WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: Watchmen On The Wall Publishing Date: 2020-04-05T06:00:44-07:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/watchmen-on-the-wall/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.640 Turn to Isaiah 62 verse 6 to 7 because that's where we get this idea of being watchman from. 00:00:09.840 --> 00:00:17.760 Isaiah 62 verse 6 to 7. Guys, some of the stuff I say you'll have to read between the lines, 00:00:18.560 --> 00:00:23.760 but I'll try to be as clear as possible. Some of the stuff you have to read between the lines 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:30.080 because I don't want to spell out certain spiritual realities too plainly because I 00:00:30.080 --> 00:00:34.640 don't know who all will be listening to this and how they'll decode what is being said. 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:41.120 But that said, let me just go ahead. So Isaiah 62 verse 6 to 7, and I'll stop in between if you 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:48.800 have questions. Isaiah 62 verse 6 to 7. Let me start at yeah, verse 6 to 7. I have posted 00:00:48.800 --> 00:00:55.200 watchmen on your walls of Jerusalem. They will never be silent day or night. You who call on the 00:00:55.200 --> 00:01:01.520 Lord, give yourselves no rest and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:07.200 the praise of the earth. Look at what God is saying. God is saying, listen, I want you to 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:13.360 persist and provoke me into action. I'm giving you permission to give me no rest. 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:19.520 Very rarely do you hear that, eh? Because usually what you hear is people saying once you've prayed, 00:01:19.520 --> 00:01:23.200 it's a prayer of faith and you don't need to pray it again and again. Or sometimes people say, 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:26.720 you've got to pray again and again because you need to persist with shameless boldness. 00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:33.520 Both are correct. Neither is wrong. But here God is saying that, listen, I have posted watchmen 00:01:33.520 --> 00:01:39.440 on your walls of Jerusalem. They will never be silent day or night. So the idea of today's 00:01:39.520 --> 00:01:48.000 teaching is to let Acts 29 for sure know and let other churches that are listening know that, 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:55.040 listen, during a time like this, we don't wait it out. During a time like this, like I said last week, 00:01:55.840 --> 00:02:02.320 we don't sit back and say this too shall pass. During a time like this, it is insufficient 00:02:02.320 --> 00:02:08.880 to just observe the rules that are good but aren't enough to undo what is being done. 00:02:08.880 --> 00:02:16.400 During times like this, at least one of the rules given to this church is to take an active 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:25.520 stance against that which is happening spiritually so that God can undo as he did in Egypt the 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:32.800 spiritual might of the powers involved before he undoes the military might in Egypt's case and in 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:42.640 this case, the condition of this virus called COVID. One of the things I've been telling myself 00:02:42.640 --> 00:02:49.280 is, Jacob, speak unashamedly of spiritual realities. Don't hedge your bets because 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:56.720 there are so many voices out there that sometimes to say these things takes a little courage because 00:02:56.720 --> 00:03:03.120 who are we? Who am I? Yeah, but that's, don't answer that. It was just a rhetorical question. 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:12.480 No, Diana, I wasn't asking a question. Okay, so Isaiah 62 verse 6 and 7, God is saying, listen, 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:17.520 now that you are watchmen on the wall, because I've trained you for this church, I've trained you for 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:23.280 this, I've been talking about this for years on end and now I want you to be watchmen on the walls 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:27.920 of Vancouver, watchmen on the walls of Greater Vancouver. If you're from Sydney, then Sydney. 00:03:27.920 --> 00:03:33.520 If you're from Singapore, Singapore, Bahrain, UK, wherever you are, Lithuania, Brazil, wherever you 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:39.840 are, God is asking you to now be watchmen on the wall and he says, do not give me rest, do not give 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:44.720 me rest. Neither should you rest because you should keep persisting, keep praying this through, nor 00:03:44.720 --> 00:03:53.040 should you give me rest till I establish my will in your city. And so does that mean that if we don't 00:03:53.040 --> 00:03:58.800 pray or if we don't follow Isaiah 62 verse 6 and 7 that God won't do anything? Because that's another 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:05.040 way of thinking, that I guess if we don't pray, God will not do anything. Not true. If God only moved 00:04:05.040 --> 00:04:11.600 when we prayed, civilization would be dead by now. If God only moved because we prayed, then a whole 00:04:11.600 --> 00:04:17.280 lot of people wouldn't recover. Here's the strange thing guys, God wants us to pray so that we can 00:04:17.280 --> 00:04:22.560 participate in what he's doing and the way we participate in what he's doing is by finding out 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:28.160 what he wants to do, then agreeing with what he wants to do and then walking with him as he does it. 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:33.920 Did you hear that? Here's what God is saying, listen, I want you to participate with me but here's how 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:39.920 you participate with me. You find out what I want to do and then you begin to speak it. That's what 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:45.600 prayer is, speaking or executing the will of God. Find out what I want to do, agree with me then on 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:51.120 earth in terms of what I want to do and then walk with me as I do it. And so the intent of God is, 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:58.160 listen, if you become watchman on the wall and join me in praying, in persisting, in finding out what I 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:05.280 want, then you get to be part of this adventure because I'm going to do it either way. And that aside, 00:05:05.280 --> 00:05:10.560 a church that begins to participate like that has the ability to accelerate the purposes of God 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:17.520 here on earth. One of the things that Mary, the mother of Jesus does in Cana is even though it was 00:05:17.520 --> 00:05:26.000 not time, she hastened the disclosing of the first miracle that the son of God did here on earth. 00:05:26.640 --> 00:05:31.520 He goes to her and says it's not my time yet and she turns to the servants and says do what he says 00:05:31.520 --> 00:05:38.720 because she had made a request. So watchmen on the wall have this dual purpose. One of having 00:05:39.520 --> 00:05:45.680 this ability to participate, speak, execute what God wants to do on earth and secondly they have 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:50.320 the ability to accelerate what God wants to do on the earth and God is only willing to do it. 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:57.520 That's where this title comes from. Let me read that scripture once again so you don't forget it. 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:01.440 I have posted, so if he were talking to us, here's what he would say, 00:06:01.440 --> 00:06:04.880 I have posted you as a watchman on the walls of Vancouver. 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:14.960 You better not be silent day or night, you who call upon the Lord. Give yourselves no rest and 00:06:14.960 --> 00:06:22.080 by the way give me no rest says God till I establish in Vancouver what I want to and make 00:06:22.080 --> 00:06:25.520 her the praise of the earth. What a privilege eh? 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:36.000 And by the way God's always been into cities. When you look at how God started creation, 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:39.680 he did start it in a garden. Guess how it ends? It ends in a city. 00:06:40.640 --> 00:06:44.640 When you go to revelations 21, you see a city coming out of the heavens. 00:06:44.640 --> 00:06:49.760 God started in a garden, he ends in a city. Remember Psalm 127, 1 where it says, 00:06:49.760 --> 00:06:59.040 unless the Lord keeps the city, the watchman might as well go and take a nap because if the 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:05.280 Lord ain't keeping the city, then the watchman watches in vain. What I'm trying to say is guys, 00:07:06.080 --> 00:07:12.960 know that God is seriously interested in keeping this city but he would love for us to be in 00:07:12.960 --> 00:07:17.920 the city but he would love for us to be watchmen who can participate in the adventure of God. 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:21.040 Here's the thing guys, when we don't participate in the adventures of God, 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:29.520 we don't even have a record of it. That just saddens me eh? What scares me most is that 00:07:29.520 --> 00:07:35.680 God is doing such amazing things on earth and the church does not even know it because they 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:45.520 to participate in the adventure of God. The church often takes its cue from Jacob at 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:52.000 Bethel where he said, God was in this place and I did not even know it. 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:57.120 One of the things I love doing in the morning is getting up and finding out 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:01.840 the adventure that God wants to go on so that I can be part of that adventure. 00:08:01.840 --> 00:08:08.160 And during a time like this, man I know what God is up to. Some of the videos you guys need to watch 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:13.200 so that you get a hang of it. Read between the lines or if you're really desperate call and ask me. 00:08:15.200 --> 00:08:22.640 But at the end of the day, we will not even be able to chronicle the history of God on earth 00:08:22.640 --> 00:08:28.960 through us if we don't participate in the adventure that God is on because he ain't staying 00:08:29.200 --> 00:08:35.360 silent through this. So yes, different churches have different roles. Some churches may have the 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:42.480 role of distributing food and medicines and masks and toilet rolls and sanitizers and I mean it 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:47.120 very seriously and groceries to different places. That's the role they play. There are other churches 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:53.760 that are crying out to God for revival once COVID is over. Other churches that are speaking, 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:58.880 once COVID is over. Other churches that are speaking, healing upon people who are dying. 00:08:58.880 --> 00:09:04.640 Other churches that are strengthening and lifting up first responders. But our role, I know, is to 00:09:04.640 --> 00:09:11.280 undo the spiritual power behind the physical reality of COVID. And in that we have to be watchmen on 00:09:11.280 --> 00:09:15.440 the wall. Others have different roles. This is our role. That's why I want to go down this way. 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:25.760 I mean, look at God. In Jonah chapter 4 verse 11, Jonah is not very happy with the city of Nineveh 00:09:25.760 --> 00:09:31.040 and the city of Nineveh was about 120,000 people. That's about the size of Delta. 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:40.320 Delta has 100,000, yeah, just a little less than 120,000 people. And in Jonah 4 11, God says, 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:47.600 God words it this way, hey Jonah, should I not be concerned about the city of Nineveh 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:52.400 with its 120,000 people that do not know their right hand from their left? As in, 00:09:52.400 --> 00:10:00.640 they are innocent in this. I understand that sin brings judgment guys, but we got to not take 00:10:00.640 --> 00:10:07.440 every plague that comes and then say, this is God's judgment on people. Nineveh was a city that was 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:13.680 sinful man. And yet look at what God says through Jonah, to Jonah in chapter 4 verse 11, they do not 00:10:13.680 --> 00:10:18.880 know their right hand from their left. Meaning, sure they are a sinful, wicked, pagan, heathen nation, 00:10:19.760 --> 00:10:26.720 but they don't know their right hand from their left. As in there is a sinful yet innocent condition 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:31.760 sometimes that falls upon humans. And this is when God says, you have no idea how concerned I'm about 00:10:31.760 --> 00:10:37.120 the city. You think he doesn't say that about Vancouver. I'm not trying to get you to become 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:44.240 emotional about Vancouver. I'm just saying, come on church, for days like this we were born, for days 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:52.000 like this we have been taught, for days like this we must rise up. I remember Jeevan once saying to 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:57.200 me, Jacob, it's okay that you are fighting, but you need to raise warriors. And I'm saying, this church 00:10:57.200 --> 00:11:02.080 better rise up because this is our time to prove our mettle. You know, you can go to 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:11.200 war school forever, but you're proven in the battlefield. And times like this allow us to the 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:21.680 degree of strength that we have to begin to flex our muscles that we have grown over the last two years. 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:27.040 And anyways, when it comes to cities, it's always been a contest between two cities. When you go to 00:11:27.040 --> 00:11:34.800 Revelation 17, 19, 17, 18 or 19, 18, I think it says there that there is a city called Babylon. 00:11:36.560 --> 00:11:46.160 In Revelation 17, 5, it talks about Babylon or a system being like a city that is full of 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:53.920 abominations, full of evil. And then there is another city that God established and you read about it in 00:11:53.920 --> 00:11:59.440 Hebrews chapter 12 verse 22, where it says, hey guys, don't you know that you have come to Zion, 00:11:59.440 --> 00:12:05.680 the city of the living God? It's always been a contest between cities. Why am I setting you up 00:12:05.680 --> 00:12:10.400 this way? Because I want you to know that God is seriously interested in cities. I don't know where 00:12:10.400 --> 00:12:15.280 you're listening from, but God is seriously interested in your city. But every city has walls 00:12:15.280 --> 00:12:24.640 and every wall has a watchman. And now you see why it makes sense to go to Psalm 24 and to 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:32.240 on a day like Palm Sunday, begin to quote from Psalm 24 verse eight or nine where it says, 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:39.040 lift up your heads, lift up you ancient gates. Let the King of glory now come in. Who is this 00:12:39.040 --> 00:12:46.240 King of glory? The one strong and mighty battle. He's the King of glory. Join now with the rest of 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:51.680 the church in saying this day honor God till this COVID thing is complete. And then we'll have another 00:12:51.680 --> 00:12:56.400 battle to deal with later. And the strange thing about all these battles is they're all one. We 00:12:56.400 --> 00:13:05.360 are supposed to execute them or fulfill the wish of heaven here on earth. These are not strenuous battles. 00:13:05.920 --> 00:13:14.640 These are battles that need to be endured. We'll talk about that another day. But on a day like Palm 00:13:14.640 --> 00:13:22.160 Sunday, on one hand, stand on those walls and open those gates, ancient gates of Vancouver. I wanted 00:13:22.160 --> 00:13:28.800 to talk about Vancouver's original purpose in the eyes of God, but I wasn't able to 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:34.960 get anything definite on it. So maybe we'll talk about it another time. But what is God's original intent when 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:40.960 he in his mind knew that there would be a city called Vancouver and that you guys would be living in the city at this time? 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:54.960 We'll talk about that another day. But here's the thing. Stand on those walls this week and begin to say, oh God, the only one who enters the city and begins to reign over it. The only one who decides what happens to the city is Jesus Christ. 00:13:54.960 --> 00:14:14.320 The king. And we say to the gates of the city, lift up your ancient doors, let the king of glory come in. And we say to ancient demonic doors, we shut you. We shut you because Jesus Christ is seriously concerned about this city of two million like he was over Nineveh. 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:24.240 And then with shouts of Hosanna, we begin to say, blessed is he who? The Christ who comes in whose name? In the name of the Lord. 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:39.360 Hosanna in the highest. Behold your king riding on a donkey. Any questions before we go on to how do we what are we supposed to do as watchmen on the wall before we go there? Any questions? 00:14:54.960 --> 00:15:19.760 No? Okay. So guys, here are different ways that you are supposed to be watchmen on the wall. And as I read them out, I want people who are watching this, to be able to see that they are watching this. 00:15:19.760 --> 00:15:38.560 Okay, so I read them out. I want people who are listening to begin to decide, okay, these are the things I will choose to do this week, and I will give him no rest. There are nine or 10 things you can choose from. 00:15:38.560 --> 00:15:58.160 But based on what you choose, begin to practice it for God's sake and for the sake of the city. And so the first point I want to make is from Jeremiah 29 verse seven, Jeremiah 29 verse seven. Look at what it says, and these were people who were being taken into exile. 00:15:58.160 --> 00:16:16.560 And like it or not, Paul says that we are citizens of another kingdom in exile here. Jeremiah 29 verse seven, and here's what it says. This is required of you guys. This is required of me. Jeremiah 29 verse seven. 00:16:16.560 --> 00:16:42.160 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper. So there are two words said there. It says on one hand, Jacob, make sure you seek the peace and prosperity of your city. 00:16:42.320 --> 00:17:09.880 And then the second thing he says is make sure you pray, because as your city prospers, you prosper too. Strange, eh? How this is part of the prosperity gospel, which is hardly ever mentioned. But part of the equation of the prosperity gospel is that you begin to seek first God's face for the peace, the shalom, some versions say, or the welfare of Vancouver. 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:31.120 Seek his face, saying, Oh God, at this present time, what do I need to find from you that begins to tell me that this is how I need to pray to bring shalom into the city, welfare into the city. And how do I pray, Father? Now that I know and I've sought you, now help me to pray this, speak this. Stand in your balconies. 00:17:32.120 --> 00:17:46.640 Instead of beating pots and pans or lighting lamps, stand in your balconies and pray for the prosperity of the city, for the peace of the city. I love the word shalom or welfare, because it kind of conveys more of God's heart. 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:58.160 Because then it goes on to say, because if you begin to pray that way, then know that you will prosper too. So that's the first preliminary step. And we got to do this once or twice a day this week, eh? 00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:09.680 Church, these are the times when who we are is proven. Otherwise we are a bunch of guys who really get very good teaching and do nothing about it. 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:26.200 Second, go to Genesis 1832, Genesis 1832, and you see Abraham there bartering with God for Sodom and Gomorrah. And so in Genesis 1832, it's a very good teaching. 00:18:39.680 --> 00:19:01.200 It says that, Genesis 1832, it says in verse 30, then he said, may the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only 30 can be found there? He answered, I will not do it if I find 30 there. 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:14.720 Abraham said, now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only 20 can be found there? He said, for the sake of 20, I will not destroy it. Then he said, may the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only 10 can be found there? He answered, for the sake of the 10, I will not destroy it. 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:35.040 If you go further up, you see in verse 23, let's start at verse 23. Then Abraham approached him and said, will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? What if there were 50 righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the 50 righteous people in it? 00:19:35.040 --> 00:19:48.480 And then verse 26, if I find 50, I will spare the whole place. Then Abraham spoke up again. Now that I've been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I'm nothing but dust and ashes, what if the number of the righteous is five less than 50? 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:56.080 And then he brings it to 45, then he brings it to 40. Guys, the reason I'm reading the whole thing is, Abraham knew the character of God, eh? 00:19:57.040 --> 00:20:10.400 In a time when people had no idea of who Yahweh is, Abraham now gets to know who Yahweh is. And how did this man, in such a short span, get to know God the way he gets to know it, man? 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:22.400 It's not like the Holy Spirit dwelt in Abraham then. The Holy Spirit was drawing him, he drew him out of the ear of Chaldees. But here is a man who gets to know God and he knows how wicked Sodom is. 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:30.400 Abraham is under no illusion with regard to the wickedness of Sodom. And yet Abraham knows the strange characteristic of Yahweh. 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:40.400 And the characteristic of Yahweh that he's using to barter is the mercy of God. That here is a God who is ridiculously merciful. 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:50.400 And that is what then emboldens Abraham. And have you noticed how it first has him go in increments of ten? He starts from increments of five. 00:20:50.400 --> 00:21:02.400 He starts from fifty to forty-five. Forty-five to forty. And then from forty, now that he's emboldened and he knows the mercy of God, he goes from forty to thirty, thirty to twenty, twenty to ten. Why? 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:12.400 Because now this man knows that here is a merciful God, I am in negotiations with him, I started with increments of five, I'm going to double it and make it increments of ten. 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:42.400 And he goes from twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty 00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:47.900 to twenty to twenty to live with all the guys that are the same age of this people he never 00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:51.780 lived with the conversations withê¼¼ in anybody in this world? 00:21:51.780 --> 00:21:55.160 Why am I teaching because it's logical? 00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:56.400 Why am I teaching? 00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:57.980 Why am I teaching? 00:21:57.980 --> 00:22:00.820 Because he never lived with someone of the same age. 00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:02.840 This is not the of Man-Man. 00:22:02.840 --> 00:22:05.320 The Holy Spirit lived with not in the same age. 00:22:05.320 --> 00:22:06.660 This is not the Holy Spirit. 00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:08.780 This is not the Holy Spirit. 00:22:08.780 --> 00:22:09.900 I'll give you racist words- 00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:14.140 go for Vancouver and it was one of the first times that I've actually wept for 00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:22.800 this city saying oh God spare the city itself not just the righteous spare the 00:22:22.800 --> 00:22:27.900 city itself and I'm not talking about sparing the city just from COVID I'm 00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:33.380 talking about sparing the city post-COVID too that what the enemy is 00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:36.780 planning to do that is supposed to be irreversible will also be something that 00:22:36.780 --> 00:22:42.540 God plans to do that will be irreversible I'm gonna be a watchman on 00:22:42.540 --> 00:22:48.260 the walls man I'm gonna give God no rest giving God no rest is not unceasing 00:22:48.260 --> 00:22:53.040 prayer for eight hours giving God no rest is just being present where God 00:22:53.040 --> 00:22:56.620 becomes so aware of your presence and your heart that he does not know where 00:22:56.620 --> 00:23:06.300 to go to and he laughs his head off saying this boy has finally got it so 00:23:06.820 --> 00:23:12.420 begin to think like this as a watchman begin to ask begin to begin to take 00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:18.320 advantage of the mercy of God begin to take advantage of the mercy of God we 00:23:18.320 --> 00:23:22.640 we take advantage of it every day because we said we Christians have that 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:26.260 marvelous privilege man begin to take advantage of the mercy of God for the 00:23:26.260 --> 00:23:30.620 people of the earth who do not know him the people of your city let's just start 00:23:30.620 --> 00:23:35.220 with Jerusalem and then go on to Judea these are things you must practice I 00:23:35.260 --> 00:23:38.540 don't know which of these points you're going to take but you have to take these 00:23:38.540 --> 00:23:44.780 points and begin to practice it this week if you don't want to practice it 00:23:44.780 --> 00:23:49.180 turn off your computer right now way because you'll be responsible once you 00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:57.860 hear this message did anyone go off they're better not whoever goes off let 00:23:57.860 --> 00:24:08.000 me know the third thing I want to talk about is from second Kings 2 19 second 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:22.940 Kings 2 19 second Kings 2 19 second Kings 2 19 and it's that story of 00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:26.660 Elisha and Jericho I was praying with someone and they started praying this 00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:31.380 and I thought huh this is one way God takes care of cities so listen to what 00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:36.060 it says there verse 19 the men of the city said to Elisha look our Lord this 00:24:36.060 --> 00:24:40.380 town is well situated as you can see but the water is bad and the land is 00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:44.900 unproductive some virgins say that the water is toxic it kills and the land is 00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:50.640 barren bring me a new bowl he said and put salt in it so they brought it to him 00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:54.560 then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it saying this is what the 00:24:54.560 --> 00:24:59.340 Lord says I've healed the water never again will it cause death or make the 00:24:59.340 --> 00:25:03.680 land unproductive and the water has remained wholesome to this day 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:08.600 according to the word that Elisha had spoken so the third thing that some of 00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:14.240 us can do or all of us can do is salt the source in the city and what I mean by 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:22.240 that is guys in cities and towns and nations this was very common in the old 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:29.460 and the New Testament the land would be polluted by sins and by the deities that 00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:34.100 were worshipped in the land I mean if you were if you search for the word 00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:39.060 polluted in the Old Testament you'll have this word coming up again and again 00:25:39.060 --> 00:25:42.380 that the land was polluted by the sin of the people the land was polluted by the 00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:46.700 deities they worship the land was polluted by the demonic rituals that were 00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:51.700 practiced and in cities the land is polluted and during times like this one 00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:56.080 of the ways to begin to bring the city into a place of safety is to 00:25:56.080 --> 00:26:01.880 decontaminate the pollution that has been brought in by this by sin and the 00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:06.720 demonic in this case in this story where Elisha is approached by the people of 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:12.920 Jericho what had happened hundreds of years before that was that when Joshua 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:19.160 was conquering Jericho he speaks and says Jericho will never be rebuilt and 00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:25.260 there was a king called Hel he decides that even though there is a ban on 00:26:25.260 --> 00:26:31.140 rebuilding Jericho that Jericho will be rebuilt and he builds Jericho back up 00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:36.340 but in the process of building Jericho back up to prevent or to help him build 00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:41.900 despite a ban he sacrifices his oldest son as a sacrifice for the building of 00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:46.500 Jericho and there's a curse upon the land and years later here is Elisha and 00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:50.280 the people are coming up to him and saying hey the water is toxic and the 00:26:50.280 --> 00:26:54.080 land is barren and that is when Elisha takes a new bowl he takes salt which is 00:26:54.080 --> 00:26:59.040 a purifying agent in this symbolic of purifying and he sprinkles that at the 00:26:59.040 --> 00:27:07.280 very origin of the water and the waters they healed the intent is some of us may 00:27:07.280 --> 00:27:12.520 have an idea of some of us may have a really good idea of or some of us may 00:27:12.520 --> 00:27:15.880 have actually caught on to some of the things I've spoken in the past and 00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:19.980 understand that both in this nation and in Vancouver and in different cities 00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:24.500 around the world there are things that have to be undone spiritually where you 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:28.620 have to go to the source and sprinkle salt and by sprinkling salt all I mean 00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:33.620 is declaring the name of Jesus Christ and undoing evil that has contaminated 00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:39.180 or polluted the land so much so that spiritual powers now have the ability to 00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:44.100 blow across the land at will and they must be undone so that the water can be 00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:48.360 made whole again you know there's one particular city this is this nation for 00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:57.280 instance where 16 years ago at this very time between April 25th and between 00:27:57.280 --> 00:28:02.480 March 25th and April 5th there was a sacrifice or a ritual that was performed 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:10.520 with the tacit agreement of some leaders where 722 demons were released in the 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:15.900 into the waterways of certain provinces in this land they were called 00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:21.460 benevolent spirits and they were released into the waterways into Lake 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:26.820 Ontario down through st. Lawrence into Quebec and down into the Atlantic Ocean 00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:33.820 saying that we bless these lands with these benevolent spirits 722 of them 00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:41.640 demonic spirits called benevolent over a period of six days with much dance and 00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:49.400 sacrifice who will stand up and say at the source where these powers were 00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:54.880 released who will stand up and say I now declare in the name of Jesus Christ a 00:28:54.880 --> 00:29:01.720 nullifying I sprinkle salt from a new bowl I give it a new start Passover was 00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:13.100 about a new start man yeah some of the videos that I'll be putting up will talk 00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:17.420 more about what needs to be decontaminated what needs to be undone 00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:21.460 in terms of the pollution that has struck this city and this nation and 00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:26.460 some of the provinces in this nation through either ignorance or through 00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:38.640 foolish invitation of powers that have ravaged this land any questions I'll 00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:41.400 wait for a few minutes 00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:52.760 16 years ago 00:29:56.460 --> 00:30:09.680 you know in every city in most churches that believe in Jesus Christ there are 00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:17.000 people that God raises ahead of time who can take stances in any of these 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:22.280 different points that are being made God already raises up people a God raised up 00:30:22.280 --> 00:30:29.660 Joseph before the famine God raised up judges like Samson before captivity so 00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:34.100 that when captivity came they could carry the gates of a city on their backs 00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:41.380 and walk free so I wouldn't be surprised as you listen that there are people in 00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:46.580 your church and definitely at acts 29 who can begin to step into these roles 00:30:46.580 --> 00:30:50.900 and say we will be watchmen who will take on this responsibility for the 00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:58.040 next seven days while people like the provincial health minister and the health 00:30:58.040 --> 00:31:04.280 officer do their part and they're doing a really good job we need to begin to 00:31:04.280 --> 00:31:11.880 work in the spiritual as strenuously as they are working in the physical they 00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:16.760 work with limited visible scientific knowledge we work with unlimited 00:31:16.760 --> 00:31:24.660 spiritual divine knowledge which brings me to my next point which is that guys 00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:29.660 during times like this cities are often saved by wisdom I'm not talking about 00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:33.460 earthly wisdom I'm talking about divine wisdom so cities are saved through 00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:40.620 wisdom if you go to Ecclesiastes 9 Ecclesiastes 9 verse 13 to 16 Ecclesiastes 00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:49.020 9 question go ahead how do you do this without stepping into presumption we're 00:31:49.020 --> 00:31:55.600 going to the previous point where when you begin to deal with powers that have 00:31:55.600 --> 00:32:00.720 polluted the land how do you deal with them without stepping into presumption 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:11.800 so I can give you three points that will help one join up with someone and talk to them about 00:32:11.800 --> 00:32:18.640 what you think and what you think you should do I love it when people who've who I've prayed 00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:24.080 with in the past couple of weeks before they pray they'll stop and say hey Jacob this is what I'm 00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:31.760 thinking what do you think shall I go down this route and so one figure out what God is saying 00:32:31.760 --> 00:32:37.120 and then go and bounce it off someone who has walked this before or is willing to walk with you 00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:43.000 and ask so that's one way to keep yourself safe from presumption if you're climbing up Grouse 00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:48.840 Mountain I'd suggest you not go with me because I haven't gone up yet but go with someone who's 00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:56.440 done this before and they'll take you safely without you going over the edge go with me she 00:32:56.440 --> 00:33:05.840 must have done the grouse crime she cycled anyways that's another topic all together it gets me going 00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:18.280 sometimes second whatever you do must be done in faith and I have always noticed when I slipped 00:33:18.320 --> 00:33:26.000 from faith to bravado I'm always aware of it because either I find that I'm speaking louder 00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:36.080 repeating myself fishing for words I don't mind being clumsy in my speaking but I know when I'm 00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:45.040 suddenly flaunting and not coming from a place of absolute assurance that's another way that I know 00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:55.880 I'm stepping into presumption and third I do not recommend fighting Goliath till you fought the lion 00:33:55.880 --> 00:34:01.960 and the bear so if you fought the lion and the bear now God will take you into the next place 00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:09.160 presumption is when you haven't fought the lion you haven't fought the bear and you go straight into 00:34:09.160 --> 00:34:19.200 fighting Goliath without any previous experience and that would be foolish so go with what you 00:34:19.200 --> 00:34:26.680 knew last time and a little more and then the last one I would suggest is imitation is good 00:34:26.680 --> 00:34:33.520 mimicking is not imitation is good mimicking is not just because you've seen someone else do 00:34:33.520 --> 00:34:40.840 something a certain way if you mimic that you fall flat on your face if you imitate that it 00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:47.600 requires training it's training that leads to imitation it is copying that leads to mimicking 00:34:47.600 --> 00:34:59.320 so if I were to watch you skate on ice and as passionate a hockey fan as I am if I wore your 00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:06.440 skates and went on the ice it would be very different I'll be tobogganing the point is you 00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:11.920 don't imitate you don't mimic you imitate these four things should keep you relatively safe let 00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:16.400 me throw in a fifth one who brought this question up it's taking away time but I got nowhere to go 00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:21.560 after this so the fifth question is the fifth point is this guys how good are you in terms of 00:35:21.560 --> 00:35:28.240 wielding the sword of the spirit because at the end of the day the only offensive weapon we have 00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:39.720 is the sword of the spirit which is the word of God so how fluent are you in wielding it sorry 00:35:39.720 --> 00:35:50.560 okay going back to the fourth point wisdom saves cities wisdom saves cities Ecclesiastes 9 verse 13 00:35:50.560 --> 00:36:06.920 to 16 Ecclesiastes 9 verse 13 to 16 where is Ecclesiastes after Proverbs Ecclesiastes 9 13 to 16 00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:18.520 here's what it says I also saw under the Sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me there 00:36:18.520 --> 00:36:24.520 was once a small city with only a few people in it and a powerful king came against it surrounded 00:36:24.520 --> 00:36:32.080 it and built huge siege works against it now they lived in that city a man poor but wise and he saved 00:36:32.080 --> 00:36:38.200 the city by his wisdom but nobody remembered the poor man so I said wisdom is better than strength 00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:43.160 but the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are no longer heeded we'll talk about the 00:36:43.160 --> 00:36:50.920 poor man another day but what stands out here is that he was a poor man who didn't have much cloud 00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:57.000 didn't have much authority nobody knew him as soon as he had finished what he was supposed to do he 00:36:57.000 --> 00:37:03.800 was despised and forgotten but guess what he still saved the city I was thinking of this yesterday 00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:10.560 and was immediately reminded of the Church of Philadelphia where Jesus says to the Church of 00:37:11.080 --> 00:37:18.880 hey you are you are a church of little strength but behold I placed an open door before you and 00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:24.880 sometimes I think he says that to us that nobody knows you you're not very rich you're not well 00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:34.600 known you're just about improving in terms of how you do online church but behold I placed before 00:37:34.600 --> 00:37:38.680 you an open door and I've given you wisdom so church here's what I'm saying to you begin to ask 00:37:39.120 --> 00:37:49.640 father and by the way let me define wisdom first wisdom wisdom is the the foresight or the insight 00:37:49.640 --> 00:37:56.040 that the Holy Spirit gives and once he gives foresight or insight he then adds to that his 00:37:56.040 --> 00:38:03.280 intelligence or your ability to understand what's happening and then he helps you practically work 00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:09.440 it out that's what wisdom looks like that's the kind of wisdom that saves the city first foresight 00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:15.280 where you see things before they happen and my god nobody else can bring that to pass except the 00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:20.560 Spirit of God and with that foresight now to the foresight you have to add understanding or 00:38:20.560 --> 00:38:26.600 intelligence as in all right so I see a storm coming that doesn't help because all you can do 00:38:26.600 --> 00:38:35.320 when a storm is coming is run but then you have the understanding like this guy had Joseph you see 00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:41.240 this illustrated so well in Joseph's life he had the foresight to see a famine was coming but if 00:38:41.240 --> 00:38:46.640 that was all he predicted that all he was was a doomsday prophet with doomsday actually happening 00:38:46.640 --> 00:38:52.760 but then that is not where he stops to that then the Holy Spirit takes Joseph and says let me give 00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:58.840 you understanding or intelligence to prepare for the famine and so he begins to prepare for the 00:38:58.840 --> 00:39:05.440 famine and then he tells Pharaoh how to prepare it and Pharaoh realizes our shucks this guy has the 00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:11.420 foresight this guy has the understanding so he might be able to tell us how to practically do 00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:18.320 it and then Joseph begins to practically work it out where he begins to set up silos of barns where 00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:23.360 they collect the grain for seven years and he begins to give out the grain in such a way that 00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:28.880 the Egyptians get grain first and then the rest of the nations and every time they get grain he 00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:36.320 begins to take their land and Pharaoh begins to rule all of Egypt this is what the wisdom of the 00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:40.520 Spirit of God looks like this is the kind of wisdom that saves a city and I'm saying to you 00:39:40.520 --> 00:39:51.320 church arise what the Holy Spirit will only give wisdom to a few no he chooses poor men men they 00:39:51.320 --> 00:40:01.900 have forgotten but the city is saved I've been asking God for this a father through this give 00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:09.240 wisdom of God not just for Vancouver not definitely not for acts 29 but for a circle that spans a much 00:40:09.240 --> 00:40:18.680 larger area so that people begin to get into a place of safety I forgot you guys are here all at 00:40:18.680 --> 00:40:26.440 least at three or four meters apart but if I look at you Diana usually says you don't look at the 00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:33.160 camera enough so I'll just look back at the camera just wave guys you're on camera 00:40:33.160 --> 00:40:47.200 this is our studio he just showed them the studio it's very impressive if we call this our studio 00:40:47.200 --> 00:41:02.040 they might think we are actually a mega church if the studio is this big how big is the church huge 00:41:02.040 --> 00:41:09.920 guys there's another story of a woman who saves another city these are stories we almost never 00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:16.120 read but again guess what she's called a wise woman and sometimes wisdom means removing one 00:41:16.120 --> 00:41:22.280 piece and an entire city can be saved go to second Samuel 20 second Samuel 20 I could have 00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:30.440 avoided going to the story but it's a story rarely read second Samuel 20 second Samuel 20 00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:40.200 verse 22 second Samuel 20 let's start at verse 00:41:40.200 --> 00:41:57.480 verse 15 or 16 or 15 yeah second Samuel 20 verse 15 all the troops with job came and besieged 00:41:57.520 --> 00:42:05.840 in Abel Beth Maca they built a siege ramp up to the city and it stood against the outer fortifications 00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:12.440 while they were battering the wall to bring it down a wise woman called from the city listen listen 00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:17.400 tell Joab to come here so I can speak to him he went towards her and she asked are you Joab he 00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:23.000 said I am he answered she said listen to what your servant has to say I'm listening he said she 00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:29.440 continued long ago they used to say get your answer at Abel and that settled it we are at we 00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:33.720 are the peaceful and faithful in Israel you're trying to destroy a city that is a mother in 00:42:33.720 --> 00:42:38.680 Israel why do you want to swallow up the Lord's inheritance far be it from me Joab replied far 00:42:38.680 --> 00:42:44.000 be it from me to swallow up or destroy that is not the case a man named Sheba son of Bickrey from 00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:48.800 the hill country of Ephraim has lifted up his hand against the king against David hand over this one 00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:52.960 man and I'll withdraw from the city the woman said to Joab his head will be thrown to you from the 00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:57.880 wall then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off the head of Sheba 00:42:57.880 --> 00:43:02.920 son of Bickrey and threw it to Joab so he sounded the trumpet his men dispersed from the city each 00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:09.440 returning to his home and Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem slightly gory story right but 00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:14.560 the point is this son of sometimes the wisdom of God will tell you which piece to remove or which 00:43:14.560 --> 00:43:22.160 piece to put in and an entire city an entire nation an entire generation an entire period can 00:43:22.160 --> 00:43:28.600 be changed because two or three men sought the wisdom of God which he gives without grudging so 00:43:28.600 --> 00:43:33.600 that situations can be changed and what if you didn't seek it and what if you didn't speak it 00:43:33.600 --> 00:43:37.840 God will go ahead and do it and you will never know it because history is recorded by those that 00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:48.080 participate with God I wish I could tell you the the weight of what we are dealing with here guys 00:43:48.120 --> 00:43:54.360 history is recorded by people who participate with God this book has been written especially 00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:59.600 books like Chronicles Samuel were written because these people were actually present I love what 00:43:59.600 --> 00:44:05.600 Luke writes when he begins his letter to when he begins the gospel and then when he begins the book 00:44:05.600 --> 00:44:13.560 of Acts he says dear Theophilus here is an account of those things that I saw if I were to actually 00:44:13.880 --> 00:44:22.480 write everything that I saw there wouldn't be enough books to contain it I don't want to go 00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:27.320 to heaven and find out ah shucks here's where you miss out here was where no I want to be part of 00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:37.640 history I love that song during this time I want to be a history maker you can't be a history maker 00:44:37.640 --> 00:44:42.000 you can just walk with the one who's making history and that's God but it's the only way you 00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:59.160 chronicle things man there have been times where and a few know some of these stories where the 00:44:59.160 --> 00:45:07.200 removal of one or two people or the displacement of one or two people and the replacement of those 00:45:07.200 --> 00:45:13.640 people by others has changed the destiny of nations and I'm not talking about something 200 00:45:13.640 --> 00:45:18.840 years ago I'm talking about things that I've been involved in in my life where people were 00:45:18.840 --> 00:45:26.040 removed and people were placed and it began to shift the history of sometimes one or two nations 00:45:26.040 --> 00:45:34.920 or at least one or two provinces meet me after kovat and asked me to share some of these stories 00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:47.640 buy me dinner and if it is good I'll tell you the next thing that I was really challenged by was 00:45:47.640 --> 00:45:57.560 what Abraham did when Sodom was attacked by the five kings in Genesis 14 and Abraham knew that lot 00:45:57.560 --> 00:46:04.480 lived in Sodom and the city was attacked by these five kings and now look at what Abraham does in 00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:24.280 Genesis 14 Genesis 14 14 to 16 Genesis 14 let's start at verse 10 Genesis 14 10 hey Don can I have 00:46:24.280 --> 00:46:33.000 some more hot water Genesis 14 10 now the valley of Sidib was full of tar pits and when the kings 00:46:33.040 --> 00:46:39.200 of Sodom and Gomorrah fled some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills the four 00:46:39.200 --> 00:46:44.520 kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food and then they went away they 00:46:44.520 --> 00:46:51.120 also carried off Abraham's nephew Lot and his possessions since he was living in Sodom one who 00:46:51.120 --> 00:46:59.240 had escaped came and reported this to Abraham the Hebrew now Abraham was living near this Oh Don you 00:46:59.240 --> 00:47:05.440 bring the cup back right I want to introduce you to the world yeah one who had escaped came back 00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:10.440 and reported this to Abraham the Hebrew now Abraham was living near the great trees of Mamre the 00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:16.400 Amorite a brother of Eshkol and Anir all of whom were allied with Abraham when Abraham heard that 00:47:16.400 --> 00:47:23.880 his relative had been taken captive he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went 00:47:23.880 --> 00:47:30.960 in pursuit as far as Dan during the night Abraham divided his men to attack them and he routed them 00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:36.320 and pursuing them as far as Hobart north of Damascus he recovered all the goods and brought 00:47:36.320 --> 00:47:42.600 back his relative Lot and his possessions together with the women and the other people you know what 00:47:42.600 --> 00:47:49.720 challenged me about it is that here is here are five kings who've come up against four kings have 00:47:49.720 --> 00:47:55.600 stripped Sodom and Gomorrah have taken Lot as captive and Abraham didn't go with a few men it 00:47:55.600 --> 00:48:05.000 says he rallied 318 men who belonged to his household all of them born and raised in his 00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:11.720 household and he said guys we all now go to rescue what has been taken I was reading this and I was 00:48:11.720 --> 00:48:19.560 thinking to myself at least I can speak to Acts 29 Acts 29 you do not have a choice you cannot sit 00:48:19.560 --> 00:48:24.200 through this doesn't matter where you're at whether you've been safe for two months two days 00:48:24.200 --> 00:48:33.560 or 200 years you now have to stand up because I'm saying that all 318 that have been raised that 00:48:33.560 --> 00:48:40.240 have been born that have been bred in this house must stand up to rescue people in the city from 00:48:40.240 --> 00:48:46.160 what the enemy is trying to do now what is the enemy trying to do I explained it I explained it 00:48:46.160 --> 00:48:51.040 and if you don't remember go back to the videos man if because if I go down that route it will 00:48:51.040 --> 00:49:00.400 take forever if you're not watching the videos stop it and watch it that's Bob Newhart's advice 00:49:00.400 --> 00:49:09.560 the point is this raise up your households to fight for this city and by fight I don't mean some 00:49:09.560 --> 00:49:13.640 big you know the strange thing about Christian warfare is that nothing looks like fighting 00:49:13.640 --> 00:49:20.560 that's the strange thing about Christian warfare it is speaking it is singing it's 00:49:20.560 --> 00:49:29.840 declaring it is symbolic but it is highly effective when do you flail in Christian 00:49:29.840 --> 00:49:37.320 warfare not fail flail in Christian warfare you flail when you do not know who you are fighting 00:49:37.320 --> 00:49:42.760 and I would suggest to you that by the grace of God and the wisdom of God some of the things have 00:49:42.760 --> 00:49:57.200 been made clear go listen to them go watch them applies to the entire globe man but raise up your 00:49:57.200 --> 00:50:03.120 household to the extent you can without stepping into presumption like we just talked about begin 00:50:03.120 --> 00:50:10.120 to stand on these walls and say oh God Kovat is one thing that will end whether you like it or not 00:50:10.120 --> 00:50:17.400 using masks or using vaccines it'll end but what is behind it is so much greater and I just pray 00:50:17.400 --> 00:50:23.280 an end to it go listen to what I said about Leviathan go listen to the patterns that I 00:50:23.280 --> 00:50:31.840 pulled out from Genesis 3 Genesis 6 and Genesis 11 go listen to how through the history of the 00:50:31.840 --> 00:50:38.280 world lack famine disease and war have always been used to bring mankind into a place of fear 00:50:38.320 --> 00:50:47.000 pride greed and lack so that they can find their solution in commerce religion and politics of 00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:54.440 government drawing them away into a city called Babylon and not into a place called Zion fight 00:50:54.440 --> 00:51:00.920 for these things go to Isaiah 27 one and unsheathe the merciless mighty sword which is the word of 00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:06.680 God to the extent that you can and begin to speak it boldly for the city for this nation for the 00:51:07.160 --> 00:51:14.240 world as God shows you which one to pick good Isaiah 51 9 good as Psalm 74 verse 13 and 14 00:51:14.240 --> 00:51:28.280 the strange thing is if acts 29 begins to do this guess what you receive the spoils of war 00:51:28.280 --> 00:51:40.080 that's something I'm looking forward to a you know this church will gather the spoils of war 00:51:40.080 --> 00:51:47.960 and this church will be able to present it to the Lord saying here God these are the spoils of war 00:51:47.960 --> 00:51:54.520 we dedicated to you because the spoils of war is not money men it's not fame those things anyone 00:51:54.520 --> 00:52:02.800 can provide you like I said between Bill Gates Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg most Christians 00:52:02.800 --> 00:52:08.720 can have their needs met but we are talking about the spoils of war in terms of people the 00:52:08.720 --> 00:52:15.400 treasures of darkness people devote them to God and guess what the church will also benefit in 00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:21.120 terms of being blessed by Melchizedek the king of Salem and the priest of God God will bless God 00:52:21.160 --> 00:52:27.280 blesses warfare he loves it when people take a stance with him because he's the one who's 00:52:27.280 --> 00:52:35.320 fighting it you're just shouting hey don you came and place his water here and disappeared 00:52:35.320 --> 00:52:51.960 wanted to introduce you the next one guys this everyone at acts 29 should try and practice it's 00:52:51.960 --> 00:53:03.760 in numbers 23 numbers 23 when when when the enemy comes against a city then numbers 23 00:53:03.800 --> 00:53:15.960 was 13 onwards numbers 23 I don't think you have the scripture Josh numbers 23 was 13 onwards and 00:53:15.960 --> 00:53:27.800 this is when Belak the king hires Balaam an evil doer to afflict the camp of Israel or for the lack 00:53:27.800 --> 00:53:33.440 of a better words the city of Israel it was called a camp then was 13 that Balaak said to him come 00:53:33.480 --> 00:53:38.040 with me to another place where you can see them you will only see a part but not all of them and 00:53:38.040 --> 00:53:44.200 from there curse them for me so he took me to the field of Zophim on top of Pisgah and there he 00:53:44.200 --> 00:53:49.880 belt built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar Balaam said to Balaak stay here 00:53:49.880 --> 00:53:53.760 besides your offering while I meet with him over there the Lord met with Balaam and put a message 00:53:53.760 --> 00:53:58.000 in his mouth and said go back to Balaak and give him this message so he went to him and found him 00:53:58.000 --> 00:54:03.080 standing besides his offering with the princes of Moab Balaak asked him what did the Lord say then 00:54:03.120 --> 00:54:09.000 uttered his oracle arise Balaak and listen hear me son of Zippor God is not a man that he should lie 00:54:09.000 --> 00:54:13.280 nor a son a man that he should change his mind does he speak and then not act does he promise 00:54:13.280 --> 00:54:18.200 and not fulfill I have received a command to bless he has blessed and I cannot change it no 00:54:18.200 --> 00:54:24.200 misfortune is seen as Jacob no misery observed in Israel the Lord their God is with them the 00:54:24.200 --> 00:54:29.640 shout of the king is among them one of the things I want us to engage in this week is to 00:54:29.880 --> 00:54:42.880 declare the clamorously loud boastful praises of God every morning this week for the city let 00:54:42.880 --> 00:54:48.920 the enemy know that the shout of the king is in the midst of Vancouver let the enemy know that 00:54:48.920 --> 00:54:54.280 the shout of the king is in the midst of Brisbane it may be only one voice but like you've heard it 00:54:54.280 --> 00:54:59.080 many times and I don't mind repeating it even though it sounds so cliched God plus you is a 00:54:59.080 --> 00:55:08.600 majority the shout of a king is in our midst if frightened Balaak Balaam one of the most powerful 00:55:08.600 --> 00:55:13.840 practitioners of sorcery in those days hired by a king who was willing to give him a room full of 00:55:13.840 --> 00:55:20.200 jewelry now says that hey we can't touch them this God of theirs does not lie when he makes up his 00:55:20.200 --> 00:55:24.280 mind there's nothing that can change it there is no sorcery or divination against this group of 00:55:24.280 --> 00:55:32.360 people and by the way the shout of their king is in their midst you know there are I'm going to 00:55:32.360 --> 00:55:45.680 go this way without going too far as I've said on some of the videos whenever a globe is brought 00:55:45.680 --> 00:55:52.440 to a standstill it is always the work of rulers and powers that exist we're not talking about the 00:55:52.440 --> 00:55:57.880 demonic we're not talking about spiritual hosts of depravity as Paul says we're talking about 00:55:57.880 --> 00:56:05.840 rulers cosmo cratos or rulers of darkness some of the names mentioned in the Bible are a polion or 00:56:05.840 --> 00:56:19.000 Abaddon now the name mentioned is Legion another name mentioned is Leviathan another name that 00:56:19.000 --> 00:56:34.920 symbolizes evil is actually Python. Act 16, Job 41, Luke, I don't know, Revelations don't know 00:56:34.920 --> 00:56:52.680 the chapter what we are dealing with present is in Job 41 we I briefly touched it when we recorded 00:56:52.680 --> 00:56:58.240 one of the videos more than ten days ago if you haven't heard it my question is why haven't you? 00:56:58.240 --> 00:57:09.600 You may have a good answer eh? Thank God I can't hear your answer. But one of the ways to deal 00:57:09.600 --> 00:57:17.000 with an enemy who is out to curse and destroy a camp or a city is for the enemy to hear the 00:57:17.000 --> 00:57:25.000 shout of the king in the midst of the city. Jeevan often comes home thinking it's his house I don't 00:57:25.000 --> 00:57:31.120 know why he gets it wrong and unfortunately I gave him my keys and I'm not able to take them back 00:57:31.120 --> 00:57:38.160 and sometimes when I come home he'll be sitting in the studio I have a studio now at home and he'll 00:57:38.160 --> 00:57:47.160 be singing sometimes in Telugu sometimes in English but I love not going in I just listen to it I hope 00:57:47.160 --> 00:57:52.680 I hear that when I drive past your home man the shout of a king in your midst you with your 00:57:52.680 --> 00:58:04.040 children and your family or you with your cat. Clamorously boastful praise why because it says 00:58:04.040 --> 00:58:11.560 in Psalm 46 verse 5 Psalm 46 verse 5 and these were written by people who didn't have the Holy 00:58:11.560 --> 00:58:17.040 Spirit living in them Psalm 46 verse 5 God is within her she will not fall God will help her 00:58:17.040 --> 00:58:21.440 at the break of day God is within her she will not fall God will help her at the break of day 00:58:21.440 --> 00:58:28.080 God is within her she will not fall God will help them at the break of day these are things we can 00:58:28.080 --> 00:58:36.200 indulge it so Jacob if we do this how will we know if anything is happening God is faithful that is 00:58:36.200 --> 00:58:50.160 enough. A wise man once said to me a wise young man once said to me hey Jacob most of the things 00:58:50.200 --> 00:58:57.520 that you have accomplished have been done quietly so why don't you go about doing what God is asking 00:58:57.520 --> 00:59:08.480 you again do it quietly I'm saying that to you we don't need things proven in newspapers before 00:59:08.480 --> 00:59:13.120 we do things we do them because we are commanded to obedience understanding is highly overrated 00:59:13.120 --> 00:59:31.680 three more points and then we're done guys begin to begin to pray based on your understanding 00:59:31.680 --> 00:59:39.760 and your knowledge begin to pray that the ones that have surrounded and laid siege to the globe 00:59:39.760 --> 00:59:45.440 the powers that have laid siege to the globe realize that our shucks the chariots of Israel 00:59:45.440 --> 00:59:50.320 and the horses of Israel are here and this is not going to be a battle that we will win 00:59:50.320 --> 00:59:57.800 every day I'm praying that the father I come against certain powers that are beginning to harm 00:59:57.800 --> 01:00:07.760 our city and as we come against these powers I just pray now in Jesus Christ name for warring 01:00:07.800 --> 01:00:15.680 angels of a to hold them at bay go to second king 615 second king 615 sometimes you can't do justice 01:00:15.680 --> 01:00:25.960 to what you really want to say on an online broadcast like this because yeah second king 615 01:00:25.960 --> 01:00:41.920 when this was 13 onwards go find out where he is the king ordered so I can send men and capture 01:00:41.920 --> 01:00:46.840 him the report came back he's in Dothan then he sent horses and chariots and a strong force 01:00:46.840 --> 01:00:51.680 there they went by night and surrounded the city when the servant of the man of God got up and 01:00:51.880 --> 01:00:57.280 early the next morning an army with horses and chariots that surrounded the city oh my Lord what 01:00:57.280 --> 01:01:02.320 shall we do the servant asked don't be afraid the prophet answered those who are with us are more 01:01:02.320 --> 01:01:07.200 than those who are with them and Elisha prayed a lot open his eyes that he may see then the Lord 01:01:07.200 --> 01:01:12.440 opened the servant's eyes and looked and he saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all 01:01:12.440 --> 01:01:18.360 around Elisha as the enemy came down towards him Elisha prayed Lord strike these people with 01:01:18.360 --> 01:01:23.840 blindness so he struck them with blindness as Elisha had asked Elisha told him this is not the 01:01:23.840 --> 01:01:29.560 road and this is not the city this is not the road and this is not the city hey awesome words 01:01:29.560 --> 01:01:37.240 hey this is not the road this is not the city you immobilize the enemy with your prayer sometimes 01:01:37.240 --> 01:01:47.000 pray in tongues man because the angels understand it pray in tongues when you don't know how to 01:01:47.040 --> 01:01:58.280 pray ask God for this city for Ontario for Quebec for this nation ask God for Spain for Italy for 01:01:58.280 --> 01:02:06.080 the US one of the things that will do this nation good is it's walking in humility this power cannot 01:02:06.080 --> 01:02:18.160 be dealt with except in humility it's very hard to explain this whole scripture here this is why 01:02:18.160 --> 01:02:25.200 guys it's important that I prepare myself and I prepare myself in times of peace so that during 01:02:25.200 --> 01:02:35.280 times of war I'll be able to stand and do what I need to do let's take a break and ask if there 01:02:35.280 --> 01:02:46.960 are questions any questions you think Paul didn't know this when he went into Ephesus and he had to 01:02:46.960 --> 01:02:57.640 deal with she who was famous in all of Asia Minor Artemis you think Paul didn't know it when 50,000 01:02:57.640 --> 01:03:14.480 drachmas of stuff that was full of chance and magic was burnt in Ephesus how does Paul deal 01:03:14.480 --> 01:03:22.760 with Simon Magus how does Peter deal with the magician how does Paul deal with the guy who he 01:03:22.760 --> 01:03:29.080 met on the island of Paphos who tried to stop Sergius Paulus the proconsul from accepting 01:03:29.080 --> 01:03:35.240 Christ it changed an entire land because when Sergius Paulus accepted Christ it turned once 01:03:35.240 --> 01:03:39.760 the governing authority accepts things everything under changes but there was someone who was 01:03:39.760 --> 01:03:48.320 stopping it can't go into the nitty-gritty details of how to do it but to the extent that you know 01:03:48.320 --> 01:03:53.600 begin to stand as watchmen on the walls of the city saying oh god I know that because I'm your 01:03:53.600 --> 01:04:00.580 child that I can ask oh god that this city that I belong to be spared that though there may be 01:04:00.580 --> 01:04:09.800 enemy armies that always exist behind physical realities in the name of Jesus Christ as simply 01:04:09.800 --> 01:04:17.080 as I know it I say no to you and I say yes to God and I begin to raise the hallelujah I begin to 01:04:17.080 --> 01:04:23.000 start singing the song echo I begin to sing these songs because the shout of the king is in the 01:04:23.000 --> 01:04:28.680 midst of this city I don't know how many nations are listening to us and let's say six nations what 01:04:28.680 --> 01:04:33.880 if there are six nations that will be helped because of this I'm telling you man I've found 01:04:33.880 --> 01:04:40.440 out one thing in life some four years ago that it takes one man and God to change things I actually 01:04:40.440 --> 01:04:47.400 believe that it's not words and you need to believe it too because it's true history proves 01:04:47.400 --> 01:05:00.360 it again and again and again next one is guys prophesy the intent of God prophesy the intent 01:05:00.360 --> 01:05:05.440 of God prophesy the intent of God prophesy is not stringing some scriptures together and speaking 01:05:05.440 --> 01:05:10.160 them prophesy is finding out the mind of God and then once you find the mind of God to actually 01:05:10.160 --> 01:05:21.200 craft it as in write it down and then begin to speak it prophesy the intent of God so much of 01:05:21.200 --> 01:05:26.880 warring is done through the prophetic so much of warring is done through the prophetic you don't 01:05:26.880 --> 01:05:33.760 have to be a prophet to prophesy you can ask God and then begin to speak if you go to Isaiah not 01:05:33.760 --> 01:05:42.280 Isaiah if you go to second Kings 19 second Kings 19 it's a story of Hezekiah but it's Isaiah who's 01:05:42.280 --> 01:05:58.200 prophesying second Kings 19 verse 32 onwards verse 32 it says there therefore this is what the Lord 01:05:58.200 --> 01:06:02.880 says concerning the king of Assyria therefore this is what the Lord says who's speaking Isaiah 01:06:02.880 --> 01:06:08.560 speaking therefore this is what the Lord says concerning Assyria and then he begins to prophesy 01:06:08.560 --> 01:06:20.120 now think of the context hey Sennacherib who was an evil ruler that had destroyed city after city 01:06:20.120 --> 01:06:28.480 nation after nation has come and surrounded Israel Hezekiah knows this is the end and then 01:06:28.520 --> 01:06:34.800 they begin to pray and Isaiah begins to prophesy even though the siege ramps are being set up even 01:06:34.800 --> 01:06:40.160 though Sennacherib has challenged Israel saying you think your gods are going to save you look 01:06:40.160 --> 01:06:47.160 at the gods of Arkpahad look at the gods of this nation they couldn't save you and then as Isaiah 01:06:47.160 --> 01:06:56.040 begins to say he will not enter the city or shoot an arrow here he will not come before it with shield 01:06:56.120 --> 01:07:02.920 or build a siege ramp against it by the way that he came he will return he will not enter the city 01:07:02.920 --> 01:07:08.160 declares the Lord I will defend the city and save it for my sake and for the sake of David my servant 01:07:08.160 --> 01:07:13.880 that night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty five thousand men in 01:07:13.880 --> 01:07:19.200 the Assyrian camp when the people got up the next morning they were all the dead bodies so Sennacherib 01:07:19.200 --> 01:07:26.760 king of Assyria Assyria was known as one of the fiercest empires that was brutal in its decimation 01:07:26.760 --> 01:07:31.880 of those that stood against it and then it says Sennacherib the king of Assyria broke camp and 01:07:31.880 --> 01:07:42.920 withdrew he returned to Nineveh and he stayed there prophesy the angel of God prophesy the intent 01:07:43.000 --> 01:07:49.920 of God this requires climbing up the watchtower and looking and seeking what God will say like 01:07:49.920 --> 01:08:08.400 Habakkuk what are we trying to do guys make the church famous that's Greek for is it to 01:08:08.400 --> 01:08:16.120 get some fame in terms of we had this marvelous revelation I'm telling you man we might have 01:08:16.120 --> 01:08:21.400 wisdom but no one will know us after this is done I don't care really if they do or don't 01:08:21.400 --> 01:08:31.080 it is to bring to pass God's deep desire for the earth for two reasons that really bother me one 01:08:31.080 --> 01:08:46.720 that people are dying and unto us is appointed a life to live here and then death and then the 01:08:46.720 --> 01:08:55.520 judgment people are dying and two when this is over people will turn again to the system of 01:08:55.520 --> 01:09:08.320 commerce as in mammon false religion as in some kind of new agey nights feeling that will make 01:09:08.320 --> 01:09:15.880 you feel that you're at peace with your inner being or government and politics where they will 01:09:15.880 --> 01:09:24.000 provide you a temporary fix and this will again cause people to be dulled in their hearts towards 01:09:24.040 --> 01:09:31.200 God I don't want either of it to happen not I don't want either of it to happen neither does 01:09:31.200 --> 01:09:40.400 God a neither does God that's one of the reasons where I'm saying to you got to be watchman on 01:09:40.400 --> 01:09:52.920 the wall man plus come on man how many times has the world been brought to a standstill like this 01:09:52.920 --> 01:10:07.920 you think this isn't the enemy if you listen to the video of the last one talked about Genesis 01:10:07.920 --> 01:10:15.080 3 irreversible change to the earth when Adam sinned and decay and death came in Genesis 6 when 01:10:15.080 --> 01:10:22.880 evil angels left their boundaries and cohabited with the women of the earth to the point that the 01:10:22.880 --> 01:10:29.800 very gene pool of mankind was contaminated and the flood was an absolute necessity so that Noah 01:10:29.800 --> 01:10:37.840 could start again because Noah was a righteous man irreversible change and then Genesis 11 when 01:10:37.840 --> 01:10:45.760 Nimrod raised up a kingdom and then asked mankind to gather around a common purpose defying God 01:10:45.760 --> 01:10:57.440 decay and death demonic interference defiance and then God brings a deliverer the deliverer 01:10:57.440 --> 01:11:02.800 comes in the form of a man called Abraham who leaves the earth of Chaldees and begins to follow 01:11:02.800 --> 01:11:07.960 this God and builds him an altar and calls upon the name of God and calls him Yahweh and through 01:11:07.960 --> 01:11:12.360 him the nations will be blessed and through his descendants the nations will bless and I'm asking 01:11:12.840 --> 01:11:19.800 you you're a descendant of Abraham by faith supposed to be a blessing to the nations there 01:11:19.800 --> 01:11:24.560 might be death and decay being brought around the world irreversible changes they these well there 01:11:24.560 --> 01:11:30.040 might be demonic interference there might be defiance that will follow but then there is this 01:11:30.040 --> 01:11:36.440 people now that God has placed on earth who will bring deliverance because they are the descendants 01:11:36.440 --> 01:11:45.440 of Abraham the seed of Isaac the body of Christ Yahweh intervenes through them Yahweh intervenes 01:11:45.440 --> 01:11:50.040 regardless but if we walk with him we get to chronicle the history of God through this and 01:11:50.040 --> 01:11:59.160 we shorten what could otherwise happen any questions before I talk about the last point 01:12:06.440 --> 01:12:24.200 okay let's go to Ephesians 6 12 Ephesians 6 12 01:12:24.200 --> 01:12:40.040 you know the scripture for our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against and then he 01:12:40.040 --> 01:12:47.360 I would suggest it's hierarchical some say no for our struggle is not against flesh and blood but 01:12:47.360 --> 01:12:52.120 against the rulers against the authorities because the words used for each is very different but 01:12:52.120 --> 01:12:57.840 against rulers against the authorities against the powers of this dark world and against the 01:12:57.840 --> 01:13:03.680 spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms and so there is a need to dismantle these powers 01:13:03.680 --> 01:13:15.720 and as you are able to hear receive believe what you're being taught then perhaps you can dig the 01:13:15.840 --> 01:13:24.280 to dismantle the powers that work in cities in nations in territories so that what the enemy 01:13:24.280 --> 01:13:33.240 is planned by bringing the globe to a standstill will not be accomplished go ahead Josh yeah 01:13:33.240 --> 01:13:48.920 could you ask Radin to rephrase the question and I can deal with it after I'm done with this point 01:13:48.920 --> 01:13:56.120 okay guys I just want to take you to something I've mentioned to actually not before I want to 01:13:56.120 --> 01:14:01.560 take you to the conflict of two kingdoms in the book of Exodus and the conflict of the two kingdoms 01:14:01.560 --> 01:14:08.840 was the kingdom of God expressed through his people Israel and the kingdom of Egypt and there 01:14:08.840 --> 01:14:16.080 was a conflict happening there Radin asked the question is there are there physical aspects to 01:14:16.080 --> 01:14:22.160 the spiritual conflict and perhaps this would answer it so there is a physical battle going 01:14:22.160 --> 01:14:27.680 on between Israel and Egypt in the book of Exodus there is Egypt's military might and there is 01:14:27.680 --> 01:14:35.560 Israel's condition as slaves and yet God is raising up a deliverer called Moses saying hey 01:14:35.560 --> 01:14:41.400 I want you to now begin to come into conflict with one of the largest empires one of the most 01:14:41.400 --> 01:14:47.960 powerful empires in the world where Pharaoh is a divine king and so begins a conflict between 01:14:47.960 --> 01:14:54.760 two kingdoms on the external it's a military conflict but before God deals with the military 01:14:54.760 --> 01:15:01.360 might of Egypt he dismantles the invisible spiritual might of Egypt each of the plagues in 01:15:01.360 --> 01:15:08.120 Exodus was as it says in Exodus 12 12 a judgment on the gods of Egypt when you go to Exodus 12 01:15:08.120 --> 01:15:17.440 12 it says that the plagues were a judgment on the gods of Egypt we've talked about this before but 01:15:17.440 --> 01:15:24.240 the snake was a symbol of sorcery and the first thing that is undone is when Moses's staff turns 01:15:24.240 --> 01:15:32.840 into a serpent and consumes the snakes of the magicians then you had the Nile which was supposed 01:15:32.840 --> 01:15:42.880 to be a river that was sacred to Egypt and the Nile God was called Hapi H-A-P-I and guess what 01:15:42.880 --> 01:15:50.160 Hapi is slaughtered and turns to blood there used to be another goddess of fertility called Hecate 01:15:50.160 --> 01:16:01.040 and she goes berserk when frogs begin multiplying across the land cattle were worshiped Apis the 01:16:01.040 --> 01:16:12.720 bull Isis the cow Amon the ram and in one simple plague these cattle that represented gods were 01:16:12.720 --> 01:16:23.560 decimated then it comes to what is critical in the eyes of Egypt Ra was the Sun God that was 01:16:23.560 --> 01:16:30.040 worshipped guys we can't even imagine the fear that gripped Egypt with the ninth plague we can't 01:16:30.040 --> 01:16:35.960 even imagine it Ra was supposed to be a god that was worshipped all throughout the world particularly 01:16:35.960 --> 01:16:43.880 in Egypt and in one simple act God smites Ra out of the sky and darkness like Egypt has never known 01:16:43.880 --> 01:16:49.240 darkness that was darker than dark nights and I'm not trying to be poetic I'm just telling you the 01:16:49.240 --> 01:16:54.960 darkness that hit Egypt in the middle of the day was a smiting of Ra and now Egypt was in fear as 01:16:54.960 --> 01:17:02.360 I'm speaking this do you realize how critically important it is to first undo things that are 01:17:02.360 --> 01:17:08.600 spiritual behind situations like that that paralyze the entire globe and then the physical 01:17:08.600 --> 01:17:14.600 can be dealt with not after while there are churches dealing with the physical let some 01:17:14.600 --> 01:17:21.200 churches deal with the spiritual if that is a call placed upon some of us so be it rise to it we are 01:17:21.200 --> 01:17:26.800 no more than or less than the others who are taking care of first responders people who are 01:17:27.800 --> 01:17:33.160 giving money away and taking care of people organizations like Samaritan's Purse that are sending their own 01:17:33.160 --> 01:17:40.120 doctors to the front lines in New York people who are praying for the healing of those that are dying 01:17:40.120 --> 01:17:47.280 these are important parts of the same task it is always drive out the darkness and shine forth the 01:17:47.280 --> 01:17:55.520 light but if this is our call then begin to rise up to it we can't be hesitating between one opinion 01:17:55.520 --> 01:18:02.080 and the other and my God may we not be found standing on Mount Carmel with Elijah speaking 01:18:02.080 --> 01:18:07.000 and saying who will you serve and everybody stays silent it is not acceptable because the 01:18:07.000 --> 01:18:13.400 scripture we started up with was Isaiah 62 where it says that do not be silent or watchman on the 01:18:13.400 --> 01:18:18.280 walls of Jerusalem but begin to cry out to me and give me no rest and neither should you take rest 01:18:18.280 --> 01:18:29.360 and then the final plague was the death of the firstborn where it was a conflict between one 01:18:29.360 --> 01:18:36.320 divine king and the one true divine king Pharaoh's son was the son of God according to Egyptian 01:18:36.320 --> 01:18:43.560 belief because Pharaoh was divine so his son was divine and in the smiting of the firstborn the 01:18:43.560 --> 01:18:49.640 son of God died and that was the end of it man there was no question of the military might of 01:18:49.640 --> 01:18:56.000 Egypt being able to handle Israel and so they let these slave people go and then after letting them 01:18:56.000 --> 01:19:02.560 go after letting them go they arouse themselves again for a last hurrah and they begin to chase 01:19:02.560 --> 01:19:08.520 them down into the Red Sea and as they're being chased into the Red Sea Israel begins to become 01:19:08.520 --> 01:19:13.540 afraid and Moses stands up as a deliverer stretches out his hand and he knows once again that the 01:19:13.540 --> 01:19:20.060 military might of Egypt will now be broken forever I mean you read the book of Psalms you read about 01:19:20.060 --> 01:19:28.020 the same sea monster only it's called by a different name it's called Rahab and it says 01:19:28.020 --> 01:19:41.420 you cut Rahab into pieces you brought the seas back over it I don't want to get too excited 01:19:41.420 --> 01:20:05.420 Psalm 74 I think yeah I think no it's not Sam's yeah Psalm 74 is one place where you see it was 01:20:05.420 --> 01:20:19.420 12 13 14 but you or God are my king from of old you bring salvation upon the earth I love that I 01:20:19.420 --> 01:20:26.060 love the fact that even then it was you bring salvation upon the earth you bring rescue upon 01:20:26.060 --> 01:20:35.260 the earth not to just a small group of people verse 12 13 14 this is a song written by Asaph 01:20:35.260 --> 01:20:42.820 but you or God are my king from of old you bring salvation upon the earth it was you who split 01:20:42.820 --> 01:20:48.500 open the sea by your power you broke the heads of the monster in the waters it was you who crushed 01:20:48.500 --> 01:20:58.940 the heads of Leviathan and gave him as food to the creatures of the desert check Isaiah 51 01:20:58.940 --> 01:21:16.460 9 the song yeah beautiful this is the sword of the spirit guys this is the sword of the spirit 01:21:16.460 --> 01:21:26.220 awake awake close yourself with strength or arm of the Lord awake as in the days gone by as in 01:21:26.220 --> 01:21:33.220 the generations of old was it you was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces who pierced that monster 01:21:33.220 --> 01:21:39.660 through was it not you who dried up the seas the waters of the great deep who made a road in the 01:21:39.660 --> 01:21:46.060 depths of the sea so that the redeemed might cross over and the ransom of the Lord will return 01:21:46.060 --> 01:21:52.540 they will enter Zion with singing everlasting joy shall be upon their heads gladness and joy 01:21:52.540 --> 01:22:00.860 will overtake them and sorrow and sighing will flee away church arise man pieces I'm not saying 01:22:00.860 --> 01:22:10.740 I'm not shouting saying arise as in you're not arisen I'm just I'm just saying my god we need 01:22:10.740 --> 01:22:24.660 to I'm not I'm not rebuking you I'm excited for us this is how dismantling of powers works man and 01:22:24.660 --> 01:22:32.380 so during these days guys be absorbed in the majesty of the king of Kings a be absorbed in 01:22:32.380 --> 01:22:40.500 the majesty of the Lion of Judah be absorbed in the majesty of the warrior king may your lifestyle 01:22:40.500 --> 01:22:49.220 begin to reflect begin to speak loud begin to think may your lifestyle begin to engage and be 01:22:49.220 --> 01:22:58.580 absorbed with the warrior king let me read you revelations 19 verse 11 to 15 revelations 19 was 01:22:58.580 --> 01:23:06.580 11 to 15 revelations 19 was 11 to 15 it's such a such an amazing passage I want to write a song on 01:23:06.580 --> 01:23:20.180 it see if you can beat me to it revelations 19 11 to 15 I saw heaven standing open and there before 01:23:20.180 --> 01:23:32.460 me was a white horse whose rider is called faithful and true with justice he judges and makes war his 01:23:32.460 --> 01:23:39.900 eyes are like blazing fire and on his head are many crowns he has a name written on him that no 01:23:39.900 --> 01:23:48.020 one knows but he himself he's dressed in a robe dipped in blood if you can paint this someone 01:23:48.020 --> 01:23:55.220 should paint it he's dressed in a robe dipped in blood and his name is the word of God he's 01:23:55.220 --> 01:24:01.060 dressed in a robe dipped in blood and his name is the word of God the armies of heaven were 01:24:01.060 --> 01:24:06.780 following him riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen white and clean out of his mouth 01:24:06.780 --> 01:24:13.900 comes the sharp sword with which to strike down the nations he will rule them with an iron scepter 01:24:13.900 --> 01:24:18.900 it goes back to Psalm 2 verse 9 ask of me and I'll give you the nations for your inheritance I'll 01:24:18.900 --> 01:24:25.860 give you a scepter with which you will dash the nations like pottery he will rule them with an 01:24:25.860 --> 01:24:31.540 iron scepter he treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty on his robe I love 01:24:31.540 --> 01:24:41.060 this on his robe and on his thigh he has this name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords King of 01:24:41.060 --> 01:24:57.340 Kings and Lord of Lords I want you to go to verse 21 of the same chapter and it projects the end of 01:24:57.340 --> 01:25:03.100 the enemy the rest of them were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the rider on 01:25:03.100 --> 01:25:08.980 the horse and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh God finishes the enemy pretty 01:25:08.980 --> 01:25:18.100 easily a absorb yourself live a lifestyle that is absorbed with the majesty of the line of Judah 01:25:18.100 --> 01:25:27.220 the King of Kings the warrior King the Lord of Lords over the next little while yeah guys if we 01:25:27.220 --> 01:25:32.860 are faithful with this week God will give us more to deal with next week because that's a principle 01:25:32.860 --> 01:25:40.260 always a look chapter 19 verse 17 talks about a man who was faithful with money which is the least 01:25:40.260 --> 01:25:46.140 of all things according to Jesus and because he was faithful with money he was handed ten cities 01:25:46.140 --> 01:25:53.660 another one was handed five cities come back to this whole theme of cities in Vancouver if you in 01:25:53.660 --> 01:26:01.720 Brisbane if you in Bahrain if you in UK if you are faithful with what you can get out of this 01:26:01.720 --> 01:26:06.960 because I can only be faithful with what I'm able to deal with at present but if you're faithful 01:26:06.960 --> 01:26:12.920 with it and begin to choose from this list of things that you want to do this week then God will 01:26:12.920 --> 01:26:20.640 give you more to deal with and as a church I challenge you to do this because our our increase 01:26:20.640 --> 01:26:32.440 our sphere of influence depends on how we respond right now also know guys that land and life must 01:26:32.440 --> 01:26:40.040 be contested land and life must be contested so that it's handed over land and life must be 01:26:40.040 --> 01:26:46.080 contested so that it's handed over you see this in Luke chapter 4 verse 5 where Satan offers to 01:26:46.080 --> 01:26:51.680 Christ the kingdoms of the world saying hey bow and I'll give you all this and Jesus doesn't he 01:26:51.680 --> 01:26:58.880 says get behind me Satan you will worship the Lord your God land and life was contested then 01:26:58.880 --> 01:27:06.040 land of life must still be contested now the only difference is Christ was slain and is risen and 01:27:06.040 --> 01:27:13.680 his lot of Lords and King of Kings but it still needs to be enforced it's fulfilling that which 01:27:13.680 --> 01:27:21.840 is finished fulfilling that which is finished and forcing that which is finished and as we go into 01:27:21.840 --> 01:27:29.960 this week of Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday look at Isaiah 31 Isaiah 31 verse 4 and 5 and we 01:27:29.960 --> 01:27:39.600 land with that Isaiah 31 verse 4 and 5 I love this scripture Isaiah 31 verse 4 and 5 and I pray that 01:27:39.600 --> 01:27:49.200 when you break bread in your homes this week when you think of Good Friday and Sunday begin 01:27:49.200 --> 01:27:54.480 to think beyond you Christ died for you remember him but begin to think beyond you think for your 01:27:54.480 --> 01:28:01.680 city when Israel left Egypt any Egyptian who wanted to join Israel would become the Commonwealth of 01:28:01.680 --> 01:28:06.400 Israel and they would be protected too you have a responsibility in this city I'm glad you do 01:28:06.400 --> 01:28:14.680 because God trusts you man look at Isaiah 31 verse 4 and 5 this is what the Lord says to me as a 01:28:14.680 --> 01:28:20.920 lion growls a great lion over its prey and though a whole band of shepherds is called together 01:28:20.920 --> 01:28:27.480 against him he's not frightened by their shouts or disturbed by their clamor so the Lord Almighty 01:28:27.480 --> 01:28:35.320 will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights like birds hovering overhead the Lord 01:28:35.360 --> 01:28:42.000 Almighty will shield Jerusalem he will shield it and deliver it he will pass over it and will 01:28:42.000 --> 01:28:49.000 rescue it and at this time when we celebrate Passover remember what it actually was it is a 01:28:49.000 --> 01:28:55.760 shielding and a delivering it was a preventing the destroyer from entering it was a passing over 01:28:55.760 --> 01:29:02.760 because in that city were ten righteous or fifty righteous because in that city were people who 01:29:02.760 --> 01:29:06.760 knew the mercy of God because in that city were people who had the wisdom of God because in that 01:29:06.760 --> 01:29:11.120 city there were people who began to seek and pray for the prosperity the shallow and the welfare of 01:29:11.120 --> 01:29:15.520 people because in that city were people who took a bit of salt and men and sprinkled it in the salt 01:29:15.520 --> 01:29:21.840 at the source decontaminating demonic pollution because in that city a group of people decided 01:29:21.840 --> 01:29:26.200 that all of us are going to rise up as a household because we are born and bred for a time like this 01:29:26.200 --> 01:29:31.640 to rescue lot and anybody else who needs rescue because in that city there were a people who would 01:29:31.640 --> 01:29:38.480 get up in the morning and Belak and Balaam would begin to hear the shout of a king as in the 01:29:38.480 --> 01:29:44.320 rejoicing of a people over the fact that a king was present in their midst and in the city through 01:29:44.320 --> 01:29:49.640 them that in that city there were people whose eyes are open to the fact that are shucks there 01:29:49.640 --> 01:29:54.840 are chariots and soldiers here but look a little higher and you see chariots of fire and the 01:29:54.840 --> 01:30:01.200 chariotry of Israel ready and waiting because in the city people had the ability to climb up the 01:30:01.200 --> 01:30:06.960 watchtower listen to God craft what God was saying and then begin to prophesy the intent of God 01:30:06.960 --> 01:30:13.400 upon the city because in this city there is an ability that some have to dismantle powers that 01:30:13.400 --> 01:30:21.840 rally against using Isaiah 51 9 using Isaiah 27 1 using Isaiah Psalm 77 13 and 14 in the city 01:30:21.840 --> 01:30:27.120 there were a people that had abandoned for the next two or three weeks their lifestyle to being 01:30:27.120 --> 01:30:34.840 absorbed with the majesty of the king of kings and the Lord of Lords bless you guys