WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: Unprecedented Living: Abundance Publishing Date: 2009-05-10T06:00:44-07:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/unprecedented-living-abundance/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.260 Oh, we got this new machine. If you haven't seen it, it's behind that green thing. It's making copies even as we speak, right Tina? 00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:09.680 Yeah 00:00:10.720 --> 00:00:15.080 No, and so unprecedented living we're going to talk about abundance and 00:00:17.560 --> 00:00:25.280 Abundance as in life more abundant. So if you want to turn to John 1010, last week we spoke about 00:00:25.360 --> 00:00:28.720 The appearance of Melchizedek you can get those 00:00:29.560 --> 00:00:35.080 CDs from Tino later, but today we talk about life more abundant John 1010 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:38.200 John 1010 00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:41.680 And we'll probably be doing this again 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:47.040 We'll be continuing on abundance next week because abundance applies to different areas of our life. So 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:52.360 Today we take one aspect of abundance John 1010 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:55.240 John 1010 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:00.520 And here's what it says I know this is a very famous scripture 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:04.560 it says in John 1010 that the thief comes to 00:01:04.960 --> 00:01:09.760 thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy I have come that they may have life and 00:01:10.880 --> 00:01:15.800 Some versions say life more abundant and I we says have it to the full. I'm gonna go with the 00:01:16.600 --> 00:01:18.600 new King James which says 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:23.640 He and he came so that they may have life and have it have life more 00:01:24.440 --> 00:01:26.940 Abundant now the this life 00:01:27.720 --> 00:01:31.360 More abundant basically means life that is excessive 00:01:33.160 --> 00:01:35.160 Life that is overflowing 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:39.920 Life that is surplus 00:01:41.240 --> 00:01:45.580 That is a sense it carries life more abundant carries the sense of excessive 00:01:46.260 --> 00:01:50.140 Overflowing beyond measure surplus, that's what it means 00:01:50.660 --> 00:01:55.100 so what Jesus is saying is guys I'm coming to give you life and 00:01:56.340 --> 00:01:58.340 life more abundant 00:01:58.860 --> 00:02:03.420 What it denotes is that I'm not coming just to give you the essentials of life 00:02:04.260 --> 00:02:05.780 not 00:02:05.780 --> 00:02:07.420 just 00:02:07.420 --> 00:02:09.420 the essentials of life 00:02:11.940 --> 00:02:13.940 But 00:02:15.980 --> 00:02:17.980 I 00:02:19.220 --> 00:02:21.460 Am gonna super add blessings to it 00:02:23.180 --> 00:02:26.860 I'm gonna super add in a way that will bless 00:02:31.780 --> 00:02:33.940 I'm gonna super add in a way that will 00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:40.020 Bless so it's not just the essentials. I'm gonna super add in a way that will bless 00:02:41.020 --> 00:02:47.460 So that's the whole idea so when Jesus says I have come to give you life and life more abundant 00:02:47.460 --> 00:02:54.020 What he's saying is Jacob I've come to give you life. Yes, but not just the essentials. I'm going to give you excessive 00:02:54.900 --> 00:02:56.100 overflowing 00:02:56.100 --> 00:02:57.420 surplus 00:02:57.420 --> 00:02:59.420 super added life 00:03:00.100 --> 00:03:04.300 That's what he's saying and we got to understand that this is the kind of life he's offering folks 00:03:05.140 --> 00:03:12.340 Because very often as is the case with anything that is supernatural and excessive theologians have 00:03:14.060 --> 00:03:16.060 Chiseled it down to 00:03:16.580 --> 00:03:24.340 Abundant life being some abundant life being life in eternity. That's what it's been chiseled down to so if you ask most theologians or 00:03:25.100 --> 00:03:31.380 Many professors in college. They'll tell you oh what he meant by life more abundant is he has given us eternal life 00:03:31.380 --> 00:03:33.380 And that is life more abundant 00:03:33.740 --> 00:03:39.800 We cannot separate life into compartments like that if you notice in Genesis chapter 00:03:40.660 --> 00:03:45.020 2 verse 9 God says to Adam and Eve he says guys 00:03:45.020 --> 00:03:51.060 I've given you all these trees and in the center of the garden were two trees one was a tree of 00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:54.740 life and one was a tree of the knowledge of good and evil and 00:03:55.780 --> 00:03:57.780 very clearly in Genesis 00:03:58.460 --> 00:04:04.580 2-17 God says to Adam you can eat of all of the trees and that included the tree of life 00:04:05.300 --> 00:04:08.340 the only tree they were not supposed to eat of was a tree of the knowledge of 00:04:08.780 --> 00:04:15.820 Good and evil, but they were supposed to participate in the eating of the tree of life in revelations 22 verses 2 00:04:15.820 --> 00:04:19.220 We find that the tree of life was both life-giving and was both 00:04:19.500 --> 00:04:23.300 something that applied to the health of the person because it leaves up for the healing of the 00:04:23.780 --> 00:04:29.540 Nations Adam was supposed to participate in the tree of life while he lived here on us 00:04:31.140 --> 00:04:38.480 We do not divide abundant life into something that happens in eternity as separate from something that happens on earth life 00:04:38.660 --> 00:04:42.940 Zoe is continuous what changes is this mortal body folks? 00:04:43.300 --> 00:04:47.620 That's all that's changing my soul and my body will instantly be changed 00:04:47.620 --> 00:04:53.100 My soul is already in the place of transformation my body is what changes completely 00:04:54.300 --> 00:04:56.100 But life 00:04:56.100 --> 00:04:58.900 Cannot be compartmentalized like that therefore 00:04:59.660 --> 00:05:04.020 Abundant life is something that has already begun and will continue 00:05:05.460 --> 00:05:11.500 Even if you take the context of John 10 10 it says Satan comes to steal kill and destroy what? 00:05:12.380 --> 00:05:19.460 Definitely not eternal life because Jesus very clearly said that do not be afraid of him who can kill the body 00:05:19.500 --> 00:05:21.500 but be afraid of the one who can 00:05:22.500 --> 00:05:24.060 Decide the 00:05:24.060 --> 00:05:27.380 Destiny of your soul and that's not Satan. That's God 00:05:27.460 --> 00:05:33.580 So if Satan Jesus is saying Satan comes to steal and kill and destroy life, but I come to give life and life more 00:05:34.140 --> 00:05:36.500 Abundant even in the context of that sentence 00:05:36.500 --> 00:05:40.620 We are talking about life here on earth that Satan tries to steal kill and destroy 00:05:41.100 --> 00:05:45.700 with the intent of causing you to squander away your eternal destiny and 00:05:46.060 --> 00:05:52.440 Jesus is saying no, no, no, no, I've come to give you life and life more abundance starting right now from here on even into 00:05:53.220 --> 00:05:55.220 eternity 00:05:59.700 --> 00:06:06.180 If you say so Chris, no, no, I was being not sarcastic what's the right word? 00:06:07.140 --> 00:06:09.420 Yeah, that's the word. Yes 00:06:12.220 --> 00:06:14.500 If it's not making fun of me sure 00:06:15.900 --> 00:06:17.900 Yeah 00:06:22.540 --> 00:06:24.540 Yeah 00:06:30.060 --> 00:06:37.800 Yeah, yeah and that yeah when this when Adam sinned he could not participate in the tree of life because now he had 00:06:38.080 --> 00:06:45.020 Sin had the consequence of death and so he was shut out. But now that that is paid the tree of life is 00:06:45.900 --> 00:06:47.900 Restored which is why in 00:06:48.460 --> 00:06:54.660 Revelation chapter 2 verse 7 it says those that overcome will now each of the tree of life which is in paradise 00:06:54.740 --> 00:07:00.860 It's a it's a restoration of the life and life more abundant back to us folks and it has already begun 00:07:01.380 --> 00:07:03.620 If I am waiting to enjoy this life 00:07:04.220 --> 00:07:11.900 After I enter into heaven, it'll be like a man who has millions of dollars who gets to enjoy it a month before he dies 00:07:12.300 --> 00:07:16.420 In a in a in a world where there will be no cash necessary 00:07:17.700 --> 00:07:19.700 So it's that kind of a feeling so 00:07:20.020 --> 00:07:26.140 Please understand that abundant life has already in that sense begun it applies. So abundant life applies both 00:07:27.180 --> 00:07:28.860 abundant life 00:07:28.860 --> 00:07:32.980 We'll call it a L abundant life applies both to 00:07:34.900 --> 00:07:36.900 An overflow of 00:07:36.900 --> 00:07:38.900 Eternity 00:07:40.420 --> 00:07:42.420 Of 00:07:44.180 --> 00:07:46.180 Eternal life 00:07:48.100 --> 00:07:50.100 That we possess 00:07:53.220 --> 00:07:56.900 And overflow of eternal life we possess and it applies to 00:07:58.420 --> 00:08:00.420 overflow of 00:08:02.060 --> 00:08:04.060 The quality of life 00:08:05.020 --> 00:08:07.020 Quality and vitality of life 00:08:11.660 --> 00:08:14.100 Here and now 00:08:15.740 --> 00:08:20.300 Okay, so abundant life would therefore apply to both 00:08:21.260 --> 00:08:28.820 The overflow of eternal life that we already possess. So I'm not discounting it. I'm just saying we can't separate it that way and 00:08:29.180 --> 00:08:37.860 It also applies to the overflow of the quality and the vitality of life here and now it's continuous folks 00:08:39.300 --> 00:08:41.300 It's continuous 00:08:42.340 --> 00:08:44.340 Any questions 00:08:55.940 --> 00:08:57.940 Yes, we can because 00:08:59.140 --> 00:09:05.540 The Bible says in him we live and move and have our being so and he's the life-giver the Bible calls him the giver 00:09:05.540 --> 00:09:09.340 Of life. So in that sense life existed beyond before because 00:09:09.820 --> 00:09:16.740 Adam was made and then he God breathed into him the breath of life and he became a living being so in that sense life 00:09:18.060 --> 00:09:23.780 Life exists because God exists in that sense. Yes. Yeah, so it's continuous. There's 00:09:24.420 --> 00:09:30.940 It's it's not something that was suddenly created man was created but God is life he is the life-giver 00:09:33.620 --> 00:09:38.140 So man is created yet but life was something that God is 00:09:40.820 --> 00:09:42.820 Yeah 00:09:43.500 --> 00:09:45.500 Any questions 00:09:45.580 --> 00:09:51.900 Okay, so what does abundant life look like look like I mean if someone came to you and say said 00:09:52.420 --> 00:09:56.260 What do you how would you explain to someone if someone came and asked you? 00:09:56.260 --> 00:10:00.220 So what does life more abundant looks like? How do you explain it? 00:10:06.220 --> 00:10:08.220 Happy spiritual life 00:10:09.140 --> 00:10:11.140 Peace 00:10:11.500 --> 00:10:13.500 Peace 00:10:14.100 --> 00:10:19.580 I'd say you're not wrong all of you right, but I'd say I should be able to say 00:10:23.100 --> 00:10:25.100 Tran 00:10:25.940 --> 00:10:28.620 That's what we should be able to do that's the whole idea of this 00:10:29.020 --> 00:10:32.180 Teaching that if someone says so tell me Jacob. What is the button like? 00:10:34.420 --> 00:10:36.980 And they see it that that should be 00:10:36.980 --> 00:10:38.980 The 00:10:38.980 --> 00:10:40.980 The 00:10:41.580 --> 00:10:44.060 So that's what abundant life looks like 00:10:46.300 --> 00:10:49.180 Some people have gotten very bold after coming back from Germany 00:10:53.900 --> 00:10:56.860 Yeah, so that's what abundant life looks like you should look like 00:10:57.660 --> 00:11:02.000 Abundant life. I mean life more abundant should be something that you and I should be able to 00:11:02.280 --> 00:11:06.160 Explain through our lives and the question is can I confidently do that and 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:09.880 That's a question. Can I confidently do that because 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:18.320 I 00:11:19.560 --> 00:11:25.080 Agree, I agree. I agree, but the thing is I do not know if 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:30.600 It's one thing for me to know that is that 00:11:30.680 --> 00:11:34.400 For me to know that is another thing to for me to display it and 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:37.640 therein lies the rub whether I 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:45.480 Display what I know because what I know should become like like Eddie often says the word needs to become flesh in you Jacob 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:50.120 Yeah, so 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:54.160 In different areas of our lives, perhaps it is evident in other areas of life 00:11:54.160 --> 00:11:57.560 Perhaps it's not and that's what we'll try to break down today 00:11:57.560 --> 00:12:05.000 So one of the things I would say is if you want to know what abundant life is you can start with Romans 6 00:12:05.800 --> 00:12:13.280 111 where you find that in in Romans 6 1 to 11 you find six things revealed that that God has 00:12:13.920 --> 00:12:15.440 said 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:19.720 It's part of your abundant life. It's only a part in Romans 6 1 to 11 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:22.760 It says that I have been crucified with Christ 00:12:23.800 --> 00:12:25.560 in Romans 6 00:12:25.560 --> 00:12:27.960 1 to 11 it says I died with Christ 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:33.880 So let me write down these six things that do make up abundant life and should be displayed in your life 00:12:35.400 --> 00:12:43.320 Have you been crucified with Christ? Let me put it that way. Have you been crucified with Christ? 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:52.380 Second have you died with Christ third have you 00:12:52.620 --> 00:12:58.140 Been buried with Christ fourth have you 00:12:59.740 --> 00:13:05.500 Been raised with Christ five have you 00:13:07.820 --> 00:13:12.140 Been quickened with the resurrection life of Christ quickened with 00:13:13.020 --> 00:13:15.020 resurrection life of Christ 00:13:16.540 --> 00:13:17.500 And 00:13:17.500 --> 00:13:19.500 Sixthly have you 00:13:19.660 --> 00:13:22.700 Been seated 00:13:24.700 --> 00:13:32.300 With Christ I'm telling you guys if your answer to all this is a resounding yes that comes not from knowledge 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:40.540 But by applied knowledge that I'm saying to you that you've already gotten a huge hang of what it is to live abundant life 00:13:41.900 --> 00:13:44.220 Have you been crucified with Christ? 00:13:44.220 --> 00:13:49.020 If your answer to that would be yes, then I'm saying to you that my answer to that is yes 00:13:49.020 --> 00:13:52.780 then it means that I mean it goes back to the whole idea of Christ life 00:13:53.580 --> 00:13:55.580 Have you been crucified with Christ? Yes 00:13:56.140 --> 00:14:00.860 The Jacob my mom gave birth to I said happy Mother's Day to her today that man is dead 00:14:02.140 --> 00:14:06.140 That man is dead. He's been crucified with Christ. He was put on the cross 00:14:06.460 --> 00:14:09.980 Everything about him that was negative defective from the 00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:14.780 Bloodline of Adam that was sinful has been done with have I died with Christ? Oh, absolutely 00:14:15.260 --> 00:14:17.260 Go look for my cadaver and Calvary 00:14:21.180 --> 00:14:27.500 Have I been buried with Christ yes, my old nature is actually dead. I do not carry it on my back anymore. I 00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:30.220 Do not live asking for 00:14:31.580 --> 00:14:36.780 Forgiveness with my knees bleeding begging him in penance. No, no, no, no, no 00:14:36.780 --> 00:14:40.060 Have I been raised with Christ absolutely I was quickened and 00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:44.540 I got new life Christ life and we deal with those dolls. It's made evident. I 00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:47.740 Got new life. I've been I've been quickened 00:14:48.460 --> 00:14:53.980 Not only was I emptied of all that was negative. I've been quickened and suddenly brought back to life 00:14:53.980 --> 00:14:57.980 What kind of life do I have? I do not have the life of Jesus of Nazareth 00:14:58.220 --> 00:15:01.900 No, no, no, I have the life of Jesus the Christ the son of God 00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:09.420 Galatians 2 20 lives in me Galatians 2 20 has become flesh in me because I no longer live but 00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:12.460 Christ lives in me 00:15:14.220 --> 00:15:18.220 And then I have been raised with Christ because I am seated with God in heavenly 00:15:18.940 --> 00:15:22.940 Places above all powers and principalities. This is my constant location 00:15:22.940 --> 00:15:25.740 If you go over the messages of the Bible, I have been raised with Christ 00:15:25.820 --> 00:15:28.860 In heavenly places above all powers and principalities 00:15:29.020 --> 00:15:32.700 This is my constant location if you go over the messages over the last three weeks 00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:36.220 We've talked about this how we are priests king seated in the heavenlies 00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:45.820 Folks this is the ABC of abundant life if we don't get this we don't have the rest of it 00:15:49.900 --> 00:15:52.780 Then we are just saved and we don't even understand what saved us then 00:15:53.260 --> 00:15:59.660 That's I have come to give you life Jesus gave life you got saved but I have come to give you life and then life more 00:16:00.300 --> 00:16:02.300 abundant 00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:06.780 We begin with this folks we begin with this 00:16:11.660 --> 00:16:14.540 I just find this awesome that all these things have happened to you and I 00:16:14.540 --> 00:16:16.540 I 00:16:17.420 --> 00:16:23.340 Quicken means I was my sins were buried with him and then I was given a brand new spirit 00:16:26.780 --> 00:16:28.780 No, uh raised 00:16:28.940 --> 00:16:34.380 No, oh, oh, sorry. This should be here. I was quickened and then I was raised with resurrection life 00:16:34.540 --> 00:16:38.380 I was given a brand new spirit and then I was completely saturated with the very 00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:41.340 Spirit of christ meaning I have christ's life in me 00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:45.340 So it should be the other way around I have been quickened first I was given a brand new spirit 00:16:46.540 --> 00:16:48.540 I I was crucified 00:16:48.540 --> 00:16:53.820 I died. I was buried. I was given a brand new spirit now in my brand new spirit has been 00:16:55.100 --> 00:17:00.620 I've been saturated in my brand new spirit with the spirit of christ, which is why I'm now the resurrection life of christ in me 00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:02.860 And i'm seated with christ 00:17:03.260 --> 00:17:05.100 That's the way it works 00:17:05.100 --> 00:17:07.100 So I would just say 00:17:07.580 --> 00:17:13.660 I'd just say I've been quickened meaning I've been brought back to life. I've been given a brand new spirit 00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.980 have 00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:17.180 been 00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:18.540 given 00:17:18.540 --> 00:17:20.540 a brand 00:17:20.620 --> 00:17:22.620 new spirit 00:17:23.260 --> 00:17:25.260 And then I have been 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:34.540 Saturated with the resurrection life of christ 00:17:34.940 --> 00:17:36.940 In my spirit 00:17:39.580 --> 00:17:41.580 That's how it works 00:17:42.060 --> 00:17:44.060 This is awesome. This has happened to all of us 00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:48.380 It has happened to all of us and if we begin to live here, we already 00:17:49.020 --> 00:17:53.340 Have have taken up a big chunk of the abundant life pie 00:17:54.300 --> 00:17:58.860 But it's vital that we grab this chunk. It's like a huge chunk any questions. Go ahead 00:17:59.180 --> 00:18:01.180 Do you see the abundant life? 00:18:02.780 --> 00:18:05.180 I would ask I would throw back another question 00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:13.580 What do you expect to see when you say why don't we see abundant life? What do you expect? 00:18:16.620 --> 00:18:18.620 Okay, yeah 00:18:18.620 --> 00:18:22.780 Yeah, so we will be dealing with each area and like I say if matt was here 00:18:22.780 --> 00:18:25.260 We'll be dealing with that the first one in about 42 minutes 00:18:26.860 --> 00:18:28.620 but 00:18:28.860 --> 00:18:36.140 Here we are dealing with the platform or the basis for building everything else on because abundant life appears applies to so many areas of our lives 00:18:37.020 --> 00:18:43.820 So many areas and what has happened is the word abundance has always been connected usually to money 00:18:44.540 --> 00:18:51.180 While abundant life stretches across every area as we begin to see it. We'll see it. So that's the other thing 00:18:58.620 --> 00:19:03.900 God said to me yesterday was that many of our foundations are cracked and blocked 00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:10.300 So we need to make sure that that is set. Yeah, because otherwise you can never build on it, man 00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:16.700 Otherwise even if money comes money won't stay because it's the foundations are 00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:18.620 shaky 00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:19.740 so 00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:22.140 The other thing that we can talk about abundant life 00:19:23.420 --> 00:19:25.420 The reign of god is in me 00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:29.500 And is made evident and if it that is true, let me put it this way 00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:33.500 There's a scripture that says that the kingdom of god is within you 00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:39.820 And the kingdom of god is not about drinking like he is doing or eating but it is about 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:45.100 righteousness peace and joy in the holy ghost 00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:47.980 That's what it says now 00:19:48.540 --> 00:19:50.380 the reign of god 00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:57.180 Is an abundant rain force part of the abundant life of christ in me is righteousness peace and joy 00:19:57.420 --> 00:20:00.940 And someone said peace when I asked him what does abundant life look like folks? 00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:07.260 If abundant life is in you then one of the things that will display or be made evident in your life is righteousness 00:20:08.060 --> 00:20:10.060 peace and 00:20:10.060 --> 00:20:11.820 joy 00:20:11.820 --> 00:20:15.020 It won't be ha ha ha joy, but it won't be 00:20:16.060 --> 00:20:17.980 That kind of joy either 00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:19.980 Yeah, it won't be inner joy either 00:20:21.340 --> 00:20:27.740 Joy will be expressed remember that day many months ago when suddenly just started dancing all over the church 00:20:28.300 --> 00:20:30.300 That was joy being expressed 00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:35.980 That was all recently when chris got up and started dancing all over the place 00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:39.740 Oh, you missed that 00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:41.820 so 00:20:41.820 --> 00:20:46.780 Joy will be expressed. It cannot be completely suppressed nor is it a song like 00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:49.180 Um 00:20:49.340 --> 00:20:55.740 The devil doesn't like it when we laugh ha ha and then every goes ha ha ha ha no, that's not joy either 00:20:56.700 --> 00:21:00.540 So we got to so we got to know that it's somewhere in between 00:21:01.020 --> 00:21:05.660 Yeah, it's not behavior. So know this that another expression of abundant life 00:21:06.300 --> 00:21:08.300 That jesus has already given us 00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.980 that 00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:15.580 Is a litmus test for whether it's active in your life is um, I am I and am I are you? 00:21:16.540 --> 00:21:17.900 displaying 00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:20.220 righteousness peace and joy 00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:26.940 Because of the person and the presence of the holy spirit in whom you are and in 00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:30.060 And he's in you too 00:21:30.060 --> 00:21:32.060 That should be another criteria 00:21:32.540 --> 00:21:34.780 Righteousness should be displayed in my life 00:21:35.820 --> 00:21:42.700 Righteousness is right standing with god. How is it displayed a right standing with god will always be displayed in right walking 00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:45.500 right talking 00:21:45.580 --> 00:21:49.100 I'm not talking about not using vulgar words. I'm just talking about right talking as in 00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:52.620 Graciousness lack or rudeness we talked about this last week 00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:59.100 Peace will be displayed in the ability to rest in the one in whom everything is finished and done 00:21:59.580 --> 00:22:01.100 And who is for me? 00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:03.580 Joy is expressed in the 00:22:05.260 --> 00:22:09.980 Confidence and the hope-filled expectation that I have towards life 00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:14.140 Because the source of my life and the controller of my life is the one 00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:18.300 Righteousness and joy are the two things that are in my life and the controller of my life is god 00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:23.180 Therefore righteousness peace and joy work together and they've displayed in my life 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:27.100 And that is a very very clear and evident sign of life more abundant 00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:29.900 Do you see why? 00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:33.580 People do not find life more abundant than christians 00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:40.940 Because if these three areas are missing in a christian's life who has christ in him then what are we offering the world? 00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:42.940 They have life already 00:22:44.300 --> 00:22:48.620 Life more abundant has to be something that is excessive surplus beyond 00:22:50.300 --> 00:22:52.300 What is the normal measure? 00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:55.740 Yeah 00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:58.620 Strength 00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:01.660 Yeah 00:23:02.780 --> 00:23:08.460 Yeah, yeah, so that's another measure of what abundant life would look like 00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:11.180 uh another thing that really 00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:13.420 grabs me is 00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:18.060 Christ is the commander of my life. He's the he's the I know when we say king we don't perhaps 00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:22.380 Connect afterwards, but christ is the commander of my life and he is someone who? 00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:25.900 always 00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:32.780 Forges ahead in victory and therefore I know that even when I fall my nose is pointing towards victory 00:23:35.260 --> 00:23:37.260 Christ is the commander of my life 00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.820 Uh, ha 00:23:39.820 --> 00:23:44.860 Jesus christ is the author and finisher of my faith. He's the captain of my destiny 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:51.260 He's the commander of our lives folks. He's the commander of our lives. He does not lead in defeat 00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:57.340 He does not lead in discouragement. He leads in hope expectation and victory finished works that already exist 00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:06.620 He bears us up on eagles wings as he said to israel through difficult times I bore you up on eagles wings 00:24:07.580 --> 00:24:09.580 and 00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:15.820 That whole story of footprints and those famous pictures in the book of footprints is all about that 00:24:16.300 --> 00:24:19.580 Commander of my life who carries me on his feet or on his back 00:24:23.260 --> 00:24:26.940 This should be evident in my life because very often 00:24:29.260 --> 00:24:32.620 The king who rules over your life is evident in the way you 00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:36.700 Live we talked about that last week when we talked about the four different kings 00:24:37.260 --> 00:24:39.260 I 00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:48.220 Love this next one. I live in a person whose name is I am what I am 00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:58.700 I Jacob you axe 29 you live in a person whose name is I am what I am 00:24:58.700 --> 00:25:03.820 Gosh you live in him 00:25:06.300 --> 00:25:08.700 Gosh you live in him 00:25:11.020 --> 00:25:13.020 You don't just live 00:25:13.020 --> 00:25:16.700 Following him you don't don't live under him you live in him 00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:21.820 He whose name is I am what I am and even better you just don't live in him 00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:26.300 You know his delights, you know his pleasure. You know his laughter 00:25:26.780 --> 00:25:31.420 You know his thoughts, you know his intents, you know his nature 00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:38.220 It is very difficult for me to be with a person 00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:45.900 Who I know that intimately without some of it rubbing off on me and given that he said he is the 00:25:46.780 --> 00:25:54.140 Giver of life more abundant. It must begin to at least glisten off my skin if you want to go only skin deep 00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:58.380 I 00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:05.580 Mean a person like Eddie who I see for 14 days a year has rubbed off on me 00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:09.740 What about this 00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:13.540 Person whose name is I am what I am in whom we live 00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:20.180 24-7 waking and sleeping surely he should rub off you should smell of his perfume 00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:28.860 Questions 00:26:37.020 --> 00:26:40.860 One of the things often said of the fishermen who roamed around with Jesus was 00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:44.220 They would preach and the people would say 00:26:44.780 --> 00:26:47.740 The people suddenly knew that these men had been with 00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.740 Jesus 00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:51.740 Gosh man, I am 00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:56.380 Suddenly knew that these men had been with Jesus gosh man 00:26:57.820 --> 00:26:59.820 They just knew that these men had been with Jesus 00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:16.940 Folks this is where we build from once we get these things right then this translates into physical 00:27:17.560 --> 00:27:19.820 emotional relational and financial abundance 00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:22.460 This is what we build from 00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:27.260 The things we mentioned thus far if we build from this as and was saying 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:34.860 If this is a platform then abundance translates into our physical emotional relational and financial spheres of life 00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:40.780 Because like most of the things we've been discussing 00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:43.420 Abundant life is a mindset folks 00:27:43.780 --> 00:27:48.060 It's a mindset is a it's a position of strength that we operate from 00:27:49.020 --> 00:27:55.340 It's a mindset if we do not have the mindset of abundant life and I pray that you pay attention 00:27:57.340 --> 00:28:02.220 If you do not have a mindset of abundant life then 00:28:03.020 --> 00:28:09.700 We will always be looking for abundance instead of knowing that we already possess it and things will come running at our heels 00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:13.740 If we do not have a mindset of abundant life 00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:20.720 Then we will always be looking for abundance instead of knowing that it is following at your heels 00:28:22.540 --> 00:28:24.540 That's the difference 00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:30.300 It's a mindset in this position of strength, it's this mindset that will always 00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:33.740 Undo and overcome cheddo-laumer 00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:37.340 Who was cheddo-laumer 00:28:37.340 --> 00:28:39.340 A 00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:46.060 Handful of cheese what else what else do you know about cheddo-laumer? Come on, I need some more 00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:50.540 A poverty mentality low sights 00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:58.620 We talked about that last week we can always beat that king in our lives if we have a mindset of 00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:01.980 Life for abundant 00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:05.340 We can always beat that king in our lives 00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:10.140 Abundant life is a god-crafted position of strength 00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:14.860 Abundant life is a god-crafted position of strength or a mindset 00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:18.940 That has tremendous bearing on the quality of my physical life here on earth 00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:21.260 Abundant life 00:29:21.260 --> 00:29:23.260 Is a god-crafted 00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:25.820 Position of strength 00:29:25.820 --> 00:29:28.300 Or a god-crafted mindset 00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:31.100 That has tremendous 00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:34.540 Bearing on my physical life here on earth 00:29:34.540 --> 00:29:38.540 I mean you to switch our thinking to operate from this position of strength 00:29:39.820 --> 00:29:45.020 Because at the end of the day life more abundant is the very nature of christ and he has given it to us 00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:51.660 Life more abundant is the very nature of christ and he's saying i have come to give you life and life more abundant 00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:55.820 It's out of his very nature that he's giving us everything that is good that we possess 00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:59.420 And he's giving us everything that is good that we possess 00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:04.220 Abundant it's out of his very nature that he's giving us everything that is good that we possess 00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:09.740 Are things that are in jesus that have been broken like we break bread and it has been given to us 00:30:12.540 --> 00:30:15.120 Any questions folks any questions 00:30:20.860 --> 00:30:24.780 Yeah, if we don't have a mindset of 00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:32.300 A life more abundant if that is not how we think then what will happen is we will be continuously looking for 00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:34.700 abundance 00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:39.820 In our lives in in physical in relational in financial we'll be looking for abundance 00:30:41.340 --> 00:30:49.340 And we'll be chasing after it instead of knowing that life more abundant is something that is a position of strength that has been established 00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:51.500 In me because christ has already 00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:54.380 Invited and placed me in it 00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:57.740 No 00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:06.620 That's a beautiful thing as we go further you'll see that abundant life is satisfied with 00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:11.980 What is given to you at a present moment and can take you even through lack 00:31:12.300 --> 00:31:16.780 But you always live in a place of favor and abundance follows you 00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:18.940 No 00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:25.420 No 00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:35.820 It's a contentment abundance abundant life always is content paul paul lived an abundant life paul said I know what it is to be in 00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:38.780 lack and I know what it is to be in plenty 00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.860 jesus 00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:42.860 Was always content when he needed 00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:46.700 Food there was food when he needed money there was money he was always content 00:31:47.820 --> 00:31:49.500 So it is it is 00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:52.860 Yeah, and when I say low sights and high sights 00:31:54.220 --> 00:32:00.060 You always hitch your wagon to the star that god tells you to hitch it to you don't you don't 00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:06.060 You don't become ambitious and presumptuous because the bible says a man said he will build a barn and he will fill it 00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:10.700 Oh fool the bible calls him another man said I will go to this city and that city and he says 00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:14.700 Do not say that you're saying something evil you should say if it is the will of god 00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:18.220 So then find out the will of god and hitch your wagon to the correct 00:32:18.780 --> 00:32:20.460 star 00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:25.900 Now I may have 200 in my bank account today and i'm content with that and tomorrow 00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:31.580 I may have 200 000 and i'll be content with that and I the thing is to be satisfied giving away the 200 00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:33.660 And giving away the 200 000 00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:36.620 And it is possible 00:32:37.260 --> 00:32:39.260 It is possible 00:32:41.020 --> 00:32:43.980 So abundant life is not about being rich 00:32:44.540 --> 00:32:50.300 Because that's somehow the word conjures the image of being rich abundant abundant life is 00:32:51.020 --> 00:32:55.900 A position of strength and a mindset that this is what you are called to live in 00:32:56.220 --> 00:33:02.240 And when you begin to live there you will find something that it doesn't matter whether you're a christian in india or africa 00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:04.620 or in monaco 00:33:05.260 --> 00:33:10.060 You will find that it's following after your heels. You never have to go chasing it. It comes after you 00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:13.500 Yeah 00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:16.140 Yeah 00:33:16.540 --> 00:33:18.540 Yeah 00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:21.500 Yeah 00:33:23.260 --> 00:33:25.260 No 00:33:26.780 --> 00:33:28.780 Yeah 00:33:30.860 --> 00:33:35.980 No, I know that there is more to my life than what i'm doing right now and 00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:43.260 And I live in the satisfied place of rest that it shall all come to pass 00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:50.460 Because my pursuit is this person called christ and as long as i'm running after him things that he has planned for me will follow 00:33:50.540 --> 00:33:52.540 after me 00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:59.500 Yeah, seek the reign of god in your life and it will come at the right time right time right time 00:34:02.780 --> 00:34:04.780 Yes in a way once you 00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.620 Yeah 00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:13.100 Yeah, and it's always behind you you're never running after it's always behind you these things shall follow 00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:15.260 after you 00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:16.300 so 00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:21.580 You can be dissatisfied with a situation and if you're dissatisfied you can always go and tell god, you know father 00:34:21.580 --> 00:34:23.580 I'm kind of dissatisfied with this 00:34:24.700 --> 00:34:26.620 And uh just want you to know that 00:34:27.580 --> 00:34:29.580 But I know that my times 00:34:30.060 --> 00:34:33.260 Are in your hands and now that i've told you i'm dissatisfied with this 00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:35.740 Uh just so you know 00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:41.980 I'm going to keep running after you and everything that I have will come so when I read the prophetic words in my life 00:34:42.540 --> 00:34:47.180 I know there is so much more to do but I do not know when it will happen how it will happen where it will happen 00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:49.180 all I know is that 00:34:49.180 --> 00:34:54.240 As long as I keep running it will all happen because even what has happened thus far is just ridiculous 00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:58.240 Sometimes god puts a healthy dissatisfaction in your life with certain things 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:06.640 Yeah, that's another point sometimes god puts a healthy dissatisfaction in your life with certain things 00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:14.480 Good 00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:20.400 Yeah 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:26.000 Yeah, because I cannot operate by something that god told me here i'm always operating by some what god tells me here 00:35:26.160 --> 00:35:27.920 for instance, let me give you an 00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:29.920 good example of 00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:32.220 dissatisfaction 00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:36.240 One of the things I found when um, no, I won't mention 00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:41.200 One of the things I found was 00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:43.200 No, no, no, no 00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:46.880 One of the things I found was that when alex came from bahrain 00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:51.600 I found that many of the things that were happening in the group of group in bahrain were 00:35:53.680 --> 00:35:55.840 Were not what we are learning right now 00:35:57.200 --> 00:36:00.000 And one of the reasons i'm going to bahrain is because I need to 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:05.920 Correct some of the things that have crept into the group that do not correlate with 00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:09.120 What we are at present learning from the lord 00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:15.440 And there's a dissatisfaction in me now. The best thing to do is to leave that group alone because it's sometimes larger than our group 00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:17.440 and 00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:22.720 The thing would be let it grow. No, no, no, no, there's a sense of dissatisfaction. And so over the last one week 00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:25.200 I'm saying i'm going to bahrain. You've got to tell me how to fix it 00:36:25.200 --> 00:36:29.680 I'm going to run after you. I'm not going to spend a night fasting to find out what you want 00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:32.480 I know that before I land in bahrain you will put in my heart 00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:35.440 Whatever I need to do to do the right surgery so that it comes out right 00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:38.240 You need to run like that 00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:40.240 If you're dissatisfied with 00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:44.720 Where you're at right now, you may make it known to god and then you run after him and it just happens 00:36:44.720 --> 00:36:46.960 Because we always operate from a place of rest 00:36:50.560 --> 00:36:52.560 That's the beauty of it 00:36:54.560 --> 00:36:58.320 More and more i'm convinced of the reality that god is not a phone booth 00:36:58.800 --> 00:37:04.240 And therefore I do not have to go into a phone booth drop a 25 cent coin pick up the dial and say this is my problem 00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:05.760 What's the answer? 00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:10.960 More and more i'm finding out that we live in this palatial mansion called. I am what I am 00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:14.400 And because we live there everything we say can come out from 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:17.280 His presence 00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:20.240 Where we never get it wrong this is ridiculous to say it 00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:23.920 But we can come to a place where we never get the counsel of god wrong 00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:27.520 We can get we can have incomplete councils, but we won't get it wrong 00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:34.400 This is wonderful 00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:37.360 This is wonderful 00:37:44.560 --> 00:37:46.740 Any questions other than what james asked 00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:52.800 Switch out 00:37:59.120 --> 00:38:03.440 Say that again sometime when you're dissatisfied in a certain position and you complain about it 00:38:03.760 --> 00:38:06.160 It's because of our understanding which is very low 00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:12.640 But when then god showed you something more in the same place where you could do more do more. Yeah easily 00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:16.000 easily 00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:21.680 Sometimes the satisfaction is so that you move on to a new place folks 00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:28.400 Yeah, sometimes dissatisfaction is so that you move on to the next place 00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:31.360 Because 00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:36.800 One day I was very satisfied working at the church I was working at before I 00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:43.680 Left at church and then one day I was very dissatisfied and it was not because anyone did me harm in fact they were being 00:38:44.160 --> 00:38:49.360 Even nicer than usual but I was dissatisfied and I knew that the time had come to cut 00:38:52.560 --> 00:38:56.000 Connections sometimes dissatisfaction is so that you move location 00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:59.040 Our loyalty gets in the way and becomes a hindrance 00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:03.620 Loyalty can be a hindrance to godly dissatisfaction 00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:13.760 Loyalty to whatever you may be under is now holding you back from moving on 00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:20.000 Yeah, sometimes there's loyalty to comfort 00:39:20.640 --> 00:39:25.680 Sometimes there's loyalty to the degree of significance you may have at a place that will be lost when you go to a new place 00:39:26.080 --> 00:39:28.080 different things 00:39:32.640 --> 00:39:34.640 Okay 00:39:35.120 --> 00:39:39.440 Abundance moving on to the next section abundance is a finished work of god's favor 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:47.200 Abundance is a finished work of god's favor folks abundance or the life more abundant is the outcome of the sheer favor of god 00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:49.760 Life more abundant 00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:54.800 Is the outcome of the sheer favor of god. It's not based on anything but god saying 00:39:55.520 --> 00:39:56.960 Jacob 00:39:56.960 --> 00:40:01.600 I just love showing you my favor. You're my favorite boy 00:40:02.240 --> 00:40:06.160 and so out of that comes life more abundant and 00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:12.000 The word favor. I know we've gone over this before but I want you to understand that the word favor 00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:14.800 um is 00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:16.860 his 00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:18.860 graciousness 00:40:19.520 --> 00:40:21.520 And kindness to you 00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:31.200 And his pleasure and delight in you 00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:47.040 Favor is god's graciousness and kindness to you and it's his pleasure and delight in you 00:40:47.680 --> 00:40:49.680 That's what favor is 00:40:49.680 --> 00:40:55.520 And it encircles you like a shield the bible says and it covers you like a cloud full of rain 00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:58.400 That's how favor works 00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:00.960 And if you want to walk in it 00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:03.280 All you have to do is keep walking in 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:06.240 Keep walking in hearing I mean 00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:10.800 Moses said how shall I continue walking in your favor if you do not show me your ways 00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:14.480 Show me your ways so that I may continue walking in your favor simple 00:41:15.600 --> 00:41:17.600 So every morning 00:41:18.240 --> 00:41:20.240 So every morning 00:41:20.560 --> 00:41:24.880 I'm aware of that I wake up and I say father you're going to be so gracious to me today 00:41:25.120 --> 00:41:27.120 You're going to be so full of kindness to me today 00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:32.240 Your pleasure is on me today and you are delighted with me now show me your ways 00:41:32.560 --> 00:41:35.840 Today so that I may walk in them so that I may continue to walk in these things 00:41:36.080 --> 00:41:40.240 That are so awesome that you're pouring upon me because you're covering me with a cloud of it 00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:43.920 And you're encircling me with a shield of it. So here I come show me your ways 00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:49.600 And then as you walk in it you continuously walk in favor this is how it works 00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:55.920 And abundant life life more abundant comes out of the sheer favor of god upon your life 00:41:56.640 --> 00:42:01.760 Joseph had this happening to him his father had 12 sons and he decides 00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:06.640 I'm going to get a coat of many colors and i'm going to put it on joseph 00:42:07.520 --> 00:42:09.520 and in those days 00:42:09.760 --> 00:42:11.760 The more colors you had in a coat 00:42:12.160 --> 00:42:13.600 The more 00:42:13.600 --> 00:42:16.420 It it declared your preciousness or your specialness 00:42:17.040 --> 00:42:21.680 The bible talks about two or three instances where it talks about princesses and brides being dressed up 00:42:22.080 --> 00:42:26.160 Like in a multi-colored quilt kind of a thing which wouldn't perhaps be as fashionable today 00:42:27.120 --> 00:42:29.120 but in those days 00:42:29.200 --> 00:42:33.760 A robe of many colors was a declaration of your specialness and joseph walked in this 00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:38.320 He walked in the favor of his father. He used to wear it always even when he would go 00:42:39.120 --> 00:42:45.200 To check upon his brothers miles away instead of wearing jeans and army boots he would still wear that 00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:47.440 robe 00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:49.440 Which is what got him into trouble 00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:54.800 But he the bible says his brothers saw him at a distance and they recognized the many colored 00:42:55.600 --> 00:42:57.200 robe 00:42:57.200 --> 00:43:00.400 The guy used to wear it. We got to begin to wear this mindset 00:43:01.520 --> 00:43:03.520 Of life more abundant folks 00:43:04.240 --> 00:43:07.200 We got to wear it over every area of our lives 00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:10.400 Because it'll change the way we walk 00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:17.520 It'll change the way we think and finally it will affect our physical emotional relational financial 00:43:18.720 --> 00:43:20.720 realms of life 00:43:25.040 --> 00:43:30.960 And it was not just that joseph wore the robe man he he 00:43:33.040 --> 00:43:35.040 Had favor following him everywhere 00:43:35.600 --> 00:43:38.880 When if you notice joseph's life, there's three more left 00:43:39.600 --> 00:43:41.280 Usually you stop at seven 00:43:41.280 --> 00:43:42.880 Okay, that is 00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:47.680 Or she sneezes in sevens. So she only made four. So I was just saying she's got three more left 00:43:49.200 --> 00:43:51.200 Okay 00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:59.200 I mean in genesis 37 verse three, you see the robe of many colors and you can check on that later 00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:03.360 but see the beautiful thing is and this is where we go back to that whole question of 00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:09.120 Does abundant life mean tons and tons of stuff? No, no, no 00:44:10.080 --> 00:44:16.800 Joseph had favor upon him and abundant life followed him at his heels even when he was betrayed by his brothers 00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:19.760 even when he was 00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:21.600 working for potiphar 00:44:21.600 --> 00:44:26.320 Even when he was thrown in prison even when he was in the palace 00:44:27.520 --> 00:44:33.120 Wherever he went regardless of the condition that he found himself in he found abundant life 00:44:33.520 --> 00:44:35.520 and favor at his heels 00:44:35.840 --> 00:44:37.200 when he was 00:44:37.200 --> 00:44:43.920 Sold by his brother. I mean and joseph's life parallels jesus and if jesus's life should parallel mine or my life should parallel jesus's 00:44:44.240 --> 00:44:46.240 Jesus was betrayed by his brothers 00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:48.560 jesus was 00:44:48.560 --> 00:44:50.400 accused falsely by 00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:52.000 potiphar 00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:57.200 jesus was thrown into prison in a sense of speaking and jesus was 00:44:58.080 --> 00:45:00.080 Restored to his rightful 00:45:00.380 --> 00:45:02.000 position 00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:08.800 Just as joseph and my life is the same and jesus had the father's delight upon him and he was the giver of life more abundant 00:45:08.880 --> 00:45:10.080 He lived it 00:45:10.080 --> 00:45:12.080 And it's the same with us folks 00:45:12.080 --> 00:45:14.080 Abundant life is something I wear 00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:20.000 So in the end when joseph stood before pharaoh even though he was dressed in egyptian attire 00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:26.800 I'm telling you the guy still could feel the softness of the many colored robe on his skin because he had worn it all his life 00:45:28.560 --> 00:45:30.560 He knew favor and abundant life 00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:32.880 When he goes to potiphar potiphar appoints him 00:45:33.600 --> 00:45:36.720 The head of his household because joseph prospered in anything 00:45:36.720 --> 00:45:40.400 He touched when he went to prison they put him in charge of the king's prisoners 00:45:40.640 --> 00:45:46.320 Because he was like someone in charge of the prison when he went to the palace pharaoh made him second to none except 00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:48.960 himself 00:45:48.960 --> 00:45:51.280 In everything he did it would follow him 00:45:55.680 --> 00:45:58.580 It's a mindset it's a way of thinking 00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:03.360 And 00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:07.120 In fact abundant life is tested by unfavorable seasons in your life 00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:13.440 And it's when that test comes when unfavorable seasons come that's when your mindset will be tested 00:46:13.520 --> 00:46:19.700 It'll either make you or break you either you will settle for life or you will say I know that the season is unfavorable 00:46:19.920 --> 00:46:24.480 But i'm already wearing the many colored robe and I know that this season shall pass 00:46:24.720 --> 00:46:32.800 And I will always walk with abundance following me because I will always enter into the finished work called the life more abundant 00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:35.920 unseize 00:46:36.780 --> 00:46:42.880 Unfavorable seasons tests your mindsets folks. That's when your mindset is proved 00:46:44.220 --> 00:46:50.640 Unfavorable seasons it doesn't matter what area we are talking about unfavorable seasons tests your mindset 00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:58.880 It tests your mindset it shows you it doesn't really prove your metal unfavorable seasons proves your thinking 00:47:00.160 --> 00:47:02.160 That's what it proves 00:47:02.800 --> 00:47:08.480 It shows it shows you and it shows the rest of the world and it shows god what you actually think 00:47:09.120 --> 00:47:11.120 What I actually think 00:47:11.840 --> 00:47:13.840 Go ahead 00:47:16.640 --> 00:47:19.140 Why did joseph have favor and not his brothers 00:47:21.600 --> 00:47:23.600 Uh 00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:29.840 Um no, yes, but even more than that 00:47:30.400 --> 00:47:32.400 Um 00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:54.400 Yeah, I would add more to those answers just remind me of the question again because um 00:47:55.200 --> 00:47:57.200 in addition to those answers, i'm sure 00:47:57.760 --> 00:48:01.600 There's something else also that will show why joseph was favored 00:48:02.400 --> 00:48:03.440 as for 00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:08.400 Why jacob was favored over esau simply because god said, uh jacob have I loved 00:48:09.120 --> 00:48:15.360 Uh, he it's not that when he says jacob have I loved and he saw have I hated doesn't mean I hate the guy 00:48:15.680 --> 00:48:19.600 He's saying that I have chosen jacob over esau for no particular 00:48:20.640 --> 00:48:26.320 Merit of his but I have chosen that because I have seen ahead and I have declared 00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:35.920 Persons yeah, but the beautiful thing about god declaring a selection is god looks down the tunnel of time 00:48:36.640 --> 00:48:42.000 And he sees how ryan will be and he sees how jacob will be and he says in advance 00:48:42.560 --> 00:48:50.000 That ryan have I chosen it's not because I am any less because like you said god says i'm no respecter of persons 00:48:50.240 --> 00:48:54.400 It's because god sees what ryan all the decisions ryan is going to make 00:48:55.360 --> 00:48:58.720 For the rest of his life and god sees that here is a man who I can 00:48:59.120 --> 00:49:01.680 Trust and so he declares it before ryan is born 00:49:01.920 --> 00:49:05.520 We live in time and so we look at it and we think aha, that's so unfair 00:49:05.760 --> 00:49:07.920 But god is speaking from a position of all 00:49:08.480 --> 00:49:12.560 Knowing so god knew that esau will marry the canaanite women 00:49:13.040 --> 00:49:17.120 God knew esau would be a depraved man that he would be a profane man 00:49:18.080 --> 00:49:20.080 God already knew it 00:49:20.640 --> 00:49:22.960 While god knew that jacob would not be that way 00:49:24.800 --> 00:49:26.800 So that's how it works 00:49:39.920 --> 00:49:47.120 Yeah, in fact when it comes to joseph's sons a strange thing happens joseph brings his two sons one's name is ephraim and one's name is manasseh and 00:49:48.480 --> 00:49:53.760 He brings them to jacob and he puts the older one at jacob's right hand and jacob switches his hands 00:49:55.360 --> 00:49:59.680 Because instead of blessing manasseh he blesses ephraim and joseph says 00:50:00.400 --> 00:50:03.520 Sorry dad, you're kind of getting blind. This one's the right one 00:50:03.600 --> 00:50:07.280 He says no and he blesses because god prophetically tells jacob no, no, no, no 00:50:07.440 --> 00:50:10.880 I want you to give the older son's blessing to ephraim and not a manasseh 00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:14.320 So god in his foreknowledge knows things that we don't 00:50:16.240 --> 00:50:20.740 He knows yeah, he doesn't determine but he already knows and so he speaks from the future go ahead 00:50:25.360 --> 00:50:27.360 Yeah 00:50:27.520 --> 00:50:32.080 Okay, god hardened pharaoh's heart. So how does that work again when 00:50:32.880 --> 00:50:38.880 When you read the first five books of the bible the way the hebrew writers wrote it it would they would give 00:50:40.040 --> 00:50:45.440 Everything that would happen they knew god was aware of so sometimes when they would write it would come off come come across 00:50:45.440 --> 00:50:47.680 As if god was doing things 00:50:48.640 --> 00:50:51.840 Um for instance, we've talked about this before 00:50:52.400 --> 00:50:58.400 It would appear that god sent destroying angels god sent plagues god sent us god sent that and 00:50:59.120 --> 00:51:04.320 When it came to hardening pharaoh's heart god again knew in his foreknowledge that pharaoh would ten times 00:51:05.520 --> 00:51:07.520 balk his 00:51:07.840 --> 00:51:10.240 Intent to free israel and so 00:51:11.040 --> 00:51:15.920 Whenever moses whenever god speaks to moses he says to moses moses you go and do this 00:51:16.160 --> 00:51:22.480 But i'm saying to you that pharaoh will not release you for I have hardened his heart when he says I have hardened his heart 00:51:22.480 --> 00:51:27.360 He's speaking out of his foreknowledge in knowing that this man is not going to but i'm going to use it to my glory 00:51:27.920 --> 00:51:34.400 Every time he negates it. I will show something else that will eventually cause the freedom to happen. It does however 00:51:34.960 --> 00:51:36.960 Apply that every time I resist god 00:51:37.120 --> 00:51:42.080 I begin to get bolder in my resistance of god and further away from him, but god never will 00:51:42.620 --> 00:51:45.760 Deliberately force anyone not to have the free will to choose 00:51:46.560 --> 00:51:52.240 And so anything that we see in the bible that seems to contradict the nature of god you immediately have to look at jesus 00:51:53.440 --> 00:51:57.280 Anything in the old testament that you see about god that seems to contradict 00:51:57.920 --> 00:51:58.940 love 00:51:58.940 --> 00:52:02.800 Immediately look at jesus because jesus is a visible image of the invisible god 00:52:03.440 --> 00:52:06.960 So if the bible says and god sent diseases immediately look at jesus 00:52:08.240 --> 00:52:14.640 Is is do you see that in jesus and if you do not then do not put it on god because we are reading a language 00:52:14.640 --> 00:52:17.840 And it's coming out a certain way in some 78 or somewhere there 00:52:18.080 --> 00:52:21.920 We see that a band of destroying angels was released over egypt 00:52:22.640 --> 00:52:26.880 and they went about causing these plagues and things like that and suddenly the 00:52:27.520 --> 00:52:29.520 scripture itself illuminates 00:52:29.840 --> 00:52:32.560 scripture and whenever i'm in doubt of the character of 00:52:33.120 --> 00:52:39.360 Jehovah in the old testament. I always look at the visible image of jehovah who is christ and immediately 00:52:40.240 --> 00:52:41.920 I see the actual 00:52:41.920 --> 00:52:43.920 persona of who he is 00:52:45.600 --> 00:52:51.920 Because there is no separation in terms of god was cruel in the old testament and he's nice in the new testament that would be 00:52:52.880 --> 00:52:55.200 Yeah, he'd have a multiple personality 00:52:56.080 --> 00:52:58.080 And that wouldn't be true 00:53:00.080 --> 00:53:06.800 What he was with adam he was with israel he was with jesus jesus was and he is with us 00:53:06.800 --> 00:53:12.640 Okay, abundant life is a finished work folks abundant life is a finished work 00:53:15.040 --> 00:53:20.320 Second peter 1 3 says god has given you all things required for life and godliness 00:53:21.120 --> 00:53:22.800 It's a finished work 00:53:22.800 --> 00:53:25.120 Second peter 1 3 says everything 00:53:25.680 --> 00:53:30.240 Elmer that you need for life is to be given to you by god 00:53:30.640 --> 00:53:32.640 It's a finished work 00:53:32.720 --> 00:53:34.720 Second peter 1 3 says everything 00:53:35.440 --> 00:53:37.440 Elmer that you need for life 00:53:38.800 --> 00:53:43.200 Even a sport like fishing and everything you need for godliness 00:53:44.320 --> 00:53:46.320 I have already 00:53:46.320 --> 00:53:48.000 Given you 00:53:48.000 --> 00:53:50.960 It's a finished work life more abundant is a finished work 00:53:51.760 --> 00:53:55.280 And so please understand that we don't have to talk him into it 00:53:56.160 --> 00:53:58.080 very often when we 00:53:58.080 --> 00:53:58.960 when we 00:53:58.960 --> 00:54:03.280 When we think of abundance when we look for abundance in the things of life 00:54:03.920 --> 00:54:09.040 I've noticed how we try to cajole him into it. Oh god, please lord, please this would I will get I mean 00:54:09.040 --> 00:54:11.040 I remember when I first came to 00:54:11.440 --> 00:54:15.520 Know the lord and I needed money. I I went and bought a lottery ticket and I 00:54:16.800 --> 00:54:20.000 Said i'll give you 10 percent that I thought nah that won't satisfy him 00:54:20.080 --> 00:54:24.800 So finally we went up to 50 percent. I said i'll give you 50 percent of this if you let me win 00:54:26.240 --> 00:54:27.360 I mean 00:54:27.520 --> 00:54:28.800 Still didn't win 00:54:28.800 --> 00:54:34.000 But but the point is I went that far because we almost seem to need to cajole god when god is saying jacob 00:54:34.400 --> 00:54:38.240 Everything that you require for life more abundant is finished. I'll already 00:54:38.960 --> 00:54:45.360 Provide it to you. There are certain things that you have to do, but it's already taken care of I mean, let me give you an 00:54:46.160 --> 00:54:48.160 an example 00:54:48.160 --> 00:54:50.480 Kamal and an are buying a new house 00:54:51.280 --> 00:54:52.400 Okay 00:54:52.400 --> 00:54:56.960 They've sold their old one. They're going to buy a new house tomorrow kamal and an will get the title deed 00:54:57.360 --> 00:54:59.040 for their house 00:54:59.040 --> 00:55:02.320 They'll get the title deed. It'll be a piece of paper and she'll have it in her hand 00:55:02.320 --> 00:55:04.320 She'll have the title deed in her hand 00:55:04.560 --> 00:55:08.240 But she only occupies the house a month from now, but guess what tomorrow? 00:55:08.320 --> 00:55:13.360 She can stand and say I have the house. You know why because the title deed of the house is already in her 00:55:14.080 --> 00:55:18.400 Hand yet actual occupancy happens a month from now 00:55:21.040 --> 00:55:23.040 This is how finished work works 00:55:23.440 --> 00:55:30.720 You have the title deed I have the title deed of life more abundant in every area of my life already because christ is 00:55:30.720 --> 00:55:32.400 my title deed 00:55:32.400 --> 00:55:38.720 He is the yes and amen to all the promises of god and life more abundant is a promise of god that is finished and 00:55:39.040 --> 00:55:43.760 That I live in that awaits me. So I hold it today. I may get it a month down the road 00:55:43.760 --> 00:55:45.760 But I already hold the title deed 00:55:47.120 --> 00:55:49.120 This is how it works 00:55:49.120 --> 00:55:51.120 Christ is the title deed 00:55:54.080 --> 00:55:58.720 It applies to every area be it financial be it healing be it relational 00:56:00.000 --> 00:56:04.720 Situations be it emotional situations and everything I hold the title deed 00:56:05.120 --> 00:56:11.520 I'm telling you man tomorrow when they get the house and they hold that paper. They are actually owners of the house 00:56:12.240 --> 00:56:14.240 Yet they do not live in it 00:56:15.520 --> 00:56:18.560 And yet the people who own the house are the owners of the house 00:56:19.280 --> 00:56:24.880 People living in the house cannot after tomorrow say this is our house when the people will come and ask them 00:56:25.040 --> 00:56:28.080 Oh, this is yours. No, no, no, we sold it. We are no longer owners 00:56:28.960 --> 00:56:33.440 Why because this house is a new owner, but you're living here. No, no, no, but they hold the title deed 00:56:34.240 --> 00:56:36.240 The ownership is already done 00:56:37.360 --> 00:56:40.560 And then a month from now we meet for bible study in that house 00:56:42.560 --> 00:56:44.560 That's how it works 00:56:46.720 --> 00:56:48.720 Christ is the title deed 00:56:50.080 --> 00:56:56.400 Settle this in our hearts folks because this is what paul meant when he wrote to the hebrews when he said faith is the substance 00:56:56.400 --> 00:56:59.120 Of things unseen the title deed of things unseen 00:56:59.680 --> 00:57:03.440 It's your present possession, which is why in first john 5 14 and 15 00:57:03.440 --> 00:57:10.480 It says when you ask anything according to my will know that I hear and if you know that I hear then know that 00:57:10.480 --> 00:57:11.920 It is your present 00:57:11.920 --> 00:57:13.920 possession 00:57:15.840 --> 00:57:17.840 Present possession 00:57:19.120 --> 00:57:21.120 So 00:57:24.960 --> 00:57:30.960 Day after tomorrow if someone comes and asks kamal and and okay, do you have any assets they will have to say yes 00:57:33.520 --> 00:57:37.120 Today if someone asks them, do you have any assets they'll have to say no because they sold their house 00:57:39.760 --> 00:57:45.440 Tomorrow they'll have to say yes show us the house. Oh, no, we don't live there show us here 00:57:49.280 --> 00:57:51.540 This is a this is how we need to think folks 00:57:57.680 --> 00:58:00.160 It's a marvelous marvelous way of living 00:58:02.080 --> 00:58:06.800 We're not denying reality, but we are we go by a reality that is 00:58:08.080 --> 00:58:10.400 That is that exceeds our 00:58:11.680 --> 00:58:15.120 Physical reality we don't deny it. Yeah 00:58:15.120 --> 00:58:16.640 We don't deny it 00:58:16.640 --> 00:58:22.800 She can't hold that title deed over their heads and expect the rain not to fall on their heads because kamal won't be able to 00:58:22.800 --> 00:58:25.360 Hide under that title deed anyways, but but 00:58:27.920 --> 00:58:30.160 But but the point is that 00:58:31.600 --> 00:58:35.120 Her reality is that the house will only be hers a month from now 00:58:35.120 --> 00:58:38.720 But the real thing is that they already have the house. This is how you live 00:58:39.600 --> 00:58:41.600 It's a marvelous way to live 00:58:41.600 --> 00:58:47.840 Yeah, and yet she won't say when no she knows when yeah, oh, okay, okay, okay, yeah 00:58:49.520 --> 00:58:53.760 Yeah, we don't always know when you can occupy the house you have the title deed 00:58:53.760 --> 00:58:58.960 But you do not know when you can occupy the house. That is when righteousness peace and joy kicking 00:59:00.080 --> 00:59:03.840 Between the we've talked about this between the people who are in the house 00:59:03.840 --> 00:59:08.080 And the people who are in the house who are in the house who are in the house who are in the house 00:59:08.080 --> 00:59:09.600 Kicking 00:59:09.600 --> 00:59:14.960 Between the we've talked about this between the promise and the provision is where faith works 00:59:15.840 --> 00:59:21.520 Faith doesn't work with receiving a promise of the promises from god. It's easy to trust that faith doesn't work 00:59:21.680 --> 00:59:24.960 When the provision has come faith has to be activated between promise and 00:59:25.520 --> 00:59:33.120 Provision that's where faith is first. That's where you say I will walk in righteousness peace and joy because I have the title deed 00:59:38.160 --> 00:59:46.080 And a title deed is inviolable man, you cannot violate it that's the beauty of it 00:59:49.840 --> 00:59:51.840 Questions before we move on 01:00:01.840 --> 01:00:06.480 Yeah, that's one thing that we're not very eager to get immediately I mean 01:00:08.160 --> 01:00:12.800 No believer says aha rejoice for my name is written in heaven. I want heaven right now 01:00:12.800 --> 01:00:15.040 I want heaven right now. No one wants to die and go immediately 01:00:15.280 --> 01:00:22.080 That's one place where we are supposedly have huge mansions that we do not want to occupy even though we have the title deed 01:00:27.280 --> 01:00:31.920 Pardon yeah, yeah, I mean we'll talk about mansions and whether there are mansions another time 01:00:35.680 --> 01:00:37.280 Yeah 01:00:37.280 --> 01:00:40.080 If you flip your page we go to abundant life and healing 01:00:40.720 --> 01:00:44.240 So now that we've set some ground rules for abundant life 01:00:44.880 --> 01:00:46.880 And you thought there was no second page lorianne 01:00:49.600 --> 01:00:52.400 I don't know whether that smile is a smile or relief or 01:00:59.840 --> 01:01:04.320 Abundant life and healing folks one of the areas where abundant life 01:01:04.960 --> 01:01:09.360 Or life more abundant should be displayed is in the area of healing of physical bodies 01:01:10.080 --> 01:01:12.080 We'll talk about finances 01:01:12.080 --> 01:01:16.720 Maybe next week or when I come back, but today we'll talk about healing because we've dealt with it a lot 01:01:16.720 --> 01:01:18.720 So I thought we'll deal with that first 01:01:19.280 --> 01:01:22.240 Healing is an example of the finished work of abundant life 01:01:22.880 --> 01:01:24.880 healing is an example 01:01:26.080 --> 01:01:28.240 Of the finished work of abundant life. I mean 01:01:29.680 --> 01:01:32.800 Life more abundant includes healing. I mean 01:01:33.760 --> 01:01:35.200 Jesus 01:01:35.200 --> 01:01:40.160 Definitely included that in life more abundant. You shall have life and life more abundant 01:01:40.960 --> 01:01:43.600 Did not mean that you shall have life and life more abundant 01:01:44.800 --> 01:01:49.200 In sickness, no, he he is a god who is always willing to heal 01:01:50.400 --> 01:01:52.400 That's nature of his is inviolable 01:01:52.880 --> 01:01:54.880 We cannot define 01:01:54.880 --> 01:02:01.440 Or we cannot we cannot come against that nature and say it's not true because we may not see it enough 01:02:02.320 --> 01:02:04.320 But that nature is inviolable 01:02:15.200 --> 01:02:17.760 Healing is an example of the finished work of abundant life 01:02:19.200 --> 01:02:21.200 It's an overflowing 01:02:21.200 --> 01:02:27.360 Of the vitality of physical life. We said abundant life is about overflow about surplus 01:02:27.360 --> 01:02:33.440 And one of the things that's given to us is an overflow in the area of the vitality of physical life 01:02:36.640 --> 01:02:43.920 Please understand that our mortal bodies because of the sin nature of adam that has come down through blood will die 01:02:44.400 --> 01:02:46.400 Our mortal bodies will decay 01:02:47.840 --> 01:02:49.200 But 01:02:49.200 --> 01:02:53.760 Even as we live in these mortal bodies we've seen in the old testament how 01:02:54.560 --> 01:02:56.000 men lived 01:02:56.000 --> 01:03:02.400 Physical lives that were healthy that was free from sickness and it's a surplus that we can live in 01:03:02.960 --> 01:03:09.520 It is a finished work. I want I want us to look at isaiah 53 5. I know you've seen this many times isaiah 53 5 01:03:13.120 --> 01:03:15.120 Isaiah 53 5 01:03:16.720 --> 01:03:18.720 It's the next page dagma 01:03:18.720 --> 01:03:20.720 So 01:03:25.120 --> 01:03:27.120 That was so happy there's a second page 01:03:30.080 --> 01:03:33.840 Isaiah 53 verse 5 it says that 01:03:37.520 --> 01:03:39.200 You are 01:03:39.200 --> 01:03:42.960 Healed by my by his stripes you are healed folks 01:03:43.040 --> 01:03:50.960 This is a prophecy in the old covenant before jesus walked the earth and even before the son of god was flogged 01:03:52.240 --> 01:03:54.240 God is saying you are healed 01:03:54.720 --> 01:03:58.160 Hear me again even before the son of god was flogged 01:03:59.040 --> 01:04:02.000 Imagine that hey such an irony in those words 01:04:03.200 --> 01:04:08.320 The son of the living god god himself and i'm saying even before the son of god was flogged as if 01:04:08.640 --> 01:04:10.640 I mean the two don't even fit together man 01:04:11.520 --> 01:04:14.240 Even before the son of god was flogged on earth 01:04:16.000 --> 01:04:21.600 Through isaiah god said you are healed now go to first peter two 01:04:24.560 --> 01:04:28.020 Verse 20 24 first peter 2 24 01:04:41.360 --> 01:04:43.360 First peter 2 24 01:04:48.000 --> 01:04:50.000 And it says there 01:04:51.040 --> 01:04:53.040 By his wounds or by his stripes you 01:04:53.840 --> 01:05:00.880 Were healed so in isaiah 53 5 even before jesus the lamb of god was flogged you are healed 01:05:01.440 --> 01:05:06.320 After jesus the lamb of god was flogged first peter 2 23 now says you 01:05:07.520 --> 01:05:09.520 Were healed it's a finished 01:05:10.160 --> 01:05:12.320 Work it's something that is done 01:05:14.080 --> 01:05:16.080 So every time you and I 01:05:16.720 --> 01:05:23.920 Fall sick folks your intent and my intent must be to regain the rest in the finished work of you were healed 01:05:24.240 --> 01:05:26.240 So it's like this 01:05:26.640 --> 01:05:30.080 This is your place of rest. It's called you 01:05:31.280 --> 01:05:33.280 were 01:05:33.360 --> 01:05:36.640 Healed this is your place of rest 01:05:39.600 --> 01:05:41.200 This is where you 01:05:41.200 --> 01:05:48.240 Should be living you were healed now when you or I get sick what happens is we come out of this place 01:05:48.640 --> 01:05:50.640 our intent then should be to 01:05:52.000 --> 01:05:55.280 Get back and regain this finished 01:05:56.720 --> 01:06:00.080 Work of rest called you were healed 01:06:01.520 --> 01:06:04.880 That's that's what every time we are sick. That's what we should 01:06:05.600 --> 01:06:07.440 attempt to do 01:06:07.440 --> 01:06:12.960 And there are mechanisms for doing it or pathways into it which we won't go into but we need to understand that 01:06:13.760 --> 01:06:17.840 Part of life more abundant is this place of rest called you were healed 01:06:18.880 --> 01:06:22.240 And every time a sickness comes and you come out of it 01:06:22.880 --> 01:06:24.880 Your intent is I want to regain that 01:06:25.440 --> 01:06:28.800 Place of life more abundant, which is you were healed. It's a finished work 01:06:35.280 --> 01:06:37.280 Questions before I continue 01:06:37.440 --> 01:06:39.440 Any questions 01:06:44.480 --> 01:06:46.480 Any questions 01:06:55.440 --> 01:06:57.440 This is a marvelous truth folks 01:07:02.080 --> 01:07:06.560 No, it doesn't so it's like um 01:07:07.520 --> 01:07:09.520 I 01:07:10.400 --> 01:07:15.120 It doesn't say you you will fall sick either yeah 01:07:17.600 --> 01:07:19.360 No 01:07:19.360 --> 01:07:21.360 No 01:07:21.920 --> 01:07:28.160 Yeah, if but there are people I know I know one person who has lived here for 84 years 01:07:29.520 --> 01:07:36.080 And has not fallen sick. I don't know her personally that I know about her and I've heard her speak 01:07:38.080 --> 01:07:40.080 Who has always lived here 01:07:43.280 --> 01:07:48.800 She uh, oh, it's so beautiful exodus 15 verse 25 26 01:07:51.200 --> 01:07:53.200 Exodus 15 01:07:56.320 --> 01:07:59.780 Father I thank you for the ridiculous of that we can explore 01:08:07.440 --> 01:08:09.440 I 01:08:14.000 --> 01:08:16.000 Exist 15 01:08:19.760 --> 01:08:21.760 25 and 26 01:08:22.800 --> 01:08:26.720 Ah, I love this it says there well, let's start at verse 01:08:28.480 --> 01:08:32.080 22 exodus 15 was 22 i'm jumping ahead of what I wanted to say 01:08:32.080 --> 01:08:38.000 But that's fine then moses led israel from the red sea and they went into the into the desert of shul 01:08:38.720 --> 01:08:40.640 for three days they 01:08:40.640 --> 01:08:44.880 Traveled in the desert without finding water when they came to mara mara means bitter 01:08:45.120 --> 01:08:49.280 They could not drink its water because it was bitter that is oh it explains it there 01:08:49.600 --> 01:08:54.720 That's why the place is called mara so the people grumble against moses saying what are we to drink? 01:08:55.280 --> 01:08:58.400 Then moses cried out to the lord and the lord showed him a piece of wood 01:08:58.720 --> 01:09:01.680 He threw it into the water and the water became sweet 01:09:02.080 --> 01:09:09.520 And listen to these words then the lord made a decree and a law for them and there he tested them 01:09:09.520 --> 01:09:11.440 What do you think that means? 01:09:11.440 --> 01:09:13.440 Then the lord made a decree 01:09:14.000 --> 01:09:17.780 And the water is a mara and there he tested them. What does that mean? 01:09:28.400 --> 01:09:31.440 Yeah, he he he established a plumb line there 01:09:33.440 --> 01:09:39.440 Every time god declares his character in a name form. He always sets a plumb line for you 01:09:40.320 --> 01:09:42.800 Here he declares his name as yave rafa 01:09:43.760 --> 01:09:50.560 The god that heals you but he set up a plumb line and what is the plumb line if you hear my voice 01:09:51.440 --> 01:09:53.120 And walk in it 01:09:53.120 --> 01:09:55.120 I will never 01:09:56.080 --> 01:10:02.960 I will never charge to your credit any disease that fell that fell upon egypt 01:10:04.880 --> 01:10:06.880 He set a plumb line 01:10:07.600 --> 01:10:11.920 If you hear my voice and walk in it, I will never 01:10:12.640 --> 01:10:14.720 Charge to your credit put upon you 01:10:15.600 --> 01:10:17.920 Any of the diseases that came upon egypt? 01:10:18.640 --> 01:10:24.640 And that's how he tested him what he was saying is here's a plumb line you walk in this and prove you can prove me 01:10:25.120 --> 01:10:30.560 If you do not walk in this then I will know that you have not kept your search state of the plumb line 01:10:30.800 --> 01:10:35.360 And therefore this decree and my name which is yave rafa the 01:10:36.140 --> 01:10:43.120 Self-existent most holy one who heals you will not be able to be all that he wants to be to you because he cannot operate 01:10:43.600 --> 01:10:45.520 In in a place where there is 01:10:46.160 --> 01:10:48.160 Defiance rebellion sin 01:10:48.240 --> 01:10:50.240 He set up a plumb line 01:10:50.240 --> 01:10:56.240 Walking under the cloud and I'm saying to you it is possible to hear his voice and walk in it and live free of sickness 01:11:05.280 --> 01:11:11.760 It does not mean being sinless it does not mean being perfect it does not mean being sinless 01:11:12.000 --> 01:11:15.440 It means hearing your war hearing his voice and walking in it 01:11:16.640 --> 01:11:18.640 That is possible 01:11:20.800 --> 01:11:22.000 Right 01:11:22.000 --> 01:11:24.320 Yeah, but i'll fall i'll make mistakes 01:11:25.120 --> 01:11:28.800 but that's okay, he knows that jacob is seeking his voice hearing and 01:11:30.000 --> 01:11:31.340 very very 01:11:31.340 --> 01:11:38.080 Joyfully willingly and obediently walking in it not just obediently but willingly because my son pursues me 01:11:38.320 --> 01:11:41.440 My sheep hear my voice and will not run after anything else 01:11:42.240 --> 01:11:46.240 If you're walking in it willingly and obeying it how will you talk? 01:11:46.640 --> 01:11:52.000 Um, I've found times when I've heard God, but I haven't done everything he wanted me to 01:11:53.520 --> 01:11:54.960 No, I heard him 01:11:54.960 --> 01:11:56.960 But I made a mistake. I erred 01:11:57.280 --> 01:11:59.280 I have there have been times when I've 01:12:00.080 --> 01:12:04.080 Yeah, there have been times when i've come here and the lord's told me something and i'll do it 01:12:04.720 --> 01:12:08.880 to a certain point and then I think i'm not i'm not sure whether I should finish it because 01:12:09.600 --> 01:12:11.920 The moment doesn't seem right and I may choose not to 01:12:12.480 --> 01:12:17.840 And later on when I go home every time I go home i'll say father anything you want to talk about today from today's service 01:12:18.320 --> 01:12:20.320 And some days you'll say jacob you could have done it this way 01:12:25.440 --> 01:12:27.540 And i'll say you know what father i'm so sorry 01:12:28.180 --> 01:12:30.180 Yeah 01:12:38.740 --> 01:12:40.740 Yeah 01:12:43.940 --> 01:12:44.980 True 01:12:44.980 --> 01:12:48.100 We always have to look at god's dealing with us as father and son 01:12:49.140 --> 01:12:52.740 And the moment you put sarah in that place now and you see that sarah 01:12:53.220 --> 01:12:55.220 Seeks and runs to hear your voice 01:12:55.620 --> 01:12:57.620 And loves doing what you want 01:12:57.620 --> 01:13:04.180 And in hearing and doing between the here and doing there was a discrepancy where it didn't come out the way you expected her to 01:13:04.420 --> 01:13:10.740 You know what you'll do you'll be so thrilled at with the with the pursuit that you will not nitpick and if you nitpick 01:13:11.380 --> 01:13:13.380 you're a um 01:13:13.700 --> 01:13:15.700 You're a provocative father 01:13:23.140 --> 01:13:29.300 Yeah, but but god will always treat you as father treats son and he also knows the maturity of the 01:13:29.860 --> 01:13:33.220 Son so there may be some sons where he'll give a lot of rope 01:13:33.700 --> 01:13:37.940 There may be other sons where you say jacob tino jeff. You should have known better 01:13:40.260 --> 01:13:42.260 It comes with learning yeah 01:13:43.540 --> 01:13:47.300 Yeah, yeah to whom much is given much is expected 01:13:47.300 --> 01:13:49.300 To 01:13:49.460 --> 01:13:52.100 My sister called me up three hours before she came here 01:13:52.420 --> 01:13:57.300 And she was sitting watching a movie with some people and very clearly the holy spirit told her to get up and go 01:13:58.260 --> 01:14:04.100 And because she had a plate in front of her and she was eating and it looked awkward getting up when everyone else was watching 01:14:04.420 --> 01:14:06.500 She continued to watch it and in the night 01:14:06.500 --> 01:14:10.580 She had a dream where the lord told her that it was the wrong thing to do and she called me up and saying 01:14:10.740 --> 01:14:15.540 Jacob I was so sure the spirit of god was telling me and I didn't and he told me which movie I was it was and I 01:14:15.540 --> 01:14:21.860 Said people you should have you should have gotten up and gone. So she says what do I do now? I said tell the lord that 01:14:22.980 --> 01:14:24.980 You heard and that 01:14:25.060 --> 01:14:29.700 You're sorry if he said i've already done that I said move on then because he knows your heart and he'll keep talking 01:14:30.020 --> 01:14:34.260 As long as you're pursuing him with the intent of obedience god cuts you a lot of slack 01:14:34.820 --> 01:14:38.420 But the thing is he knows my heart better than I know my heart folks 01:14:39.620 --> 01:14:42.900 I can deceive myself sometimes but I cannot deceive him 01:14:42.900 --> 01:14:44.900 So I never need to be afraid of 01:14:45.620 --> 01:14:48.500 Making mistakes because at the end of the day 01:14:49.060 --> 01:14:53.460 I don't even see myself in flesh. I got to count myself in terms of how he sees 01:14:54.340 --> 01:14:55.460 me 01:14:55.460 --> 01:14:57.940 Do not even measure yourself after the flesh 01:15:03.940 --> 01:15:05.940 So sorry 01:15:05.940 --> 01:15:11.940 Yeah contrite heart a broken or contrite spirit. He will never turn around 01:15:12.580 --> 01:15:14.580 Turn away 01:15:14.980 --> 01:15:16.980 Beautiful beautiful god he is 01:15:18.500 --> 01:15:20.500 If he was yeah 01:15:20.500 --> 01:15:21.540 So 01:15:21.540 --> 01:15:26.660 The reason I read exodus so it is possible to live here. Okay, the plumb line he's given us 01:15:27.380 --> 01:15:30.740 And the thing is in the old testament the plumb line was about rules 01:15:31.380 --> 01:15:36.100 Now the plumb line is about principles because of the life of christ in me. It's much easier 01:15:36.740 --> 01:15:42.580 Then it was hearing god from the external now it's hearing god because he lives in me I know I know I know 01:15:44.900 --> 01:15:46.900 It is possible to live here but if 01:15:47.780 --> 01:15:49.780 If we step out 01:15:50.180 --> 01:15:52.020 Then know for sure 01:15:52.020 --> 01:15:58.020 That you now want to regain this finished work called you were healed and there are ways to regain it 01:16:00.260 --> 01:16:04.500 Which we've gone over many times so I won't go into basically again and except to say 01:16:05.300 --> 01:16:11.220 Um to two approaches to sickness since it is a finished work and this is where we are supposed to live 01:16:11.620 --> 01:16:13.620 And a sickness comes upon 01:16:13.620 --> 01:16:15.620 um a person 01:16:16.260 --> 01:16:19.220 If it's uh, please these are not formulas. These are 01:16:20.180 --> 01:16:21.780 strong 01:16:21.780 --> 01:16:29.620 Recommendations if it's if it's a disease that comes from the external or it comes to invade or if it is something demonic 01:16:30.260 --> 01:16:34.020 That comes to afflict with a disease then you rebuke it 01:16:35.460 --> 01:16:39.620 if it is something that is internal that is because of 01:16:40.500 --> 01:16:46.280 Something within the body being damaged at the source then you command restoration 01:16:47.860 --> 01:16:49.780 Yeah 01:16:49.780 --> 01:16:53.300 When when when disease is from an external source 01:16:53.780 --> 01:16:59.620 When it's an invasive thing that comes from the outside and attacks the body when it's a demonic 01:17:00.420 --> 01:17:08.260 Spirit of affliction or infirmity that comes from the outside and afflicts the body and causes sickness then you rebuke it 01:17:09.220 --> 01:17:13.140 I will talk about what rebuke means when it is so that's one area 01:17:15.620 --> 01:17:20.580 So for instance, um, um if you go to mark chapter 01:17:22.660 --> 01:17:24.660 Mark chapter four 01:17:26.740 --> 01:17:28.740 Mark four 01:17:29.620 --> 01:17:31.620 Mark four 01:17:33.620 --> 01:17:35.620 Mark 4 35 01:17:43.540 --> 01:17:45.540 Mark 4 35 01:17:48.420 --> 01:17:52.100 I'm reading that day when the evening came he said to his disciples 01:17:54.420 --> 01:17:56.420 Let's go 01:17:56.820 --> 01:18:01.300 Mark 4 35 am I in mark 4? 01:18:03.540 --> 01:18:05.540 Okay, i'm looking for peter's mother-in-law 01:18:26.820 --> 01:18:28.820 So 01:18:33.380 --> 01:18:39.780 Yeah mark two mark one, sorry mark one verse 29 mark 129 01:18:43.540 --> 01:18:45.540 Mark 129 here's what it says 01:18:47.540 --> 01:18:49.540 As soon as they left the synagogue 01:18:51.380 --> 01:18:55.240 They went with james and john. Ah, I know what's happening 01:18:56.500 --> 01:18:58.500 Go to luke 4 01:19:00.820 --> 01:19:02.820 Luke 4 01:19:03.060 --> 01:19:05.060 Luke 4 35 01:19:05.940 --> 01:19:07.940 Luke 4 35 01:19:17.140 --> 01:19:19.140 Luke 4 35 and here goes 01:19:19.220 --> 01:19:21.140 um 01:19:21.140 --> 01:19:26.020 First jesus confronts an evil spirit now. Look how he deals with evil spirits starting at 01:19:26.900 --> 01:19:30.260 33 in the synagogue. There was a man possessed by a demon an evil spirit 01:19:30.740 --> 01:19:35.140 He cried out at the top of his voice. Ha what do you want to do with us? Jesus of nazareth 01:19:35.380 --> 01:19:40.180 Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are the holy one of god. Be quiet. Jesus said sternly 01:19:40.820 --> 01:19:43.940 Come out of him then the demon threw the man before him 01:19:44.740 --> 01:19:49.540 And all that came with him was a demon and a demon and a demon and a demon 01:19:49.540 --> 01:19:50.740 Externally 01:19:50.740 --> 01:19:53.860 Come out of him then the demon threw the man before him 01:19:54.820 --> 01:19:58.020 and all that came with him came out and 01:19:59.060 --> 01:20:02.100 Before them all and came out without enduring it then go to verse 01:20:02.900 --> 01:20:08.660 38 Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of simon now simon's mother-in-law 01:20:09.380 --> 01:20:14.900 Was suffering from a high fever and they asked jesus to help her so he bent over and he 01:20:15.860 --> 01:20:24.260 Rebuked the fever and it left her there are other scriptures as in mark as in luke 9 42 where sickness was caused by 01:20:24.580 --> 01:20:26.580 a demon and jesus rebuked the 01:20:27.300 --> 01:20:29.060 demon so 01:20:29.060 --> 01:20:31.060 rebuke is one way of 01:20:31.300 --> 01:20:33.540 dealing with anything that is invasive from the 01:20:34.260 --> 01:20:36.020 outside where 01:20:36.020 --> 01:20:40.820 Sometimes we don't know so sometimes you can just ask a lot father. What do I need to do rebuke command? 01:20:40.820 --> 01:20:46.260 So I would suggest that when it's an invasive source, then you rebuke it and rebuke 01:20:46.820 --> 01:20:49.620 means to forbid to veto or to 01:20:50.420 --> 01:20:51.940 disallow 01:20:51.940 --> 01:20:55.140 That's what rebuke means to veto to disallow to forbid 01:20:57.300 --> 01:21:03.940 To condemn in a sense of speaking those are the words that go with rebuke when I rebuke something i'm condemning it as 01:21:04.020 --> 01:21:11.060 Not right i'm disallowing it i'm forbidding it i'm vetoing it that's what the word carries 01:21:11.620 --> 01:21:13.620 in terms of its meaning in greek so 01:21:14.420 --> 01:21:16.420 that's what i'm doing and 01:21:16.980 --> 01:21:18.980 when it when it's 01:21:20.100 --> 01:21:22.420 Something that is internal that is damaged that 01:21:23.540 --> 01:21:25.460 is broken down and 01:21:25.460 --> 01:21:32.900 That is causing brackish water bitter water to come from inside then command restoration. You saw what happened with 01:21:33.380 --> 01:21:39.620 Mara mara was a stream that they wanted to drink out of and it was bitter because the source of the spring was bitter 01:21:40.100 --> 01:21:47.060 And so what does moses do god tells him see that dry shrub or tree lying there pick it up and throw it into the 01:21:47.780 --> 01:21:49.780 Water and it shall be healed and 01:21:50.900 --> 01:21:57.060 When it's damaged from the inside command or speak restoration or healing upon it 01:21:57.860 --> 01:21:59.860 And if necessary combine both 01:22:03.860 --> 01:22:13.060 In a sense, yes in isaiah 53 verse one and two you see jesus being described as a tender plant that grew out of dry ground 01:22:15.460 --> 01:22:17.140 And if 01:22:17.140 --> 01:22:24.420 The tree was what healed the bitter waters of mara then jesus was the tender plant or the 01:22:25.620 --> 01:22:31.620 Dry piece that came out of the ground that was instead of being thrown into water thrown into the fire 01:22:31.780 --> 01:22:33.780 So that the bitterness of sickness will be taken care of 01:22:34.980 --> 01:22:40.180 So that's a comparison isaiah 53 verse one says he was like a tender plant that came out of 01:22:41.300 --> 01:22:43.300 Dry ground and no one would give him a second look 01:22:47.700 --> 01:22:50.180 It's because of his wounds that we are 01:22:51.860 --> 01:22:53.780 Healed 01:22:53.780 --> 01:22:55.780 We were healed. Yeah right on finished work 01:22:56.580 --> 01:22:57.860 right on 01:22:57.940 --> 01:23:01.780 Commanding and rebuking are effective only from a place of authority folks 01:23:02.660 --> 01:23:05.700 Commanding and rebuking are effective only from a place of authority 01:23:06.580 --> 01:23:10.500 Authority so if I rebuke something and if I command something 01:23:10.820 --> 01:23:15.700 It has it is only effective if it's from a place of authority if it's not from a place of authority 01:23:15.860 --> 01:23:17.860 Let me say to you. It's not effective 01:23:18.740 --> 01:23:20.100 and 01:23:20.100 --> 01:23:21.460 How do 01:23:21.460 --> 01:23:25.400 How do you operate out of a place of authority to be in authority is to have jurisdiction? 01:23:25.880 --> 01:23:28.120 To be in authority is to have rulership over 01:23:29.320 --> 01:23:34.120 To be in authority is to have jurisdiction to be in authority is to have rulership over, you know 01:23:35.320 --> 01:23:36.280 last 01:23:36.280 --> 01:23:39.960 Tuesday when we had the bible study here, we had tons of food left over from an 01:23:40.680 --> 01:23:45.800 From elmer's birthday. So we had to pack the food and I went and got some 01:23:46.520 --> 01:23:48.440 large 01:23:48.440 --> 01:23:52.440 Containers the ones we had was small. We got some large containers that was in their kitchen 01:23:52.680 --> 01:23:58.920 But because I went there even though this building has been given to us even though this kitchen has been given to us because I took 01:23:59.320 --> 01:24:01.320 containers from 01:24:01.560 --> 01:24:05.400 Their church I did go and ask tell them that I had taken and I 01:24:06.040 --> 01:24:13.000 In a sense asked them for permission because six containers six styrofoam containers was outside of my jurisdiction folks 01:24:14.600 --> 01:24:16.600 We got to know the scope 01:24:17.080 --> 01:24:23.400 And place that we operate from if you do not know that your authority is basically a bunch of words that mean nothing 01:24:25.400 --> 01:24:29.960 And if you and I do not understand that we are seated 01:24:30.360 --> 01:24:34.440 With Yahweh rafa at his right hand side in christ above all 01:24:34.900 --> 01:24:38.360 Principalities above all powers and about every name that is being named 01:24:38.600 --> 01:24:43.960 Then you and I can never understand that we have rulership over every sickness and every demon on the face of the earth 01:24:44.920 --> 01:24:51.320 This is where authority comes from if I do not understand the jurisdiction I have if I'm not aware of it if I'm not 01:24:51.480 --> 01:24:54.040 Absolutely confident of it. Why will anything go? 01:24:56.520 --> 01:25:01.560 We rent this place from that church they used this last night for a women's meeting 01:25:02.280 --> 01:25:07.480 But they know that because they have given us the keys and we now are the occupants and we have signed paper 01:25:08.120 --> 01:25:12.600 The pastor called me and asked me because he no longer has jurisdiction over the space 01:25:14.440 --> 01:25:17.000 He no longer has rulership over the space 01:25:17.960 --> 01:25:22.040 So he came and asked me can I use your place for the women's meeting? 01:25:23.960 --> 01:25:25.960 Everything operates on authority 01:25:29.800 --> 01:25:31.800 The sad thing is 01:25:31.800 --> 01:25:38.120 We can sit in this church and listen to all these messages and yet perhaps I need to know whether I really understand 01:25:38.680 --> 01:25:45.160 And I'm really aware and I'm really sure that I am actually seated at the right hand of god 01:25:45.720 --> 01:25:51.640 Yahweh rafa that I am actually seated in heavenly in the heavenlies with christ and 01:25:51.800 --> 01:25:55.640 Actually have authority over all sickness and all demons always 01:25:58.280 --> 01:26:03.560 Because only then can I command only then can I rebuke and then will it leave 01:26:08.520 --> 01:26:10.520 It's an odd thing 01:26:13.080 --> 01:26:19.740 Till then it becomes a bunch of words, which is why we have to shout because the louder we shout we think the more the authority 01:26:33.160 --> 01:26:36.040 Let me kind of begin to wind down 01:26:38.680 --> 01:26:42.600 In exodus 15 25 god says I will not put the diseases of egypt on you 01:26:43.080 --> 01:26:47.080 In exodus 23 25. He says I will take away the diseases from your midst 01:26:48.040 --> 01:26:52.840 One place he says I will not put it on you another place. He says I will take it away and how did it? 01:26:53.160 --> 01:26:55.000 How did he accomplish that? 01:26:55.000 --> 01:26:57.400 He took all the diseases of egypt and put them on jesus 01:26:58.760 --> 01:27:00.760 And jesus took them away 01:27:00.840 --> 01:27:05.400 as matthew 8 verse 17 isaiah 53 verse 5 he carried 01:27:05.400 --> 01:27:12.440 With our infirmities we thought he was a man being stricken for his sin. No, no, no god put on him 01:27:13.000 --> 01:27:15.000 God put on him 01:27:17.720 --> 01:27:19.880 That's a beautiful thing exodus yeah 01:27:25.880 --> 01:27:27.800 Matthew 8 17 01:27:27.800 --> 01:27:31.320 Matthew 8 17 people say that isaiah 53 4 and 5 is 01:27:32.280 --> 01:27:34.280 Meant for only spiritual healing 01:27:35.080 --> 01:27:37.080 Matthew 8 17 says otherwise 01:27:40.680 --> 01:27:43.400 I mean this healing thing is so ridiculous man that 01:27:44.440 --> 01:27:49.080 Because it is so illogical people have to come up with an explanation not to receive it 01:27:52.280 --> 01:27:54.280 Matthew 8 17 01:27:54.600 --> 01:28:00.040 Starting at verse 16 matthew 8 16 when evening came many who were demon possessed were brought to him 01:28:00.280 --> 01:28:05.400 And he drove out the spirits with the word and healed all the sick this was to fulfill what was spoken to the prophet isaiah 01:28:05.640 --> 01:28:11.160 He took up our infirmities and carried the diseases. I don't see in verse 16 anything that says that it was spiritual healing 01:28:11.480 --> 01:28:13.480 very clearly indicates that it was 01:28:13.480 --> 01:28:17.320 Physical healing and it says so that the prophecy in isaiah may be 01:28:18.120 --> 01:28:19.320 fulfilled 01:28:19.320 --> 01:28:21.800 Now another argument that people who don't believe in healing will 01:28:22.600 --> 01:28:25.880 Come up with this it has already been fulfilled. So it's no longer active 01:28:31.000 --> 01:28:37.480 Yeah in which case brother be blessed but what can you say 01:28:42.840 --> 01:28:45.480 Folks we got to let god prove us in 01:28:46.520 --> 01:28:52.600 Hearing his voice and obeying him because then we will be able to prove god in walking in healing 01:28:54.040 --> 01:28:55.160 this 01:28:55.160 --> 01:29:00.200 As we talk about life more abundant this church should begin to display life more abundant in different areas 01:29:00.600 --> 01:29:02.600 one of the areas that we should 01:29:03.000 --> 01:29:05.000 start displaying is 01:29:05.400 --> 01:29:10.600 Time and time again returning here if we fall sick and then beginning to live here more often than we live 01:29:11.560 --> 01:29:13.560 Outside and it is possible 01:29:14.040 --> 01:29:20.440 It is a finished work and we can begin to learn how to walk in it. That's not matter how long you or I may have had a 01:29:21.400 --> 01:29:23.400 ailment or a sickness we can 01:29:24.360 --> 01:29:28.920 We can hear and walk in obedience and begin to live there 01:29:29.480 --> 01:29:35.640 Because we need to display life more abundant as a people you need to because otherwise, this is just theory, right? 01:29:37.080 --> 01:29:39.080 Yeah, we have to have a working model 01:29:40.520 --> 01:29:42.520 Go ahead 01:29:48.840 --> 01:29:52.840 In the sense sometimes I do not know enough about a disease to know whether it's external or internal 01:29:53.320 --> 01:29:57.960 So I just have to trust a lot to just let me know what went to rebuke and went to command 01:30:01.000 --> 01:30:03.800 That's in about two and a half minutes, yeah 01:30:06.760 --> 01:30:08.760 Any other questions 01:30:10.840 --> 01:30:13.960 If I don't do it in two and a half minutes, she'll ask another question so quickly if you have a question 01:30:16.360 --> 01:30:18.360 Yeah, you've been pretty good 01:30:22.840 --> 01:30:24.840 I 01:30:29.240 --> 01:30:31.240 Explain it more 01:30:35.640 --> 01:30:39.960 Okay, okay stay in the place of rest, yeah, yeah 01:30:46.600 --> 01:30:48.600 Killing destroy 01:30:52.840 --> 01:30:55.320 Killing our lives, you know destroying our lives. Yeah 01:30:58.360 --> 01:31:01.000 Yeah, because it's something that god just don't want 01:31:01.560 --> 01:31:02.360 Yeah 01:31:02.360 --> 01:31:04.360 Going back to ann's house 01:31:04.680 --> 01:31:09.320 Go ahead feel free to yawn. You have to suddenly cut down a yawn because I looked at her just when she was beginning to yawn 01:31:10.280 --> 01:31:12.280 Sorry, ann 01:31:14.600 --> 01:31:16.680 So it'll be known around the world that you yawned 01:31:17.720 --> 01:31:19.720 Okay, she's tired 01:31:20.680 --> 01:31:26.680 Let's take her house for instance she will have the title deed tomorrow now the house is hers 01:31:26.680 --> 01:31:28.840 But let's assume a squatter came and 01:31:30.040 --> 01:31:33.400 Said oh, I'm going to stay in this house because it's been sold. No one's come to take it in 01:31:33.400 --> 01:31:35.400 I'm going to stay here now 01:31:35.560 --> 01:31:37.560 She can rebuke the squatter 01:31:38.120 --> 01:31:41.960 With with the power of the law of Canada behind her 01:31:42.760 --> 01:31:46.520 And the squatter will have to leave but let's assume she didn't know her rights 01:31:47.000 --> 01:31:49.400 Then she can go into a lengthy court battle 01:31:50.440 --> 01:31:53.480 Which will stretch for 20 years while he still lives there rent-free 01:31:54.200 --> 01:31:56.200 But because she knows her rights she can 01:31:57.240 --> 01:31:58.760 Rebuke the squatter 01:31:58.760 --> 01:32:04.440 It's like that the title that she already possesses we possess the title deed call you were healed 01:32:05.880 --> 01:32:08.120 Because we possess Christ and Christ possesses us 01:32:13.400 --> 01:32:15.400 Confounding cancer so 01:32:16.360 --> 01:32:18.360 Let's talk about cancer 01:32:18.360 --> 01:32:19.720 because 01:32:19.720 --> 01:32:21.880 Some of you got that email with regard to jones 01:32:22.520 --> 01:32:23.800 sister 01:32:23.800 --> 01:32:25.800 struggling with cancer and 01:32:26.040 --> 01:32:28.520 my mom's sister in bahrain has 01:32:29.400 --> 01:32:33.080 Cancer we hear of so many different situations ranita and morris's 01:32:33.880 --> 01:32:36.200 I think morris's brother or someone has cancer so 01:32:38.200 --> 01:32:40.680 Brother-in-law, yeah has cancer so 01:32:42.360 --> 01:32:44.520 Confounding cancer, how do we go about that folks? 01:32:45.480 --> 01:32:49.560 Some of the things about see i'm no medical expert or doctor so I don't claim 01:32:50.760 --> 01:32:54.680 any kind of medical understanding, but I know a few things that we 01:32:55.480 --> 01:32:57.880 It's common knowledge about cancer cells one 01:32:58.520 --> 01:33:00.520 these cells 01:33:01.960 --> 01:33:06.120 There's a change in their dna there's a change in their dna 01:33:08.280 --> 01:33:10.280 And they deviate 01:33:10.280 --> 01:33:12.280 From their original 01:33:14.440 --> 01:33:21.340 Design that's one thing that happens secondly they don't keep boundaries 01:33:24.840 --> 01:33:32.460 They don't keep boundaries that each cell is supposed to keep the way god has intended they break order 01:33:32.540 --> 01:33:37.520 Each cell is supposed to keep the way god has intended they break order 01:33:40.860 --> 01:33:42.860 And they become invasive 01:33:43.820 --> 01:33:45.820 This you can get just by 01:33:46.700 --> 01:33:53.840 Checking on wikipedia, so it's not some greatly informed medical diagnosis that i'm making here. They chaotically multiply 01:33:59.340 --> 01:34:01.340 And they congregate together 01:34:02.140 --> 01:34:04.140 Or clump together congregate together 01:34:10.140 --> 01:34:12.140 They refuse to follow 01:34:16.860 --> 01:34:22.140 Natural life death cycles meaning every cell is supposed to die after a certain time thousands of cells die a day 01:34:22.380 --> 01:34:25.100 But these cells refuse to follow natural life and death cycles 01:34:25.980 --> 01:34:27.980 life and death cycles 01:34:31.340 --> 01:34:49.420 They refuse to associate with immune or protector mechanisms i'll explain meaning these cells 01:34:50.780 --> 01:34:52.780 when cells are 01:34:53.020 --> 01:34:55.500 When cells get damaged there are other systems and 01:34:56.460 --> 01:35:01.100 Systems in the body that can come and either immunize or protect from further damage 01:35:01.100 --> 01:35:04.540 But these cells refuse that and finally they spread 01:35:08.540 --> 01:35:13.660 Through the blood or lymph systems blood or lymph 01:35:16.460 --> 01:35:18.460 Systems 01:35:20.940 --> 01:35:23.660 This is this is the nature of 01:35:24.620 --> 01:35:28.700 Cancer cells doesn't matter what kind of cancer it is. This is the nature of cancer cells 01:35:30.780 --> 01:35:32.780 Okay, so 01:35:43.500 --> 01:35:46.720 They refuse to associate with immune or protector 01:35:47.900 --> 01:35:53.180 Mechanisms in the body meaning like for instance when i have a wound white blood cells immediately congregate so that 01:35:53.660 --> 01:35:55.660 Anything that is damaged is any 01:35:57.180 --> 01:35:58.620 Anything that's 01:35:58.620 --> 01:36:04.780 Festering is taken care of these cells somehow are able to dissociate or refuse to connect with or allow 01:36:05.420 --> 01:36:08.140 immune or protector mechanisms to come in 01:36:09.500 --> 01:36:11.500 Try to change things. So 01:36:11.660 --> 01:36:13.500 These are the ways these cells 01:36:13.500 --> 01:36:17.900 Operate they change in their dna so they deviate from their original mandate original design 01:36:18.140 --> 01:36:21.980 They don't keep boundaries. They break order and they become invasive 01:36:22.540 --> 01:36:27.820 They chaotically multiply and congregate together. In fact that should come before this and then they don't keep boundaries and they just 01:36:29.180 --> 01:36:32.860 Break order and become invasive they refuse to follow natural life death cycle 01:36:32.860 --> 01:36:36.220 So instead of cells dying in a certain period they live longer 01:36:36.700 --> 01:36:41.980 They refuse to associate with immune protective mechanisms and they spread through the blood of the lymph system 01:36:44.140 --> 01:36:46.140 What do you see common in this 01:36:46.540 --> 01:36:48.540 Yeah 01:36:49.020 --> 01:36:50.380 Yeah 01:36:50.380 --> 01:36:52.380 What do you see common in this 01:36:53.660 --> 01:36:55.660 What did you say 01:36:56.300 --> 01:37:02.300 Yeah, and um, it's a common theme in everything about cancer cells 01:37:04.460 --> 01:37:07.340 What i'm saying is what do you see common in these and 01:37:08.300 --> 01:37:12.540 I agree with that. What do you see common? These is cells that had a particular 01:37:13.260 --> 01:37:18.060 Design that they were supposed to follow that have now broken bounds are no longer restrained and are in 01:37:18.860 --> 01:37:24.700 Literally rebelling within the body and then things begin to happen and um now 01:37:26.140 --> 01:37:31.180 Again, there are no formulas and you cannot use this generically across the board without 01:37:31.900 --> 01:37:35.020 Having the input of the lord in each situation, but I would say that 01:37:35.820 --> 01:37:37.740 very often 01:37:37.740 --> 01:37:40.700 some form of breaking of restraint or 01:37:41.500 --> 01:37:43.500 coming against authority 01:37:43.900 --> 01:37:46.780 Must be explored in case that exists 01:37:47.580 --> 01:37:50.460 When it comes to cancer, okay, so for instance 01:37:52.460 --> 01:37:58.620 It does not always have to be i'm just saying it is a place that you should likely explore and one of the things 01:37:58.620 --> 01:38:00.620 we should do when we 01:38:01.420 --> 01:38:06.140 When you help a cancer patient through something like this is give them time to explore it 01:38:06.620 --> 01:38:08.620 One of the mistakes we make is we say