59.100 --> 00:43:04.380 father can you give me the faith I need to restore myself to a place of absolute kindness 00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:13.500 where out of me will flow Micah 6 8 show mercy walk humbly show mercy walk humbly show mercy 00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:18.300 walk humbly oh God there's a principle there there's a promise there I'm going to exert faith for 00:43:18.300 --> 00:43:25.380 restoration in that area and then immediately start practicing it eh and if necessary seek the 00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:32.460 help of others but bridge the gap why is this important because there are two imperatives God 00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:39.060 is giving us one he's saying hey guys walk before me second be blameless and what will happen if 00:43:39.060 --> 00:43:44.380 we follow these two things I will establish my promise and I will make sure that after 00:43:44.380 --> 00:44:01.940 establishing my promise I will multiply you three things happen to Abraham after this incident one 00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:09.940 instead of God promising him a son God promises him thousands and thousands of descendants and 00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:17.540 then promises him a son in Genesis 15 God promised him a son and then said there'll be thousands of 00:44:17.540 --> 00:44:22.740 descendants in Genesis 17 God reverses it he says I'm going to give you thousands and thousands of 00:44:22.740 --> 00:44:28.780 descendants and then he says I'm going to also give you a specific son I think that's some of 00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:33.940 the one of the things God wants to say to accident actually and it's really not about you I'm going 00:44:33.940 --> 00:44:40.380 to create thousands and thousands of people that come out of what you will be doing oh and by the 00:44:40.380 --> 00:45:03.100 way I'll bless you too go ahead yeah say that again yeah how can we depend on God to show up 00:45:03.100 --> 00:45:13.420 when we are how can we depend on God how can we depend on God to show up when we are learning 00:45:13.420 --> 00:45:25.100 to rest in something that has a short worldly timeline yeah so when things have a short worldly 00:45:25.100 --> 00:45:31.580 timeline I do two things one I regardless depend on God and except him expect him to show up because 00:45:31.620 --> 00:45:38.660 he knows it's a short worldly timeline and then the second thing is I diffuse the short worldly 00:45:38.660 --> 00:45:44.260 timeline and do not accept the pressure of the short worldly timeline because that makes me 00:45:44.260 --> 00:45:50.740 frantic and then the third thing I do is having done everything I now make the decision as best 00:45:50.740 --> 00:45:57.100 as I can because the decision has to be made and I trust God for the outcome because I've done 00:45:57.100 --> 00:46:04.660 everything I'm required to do I'm not resting this is a very hard statement to make and it's 00:46:04.660 --> 00:46:09.860 often untrue of me but in the back of my head I know this I'm not resting and walking in faith 00:46:09.860 --> 00:46:16.580 because I want an answer I'm resting and walking in faith because it pleases my father it's easier 00:46:16.580 --> 00:46:23.500 said harder to walk it but here's the thing I'm not resting how walking in faith because I deserve 00:46:23.660 --> 00:46:29.380 an answer now that I've met that contractual obligation I am resting and walking in faith 00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:37.300 because I know that it pleases my father the outcome then is usually splendid because he 00:46:37.300 --> 00:46:46.460 says that I let the lines fall in pleasant places it's one of the hardest Christian disciplines 00:46:46.780 --> 00:46:55.580 to be able to trust the father and not get the results you want and not be upset about it 00:46:55.580 --> 00:47:03.820 resentful about it regretting the trust you put or questioning the trust you put it is one of the 00:47:03.820 --> 00:47:21.540 hardest things to do it's legitimately hard they Jesus at one point said if it is your will can 00:47:21.540 --> 00:47:31.060 you let this cup pass but at least in the back of our heads if we establish that as a as a solid 00:47:31.060 --> 00:47:47.540 bedrock we can always go back to it one of the things God does to Abraham after he gives him 00:47:47.540 --> 00:47:52.660 this promise as he changes his name it's in Genesis 17 that his name changes from Abraham to 00:47:52.660 --> 00:48:00.580 Abraham I want to say to us that there is a name change coming for us I'm not talking about changing 00:48:00.580 --> 00:48:06.900 the name of Acts 29 I'm just saying a name change is coming our way there will be a difference in 00:48:06.900 --> 00:48:13.580 character there will be a difference in the way we worship the flavor of our worship the flavor 00:48:13.580 --> 00:48:21.980 of our approach to the world the flavor of our mission our work how we engage things will change 00:48:21.980 --> 00:48:29.740 there is a name change coming our third thing Abraham has happened to him with God is God 00:48:29.780 --> 00:48:38.620 confirms the agreement that he has signed with a mark and in Abrams case it's circumcision and 00:48:38.620 --> 00:48:44.820 God does that a whenever he starts something new he always confirms it with a sign be it the rainbow 00:48:44.820 --> 00:48:55.500 be it circumcision be it the mark on Cain's head when Cain rebelled and fled to the desert 00:48:55.580 --> 00:49:04.420 God put a mark on him or be it Aaron's staff that budded so people knew who had authority 00:49:04.420 --> 00:49:14.140 God always gives a confirming sign my desire is that God give us corporately a sign of his intent 00:49:14.140 --> 00:49:24.860 I've personally experienced so many unmistakable undoubtable signs over the last three or four 00:49:24.860 --> 00:49:34.860 weeks in my life some of them is the reason I'm saying things like global movement revival I 00:49:34.860 --> 00:49:39.860 wouldn't dare say these words man if it wasn't for the fact that God has confirmed these things I 00:49:39.860 --> 00:49:45.660 remember after God showed up and did something that I that makes it hard for me to doubt his 00:49:45.660 --> 00:49:52.180 intent I remember writing down you have kept your side of the bargain Lord and now you can have my 00:49:52.180 --> 00:49:58.220 money my time my will my strength and do as you please with it and I will obey I have no reason to 00:49:58.220 --> 00:50:03.740 hold back from you you must have all of me all the time oh gracious God oh sovereign one I wrote 00:50:03.740 --> 00:50:09.740 that down after I was so sure that shucks God you're up to this and you're involving us I pray that 00:50:09.740 --> 00:50:15.660 we have a corporate witness that we can look back and said we remember the day God did that and we 00:50:15.660 --> 00:50:28.980 know that for sure yeah we might have a midweek meeting just wanted to give you a heads up on 00:50:28.980 --> 00:50:34.420 that I don't know when during the week but we most likely will have a midweek meeting and then 00:50:34.420 --> 00:50:42.980 we'll have the speak services on Saturday otherwise we are done so let me just pray 00:50:42.980 --> 00:50:51.540 gosh man it's only two hours what's happening to me okay 00:50:51.540 --> 00:51:01.820 changes changes okay let's pray 00:51:01.820 --> 00:51:29.500 father I want us to say to you that we want to walk before you like Elisha did like John 00:51:29.980 --> 00:51:48.260 like John your disciple did I like Paul obedient fidelity because of a heart-to-heart alignment 00:51:48.260 --> 00:52:01.180 endurance unable to amend or disobey the heavenly vision that you have given us that you have given 00:52:01.180 --> 00:52:11.940 me I want to walk before you I want to walk before you with your eye on us I want to give 00:52:11.940 --> 00:52:24.420 you what you deserve I want us to give you what you deserve it's a privilege it's an honor thank 00:52:24.420 --> 00:52:33.340 you for as it says in the message version of acts 26 thank you for choosing us for this we're grateful 00:52:33.340 --> 00:52:45.740 and then we want to be blameless you want to be blameless could you look at all the the entirety 00:52:45.740 --> 00:52:51.580 of the church and those connected with us and could you give us this gift to God Holy Spirit 00:52:51.580 --> 00:52:59.020 could you give us this gift of a desire for blamelessness could you could you give me this 00:52:59.020 --> 00:53:05.980 gift of being transparent of being honest of the gap between what I profess and what I practice 00:53:05.980 --> 00:53:16.620 becoming so narrow that even Jeremy wouldn't be able to squeeze in between could you do that ABBA 00:53:16.620 --> 00:53:30.740 I want this blamelessness I want for acts 29 what it means to be like job my god that guy 00:53:30.740 --> 00:53:40.100 had audacity he sat there for days on end covered with sores and boils under the barrage of words 00:53:40.100 --> 00:53:47.660 that were legit that his friends were speaking but yet were not legit because he knew he was 00:53:47.660 --> 00:53:54.220 blameless before you what courage about what audacity but I am blameless I'm blameless I'm 00:53:54.220 --> 00:54:00.620 blameless job 29 or job 19 he talks about his blamelessness oh god if I could begin to say 00:54:00.620 --> 00:54:09.340 those words or like Enoch who walked with you father it is that desire it is a burning desire 00:54:09.380 --> 00:54:20.220 to walk with you not being absent but being present walking with you or like Noah called 00:54:20.220 --> 00:54:29.780 to build things that can rescue the earth Jesus grant your people see you are the one who's 00:54:29.780 --> 00:54:36.900 initiating these desires so I'm quite confident that you can complete these desires too we put 00:54:36.940 --> 00:54:45.300 down complaining and arguing I put it down we put down unjust acts unkindness lack of mercy 00:54:45.300 --> 00:54:58.020 lack of humility we put down our words that do not honor people honor you oh god give us 00:54:58.020 --> 00:55:06.380 blamelessness what would it look like if my life was actually transparent and honest ah if I'm 00:55:06.380 --> 00:55:13.420 already a sweet smelling offering my godfather what would it be like if these things were added 00:55:13.420 --> 00:55:20.620 and offered could you do this for us as a church please so that you can change our name happily 00:55:20.620 --> 00:55:32.540 so they can change our name happily but more than that so that you can do the two God actions that 00:55:32.540 --> 00:55:38.060 result when a people walk before you and are blameless and the two God actions are I will 00:55:38.060 --> 00:55:44.420 establish my promise and I will multiply you thousands upon thousands upon thousands because 00:55:44.420 --> 00:55:49.380 you said that we will be for bringers of a revival that will be followed by the wind and 00:55:49.380 --> 00:55:53.460 the fire of the spirit this revival will be different because it will not just be about 00:55:53.460 --> 00:56:02.140 power but it'll be about a purity and a devotion that the earth has not seen two words you use 00:56:02.140 --> 00:56:05.340 purity and devotion blamelessness and walking before you 00:56:18.620 --> 00:56:22.700 Sheldon could you sit on the keyboard and we'll sing an old song called 00:56:22.700 --> 00:56:41.420 for it's only in played on D your will that I am free Jesus all for Jesus all I am and have 00:56:41.900 --> 00:56:47.540 and evermore shall be should we sing that 00:56:47.540 --> 00:57:03.820 church sing it a let it be a prayer closing song 00:57:03.820 --> 00:57:26.140 Jesus all for Jesus all I am and have and evermore shall be 00:57:26.140 --> 00:57:43.220 Jesus all for Jesus all I am and have and ever hope to be 00:57:43.220 --> 00:58:01.380 all of my ambitions hopes and plans I surrender these into your hand 00:58:01.380 --> 00:58:18.900 all of my ambitions hopes and plans I surrender all into your hand 00:58:18.900 --> 00:58:39.340 for it's only in your will that I am free for it's only in your will that I am free 00:58:39.340 --> 00:58:57.780 for it's only in your will that I am free for it's only in your will that I am free 00:58:58.220 --> 00:59:14.140 Jesus all for Jesus all I am and have and ever hope to be 00:59:14.140 --> 00:59:33.140 Jesus all for Jesus all I am and have and ever hope to be 00:59:34.140 --> 00:59:47.220 here's the benediction perhaps you should rise up to your feet even at home and in here why 00:59:47.220 --> 00:59:57.860 because it says so that's the only reason why Acts chapter 26 verse 16 to 20 from the message but 00:59:57.900 --> 01:00:08.260 now up on your feet I have a job for you I've hand-picked you to be a servant and a witness 01:00:08.260 --> 01:00:17.020 to what's happened today and to what I'm going to show you but now up on your feet I have a job 01:00:17.020 --> 01:00:22.940 for you I have hand-picked you to be a servant and witness to what's happened today and to what I'm 01:00:23.020 --> 01:00:30.820 going to show you I'm sending you off I'm sending you off to open the eyes of the outsiders so they 01:00:30.820 --> 01:00:36.300 can see the difference between dark and light and choose light see the difference between Satan and 01:00:36.300 --> 01:00:44.700 God and choose God I'm sending you off to present my offer of sins forgiven and a place in the 01:00:44.700 --> 01:00:52.140 family inviting them into the company of those who begin real living but believing in me what 01:00:52.180 --> 01:00:57.780 could I do King Agrippa I couldn't just walk away from a vision like that I became an obedient 01:00:57.780 --> 01:01:05.420 believer on the spot I started preaching this life change this radical turn to God and everything 01:01:05.420 --> 01:01:12.180 it meant in everyday life right there in Damascus then went on to Jerusalem and the surrounding 01:01:12.180 --> 01:01:19.060 countryside and from there to the whole world bless you guys keep an eye out for the midweek meeting