WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: Unleashing the Kingdom Publishing Date: 2022-03-20T06:00:44-07:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/unleashing-the-kingdom/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.440 So for the last couple of weeks, Jacob has been talking about how what God has started 00:00:10.440 --> 00:00:17.960 here at Acts 29, what God is birthing here at Acts 29, what we are seeing and experiencing 00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:18.960 is unstoppable. 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:22.320 We are teaching on unstoppable. 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:28.760 How Acts 29 and everything that God has been putting into this church, which is what is 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:34.440 happening in our lives and everything that God has been establishing over the last few 00:00:34.440 --> 00:00:38.400 years, that is completely unstoppable. 00:00:38.400 --> 00:00:44.280 And then we have been talking and thinking and praying for a revival that is coming, 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:46.640 that we know is here. 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:51.240 It's been going on for, I think a year plus we have been talking about the revival and 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:56.040 that's something I was talking to Sheldon on his way to the airport. 00:00:56.040 --> 00:00:58.440 He wouldn't stop talking about the revival. 00:00:59.120 --> 00:01:02.960 He had so many mouths, so to speak, to talk about revival. 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:04.360 It's happening now. 00:01:04.360 --> 00:01:05.360 It's happening now. 00:01:05.360 --> 00:01:06.360 We are seeing it. 00:01:06.360 --> 00:01:11.480 There is so much going on and we are entering that phase where all through the last few 00:01:11.480 --> 00:01:16.440 weeks you can see the direction in which God has been leading us. 00:01:16.440 --> 00:01:19.320 It's like multiple dots connected together. 00:01:19.320 --> 00:01:23.800 And if you take a step back and look at it, you go, well Father, you are actually very 00:01:23.800 --> 00:01:26.760 intentional in what you are doing with us. 00:01:26.800 --> 00:01:35.760 I had no idea what songs Jane would be singing, had no idea what songs Remy or Tooney sang 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:36.760 today. 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:38.440 I didn't know that was coming. 00:01:38.440 --> 00:01:42.920 But it all fits in very well together with what God is wanting to do in our midst. 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:45.000 I do not say that lightly. 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:46.160 I acknowledge that. 00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:52.920 I really believe that God is really asking us to look at what he is doing so that we 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:54.280 can jump right in. 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:02.640 And that, we'll continue in that path today because what Jacob started with two weeks 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:09.760 ago, the unstoppable church, last week he talked about how we are to represent Christ 00:02:09.760 --> 00:02:12.680 to the world outside, how we are to go out. 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:15.080 We are going to go down the same path. 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:20.360 So if you need a title for today, it is Kingdom Unleashed, Kingdom Unleashed. 00:02:27.760 --> 00:02:34.760 And we'll read from the book of Daniel, chapter 2, 31 to 35. 00:02:39.760 --> 00:02:44.760 Book of Daniel, chapter 2, 31 to 35. 00:02:44.760 --> 00:02:59.440 It says, You saw, O King, and behold, a great image. 00:02:59.440 --> 00:03:07.080 This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance was frightening. 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:14.080 The head of this image was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its middle and thighs 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:21.360 of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:27.920 As he looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet 00:03:27.920 --> 00:03:33.240 of iron and clay and broke them in pieces. 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:38.640 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in 00:03:38.640 --> 00:03:44.640 pieces, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors, and the wind carried 00:03:44.640 --> 00:03:49.400 them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:54.840 But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. 00:03:54.840 --> 00:04:00.520 But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:07.920 This is the dream that Nebuchadnezzar saw, and he wanted someone to actually tell him 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:11.360 what's the dream that he saw, and then he wanted that person to interpret it. 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:17.440 Daniel interpreted the dream, and Daniel is saying, hey Nebuchadnezzar, here are the things 00:04:17.440 --> 00:04:19.560 that you saw in your dream. 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:21.000 Here is what happened. 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:27.080 And then you see Daniel interpreting that dream to Nebuchadnezzar. 00:04:27.080 --> 00:04:33.440 In this dream, Nebuchadnezzar saw a big mighty image, not a small one, a big mighty frightening 00:04:33.440 --> 00:04:44.920 image, and it's got a head made of fine gold, the chest and the arms are made of silver, 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:52.200 the thighs and the middle is made of bronze, the legs are made of iron, and then the feet 00:04:52.200 --> 00:04:54.760 is made of iron and clay. 00:04:54.760 --> 00:05:01.400 So think about it, it's a very frightening image that Nebuchadnezzar saw, and he wanted 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:03.000 an answer to that. 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:08.400 And Daniel responds and says, here is what you saw, I know what my God has shown me, 00:05:08.400 --> 00:05:10.160 here is exactly what you saw. 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:12.760 Now I'm going to give you a meaning of that dream. 00:05:12.760 --> 00:05:20.080 The meaning of the dream is, this kingdom that you have, Nebuchadnezzar, is the head 00:05:20.080 --> 00:05:24.760 with the fine gold, and there are going to be coming many kingdoms after you. 00:05:24.760 --> 00:05:27.680 But then there is this stone that you saw. 00:05:27.760 --> 00:05:31.360 It says it's not carved out by human hands. 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:39.360 And this stone out of nowhere comes and strikes this image, and the entire image, the entire 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:42.760 structure of it breaks, it says, into pieces. 00:05:42.760 --> 00:05:48.280 And then the stone that struck it, which was a small stone to begin with, that stone becomes 00:05:48.280 --> 00:05:54.720 a great mountain, and it doesn't end there, it fills the entire earth. 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:58.240 Daniel proceeds to say this, I want us to listen to this. 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:04.400 Daniel says, your kingdom, Nebuchadnezzar, is going to be followed by many kingdoms. 00:06:04.400 --> 00:06:10.840 But there is going to come a day, a day in which God is going to set up a new kingdom. 00:06:10.840 --> 00:06:17.400 And this kingdom that God sets up will destroy every other kingdom, and this kingdom that 00:06:17.400 --> 00:06:26.040 God sets up will be unmatched, and this kingdom will cover the entire earth, and it's unstoppable. 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:27.600 No one can stop it. 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:32.040 You see the relation, because with what Jacob has been talking about, with where God is 00:06:32.040 --> 00:06:36.600 taking us, he's planned the whole thing. 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:38.100 This isn't stopping. 00:06:38.100 --> 00:06:41.820 This kingdom that we are part of is not stopping. 00:06:41.820 --> 00:06:45.440 This kingdom that we are part of is always advancing. 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:48.280 It's ever advancing. 00:06:48.280 --> 00:06:51.400 I like the song that Jane sang initially. 00:06:51.400 --> 00:06:54.320 She kept on saying, God is here. 00:06:54.320 --> 00:06:55.960 God is here. 00:06:55.960 --> 00:06:58.200 God is here. 00:06:58.200 --> 00:07:03.520 Because this kingdom that you and I are a part of, it's an ever advancing kingdom that 00:07:03.520 --> 00:07:08.960 God has set up, and the plan that God has is that this kingdom will reach out to the 00:07:08.960 --> 00:07:12.680 ends of the earth, and it will cover the earth for what? 00:07:12.760 --> 00:07:16.440 For people to come from the kingdom of darkness into this kingdom. 00:07:16.440 --> 00:07:23.120 I want to read a few more verses, and then we'll go down into the next thing. 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:25.200 So Matthew chapter 3 verse 2. 00:07:25.200 --> 00:07:28.960 We're ready to read 3, 4, 5 verses. 00:07:28.960 --> 00:07:38.400 We'll start with Matthew chapter 3 verse 2. 00:07:38.400 --> 00:07:41.100 It says, this is John the Baptist. 00:07:41.100 --> 00:07:45.380 It says, repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 00:07:45.380 --> 00:07:52.180 So about 540 years after, Daniel interpreted that dream. 00:07:52.180 --> 00:07:57.620 John the Baptist says, behold, the kingdom of God is at hand. 00:07:57.620 --> 00:07:59.900 It took 540 years. 00:07:59.900 --> 00:08:01.420 Let's read a couple more verses. 00:08:01.420 --> 00:08:05.020 Matthew chapter 4 verse 17. 00:08:05.020 --> 00:08:14.300 Matthew chapter 4 verse 17. 00:08:14.300 --> 00:08:26.220 From that time, Jesus began to preach, saying, repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 00:08:26.220 --> 00:08:33.500 From that time, Jesus began to preach, saying, repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 00:08:33.500 --> 00:08:40.740 Let's read Matthew chapter 4 verse 23. 00:08:40.740 --> 00:08:46.960 It says, and he went out throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:48.580 the gospel of the kingdom. 00:08:48.580 --> 00:08:55.040 So the gospel that Jesus taught was and is the gospel of the kingdom. 00:08:55.040 --> 00:09:00.860 Next verse, Matthew chapter 12 verse 28. 00:09:00.860 --> 00:09:04.940 The reason we're going through this is to lay the foundation so we know exactly where 00:09:04.940 --> 00:09:06.220 we're going. 00:09:06.220 --> 00:09:08.180 It started with a dream. 00:09:08.180 --> 00:09:11.360 God is saying, I'm going to set up a kingdom. 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:15.520 And then John the Baptist enters the scene and he says, the kingdom is at hand. 00:09:15.520 --> 00:09:18.660 And Jesus comes and Jesus says, the kingdom is here. 00:09:18.660 --> 00:09:19.660 The kingdom is here. 00:09:19.660 --> 00:09:20.660 It's in your midst. 00:09:20.660 --> 00:09:21.660 Let's read this. 00:09:21.660 --> 00:09:23.220 Matthew chapter 12 verse 28. 00:09:23.220 --> 00:09:29.440 But if it is by the spirit of God that I cast out demons, Jesus said, then the kingdom 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:32.400 of God has come upon you. 00:09:32.400 --> 00:09:37.300 If it is by the spirit of God that I cast out demons, Jesus said, then the kingdom of 00:09:37.300 --> 00:09:39.720 God has come upon you already. 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:40.720 Let's read next one. 00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:45.720 Hebrews chapter 12 verse 28. 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:57.040 Hebrews chapter 12 verse 28. 00:09:57.960 --> 00:10:03.880 Two verses. 00:10:03.880 --> 00:10:06.600 Hebrews chapter 12 verse 28 and 29. 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:12.760 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken. 00:10:12.760 --> 00:10:19.920 And thus let us offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and awe for our God is a consuming 00:10:19.920 --> 00:10:20.920 fire. 00:10:20.920 --> 00:10:25.680 See how a few years later as the writer of Hebrew is writing this, he's saying, now let's 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:28.880 thank God because this kingdom is here. 00:10:28.880 --> 00:10:30.320 And it's not that it's here. 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:31.920 We have received it. 00:10:31.920 --> 00:10:34.320 We are now a part of this kingdom. 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:38.760 I want us to see that thread through the Bible. 00:10:38.760 --> 00:10:39.800 Let's see that thread. 00:10:39.800 --> 00:10:43.480 And now God is saying, you're in that kingdom. 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:45.880 You don't have to go search looking for it. 00:10:45.880 --> 00:10:48.400 We are part of that kingdom. 00:10:48.400 --> 00:10:49.920 Now here's the thing. 00:10:49.920 --> 00:10:55.220 God's kingdom was present in Jesus's birth. 00:10:55.220 --> 00:11:03.260 It was present in his life, in his teachings, in his miracles, in all the deliverance that 00:11:03.260 --> 00:11:10.620 happened and then this kingdom was established by his death. 00:11:10.620 --> 00:11:16.860 And after Jesus's death, this kingdom was inaugurated by God by Jesus's resurrection. 00:11:16.860 --> 00:11:18.380 But here's the best part. 00:11:18.380 --> 00:11:24.220 So the kingdom came, the kingdom was established, the kingdom was inaugurated by the life of 00:11:24.300 --> 00:11:27.700 Jesus, by the death of Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus. 00:11:27.700 --> 00:11:28.840 Here's the best part. 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:34.060 Now this kingdom is always advancing by the power of the Holy Spirit through men and women 00:11:34.060 --> 00:11:36.100 like us. 00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:42.020 So the kingdom came, the kingdom is here, the kingdom was established, the kingdom was 00:11:42.020 --> 00:11:43.220 inaugurated. 00:11:43.220 --> 00:11:48.940 Now the kingdom is always advancing all the time. 00:11:48.940 --> 00:11:51.220 It ain't stopping. 00:11:51.220 --> 00:11:54.380 When we are not thinking about it, his kingdom is advancing. 00:11:54.380 --> 00:11:56.980 He is in this business. 00:11:56.980 --> 00:11:59.740 The business that God is in is this. 00:11:59.740 --> 00:12:03.420 He has a business that is always advancing. 00:12:03.420 --> 00:12:05.740 It reaches to the ends of the world. 00:12:05.740 --> 00:12:08.780 Ends of the world is maybe a different way of saying, ends of the earth. 00:12:08.780 --> 00:12:10.380 Maybe it makes a little bit more sense. 00:12:10.380 --> 00:12:13.260 It's not the end of the world yet. 00:12:13.260 --> 00:12:15.580 Ends of the earth. 00:12:15.580 --> 00:12:17.300 It reaches to the ends of the earth. 00:12:17.300 --> 00:12:20.980 It doesn't stop. 00:12:20.980 --> 00:12:28.500 And as we listen, as God is leading us this way, I want us to be so excited that we are 00:12:28.500 --> 00:12:31.580 in the grand scheme of things. 00:12:31.580 --> 00:12:34.060 We are right in the thick of it. 00:12:34.060 --> 00:12:38.900 We are in the middle of it. 00:12:38.900 --> 00:12:42.380 This kingdom is never stopping. 00:12:42.380 --> 00:12:44.380 It's always advancing. 00:12:44.380 --> 00:12:49.540 And we have a role to play. 00:12:49.540 --> 00:12:53.380 For the next 30 minutes, whatever, that's what we are going to talk about. 00:12:53.380 --> 00:12:55.100 What is it that we can do? 00:12:55.100 --> 00:12:59.340 What is expected of us in this kingdom? 00:12:59.340 --> 00:13:02.580 A few years ago when I was reading a book, I don't read many books, but one or two that 00:13:02.580 --> 00:13:06.620 I read, one of the books, when I say when I was reading a book, if you think that I've 00:13:06.620 --> 00:13:08.660 got a pile of books, I don't. 00:13:08.660 --> 00:13:11.580 I have two or three or four maybe that I've read. 00:13:11.580 --> 00:13:12.580 That's it. 00:13:12.580 --> 00:13:17.900 But in one of those books that a guy named Derek Prince wrote, it's okay. 00:13:17.900 --> 00:13:20.260 It's not me, but he wrote it. 00:13:20.260 --> 00:13:23.620 So in one of those, I was like, oh, that name looks good, so I took it. 00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:27.900 I also read, one of the other books that I've read is John's dad's book. 00:13:27.900 --> 00:13:28.900 What is his name? 00:13:28.900 --> 00:13:32.340 Derek Webb. 00:13:32.340 --> 00:13:34.580 So you know my book selection process. 00:13:34.580 --> 00:13:39.340 It's pretty easy. 00:13:39.340 --> 00:13:40.700 But that was a great book, John. 00:13:40.700 --> 00:13:43.660 That was the first book I read when I landed in Canada. 00:13:43.660 --> 00:13:46.020 You guys should read it if you haven't. 00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:53.980 So in that book, one of the things that God taught this man is, I think the conversation 00:13:53.980 --> 00:13:59.060 was more like, look at this river, that is, he's sitting at a riverbank or something. 00:13:59.060 --> 00:14:04.060 God asks him to look at this riverbank, look at this river from the banks of it. 00:14:04.060 --> 00:14:05.900 He looks at it, he sees the river. 00:14:05.900 --> 00:14:08.540 You can, we have all seen this, of course. 00:14:08.540 --> 00:14:14.180 But then God started telling him, can you imagine what's underneath the surface? 00:14:14.180 --> 00:14:15.860 You don't see it. 00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:17.220 You're not seeing it right now. 00:14:17.220 --> 00:14:19.460 You can see the river flowing, fast flowing. 00:14:19.460 --> 00:14:21.820 But can you imagine what's underneath the surface? 00:14:21.820 --> 00:14:23.660 There's so much going on. 00:14:23.660 --> 00:14:28.900 So much life, so much algae, so many things. 00:14:28.900 --> 00:14:30.180 You're not seeing it. 00:14:30.180 --> 00:14:35.260 And the analogy, if applied to what we are talking about, is right now, when we are sitting 00:14:35.260 --> 00:14:38.900 here, man, it's so easy for us to see each other. 00:14:38.900 --> 00:14:42.660 It is so easy for us to look at the monitor and the that and the this. 00:14:42.660 --> 00:14:48.860 But the greater reality is that we are sitting in the kingdom of God and his rule is here. 00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:50.400 His reign is here. 00:14:50.400 --> 00:14:52.980 That is the greatest reality of it all. 00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:57.620 So it's so easy to look at the river, not knowing what's underneath it. 00:14:57.620 --> 00:15:03.580 God, I'm telling you, is opening our eyes to this reality that you and I belong to this 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:08.860 kingdom that is ever advancing and no one can stop it. 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:10.500 We are already in it. 00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:12.020 So we are part of it. 00:15:12.020 --> 00:15:14.060 Now we've got a role to play. 00:15:14.060 --> 00:15:15.540 We better be in on it. 00:15:15.540 --> 00:15:20.540 And God has been inviting us and inviting us and inviting us over the last many months. 00:15:20.540 --> 00:15:23.340 And I am so excited because of it. 00:15:23.340 --> 00:15:26.140 Because we are right in the middle of it. 00:15:26.140 --> 00:15:28.040 We've got to be excited, guys. 00:15:28.040 --> 00:15:31.660 How can we hear this and not be excited? 00:15:31.660 --> 00:15:34.260 Is there a reason to live other than this? 00:15:34.260 --> 00:15:35.260 Exactly. 00:15:35.260 --> 00:15:36.260 No. 00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:38.700 We are right in the middle of it. 00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:47.700 I was looking up, there are about 190 something countries on the earth. 00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:56.020 Kings, presidents, prime ministers, whatever you call it. 00:15:56.020 --> 00:16:02.780 And then there is a greater reality, which is the kingdom of God, ever advancing, unstoppable 00:16:02.780 --> 00:16:03.780 in nature. 00:16:04.300 --> 00:16:10.300 And we have to be more aware of the kingdom we belong to and our role in this kingdom. 00:16:10.300 --> 00:16:22.900 We have to be more aware of this kingdom and our role in it. 00:16:22.900 --> 00:16:27.820 What is your job description or job title? 00:16:27.820 --> 00:16:28.820 Kingdom advanced. 00:16:28.820 --> 00:16:31.360 We are all kingdom advances. 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:36.600 If I were to draw this, this is how I envision it. 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:38.600 This is the kingdom. 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:44.600 We are all on the front lines. 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:45.600 Many of us. 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:48.060 It's the best drawing ever. 00:16:48.060 --> 00:16:50.200 But we are on the front lines. 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:55.480 We are on the front lines of this ever expanding kingdom. 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:56.480 So be more aware. 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:58.080 Let's be more aware. 00:16:58.080 --> 00:17:01.120 May our prayers change to, Father. 00:17:01.880 --> 00:17:06.880 As I wake up today, as I go about my day at work, at school, whatever we are doing, I 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:13.560 want to be so aware of your kingdom that is waiting, waiting, waiting to break into the 00:17:13.560 --> 00:17:15.000 lives around us. 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:16.760 It's waiting. 00:17:16.760 --> 00:17:20.200 Samara just talked about that some time ago. 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:23.460 Her life was broken into by this kingdom. 00:17:23.460 --> 00:17:25.200 And now she is sitting here. 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:28.200 Same with me, same with you. 00:17:28.280 --> 00:17:33.200 It is, it should be difficult for us to miss this. 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:38.560 This excitement, this kingdom that we are part of, where it is always advancing, waiting 00:17:38.560 --> 00:17:40.740 to break into the lives that we meet. 00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:44.720 So what we're going to look at today is how are we going to do this? 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:47.760 What are the patterns in the world that God has given us? 00:17:47.760 --> 00:17:51.760 Let's read first Philippians 3.20. 00:17:51.760 --> 00:17:53.760 Philippians 3.20. 00:17:58.200 --> 00:18:18.840 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:18:18.840 --> 00:18:20.640 Our citizenship is in heaven. 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:25.080 I was thinking about this yesterday because I want it to be as practical, as tangible 00:18:25.080 --> 00:18:26.520 as it can be. 00:18:26.520 --> 00:18:30.160 In reality, whenever someone asks me, what's your citizenship? 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:33.800 I go, India, I haven't changed it to Canada. 00:18:33.800 --> 00:18:34.800 That's my standard answer. 00:18:34.800 --> 00:18:37.280 I don't think anything else. 00:18:37.280 --> 00:18:38.280 But can I be different? 00:18:38.280 --> 00:18:40.720 I can be different. 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:43.200 We can be different. 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:45.820 My citizenship doesn't belong here. 00:18:45.820 --> 00:18:48.120 My citizenship is in heaven. 00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:52.200 And I'm here because God has sent me here to what? 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:54.120 To bear witness to the truth. 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:58.680 that Jesus said, that you and I will say. 00:18:58.680 --> 00:19:03.840 And now we have days when we say this, but man, isn't it great to live like this every 00:19:03.840 --> 00:19:06.680 day? 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:10.040 I know that all of us live like this and it happens periodically. 00:19:10.040 --> 00:19:16.840 I'm telling you, I think the invitation from God, to put it simply, is to live like this 00:19:16.840 --> 00:19:18.760 every day. 00:19:18.760 --> 00:19:19.760 Every day. 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:26.480 Waking up knowing fully well that we do not belong to Canada, that I do not belong to 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:31.800 India, that we do not belong to the nations of the earth. 00:19:31.800 --> 00:19:35.440 We belong to this kingdom. 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:39.760 That is what God is pulling our hearts towards. 00:19:39.760 --> 00:19:44.240 Let's read John chapter 17 verse 14. 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:52.400 The gospel of John chapter 17 verse 14. 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:56.440 I have given them your word and the world has hated them because they are not of the 00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:59.040 world just as I am not of the world. 00:19:59.040 --> 00:20:04.720 I have, Jesus said, I have given them your word or father and the world has hated them. 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.720 Why? 00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:08.240 Because they are not of this world. 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:13.760 Just as I am not of this world. 00:20:13.760 --> 00:20:23.200 So God's kingdom that was present in Jesus' birth, his teachings, his deliverances that 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:32.960 he gave to people, his ministry, which was then established by his death, inaugurated 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:38.560 by his resurrection, is now advancing through us. 00:20:38.560 --> 00:20:44.880 Let's look at how this power or the influence of the king can be unleashed into the present 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.880 age. 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:48.320 I don't want to look at this anymore. 00:20:48.320 --> 00:20:54.120 Looks great. 00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:59.320 So let's look at how we are going to advance this kingdom. 00:20:59.320 --> 00:21:01.960 What's the pattern that God has given us? 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:05.380 Tooni read out that verse already. 00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:14.020 Let's read Ezekiel chapter 37 verse 4. 00:21:14.020 --> 00:21:17.500 But before you start reading, here is what we are going to look at. 00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:18.900 We already read it. 00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:21.460 This is one of the passages we are so aware of. 00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:24.860 We know what happens there. 00:21:24.860 --> 00:21:25.860 Hear me out. 00:21:25.860 --> 00:21:32.980 The kingdom is advanced by announcing the things that Jesus announced and by proclaiming 00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.980 his words. 00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:37.020 That's what the entire teaching today is about. 00:21:37.020 --> 00:21:45.940 The kingdom is advanced by announcing the things that Jesus announced and by proclaiming 00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:47.740 his word. 00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:55.500 The kingdom is advanced by announcing the words that Jesus announced and by proclaiming 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:58.220 his word. 00:21:58.220 --> 00:22:00.460 So let's read Ezekiel chapter 37, 4. 00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.460 You know what? 00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.660 Let's not read it. 00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:04.780 What happens there is this. 00:22:04.780 --> 00:22:12.420 The spirit of God takes Ezekiel into the valley of bones and in the valley Ezekiel sees, it 00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:14.620 says, a valley full of bones. 00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:16.220 And here is what God does, okay? 00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:17.380 Because it's easy to miss that. 00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:21.500 God then takes Ezekiel in and around this valley. 00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:25.780 He then takes him in and around this valley and all of a sudden Ezekiel says, this valley 00:22:25.780 --> 00:22:28.140 has very many bones. 00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:35.380 What he says, a new thing that he just witnessed, it's very dry and it's very dry. 00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:37.460 How does that relate to what we are saying? 00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:46.040 The scripture that Tuni just read where God says, hey, Ezekiel prophesy this to the bones. 00:22:46.040 --> 00:22:47.420 What happens when God says it? 00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:51.820 God says prophesy this to the bones and there are two, three things that he says. 00:22:51.820 --> 00:22:55.740 He then commands Ezekiel to say the same thing. 00:22:55.740 --> 00:23:03.380 And until Ezekiel says it, the bones are not revived. 00:23:03.380 --> 00:23:09.380 When God spoke, can not the bones be revived? 00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:11.020 Absolutely can. 00:23:11.020 --> 00:23:13.020 But God chose it this way. 00:23:13.020 --> 00:23:17.260 Ezekiel, I want you to say the same things that I said. 00:23:17.260 --> 00:23:25.460 When you say the bones will be revived and then the bones come together. 00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:30.700 There is a rattling, there is a sound and then there is muscle all over it. 00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:36.020 Now there are bodies that he can see, but there is no breath. 00:23:36.020 --> 00:23:37.300 What does God do? 00:23:37.300 --> 00:23:41.580 God says again, Ezekiel prophesy to these bones. 00:23:41.580 --> 00:23:42.700 He didn't stop there. 00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:46.640 He tells exactly what Ezekiel is to prophesy. 00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:48.220 What does Ezekiel do? 00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:52.820 Ezekiel then prophesies the exact same thing that God asked him to. 00:23:52.820 --> 00:23:54.440 Obedient, word to word. 00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.440 What happens? 00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:58.340 There rises a great army. 00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:59.800 How does this kingdom expand? 00:23:59.800 --> 00:24:01.120 We'll look at more verses. 00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:02.660 How does this kingdom expand? 00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:07.920 This kingdom expands by announcing the things that Jesus announced and by proclaiming his 00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:10.100 word. 00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:17.860 This kingdom expands by announcing the things that Jesus already announced and by proclaiming 00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:19.900 his word. 00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:21.040 We look at the life of Jesus. 00:24:21.040 --> 00:24:28.080 We'll see this. 00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:36.080 You can write down a few references and then read this later. 00:24:36.080 --> 00:24:39.260 Mark chapter 141. 00:24:39.260 --> 00:24:44.360 Mark chapter 211. 00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:47.680 Matthew 8.8. 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:52.880 Matthew 8.32. 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:55.560 Mark chapter 141. 00:24:55.560 --> 00:24:58.200 Mark chapter 211. 00:24:58.200 --> 00:25:01.400 Matthew 8.8. 00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:03.880 Matthew 8.32. 00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:09.680 Because in the gospels, the more we look at it, here is what we are seeing. 00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:16.800 The kingdom of God and the ministry that Jesus worked here on earth, it was synonymous with 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:20.340 Him speaking and things happening. 00:25:20.340 --> 00:25:25.720 Because when He met the man who had leprosy, Jesus said, I am willing to heal. 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:28.080 That's all Jesus said and He was healed. 00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:34.920 When there was a lame man, Jesus said, arise and the man was not lame anymore. 00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:39.960 When the centurion sent a person to go find Jesus, here's what the centurion said. 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:45.840 I know that if you would just speak a word, He'll be healed. 00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:48.400 Speak a word. 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:49.560 Centurion already knew. 00:25:49.560 --> 00:25:57.540 It was just one word that Jesus could speak and in that word, there was healing. 00:25:57.540 --> 00:26:04.080 And when Jesus met anyone who was oppressed by the demonic, Jesus said, go and demons 00:26:04.080 --> 00:26:06.040 left. 00:26:06.040 --> 00:26:13.280 So the ministry of Jesus was synonymous with words that He spoke and events that happened 00:26:13.280 --> 00:26:15.380 after. 00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:23.700 So the ministry of Jesus was comprised of His words and then events that happened after. 00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:25.340 And what happened? 00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:26.940 Announced the presence of a new kingdom. 00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:32.380 Because think about all of the guys who were there at that time. 00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:36.600 They all read this dream of Nebuchadnezzar. 00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:38.420 That was part of the Torah. 00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.900 They knew it. 00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:41.780 But then all of a sudden, Jesus is coming. 00:26:41.780 --> 00:26:43.180 He's entering the scene. 00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:45.540 And as He speaks, things are changing. 00:26:45.540 --> 00:26:47.400 People are getting healed. 00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:49.060 Everything is changing. 00:26:49.060 --> 00:26:53.720 I know some of them did not believe, but many of them believed. 00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:55.540 What a change. 00:26:55.540 --> 00:27:03.740 And the song that Remy sang is not the world waiting. 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:06.540 It's not creation groaning. 00:27:06.540 --> 00:27:08.400 It is. 00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:12.400 It is. 00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:14.520 And we all believe that. 00:27:14.520 --> 00:27:17.440 I know we all believe what we are hearing. 00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:19.600 That we are part of the kingdom. 00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:22.260 That God is fully in us. 00:27:22.260 --> 00:27:25.920 But now God is saying, come on guys, I've got something greater for you. 00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:28.040 I said that in my word. 00:27:28.040 --> 00:27:33.840 That when you do things in my name, you will do greater things than I did. 00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:36.360 Because I'm leaving that legacy for you. 00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:38.000 I want you to do it. 00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:39.440 Little flock. 00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:43.120 This kingdom of God, it's yours. 00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:48.240 Somewhere in Luke it says that. 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:53.440 So Ababai, we hear what you're saying. 00:27:53.440 --> 00:28:00.720 That we are to announce what you have already announced. 00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:03.880 And I don't mind repeating this a hundred times today. 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:07.440 Because this is what you have for us. 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:12.440 That we will announce what you have already announced. 00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:15.720 And we will proclaim your word. 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:24.640 And in us doing that, you're saying you will do what needs to happen. 00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:30.120 Ababai, pray for a quickening of my mind and our minds. 00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:36.960 That we take this truth and we apply this in our lives. 00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:40.920 Because we desperately need it Aba. 00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:44.520 We desperately need this father. 00:28:44.520 --> 00:28:46.920 We want to see. 00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:49.640 We want to see your kingdom expanding. 00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:51.400 We want to be part of that. 00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:53.920 We want to be partners with you. 00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:58.920 Although that diagram was bad, or whatever you call it, the drawing was bad. 00:28:58.920 --> 00:29:05.240 Aba, we are frontline workers. 00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:08.680 Our father's business is frontline. 00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:10.360 Ever expanding. 00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:11.360 Ever growing. 00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:20.480 Ever advancing kingdom that we get to be a part of. 00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:24.320 Let's read this verse because Ezekiel chapter 37 is good. 00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:29.040 Let's look at another verse where Jesus actually says this. 00:29:29.040 --> 00:29:31.560 Jesus lays out this pattern. 00:29:31.560 --> 00:29:34.680 Matthew chapter 10, 7 and 8. 00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:45.280 It says, And proclaim as you go, Jesus said, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 00:29:45.280 --> 00:29:50.320 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. 00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:53.920 You received without a doubt the power of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:29:53.920 --> 00:30:00.040 And you are the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who 00:30:00.040 --> 00:30:04.480 is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one 00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:06.240 keep without paying, keep without pay. 00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.820 So Jesus is saying these very words. 00:30:07.820 --> 00:30:12.940 He's saying when you go, he doesn't say go cast out demons, clean the lepers, raise the 00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.940 dead. 00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:15.520 He says when you go, listen to this. 00:30:15.520 --> 00:30:17.660 The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:19.480 Proclaim this. 00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:22.480 Proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:27.220 Tell them that there is a kingdom coming and that this kingdom is already here. 00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:29.220 Proclaim that. 00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:30.320 Proclaim that the kingdom is here. 00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:31.320 It's near. 00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:34.440 John the Baptist said, it's near, it's near, it's near. 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.840 Jesus said, it's here. 00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:39.300 Who wrote Hebrews? 00:30:39.300 --> 00:30:41.780 They wrote, thank you, we have received it. 00:30:41.780 --> 00:30:44.260 And now when we meet people, we say, 00:30:44.260 --> 00:30:47.760 this kingdom is here, this kingdom is here. 00:30:47.760 --> 00:30:48.680 That's what Jesus said. 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:51.420 That's the pattern he laid out for us. 00:30:52.560 --> 00:30:55.280 That we are to announce everything he announced, 00:30:55.280 --> 00:30:57.240 that we are to proclaim his words. 00:30:57.240 --> 00:31:00.280 And so he says, say this, 00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:02.960 the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:06.800 Then heal the sick, raise the dead, 00:31:06.800 --> 00:31:09.380 cleanse lepers, cast out demons. 00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:14.380 Because you received without paying, give without pay. 00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:18.440 So we have to notice the connection 00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:21.060 between the word and the event. 00:31:21.060 --> 00:31:24.560 The word proclaim and then events following. 00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:27.320 We have to. 00:31:27.320 --> 00:31:29.520 And I pray that in our hearts, 00:31:29.560 --> 00:31:32.320 God does the work that he wants to do 00:31:32.320 --> 00:31:35.040 so that we became a church, 00:31:35.040 --> 00:31:38.460 a people who always proclaims. 00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:40.340 We never doubt it. 00:31:40.340 --> 00:31:43.240 We never will stay away from it. 00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:45.280 We will never withdraw from it. 00:31:45.280 --> 00:31:48.080 Because proclamation is part of the game. 00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.760 We have to. 00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:54.840 So we proclaim, we open our mouths 00:31:54.840 --> 00:31:56.900 and we proclaim what he is saying. 00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:59.120 What are we proclaiming? 00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:02.280 We are proclaiming that the kingdom is here. 00:32:02.280 --> 00:32:03.840 What does the proclamation do? 00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:06.440 It unleashes a demonstration of healing, 00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:09.020 raising, cleansing and driving out. 00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:13.420 So we proclaim that the kingdom is here. 00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:17.000 And the proclamation unleashes the kingdom. 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:19.180 Unleashes a demonstration of healing 00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:21.440 and raising and cleansing and driving out. 00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:26.200 We announce the power of the king. 00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:27.780 Results in works of God. 00:32:29.120 --> 00:32:33.280 See, I want to go back to what Samar did today. 00:32:33.280 --> 00:32:35.560 Because I do feel and believe 00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:39.300 that God is teaching us stuff. 00:32:39.300 --> 00:32:40.280 She proclaimed. 00:32:41.280 --> 00:32:44.200 She said, here is what I believe. 00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:47.560 Here is what I believe. 00:32:47.560 --> 00:32:49.280 And sometimes we don't acknowledge 00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:53.600 how much the other person needs to hear it. 00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:58.360 One of the things that I am so confident of 00:32:58.360 --> 00:33:01.480 is that the world is so much broken 00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:03.520 than we think it is. 00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:14.680 There are people who are waiting to hear these words. 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:20.480 We met a person a few weeks ago. 00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:23.600 We met a person a few weeks ago. 00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.960 I'm sharing it just to 00:33:27.800 --> 00:33:30.560 help us see that these real lives 00:33:30.560 --> 00:33:32.480 that we are surrounded with, 00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:34.600 real lives where they're looking for help. 00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:38.160 We met a person, Mark, Pawan, Bishop. 00:33:39.760 --> 00:33:41.760 In this particular person, 00:33:41.760 --> 00:33:43.500 the thing he said is, 00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:45.800 I cannot live in an apartment. 00:33:45.800 --> 00:33:48.880 I have money, but I don't want to. 00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:53.360 Because my relationships all were broken. 00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:55.920 And my children have been taken away from me. 00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:59.700 I just can't live in an apartment anymore. 00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:01.280 So I'm here. 00:34:01.280 --> 00:34:02.880 I just can't live there. 00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:03.900 I'm depressed. 00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:07.280 I'm walking the streets. 00:34:07.280 --> 00:34:09.240 And now I have little money here and there. 00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:12.840 And because I need to spend time doing something, 00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:15.760 I'm gonna be fixing this bike. 00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:17.840 Because I need to put my mind to something. 00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:19.200 Otherwise I'll go crazy. 00:34:26.160 --> 00:34:29.360 The world is so broken 00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:31.000 that we sometimes may think, 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:33.200 oh man, what happens if I share it? 00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:34.280 Will the person like? 00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:35.320 How will it look like? 00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:39.080 I'm telling you, creation is groaning. 00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:42.880 The outward picture may be different, 00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:46.840 but the word says that the creation is groaning. 00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:49.760 And therefore, you and I begin to speak 00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:51.840 everything that he already announced. 00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:54.260 Because he chooses to do it through us. 00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:56.800 Can he not expand his kingdom in one day like that? 00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.640 He can. 00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:02.340 But he chooses to do it through us. 00:35:05.160 --> 00:35:08.160 The only reason I shared that story is just because of this. 00:35:11.160 --> 00:35:13.240 Think of the need there. 00:35:15.040 --> 00:35:16.740 How people are waiting. 00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:22.840 For the Prince of Peace to appear through our lives. 00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:26.760 We know so much. 00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:28.400 We've been given so much. 00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:30.400 We live it. 00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:34.520 And one thing I want to break today 00:35:34.520 --> 00:35:37.200 is if any of us ever think that, 00:35:37.200 --> 00:35:39.000 you know what, how will people think? 00:35:40.080 --> 00:35:43.200 Let's tear it apart and throw it aside 00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:46.380 because there are a million people waiting to hear this. 00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:49.300 They're saying, come, please come, please come. 00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:50.180 Please come. 00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:52.420 Please come. 00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:54.360 I want to hear this. 00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:55.820 I want us to think like that. 00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:58.820 I think over and over again, there is this thing that, 00:35:58.820 --> 00:36:01.340 oh, you know, there are so many people out there 00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.980 and these people may not be, 00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:05.260 there are people that we meet who are resisting. 00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:06.240 That's okay. 00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:08.700 There are more people who are just waiting. 00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:09.900 Let's talk about that. 00:36:13.160 --> 00:36:15.140 And we go wherever we ascend. 00:36:15.140 --> 00:36:19.220 We go wherever we ascend to a person who is resisting 00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:22.420 because God is the one who does the work. 00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:26.620 I am only asked to go say what he said. 00:36:26.620 --> 00:36:29.800 And then he said he will do the rest. 00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:31.020 I'm not creating it. 00:36:31.020 --> 00:36:32.020 We can't create it. 00:36:32.020 --> 00:36:33.360 We can't manufacture it. 00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.580 It starts in God. 00:36:34.580 --> 00:36:35.620 It ends in God. 00:36:41.060 --> 00:36:43.480 So is that it? 00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:49.400 Proclamation and everything else, that's it? 00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:51.760 No, I was thinking about this yesterday 00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:55.320 because one of the things that, for me, 00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:58.520 has been helpful when I was going through these notes 00:36:58.520 --> 00:37:00.940 is for whatever reason, 00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:09.220 it is easy to think that proclamation is speaking the words. 00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:12.720 It's just natural to think like that. 00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:13.560 What is proclamation? 00:37:13.560 --> 00:37:15.400 Proclamation is speaking his words. 00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:20.960 But no, proclamation is not speaking his words. 00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:22.620 Proclamation is first. 00:37:25.160 --> 00:37:26.480 There are three parts to this. 00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.380 It's first, 00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:32.880 seeing the invisible. 00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:39.120 Two, believing. 00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:47.920 In the power of God and his nature. 00:37:54.720 --> 00:37:57.720 And see, then speaking his words. 00:38:03.760 --> 00:38:07.480 Proclamation is not equal to speaking. 00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:12.960 Proclamation is first seeing the invisible, 00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:14.760 seeing what's actually happening. 00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:18.500 And then believing in the nature of God, 00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:22.200 the power of God, and then speaking. 00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:24.020 It makes a big difference. 00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:29.320 Proclamation is not, because we have been so, 00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:32.880 we grew up in Christianity, some of us, 00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:36.640 we've heard these verses, these things for so many times, 00:38:36.680 --> 00:38:39.440 it's so easy for us to say, you know, Remy, 00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.640 Jesus loves you. 00:38:42.820 --> 00:38:43.660 So easy. 00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:47.840 So easy to say, Jesus will heal you. 00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:49.160 I know Jesus will heal you. 00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:53.840 I'm telling you, God is saying, come on guys, 00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:55.720 there is something deeper here. 00:38:55.720 --> 00:38:59.800 Before I go and meet Remy, look at him and know this, 00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:02.480 there is a kingdom right here, 00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:05.320 waiting to break into Remy's life. 00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:08.640 It's waiting, see it, see this kingdom. 00:39:08.640 --> 00:39:13.640 Number two, believe what I want to be to Remy. 00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:15.260 I want to be a father to Remy. 00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:16.560 I want to protect Remy. 00:39:16.560 --> 00:39:18.040 I want to be everything for him. 00:39:18.040 --> 00:39:20.080 Believe it, believe in my power 00:39:20.080 --> 00:39:22.160 that it will break everything. 00:39:22.160 --> 00:39:23.920 Let's go back to what Daniel saw. 00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:29.920 This stone that is not carved out by human hands 00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:32.480 will go strike the statue, this image, 00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:35.200 whatever you call it, and it will break in pieces 00:39:36.080 --> 00:39:37.400 everything that is there. 00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:39.600 And the stone will become a great mountain. 00:39:39.600 --> 00:39:40.840 What's the stone? 00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:44.640 My words, the kingdom words, 00:39:44.640 --> 00:39:47.840 has the power deposited by God 00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:50.240 to break that needs to be broken 00:39:50.240 --> 00:39:52.780 so that Remy can be restored. 00:39:54.220 --> 00:39:56.020 So it's not just speaking. 00:39:57.260 --> 00:40:01.540 It is seeing what's happening, seeing the invisible, 00:40:01.540 --> 00:40:05.260 then believing in God, his power, his character, 00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:08.900 so sure and certain that God loves him. 00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:10.780 These are not words anymore. 00:40:12.060 --> 00:40:15.120 These are words with so much power 00:40:15.120 --> 00:40:19.900 because God put it all together and they travel fast. 00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:24.900 And God's word says these words will destroy, 00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:30.780 will break in pieces that which stands against it. 00:40:31.540 --> 00:40:36.540 In Matthew chapter 13, Jesus says these words. 00:40:39.180 --> 00:40:42.300 So Jesus is the king of this kingdom. 00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:43.760 He's the one who is ruling. 00:40:45.220 --> 00:40:49.700 We are his people, his sons, his daughters. 00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:50.700 He's the king. 00:40:53.860 --> 00:40:56.660 In Matthew chapter 13, you can read this later. 00:40:56.660 --> 00:40:59.940 It's parable after parable after parable 00:41:00.580 --> 00:41:02.500 talks about the kingdom of God. 00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:05.660 But there is one parable I want us to look at today. 00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:09.100 And it is the parable of the mustard seed. 00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:15.020 Here is what Jesus, who is the ruler of this kingdom, 00:41:15.020 --> 00:41:18.500 the mighty king, he is saying, 00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:22.720 guys, my kingdom is like a mustard seed. 00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:27.720 Can Jesus not find a different way of explaining this? 00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:34.840 My kingdom, actually because I don't know mustard seed, 00:41:34.840 --> 00:41:37.840 I had to go, I went to my kitchen and I took it, 00:41:38.720 --> 00:41:40.040 put it in my hands. 00:41:40.040 --> 00:41:43.040 Jesus said, it's like a mustard seed. 00:41:47.120 --> 00:41:48.400 But then Jesus said, 00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:53.400 this mustard seed will go into the soil. 00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:58.320 And this mustard seed, the smallest of seeds 00:41:58.320 --> 00:42:00.720 becomes the largest of trees. 00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:06.800 The smallest of seeds becomes the largest of trees. 00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:09.840 And then Jesus says, 00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:14.680 if you are the king of this kingdom, 00:42:14.720 --> 00:42:16.580 and then Jesus says, 00:42:18.640 --> 00:42:19.560 birds will come. 00:42:20.660 --> 00:42:23.700 They will lay nest in these trees. 00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:28.000 Jesus, the ruler of this kingdom, 00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:32.400 equates his kingdom to a small mustard seed, 00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:35.640 which then grows into this big tree. 00:42:37.680 --> 00:42:42.520 Starts with simple, ordinary people like us, 00:42:42.520 --> 00:42:46.160 speaking simple words, but not just speaking, 00:42:46.160 --> 00:42:47.760 seeing the invisible, 00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:50.240 then believing in the power of God and his nature, 00:42:50.240 --> 00:42:51.600 and then speaking, 00:42:52.560 --> 00:42:56.520 so that these words will go break that needs to be broken. 00:42:58.740 --> 00:43:02.220 I had this for two, three years, it's in my house. 00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:05.240 When you look at this, 00:43:05.240 --> 00:43:10.240 smallest of seeds become the largest of trees. 00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:13.200 Jesus's words. 00:43:21.240 --> 00:43:25.360 So many analogies in the word, so many. 00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:30.160 David Goliath, one stone. 00:43:34.080 --> 00:43:37.420 Nirmakar Mesa's dream, one small stone. 00:43:41.160 --> 00:43:43.400 God has given us what we need. 00:43:50.160 --> 00:43:54.600 So before we proclaim, faith has to proceed. 00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:59.520 Faith precedes proclamation. 00:43:59.520 --> 00:44:02.880 Faith precedes proclamation. 00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:05.920 Faith precedes proclamation. 00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:08.680 Faith precedes proclamation. 00:44:11.240 --> 00:44:14.920 Faith is entering into what God wants to do, 00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:16.760 and it's an embrace of his action. 00:44:18.600 --> 00:44:22.800 You're already seeing what God wants to do. 00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:24.600 You're entering into it already 00:44:24.600 --> 00:44:26.400 while you're talking with the person. 00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:30.160 And you're embracing what God has for them. 00:44:31.120 --> 00:44:33.560 You're in it already, you've seen it, you're in it, 00:44:33.560 --> 00:44:35.280 now it just needs to happen. 00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:37.600 Who does that? God does that anyway. 00:44:37.600 --> 00:44:39.280 We don't have to work hard at it. 00:44:39.320 --> 00:44:41.320 That's the thing that he has guaranteed. 00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:42.160 He will do it. 00:44:45.240 --> 00:44:47.400 A few days ago when we were sitting down, 00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:49.400 we asked this question to each other. 00:44:49.400 --> 00:44:51.800 What are we expecting from God? 00:44:51.800 --> 00:44:52.640 And so, 00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:58.040 Pawan said something, Mark said something, 00:44:58.040 --> 00:44:59.200 I said something. 00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:01.640 All really good answers. 00:45:01.640 --> 00:45:03.440 And then it was James' turn. 00:45:05.400 --> 00:45:06.880 And he said, you know what? 00:45:09.560 --> 00:45:11.600 I know the answer to this. 00:45:11.600 --> 00:45:16.200 A few days ago, I was walking by and I saw a billboard. 00:45:16.200 --> 00:45:19.320 And on this billboard it said, expect a lot. 00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:23.760 My answer was so Christian-ese, Mark and Pawan's, 00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:25.880 they were all Christian-ese answers. 00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:28.120 You're expecting this, we're expecting this, 00:45:28.120 --> 00:45:29.840 we're expecting that. 00:45:29.840 --> 00:45:32.080 And James said, I'm expecting a lot. 00:45:33.800 --> 00:45:35.280 Was the best answer. 00:45:36.640 --> 00:45:38.120 Expecting a lot. 00:45:39.080 --> 00:45:40.560 What do you expect? 00:45:40.560 --> 00:45:42.040 I expect a lot. 00:45:42.040 --> 00:45:43.680 Let's expect a lot. 00:45:45.560 --> 00:45:47.400 Because God is big. 00:45:48.960 --> 00:45:52.840 The largeness of the kingdom in and through our life 00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:55.000 depends on 00:45:57.480 --> 00:45:59.720 our understanding of God 00:45:59.720 --> 00:46:03.640 and what we believe he is to be in this situation. 00:46:03.640 --> 00:46:07.440 That determines the largeness of the kingdom 00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:10.360 through my life and in my life. 00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:14.200 So the more I am open to this bigness of God, 00:46:14.200 --> 00:46:18.720 that he is God, he can do anything. 00:46:18.720 --> 00:46:20.480 He can break any chain. 00:46:21.680 --> 00:46:23.000 And while I'm saying this, 00:46:23.920 --> 00:46:26.080 I don't want us to think that we are negating 00:46:26.080 --> 00:46:27.640 all of the problems. 00:46:27.640 --> 00:46:28.480 We're not. 00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:30.720 We're looking at them and we're saying, 00:46:30.720 --> 00:46:33.960 our God is greater and bigger and stronger. 00:46:35.080 --> 00:46:36.400 He is. 00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:37.520 That's who he is. 00:46:40.920 --> 00:46:42.000 Expect a lot. 00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:48.480 So the question is not how I am feeling. 00:46:48.480 --> 00:46:51.920 The question is, what is the proclamation of my heart faith? 00:46:52.800 --> 00:46:54.560 My heart faith. 00:46:54.560 --> 00:46:59.400 What does my mind and my heart and my spirit believe? 00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:03.240 Love your God with all your heart, 00:47:03.240 --> 00:47:05.880 with all your mind, 00:47:05.880 --> 00:47:07.200 with all your strength. 00:47:08.280 --> 00:47:13.280 What does my heart and my mind and my spirit believe? 00:47:16.120 --> 00:47:17.720 That is the difference. 00:47:19.520 --> 00:47:22.120 Then the words that we speak, 00:47:22.120 --> 00:47:23.880 it has so much potency. 00:47:23.880 --> 00:47:24.960 It comes from God. 00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:26.640 God does what needs to happen. 00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:33.760 So Jesus expects us to therefore make the same announcement 00:47:33.760 --> 00:47:35.840 that the kingdom is here. 00:47:36.800 --> 00:47:38.440 When we meet people, the kingdom is here. 00:47:39.320 --> 00:47:43.200 When we do that, the Holy Spirit will disclose his gifts, 00:47:44.280 --> 00:47:48.280 his gifts of healing, his gifts of word of knowledge, 00:47:48.280 --> 00:47:53.160 his gifts of prophecy, his gift of healing. 00:47:53.160 --> 00:47:55.800 When I do what God has asked me to do, 00:47:55.800 --> 00:47:59.040 then the Holy Spirit will disclose his gifts. 00:47:59.040 --> 00:48:02.040 And that's great, because as someone said, 00:48:02.040 --> 00:48:03.720 we don't have to work at that. 00:48:04.760 --> 00:48:06.960 He is powerful and able. 00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:08.760 He will disclose it. 00:48:09.720 --> 00:48:12.680 We just need to be ready for him to use us. 00:48:17.720 --> 00:48:20.720 Because sometimes what happens is we look at our own lives 00:48:20.720 --> 00:48:24.120 and go, I'm not great at this, I'm not great at that. 00:48:24.120 --> 00:48:25.560 I'm not great at that. 00:48:25.560 --> 00:48:26.960 I'm not great at that. 00:48:26.960 --> 00:48:29.640 I'm not great at this, I'm not great at that. 00:48:29.640 --> 00:48:32.880 Wow, the only, the thing that the gospel makes 00:48:32.880 --> 00:48:37.880 so very much evident is that it is not about our greatness 00:48:37.880 --> 00:48:41.240 or our smallness, it is only about his greatness. 00:48:42.320 --> 00:48:46.960 And that frees us, absolutely frees us. 00:48:52.080 --> 00:48:54.560 I want to read something, because a few years ago, 00:48:54.560 --> 00:48:59.560 Jacob read out, wrote out the gospel, 00:48:59.680 --> 00:49:01.720 meaning for us to, when we meet people, 00:49:01.720 --> 00:49:04.080 how to share this with others. 00:49:05.360 --> 00:49:07.640 And I'm going to first pull it up. 00:49:10.040 --> 00:49:10.880 I want to read it. 00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:12.160 If you can write it down. 00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:15.040 I wrote it down at the back of my Bible 00:49:15.040 --> 00:49:18.120 when Jacob preached on this a few years ago. 00:49:19.240 --> 00:49:24.080 Because we have to be always ready, always ready to speak. 00:49:25.200 --> 00:49:26.560 So write it down if you can. 00:49:26.560 --> 00:49:29.040 I'm sure you have it in your notes already somewhere, 00:49:29.040 --> 00:49:30.880 but write it down. 00:49:30.880 --> 00:49:32.000 Here is the gospel. 00:49:33.000 --> 00:49:38.000 Jesus the creator came to the earth as man. 00:49:38.320 --> 00:49:39.640 Jesus the creator. 00:49:39.640 --> 00:49:41.960 So think of it as you're writing this down, 00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:45.080 think of it as you are communicating this to someone else. 00:49:46.120 --> 00:49:51.120 Jesus the creator came to earth as man. 00:49:55.120 --> 00:50:00.120 Point number two, he came to inaugurate a new kingdom. 00:50:02.880 --> 00:50:06.360 He came to inaugurate a new kingdom. 00:50:09.240 --> 00:50:13.080 You see the kingdom, the kingdom, the new kingdom. 00:50:14.040 --> 00:50:16.520 That's what we have been asked to talk about. 00:50:16.520 --> 00:50:19.080 The kingdom is here, the kingdom is here, 00:50:19.080 --> 00:50:20.960 the kingdom is here, a new kingdom is here. 00:50:20.960 --> 00:50:23.240 Let me tell you about this kingdom. 00:50:23.240 --> 00:50:28.240 Number three, that all religions, institutions, 00:50:28.560 --> 00:50:31.440 philosophies and nations will pass. 00:50:34.320 --> 00:50:39.320 Daniel chapter two, that all religions, institutions, 00:50:40.560 --> 00:50:43.400 philosophies and nations will pass, 00:50:43.400 --> 00:50:47.360 but God's kingdom is forever, forever. 00:50:47.880 --> 00:50:52.880 Number four, God is therefore inviting you 00:50:54.480 --> 00:50:55.320 into this kingdom. 00:50:56.320 --> 00:50:59.560 God is inviting you into this kingdom. 00:51:00.040 --> 00:51:03.000 Number five, okay, sorry Diana. 00:51:06.000 --> 00:51:07.840 For whatever reason, as I said it, 00:51:07.840 --> 00:51:09.320 I knew something was coming. 00:51:12.880 --> 00:51:14.280 Okay, shall I read four again? 00:51:14.280 --> 00:51:15.280 Three as well? 00:51:15.280 --> 00:51:18.280 Sorry guys, let's go slow. 00:51:18.280 --> 00:51:19.120 Okay. 00:51:19.120 --> 00:51:24.120 Number three, that all religions, institutions, 00:51:25.720 --> 00:51:30.720 philosophies and nations will pass, 00:51:32.960 --> 00:51:35.280 but God's kingdom is forever. 00:51:36.120 --> 00:51:39.120 Number four, God is inviting you into the kingdom. 00:51:41.120 --> 00:51:43.880 God is inviting you into the kingdom. 00:51:46.320 --> 00:51:49.320 Number five, to enter this kingdom, 00:51:53.320 --> 00:51:55.920 God is inviting you into the kingdom. 00:51:57.920 --> 00:52:01.920 Number four, that all religions, institutions, 00:52:01.920 --> 00:52:04.720 philosophies and nations will pass, 00:52:05.360 --> 00:52:09.720 acknowledge that you have fallen short of his standards. 00:52:12.440 --> 00:52:16.240 To enter this kingdom, acknowledge that you have fallen 00:52:16.240 --> 00:52:18.000 short of his standards. 00:52:21.240 --> 00:52:25.240 We, you, are therefore sinners. 00:52:25.440 --> 00:52:30.440 Number six, okay, okay, acknowledge that you have fallen 00:52:41.640 --> 00:52:46.640 short of his standards, and therefore sinners. 00:52:55.760 --> 00:53:00.760 Number six, Jesus died for me, an act of love to save me 00:53:08.960 --> 00:53:11.480 from eternal death. 00:53:11.480 --> 00:53:16.480 Jesus died for me to save me from eternal death. 00:53:25.240 --> 00:53:30.240 He was buried, and he rose again. 00:53:32.840 --> 00:53:34.720 I'll read six and seven again. 00:53:34.720 --> 00:53:38.960 Jesus died for me, that was an act of love 00:53:38.960 --> 00:53:41.720 to save me from eternal death. 00:53:43.760 --> 00:53:47.600 Number seven, Jesus was buried, and he rose again. 00:53:49.720 --> 00:53:54.720 And last point, number eight, Jesus is seated in heaven 00:53:56.120 --> 00:54:00.120 at the right hand of the father, 00:54:02.560 --> 00:54:06.560 and he will return to judge the world. 00:54:10.400 --> 00:54:13.240 Number eight, he is seated in heaven 00:54:16.600 --> 00:54:19.560 at the right hand of the father, 00:54:19.560 --> 00:54:22.560 and he will return to earth to judge the world. 00:54:24.440 --> 00:54:27.440 And will return to earth to judge the world. 00:54:34.520 --> 00:54:36.720 A couple more points and then we are done. 00:54:45.760 --> 00:54:48.400 So really what we are reenacting, 00:54:48.400 --> 00:54:53.200 what we are doing is reenacting Jesus' ministry on earth. 00:54:53.200 --> 00:54:55.680 That's what we are doing, that's what we are doing, 00:54:55.680 --> 00:54:58.000 reenacting Jesus' ministry. 00:55:01.280 --> 00:55:04.920 And when we meet with people, we can tell them 00:55:04.920 --> 00:55:08.120 that because of Jesus' ascension, 00:55:08.120 --> 00:55:11.000 he is absolute Lord and King, 00:55:13.320 --> 00:55:18.120 and that he hears their cries. 00:55:19.400 --> 00:55:24.400 And that he can defeat the oppressor. 00:55:31.400 --> 00:55:34.200 The oppressor is actually already defeated, 00:55:34.200 --> 00:55:38.400 but now that becomes a reality in the person's life. 00:55:40.880 --> 00:55:44.600 Bringing total deliverance through battle. 00:55:45.600 --> 00:55:48.200 He is against the oppressor, 00:55:48.200 --> 00:55:51.200 and he brings total deliverance through battle. 00:55:55.000 --> 00:55:57.600 You can tell them that Jesus is present, 00:55:59.320 --> 00:56:03.600 and that his presence always means increasing freedom. 00:56:06.600 --> 00:56:09.800 That his presence always means increasing freedom. 00:56:15.600 --> 00:56:16.800 We'll stop at one, guys, 00:56:16.800 --> 00:56:19.000 but there's one more thing I want us to do today. 00:56:21.000 --> 00:56:23.200 We need to speak. 00:56:24.800 --> 00:56:28.800 We need to proclaim based on what we believe. 00:56:30.200 --> 00:56:32.800 But before that, as a church, let's respond, 00:56:32.800 --> 00:56:36.400 but before that, the proclamation of the kingdom 00:56:36.400 --> 00:56:40.000 should come from a place of strength and assurance 00:56:40.000 --> 00:56:41.600 when we proclaim. 00:56:41.600 --> 00:56:45.400 It has to come from a place of strength and assurance. 00:56:48.200 --> 00:56:50.600 Because this message that we are talking about, 00:56:50.600 --> 00:56:54.800 this kingdom message, it's about power and authority. 00:56:56.600 --> 00:56:58.000 It's the power of God. 00:57:00.000 --> 00:57:06.000 But the authority, it is based on our responsibility 00:57:06.000 --> 00:57:07.000 before God. 00:57:07.000 --> 00:57:10.400 So the more I am responsible before God, 00:57:10.400 --> 00:57:16.400 the more authority I have in my walking with God. 00:57:17.800 --> 00:57:20.400 I always think of it this way. 00:57:20.400 --> 00:57:25.400 When Jesus came up from the water after baptism, 00:57:25.400 --> 00:57:28.800 it says that the Holy Spirit came down upon him. 00:57:28.800 --> 00:57:32.600 And I picture that every time Jesus walked, 00:57:32.600 --> 00:57:35.600 he walked in a way that he was not afraid of, 00:57:35.600 --> 00:57:38.400 but he walked in a way that was responsible 00:57:40.800 --> 00:57:41.800 before the Father. 00:57:44.800 --> 00:57:47.400 The Holy Spirit always with him. 00:57:49.800 --> 00:57:53.400 Always with him, always responsible, always aware, 00:57:53.400 --> 00:57:56.000 regardless of where we end up. 00:57:57.000 --> 00:57:58.600 I have to say this. 00:57:59.600 --> 00:58:03.400 Yesterday, okay, I don't want this to sound weird, 00:58:03.400 --> 00:58:04.600 but I need to say this. 00:58:06.600 --> 00:58:10.200 For the most part, it's very difficult to irritate me. 00:58:10.200 --> 00:58:11.400 It's very difficult. 00:58:11.400 --> 00:58:12.600 Ask my brother, he'll tell. 00:58:12.600 --> 00:58:14.800 For the most part, it's difficult to irritate me. 00:58:16.600 --> 00:58:18.800 Yesterday, there was a situation that came up. 00:58:18.800 --> 00:58:19.800 I got irritated. 00:58:21.800 --> 00:58:23.200 Got pretty irritated with it. 00:58:24.800 --> 00:58:27.200 And then I'm thinking to myself, 00:58:27.200 --> 00:58:29.400 you know all this. 00:58:29.400 --> 00:58:32.000 You don't need to be this irritated. 00:58:32.000 --> 00:58:34.600 And then I have to tell myself, it's okay. 00:58:34.600 --> 00:58:35.600 I start again. 00:58:36.800 --> 00:58:38.600 I start again, right there, right now. 00:58:38.600 --> 00:58:39.400 I start again. 00:58:41.000 --> 00:58:46.000 So our problems or the limitations that we have, 00:58:48.000 --> 00:58:50.000 no, it will change. 00:58:50.000 --> 00:58:52.400 Next time, same situation, I'll be better. 00:58:53.800 --> 00:58:54.600 I'll be better. 00:58:58.000 --> 00:58:58.800 Don't, he's laughing. 00:58:58.800 --> 00:58:59.600 Don't do. 00:59:05.200 --> 00:59:06.600 Xavier is also laughing. 00:59:06.600 --> 00:59:07.400 Don't do. 00:59:10.200 --> 00:59:11.600 I'll be better. 00:59:11.600 --> 00:59:12.800 We'll be better. 00:59:12.800 --> 00:59:17.000 So this is about the power of God and the authority, 00:59:17.000 --> 00:59:22.600 which is determined by how much responsible are we before God. 00:59:22.600 --> 00:59:24.800 And let's pick ourselves up and do it again, 00:59:24.800 --> 00:59:27.200 and do it again, and do it again. 00:59:27.200 --> 00:59:28.400 We're only getting better. 00:59:30.400 --> 00:59:33.000 From faith to faith, from strength to strength. 00:59:35.600 --> 00:59:42.000 The last verse is Luke chapter 12 32. 00:59:42.000 --> 00:59:45.600 Luke chapter 12 32. 00:59:45.600 --> 00:59:50.200 Do not be afraid, little flock, 00:59:50.200 --> 00:59:54.200 for your father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom. 00:59:54.200 --> 00:59:59.400 For your father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom. 01:00:05.600 --> 01:00:08.200 So I want us to respond to this. 01:00:08.200 --> 01:00:15.600 I don't know how, but we know that this is the direction that God has for us. 01:00:15.600 --> 01:00:19.600 We talked about words, seeing the invisible, 01:00:19.600 --> 01:00:22.800 believing in the power of God, his nature, speaking his words. 01:00:22.800 --> 01:00:26.200 We talked about how this kingdom is always advancing. 01:00:26.200 --> 01:00:30.000 We are frontline workers doing the father's business. 01:00:30.000 --> 01:00:31.600 He gives us words. 01:00:31.600 --> 01:00:33.800 We announce what he has already announced. 01:00:34.000 --> 01:00:35.600 His kingdom is here. 01:00:35.600 --> 01:00:39.900 We talk to people about his kingdom and his works will follow. 01:00:39.900 --> 01:00:41.800 We walk responsibly. 01:00:41.800 --> 01:00:43.400 There is power and authority. 01:00:44.800 --> 01:00:51.100 And we, that song that Ramey sang, the creation is waiting. 01:00:51.100 --> 01:00:52.400 It's groaning. 01:00:52.400 --> 01:00:54.400 So let's speak to our cities.