Understanding the Faith For Greater Works (Part 5)

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right in. John chapter 14 verse 12 it says most

John 14:12

assuredly I say to you he who believes in me

the works that I do he will do also and greater

works than this he will do because I go to my

father hallelujah now going to the father is

very essential to the greater works that those

who believe in him will do. It was expedient

that he go to the father. It was important that

he live. And in living, he returns and we see

the ability to do greater works. He says, because

I go to the Father. Because I go to the Father,

the fundamental reason. Father, we will see in

verse 18 of verse 19. Jesus will go on to speak

about his going to the Father in verse 18 and

19. He says, I will not leave you orphans. I

will come to you. So he's not only going, but

he's coming. Hallelujah. He's not only going,

but what will happen? He will come. A little

while longer, and the world will see me no more.

But you will see me. Because I live, what will

happen? You will live also. So Jesus wouldn't

leave them as orphans because he goes to the

father. And then in going to the father will

see Jesus will say that he will come back again

So what does it mean? What does he doesn't mean

by going to the father? What does it mean by

going to the father? John chapter 16 will see

John 16 · chapter mention

the continuation of that conversation chapter

16 verse 16 and to 19 Still in that conversation

the same context the same communication. It says

a little while and you will not see me and a

little while and you will see me he repeats again

because what because i go to the father and some

of his disciples say it among themselves what

is this what is what is this that he say to us

a little while and you will not see me and again

a little while and you will see me because I

go to the Father even then they were contemplating

what does it mean by I go to the Father Hallelujah

what does it mean by I go to the Father verse

18 they said they said therefore what is this

he says a little while we do not know what he's

saying now Jesus knew that they desire to ask

him and he said to them verse 18 verse 19 now

they knew that they desire now Jesus knew that

they desire to ask him and He said to them are

you inquiring among yourselves about what I said

a little while and You will not see me and again

a little while and you will see me In verse 20

we'll see Jesus father explains what will happen

when he goes to the father in verse 20 to give

us a clue of what it means by going to the father

most assuredly i say to you that you will weep

and lament but the world will rejoice how will

they weep and lament and what will do why will

the world rejoice you'll weep and lament but

the world will rejoice and you will be sorrowful

but your sorrow will be torn into joy hallelujah

in their sorrow their sorrow will be torn into

joy in his living they're going to be sorrowful

in his living the world will be rejoicing but

the sorrow of the believers of those who are

his disciples will be torn into joy a woman when

she is in the label has sorrow because her hour

has come but as soon as she has given birth to

the child she no longer remembers the anguish

for joy that a human being has been born into

the world therefore you now have sorrow but I

will see you again and your heart will rejoice

and your joy no one will take from you. And in

that day, which day? In that day, hallelujah,

today is that day. Amen. To anyone who believes,

who is in Christ, that day is today. And in that

day, you will ask me nothing. Most and shortly,

I say to you, whatever you ask the Father, in

my name, He will give you. until now you have

asked nothing in my name acts and you will receive

that your joy may be full hallelujah so going

to the Father speaks of Jesus's completion of

the work of redemption Jesus saying that I go

to the Father is in relation to his death that

he will die that he will be buried and that he

will rise again and that he will be ascended

and Then we see the accompanying result of all

these to the church Because the essence of all

that Jesus will do is for the church is for the

believers is for us who Have believed today So

Jesus saying I will go to the father I go to

the father most assuredly I say to you he who

believes in me the works that I do he will do

also and greater worse than this he will do because

what because I'm going to die hallelujah because

I'm going to die and I will rise again and not

only that I'm going to rise again but I'm going

to ascend to the father amen and I will come

to you I'll give you the gifts the gift of the

spirit I'll come to you again so the greater

works that we do all that will be done by the

apostles or by the disciples is a product of

the resurrection of Jesus Christ if truly Jesus

has resurrected the result of his resurrection

is actually not only the fact that you are born

again but actually that you have the ability

to do greater works hallelujah now in Jesus's

death let's look at it He took away the sin of

the whole world. Because sometimes, you know,

we are so conscious of sin, okay? We are so conscious

of sin that it limits us from doing what we've

been called to do. But look at what Jesus did

in His death. In going to the Father and dying,

in rising, in resurrecting. He took away the

sin of the whole world. The whole world meaning

he paid for the legal requirement of sin Because

there is a legality to sin hallelujah the wages

that sin demands is what is death What sins require

is separation from God what sins require is total

separation from God But we see Jesus Resolving

the legal requirement for sin. Romans 6 verse

Romans 6:23

23. Romans 6 verse 23. He says, for the wages

Romans 6:23

of sin is death, but the gift of God is what?

Is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. The

gift that God gives through Christ is eternal

life. A spiritual life. That life by which we

live. That life by which we are able to do greater

works. Isaiah 53 verse 5 and 6 speaks of what

Isaiah 53:5

Jesus did in his death Isaiah 53 verse 5 and

Isaiah 53:5

6 in the prophecy it says but he was wounded

for what he was wounded for our transgressions

he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement

for our peace was upon him and by whose tribes

were healed now the transgressions is speaking

of the iniquities is speaking of the healing

this is what jesus has done in his death verse

six all we like sheep have grown astray we have

turned everyone to his own way and the lord has

laid on him what has god laid on him he has laid

on jesus the iniquity of us all hallelujah The

iniquity of us all has been laid upon him. The

iniquities of us all has been laid on Jesus.

Second Corinthians chapter 5 verse 21 explains

2 Corinthians 5:21

it for us vividly. By revelation we see how Paul

expressed it. It says for he made him. Who knew

no sin that is Christ? Who cannot sin? Who doesn't

have the ability to sin? God made him to be seen

for us. That we might become the righteousness

of God in him. The believer becomes the righteousness

of God. So, sin is no longer a hindrance to doing

greater works. Hallelujah! There is no longer

a separation between God and man. Man is enabled

by virtue of what Christ has done. It has brought

us into the status and the level by which we

can do the things that God has called us to do

Therefore our minds need renewal our minds need

to change Hebrews chapter 9 verse 26 Hebrews

Hebrews 9:26 Hebrews 9:26

chapter 9 verse 26 He then will have had to suffer

often since the foundation of the world but now

once at the end of the ages has appeared To do

what? To put away sin. All right? To put away

sin. Jesus has put away sin by the sacrifice

of himself. Hallelujah. Jesus is not only the

priest, the high priest. Jesus is a high priest

and the sacrifice. So by the offering of himself,

he put away sin. Hallelujah. President of the

two of us to just and heal himself is what is

a propitiation for our sins and Not for ours

only but also for the world hallelujah So we

see in his dead. He has handled the issue of

sin He has handled the issue of sin. Therefore.

There should be no guilt for sin because in Christ

Jesus who is 65 When I was the leader of beef

because of our offenses jesus was delivered for

sin because of our offenses and was raised because

of what of our justification all right he was

raised for our justification that is to make

us ride with god that is to settle the issue

of our separation because sin separates god from

men hebrew chapter 9 verse 24 for Christ has

not entered the holy places made with hands this

is a comparison between what is of works what

men do and what Christ has done for Christ has

not entered the holy places made with hands which

are copies of the truth but into heaven itself

now to do what? to appear before the Father to

appear in the presence of God. For who? For us.

The appearance of Jesus before the Father is

for us. It's for us. Ephesians 2 verse 18. Ephesians

Ephesians 2:18 Ephesians 2:18

2 verse 18. For to Him we both have access. Okay?

We both have access to Jesus himself. We. have

access by one spirit. To who? To the Father.

So the believer has access to the Father through

one spirit by what Christ has done. Hebrews 10

Hebrews 10:19

verse 19 and 20. Hebrews 10 verse 19. It says

Hebrews 10:19

therefore brethren, having boldness to enter

the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by the life

of Jesus, by what Jesus has done, by a new living

way which He consecrated for us. So Jesus has

created a path for us. No wonder He will say,

I am the way. Jesus Himself is the way by which

we access the Father through the veil that is

His Word, His flesh. So we see that death took

away the penalty of sin. We see that in Jesus'

resurrection, He appeared before the Father for

us. Also, the result is seen in the pouring of

His Spirit. The pouring of His Spirit to the

church. John chapter 7 verse 38. The result of

John 7:38

the election of Jesus Christ, the result of the

Easter, in quote, right, is the Spirit of God

that He gave to man. The Spirit of God that He

gave to man that enables us to live, the light

that He has called us to live. Sin is no longer

a problem because Jesus has resurrected. We have

access to the Father. We are no longer separated

from the Father. We have the ability of the Father

in us. He says, I will come to you. He has come

to us by the Spirit. So John chapter 7 verse

John 7:38

38 and 39 says, He who believes in me, as the

scripture has said, out of his heart will flow

rivers of living water, that's nine. But this

he spoke, consider what? The Spirit. whom those

believing in him will receive so those who believe

in Jesus at this moment he has not given the

spirit yet but those who believe will do what

will receive and we have believed today and we

have received for the Holy Spirit was not yet

given because Jesus was not yet glorified so

going to the father speaks of his glorification

that as he's glorified he will come and him coming

is by the spirit hallelujah He gave us His Spirit.

John chapter 6, verse 7. John chapter 6, verse

John 6:7 John 6:7

7. Now I just want our eyes to be open to the

realities of what we have. Okay? So we will begin

to talk about doing greater works. Know that

you are equipped to do the greater works. Nevertheless,

I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage

that I go away. For if I do not go away, the

helper will not come to you. But if I depart,

I will send Him to you. Hallelujah! That is prior

to His death. But today, Jesus has gone to the...

He has died. He has resurrected. And He has ascended.

And He has given us the gift of the Spirit. And

the Spirit, the helper, is in us. The ability

of God dwells in us. The person of the Spirit

of God lives in us. Hallelujah! He lives in us.

Acts 1 verse 8. Let's see what He will do when

Acts 1:8

He is in us. Acts 1 verse 8 says that you shall

Acts 1:8

receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon

you. You shall receive power. Power speaks of

ability to act, the enablement to do when the

Spirit has come upon you and you shall be what?

You shall be witnesses. Witnessing speaks of

the greater works that God enabled the believer

to do. You shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem.

in all Judea and Samaria and to the uttermost

part of the earth. Acts chapter 2 verse 32 we

Acts 2:32

see when the Apostles began Acts chapter 2 verse

Acts 2:32

32 and 33 this Jesus God has raised up of which

we are all witnesses this is a testimony of the

Apostles they were witnesses of what God has

done therefore be exalted to the right hand of

God and have received from the father what did

he receive from the father the promise and that

promise is the Holy Spirit what has he done he

poured out this which you now see and hear hallelujah

so the resurrection ushered us into the gifts

that God has given to us in Christ Jesus the

spirit and that spirit is for everyone who believes.

Ephesians chapter 1 verse s speaks it clearly

Ephesians 1 · chapter mention

when we receive the salvation the message of

salvation he sealed us with his spirit Ephesians

Ephesians 1:13

chapter 1 verse 13 speaks of this reality in

the life of the believer says in him you you

also trusted after you heard the word of truth

so this gives gives by hearing the word of truth

hallelujah the gospel of your salvation one is

the gospel of salvation the gospel is that god

in christ has dealt with the issue of sin. Jesus

died, he rose again, and then there's no longer

condemnation for he who received. So the gospel

of your salvation, it won't also, having believed

that what Jesus did is true. Having believed

that your sins are forgiven. To be thinking that

God is holding you accountable is not believing

that Jesus has died for your sins. So the gospel

of your salvation in war also have believed when

you believe you were what you were sealed With

the Holy Spirit of promise the Holy Spirit there

was a promise Galatians chapter 4 verse 6 Galatians

Galatians 4:6 Galatians 4:6

chapter 4 verse 6 and because The reason and

because you are sons. How did we become sons?

we became sons by believing in Jesus so because

you are sons God has sent forth the spirit of

his son into your heart so we look at what that

heart means all right what does it mean that

the spirit of God is in our heart is it in the

heart of the palms blood we're going to look

at that clearly right so it says God has sent

forth the spirit of his son into your hearts

crying out our Father So we see the result of

all that Christ has done the resurrection we

celebrate see the essence of Easter is not to

dance All right, it's to remind us of what Christ

has done Dancing is good. All right, but we don't

dance away the meaning of what Christ has done

for us Hallelujah It reminds us of one we have

and the responsibility that comes in one we have

that Jesus died and he rose again from the dead.

And that brings us to the experience of his spirit.

So greater works are for everyone who believes

in Jesus. Who believes in Jesus. You have all

it takes. That means if you are not doing greater

works, it means that you are not doing that which

you have been equipped to do. You are not doing

that which you have been empowered to do. all

that he has done in redemption hallelujah is

for all who believe who believe in jesus who

believe in all that he has done in redemption

not just many believing in his existence i see

that are people that believe jesus also existed

they believe that he was a messiah all right

james of the true verse 19 will say even even

demons they believe but that's all the kind of

belief we are talking about okay that's what

they kind of believe we are speaking about you

believe that he died for you hallelujah you believe

that your sins are forgiven by what he did you

believe that he is a messiah you believe that

he is the one that god has sent into the world

you believe that he is god that became man that

you will die for your sins and that he was raised

again from the dead by the spirit of god and

that he has appeared before the father for you

and right now he is seated at the right hand

of the father for you for you says for me Jesus

has As we elevated right to a position for our

sake By virtue of what he has done his death

is better his resurrection It is to our advantage

It is to our advantage The authority of Christ

is to the church So we have the ability to do

all the things that God We want us to do because

he has made a promise and he has fulfilled his

promise and This promise of doing greater works

is for this era is for the church era Hallelujah,

and this greater works is the works of faith.

You mean is the works of faith What do I mean

by is the works of faith is not by your own doing

Hallelujah. There's no formula you implement

to do the rock of faith. Greater works are not

produced by human effort. That is what I want

to emphasize. Showing to us how God has qualified

us by what he has done. Okay? And we come into

what God has done by faith. We are transformed.

We are made world. We are forgiven and we are

alive in Christ by faith So the greater works

are not produced by human effort but by faith

that originates from God And we see this revealed

through what Christ has done Hallelujah, so then

we say you go to preach we don't go to preach

laying hand on the six because sometimes we begin

to speak about laying hand on the six to be healed

this is part of greater works all right given

the road of prophecy is is part of the greater

works all right all that is inspired by the spirit

of god is a greater works some of us think that

there's a method by which we will take in order

to find these results look at what paul explained

to the church in galatia galatians of the three

verse one Galatians of the three verse one to

five says all foolish Galatians who has bewitched

you that you should not obey the truth before

whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed

to you among you as crucified this only I want

to learn from you did you receive the spirit

by the works of the law that is is there anything

you did all right that made God favored you Is

there anything you did? Did you obey all the

laws of Moses that qualify you to receive the

mercy of God? Is there anything that comes from

you that enables you to receive the forgiveness

of sin? This only I want to learn from you. Did

you receive the Spirit by the works of the law

or by the hearing of faith? This is a rhetorical

question to them. Are you so foolish? Yes, they

are foolish. Are you so foolish that having begun

in what? In the spirit. Beginning in the spirit

simply means by faith. Having begun in the spirit,

are you now being made perfect by the flesh?

Meaning, you started by faith. Are you now going

to be perfected by doing some things to be perfected?

Have you suffered so many things in vain, if

indeed it was in vain? Look at verse 5 very importantly.

Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and

what did He do? And work miracles among you.

Right? Does He do it by works of the law or by

the hearing of faith? Jesus did all He did for

us and we enter into the reality of what He's

doing by faith. And for them, they have enjoyed

the miraculous, they've enjoyed in particular,

the works of the Spirit. The supply of this particular

verse five says, the supply of the Spirit and

the miraculous work that happened among them

was the greater works done through faith and

not by any of their own efforts. works of the

law emphasizes what man does. Hallelujah. So

the context is that some people here have come

into the church and began teaching them that

obeying the law of Moses was necessary part of

the gospel. Obeying those rules and norms were

necessary part of the gospel. And we see Paul's

response to them. Paul's religious studies are

amazing at their countenance. Let's go back to

chapter one verse. verse 6 and 10. See how short

the quote was. It says chapter 1 verse 6. Galatians

Galatians 1:6

1 verse 6. I marveled that you are turning away

so soon from Him who called you in the grace

of Christ to a different gospel. That is to say

jesus what jesus has done plus something is another

gospel all right the lunar equation okay is jesus

alone there is no other parameters there's no

other variables that accompany your salvation

jesus and what he has done alone but some have

come into their midst and began telling us that

jesus have done this but there are some things

you need to do so that god will accept you Which

is not an order, but there are some who trouble

you and want to pervert the gospel of God They

want to dilute they want to pervert what God

has done verse 8 but even if we or an angel from

heaven Preach any other gospel to you than what

we have preached to you. Let him be cut off Let

him be cut off let him be accursed verse 9 as

we have said before so now if maybe they didn't

hear it well so now again if anyone which is

any other gospel to you than what you have received

let him be across vasten for i do not for do

i now persuade men or god or do i seek to please

men for if i simply men i will not be a born

servant of christ so paul will follow mention

his opposition to peter Who was trying to be

a people pleaser? That is the reason why they

are trying to inculcate The laws of Moses is

to please the Jewish people. All right to please

the Jewish people. Look at how Paul opposes Peter

in chapter 2 verse 11 because of that Galatians

Galatians 2:11

2 verse 11 on 14 Just now when Peter had come

to Antioch I will stood him to his face because

he was to be blown What was there to be blamed?

So before certain men come from James, he will

eat with the Gentiles because in the law, in

the law of Moses, in the law of the Jews, the

Jews will practice non -Israelite, mixed with

Israel, people of Israel. So Peter was trying

to, you know, practice these things. So before

certain men came from James, he would eat with

the Gentiles. But when they came, he would with

Jew and separate himself, fearing those who are

of the circumcision. All right? Firm those who

have a circumcision. And the rest of the Jews

also played the hypocrite with him. So that Elion

Barnavas was carried away by their hypocrisy.

But when I saw that they were not straightforward

about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter

before them all, if you, being a Jew, live in

a manner of dentists and not as Jews, Why do

you compare Gentiles to live as Jews? That is

to say, if you who is a Jew, you don't practice

those things because you have a knowledge that

in Christ the law has been fulfilled. Why do

you want to make Gentiles who are not Jews practice

those things of the Jewish tradition? So Paul

explains the justification is by faith of Jesus

Christ it's not by what you do but it's by faith

of Jesus Christ Galatians 2 verse 15 you see

Galatians 2:15

emphasizing this in chapter 2 verse 15 and 16

who are Jews by nature and not sinners of the

Gentiles verse yes knowing that a man is not

justified by the works of the law so what makes

a man justified what makes a man accepted is

not what he did but by faith of Jesus Christ

even we have believed in Christ Jesus that we

might be justified by faith in Christ and not

by the works of the law for by the works of the

law no flesh shall work shall be justified no

flesh shall be justified look at verse 20 and

21 verse 20 and 21 verse 20 i have been crucified

with christ it is no longer i who live okay but

christ lives in me that is to say you will make

perfect you are justified by what christ has

done and even the life that you live right now

it is it is christ who lives in you all right

It is no longer I who live, but Christ in me.

And the life I now live in the flesh. How does

he live the life in the flesh? By his effort?

No. I live by the faith of the Son of God. I

live by the faith of the Son of God. So who lives

out the life in me, the faith of the Son of God,

who loves me and gives himself for me? So of

course we say in verse 20, it is no longer I

who live, but Christ in me. This means that the

believer is set by the faith of God through Christ.

The believer will also live by the same faith

of God through Christ. Your salvation is all

you're doing. So your outliving of the salvation

is not also you're doing. So, what is my responsibility?

The responsibility of the believer is to respond

to what God is doing in him. The responsibility

of the believer is to yield to what God is living

in him. The moment you begin to act outside what

God is doing from within you is the rocks of

the flesh. Even if it is preaching, you can preach

in the flesh. Because the focus will not be He

who is in you. So everything the believer does

is from the empowering that is within. That the

power of God, the indwelling of the Spirit of

God lives out alive in you. You don't begin to

formulate formulas. We begin with the faith that

comes from God. And the sense of God perfects

us. Do you know why you are struggling with sins?

You are struggling with behaviors? It's because

you are trying to live by your strength, by formulas.

You are trying to live by what? By rules and

laws. In the meantime, those things may seem

they are working. But time will tell. You will

see they are failures. Because those are not

enduring. Those cannot last. That cannot last.

But when we yield to the work of the Spirit,

the Bible will tell us that when we work by the

Spirit, we will not gratify the desires of the

flesh. When we yield ourselves to the dynamic

power of the Spirit of God that lives in us,

we will not yield ourselves to the desires of

the flesh. Because we are not called to live

on our own. You are not born again to live by

your strength. You are not born again to live

by your power. The Christian life cannot be lived

by willpower. It's by the power of the Spirit

of God that you can live. And the work of ministry

is not by your willpower. It's by the outworking

of the power of God within you. So, let me say

this cautiously. It is not your responsibility

to heal. Contextually, you know what I'm saying.

It is not your responsibility to heal, but it

is your responsibility to lay a hand on the sick.

And who does the healing? God does the healing

through you. Hallelujah. So if I lay my hand

on the sick and the sick did not get healed,

what happened? Have I done my responsibility?

We calculate God's responsibility in our head.

And we want to do what God will want to do by

himself. Hallelujah So what if I go to preach?

And the person you know here it is not your duty.

You know that you cannot get any man born again

All right, do you know that you there's nothing

you can when a man have made up his mind even

God cannot make him born again Because God will

violate the will of the man are we together So

even you yourself what you do is that you obey

you allowed God to find expression to you and

the Holy Spirit does the rest The Bible says

I is a spirit that convicts the world of sin.

Not you you don't is that the ministry of the

spirit Convict means to show proof of what Christ

has done concerning sin Perhaps the person will

receive But God is long -suffering hallelujah

God is long -suffering so we begin with the faith

that comes from God and the self -faith of God

perfects us the greater works that is the work

of ministry are done by the same faith of God

faith is not self -generated nor a human achievement

it is rooted in Christ who is the author and

the finisher of our faith now this faith is uncalled

in Christ is sustained by his word and perfected

in him. It's all about what God is doing in us.

So in Jesus' teaching on Pharaoh, we saw the

last time in Mark chapter 11 verse 12. I want

Mark 11:12

us to go back there again once again. Mark 11

Mark 11:12–14

verse 12 to 14. When Jesus was teaching what

faith does all right what faith does now on the

next day when they have come out from Bethany

he was hungry and seeing from afar a fig tree

other leaves he went to see if perhaps you will

find something on it when he came to read he

found nothing but leaves for it was not season

for figs okay in response Jesus said to it let

no one eat from you ever and the disciples they

had what he said okay now verse 20 verse 20 to

24 now in the morning as they passed by they

saw the fig tree dried up from the roots and

Peter remembering said to him rabbi look the

fig tree which he cursed has withered away now

look at what Jesus said So Jesus answered and

said to them have faith in God and we've explained

this that this speaks of have the faith of God

or when you have the faith of God, right the

next verse For assuredly I say to you whoever

says to this mountain be removed and be cast

into the sea and does not doubt in his heart

Where does faith lives? Faith is in the heart

of man. All right, faith can be found in the

heart of man Doubt can only be found and also

be found in the heart of man. So the heart is

actually the place where faith dwells. Be removed

and cast out into the sea and does not doubt

in his heart, but believes that those things

he says will be done, he will have whatever he

sees. Verse 24. Therefore I say to you whatever

things you ask when you pray, believe that you

receive them and you will have them. So Jesus

here I said is teaching what faith does. He's

describing the work of faith. He's describing

the works of faith. It is important we must learn

from what Jesus said in Mark 11. It is important

for us to mark this out. It is not within your

power. okay it is not within the power of the

disciples or the believer to make the mountain

to move all right but a believer will speak to

the mountain but it is not within the power of

the believer to move the mountain all right if

the believer or the man that is standing there

that is speaking to the mountain has the ability

the ability to speak to the mountain to make

it move On his own, then he does not need the

faith of God in him to speak to the mountain.

Are we together? So, it is not within your power

to move mountains. It is not within your power

to cause a fig tree to die up. Or to, to, to,

yes, to, to die up. But it is actually God at

work. All right? So the believer who will speak

to the mountain, yes. We will speak to the victory,

but it is the power of faith that causes the

result of what we see. And this faith, where

is it located? It is inherited in the believer.

This faith is located in the believer. This faith

is from God, but lives in man. So what I want

you to know is that you have the ability of God

unwillingly. All right? And your responsibility

is to yield to the power that is God has put

in you and then you see the manifestation of

the work of God. So what we often do many times

is exercise our self -will. Self -will is not

faith. We try to exercise effort and we call

it faith. We must realize that it is God. The

Bible will say that it is Him that is in us,

right? It is God who lives in us and grant us

the ability to do the things that He has called

us to do. Example of Peter in Matthew chapter

Matthew 4 · chapter mention

4. Often times we blame Peter for sinking, but

we do forget that Peter actually walked on water.

Matthew chapter 14 verse 22. And that is the

Matthew 14:22

walk of faith. Matthew 14 verse 22. And said,

Matthew 14:22

immediately, this is the story of Peter and Jesus,

right? Immediately, Jesus made his disciples

get into the boat and go before him to the other

side, while he sent the multitudes away. And

when he had sent the multitudes away, he went

up on the mountain by himself to pray. Now when

evening came, he was alone there. But the boat

was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the

waves, for the wind was contrary at least to

the boat. Now in the fourth watch of the night,

Jesus went to them walking on the sea. And when

the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they

were troubled saying, it is a ghost. And they

cried out for fear. But immediately Jesus spoke

to them saying, be of good cheer. It is I, do

not be afraid. And Peter answered him and said,

Lord, if it is you, what? command me to come

to you on the water if it is you command me to

come to you on the water so he said come and

when Peter had come down out of the boat so Peter's

obedience is a response to what Jesus said come

and when Peter had come out of the boat he what

he walked on the water To go to Jesus. Hallelujah.

So and a response of what Jesus said He began

to walk on the water So he said that he talked

about study But when he served the wind was by

a star us Right. He was afraid He wasn't water,

okay and then his attention shift from what Jesus

said to what is happening in his environment

when he saw that the wind was biased for us he

was afraid and beginning to do what and he began

he beginning to sing he cried out saying Lord

save me was that one and immediately Jesus stretched

out his hand and called him, and he said to him,

O you of little faith, why did you doubt? And

when they got into the board, the wind ceased.

So Jesus says, why did you doubt? Why did you

doubt? So it means that you can begin. What it

means is this. You can start in faith, right?

And walk into doubt. That is why often times

the scripture will ask us, we should start as

if we were in defeat. It is not saying that you

have lost your salvation. It is saying that you

should start to see if you are living, if you

have not abandoned how you came in and then you

begin to do other things. So we see here, Peter

stood on the word of Jesus. And of course everybody

knows that the water doesn't have the ability

to allow them to float. That was a supernatural

activity that happened there. So he began in

the spirit, he began by faith. He began by believing

with his heart and speaking with his mouth and

he was walking on the water. Peter started the

right way and he walked on water. and immediately

his attention was moved to his environment for

what is around him shifting his attention from

what is of faith what Jesus said he was good

with doubt in his heart and possibly is a story

over some of us in this place they are beginning

to doubt and your doubt is the result of your

attention you are no longer looking within you're

no longer looking onto how you in fact how did

he become born again And I begin to look elsewhere

and looking at a storm and the things that are

happening without and not looking within And

so that comes in Peter ought to have known that

I did not make myself walk in water. I Went on

the word that says come Now the bottom line is

this The greater works is a walk of faith The

Christian life is a life of faith It is not your

power. It is your responsibility. It is not your

responsibility to move mountains All right It

is God's is in God's ability to move mountains

if you have the faith of God You allow the faith

to find expression The faith of the Son of God

will always work. This faith is in North, Ephesians

Ephesians 2:8–9

2 verse 8 to 9. We can only see mountain moves

by what God is doing. It's not in our own ability.

You see, the reason why sometimes we say that

this thing is not working. It's not working because

you are the one at a time to do it by yourself.

And the moment you want to take responsibility

of what God wants to do, then You can't see God

at work. You can't see God at work in your life.

So now we can move mountains in the faith of

God, not in our own ability. We don't produce

faith. It was given to us. Our responsibility

is to yield to it on a daily basis. The danger

is that many people go into mechanisms. They

now get into mechanical approach to fate. Why

afraid in its simplistic fashion is to believe

with your heart and say with your mouth, we begin

to have mechanisms. For example now, as good

and as important confession is. Some people have

a list of confessions they've written down and

placed on their wall. They have a method. When

it's a week to exams, they have to fast and pray

for five hours. Then they will see what will

happen and when it happens, then they will credit

it to their fasting and praying. Oh, I've had

some people come to me to share this, to complain.

So I have prayed about this thing. And it didn't

work. After all the sacrifices, the fasting and

prayer, I prayed for 40 days. Most recently,

someone was asked to buy some ingredients so

that they would use it to pray for her. You see?

The moment we don't see what God has done. We

don't rely on what God has done. We don't look

within to see what Christ has done for us. We

begin to miss the mark. Because all that God

entails of us is that we live by faith. Just

as the walk of salvation is a walk of faith,

the same way we have received the Lord Jesus

Christ, the Bible will say in Colossians 2 verse

Colossians 2:5–6

5 to 6, we walk in the same alright we walk in

the same now we are not saying this is what we

say we're not saying the prayer and fasting is

not is not important even though we will not

be praying in this church we will not be fasting

in this church we understand the place of prayer

and fasting they are very very important discipline

if a believer does not pray if a believer does

not fast then there's a problem but that is not

what makes you that's not what produces a result

in your life There's a place for that. But what

that does is that it makes you ready. It makes

you receptive to what God is doing. It makes

you conditioned to allow God to flow through

your life. So when someone is sick and he comes

around you and says, please sister, I'm sick,

can you just lay down on me? Don't say no, I

need to go and fast and pray. Fast and pray to

do what? Is it by prayer and fasting that you'll

be able to heal the sick? or when somebody is

possessed by a demon as person was teaching us

about the gifts the power gifts the give of the

disarmament of spirits then you need to fast

and pray so that you have the ability it's not

in person and prayer it's in what God has done

within you you must have this consciousness within

you that all that it takes to do what God has

called you to do but to live the life and to

do the work of ministry is inherent in you so

It does not depend on activity and mechanisms.

There are some people that before they pray,

they have to sing some songs to charge up the

atmosphere. God does not need a charged atmosphere

to move. Songs might prepare your mind to receive

from God, but God is not your oracle in a village.

Then you need to sing some songs of war so that

God will now be be mobilized uh will be what

will be prepared mobilize to act let god arise

and then you sing for three hours four hours

then god have now been prepared now he's ready

to move now no no no no there are no mechanisms

to that what god has done has done it once and

for all And indwelling in you is the ability

and the power of God. Hallelujah. So we don't

live as... Listen, these are similar religious

stuff. We're not even talking about the extremes.

So we must depend on what God has done. And rest

on what Christ has done. So that we can enjoy

the benefits of all that we have in Christ. Hallelujah.

So the message of Easter is that it is finished.

Right? Some of us were passing throughout the

week, it is finished. Do you really know what

has finished? If we truly believe that it is

finished, then let's hold on to the fact that

it is finished. No more works. It is finished.

Hallelujah. The work of redemption, it is actually,

it is finished. And we have the complete package.

Even it's not in installments, it's in full.

Hallelujah. So we are fully forgiven. Amen? We

are fully forgiven. We are eternally forgiven.

We are eternally empowered and endowed with all...

See, there is no any impartation that can come

elsewhere from that, apart from that which is

within you. So even when personal loans are on

you, they are not bringing another spirit on

you. They are only bringing out what has already

been put, deposited in you by the Spirit of God.

Hallelujah. So we must work with this reality.

Every day we work. Just know that I have only

texts. By virtue of the resurrection of Jesus

Christ, swim is not an issue. By virtue of what

Christ has done, there's no doubt in my heart.

There's no shortcoming as far as my relationship

with God is concerned. I have an advocate that

I have played before the Father. So let's focus

on Jesus and what He has done. Let's focus on

Jesus and what He has done. And we will see that

even our own inabilities begin to disappear.

Hallelujah! Our inabilities will begin to disappear

because we are focused on Him who has worked

and is still working in us. The work He has done

in us is affecting what He has already done in

us. Hallelujah! Let's close our eyes and give

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