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Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver
Episode: Valley view, Jacobs Ladder
Publishing Date: 2023-03-05T05:00:44-08:00
Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca
Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/valley-view-jacobs-ladder/

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Your husband is suspect but most others yes.

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I also found a CD that is from 2005.

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It's got a message called First Kings 1820.

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If you want, those of us who were in the church in 2005 can sign this and then we can auction

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it.

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This is like precious item eh?

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Well there will be Marcus, Laurie, and Heidi, maybe Sue, Joan, Ruth.

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We can all sign this and bidding starts at 500.

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It just went up to a thousand eh?

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And then the message is pretty good too.

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I want to listen to this.

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When I got the vehicle, I got the guy put a CD in it.

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I mean nobody has CDs anymore but mine has so I'm looking forward to listening to this

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amazing preacher.

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And on that note, this is not going well today.

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Yeah so say it.

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Tell you a little bit later.

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Is that bad eh?

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Okay.

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Okay guys so we've been doing this series now for three nights and today we conclude

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it and it started last week or the week before when we talked about presence to go.

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And we talked about Victoria and Nanaimo so please listen to the teachings from the last

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three nights.

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It's really important if you want to participate.

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And today we talk about either call it Valley View or call it Jacob's Ladder because last

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night we ended with the sentence.

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I need more volume because my throat is hoarse from all the shouting.

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Yeah so that's echoey so you'll have to reduce it a little.

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Check, check, check.

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Thanks James.

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Yeah so last night we ended with the statement that it's pointless going to God on the mountain

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if you aren't going to go down into the valley.

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And so that's where we continue from.

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So you don't need to go to the valley.

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I'll shout louder if you take off the echo.

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You don't need to go to the valley.

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Yeah sorry you don't need to go to the mountain.

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Check, check, check.

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These are not things that happen in his church, in NLAG.

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It's not going to go well when he gets back and tells Chad.

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Assam crew.

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He's going to go very soon.

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He's going to be here.

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No they're not going to be here.

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Check, check, check, check.

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Are we good?

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Okay let's go.

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Okay so you don't need to go to the mountain,

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you don't need to go to the mountain if you don't go to the valley,

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if you don't go to the valley.

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You don't need to go to the mountain if you don't go to the valley

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Because there's a tendency and it's just natural for all of us as believers and all of us as churches

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to enjoy the presence of God on the mountain.

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So when we talk about going to the mountain, we are talking about enjoying the presence of God.

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And so most conferences and sometimes most revivals are about us enjoying the presence of God.

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And so that's why we call it a mountaintop experience.

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And a mountaintop experience is when the people of God enjoy the presence of God.

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Nothing wrong with it.

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But God gets tired of mountaintop experiences if his people don't go down to the valley.

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God gets tired of it.

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Because people, as in others who don't know the Lord, can't go up to the mountain.

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Can't go up to the mountain if you don't go down to the valley.

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People can't go up to the mountain if you don't go down to the valley.

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So God gets tired of it after a while.

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There's a place where in a completely different context he says,

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I'm tired of your offerings, I'm tired of your songs.

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Because nothing is happening out of it.

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He dwells, he enjoys his children and he does that anyways.

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There's a time in John 6.15 where a strange thing happens.

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People are loving what Jesus is doing.

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His teaching is great, his preaching is great, he's healing, everything is going well.

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And so they decide to crown him king.

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Which is kind of what we do in worship.

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And as we worship, build your throne.

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We declare you as king.

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And they're going to crown him king and he says no to it, though he is king.

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And he literally flees from that place and goes up the mountain.

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And it is after that that he sends out his disciples over the lake from Bethsaida across the lake.

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And his statement was one, I won't be crowned king.

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Two, I have many other places to go to.

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And so two weeks ago we started with this idea of great that we are becoming more aware of the presence of God.

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Great that we've been talking about the presence of God for the last two months.

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But we must have the presence of God to go.

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For here or to go? To go.

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The presence of God is to go.

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It is not for here.

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You can start sipping it here, but it must be taken out.

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And therefore, I would suggest to you that in a way God is saying to us,

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you don't need to come to this mountain to have this kind of an experience if you're not willing to go down to the valley.

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Because I've been doing this for 16 years. I'm getting a little tired of it.

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You see this pattern in the Bible too.

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In Matthew 28, he was in Galilee by the sea.

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And then he goes up to the mountain.

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And so he goes from the valley to the mountain.

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Odd how Jesus keeps doing this. Even Satan tempts him that way.

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Takes him to a desert and then takes him to a mountain.

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In Matthew 28, he's in the valley by the sea of Galilee.

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And then he tells his disciples, listen, I'm going up to a mountain.

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This is the finale. I want you to come up the mountain. Experience something you've never experienced.

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I'll tell you what's going to happen.

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In Luke chapter 6, he's in a synagogue and he finishes teaching in the synagogue.

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And then the synagogue is in the valley and then he goes up the mountain.

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What does he do at the mountain? He spends 12 hours there.

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What is he doing for 12 hours? He's praying. What is he praying for?

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I've got to choose 12 people. Who do I pick?

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And then he comes down to the valley and he picks 12.

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In Matthew 17, the same thing happens.

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He's in a valley and then after he's finished talking and preaching in the valley, he goes up a mountain.

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But he takes with him Peter, James and John.

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And he takes with him Peter, James and John and they see him in his brilliance when he's transfigured.

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But after that, he comes back down.

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And when he comes back down, what is he coming back down to?

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He's coming back down to a valley that is infested with demons and there is a boy that is being thrown down.

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And his disciples can't do anything with it.

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And he comes down from the mountain and he takes care of the demon in the valley.

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You see it in Hebrews chapter 12. In Hebrews chapter 12 it says,

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But listen guys, we have come to the Mount Zion.

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We have come to a mountain where God dwells.

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But after he explains what the mountain looks like, in Hebrews 13, it says the strangest thing.

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But we, because we love him, will follow him not on the mountain,

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but we will go to the city and then we will go outside the camp where he suffered shame.

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We will go outside the camp where he suffered shame and humiliation.

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The intent of the mountain is so that it prepares you to suffer shame and humiliation

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and work in the valley, the works of God.

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The works of God are not done on the mountain.

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On the mountain, God does his work.

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In the valley, people do his work.

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On the mountain, here God does his work.

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In the valley, we do his work.

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Let me say that again. On the mountain, God does his work.

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In the valley, by the Spirit, we do his work.

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And so it must be presence to go.

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Otherwise all we have is amazing worship services.

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Most fire conferences, Holy Spirit conferences, dove conferences,

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eagle conferences, line of Judah conferences.

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All those words are basically about mountaintop experiences.

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And the tendency when we have mountaintop experiences is to do exactly what Peter did

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and try to bottle it. Try to bottle it.

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So Peter sees Jesus and he's completely transfigured.

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And he's brilliant, more whiter, whiter than the whitest that you could wash a white cloth.

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And he looks at it and his immediate response, and Peter was always an immediate response guy,

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Peter's immediate response is Jesus can be built three huts

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so that we can have you, Elijah and Moses, dwell together.

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So usually when presence and awareness of presence comes, usually you try to bottle it.

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You're trying to bottle it not so you can sell it.

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You're trying to bottle it so that you can repeat it next week.

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Whenever something great happens in this church, one of my prayers is,

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Father, please help me not to replicate it.

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Yesterday, for those who weren't here, yesterday night when we began worship,

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it just so naturally happened, it wasn't planned.

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Mia came up and she started singing and Yaya sat on the drums.

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Yaya could keep beat and Mia could sing.

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Tony stood there but was not allowed to play his guitar because that would spoil it.

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And Mia and Yaya did the first two songs.

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You should watch it, it's very odd.

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In a wonderful way, it's a very odd, wonderful thing.

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And be joined.

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I'm thinking, wouldn't it be great to start today's service like that too?

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Nope, it's not a great idea.

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Tomorrow maybe we can do it again.

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But one of the things we do is bottle and experience.

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We've got to be careful of that, eh?

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We don't bottle experiences.

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Instead, we do what Jesus does, where he tells them,

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listen, I really don't want you to talk about this till after I rise from the dead.

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And so nobody talks about what happened on the mountain.

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But he also knows what awaits when he goes down.

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Because down there is a demon-infested valley.

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Down there is a boy who they cannot heal.

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That's why we need to go as a church, not as individuals, not as specialists,

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not as apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists or pastors, not as some kind of SWAT team.

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But we go as a church to Victoria, Antony and I,

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over the next many, many months, a ferry ride across at $50 a car or $70 a car or whatever.

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And every Sunday we begin to do services there.

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And we let them know what it is to know God as a father.

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And we've let them know what it is for God to be in relationship with man.

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We let them know what it is for Mia and Yahya to lead worship.

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We let them know what it is for Tuni to lead worship.

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We let them know what it is to have a Wali in Victoria.

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We let them know what it is to undo some of the things we talked about the first night

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so that that vortex of evil can be changed into a pool of fresh water.

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And we do it, all of us do it, not a few.

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Which is why I will ask you whether you have listened to the last three teachings

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and if you have not, you disqualify yourself from participating.

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Brandon, me, Jane, Sheldon, Gillian,

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and then if Brandon finds a way to put it public without making it public, then that too.

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So, when they come down, one of the versions says in Matthew chapter 17, verse 15,

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at the bottom of the mountain, people who suffer terribly live,

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people who are out of their minds live, people that are thrown into the fire live.

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That's what I think the message puts it as.

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When Jesus came down the mountain, he saw a boy and this boy used to be thrown into the fire.

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He used to be pitched into the fire by powers.

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He was someone who was suffering terribly.

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He was someone who was out of his mind.

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God's glory is seen on the mountain.

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God's glory is seen on the mountain.

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God's glory is seen on the mountain.

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But he is active in the valley.

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On the mountain, you are anointed by the Spirit.

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In the valley, you preach the good news, heal the sick, open prison doors, set captives free.

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That is how Isaiah 61 comes alive.

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The Spirit of the Lord is upon me.

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That happens on the mountain, for he has anointed me.

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That is the reason.

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But the reason plays itself out in the valley.

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All of us get to do this.

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Any questions?

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Any questions, guys?

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From the least to the greatest, however you want to look at the scale and where you put yourself, locate yourself,

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from the least to the greatest we get to do this.

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Because the least of us will still be, like it says in the message, greater than a thousand.

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Why? Because of the majority of one called the Spirit of God.

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Any questions, guys?

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The law is received on the mountain.

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The mountain is a good place, eh?

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The law is received, as in God's instructions are received on the mountain.

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Where do we see that? Isaiah 2, verse 2.

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The law is received on the mountain.

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You see that in Exodus 20, where Moses goes up the mountain?

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Isaiah 21, verse 2.

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The law is received on the mountain.

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Isaiah 2, verse 3.

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All patterns of building are received on the mountain.

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All patterns for building are received on the mountain.

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But the building is constructed in the valley.

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So if you go to Hebrews, hey I'm echoing again guys.

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If you go to Isaiah 2, verse 3.

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Isaiah 2, verse 3.

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Isaiah 2, verse 3. It says there.

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Isaiah 2, verse 2.

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In the last days the mountain of the Lord's temple will be established as the highest of mountains.

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It will be exalted above the hills and all the nations will stream to it.

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Many peoples will come and say, come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord.

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To the temple of the God of Jacob.

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He will teach us his ways so that we may walk in his paths.

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The law will go out from Zion.

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The word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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Go to Hebrews chapter 8, verse 5.

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Hebrews chapter 8, verse 5.

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Hebrews 8, verse 5.

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It says there.

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They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven.

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Paul is describing the tabernacle.

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This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build a tabernacle.

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Look at it.

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It doesn't say this is why God said to Moses.

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It says this is why Moses was warned.

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And what was his warning?

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What was the warning given by God?

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And it says this is why Moses was warned when he was about to build a tabernacle.

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See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

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So everything that we build in the valley has to be derived on the mountain.

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One of the ways we derive these things is by seeing what God is doing anytime we are on the mountain.

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And then teaching is one way that we understand how to build.

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Patterns are built through teaching.

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And then we take this pattern that has been given and we take it down to the valley.

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And we don't adapt it, amend it.

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What is given is what we do.

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To the extent we are told only that.

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And then we begin to build it in the valley.

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So it doesn't matter whether we are going to Japan or whether we are going to Victoria or whether we are going to Wall-E.

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The pattern you see on the mountain is the pattern that you employ.

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Hebrews 8.5 talks about it.

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And then go to Exodus 25.

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It's the back story.

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Exodus 25 verse 40.

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Exodus 25 verse 40.

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And that's where he was given the warning.

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See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

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Most of our time should be spent figuring out patterns so that the work is easy.

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Both for you. Go ahead.

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So you just said you don't want to repeat something but at the same time you said you're figuring out a pattern.

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Yeah.

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So if I'm shown a pattern, I have to ask the question, is this what we do tomorrow?

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I don't take that pattern and use it because it was given to me yesterday.

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Because there's a preceding word and a proceeding word.

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So the preceding word is what God actually gave.

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But I don't want to now because it's so amazing use the same pattern today.

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I have to be aware of should I, should I not.

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So today it was different.

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Today the service started because what's her name?

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Phoebe came up and she started saying I want the song dancing.

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God's great dance flow.

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And so finally we obliged and started doing God's great dance flow.

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God's, he sells seashells at the seashow. Peter Piper picked the pepercons.

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So God's great dance flow and she started jumping up and down and then everybody started jumping up and down.

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So the first two songs were that way.

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So yes, follow patterns but whenever you get a pattern, ask is this what I use?

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Otherwise David would have never eaten the bread from the temple.

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And yet Jesus later commends him saying I'm the Lord of the Sabbath.

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The Sabbath is not my Lord.

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Don't you know that David went and ate bread from the presence?

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Yeah.

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And these are important questions because yes, we shouldn't be afraid of a pattern that we don't use it.

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But we should question whether it's the same pattern that needs to be used.

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What works in Victoria may not work in Nanaimo though it's only an hour away.

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Yeah.

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David can you elaborate on what you talked earlier about God's glory seen on the mountain but he is actually in the valley.

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Yeah. So Moses saw the goodness of God on the mountain.

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He went and stayed there for 40 days.

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He's beholding the glory of God. He's blown away.

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No man has seen the glory of God.

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But the valley is a completely different ballgame.

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Because after showing him his glory, here's what God is saying to him.

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Go down because the people have just started crafting a golden calf and they're going to start dancing and worshipping it.

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Go down.

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And what happens with us is who wants to deal with a golden calf when you're dealing with the goodness of God?

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That's why we form ministries.

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You, you, you, you, and you, brother, you look like you could really serve in Siberia.

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They need a sax player.

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So we send him off to Siberia with his sax.

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And how I long to do that.

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Yes.

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So, but here is one instance where we're not going to form a ministry so that all of us can be involved.

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So that all of us can feed our saxes off in Siberia.

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So that's what we need to do.

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The sax in Siberia. Sorry.

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Go ahead.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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So let's go to Haggai chapter one verse eight.

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In Haggai chapter one verse eight, God says, hey, I need you to go up the mountain and get timber.

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He begins with consider your ways.

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Why is it that your crops have been struck with blight and mildew?

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Why is it that you gather a lot, but there are holes in your pocket and everything fizzles out?

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Why is it that you plant, but you do not harvest?

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And after asking those questions, he says, consider your ways.

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You have built up your treasured paneled homes while my house lies in ruins.

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Therefore, go up the mountain and get timber and build my house.

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And if you build my house, I will bless you.

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We've always taken that to mean, okay, this is an individual command that God is giving.

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God is not giving an individual command.

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He's saying to Israel, guys, you're living in treasured houses, but you left my temple completely undone.

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So come to me.

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Come to me and get what you need to build the house of God again.

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And in our case, the house of God is this. It's not an actual building.

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In Revelation 2, he changes it a little and he says to one of the churches,

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you guys seem to think you're quite rich, but I want you to know you're super poor, wretched, naked.

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Come to me and buy from me gold and other things so that this church can be rebuilt again.

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So the mountain is where you meet God.

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And strangely enough, God supplies you what you need to build this house.

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But the house is not built for the ones who know God.

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The house is built so that all the tribes of Edom, of Egypt, of Assyria, now come to the house of the Lord.

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The tabernacle of David was only erected for one reason.

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In Acts 15, it says, and a day will come when the tabernacle of David will be restored.

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Why will it be restored?

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Here's how churches look at the tabernacle of David being restored.

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We will have great worship.

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Absolutely true.

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But the real reason the tabernacle of David is restored and worship begins

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is so that the ends of the earth may seek him.

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If you go to Hosea chapter 12, Hosea chapter 12, I think.

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Hosea chapter 12.

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Nope.

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Acts 15.

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Acts 15.

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Just find that verse where it talks about the tabernacle of David.

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Acts 15, 16.

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After this, I will return and rebuild David's fallen tent.

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It's ruins I will rebuild and I will restore.

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Where am I?

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It's ruins I will rebuild and restore.

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That the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord and all the gentiles who are called by my name says the Lord who makes all things.

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So this is the idea of us going up the mountain and getting what we need to so that others,

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so that the gentiles who are called by my name may seek the Lord.

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This is known off from old.

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So that is the intent.

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We go to the mountain.

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So what we do here, our times of worship and stuff like that should make us now ready with the material.

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Just like David left for Solomon, we now have the material to build.

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Everything has been provided.

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I mean there's nothing lacking.

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What don't we have?

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And what we don't have, we have faith for.

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This church doesn't need more teaching, surely.

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I mean, remember, 2005.

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I see a hand there.

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Dilna, thousand.

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Anyone else want a bit higher?

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Goes to Dilna.

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Heidi, Dilna, thousand.

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That was so easy.

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Questions are expensive, eh, Dilna?

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Suddenly, no more questions from Diana, no more questions from Dil.

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So does that kind of explain what mountain is?

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And again, if you take other scriptures in the Bible, we'll see every time God called up someone to the mountain,

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it was to show them something to build or to provide them how to go about it.

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Sometimes it was just to survey the land.

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Sometimes he would call Moses and Abraham up a mountain and he would show them the land.

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He would say, this, this, and this, all this I give to you.

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Wherever you set your foot can be yours.

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So it's either for panoramic idea of what God is doing or to furnish you with what he will give you for the work below

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or to give you the pattern for the building or to come up the mountain and get stuff from me

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because my house is lying in ruin while you build your treasured paneled houses.

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And that can come through worship, that can come through teaching, that can come through one-on-one time spent,

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that can come through corporate time spent with him.

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But that is the mountaintop experience.

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And we love it, but who wants to go down to the valley?

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And there is a blessing to this, see?

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Because Haggai 1.8 talks about it.

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It says, if you do this, I will bless you.

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If you do this, I will bless you.

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So the very things that we try to build, he will build.

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Why? Because if you build his house, he will build your house.

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He will bless you.

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Then he begins to say stuff like, from this day forth, I will bless you.

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From this 24th day of the ninth month, I will bless you.

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What is correction being done?

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Yeah, correction.

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Correction is not seen as something desirable, but it is actually part of the feast,

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part of the banqueting table.

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Correction is part of the banqueting table.

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The banqueting table.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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A six-course dinner, one of the courses is correction.

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It's like kale.

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It may not be tasty, but it helps.

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In Greek, yeah.

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I was just thinking of kale and quinoa.

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I don't understand either.

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I think these, along with grapefruit, are results of the fall.

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It's moving on.

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And if we go down this route, guys, then Isaiah 2 verse 4 kicks in,

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where others will desire to go up the mountain.

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Others will desire to go up the mountain.

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Others will desire to go up the mountain.

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Isaiah 2 verse 4 says that, hey, if you guys understand this,

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then others will desire to go up the mountain,

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then they will also come to learn the ways of the Lord

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and walk in the paths of the Lord.

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This is essential for us.

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We must speak about this openly.

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We must speak about this openly, not boastfully openly.

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One of the reasons, guys, that I ask people to come to Vancouver

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is so that in spending time with us,

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they see something that they may not find elsewhere.

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And when they come, their time is not spent with me.

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Their time is spent with us.

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And that is what impacts them.

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When they go and see Wally, when they spend time with you,

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they go back and they are affected, because it's real.

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Then it's a choice they can make.

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Let's shift to Genesis 28, 10 to 14.

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Genesis 28, 10 to 14.

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Here's what it says.

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Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Heran, which is now in Turkey.

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When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night.

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So it was random, eh?

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He wasn't saying, I got to camp tonight at Kamloops or anything.

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It was just a certain place he stopped for the night,

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because the sun had set.

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Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and he lay down to sleep.

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And he had a dream, in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth,

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with its top reaching to the heaven.

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And the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

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So two things that are kind of odd is the stairway.

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Let's just call it a ladder for now.

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The stairway was not set from heaven to earth.

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It was set from earth to heaven.

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And angels were not descending and ascending,

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but they were ascending and descending, which is not their normal pathway.

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Because usually you think angels come down from heaven.

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And so he had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth

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and its top reaching into heaven.

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And the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

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There above it stood the Lord.

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So when it says, there above it stood the Lord,

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it isn't talking about at the top of the stairs stood God.

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It's more along the lines of, and the Lord stood in authority over it.

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So it wasn't that God was standing somewhere far away.

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How do we know it?

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One, because of the tense of the actual language,

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and two, because shortly after, Jacob says,

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this is the gateway of heaven, the presence of God is here.

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He wasn't talking about the presence of God at the top of the stairs.

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He was talking about the presence of God there.

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It's like standing in authority over the whole scene.

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So we got it kind of separated from God was standing at the top of the stairway.

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So there above it stood the Lord, and he said,

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I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac.

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Have you noticed that he hasn't said God of Jacob yet?

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Because he's talking to Jacob.

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But he's already generational.

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I'm the God of Abraham and I'm the God of Isaac.

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Soon he'll say to Joseph and to the rest of the earth,

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I'm the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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That point hasn't come yet.

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That point will come after Peniel.

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Fascinating God, eh?

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Generational God, relational God, revelational God.

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But it happens through generations.

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Yesterday when I saw those kids dancing here, I was thinking,

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so there is the generation that is older than me,

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then there is my generation,

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then there is a generation of guys like Derek and Dawn and Jane and Jillian and Sheldon,

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and then there's the next generation of Mia and Yaya and Phoebe.

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Four generations locked into one little building.

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All of them jumping.

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That's great, eh?

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The four generations can jump.

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You can see the height is a little different,

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and you can see the duration is a little different.

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But my God, it is so fun.

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This is the way God behaves.

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He's always been a generational God.

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There is a thing, too.

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You will see your children's children's children's children.

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Enjoy the blessing.

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And so he says,

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I'm the Lord of the God of your father Abraham and God of Isaac.

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I will give you and your descendants the land on which you're lying.

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Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth and spread out to the west and to the east,

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to the north and to the south.

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All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

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I'm with you and will watch over you wherever you go.

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I will bring you back to this land.

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I will not leave you until I've done what I promised.

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When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought,

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surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.

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He was afraid and said, how awesome is this place?

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This is none other than the house of God.

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This is a gate of heaven.

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Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head,

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set it up as a pillar, poured oil on top of it.

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He called the place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz.

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So one, it was a stairway that reached from earth up to heaven,

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and the angels of God were going up and down the stairway.

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I would suggest to you two things, and this is just a suggestion,

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so we can't make theology out of it,

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that angels ascend when tasks are completed.

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And angels descend with new assignments.

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And part of this we take from Hebrews 1.14, where it says,

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don't you know that these messengers of fire, these angels,

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these messengers of the wind are here to help those that are in need.

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The messengers of the wind are here to help those that are yet to inherit salvation.

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Angels ascend when tasks are completed.

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Angels descend with new assignments.

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Strangely enough, the ladder is not from the mountain to the valley.

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The ladder is from the valley to the mountain.

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We go down to the valley, we finish what we have to,

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we come back to the mountain, get fueled, go down to the valley,

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and now we always behold the glory of God.

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It changes us, it keeps changing us.

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But the change is not for the church anymore.

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This is the only organization that exists for the benefit of its nonmembers.

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Remember that.

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This is the only organization that exists for the benefit of its nonmembers.

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Lufthansa doesn't, Air Canada does not.

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But this one does.

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But this one does.

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Any questions before we go on?

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So remember that Christ's presence,

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Christ's presence and Christ's power

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are beheld on the mountain,

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but it is broken and distributed in the valley.

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Beautifully.

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It's broken and distributed in the valley.

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Hey, go up the mountain and you can live there without food for 40 days and 40 nights

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because He is enough.

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Moses did it, Jesus did it, Elijah did it,

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ate manna, ate angel food.

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Enough.

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That kind of glory, you can survive day after day after day.

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And then you come down,

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and you begin to break and distribute what you received on the mountain.

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This is manna that comes from heaven,

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that your fathers and your forefathers had not eaten.

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Now there's a new meaning when the first time we go to Victoria and we break bread.

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Because now His body is being broken and distributed.

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His body is being broken and distributed.

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His body is being broken and distributed.

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Not a little bit of His body, not a special part of His body.

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His body is being broken and distributed in different areas.

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This is going to be better than we think because we don't know how good it is.

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Because it will be fun.

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The valley comes with presence to go, promises.

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The valley comes with promises.

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God is saying if you guys are presence to go,

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I mean you're becoming more aware of my presence,

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you're becoming more aware of what it is to have clean hands and a pure heart.

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If that is how you're going to behave,

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I just want to tell you when you go down to the valley with my presence,

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there are promises that come with it.

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And so look at the promises that He is giving us.

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And this is a rama for us. It is from Genesis 28.

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But it is a rama word for us.

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And so here are some of the promises He is giving us.

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I am.

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I will protect.

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We'll go over the scripture again. I just read it out.

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I will protect.

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I will return you safely.

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I will not abandon what you are doing and I will not abandon you.

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So let's look at it. Genesis 28, verse 15.

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I am with you.

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I will protect you.

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I will watch over you and protect you.

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Protect and watch over you.

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I will bring you back to this land.

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Every time you go across the water, I'll bring you back safely.

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I will not abandon you.

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I love this. Listen to this line.

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I will not abandon you till you have completed your task. No.

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I will not abandon you until I have completed my task.

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It's not even you go and do this and I will make sure that I will not abandon you till you have completed the task.

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Because in His mind He knows that that may take forever.

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He's saying I will not abandon you till I have done what I have promised.

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And so I will not abandon you.

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That makes it sound like He will abandon us then.

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This is why God still has problems with Diana.

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With her, when He writes things to her, it will have disclaimers, it will have footnotes, it will have everything.

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So that everything is clearly marked so that there's no question about it.

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Yeah, He does. My God.

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If He hadn't made Job, He would have made you.

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Pardon?

00:43:27.860 --> 00:43:32.860
No, I don't believe a word I'm saying, but I really appreciate your questions.

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Yeah, I know.

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Yeah.

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There are moments when...

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I will not abandon you.

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Once someone came and actually told me, this person pulled me aside and he said,

00:43:52.860 --> 00:43:59.860
you know, perhaps you need to take it easy on Diana because what if she's actually getting hurt?

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And my response was she still hasn't left.

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Till she leaves, we are good.

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Yeah.

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Oh my Lord.

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Had I known this years ago.

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I will not abandon.

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I will do.

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I will do what I have...

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I will do, and the last one is, I will do what I have promised.

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These are the things that I definitely intend to take to Victoria and the bank.

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This is a rama for us.

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A rama is a word that is packed with the grace of God in it for a certain time,

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and when that time comes, it goes...

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And this is what we go to the island with.

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I am with you.

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I will protect and watch over you because I know what you're going to deal with.

00:45:07.860 --> 00:45:09.860
You listen to that the first night.

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I will return you safely.

00:45:12.860 --> 00:45:21.860
I will not abandon you till I complete what I will do.

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And I have promises that I will keep and make sure.

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What I'm sending you out to Victoria for will be finished.

00:45:36.860 --> 00:45:39.860
Why is God guaranteeing all this?

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Because we are special, kind of, but why is he really guaranteeing these things?

00:45:45.860 --> 00:45:48.860
Why is there an unconditional guarantee?

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Why are these things being unconditionally guaranteed?

00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:54.860
We've got to get the reasons right.

00:45:54.860 --> 00:46:14.860
It's because one, he expects us to go and multiply and give him offsprings after his kind.

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Two, he expects us to possess the land,

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and he possessed the land by dispossession as we said on the first night.

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There are certain things that are not recorded on the first night,

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because if I recorded it, it could be construed as words that are not legit under present laws.

00:46:36.860 --> 00:46:41.860
So that part you'll have to find out from someone, or find out from me,

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and I can sit and talk about it.

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And the third reason is, through you, Victoria's family will be blessed.

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This is the real reason, guys, that he's giving us these promises.

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These promises are unconditionally guaranteed because of this.

00:47:05.860 --> 00:47:09.860
Because you see that in Genesis 28, verse 14 and 15.

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Genesis 28, verse 14 and 15.

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Hey Jacob, the reason I'm doing all this is so that your descendants will be like the dust of the earth.

00:47:16.860 --> 00:47:19.860
You will spread to the west, to the east, to the north, to the south.

00:47:19.860 --> 00:47:22.860
All the people on the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

00:47:22.860 --> 00:47:24.860
Therefore, here is a promise I give you.

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I am with you, will watch over you, wherever you go.

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I'll bring you back to this land, will not leave you until I've done what I promised you.

00:47:31.860 --> 00:47:35.860
That's how this works.

00:47:35.860 --> 00:47:40.860
Questions?

00:47:40.860 --> 00:47:45.860
Cool.

00:47:45.860 --> 00:47:56.860
Whenever we want to exert God's rule over a place,

00:47:56.860 --> 00:48:00.860
one of the things you have to do is take hold of the timing of God.

00:48:00.860 --> 00:48:06.860
Take hold of the timing of God.

00:48:06.860 --> 00:48:09.860
Take hold of the timing of God.

00:48:09.860 --> 00:48:16.860
Ensure that activities connected to that timing,

00:48:16.860 --> 00:48:23.860
activities connected to the timing,

00:48:23.860 --> 00:48:34.860
are actualized or realized within timeframes.

00:48:34.860 --> 00:48:36.860
So, I'll give you an example.

00:48:36.860 --> 00:48:45.860
I was so sure that it was absolutely important to go to New York the day before yesterday,

00:48:45.860 --> 00:48:49.860
finish what I was talking about yesterday, I mentioned here last evening, and come back.

00:48:49.860 --> 00:48:54.860
It meant that I'd leave on Friday morning, finish the meeting on Friday evening,

00:48:54.860 --> 00:48:58.860
take the Saturday morning flight, come back here for the Saturday evening meeting.

00:48:58.860 --> 00:49:02.860
It's ridiculous. It's expensive and it's foolish.

00:49:02.860 --> 00:49:07.860
But there are times when if you want to exert God's rule over a place,

00:49:07.860 --> 00:49:11.860
you have to take hold of the timing of God.

00:49:11.860 --> 00:49:13.860
You have to take hold of the timing of God.

00:49:13.860 --> 00:49:15.860
It applies to different areas in our lives.

00:49:15.860 --> 00:49:19.860
It applies to us as a church, where you take hold of the timings of God,

00:49:19.860 --> 00:49:24.860
and then you have to ensure that the activities connected with that timing

00:49:24.860 --> 00:49:28.860
are actualized or realized within that timeframe.

00:49:28.860 --> 00:49:33.860
Things are not amendable, because we are talking about the bridegroom and the bride.

00:49:38.860 --> 00:49:41.860
So even this thing, Victoria and Nanaima and stuff like that,

00:49:41.860 --> 00:49:43.860
Don, are they disturbing you?

00:49:43.860 --> 00:49:45.860
Do you want to come and sit here next to Sheldon?

00:49:45.860 --> 00:49:47.860
It's okay? Okay.

00:49:52.860 --> 00:49:55.860
I could see annoyance on your face.

00:49:55.860 --> 00:49:57.860
Don't worry, your wife is coming.

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Don's wife is arriving on the 28th day, by the way.

00:50:06.860 --> 00:50:09.860
Don's wife is arriving on the 27th.

00:50:15.860 --> 00:50:18.860
Don's only wife is arriving on the 27th.

00:50:18.860 --> 00:50:21.860
Let this be clear, because this is being heard all around.

00:50:21.860 --> 00:50:24.860
She is so much better than him.

00:50:24.860 --> 00:50:27.860
Really. After having known him for this long,

00:50:27.860 --> 00:50:31.860
after having met her for less than a month, my God, the difference is like,

00:50:31.860 --> 00:50:34.860
I don't know how you are going to span that gap, man.

00:50:34.860 --> 00:50:37.860
But this is not about you.

00:50:43.860 --> 00:50:46.860
Between the 27th and the 28th?

00:50:46.860 --> 00:50:49.860
How do we know the timeframes?

00:50:49.860 --> 00:50:51.860
So timeframes is...

00:50:51.860 --> 00:50:54.860
Here is how we know timeframes.

00:50:56.860 --> 00:51:00.860
It may not be dates.

00:51:02.860 --> 00:51:05.860
It is urgency.

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You must know why God is pressing you.

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You must know why God is pushing you on it.

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You must know why you are resisting it.

00:51:38.860 --> 00:51:43.860
How long has God been pushing you on it?

00:51:43.860 --> 00:51:47.860
How long have you been preparing?

00:51:52.860 --> 00:51:56.860
Haven't you heard clearly?

00:52:00.860 --> 00:52:03.860
Yes, you don't have the resources for it.

00:52:03.860 --> 00:52:06.860
That's usually one of the tricks to delay it.

00:52:06.860 --> 00:52:09.860
But you don't have the resources for it.

00:52:09.860 --> 00:52:11.860
You don't have the resources for it.

00:52:11.860 --> 00:52:14.860
That's usually one of the tricks to delay it.

00:52:20.860 --> 00:52:30.860
Start with five fish and two loaves.

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Talk to others about the timing.

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Listen to the counsel of the wise.

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Do not look at external circumstances.

00:53:00.860 --> 00:53:06.860
It may not be dates.

00:53:06.860 --> 00:53:09.860
When you are talking about timeframes, you are not saying January to August.

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So it may not be dates.

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But there is an urgency.

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It's like you know the water is broken.

00:53:17.860 --> 00:53:19.860
The contractions haven't started.

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But you cancel going for your hockey game.

00:53:21.860 --> 00:53:24.860
Because you know that will be a really bad idea.

00:53:24.860 --> 00:53:27.860
So it may not be dates.

00:53:27.860 --> 00:53:29.860
But there is an urgency.

00:53:29.860 --> 00:53:33.860
You must know why God is pressing you on it.

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As in why is it so important to you?

00:53:35.860 --> 00:53:37.860
God is a good question to ask.

00:53:37.860 --> 00:53:39.860
It doesn't matter whether you get a full answer or not.

00:53:39.860 --> 00:53:41.860
But think like God.

00:53:41.860 --> 00:53:43.860
It is important to think like God.

00:53:43.860 --> 00:53:47.860
The way we think like God is by conversing with God about it.

00:53:47.860 --> 00:53:49.860
You must know.

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That's not what moves.

00:53:51.860 --> 00:53:54.860
You must know why God is pressing you on it.

00:53:54.860 --> 00:53:56.860
You must know why you are resisting it.

00:53:56.860 --> 00:53:58.860
Find out what your resistance is.

00:53:58.860 --> 00:54:00.860
Is it external circumstances?

00:54:00.860 --> 00:54:04.860
Is it sometimes the enemy trying to put obstacles in your path?

00:54:04.860 --> 00:54:09.860
Is it just your tiredness?

00:54:09.860 --> 00:54:12.860
Paul does this in 2 Corinthians 2.

00:54:12.860 --> 00:54:15.860
He says, I saw an open door for me in Troas.

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But I did not feel like going because Timothy hadn't arrived.

00:54:20.860 --> 00:54:22.860
And so I decided, no, I won't go.

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Know why you resist.

00:54:24.860 --> 00:54:26.860
Know why you resist, right?

00:54:26.860 --> 00:54:28.860
Yeah.

00:54:28.860 --> 00:54:32.860
Gosh, it's so much easier having a conversation with you.

00:54:32.860 --> 00:54:36.860
Yeah.

00:54:36.860 --> 00:54:40.860
I sigh like you, my friend.

00:54:40.860 --> 00:54:46.860
So you must know why you are resisting it.

00:54:46.860 --> 00:54:48.860
How long has God been pushing you on it?

00:54:48.860 --> 00:54:50.860
How long has God been pushing you on it?

00:54:50.860 --> 00:54:52.860
That gives you an idea of time frame.

00:54:52.860 --> 00:54:54.860
How long has God been pushing you on it?

00:54:54.860 --> 00:54:58.860
This is, I'm trying to explain Sede's question.

00:54:58.860 --> 00:55:00.860
Sede asks questions like this.

00:55:00.860 --> 00:55:02.860
Takes up a lot of time and then I don't get to finish the notes.

00:55:02.860 --> 00:55:11.860
I don't think we live like this with God.

00:55:11.860 --> 00:55:13.860
I don't think so.

00:55:13.860 --> 00:55:16.860
In general, Sede's answer is that we are going through something.

00:55:16.860 --> 00:55:19.860
I'm not saying we are going through something.

00:55:19.860 --> 00:55:22.860
But in general, if you have something in life that you want to do,

00:55:22.860 --> 00:55:25.860
you put on a whole and then you decide to go to the house.

00:55:25.860 --> 00:55:30.860
Yeah, I would say many things in our life are supposed to fit within the time frame of God.

00:55:30.860 --> 00:55:34.860
It's not some big event like Victoria and Nanaimo.

00:55:34.860 --> 00:55:39.860
It is simple things like, trust me, it is simple things like even going on a holiday.

00:55:39.860 --> 00:55:42.860
Because in that holiday, there are people that you are supposed to meet

00:55:42.860 --> 00:55:44.860
before the foundations of the earth.

00:55:44.860 --> 00:55:47.860
Because we are created for good works.

00:55:47.860 --> 00:55:49.860
It is even with regard to holidays.

00:55:49.860 --> 00:55:51.860
And we sometimes delay looking at external circumstances.

00:55:51.860 --> 00:55:54.860
It is sometimes buying a house like Jeremiah had to.

00:55:54.860 --> 00:55:58.860
Jeremiah had to buy a land during a time of war.

00:55:58.860 --> 00:56:00.860
This is me writing.

00:56:00.860 --> 00:56:02.860
Sheldon is going to explain all your questions.

00:56:02.860 --> 00:56:04.860
Sheldon?

00:56:14.860 --> 00:56:17.860
Yeah, so it applies to most things in life,

00:56:17.860 --> 00:56:22.860
including supposedly non-godly things like a holiday.

00:56:22.860 --> 00:56:25.860
It's sometimes a day when you are supposed to go to this store.

00:56:25.860 --> 00:56:28.860
Like even day to day, hour to hour.

00:56:28.860 --> 00:56:29.860
Daily things.

00:56:29.860 --> 00:56:33.860
And if you get the timing right, you have things that you don't know about.

00:56:36.860 --> 00:56:37.860
God's given?

00:56:37.860 --> 00:56:41.860
God's given wisdom that I must press in for.

00:56:41.860 --> 00:56:43.860
Press in for.

00:56:45.860 --> 00:56:46.860
You had a question?

00:56:48.860 --> 00:56:50.860
Jane has a question she wants you to ask.

00:56:53.860 --> 00:56:54.860
Okay.

00:56:55.860 --> 00:56:57.860
So, yeah.

00:56:57.860 --> 00:56:58.860
You?

00:57:00.860 --> 00:57:01.860
A to Brutus?

00:57:01.860 --> 00:57:02.860
Yeah.

00:57:15.860 --> 00:57:17.860
Anyone's got a string?

00:57:19.860 --> 00:57:20.860
Shoelace?

00:57:21.860 --> 00:57:23.860
The thing around you?

00:57:24.860 --> 00:57:28.860
Yeah, so this is how time is.

00:57:28.860 --> 00:57:30.860
And so you made a mistake here.

00:57:30.860 --> 00:57:32.860
The strange thing is as soon as you repent,

00:57:32.860 --> 00:57:35.860
the years and the days the locusts have eaten begin to disappear.

00:57:35.860 --> 00:57:38.860
And what God does is collapses it.

00:57:38.860 --> 00:57:40.860
And then when he leaves it, you're here.

00:57:40.860 --> 00:57:43.860
That's the best way I can explain it because it's real.

00:57:43.860 --> 00:57:45.860
You made a mistake here.

00:57:45.860 --> 00:57:46.860
And you're struggling through this.

00:57:46.860 --> 00:57:50.860
And at some point you realize, ah shucks, Father, I missed it.

00:57:50.860 --> 00:57:52.860
And he has the ability to do this.

00:57:52.860 --> 00:57:54.860
And then you are here.

00:57:55.860 --> 00:57:57.860
That's how this works.

00:57:57.860 --> 00:57:59.860
I remember once flying to Kenya.

00:58:00.860 --> 00:58:02.860
I remember flying to Kenya.

00:58:02.860 --> 00:58:04.860
And I had really messed up my life.

00:58:04.860 --> 00:58:05.860
2009.

00:58:05.860 --> 00:58:07.860
And it's July 17th, that famous day.

00:58:07.860 --> 00:58:12.860
And I'm landing in Nairobi.

00:58:12.860 --> 00:58:15.860
And I'm asking God, Father, what do I do?

00:58:15.860 --> 00:58:20.860
And it is, I think, is one of the sweetest lines that I have heard.

00:58:21.860 --> 00:58:24.860
My question was, so what do you want to say to me today?

00:58:24.860 --> 00:58:26.860
And his words were, Jacob,

00:58:26.860 --> 00:58:28.860
I just want you to know that you've caught up.

00:58:29.860 --> 00:58:30.860
You've caught up.

00:58:30.860 --> 00:58:34.860
As in the lag in your life, you've caught up.

00:58:34.860 --> 00:58:36.860
You're exactly where you're supposed to be.

00:58:36.860 --> 00:58:40.860
At this step, at this stage in your life, this is exactly where I wanted you to be.

00:58:41.860 --> 00:58:46.860
And then it was up to me from 2009 on to figure out, what do I do from here on?

00:58:48.860 --> 00:58:49.860
Catch up.

00:58:49.860 --> 00:58:51.860
He restores the years of local time.

00:58:51.860 --> 00:58:52.860
He restores.

00:58:52.860 --> 00:58:53.860
And you find yourself.

00:58:53.860 --> 00:58:57.860
It is important to be where you are supposed to be.

00:58:57.860 --> 00:58:59.860
And it doesn't happen automatically.

00:58:59.860 --> 00:59:02.860
You've got to perish the thought that God just makes it happen.

00:59:02.860 --> 00:59:04.860
Now, there is a pressing in that is required.

00:59:10.860 --> 00:59:12.860
Ah, the last point.

00:59:14.860 --> 00:59:16.860
Listen to the counsel of the wise.

00:59:16.860 --> 00:59:18.860
Talk to others about the timing.

00:59:20.860 --> 00:59:21.860
I'll give you a simple example.

00:59:21.860 --> 00:59:24.860
Two months ago, I know I have to go to Turkey.

00:59:24.860 --> 00:59:25.860
Absolutely not.

00:59:25.860 --> 00:59:27.860
Because to start a church or something,

00:59:27.860 --> 00:59:30.860
something to do with something that was in the book of Revelation

00:59:30.860 --> 00:59:32.860
that needs to happen in Turkey.

00:59:32.860 --> 00:59:33.860
So I want to go to Turkey.

00:59:33.860 --> 00:59:35.860
I call up Chad and I talk to him about it.

00:59:35.860 --> 00:59:38.860
And Chad said, Hey, Jacob, we've got to do this, this, this, and this

00:59:38.860 --> 00:59:40.860
before we go to Istanbul.

00:59:41.860 --> 00:59:45.860
And so I can't go because I know there's counsel in what he said

00:59:45.860 --> 00:59:47.860
that it was a wise thing to say.

00:59:47.860 --> 00:59:49.860
So I'm waiting for those three, four things to happen

00:59:49.860 --> 00:59:50.860
before I can go to Istanbul.

00:59:51.860 --> 00:59:53.860
But the urgency is there.

00:59:56.860 --> 00:59:58.860
So it doesn't matter whether it's a small thing like a holiday

00:59:58.860 --> 01:00:00.860
or a big thing like Victoria.

01:00:00.860 --> 01:00:03.860
Things must be actualized within timeframes.

01:00:06.860 --> 01:00:08.860
And when we mess it up,

01:00:08.860 --> 01:00:11.860
remember, there's someone who lives outside of time.

01:00:11.860 --> 01:00:14.860
Sometimes you mess it up only because of a good reason.

01:00:16.860 --> 01:00:19.860
You think it's a mess up, but it's not a mess up.

01:00:19.860 --> 01:00:22.860
Yeah, but if you knew that, then it would be okay.

01:00:22.860 --> 01:00:25.860
But most of us when we mess up don't know whether it's a good mess up

01:00:25.860 --> 01:00:26.860
or a bad mess up.

01:00:28.860 --> 01:00:30.860
Because we don't know.

01:00:30.860 --> 01:00:32.860
You might find that out in hindsight.

01:00:33.860 --> 01:00:36.860
But we've got to be careful not to look at a mess and think

01:00:36.860 --> 01:00:38.860
maybe it is God.

01:00:38.860 --> 01:00:40.860
That's not necessarily what he's saying.

01:00:40.860 --> 01:00:42.860
But I can't look at a mess and say maybe it is God,

01:00:42.860 --> 01:00:44.860
maybe this is providence, it just works out.

01:00:44.860 --> 01:00:46.860
Ksarassar is not true.

01:00:47.860 --> 01:00:48.860
It's not biblical.

01:00:49.860 --> 01:00:50.860
It's not a mess up.

01:00:56.860 --> 01:00:59.860
Sade, you've taken up a lot of time.

01:00:59.860 --> 01:01:01.860
We're going to charge you for this.

01:01:03.860 --> 01:01:05.860
How long have you been preparing?

01:01:05.860 --> 01:01:06.860
Have you heard clearly?

01:01:06.860 --> 01:01:07.860
Not dearly, clearly.

01:01:10.860 --> 01:01:12.860
Yes, you don't have the resources for it.

01:01:12.860 --> 01:01:14.860
Start with five fish and two loaves.

01:01:14.860 --> 01:01:15.860
Establish something.

01:01:15.860 --> 01:01:17.860
Talk to others about the timing.

01:01:17.860 --> 01:01:18.860
Listen to the counsel of the wise.

01:01:18.860 --> 01:01:20.860
Do not look at external circumstances.

01:01:22.860 --> 01:01:26.860
Some of you have started things that you know it's scary.

01:01:26.860 --> 01:01:28.860
Be it the studio or be it the...

01:01:29.860 --> 01:01:31.860
One of the things that Kirba started in Chennai,

01:01:31.860 --> 01:01:35.860
he was running a successful dental business

01:01:35.860 --> 01:01:37.860
and he began to spread in different parts of India

01:01:37.860 --> 01:01:40.860
where he had different dental clinics.

01:01:43.860 --> 01:01:45.860
When it comes to Invisalign, there's hardly anybody in India

01:01:45.860 --> 01:01:47.860
who is more reputed than him.

01:01:47.860 --> 01:01:48.860
And so the clinics were doing well.

01:01:48.860 --> 01:01:52.860
And then God tells him that he needs to start a place

01:01:52.860 --> 01:01:54.860
where people are taken care of mentally, physically,

01:01:54.860 --> 01:01:57.860
spiritually, emotionally, and to start a whole thing.

01:01:57.860 --> 01:02:01.860
So he had to go and take a building on a road in Chennai

01:02:01.860 --> 01:02:03.860
that is the hardest place to get a building.

01:02:03.860 --> 01:02:05.860
He finds it there and he sets it up.

01:02:05.860 --> 01:02:07.860
Really foolish thing he's done.

01:02:09.860 --> 01:02:11.860
But it had to be done within a time frame.

01:02:11.860 --> 01:02:13.860
Am I wrong in anything I'm saying?

01:02:13.860 --> 01:02:14.860
No.

01:02:15.860 --> 01:02:17.860
But eventually it will pay off.

01:02:17.860 --> 01:02:19.860
But is it scary every month?

01:02:19.860 --> 01:02:21.860
Just the rent alone would scare us.

01:02:22.860 --> 01:02:24.860
But with the renters it's very easy.

01:02:24.860 --> 01:02:26.860
Just pull three more teeth.

01:02:28.860 --> 01:02:29.860
Yeah.

01:02:30.860 --> 01:02:32.860
That's how he calculates.

01:02:32.860 --> 01:02:34.860
So rent to be paid, 30 people coming in,

01:02:34.860 --> 01:02:37.860
let's pull an extra teeth out and everything is paid for.

01:02:37.860 --> 01:02:40.860
After praising you that much I had to do that.

01:02:42.860 --> 01:02:44.860
So we've got to take things in time frames.

01:02:44.860 --> 01:02:46.860
If the kingdom is to advance,

01:02:48.860 --> 01:02:50.860
if the kingdom is to advance,

01:02:53.860 --> 01:02:56.860
I don't fully understand the sentence that I'm writing down.

01:02:56.860 --> 01:02:58.860
We will figure it out as we go.

01:02:58.860 --> 01:03:00.860
If the kingdom is to advance,

01:03:00.860 --> 01:03:06.860
we have to be territorial.

01:03:09.860 --> 01:03:11.860
If the kingdom is to advance, we have to be territorial.

01:03:11.860 --> 01:03:13.860
This is not...

01:03:13.860 --> 01:03:15.860
There's something on the internet where you buy land

01:03:15.860 --> 01:03:17.860
and build buildings, what is it called?

01:03:17.860 --> 01:03:19.860
Metaverse? I don't know.

01:03:20.860 --> 01:03:22.860
Where you can buy imaginary tracts of land

01:03:22.860 --> 01:03:24.860
and build your house there.

01:03:24.860 --> 01:03:26.860
Metaverse.

01:03:26.860 --> 01:03:28.860
Well, this is not the metaverse.

01:03:28.860 --> 01:03:30.860
This is not buying things inside your head

01:03:30.860 --> 01:03:32.860
and stuff like that.

01:03:32.860 --> 01:03:34.860
If you want to advance the kingdom,

01:03:34.860 --> 01:03:37.860
you have to be territorial, as in there has to be real land,

01:03:37.860 --> 01:03:39.860
real people.

01:03:42.860 --> 01:03:46.860
Putin isn't invading Ukraine in his mind.

01:03:49.860 --> 01:03:51.860
He's actually doing it.

01:03:51.860 --> 01:03:53.860
So,

01:03:54.860 --> 01:03:57.860
this is why it helps the church greatly

01:03:57.860 --> 01:03:59.860
when they go into places like Victoria.

01:04:00.860 --> 01:04:02.860
That's the airport code for Victoria.

01:04:02.860 --> 01:04:04.860
It will be much easier to write that

01:04:04.860 --> 01:04:06.860
than writing stuff like we did yesterday.

01:04:06.860 --> 01:04:08.860
Remember those words?

01:04:12.860 --> 01:04:14.860
Remember that?

01:04:14.860 --> 01:04:16.860
What does that stand for?

01:04:16.860 --> 01:04:18.860
The maple leaves lost yesterday.

01:04:18.860 --> 01:04:20.860
Yeah? Don't forget.

01:04:27.860 --> 01:04:29.860
Another cool thing is, guys,

01:04:29.860 --> 01:04:31.860
when we approach the mountain, we go as priests.

01:04:31.860 --> 01:04:33.860
When we come down to the valley,

01:04:33.860 --> 01:04:35.860
we go as disguised...

01:04:35.860 --> 01:04:37.860
We go as kings, but disguised in common wear.

01:04:37.860 --> 01:04:39.860
Hear me again.

01:04:39.860 --> 01:04:41.860
When we go up the mountain, we go as priests.

01:04:41.860 --> 01:04:43.860
Nobody approaches the mountain as a king.

01:04:43.860 --> 01:04:45.860
David took off his royal garments.

01:04:45.860 --> 01:04:47.860
He wore linen

01:04:47.860 --> 01:04:49.860
when he went before the ark

01:04:49.860 --> 01:04:51.860
or when he went before the Lord,

01:04:51.860 --> 01:04:53.860
when he distributed cake and bread to all his people.

01:04:53.860 --> 01:04:55.860
When the ark was brought into Israel,

01:04:55.860 --> 01:04:57.860
he took off his royal robes.

01:04:57.860 --> 01:04:59.860
He wore the simple linen garment of a priest.

01:04:59.860 --> 01:05:01.860
You always approach the mountain as a priest,

01:05:01.860 --> 01:05:03.860
but when you come down from the mountain to the valley,

01:05:03.860 --> 01:05:05.860
you realize that we are called to be kings

01:05:05.860 --> 01:05:07.860
who represent the kingdom.

01:05:07.860 --> 01:05:09.860
We are called to be kings who deputize

01:05:09.860 --> 01:05:11.860
on behalf of someone who steward his rule,

01:05:11.860 --> 01:05:13.860
but we still wear a disguise

01:05:13.860 --> 01:05:15.860
so that we appear common.

01:05:15.860 --> 01:05:17.860
But our heart is that of a king.

01:05:23.860 --> 01:05:25.860
And now we take the years of things we've learned

01:05:25.860 --> 01:05:27.860
and we now get to practice it.

01:05:27.860 --> 01:05:29.860
All of us.

01:05:37.860 --> 01:05:39.860
You must come down from the mountain

01:05:39.860 --> 01:05:41.860
so that you can go through

01:05:41.860 --> 01:05:43.860
hostile Samaria.

01:05:43.860 --> 01:05:45.860
So expect people to be hostile

01:05:45.860 --> 01:05:47.860
and not want you there.

01:05:47.860 --> 01:05:49.860
Come down the mountain

01:05:49.860 --> 01:05:51.860
so that you can go through

01:05:51.860 --> 01:05:53.860
hostile Samaria.

01:05:53.860 --> 01:05:55.860
When you come down the mountain,

01:05:55.860 --> 01:05:57.860
come down in mercy.

01:05:57.860 --> 01:05:59.860
Confer worth.

01:05:59.860 --> 01:06:01.860
And when you come down the mountain,

01:06:01.860 --> 01:06:03.860
come down in mercy.

01:06:03.860 --> 01:06:05.860
Confer worth.

01:06:05.860 --> 01:06:07.860
When you come down the mountain,

01:06:07.860 --> 01:06:09.860
you associate with

01:06:13.860 --> 01:06:15.860
the outcast,

01:06:15.860 --> 01:06:17.860
the leper,

01:06:17.860 --> 01:06:19.860
the prostitute,

01:06:23.860 --> 01:06:25.860
the Samaritan.

01:06:29.860 --> 01:06:31.860
The Samaritan.

01:06:31.860 --> 01:06:33.860
When you come down the mountain,

01:06:33.860 --> 01:06:35.860
you meet not just spiritual needs,

01:06:35.860 --> 01:06:37.860
but you also meet

01:06:37.860 --> 01:06:39.860
physical needs.

01:06:41.860 --> 01:06:43.860
Otherwise, and Remy was reminding me

01:06:43.860 --> 01:06:45.860
of this two weeks ago,

01:06:45.860 --> 01:06:47.860
otherwise you become

01:06:47.860 --> 01:06:49.860
encased, light,

01:06:49.860 --> 01:06:51.860
and salaried salt.

01:06:53.860 --> 01:06:55.860
Matthew 5.

01:06:57.860 --> 01:06:59.860
And when you come down the mountain,

01:06:59.860 --> 01:07:01.860
Matthew 5.

01:07:05.860 --> 01:07:07.860
Matthew 5.

01:07:09.860 --> 01:07:11.860
So sometimes

01:07:11.860 --> 01:07:13.860
there will be hostility

01:07:13.860 --> 01:07:15.860
when you come down the mountain

01:07:15.860 --> 01:07:17.860
because not everybody

01:07:17.860 --> 01:07:19.860
thinks what you're doing is good.

01:07:19.860 --> 01:07:21.860
But you come down with mercy,

01:07:21.860 --> 01:07:23.860
not judgment.

01:07:23.860 --> 01:07:25.860
You judge that which is evil,

01:07:25.860 --> 01:07:27.860
but you come down in mercy and you confer

01:07:27.860 --> 01:07:29.860
worth. You associate with the outcast.

01:07:31.860 --> 01:07:33.860
Well, yeah.

01:07:33.860 --> 01:07:35.860
With those that are

01:07:35.860 --> 01:07:37.860
on the outside.

01:07:37.860 --> 01:07:39.860
You're not there to meet

01:07:39.860 --> 01:07:41.860
spiritual needs, you're also there to meet

01:07:41.860 --> 01:07:43.860
physical needs.

01:07:43.860 --> 01:07:45.860
You refuse to be encased, light.

01:07:45.860 --> 01:07:47.860
If what we do in Victoria is start going

01:07:47.860 --> 01:07:49.860
into a building and have worship again,

01:07:49.860 --> 01:07:51.860
then that's encased,

01:07:51.860 --> 01:07:53.860
light, and salaried salt.

01:07:53.860 --> 01:07:55.860
It would be so easy to build

01:07:55.860 --> 01:07:57.860
another mountain in Victoria.

01:08:01.860 --> 01:08:03.860
This is why we need patterns.

01:08:07.860 --> 01:08:09.860
Because once you start something,

01:08:09.860 --> 01:08:11.860
to undo it takes a lot of time.

01:08:11.860 --> 01:08:13.860
But if you start right, it's so easy.

01:08:19.860 --> 01:08:21.860
Salaried salt is salt.

01:08:21.860 --> 01:08:23.860
How are you done?

01:08:23.860 --> 01:08:25.860
I was going to approach closer and explain it to you.

01:08:27.860 --> 01:08:29.860
Like salt cellars,

01:08:29.860 --> 01:08:31.860
you keep it, a salt shaker,

01:08:31.860 --> 01:08:33.860
you keep it in the salt shaker,

01:08:33.860 --> 01:08:35.860
and you never sprinkle it on anything.

01:08:35.860 --> 01:08:37.860
So the church becomes like salt

01:08:37.860 --> 01:08:39.860
that loses its taste,

01:08:39.860 --> 01:08:41.860
and light kept under a bushel.

01:08:45.860 --> 01:08:47.860
Alrighty.

01:08:47.860 --> 01:08:49.860
Actual conclusion.

01:08:49.860 --> 01:08:51.860
I'll even write it so you believe me.

01:08:53.860 --> 01:08:55.860
Here.

01:09:09.860 --> 01:09:11.860
Mae is so not what you think she is.

01:09:11.860 --> 01:09:13.860
When you cross the waters,

01:09:13.860 --> 01:09:15.860
when you cross the waters,

01:09:15.860 --> 01:09:17.860
and I literally mean both,

01:09:17.860 --> 01:09:19.860
like the disciples did in their boat

01:09:19.860 --> 01:09:21.860
on the Sea of Galilee,

01:09:21.860 --> 01:09:23.860
and we do,

01:09:23.860 --> 01:09:25.860
when we cross the waters to go to Victoria,

01:09:25.860 --> 01:09:27.860
when you cross the waters,

01:09:27.860 --> 01:09:29.860
as in Mark 6,

01:09:29.860 --> 01:09:31.860
45,

01:09:31.860 --> 01:09:33.860
you cross the waters,

01:09:33.860 --> 01:09:35.860
you cross the waters,

01:09:35.860 --> 01:09:37.860
you cross the waters,

01:09:37.860 --> 01:09:39.860
you cross the waters,

01:09:39.860 --> 01:09:41.860
45.

01:09:41.860 --> 01:09:43.860
There will be times

01:09:43.860 --> 01:09:45.860
when you're straining at the oar,

01:09:49.860 --> 01:09:51.860
straining at the oars.

01:09:51.860 --> 01:09:53.860
There will be times

01:09:53.860 --> 01:09:55.860
when there are strong winds.

01:09:57.860 --> 01:09:59.860
There will be times when it's pitch dark.

01:10:01.860 --> 01:10:03.860
There will be times when Jesus is invisible.

01:10:03.860 --> 01:10:05.860
So he's just finished teaching,

01:10:05.860 --> 01:10:07.860
and he tells them to go ahead

01:10:07.860 --> 01:10:09.860
to Bethsaida,

01:10:09.860 --> 01:10:11.860
and then he decides that he will go up the mountain to pray.

01:10:11.860 --> 01:10:13.860
And he goes up the mountain to pray.

01:10:13.860 --> 01:10:15.860
He's on the mountain, they're in the valley,

01:10:15.860 --> 01:10:17.860
the sea is in the middle of a valley,

01:10:17.860 --> 01:10:19.860
storms come regularly.

01:10:19.860 --> 01:10:21.860
These are experienced fishermen,

01:10:21.860 --> 01:10:23.860
and they are scared.

01:10:23.860 --> 01:10:25.860
And so there will be times like this.

01:10:25.860 --> 01:10:27.860
Sometimes these things will not happen in Victoria.

01:10:27.860 --> 01:10:29.860
Sometimes they will happen in the mountains.

01:10:29.860 --> 01:10:31.860
Sometimes they will happen in the sea.

01:10:31.860 --> 01:10:33.860
These things will not happen in Victoria.

01:10:33.860 --> 01:10:35.860
Sometimes these things will happen here in Vancouver.

01:10:35.860 --> 01:10:37.860
And it will bring

01:10:37.860 --> 01:10:39.860
upset-edness.

01:10:39.860 --> 01:10:41.860
Our hearts will be thrown into turmoil.

01:10:41.860 --> 01:10:43.860
Things that we have to deal with, things that are not going right,

01:10:43.860 --> 01:10:45.860
things that have to be protected at home.

01:10:45.860 --> 01:10:47.860
When that happens, it becomes hard

01:10:47.860 --> 01:10:49.860
to do things outside when your focus is

01:10:49.860 --> 01:10:51.860
at the things that have to happen here.

01:10:51.860 --> 01:10:53.860
Those things will happen.

01:10:53.860 --> 01:10:55.860
If you listen to the first night,

01:10:55.860 --> 01:10:57.860
when we talked about the things that

01:10:57.860 --> 01:10:59.860
we are going to be engaging on the island,

01:10:59.860 --> 01:11:01.860
and you will not hear it on the recording,

01:11:01.860 --> 01:11:03.860
so you'll have to come and ask for it,

01:11:03.860 --> 01:11:05.860
you'll realize that this is not a cakewalk.

01:11:11.860 --> 01:11:13.860
What is a cakewalk?

01:11:29.860 --> 01:11:31.860
Okay.

01:11:31.860 --> 01:11:33.860
So,

01:11:33.860 --> 01:11:35.860
so,

01:11:35.860 --> 01:11:37.860
there will be times like this,

01:11:37.860 --> 01:11:39.860
there will be times like this.

01:11:39.860 --> 01:11:41.860
When these things happen,

01:11:41.860 --> 01:11:43.860
and I'm saying it to all of us,

01:11:43.860 --> 01:11:45.860
don't quit.

01:11:45.860 --> 01:11:47.860
Don't stop rowing.

01:11:49.860 --> 01:11:51.860
Encourage each other.

01:11:55.860 --> 01:11:57.860
One of the things we really

01:11:57.860 --> 01:11:59.860
have to guard against when we start something like this

01:11:59.860 --> 01:12:01.860
is the mocking spirit.

01:12:03.860 --> 01:12:05.860
The mocking spirit.

01:12:05.860 --> 01:12:07.860
The mocking spirit works both inside and outside.

01:12:07.860 --> 01:12:09.860
From the outside it will be,

01:12:09.860 --> 01:12:11.860
so, what do you got to show?

01:12:11.860 --> 01:12:13.860
From the inside it will be,

01:12:13.860 --> 01:12:15.860
I knew right away when we started this

01:12:15.860 --> 01:12:17.860
that nothing is going to happen.

01:12:17.860 --> 01:12:19.860
That kind of spirit,

01:12:19.860 --> 01:12:21.860
shut it down.

01:12:21.860 --> 01:12:23.860
Do the mafia thing.

01:12:23.860 --> 01:12:25.860
Do the mafia thing.

01:12:31.860 --> 01:12:33.860
No, we don't shoot them.

01:12:33.860 --> 01:12:35.860
We take them across the ferry and give them some en-chus.

01:12:37.860 --> 01:12:39.860
So,

01:12:39.860 --> 01:12:41.860
this is being recorded, sorry.

01:12:43.860 --> 01:12:45.860
Sorry.

01:12:45.860 --> 01:12:47.860
Yeah, edit that out.

01:12:49.860 --> 01:12:51.860
Don't quit, don't stop rowing.

01:12:51.860 --> 01:12:53.860
Encourage each other.

01:12:53.860 --> 01:12:55.860
Confront the mocking spirit.

01:12:55.860 --> 01:12:57.860
Because

01:12:57.860 --> 01:12:59.860
you have no idea how strongly

01:12:59.860 --> 01:13:01.860
that works.

01:13:01.860 --> 01:13:03.860
It worked upon Jesus, through Jesus' family.

01:13:07.860 --> 01:13:09.860
You got to steal your heart.

01:13:09.860 --> 01:13:11.860
S-T-E-E-L sometimes.

01:13:11.860 --> 01:13:13.860
Because when it comes from inside,

01:13:13.860 --> 01:13:15.860
it really affects you.

01:13:15.860 --> 01:13:17.860
Imagine people coming and standing outside your door

01:13:17.860 --> 01:13:19.860
while you're preaching, and they're there to take you home

01:13:19.860 --> 01:13:21.860
because they think you're crazy.

01:13:21.860 --> 01:13:23.860
And who's doing this?

01:13:23.860 --> 01:13:25.860
Mary and the others.

01:13:31.860 --> 01:13:33.860
If you don't steal your heart

01:13:33.860 --> 01:13:35.860
when these things begin,

01:13:35.860 --> 01:13:37.860
it can really

01:13:37.860 --> 01:13:39.860
do you great harm. The mocking spirit is

01:13:39.860 --> 01:13:41.860
one of the lousiest spirits

01:13:41.860 --> 01:13:43.860
in the world. Miriam and Aaron, what do you think

01:13:43.860 --> 01:13:45.860
they were doing to Moses when they begin

01:13:45.860 --> 01:13:47.860
to talk about Zipporah?

01:13:49.860 --> 01:13:51.860
What do you think Rabshakeh is doing

01:13:51.860 --> 01:13:53.860
when he says to Israel,

01:13:53.860 --> 01:13:55.860
I am the king who's taken

01:13:55.860 --> 01:13:57.860
this and this and this and this and this. I'm going to

01:13:57.860 --> 01:13:59.860
speak in Aramaic and I'm going to tell you that all

01:13:59.860 --> 01:14:01.860
those gods couldn't help them. What makes you think

01:14:01.860 --> 01:14:03.860
your god can help them?

01:14:09.860 --> 01:14:11.860
Sorry?

01:14:11.860 --> 01:14:13.860
How do you know god hasn't told me to do this?

01:14:13.860 --> 01:14:15.860
What do you think is happening on the cross?

01:14:15.860 --> 01:14:17.860
Hey, so if you are all that you say you are,

01:14:17.860 --> 01:14:19.860
why don't you ask for a few legions of angels to deliver you?

01:14:25.860 --> 01:14:27.860
Paul says it in his letter to the Corinthians

01:14:27.860 --> 01:14:29.860
that they think

01:14:29.860 --> 01:14:31.860
that when I am away, I

01:14:31.860 --> 01:14:33.860
write strong letters, but when I'm with

01:14:33.860 --> 01:14:35.860
them, I'm weak. Well,

01:14:35.860 --> 01:14:37.860
I'm coming to visit you guys and I'll show

01:14:37.860 --> 01:14:39.860
you whether I'm weak or strong.

01:14:43.860 --> 01:14:45.860
Pardon me?

01:14:47.860 --> 01:14:49.860
I'm looking forward to

01:14:49.860 --> 01:14:51.860
this.

01:14:51.860 --> 01:14:53.860
Don't fall for the line that

01:14:53.860 --> 01:14:55.860
Jesus is passing you by.

01:15:05.860 --> 01:15:07.860
Because if he

01:15:07.860 --> 01:15:09.860
can hang on to this, you will see

01:15:09.860 --> 01:15:11.860
him like you've never seen him before.

01:15:11.860 --> 01:15:13.860
He'll come down the mountain and it'll be brilliant.

01:15:17.860 --> 01:15:19.860
Look at one verse and I'll end with this.

01:15:19.860 --> 01:15:21.860
1 Kings 6, 7.

01:15:21.860 --> 01:15:23.860
Strange verse.

01:15:23.860 --> 01:15:25.860
1 Kings 6, 7.

01:15:33.860 --> 01:15:35.860
Building the temple,

01:15:35.860 --> 01:15:37.860
only blocks

01:15:37.860 --> 01:15:39.860
dressed at the quarry were used

01:15:39.860 --> 01:15:41.860
and no hammer, chisel,

01:15:41.860 --> 01:15:43.860
or any other iron

01:15:43.860 --> 01:15:45.860
tool was heard at the temple site

01:15:45.860 --> 01:15:47.860
while it was being built.

01:15:47.860 --> 01:15:49.860
If you read from the message,

01:15:49.860 --> 01:15:51.860
the stone blocks for the building

01:15:51.860 --> 01:15:53.860
of the temple were all dressed at

01:15:53.860 --> 01:15:55.860
the quarry so that the building

01:15:55.860 --> 01:15:57.860
site itself was reverently quiet,

01:15:57.860 --> 01:15:59.860
no noise from the hammers

01:15:59.860 --> 01:16:01.860
and the chisels

01:16:01.860 --> 01:16:03.860
and the other iron

01:16:03.860 --> 01:16:05.860
tools.

01:16:09.860 --> 01:16:11.860
Acts 29 is the quarry.

01:16:11.860 --> 01:16:13.860
All the

01:16:13.860 --> 01:16:15.860
chiseling,

01:16:15.860 --> 01:16:17.860
hammering,

01:16:17.860 --> 01:16:19.860
that's

01:16:19.860 --> 01:16:21.860
hammering, and

01:16:21.860 --> 01:16:23.860
iron tools

01:16:23.860 --> 01:16:25.860
will be used here so that we are

01:16:25.860 --> 01:16:27.860
blocks that are ready

01:16:27.860 --> 01:16:29.860
to go to Victoria

01:16:29.860 --> 01:16:31.860
and be

01:16:31.860 --> 01:16:33.860
set

01:16:33.860 --> 01:16:35.860
in place

01:16:35.860 --> 01:16:37.860
quietly.

01:16:37.860 --> 01:16:39.860
That's the way this is going to happen.

01:16:39.860 --> 01:16:41.860
It'll be fun.

01:16:41.860 --> 01:16:43.860
Any questions guys? I'm done.

01:16:49.860 --> 01:16:51.860
Jacob, how do you confront

01:16:51.860 --> 01:16:53.860
demonic spirits?

01:16:53.860 --> 01:16:55.860
How do you confront demonic spirits?

01:16:55.860 --> 01:16:57.860
Mocking spirits.

01:16:57.860 --> 01:16:59.860
How do you confront mocking spirits?

01:16:59.860 --> 01:17:01.860
Very hard to confront a mocking spirit if you don't have a sure word.

01:17:01.860 --> 01:17:03.860
Very hard.

01:17:03.860 --> 01:17:05.860
Because a mocking spirit,

01:17:05.860 --> 01:17:07.860
what does a mocking spirit try to do?

01:17:07.860 --> 01:17:09.860
A mocking spirit is trying,

01:17:09.860 --> 01:17:11.860
it tries to undermine

01:17:11.860 --> 01:17:13.860
your confidence in what you're doing

01:17:13.860 --> 01:17:15.860
and it usually does that by saying

01:17:15.860 --> 01:17:17.860
show me what you got.

01:17:17.860 --> 01:17:19.860
What do you have?

01:17:19.860 --> 01:17:21.860
Or it tells you

01:17:21.860 --> 01:17:23.860
things in the past that haven't worked out.

01:17:23.860 --> 01:17:25.860
Look at that, look at that, look at that, look at that.

01:17:25.860 --> 01:17:27.860
You think you're going to succeed now?

01:17:27.860 --> 01:17:29.860
And so there is this thing of

01:17:29.860 --> 01:17:31.860
this, this, this, this,

01:17:31.860 --> 01:17:33.860
what do you got to show for it?

01:17:33.860 --> 01:17:35.860
And so it begins to

01:17:35.860 --> 01:17:37.860
make you self-doubt.

01:17:37.860 --> 01:17:39.860
Makes you think

01:17:39.860 --> 01:17:41.860
oh maybe this isn't a good idea,

01:17:41.860 --> 01:17:43.860
maybe I should,

01:17:43.860 --> 01:17:45.860
maybe this wasn't God.

01:17:45.860 --> 01:17:47.860
And once you get to maybe that

01:17:47.860 --> 01:17:49.860
this wasn't God,

01:17:49.860 --> 01:17:51.860
then you're usually finished.

01:17:51.860 --> 01:17:53.860
And so

01:17:53.860 --> 01:17:55.860
you're not going to be able to

01:17:55.860 --> 01:17:57.860
do anything.

01:17:59.860 --> 01:18:01.860
And sometimes it's not even a statement,

01:18:01.860 --> 01:18:03.860
it'll be in the form of a question.

01:18:03.860 --> 01:18:05.860
Do you really think?

01:18:05.860 --> 01:18:07.860
It's an ancient

01:18:07.860 --> 01:18:09.860
spirit, happened in the

01:18:09.860 --> 01:18:11.860
Garden of Eden.

01:18:11.860 --> 01:18:13.860
Do you really think?

01:18:13.860 --> 01:18:15.860
And you introduce this little thing.

01:18:15.860 --> 01:18:17.860
Hey, when you face that,

01:18:17.860 --> 01:18:19.860
and if it's from inside the church,

01:18:19.860 --> 01:18:21.860
do two things, one come and tell me,

01:18:21.860 --> 01:18:23.860
two shut it down with your words.

01:18:23.860 --> 01:18:25.860
Because this thing is like a

01:18:25.860 --> 01:18:27.860
worm. It's not even a snake,

01:18:27.860 --> 01:18:29.860
it's a worm.

01:18:31.860 --> 01:18:33.860
The whole apple begins to rot.

01:18:41.860 --> 01:18:43.860
How do we end on a happy note?

01:18:43.860 --> 01:18:45.860
Too late.

01:18:49.860 --> 01:18:51.860
Hey, I want to sing

01:18:51.860 --> 01:18:53.860
this song. Can you pull it out?

01:18:53.860 --> 01:18:55.860
It's called

01:18:57.860 --> 01:18:59.860
I Then Shall

01:18:59.860 --> 01:19:01.860
Live.

01:19:01.860 --> 01:19:03.860
Come and shout it.

01:19:11.860 --> 01:19:13.860
I like the third verse on this one,

01:19:13.860 --> 01:19:15.860
mainly based on

01:19:15.860 --> 01:19:17.860
some of the things we were saying. Hey, Jane, do you have a pic?

01:19:17.860 --> 01:19:19.860
Okay.

01:19:23.860 --> 01:19:25.860
All the musicians are missing.

01:19:25.860 --> 01:19:27.860
That's great.

01:19:29.860 --> 01:19:31.860
No.

01:19:31.860 --> 01:19:33.860
I think

01:19:33.860 --> 01:19:35.860
Jane's child was more important than the pic.

01:19:41.860 --> 01:19:43.860
I think

01:19:43.860 --> 01:19:45.860
it's a good thing.

01:19:45.860 --> 01:19:47.860
Okay.

01:20:15.860 --> 01:20:17.860
I

01:20:45.860 --> 01:20:47.860
I'll forgive

01:20:47.860 --> 01:20:49.860
my brother

01:20:51.860 --> 01:20:53.860
the law of

01:20:53.860 --> 01:20:55.860
love

01:20:55.860 --> 01:20:57.860
I gladly will

01:20:57.860 --> 01:20:59.860
obey

01:21:03.860 --> 01:21:05.860
I then shall

01:21:05.860 --> 01:21:07.860
live

01:21:07.860 --> 01:21:09.860
as one who

01:21:09.860 --> 01:21:11.860
learns compassion

01:21:11.860 --> 01:21:13.860
I've been

01:21:13.860 --> 01:21:15.860
so

01:21:15.860 --> 01:21:17.860
loved

01:21:17.860 --> 01:21:19.860
that I'll risk

01:21:19.860 --> 01:21:21.860
loving too

01:21:23.860 --> 01:21:25.860
I know how

01:21:25.860 --> 01:21:27.860
fear

01:21:27.860 --> 01:21:29.860
fills walls instead

01:21:29.860 --> 01:21:31.860
of ridges

01:21:33.860 --> 01:21:35.860
I'll dare to see

01:21:35.860 --> 01:21:37.860
another's

01:21:37.860 --> 01:21:39.860
point of view

01:21:41.860 --> 01:21:43.860
And when

01:21:43.860 --> 01:21:45.860
relationships

01:21:45.860 --> 01:21:47.860
demand

01:21:47.860 --> 01:21:49.860
commitment

01:21:51.860 --> 01:21:53.860
then I'll be there

01:21:55.860 --> 01:21:57.860
to care and follow

01:21:59.860 --> 01:22:01.860
This next verse is what I really wanted us to focus on.

01:22:03.860 --> 01:22:05.860
Your kingdom

01:22:05.860 --> 01:22:07.860
burns

01:22:07.860 --> 01:22:09.860
around and through

01:22:09.860 --> 01:22:11.860
and in me

01:22:13.860 --> 01:22:15.860
Your power and glory

01:22:17.860 --> 01:22:19.860
pleasant

01:22:19.860 --> 01:22:21.860
shine through me

01:22:23.860 --> 01:22:25.860
Your hallowed name

01:22:27.860 --> 01:22:29.860
O may I bear

01:22:29.860 --> 01:22:31.860
with honor

01:22:33.860 --> 01:22:35.860
And may your living

01:22:35.860 --> 01:22:37.860
kingdom

01:22:37.860 --> 01:22:39.860
come in me

01:22:41.860 --> 01:22:43.860
The bread of

01:22:43.860 --> 01:22:45.860
life

01:22:45.860 --> 01:22:47.860
O may I share

01:22:47.860 --> 01:22:49.860
with honor

01:22:51.860 --> 01:22:53.860
And may you see

01:22:53.860 --> 01:22:55.860
a hungry

01:22:55.860 --> 01:22:57.860
world through me

01:22:57.860 --> 01:22:59.860
Your kingdom comes

01:22:59.860 --> 01:23:01.860
Your kingdom

01:23:01.860 --> 01:23:03.860
comes

01:23:03.860 --> 01:23:05.860
around and through

01:23:05.860 --> 01:23:07.860
and in me

01:23:09.860 --> 01:23:11.860
Your power and glory

01:23:13.860 --> 01:23:15.860
pleasant

01:23:15.860 --> 01:23:17.860
shine through me

01:23:19.860 --> 01:23:21.860
Your hallowed name

01:23:21.860 --> 01:23:23.860
O may I

01:23:23.860 --> 01:23:25.860
bear with honor

01:23:27.860 --> 01:23:29.860
And may your living

01:23:31.860 --> 01:23:33.860
kingdom come

01:23:33.860 --> 01:23:35.860
in me

01:23:37.860 --> 01:23:39.860
The bread of life

01:23:41.860 --> 01:23:43.860
O may I share

01:23:43.860 --> 01:23:45.860
with honor

01:23:47.860 --> 01:23:49.860
And may I see

01:23:49.860 --> 01:23:51.860
a hungry

01:23:51.860 --> 01:23:53.860
world

01:23:53.860 --> 01:23:55.860
Your kingdom

01:23:55.860 --> 01:23:57.860
Your kingdom

01:24:03.860 --> 01:24:05.860
Jesus!

01:24:13.860 --> 01:24:15.860
Your hallowed name

01:24:17.860 --> 01:24:19.860
O may I bear

01:24:19.860 --> 01:24:21.860
with honor

01:24:23.860 --> 01:24:25.860
And may your living

01:24:25.860 --> 01:24:27.860
kingdom

01:24:27.860 --> 01:24:29.860
come in me

01:24:29.860 --> 01:24:31.860
The bread of life

01:24:33.860 --> 01:24:35.860
O may I share

01:24:35.860 --> 01:24:37.860
with honor

01:24:39.860 --> 01:24:41.860
And may you see

01:24:41.860 --> 01:24:43.860
a hungry

01:24:43.860 --> 01:24:45.860
world

01:24:45.860 --> 01:24:47.860
One last time church!

01:24:47.860 --> 01:24:49.860
One last time!

01:24:49.860 --> 01:24:51.860
Your kingdom comes

01:24:59.860 --> 01:25:01.860
O may I

01:25:11.860 --> 01:25:13.860
O may I

01:25:29.860 --> 01:25:31.860
Your kingdom

01:25:31.860 --> 01:25:33.860
come in me

01:25:35.860 --> 01:25:37.860
The bread of life

01:25:39.860 --> 01:25:41.860
O may I

01:25:41.860 --> 01:25:43.860
bear with honor

01:25:45.860 --> 01:25:47.860
And may you see

01:25:47.860 --> 01:25:49.860
a hungry

01:25:49.860 --> 01:25:51.860
world

01:25:51.860 --> 01:25:53.860
Your kingdom

01:25:53.860 --> 01:25:55.860
Your kingdom

01:25:55.860 --> 01:25:57.860
Your kingdom

01:25:57.860 --> 01:25:59.860
Your hallowed name

01:26:01.860 --> 01:26:03.860
O may I

01:26:03.860 --> 01:26:05.860
bear with honor

01:26:07.860 --> 01:26:09.860
And may your

01:26:09.860 --> 01:26:11.860
kingdom come

01:26:11.860 --> 01:26:13.860
In me

01:26:15.860 --> 01:26:17.860
In me

01:26:17.860 --> 01:26:19.860
In me

01:26:25.860 --> 01:26:27.860
And may you

01:26:27.860 --> 01:26:29.860
see

01:26:29.860 --> 01:26:31.860
a hungry

01:26:31.860 --> 01:26:33.860
world to me

01:26:37.860 --> 01:26:39.860
On this afternoon

01:26:39.860 --> 01:26:43.760
Could you reenact communion again?

01:26:43.760 --> 01:26:51.220
Or could you break a different body this time, please?

01:26:51.220 --> 01:26:59.300
So the day he was seated on his throne, he took bread and called Acts 29.

01:26:59.300 --> 01:27:02.300
He gave thanks and he broke it.

01:27:02.700 --> 01:27:07.500
And he said to Victoria and Nanaimo in UBC and the ends of the earth,

01:27:07.500 --> 01:27:12.500
this is my body, it is broken for you.

01:27:12.500 --> 01:27:31.700
Jane, can you come up and play?

01:27:31.700 --> 01:27:46.900
In the crashing...

01:27:46.900 --> 01:27:48.900
Hey, God is going to honor us.

01:27:48.900 --> 01:27:50.900
Stay with him.

01:28:01.700 --> 01:28:11.700
In the crushing...

01:28:11.700 --> 01:28:13.700
In the pressing...

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You are making me walk.

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In the soil I now surrender.

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You are breaking me down.

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In the crushing...

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In the pressing...

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You are making me walk.

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In the soil I now surrender.

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You are breaking me down.

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So I yield to you and to your careful hand.

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When I trust you I don't need to understand.

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So I yield to you and to your careful hand.

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When I trust you I don't need to understand.

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Make me your vessel.

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Make me an offering.

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Make me whatever you want me to be.

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But I came here with nothing.

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All you have given me, Jesus, bring new wine out of me.

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So make me your vessel.

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Make me an offering.

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Make me whatever you want me to be.

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But I came here with nothing.

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But all you have given me, Jesus, bring new wine out of me.

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Jesus, bring new wine out of me.

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Jesus, bring new wine out of me.

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Jesus, bring new wine out of me.

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There is new wine.

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There is new power.

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There is new freedom.

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And the kingdom is here.

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I lay down my old name.

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Carry your new power.

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Yeah.

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That's the way.

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That's where there is new wine.

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There is new power.

01:31:34.700 --> 01:31:37.700
And there is new freedom.

01:31:37.700 --> 01:31:41.700
And the kingdom is here.

01:31:41.700 --> 01:31:44.700
I lay down my old name.

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Carry your new power.

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Jesus, bring new wine.

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Oh, my God.

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Yeah, there is new wine.

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There is new power.

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And there is new freedom.

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For your kingdom is here.

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And we lay down our old names.

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To carry your new power today.

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Amen.

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I need your pouring out.

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And we will steward this well.

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During the week and moving forward,

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we will be with you on the mountain

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to behold your glory, your goodness, your laughter,

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your power to be with you

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so that down in the valley we can make you known.

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So that we can tell them,

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I know a father who loves.

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I know a father who cares.

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I know a father who is powerful to deliver

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because he has delivered us.

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So, Father, we go to make you known.

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We go to make you known.

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But, Father, we receive what you are pouring out

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so that we can steward it well.

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We will hold it preciously.

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But we look forward to Abba going out

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into these places you have charted for us.

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And we go in your name,

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following the King of Kings,

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the Son of the Living God.

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We thank you. In Jesus' name.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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Thank you guys for being here for the last four meetings.

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I know how difficult it is after work to do what you do.

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I really appreciate it and don't take it for granted.

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Yeah?

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So, we'll keep filling up on the mountain.

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We'll keep emptying out in the valley.

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Bless you guys. It's such a pleasure.

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You're such a treasure.

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See you.