WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: Teleios_Government Publishing Date: 2020-10-04T06:00:44-07:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/teleios_government/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.000 So, okay, so we are still with a topic for the next seven weeks. 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:12.840 We'll be talking about teleos, which, like I said, means to bring to completion or to maturity, 00:00:12.840 --> 00:00:18.300 to bring to completion, to bring to an end, to bring to maturity, to perfect. 00:00:18.300 --> 00:00:20.600 That's what the word teleos means. 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:24.000 So, that's the topic we are on. 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:31.200 I just want to thank guys like Prashant and Mohini and Pawan, Sue, Joan. 00:00:31.200 --> 00:00:40.000 These guys decided to stay back instead of joining the service, so that some of us could participate. 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:41.500 So, thank you guys. 00:00:41.500 --> 00:00:44.700 So, teleos means to bring to completion or maturity. 00:00:44.700 --> 00:00:50.400 And so, if teleos means to bring to completion, we said last week that Isaiah 46.10, 00:00:50.500 --> 00:00:58.300 where God says that I make known the end from the beginning, is the best place to start. 00:00:58.300 --> 00:01:04.700 If we can know what completion looks like, we can go to the end and begin to work from there. 00:01:04.700 --> 00:01:10.100 And God says, listen guys, I make known the end from the beginning. 00:01:10.100 --> 00:01:12.400 As in, I do give you the final picture. 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:16.800 I do show you what is at the end of the horizon. 00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:21.600 I do show you that, so you have an idea of what you're walking towards. 00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:27.200 And so, this week, we want to talk about government. 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:31.200 What does it look like when we talk about God's government? 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:35.200 And I'm going to write with my finger and see if it works. 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:42.300 But if it doesn't, I'd love it if someone could get me a pen. 00:01:42.300 --> 00:01:45.300 Guys, Derek can only do this much. 00:01:45.300 --> 00:01:46.300 Truffle. 00:01:49.100 --> 00:01:51.900 So today, we want to talk about government, 00:01:51.900 --> 00:02:00.000 because we don't realize how critical and important it is to the heart of God. 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:08.900 And so, there's a very well-run, highly organized church. 00:02:08.900 --> 00:02:11.600 Administrational skills are like top of the line, eh? 00:02:16.300 --> 00:02:17.900 Manoj, is he on camera? 00:02:29.900 --> 00:02:39.000 So, the word government comes from a word, 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:50.600 which means to steer with a rudder. 00:02:50.600 --> 00:02:52.700 That's the sense of the word. 00:02:52.700 --> 00:02:56.100 That's where the word government comes from. 00:02:56.100 --> 00:02:57.800 To steer with a rudder. 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:01.300 If we were to define it, we would define it as a system. 00:03:02.300 --> 00:03:23.300 A system under which the right to make laws 00:03:23.300 --> 00:03:28.300 and the right to enforce laws 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:44.300 is given to or vested in a group or a select group 00:03:45.300 --> 00:03:51.300 living in a community, a nation or a city. 00:03:53.300 --> 00:04:07.800 So, we're trying to look at what does God's government look like? 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:10.800 We hear this scripture often quoted during Christmas, 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:13.300 Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, 00:04:13.300 --> 00:04:14.800 and the government shall be upon his shoulders. 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:18.800 We realize through that scripture that our shucks, this is important to God 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:21.300 because at the moment of the birth of his son, 00:04:21.300 --> 00:04:23.800 who came to change the history of mankind, 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:26.800 it starts with this line, to us a child is born, 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:29.800 to us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulders. 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:31.800 So, we need to explore this idea of, 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:33.800 so what did you mean, oh God, when you said 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:35.800 the government shall be upon his shoulders? 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:39.300 And so, kubanau is a word they use for government. 00:04:39.300 --> 00:04:44.800 It means to steer with a rudder, as in it begins to direct the entire ship, eh? 00:04:45.300 --> 00:04:50.300 And it's a system under which the right to make laws 00:04:50.300 --> 00:04:55.300 and the right to enforce laws is vested in, or given to, 00:04:55.300 --> 00:05:01.300 a particular group that resides in a city, a community or a nation. 00:05:01.300 --> 00:05:04.300 Any questions? 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:07.800 Any questions? 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:23.800 Okay, so now let's look at Christ and see if he fits this definition. 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:28.800 We said last week that based on Ephesians 1.20-23 from the message, 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:31.800 which I quoted it from, Ephesians 1.20-23, 00:05:32.300 --> 00:05:38.300 we said last week that everything is under his feet. 00:05:42.300 --> 00:05:44.300 That's equation one. 00:05:44.300 --> 00:05:51.300 Second equation, he is the head of the church. 00:05:51.800 --> 00:06:06.800 Third equation, he films, speaks, acts primarily through the church, 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:09.800 through his body. 00:06:10.300 --> 00:06:24.300 Fourth, if that is the case, then the church is not peripheral to the world. 00:06:27.300 --> 00:06:38.300 Fifth equation, the world is peripheral to the church. 00:06:40.300 --> 00:06:46.300 Does this make sense? If it doesn't, tell me why. 00:06:46.300 --> 00:06:49.300 This is what government looks like. 00:06:53.300 --> 00:06:58.300 Ephesians 1.20-23 says, everything is placed under his feet. 00:06:58.300 --> 00:07:01.300 Everything is placed under his feet. 00:07:10.300 --> 00:07:16.300 So let's assume this is Christ, then everything, every name that is named, 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:21.300 every power that exists, every title, every rank, every principality, 00:07:21.300 --> 00:07:25.300 every prince, every king, every local government, every known government on earth, 00:07:25.300 --> 00:07:28.300 everything is placed under the feet of Christ. 00:07:28.300 --> 00:07:32.300 That's the first thing. There's no contesting that. 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:35.800 Then we find out that he, Christ, 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:45.800 is the head of the church, which is his body. 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:53.800 And in this body, he fills with his presence, he speaks through this body, 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:59.800 and he acts through this body, and he has been given his head to this body, 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:05.300 and he is above everything that exists. Everything is under his feet. 00:08:06.300 --> 00:08:14.300 If that is the case, then if Christ is the ultimate supreme being that exists 00:08:14.300 --> 00:08:18.300 without beginning or end, and he exists over everything else, 00:08:18.300 --> 00:08:20.300 and he is the head of the body, and he speaks through the body, 00:08:20.300 --> 00:08:25.300 he acts through the body, he fills the body with his very presence, 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:30.800 then it follows then that the place where he dwells or the body that he occupies 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:35.800 is not peripheral to the world, but the world is peripheral to the church. 00:08:35.800 --> 00:08:37.800 Any questions? 00:08:37.800 --> 00:08:41.800 You've got to understand this logically, because that way at least 00:08:41.800 --> 00:08:44.800 we won't think this is pie in the sky. 00:08:48.300 --> 00:08:52.300 It's that A is equal to B, B is equal to C, so the A is equal to C thing, 00:08:52.300 --> 00:08:55.800 which I think was how it went 40 years ago. 00:08:59.800 --> 00:09:01.800 Any questions on that, guys? 00:09:02.800 --> 00:09:03.800 This is government. 00:09:06.800 --> 00:09:08.800 Any disagreements? 00:09:12.800 --> 00:09:13.800 Okay. 00:09:14.800 --> 00:09:18.800 I'm assuming you guys are being sincere. 00:09:22.800 --> 00:09:23.800 Okay. 00:09:33.800 --> 00:09:42.800 Isaiah 9 verses 2 to 5 gives us the backdrop for that amazing statement in verse 6 and 7. 00:09:42.800 --> 00:09:49.800 So if you go to Isaiah 9, verse 2 to 5, you realize that the backdrop for the ultimate passage 00:09:50.300 --> 00:09:57.300 announcing government is a backdrop or an environment of arrogance, 00:09:57.300 --> 00:10:04.300 of war, of oppression, of darkness and coercion, and into that is introduced a child-like son. 00:10:04.300 --> 00:10:06.300 So let's go to Isaiah 9. 00:10:10.300 --> 00:10:15.300 It's almost as if the darker the circumstances, the more God rubs his hands with glee. 00:10:15.800 --> 00:10:22.800 So let's start Isaiah 9, verse 2 to 5, which will give you an idea of how things were during those days. 00:10:22.800 --> 00:10:24.800 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light. 00:10:24.800 --> 00:10:28.800 Those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned on them. 00:10:28.800 --> 00:10:30.800 You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy. 00:10:30.800 --> 00:10:36.800 They rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as men rejoice when dividing the plunder. 00:10:36.800 --> 00:10:40.800 For as in the day of millions' defeat you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, 00:10:40.800 --> 00:10:43.800 the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressors. 00:10:44.300 --> 00:10:47.300 So that's what happened with the arrival of this child. 00:10:47.300 --> 00:10:50.300 But look at it. There was a yoke upon them, there were burdens upon them, 00:10:50.300 --> 00:10:55.300 there was a bar upon their shoulders, as in shackles, the rod of the oppressor was upon them, 00:10:55.300 --> 00:11:02.300 darkness was upon them, and every warrior's boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood 00:11:02.300 --> 00:11:04.300 will be destined for burning, will be fuel for fire. 00:11:04.300 --> 00:11:08.300 So it was during a time of oppression that this verse now comes to life. 00:11:08.800 --> 00:11:09.800 And then it says, 00:11:10.300 --> 00:11:13.300 To us a child is born, to us a son is given, 00:11:13.300 --> 00:11:15.300 and the government will be upon his shoulders. 00:11:15.300 --> 00:11:20.300 And he will be called wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, 00:11:20.300 --> 00:11:22.300 Prince of Peace. 00:11:22.300 --> 00:11:25.300 Of the increase of his government and peace, there will be no end. 00:11:25.300 --> 00:11:30.300 He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing it and upholding it 00:11:30.300 --> 00:11:34.300 with justice and righteousness, from that time on and forever. 00:11:34.300 --> 00:11:36.800 The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish it. 00:11:36.800 --> 00:11:41.280 So the government that he sets up, guys, this is a beautiful thing. 00:11:41.280 --> 00:11:47.200 In the darkness, in the oppression, in the arrogance, in the deep darkness that is upon 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:51.280 the earth, at that time comes a child-like son. 00:11:51.280 --> 00:11:54.640 Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given the... 00:11:55.280 --> 00:11:59.280 What is trying to be conveyed is, hey, listen, I'll send you one who is child-like, 00:11:59.280 --> 00:12:06.720 but he is my son and he will come to bear upon his shoulders the authority to both draft the law, 00:12:06.880 --> 00:12:08.000 and to enforce it. 00:12:09.680 --> 00:12:10.880 This is who Christ is. 00:12:11.520 --> 00:12:16.000 It's pathetic when we don't step into all that Christ is. 00:12:20.560 --> 00:12:28.960 It's like having a pair of alligator boots gilded with platinum that makes music when 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:31.520 you step into it and you leave it there and don't step into it. 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:35.280 I don't know whether I'd go for shoes like that, but anyways, what I was trying to say is, 00:12:35.280 --> 00:12:37.600 it's like having this amazing thing that you don't drive. 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:48.880 Alligator boots with platinum gilding playing music. 00:12:48.880 --> 00:12:50.720 No, I'm quite sure I won't go for that. 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:58.160 So the government that he sets up isn't a republic, it isn't a democracy, 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:03.280 it isn't an autocracy, it's not even a monarchy, because we normally think 00:13:03.280 --> 00:13:05.440 if he's a king of kings, this must be a monarchy. 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:06.320 It's not. 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:10.720 It is actually a government called God with us. 00:13:12.160 --> 00:13:13.440 This should thrill you, man. 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:17.680 It's a very odd thing that Jesus has come to set up. 00:13:17.680 --> 00:13:20.560 He ain't saying that, listen, I want to be king, I want to be dictator, 00:13:20.560 --> 00:13:23.280 I want to be the guy who orders you around. 00:13:23.280 --> 00:13:27.440 No, he says, listen, the government that I'm coming to set up is a God with us government. 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:31.840 He's going to indwell certain people through whom he will rule. 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:35.360 It's a God with us government. 00:13:36.800 --> 00:13:46.800 So to us, a child is born and this child happens to manifest the presence of God in our midst. 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:50.880 And he rules in our midst. 00:13:51.040 --> 00:14:01.040 Unto us a child is born who manifests the presence of God in our midst and he rules in our midst by the Spirit. 00:14:08.800 --> 00:14:13.840 Both the Old Testament and the New Testament concur on his absolute sovereignty. 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:16.640 If you go to the New Testament, it's the same thing. 00:14:16.800 --> 00:14:20.800 Both the Old Testament and the New Testament concur on his absolute sovereignty. 00:14:20.800 --> 00:14:26.800 If you go to Isaiah 9 verse 6 and you read it from the message, look at what it says, 00:14:26.800 --> 00:14:29.920 he'll take over the running of the world. 00:14:29.920 --> 00:14:34.400 He'll take over the running of the world. 00:14:34.400 --> 00:14:36.640 That's what Isaiah 9, 6 from the message says. 00:14:36.640 --> 00:14:38.240 He'll take over the running of the world. 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:45.760 And then look at what Ephesians 1, that's Isaiah 9, 6. 00:14:45.760 --> 00:14:50.400 The Old Testament said, listen, you guys, the one who lives in you, the one who is coming, 00:14:50.400 --> 00:14:57.360 the one who we are sending to Bethlehem, he is one who will take over the running of the world. 00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:58.480 That's in Isaiah. 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:04.880 Thousands of years later, Paul in Ephesians 1 verse 21 says, God set him in charge. 00:15:06.400 --> 00:15:08.000 God set him again from the message. 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:20.560 God set him in charge of running the universe from galaxies to governments. 00:15:24.640 --> 00:15:26.480 From galaxies to governments. 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:31.360 No power exempt from his rule. 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:36.800 No power exempt from his rule. 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:42.880 Awesome, eh? 00:15:43.920 --> 00:15:45.040 This is who he is. 00:15:45.760 --> 00:15:50.720 And he desperately wants the body to begin to think like this because he knows this, 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:54.640 his father knows it, the spirit of God knows it, the devil knows it. 00:15:55.520 --> 00:15:59.760 The devil knows it so well that he said, hey, any chance that you can worship me 00:15:59.760 --> 00:16:02.480 because I can give you all these kingdoms like you don't have to go to the cross. 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:07.840 So the devil knows it, the father knows it, the son knows it, the spirit knows it, 00:16:08.800 --> 00:16:09.840 the demons know it. 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:20.480 Son of God, which is basically Messiah, anointed one, have you come to torment us before our time 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:21.920 because they know there's a time that awaits. 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:27.920 Well, the ones that perhaps know it and don't want to explore or discover it because 00:16:28.800 --> 00:16:34.880 worship is good enough, this body that chooses not to delve into this. 00:16:34.880 --> 00:16:38.560 And yet in Isaiah 9, 6, it says he'll take over the running of the world. 00:16:38.560 --> 00:16:42.800 In Ephesians 1, 21, it says God set him in charge of running the universe 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:45.520 from galaxies to governments. 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:49.520 No power exempt from his rule. 00:16:49.520 --> 00:16:50.160 Any questions? 00:16:52.640 --> 00:17:00.320 And this ruler, the Christ, is the same one who fills the body with his presence. 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:02.240 He fills the body with his presence. 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:05.600 He fills the body with his presence. 00:17:05.600 --> 00:17:11.280 He speaks through the body and he acts through the body, meaning, let's say that the world, 00:17:11.840 --> 00:17:15.280 the rest of the world disappeared and all that was left was South Vancouver. 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:22.640 Like, yeah, something happened and all that's left is South Vancouver. 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:28.000 And that would mean that Christ would begin to, and the only church that is left is us. 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:37.840 Which would mean then that Christ would begin to speak through, act through, and fill this group 00:17:37.840 --> 00:17:44.560 of people because that's how he is going to govern the rest of what happens outside. 00:17:47.280 --> 00:17:51.200 Now let's bring the whole world back and all the other churches back. 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:57.120 And now you have the church, the body of Christ here on earth, having the privilege of letting 00:17:57.120 --> 00:18:02.800 Jesus Christ speak through, act through, and fill us with his presence so that he can rule and govern. 00:18:02.800 --> 00:18:06.960 No power exempt from galaxies to governments across the earth right now. 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:10.400 A day will come and everything will come to an amazing conclusion. 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:14.720 But while that is happening, we still don't abrogate our responsibility. 00:18:15.360 --> 00:18:16.000 Any questions? 00:18:16.560 --> 00:18:17.840 Not abrogate, abdicate. 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:19.200 Any questions? 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:26.640 Please believe this, it's true. 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:31.920 Okay, so what does this government look like? 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:33.440 What is its nature? 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:35.840 The nature of the government is the nature of the governor. 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:39.120 The nature of the government is the nature of the governor. 00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:40.080 So we're going to look at that. 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:42.800 What does this government look like? 00:18:42.800 --> 00:18:47.360 Because if you belong to a certain government, you should know what it looks like. 00:18:47.360 --> 00:18:49.680 The nature of the government is the nature of the governor. 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:51.440 So here's what it looks like. 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:56.960 One, and it's all in these two scriptures, Man, Isaiah 9, 6, and 7. 00:18:57.600 --> 00:19:00.720 The nature of the government emerges from the nature of the governor. 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.840 Here's the nature of the governor. 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:05.280 Amazing counselor. 00:19:09.280 --> 00:19:10.400 Amazing counselor. 00:19:11.280 --> 00:19:17.520 Which means that when it comes to this government and when it comes to the church, 00:19:17.520 --> 00:19:20.400 which is supposed to be an embassy of the government, 00:19:21.120 --> 00:19:26.560 then in the sewage pit of human thinking, 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:34.240 this government has, or the people who belong to this kingdom have amazing divine wisdom. 00:19:35.040 --> 00:19:36.480 You should hunger after it, eh? 00:19:37.280 --> 00:19:41.040 Christians should stand out as people who have unusual wisdom. 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:43.920 You think that's not possible? 00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:46.880 In a time when the Holy Spirit did not indwell people, 00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:50.480 there was still a man called Daniel who was very ordinary, 00:19:53.360 --> 00:19:54.560 just like some of you. 00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:58.400 There was another man called Joseph. 00:19:59.840 --> 00:20:03.840 There was another man called Mordecai, all in the Old Testament. 00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:11.920 These were men who in times when human thinking was at its peak in Babylon, 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:13.920 peak in Egypt, peak in Rome, 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:16.000 when human thinking was at its peak, 00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:21.920 these guys displayed amazing wisdom, divine wisdom. 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.520 Yearn for it. 00:20:23.520 --> 00:20:26.560 As a pastor, one of the things, because that's my vocation, 00:20:26.560 --> 00:20:31.520 one of the things I want to do is build here correctly so that I can show people 00:20:31.520 --> 00:20:35.840 the wisdom that is required to build up a people, a God here on earth. 00:20:36.560 --> 00:20:40.000 In your line of work, seek that kind of wisdom. 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:41.200 Are you a dancer? 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:42.720 Seek wisdom in dancing. 00:20:42.800 --> 00:20:43.920 Are you a dentist? 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:46.000 Seek wisdom in dealing with your patients. 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:48.480 At the end of the day, it's not so much your vocation, 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:54.480 it is how do I use my vocation to draw people into the wisdom of God. 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:56.960 So it doesn't matter whether you're working or not working, 00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:58.480 whether you're paid or not paid. 00:21:01.840 --> 00:21:04.640 This is an outstanding mark of the people of God. 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:07.680 Ephesians 3 10 puts it this way. 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:12.000 Ephesians 3 10 says that the church or the body of Christ is the body of God. 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:16.960 The body of Christ is supposed to display the manifold wisdom of God. 00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:19.920 Two authorities, two angels, two powers. 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:28.800 I got a message yesterday from the ruler of a certain 00:21:31.760 --> 00:21:33.680 place outside of Canada. 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:38.320 And here's what his assistant wrote. 00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:44.880 He wrote, today is this particular ruler's birthday. 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:51.360 Is there any chance that you could write something and send it for him? 00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:51.840 Why? 00:21:51.840 --> 00:21:57.200 Because in the past, he's seen the wisdom of God change the man's life. 00:21:57.200 --> 00:22:02.080 On his birthday, he wants to know if he can get a little more from the wisdom of God, 00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:03.680 that can help this ruler. 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:05.360 And so I told him, I'll get it done by Monday. 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:07.600 I'm hoping God will get it done by Monday. 00:22:09.280 --> 00:22:10.960 Because it's divine wisdom, right? 00:22:11.600 --> 00:22:12.880 I can only suck up to him. 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.840 God doesn't need to. 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:16.560 So God will come up with brilliant stuff for him. 00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:23.680 You have no idea how this government and this kingdom treasures wisdom. 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:25.520 You read the book of Proverbs, man. 00:22:25.520 --> 00:22:30.960 What do you think brought Solomon the kind of riches and the acclaim that he had? 00:22:31.760 --> 00:22:32.260 Wisdom. 00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:35.920 Queen Sheba comes to his palace and says, 00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:39.600 I had heard of this, but till I saw it, I didn't believe it. 00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:41.120 Man, you blow my mind. 00:22:41.120 --> 00:22:42.160 That's what wisdom does. 00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:43.200 It blows people's minds. 00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.840 Like divine wisdom. 00:22:49.520 --> 00:22:54.960 Ephesians 3.10, like I said, angels, demonic powers, principalities, 00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:58.400 yearn to listen to the wisdom that comes from the body of Christ. 00:22:59.040 --> 00:23:00.080 If you don't believe it, read it. 00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:01.520 It says so there, Ephesians 3.10. 00:23:01.520 --> 00:23:06.400 And so we begin to proclaim it. 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:08.480 We proclaim it through our life responses. 00:23:09.280 --> 00:23:15.040 Much wisdom is actually betrayed through the way you respond to a situation. 00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:17.600 What are the first words that come from your mouth? 00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:19.280 What are the first emotions that come out of you? 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:21.200 What is your first response? 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:24.400 We are actually first responders for the kingdom. 00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:29.040 What is the first response that comes out of you when you're in a difficult situation? 00:23:29.040 --> 00:23:31.200 Because the world watches your response. 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:34.080 If it is the same as the world with prayer at the beginning and the end, 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.680 then we are no different. 00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:42.640 We proclaim wisdom through our lives and our words, 00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:45.200 and it affects prostitutes and it affects kings. 00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:49.120 I mean, remember that story in 1 Kings 3, 00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:52.160 where these two prostitutes come with one baby saying, 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:55.120 this is my baby, this is my baby, and they start arguing. 00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:56.720 And what does Solomon do? 00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.840 He does not pull out a sword. 00:23:57.840 --> 00:23:58.800 He pulls out wisdom. 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.640 Same with Paul. 00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:10.080 Paul is in Acts 26, and he is before Agrippa and Festus, Roman kings. 00:24:11.040 --> 00:24:15.040 And he begins to speak to the point that Agrippa says to him, 00:24:15.040 --> 00:24:17.440 listen, you're beginning to almost convert me. 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:19.120 This truth is too much for me. 00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:20.160 I'm going to back off. 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:21.200 I don't want to hear anymore. 00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:24.640 People will either receive or reject the wisdom that comes from your mouth, 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:26.480 but this is what the body should be known by. 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:30.240 I pray, God, that you sitting here have the ability to do this. 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:33.920 But here, remember this, in a multitude of words, there is sin. 00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:37.440 So maybe one of the things we can do is measure our words a little more. 00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:39.120 The more the words, the more the sin. 00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:41.120 The less the words, the more the wisdom, 00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:45.680 which doesn't mean the sermon will be any shorter. 00:24:47.760 --> 00:24:49.280 I could see where your mind was going. 00:24:50.560 --> 00:24:52.960 The next thing it says about this government, 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:59.840 wonderful counselor, mighty king, mighty king, mighty king. 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:06.800 Mighty king, as in here is a king who has ultimate power. 00:25:06.800 --> 00:25:10.960 All power originated with him, man, from him and with him. 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:12.240 Colossians 1.16. 00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:19.200 I'm going to read it from the message. 00:25:19.760 --> 00:25:21.280 Colossians 1.16. 00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:28.640 Listen to what it says. 00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:31.760 For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, 00:25:31.760 --> 00:25:35.360 visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels, 00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:38.880 everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. 00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:41.360 He was there before any of it came into existence. 00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:43.680 He holds it all together right up to this moment. 00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:47.040 And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together 00:25:47.040 --> 00:25:48.480 like a head does a body. 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:52.320 He was supreme in the beginning and leading the resurrection parade. 00:25:52.320 --> 00:25:53.600 He's supreme in the end. 00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:57.760 From beginning to the end, he's there, towering far above everything and everyone. 00:25:57.760 --> 00:26:03.280 So spacious is he, so roomy that everything of God finds its proper place in him 00:26:03.280 --> 00:26:04.400 without crowding. 00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:07.760 Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe, 00:26:07.760 --> 00:26:12.080 people and things, animals and atoms get properly fixed and fit together 00:26:12.080 --> 00:26:17.040 in vibrant harmonies all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the cross. 00:26:17.040 --> 00:26:18.640 Let me read it from the NIV. 00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:21.040 I think the way the message rises is brilliant. 00:26:21.040 --> 00:26:22.880 But listen to the NIV. 00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:25.760 For in him, all things were created, things in heaven and earth, 00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:29.040 visible and invisible, thrones and powers, rulers and authorities. 00:26:29.040 --> 00:26:31.440 All things have been created through him and for him. 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:34.480 He's before all things and in him, all things hold together. 00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:37.120 He's the head of the body, the church. 00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:39.760 The point being, guys, when it comes to mighty God, 00:26:39.760 --> 00:26:43.040 there's no other king who has as much power because all power originates from him. 00:26:43.040 --> 00:26:45.280 Here's the odd thing about Jesus's power. 00:26:45.280 --> 00:26:49.040 It is a power so great that he can absorb the evil hurled at him 00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:52.000 till there's nothing left to hurl. 00:26:52.560 --> 00:26:55.600 You need to be strong to have evil hurled at you. 00:26:55.760 --> 00:26:57.120 And still get up. 00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:59.120 Isaiah 53, 2 to 10. 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:02.000 Isaiah 53, 2 to 10. 00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:09.120 Look at the power you have to handle this. 00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:11.680 Isaiah 53. 00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:16.400 He was looked down on, passed over, suffered, knew pain firsthand. 00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:19.360 People turned away, thought he was scum. 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:23.760 Our pains he carried, our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us. 00:27:23.760 --> 00:27:25.840 We thought he brought it on himself. 00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:27.760 God was punishing him for his failures. 00:27:27.760 --> 00:27:31.680 But it was for our sins that he was ripped, torn, crushed. 00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:33.440 He took punishment and made us whole. 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:35.360 Through his bruises, we get healed. 00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:37.760 He was beaten, he was tortured, he didn't say a word. 00:27:37.760 --> 00:27:41.520 Like a lamb being led to slaughter, like a sheep sheared, he took it silently. 00:27:41.520 --> 00:27:43.040 Justice miscarried. 00:27:43.040 --> 00:27:43.840 He was led off. 00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:46.560 He died without a thought for his own welfare. 00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:48.720 Beaten bloody for the sins of my people. 00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:51.520 Buried with the wicked, thrown into the grave of a rich man. 00:27:51.520 --> 00:27:55.200 Even though he had never hurt a soul or said one word that wasn't true, 00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:58.960 still it's what God had in mind all along to crush him with pain. 00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:05.120 The plan was that he would give himself as an offering for sin so that he would see life come from it. 00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:06.480 Life, life and more life. 00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:08.640 And God's plan will deeply prosper through him. 00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:16.400 It takes power to receive abuse, till there is no more abuse to receive. 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.520 And then it takes power 00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:24.240 to take power so great that it disposes other powers. 00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:27.600 This Jesus Christ disposes other powers 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:31.200 with vengeance 00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:35.120 and zeal. 00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:41.760 That's why I said earlier, the Holy Spirit is the most dangerous spirit in the world. 00:28:41.760 --> 00:28:52.160 I was listening to this story by a well-known preacher. 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:58.880 He goes to a village in Africa and he's got these seven, eight Baptist boys with him 00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.960 on a mission trip. 00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.480 And so he's standing in this village. 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.120 It's remote. 00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:05.440 It's like in the boonies. 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:09.200 And suddenly a witch doctor comes out. 00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:12.560 And he's standing there and he's doing his thingy. 00:29:12.560 --> 00:29:16.320 And this guy is a little scared when he sees him. 00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:21.200 And when he preaches, he says, the Baptist boys began speaking in tongues immediately. 00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:26.240 And so, but they're backing off as this witch doctor approaches. 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:30.400 And this man hasn't dealt with a witch doctor before and he doesn't know what to do. 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:34.720 And he's pleading with God saying, please help me. 00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:36.320 I've got no idea what to do. 00:29:36.320 --> 00:29:41.760 And then God just drops a song in his head, but it's a very odd song. 00:29:41.760 --> 00:29:43.520 And he feels that he should sing it. 00:29:44.320 --> 00:29:47.440 And it's a song by the Rolling Stones. 00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:53.680 I can't get no satisfaction. 00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.880 And he starts singing it. 00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:56.240 He just keeps repeating that line. 00:29:56.960 --> 00:30:00.080 And as he keeps repeating this line, the witch doctor looks at him. 00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:02.400 Fear comes on his face. 00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:05.520 He turns and starts running like crazy into the mountains. 00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:08.720 True story, man. 00:30:10.800 --> 00:30:15.520 Point of the story, why should a Mick Jagger song make witch doctors run? 00:30:15.520 --> 00:30:16.720 It should be the other way around. 00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:27.280 It's because you have no idea how fierce and dangerous this God can be. 00:30:27.280 --> 00:30:29.600 What he was trying to prove to this preacher was, listen, 00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:32.560 I don't need you to say anything sometimes. 00:30:32.560 --> 00:30:38.640 When I am with you, I have the fury, the power and the vengeance dismantled evil. 00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:43.440 We're not dismantling people because our fight is not against flesh or blood, 00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:46.480 but against powers and rulers and princes and principalities 00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:51.360 and invisible forces, headless bodies, some versions say. 00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.920 This is the nature of this kingdom. 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:57.680 We've got to get accustomed to this. 00:30:57.680 --> 00:31:01.840 It cannot be done by one person because Jesus Christ does not dwell in one person. 00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:04.400 Yes, he dwells in you, but he resides in his body. 00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:10.160 If all of Christ could be found in me and I was all sufficient, 00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:11.520 then I would become God, man. 00:31:11.520 --> 00:31:12.960 He refuses to do that. 00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:15.680 It says he rose again and gave gifts to men. 00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:17.120 He distributed himself. 00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:21.280 So it's when the whole body begins to think like this that government begins to happen. 00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:25.440 Trudeau by himself can do squat. 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:28.080 He needs people around him. 00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:32.080 Third one. 00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:42.080 This government has a governor who loves being a father. 00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:50.080 So the nature of this government is that of a king who reaches out to the earth as a father, 00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:56.720 eternal father, wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting father. 00:31:56.720 --> 00:32:02.720 Remember this, when you meet with people, because this king is made known through the letter 00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:05.120 that he has written and the letter happens to be you. 00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:11.920 Paul said, you are letters written by us, not with ink, but not with ink on stone, 00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:14.320 but on flesh and blood by the spirit. 00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:20.160 Remember that this government always seeks to express fatherhood. 00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:25.280 A king who reaches out to the earth as a father, 00:32:25.280 --> 00:32:30.640 a fatherhood that does not impose, but a fatherhood that sacrifices, 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:35.200 a fatherhood that aims at removing slavery and removing orphanhood, 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:37.680 a fatherhood that exchanges that for sonship. 00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:43.120 This is the scripture that Ligy was quoting earlier on, Romans chapter 8, verse 15 to 17. 00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:45.680 Romans chapter 8, verse 15 to 17. 00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:48.080 Let me read it from the passion translation. 00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:51.120 Romans chapter 8, 15 to 17. 00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:58.320 And you did not receive the spirit of religious duty, 00:32:58.320 --> 00:33:01.040 leading you back into fear of never being good enough. 00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:06.080 But you have received the spirit of full acceptance and folding you into the family of God. 00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:09.520 And you will never feel orphaned, for he rises up within us. 00:33:09.520 --> 00:33:14.480 Our spirits join him in saying the words of tender affection, beloved father. 00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:17.280 For the Holy Spirit makes God's fatherhood real to us, 00:33:17.280 --> 00:33:21.280 as he whispers into our innermost being, your God's beloved child. 00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:25.600 And since we are his true children, we qualify to share all his treasures, 00:33:25.600 --> 00:33:27.520 for indeed we are heirs of God himself. 00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:34.960 I've been memorizing this through the week, everlasting. 00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:39.200 So if I represent the government of God, I must bring forth these things. 00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:42.240 That one, he has amazing counsel. 00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:45.120 That he will provide me counsel when I meet with people. 00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:49.360 That just is so divine, so full of wisdom, that it makes people think, 00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:52.240 ah shucks, how did he get to think like that? 00:33:52.800 --> 00:33:57.120 So that they write emails saying, hey, it's this ruler's birthday, do you want to say anything? 00:33:57.120 --> 00:33:58.880 They're not asking me to say happy birthday. 00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:05.040 They're asking for more, because they've seen what the counsel of God can do. 00:34:05.040 --> 00:34:06.800 And they're not from a Christian background. 00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:14.640 Second, that he is mighty God. 00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:17.680 Man, don't get put off when people abuse Jesus. 00:34:17.680 --> 00:34:22.560 He's got so much power, he can take abuse without wilting. 00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:30.240 But he also has the power to decimate the enemy. 00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:34.640 Like I said, the witch doctor running into the hills listening to Mick Jagger. 00:34:37.520 --> 00:34:39.520 He's never used that song ever since. 00:34:39.520 --> 00:34:41.760 It's usually been in the name of Jesus since that. 00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.800 That is a one-off. 00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:48.080 It was just to prove that I don't need you to even say things. 00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:53.120 The third one is eternal father. 00:34:53.120 --> 00:34:54.000 Remember this, guys. 00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:55.520 Present him as father. 00:34:55.520 --> 00:34:57.680 A king who reaches out to the earth as father. 00:34:57.680 --> 00:35:04.320 The church has done such a disfavor to the earth by presenting God as Lord and master. 00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:07.840 This is an absolutely essential part of who God is. 00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:10.960 But the large part of God is father. 00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:13.520 You present Lord and Savior so that you can get to the father. 00:35:13.520 --> 00:35:15.440 I've gone over this many times. 00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:18.800 But he is first and foremost a father. 00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:20.800 You miss out on the fatherhood of God. 00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:22.800 You're talking about some other God, not the Christian God. 00:35:27.600 --> 00:35:32.160 Therefore, you and I also have to have a fatherly attitude towards people. 00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:36.320 Not your father's attitude, your father's attitude. 00:35:38.240 --> 00:35:40.480 That will make no sense when they listen to the audio. 00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:46.880 Yeah. 00:35:51.040 --> 00:35:55.280 People get put off when you say fathers or fathers and sons and stuff like that. 00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:59.680 They get put off because they had really bad experiences either with a pastor or with their 00:35:59.680 --> 00:36:00.240 own dads. 00:36:02.560 --> 00:36:06.800 The truth, though, is that a distorted copy does not destroy the original. 00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:10.240 A distorted copy does not tarnish or destroy the original. 00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:13.680 So if you need to change the words, use some other words. 00:36:13.680 --> 00:36:16.240 But the attitude should be that of the fatherhood of God. 00:36:17.120 --> 00:36:18.320 Don't call it fathers and sons. 00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:23.600 It puts people off because words conjure images and triggers off certain memories. 00:36:23.600 --> 00:36:24.800 Use some other words. 00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:28.720 But at the end of the day, the attitude should still be that of the father. 00:36:31.520 --> 00:36:33.680 I mean, it doesn't matter what you put before broccoli. 00:36:33.680 --> 00:36:35.360 It always triggers out a certain image. 00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:36.000 Oh my God. 00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:42.560 Prashant and I had deep fried Brussels sprouts at Denny's. 00:36:42.560 --> 00:36:44.240 It's still Brussels sprouts, man. 00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:47.920 Don't bother. 00:36:48.560 --> 00:36:51.760 There's nothing you can do to Brussels sprouts, even if you deep fry them. 00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.240 Yeah. 00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:58.640 The next thing is he's the prince of peace. 00:36:58.640 --> 00:37:03.120 But I'm going to call it prince of wholeness because the actual word there is shalom. 00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.720 Prince of wholeness. 00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.600 Yeah. 00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:06.560 Yeah. 00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.560 Much loved. 00:37:13.520 --> 00:37:14.880 Good sons make good fathers. 00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:18.800 The question is how do we remain sons and fathers at the same time? 00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:20.400 Good sons make good fathers. 00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:29.280 So, receive the father's love so that you can grow up as a much loved son. 00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:36.880 A much loved son who grows up in the house of a father who loves him will dream even 00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:41.440 when thrown into prison and one day emerge as the prime minister of Egypt. 00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:45.280 Joseph had to learn how to dream in his father's house. 00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:46.960 That happened to him first. 00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:49.600 That allowed him then to go through Potiphar's palace, 00:37:50.160 --> 00:37:52.720 Pharaoh's prison, and finally Pharaoh's palace. 00:37:52.720 --> 00:37:58.240 Once I learn how to receive the father's love and operate as a much loved son, 00:37:58.240 --> 00:38:02.080 it is natural for the father's love to now begin to flow through me. 00:38:05.040 --> 00:38:10.240 And if I don't know how to receive the father's love, then there's not much hope for me. 00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:11.680 I'll have to really struggle. 00:38:13.040 --> 00:38:13.680 Really struggle. 00:38:15.520 --> 00:38:22.080 Remember orphans always strive to secure water and food. 00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.600 What is theirs? 00:38:24.560 --> 00:38:25.840 Orphans will always strive. 00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:29.920 And orphanhood is the main disease in the world. 00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:33.920 Because the moment Adam turned his back on his father, 00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:37.840 the earth became an orphanage producing orphans for generations. 00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:39.840 And orphanhood is so hard to break. 00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:46.160 And circumstances will always force you to think of God as one who is not a father. 00:38:46.160 --> 00:38:50.160 Circumstances are engineered by the enemy, by the devil, 00:38:50.160 --> 00:38:52.960 to make you think, you thought he would help you? 00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:56.400 You thought he really meant he will never leave you or forsake you? 00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:57.280 Look at you. 00:38:57.280 --> 00:39:00.000 Forsaken, abandoned, rejected. 00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:01.360 You've always been an orphan. 00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:08.000 But remember, the contest is between the father in heaven and the father of lies. 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:14.400 And then if you end up having an abusive spiritual father or an abusive biological father, 00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:16.800 it just messes it up completely. 00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:21.840 Or if you end up having an absent father, it messes it up even more. 00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:25.920 Or a cynical father. 00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:29.440 Now you superimpose that image on him. 00:39:30.160 --> 00:39:31.840 And it's just a mess. 00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:32.800 And it's just a mess. 00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.840 And it's just a mess. 00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:35.040 And it's just a mess. 00:39:35.040 --> 00:39:36.880 Superimpose that image on him. 00:39:37.520 --> 00:39:39.280 And it's so hard to peel apart. 00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:41.760 Only the Spirit of God can do it. 00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:47.600 Prince of Wholeness. 00:39:49.040 --> 00:39:53.520 But the strange thing is he brings this wholeness through being crushed. 00:39:53.520 --> 00:39:54.880 Isaiah 53, 5. 00:39:55.440 --> 00:40:00.000 He brought us wholeness, he brought us shalom, he brought us peace by being crushed. 00:40:00.560 --> 00:40:04.960 Odd kind of God, this is, which then means that even we have to understand. 00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:12.400 No, first believe this, that this king is a specialist in giving wholeness. 00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:15.600 Shalom doesn't just mean, oh I'm feeling peaceful now. 00:40:15.600 --> 00:40:20.560 Shalom means wholeness, as in it's a peace inside and it's a wholeness that begins to surround you. 00:40:20.560 --> 00:40:24.560 It's a wholeness that is physical, spiritual, emotional, mental, relational. 00:40:24.560 --> 00:40:26.800 That kind of wholeness this Christ gives. 00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:33.120 Never short circuit your relationship with someone by not giving them this wholeness. 00:40:33.120 --> 00:40:36.720 It is the one thing that you possess in aces, man. 00:40:36.720 --> 00:40:40.400 And remember, this living water now flows through you. 00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:42.800 You're not the woman at the well in John chapter 4. 00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:49.600 You're the one in John chapter 7, verse 37 to 39, who has living waters flow from you. 00:40:50.160 --> 00:40:53.200 The nature of the water within you, the Spirit within you, 00:40:53.200 --> 00:40:55.520 is that it is a Spirit that brings wholeness. 00:40:55.520 --> 00:40:58.720 If you don't believe me, read Isaiah 61, verse 1 to 3. 00:40:58.720 --> 00:41:00.000 It is wholeness. 00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:05.920 It is something that I have and it must be something that people who meet me have an encounter with. 00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:08.800 I owe the earth that. 00:41:12.560 --> 00:41:13.060 Wholeness. 00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:15.600 He's a prince of wholeness. 00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:20.800 The delivery mechanism for wholeness is grace and mercy. 00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:24.960 The delivery mechanism for wholeness is grace and mercy. 00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:31.600 As in, when people are not whole, it's best to approach them with grace and mercy if you want wholeness to flow. 00:41:34.640 --> 00:41:37.600 Have you noticed all of Paul's letters start that way? 00:41:37.600 --> 00:41:40.080 Before he says peace, he says grace. 00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:43.280 He always says grace and peace to you. 00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:51.680 In 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy, both the chapters, chapter 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy, 00:41:51.680 --> 00:41:58.800 chapter 1 verse 2, you'll see in both those letters, Paul starts with grace and mercy and peace to you. 00:41:58.800 --> 00:42:00.720 There's a definite order to it. 00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:06.720 If I want wholeness to enter your life, I have to come towards you with grace and show you mercy. 00:42:06.720 --> 00:42:08.640 Otherwise wholeness does not flow. 00:42:08.640 --> 00:42:10.720 This is how God has always done it. 00:42:10.720 --> 00:42:12.320 How does he bring peace into your life? 00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:14.000 Hey, Betty, you want some peace? 00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:14.720 Shape up, man. 00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:19.920 That's almost never the way God has approached Betty. 00:42:21.680 --> 00:42:23.680 At a time when you need wholeness, you don't put... 00:42:23.680 --> 00:42:25.680 Oh my... 00:42:25.680 --> 00:42:27.680 I went... 00:42:27.680 --> 00:42:37.680 When I was in Taiwan, this lady insisted on giving me a head massage because she wanted to be hospitable. 00:42:37.680 --> 00:42:41.680 And so she had me lie down on this really narrow bed. 00:42:41.680 --> 00:42:43.680 I was so scared I'd fall off. 00:42:43.680 --> 00:42:51.680 And then she put two cucumber slices on my eyes and put a cloth that was very aromatic on my nose. 00:42:51.680 --> 00:42:55.680 And then took my feet and put it in a machine and my feet started spinning. 00:42:55.680 --> 00:42:57.680 And then there was whale music in the background. 00:42:57.680 --> 00:42:59.680 And then she came to massage my head. 00:42:59.680 --> 00:43:03.680 And she would grab chunks of hair and pull. 00:43:03.680 --> 00:43:05.680 That's how this is missing. 00:43:05.680 --> 00:43:11.680 So she grabbed this chunk of hair and she pulled it out. 00:43:11.680 --> 00:43:15.680 She would grab this chunk of hair and really pull. 00:43:15.680 --> 00:43:17.680 And I would... 00:43:17.680 --> 00:43:19.680 I didn't know how to... 00:43:19.680 --> 00:43:21.680 I was a guest. 00:43:21.680 --> 00:43:23.680 They were being very kind and nice. 00:43:23.680 --> 00:43:25.680 She'd pull it really hard and I'd go, ouch, ouch. 00:43:25.680 --> 00:43:27.680 I was trying to be as kind as possible. 00:43:27.680 --> 00:43:29.680 And then she would release it. 00:43:29.680 --> 00:43:31.680 And then she would say, feeling better? 00:43:31.680 --> 00:43:33.680 Feeling better? 00:43:33.680 --> 00:43:35.680 And I would say, yes. 00:43:35.680 --> 00:43:37.680 So what else do you say? 00:43:37.680 --> 00:43:45.680 And to add insult to injury, at one point she decided my back needed a massage. 00:43:45.680 --> 00:43:51.680 She was an older lady so she took her hand, put it right inside my shirt and started massaging my shoulder. 00:43:51.680 --> 00:43:53.680 And then for all the things she can say, she said, 00:43:53.680 --> 00:43:55.680 Pastor, lot of meat there. 00:43:59.680 --> 00:44:03.680 So I've never gone for a massage after that. 00:44:03.680 --> 00:44:05.680 I don't know, it just brings back memories. 00:44:07.680 --> 00:44:09.680 The point being... 00:44:09.680 --> 00:44:11.680 There is a point somewhere here. 00:44:11.680 --> 00:44:13.680 The point being, guys, when someone is feeling not peaceful, 00:44:13.680 --> 00:44:15.680 you don't go with anything else but grace and mercy. 00:44:15.680 --> 00:44:17.680 You don't pull the hair and release it. 00:44:17.680 --> 00:44:19.680 And then say, feeling better? 00:44:19.680 --> 00:44:21.680 Feeling better? No. 00:44:21.680 --> 00:44:23.680 You go with grace and mercy. 00:44:23.680 --> 00:44:25.680 Wholeness flows through grace and mercy. 00:44:25.680 --> 00:44:27.680 This king is a prince of wholeness. 00:44:27.680 --> 00:44:29.680 And in the process, 00:44:29.680 --> 00:44:31.680 things get reconciled between God and man 00:44:31.680 --> 00:44:33.680 and things get reconciled between man and man. 00:44:37.680 --> 00:44:39.680 Next one is justice and righteousness. 00:44:39.680 --> 00:44:41.680 Justice and righteousness. 00:44:41.680 --> 00:44:45.680 You read in Isaiah 9 verse 7 00:44:45.680 --> 00:44:49.680 that he establishes things by justice and righteousness. 00:44:49.680 --> 00:44:59.680 The other words that you can actually use for justice and righteousness are fair dealing and right living. 00:44:59.680 --> 00:45:01.680 Fair dealing and right living. 00:45:11.680 --> 00:45:13.680 It's all good. 00:45:13.680 --> 00:45:15.680 Fair dealing and right living. 00:45:15.680 --> 00:45:19.680 Guys, if you want to see the justice and righteousness of this kingdom, 00:45:19.680 --> 00:45:23.680 go to Isaiah 58, Isaiah 58, 6-12. 00:45:23.680 --> 00:45:27.680 Isaiah 58, 6-12. 00:45:27.680 --> 00:45:33.680 I'm looking forward to this happening in Wall-E, Isaiah 58, 6-12. 00:45:39.680 --> 00:45:41.680 This kingdom, if it doesn't do this, 00:45:41.680 --> 00:45:45.680 is not presenting God properly. 00:45:45.680 --> 00:45:47.680 Is not this the kind of fasting I've chosen? 00:45:47.680 --> 00:45:49.680 To lose the chains of injustice? 00:45:49.680 --> 00:45:51.680 Untie the cords of the yoke? 00:45:51.680 --> 00:45:53.680 To set the oppressed free? 00:45:53.680 --> 00:45:55.680 Break every yoke? 00:45:55.680 --> 00:45:57.680 Is it not to share your food with the hungry? 00:45:57.680 --> 00:45:59.680 To provide the poor wanderer with shelter? 00:45:59.680 --> 00:46:01.680 When you see the naked, to clothe him? 00:46:01.680 --> 00:46:03.680 Not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? 00:46:03.680 --> 00:46:07.680 Then your light will break forth like the dawn and your healing will quickly appear. 00:46:07.680 --> 00:46:09.680 Then your righteousness will go before you 00:46:09.680 --> 00:46:11.680 and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. 00:46:11.680 --> 00:46:13.680 Then you will call and the Lord will answer. 00:46:13.680 --> 00:46:15.680 You will cry for help and he will say, 00:46:15.680 --> 00:46:17.680 Here am I. 00:46:17.680 --> 00:46:19.680 If you do away with the yoke of oppression, 00:46:19.680 --> 00:46:21.680 with the pointing finger, with malicious talk, 00:46:21.680 --> 00:46:23.680 if you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry, 00:46:23.680 --> 00:46:25.680 satisfy the needs of the oppressed, 00:46:25.680 --> 00:46:27.680 then your light will rise in the darkness 00:46:27.680 --> 00:46:29.680 and your night will become like the noon day. 00:46:29.680 --> 00:46:31.680 The Lord will guide you always. 00:46:31.680 --> 00:46:33.680 He will satisfy your needs in a sun scorched land 00:46:33.680 --> 00:46:35.680 and will strengthen your frame. 00:46:35.680 --> 00:46:37.680 You will be like a well watered garden, 00:46:37.680 --> 00:46:39.680 like a spring whose waters never fail. 00:46:39.680 --> 00:46:41.680 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins 00:46:41.680 --> 00:46:43.680 and will raise up the age old foundations. 00:46:43.680 --> 00:46:45.680 You will be called 00:46:45.680 --> 00:46:47.680 repairer of broken walls, 00:46:47.680 --> 00:46:49.680 restorer of streets to dwell in. 00:46:49.680 --> 00:46:51.680 This is the nature of the story. 00:46:51.680 --> 00:46:53.680 This is the nature of this government. 00:46:53.680 --> 00:46:55.680 This is the nature of this government. 00:46:55.680 --> 00:46:57.680 Use your business, use your vocation, 00:46:57.680 --> 00:46:59.680 use your contacts, use your relationships 00:46:59.680 --> 00:47:01.680 to do this. 00:47:01.680 --> 00:47:03.680 You do it in Kohima, 00:47:03.680 --> 00:47:05.680 do it in Vancouver, 00:47:05.680 --> 00:47:07.680 do it in that other nation close to Vancouver, 00:47:07.680 --> 00:47:09.680 White Rock and Surrey, 00:47:09.680 --> 00:47:11.680 and do it in places like this. 00:47:11.680 --> 00:47:13.680 Just go. 00:47:13.680 --> 00:47:15.680 Yeah. 00:47:15.680 --> 00:47:17.680 Some jokes you catch, some jokes you don't. 00:47:17.680 --> 00:47:19.680 Last statement. 00:47:19.680 --> 00:47:21.680 This government is designed 00:47:21.680 --> 00:47:23.680 and powered 00:47:23.680 --> 00:47:25.680 by the Holy Spirit. 00:47:25.680 --> 00:47:27.680 This government is designed and powered 00:47:27.680 --> 00:47:29.680 by the Holy Spirit. 00:47:29.680 --> 00:47:31.680 It's a very unique government. 00:47:31.680 --> 00:47:33.680 It's like Tesla. 00:47:35.680 --> 00:47:37.680 It's designed and powered 00:47:37.680 --> 00:47:39.680 by the Holy Spirit. 00:47:39.680 --> 00:47:41.680 It's like Tesla. 00:47:41.680 --> 00:47:43.680 It's like Tesla. 00:47:43.680 --> 00:47:45.680 It's designed and powered 00:47:45.680 --> 00:47:47.680 by the Holy Spirit. 00:47:47.680 --> 00:47:49.680 Go to Isaiah 11. 00:47:49.680 --> 00:47:51.680 Isaiah 11. Look at who the Holy Spirit is, man. 00:47:51.680 --> 00:47:53.680 Isaiah 11. 00:47:53.680 --> 00:47:55.680 Isaiah 11. 00:47:55.680 --> 00:47:57.680 Don't worry, we'll go over this again and again and again and again. 00:47:57.680 --> 00:47:59.680 Isaiah 11. 00:47:59.680 --> 00:48:01.680 Isaiah 11. 00:48:01.680 --> 00:48:03.680 Look at verse 2. Look at who the Spirit is. 00:48:05.680 --> 00:48:07.680 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him. 00:48:07.680 --> 00:48:09.680 So he is the Spirit of the Lord. 00:48:09.680 --> 00:48:11.680 The Spirit of wisdom. 00:48:11.680 --> 00:48:13.680 The Spirit of understanding. 00:48:13.680 --> 00:48:15.680 The Spirit of counsel. 00:48:15.680 --> 00:48:17.680 The Spirit of power. 00:48:17.680 --> 00:48:19.680 The Spirit of knowledge. 00:48:19.680 --> 00:48:21.680 And the Spirit of the fear of the Lord. 00:48:21.680 --> 00:48:23.680 This is why 00:48:23.680 --> 00:48:25.680 Revelations calls him the seven-fold Spirit. 00:48:25.680 --> 00:48:27.680 Look at it again. 00:48:27.680 --> 00:48:29.680 And it's talking about who Jesus was anointed with 00:48:29.680 --> 00:48:31.680 and now who we will be anointed with. 00:48:31.680 --> 00:48:33.680 Read from verse 1. 00:48:33.680 --> 00:48:35.680 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse. 00:48:35.680 --> 00:48:37.680 From his roots a branch 00:48:37.680 --> 00:48:39.680 will bear fruit. 00:48:39.680 --> 00:48:41.680 And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him. 00:48:41.680 --> 00:48:43.680 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him. 00:48:43.680 --> 00:48:45.680 He is the Spirit of the Lord. 00:48:45.680 --> 00:48:47.680 The Spirit of wisdom. 00:48:47.680 --> 00:48:49.680 Of understanding. 00:48:49.680 --> 00:48:51.680 Of counsel. 00:48:51.680 --> 00:48:53.680 Of power. 00:48:53.680 --> 00:48:55.680 Of knowledge. 00:48:55.680 --> 00:48:57.680 And of the fear of the Lord. 00:48:57.680 --> 00:48:59.680 And he will delight in the fear of the Lord. 00:48:59.680 --> 00:49:01.680 He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes. 00:49:01.680 --> 00:49:03.680 Or decide by what he hears with his ears. 00:49:03.680 --> 00:49:05.680 I think I'm speaking too fast. 00:49:05.680 --> 00:49:07.680 And so I'm going to slow down a little. 00:49:07.680 --> 00:49:09.680 You get the picture. 00:49:13.680 --> 00:49:15.680 Guys, let these seeds go deep 00:49:15.680 --> 00:49:17.680 into our way of thinking. 00:49:17.680 --> 00:49:19.680 I know every week we are covering 00:49:19.680 --> 00:49:21.680 new ground. And you have hardly 00:49:21.680 --> 00:49:23.680 caught up with last week. 00:49:23.680 --> 00:49:25.680 But to the week that 00:49:25.680 --> 00:49:27.680 is ahead of you, focus on these 00:49:27.680 --> 00:49:29.680 things. The Holy Spirit has the 00:49:29.680 --> 00:49:31.680 ability to go back 00:49:31.680 --> 00:49:33.680 three weeks and dig out a 00:49:33.680 --> 00:49:35.680 truth that you may not remember but 00:49:35.680 --> 00:49:37.680 you have heard because it has gone into your 00:49:37.680 --> 00:49:39.680 spirit. Please understand how this 00:49:39.680 --> 00:49:41.680 works. We are not trying 00:49:41.680 --> 00:49:43.680 to learn everything from last week and not forget. 00:49:43.680 --> 00:49:45.680 We are going over it and 00:49:45.680 --> 00:49:47.680 trying to practice it this week. This has 00:49:47.680 --> 00:49:49.680 to be practiced this week. Four weeks 00:49:49.680 --> 00:49:51.680 down the line, the Holy Spirit will go 00:49:51.680 --> 00:49:53.680 and dig into the storehouse of your 00:49:53.680 --> 00:49:55.680 spirit and pull out whatever 00:49:55.680 --> 00:49:57.680 is necessary. You won't remember it 00:49:57.680 --> 00:49:59.680 but you will know it. 00:50:01.680 --> 00:50:03.680 So for me, going over this 00:50:03.680 --> 00:50:05.680 week is critical 00:50:05.680 --> 00:50:07.680 because at some point when it comes to 00:50:07.680 --> 00:50:09.680 how God governs, this will come 00:50:09.680 --> 00:50:11.680 up. And if 00:50:11.680 --> 00:50:13.680 this does, then His 00:50:13.680 --> 00:50:15.680 government or His rule 00:50:15.680 --> 00:50:17.680 will increase 00:50:17.680 --> 00:50:19.680 unlimited through us 00:50:19.680 --> 00:50:21.680 because He says of the increase of His 00:50:21.680 --> 00:50:23.680 government there shall be no end. 00:50:23.680 --> 00:50:25.680 And the 00:50:25.680 --> 00:50:27.680 zeal of the Lord will accomplish it. As in 00:50:27.680 --> 00:50:29.680 there is a passionate fervency that 00:50:29.680 --> 00:50:31.680 Christ has when a church decides 00:50:31.680 --> 00:50:33.680 hey Jesus didn't know this about you. 00:50:33.680 --> 00:50:35.680 Really want to explore this. Jesus 00:50:35.680 --> 00:50:37.680 doesn't sit back and say another day. He says 00:50:37.680 --> 00:50:39.680 wow, finally. And he gets 00:50:39.680 --> 00:50:41.680 quite passionate about it. 00:50:43.680 --> 00:50:45.680 Two minutes to four. Let me end 00:50:45.680 --> 00:50:47.680 with this thought. Where will 00:50:47.680 --> 00:50:49.680 Christ rule from? According 00:50:49.680 --> 00:50:51.680 to Isaiah 9, 7, Christ 00:50:51.680 --> 00:50:53.680 will rule from David's 00:50:53.680 --> 00:50:55.680 historic throne. 00:50:55.680 --> 00:50:57.680 Last week we said 00:50:57.680 --> 00:50:59.680 that David's historic throne 00:50:59.680 --> 00:51:01.680 is Zion. 00:51:01.680 --> 00:51:03.680 Zion used to be a mountain in 00:51:03.680 --> 00:51:05.680 Jerusalem. Today, as we 00:51:05.680 --> 00:51:07.680 saw last week in Hebrews 00:51:07.680 --> 00:51:09.680 12, verse 20 to 23, 00:51:09.680 --> 00:51:11.680 today 00:51:11.680 --> 00:51:13.680 Zion is the people of God. 00:51:13.680 --> 00:51:15.680 This is His favorite resting 00:51:15.680 --> 00:51:17.680 place. So where will God rule from? 00:51:17.680 --> 00:51:19.680 God will rule from His 00:51:19.680 --> 00:51:21.680 throne which is amongst 00:51:21.680 --> 00:51:23.680 the people. Like I've said often, 00:51:23.680 --> 00:51:25.680 the day the curtain 00:51:25.680 --> 00:51:27.680 tore in the temple, 00:51:27.680 --> 00:51:29.680 God moved out of a building and moved 00:51:29.680 --> 00:51:31.680 into a people. 00:51:33.680 --> 00:51:35.680 Hebrews 12, 00:51:35.680 --> 00:51:37.680 22 and 23. 00:51:41.680 --> 00:51:43.680 And so God has the ability to 00:51:43.680 --> 00:51:45.680 with a militant jealousy 00:51:45.680 --> 00:51:47.680 bring this to pass. 00:51:47.680 --> 00:51:49.680 Hebrews 12, 22 to 23. 00:51:49.680 --> 00:51:51.680 And the 00:51:51.680 --> 00:51:53.680 zeal of the Lord will make this happen. 00:51:53.680 --> 00:51:55.680 Where does He rule from? 00:51:55.680 --> 00:51:57.680 He rules from David's historic 00:51:57.680 --> 00:51:59.680 throne. That's in Isaiah 9, 00:51:59.680 --> 00:52:01.680 verse 7. 00:52:01.680 --> 00:52:03.680 So here's the last thought. Guys, 00:52:03.680 --> 00:52:05.680 this week, could you begin to 00:52:05.680 --> 00:52:07.680 think of the church as an embassy of 00:52:07.680 --> 00:52:09.680 this government? Could you begin to 00:52:09.680 --> 00:52:11.680 think of this church as the 00:52:11.680 --> 00:52:13.680 embassy of this government, embassy 00:52:13.680 --> 00:52:15.680 of this kingdom? 00:52:15.680 --> 00:52:17.680 Jesus thought so. In Matthew 00:52:17.680 --> 00:52:19.680 16, 19, He says to 00:52:19.680 --> 00:52:21.680 Peter, Hey Peter, I'm giving you 00:52:21.680 --> 00:52:23.680 keys to this government. 00:52:23.680 --> 00:52:25.680 He uses the word kingdom. And I want you 00:52:25.680 --> 00:52:27.680 to know that whatever you open shall remain 00:52:27.680 --> 00:52:29.680 open, whatever you shut shall remain shut. 00:52:29.680 --> 00:52:31.680 All you have to do, Peter, is to make sure 00:52:31.680 --> 00:52:33.680 that what you open is open in heaven and what you 00:52:33.680 --> 00:52:35.680 shut is shut in heaven. 00:52:35.680 --> 00:52:37.680 You are now the embassy of this kingdom 00:52:37.680 --> 00:52:39.680 here on earth and I'm giving you the keys. 00:52:41.680 --> 00:52:43.680 Few weeks later, Peter stands up in the 00:52:43.680 --> 00:52:45.680 upper room and for the first time he takes 00:52:45.680 --> 00:52:47.680 these keys, he turns it open and the 00:52:47.680 --> 00:52:49.680 kingdom is open and 3,000 people come 00:52:49.680 --> 00:52:51.680 to Christ that day. 00:52:51.680 --> 00:52:53.680 This week, think of yourself 00:52:53.680 --> 00:52:55.680 as ambassadors that actually 00:52:55.680 --> 00:52:57.680 belong to an embassy 00:52:57.680 --> 00:52:59.680 of a certain government that 00:52:59.680 --> 00:53:01.680 represents a real kingdom that is 00:53:01.680 --> 00:53:03.680 more real than any kingdom on earth. 00:53:03.680 --> 00:53:05.680 Think like this. 00:53:05.680 --> 00:53:07.680 Think like this. 00:53:09.680 --> 00:53:11.680 The Bible calls us that. 00:53:11.680 --> 00:53:13.680 In 2 Corinthians 5, 20, it actually 00:53:13.680 --> 00:53:15.680 says, therefore we are ambassadors 00:53:15.680 --> 00:53:17.680 of Christ and God 00:53:17.680 --> 00:53:19.680 makes His appeal through us. Therefore 00:53:19.680 --> 00:53:21.680 we are ambassadors of Christ and God makes His appeal 00:53:21.680 --> 00:53:23.680 through us. 2 Corinthians 5, 20. 00:53:25.680 --> 00:53:27.680 Don't change the 00:53:27.680 --> 00:53:29.680 message here, guys. One of the things 00:53:29.680 --> 00:53:31.680 ambassadors across the earth are doing nowadays 00:53:31.680 --> 00:53:33.680 when it comes to Christianity is 00:53:33.680 --> 00:53:35.680 they change the message so that it's not offensive. 00:53:35.680 --> 00:53:37.680 You cannot change the message because 00:53:37.680 --> 00:53:39.680 it's offensive. But you can 00:53:39.680 --> 00:53:41.680 engage 00:53:41.680 --> 00:53:43.680 changing culture in a way 00:53:43.680 --> 00:53:45.680 that is gracious and merciful 00:53:45.680 --> 00:53:47.680 and present your message which 00:53:47.680 --> 00:53:49.680 may be received or may be rejected. 00:53:49.680 --> 00:53:51.680 But you cannot change the message 00:53:51.680 --> 00:53:53.680 so that you can be less offensive. 00:53:55.680 --> 00:53:57.680 It would be like the US ambassador 00:53:57.680 --> 00:53:59.680 coming to Canada and saying, yeah, yeah, lumber? 00:53:59.680 --> 00:54:01.680 Sure. Milk? Sure. Borders open? 00:54:01.680 --> 00:54:03.680 Sure. And Trump has said 00:54:03.680 --> 00:54:05.680 no lumber, no milk, no borders. 00:54:05.680 --> 00:54:07.680 But you don't want to offend Trudeau so you come 00:54:07.680 --> 00:54:09.680 and say all these things. 00:54:13.680 --> 00:54:15.680 This embassy has only one appeal. 00:54:15.680 --> 00:54:17.680 It's a year of favor. It's a year of 00:54:17.680 --> 00:54:19.680 jubilee. It's a year of 00:54:19.680 --> 00:54:21.680 favor. It's a year of jubilee. 00:54:21.680 --> 00:54:23.680 It's a year of restoration. 00:54:23.680 --> 00:54:25.680 And then after you announce 00:54:25.680 --> 00:54:27.680 that, you should say to them, hey, 00:54:27.680 --> 00:54:29.680 come and look at my life. Get a taste 00:54:29.680 --> 00:54:31.680 of it. 00:54:31.680 --> 00:54:33.680 Two things. 00:54:33.680 --> 00:54:35.680 We won't sing, Jane. 00:54:35.680 --> 00:54:37.680 Don't worry. 00:54:37.680 --> 00:54:39.680 Two things. One, 00:54:39.680 --> 00:54:41.680 the appeal or the announcement 00:54:41.680 --> 00:54:43.680 this embassy always makes is, 00:54:43.680 --> 00:54:45.680 hey, this is the year of favor. 00:54:47.680 --> 00:54:49.680 The year of jubilee. 00:54:49.680 --> 00:54:51.680 The year of restoration. 00:54:51.680 --> 00:54:53.680 It's Groundhog Day. 00:54:53.680 --> 00:54:55.680 Ever since Christ came. 00:54:55.680 --> 00:54:57.680 Every year is the year of 00:54:57.680 --> 00:54:59.680 favor, is the year of restoration, 00:54:59.680 --> 00:55:01.680 is the year of jubilee. 00:55:01.680 --> 00:55:03.680 It's the 50th year. Things are being 00:55:03.680 --> 00:55:05.680 returned. Things are being restored. 00:55:05.680 --> 00:55:07.680 That which is stolen is being given back. 00:55:07.680 --> 00:55:09.680 New pathways are being opened. 00:55:09.680 --> 00:55:11.680 You get a new start, a fresh start. 00:55:11.680 --> 00:55:13.680 This is your continuous appeal. 00:55:13.680 --> 00:55:15.680 Since Christ rose from the dead, 00:55:15.680 --> 00:55:17.680 this is your continuous appeal. 00:55:17.680 --> 00:55:19.680 That hostility has 00:55:19.680 --> 00:55:21.680 ceased. Come be rescued. 00:55:21.680 --> 00:55:23.680 It's beautiful how it works. 00:55:23.680 --> 00:55:25.680 You say the father loves you. 00:55:25.680 --> 00:55:27.680 Then you say the son has 00:55:27.680 --> 00:55:29.680 paid the price and has ended hostility. 00:55:29.680 --> 00:55:31.680 Then you say, hey, 00:55:31.680 --> 00:55:33.680 be rescued. 00:55:33.680 --> 00:55:35.680 Then you say the Holy Spirit 00:55:35.680 --> 00:55:37.680 wants to bring you into sonship. 00:55:37.680 --> 00:55:39.680 And then you say, come join a group of people 00:55:39.680 --> 00:55:41.680 and learn the ways of God. 00:55:41.680 --> 00:55:43.680 This is the gospel. 00:55:43.680 --> 00:55:45.680 This you cannot change. 00:55:45.680 --> 00:55:47.680 What people are doing 00:55:47.680 --> 00:55:49.680 now is that they're presenting a 00:55:49.680 --> 00:55:51.680 loving God. 00:55:51.680 --> 00:55:53.680 And so people die here on Earth 00:55:53.680 --> 00:55:55.680 with a lot of love. 00:55:55.680 --> 00:55:57.680 But they don't 00:55:57.680 --> 00:55:59.680 go further because 00:55:59.680 --> 00:56:01.680 you do not present Jesus Christ as Lord 00:56:01.680 --> 00:56:03.680 and Savior. And you do not present 00:56:03.680 --> 00:56:05.680 good and evil. And you do not present 00:56:05.680 --> 00:56:07.680 the need to be rescued from sin. 00:56:07.680 --> 00:56:09.680 One can die 00:56:09.680 --> 00:56:11.680 lovingly in your sin. 00:56:13.680 --> 00:56:15.680 And it isn't much use, man. 00:56:19.680 --> 00:56:21.680 God put it this way to Isaiah. 00:56:21.680 --> 00:56:23.680 They got deep wounds, but people keep saying 00:56:23.680 --> 00:56:25.680 peace, peace. 00:56:27.680 --> 00:56:29.680 So once you make this appeal, that is the 50th 00:56:29.680 --> 00:56:31.680 year, there's a year of restoration. 00:56:31.680 --> 00:56:33.680 Hey, listen, if you want anything restored, 00:56:33.680 --> 00:56:35.680 you have to admit that something is broken. 00:56:37.680 --> 00:56:39.680 After you make that appeal, 00:56:39.680 --> 00:56:41.680 this is the final 00:56:41.680 --> 00:56:43.680 line. 00:56:43.680 --> 00:56:45.680 You should say, come and see, John chapter 1, 00:56:45.680 --> 00:56:47.680 verse 39. Hey guys, come and see. 00:56:47.680 --> 00:56:49.680 Hey, what time are you leaving tomorrow? 00:56:51.680 --> 00:56:53.680 Oh great, 00:56:53.680 --> 00:56:55.680 come and see, come to my place tomorrow, we'll have 00:56:55.680 --> 00:56:57.680 breakfast. 00:56:57.680 --> 00:56:59.680 See? 00:56:59.680 --> 00:57:01.680 So I'm inviting them over to my place, saying 00:57:01.680 --> 00:57:03.680 come and see. And when they come 00:57:03.680 --> 00:57:05.680 tomorrow, they must get a taste 00:57:05.680 --> 00:57:07.680 of king and kingdom 00:57:07.680 --> 00:57:09.680 in my life, in my lifestyle, in my 00:57:09.680 --> 00:57:11.680 conversations, in what I present to them. 00:57:11.680 --> 00:57:13.680 They must. 00:57:15.680 --> 00:57:17.680 It is not enough to make an appeal and an 00:57:17.680 --> 00:57:19.680 announcement. When they come and taste my 00:57:19.680 --> 00:57:21.680 life, they must taste the king and the kingdom. 00:57:23.680 --> 00:57:25.680 That's why I love 00:57:25.680 --> 00:57:27.680 Jesus' line in John chapter 139. 00:57:27.680 --> 00:57:29.680 They ask him, Master, where do you live? 00:57:29.680 --> 00:57:31.680 He doesn't give them the address. He says, 00:57:31.680 --> 00:57:33.680 come and see. 00:57:33.680 --> 00:57:35.680 I'll give you my address. 00:57:35.680 --> 00:57:37.680 Okay. On that note, 00:57:37.680 --> 00:57:39.680 we shall end. 00:57:39.680 --> 00:57:41.680 Just put up, open up the door. 00:57:41.680 --> 00:57:43.680 I'll just sing the chorus. 00:57:49.680 --> 00:57:51.680 Open up 00:57:51.680 --> 00:57:53.680 the door, 00:57:53.680 --> 00:57:55.680 let the music 00:57:55.680 --> 00:57:57.680 play, let the 00:57:57.680 --> 00:57:59.680 earth resound 00:57:59.680 --> 00:58:01.680 with singing, 00:58:01.680 --> 00:58:03.680 songs that bring your 00:58:03.680 --> 00:58:05.680 hope, songs 00:58:05.680 --> 00:58:07.680 that bring your joy, 00:58:07.680 --> 00:58:09.680 dancers 00:58:09.680 --> 00:58:11.680 who dance upon injustice. 00:58:11.680 --> 00:58:13.680 It's not talking about Jesus, it's talking about 00:58:13.680 --> 00:58:15.680 us. Go to the next verse. 00:58:19.680 --> 00:58:21.680 Doesn't matter. 00:58:21.680 --> 00:58:23.680 And we, and, sorry, 00:58:23.680 --> 00:58:25.680 and here we see that 00:58:25.680 --> 00:58:27.680 God you're moving, 00:58:27.680 --> 00:58:29.680 a time of jubilee 00:58:29.680 --> 00:58:31.680 is coming 00:58:31.680 --> 00:58:33.680 when young and old 00:58:33.680 --> 00:58:35.680 return to Jesus. 00:58:35.680 --> 00:58:37.680 Fling wide 00:58:37.680 --> 00:58:39.680 you heavenly gates. 00:58:39.680 --> 00:58:41.680 We are the gay day. 00:58:41.680 --> 00:58:43.680 Prepare the way 00:58:43.680 --> 00:58:45.680 of the risen 00:58:45.680 --> 00:58:47.680 Lord. 00:58:47.680 --> 00:58:49.680 Chorus. 00:58:49.680 --> 00:58:51.680 Open up the 00:58:51.680 --> 00:58:53.680 doors and let 00:58:53.680 --> 00:58:55.680 the music 00:58:55.680 --> 00:58:57.680 play, let 00:58:57.680 --> 00:58:59.680 the streets 00:58:59.680 --> 00:59:01.680 resound with 00:59:01.680 --> 00:59:03.680 singing, 00:59:03.680 --> 00:59:05.680 songs that bring 00:59:05.680 --> 00:59:07.680 your hope 00:59:07.680 --> 00:59:09.680 and songs that 00:59:09.680 --> 00:59:11.680 bring your joy, 00:59:11.680 --> 00:59:13.680 dancers 00:59:13.680 --> 00:59:15.680 who dance upon 00:59:15.680 --> 00:59:17.680 injustice. You! 00:59:19.680 --> 00:59:21.680 See ya. 00:59:27.680 --> 00:59:29.680 I'm afraid. 00:59:29.680 --> 00:59:31.680 Otherwise, don't hang out on the site 00:59:31.680 --> 00:59:33.680 because 00:59:33.680 --> 00:59:35.680 my site is way out there. 00:59:35.680 --> 00:59:37.680 Don't hang out on this site. 00:59:37.680 --> 00:59:39.680 Don't worry.