Leif Hetland, Feb 15

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Well, good morning everyone, Well, good morning to the rest

of you. Are you doing well everyone? Could you just

wave to me and smile. It's just a good way

for me to connect with all of you. First of all,

I wanted to honor and I wanted to honor Pastor

Gary and Pastor Sarah. One of the things that says

a lot about the church for me, I have met

some of your members. It tells me a lot about

the shepherd when I meet the sheep, and also the lamb,

some of the younger And it was so much fun

because I met several people during this conference and you'll

come into our home church like it's the best church

and we have the best mom and papa. And even

one person came up and it was actually they said, oh,

I heard that this is the daughter of the pastor.

And I said no, because she told me she had

other parents and that she mentioned that her spiritual father

and mother. But it was so real for them that

they thought that was the natural. So I just wanted

to for you to know that I trust when there

is family, because God is a family. God is a father,

God is a son, and God is a holy spirit.

God is a family, and heaven on earth is a

family business. Actually, heaven on Earth will only be entrusted

to her family. And so when I'm coming to a

place where I know there is fathers and mothers, I

feel safe because so many places they're operating more like

orphanages instead of as a family and orphans they compete

with one another, sons and daughters. They complete one another.

The other thing that they yeah, we didn't give Jesus

a good hand. He is worthy. The other thing that

impressed me when I came in, I see there are

some people here that are even older than me. I'm

kind of in the age group. I passed the sixty

mark and I'm getting all these retirement kind of things

in my mail, so I'm in that stage. But I

found many people when I walked into the building gave

me a nice hug. And I missed my Mama and

Papa Norway when that was happening, because I'm a mama's boy,

by the way, and so I text my mama pretty

much every day or call her wherever I'm in the wall.

And so they are kind of in the middle of

eighties and I live in America but I'm Norwegian. But

just some of that generation when they come and hug

me and giving me loves, it does something for me

because I do believe that the next move of God,

that the next revival in Australia is a family of revival.

Some people says that it's a youth revival. I think

the youthed revival is connected to it. But you need

grandma's and grandpa's, so I'm encouraging all of your grandma's

and grandpa's. I'm a grandpa, but I'm just saying, don't retire, refire.

We need the grandmas and grandpa's in the house. And

then you have fathers and mothers, and you have sons

and daughters. When you have three generations, you change cities

and nations. You have father son spirit nation, Abraham Isaac

Jacob nation. And I believe with all of my heart

that one of the biggest things, if you watch what

the enemy is doing, then that gives you good indicator

about what God is about to do. And so the

enemy is trying to go in after identity and still

the identity of a generation. And why is that happening?

Because God restore the identity of the sons and daughters

of glory. The enemy is attacking family. Why is that?

Because God is restoring his family on earth as it

is in heaven. And how do I know that? Because

God is about to pour out his spirit. But he

doesn't want a lot of new believers to coming into orphanages.

He wants them to coming into family. So I'm just

saying that as a warm up, as an encouragement to you.

And this is so much part of my DNA, and

so I just and even with the song that I

heard would Pastor Sarah told me that it was selected

a couple of weeks ago and you were singing about

the lion and the lamb. I don't know if you

noticed that. And part of my message. I actually came

up with a book in Australia last week. I've written

fourteen books, but this book is called The Heart of

Roaring Lands. And because if you wanted to roar as

a lion, it has to come from the lamb's heart.

Your identity has to be in the lamb if you

want the authority in the lion, because when you roar,

people will gather and not scatter when it comes from

the lamb's heart. So Jesus is the Lamb of God,

but he is also the lion of the tribe of Judah.

And I think that sometimes even in leadership in churches

prophetic ministry, we have a tendency to be able to

help the raise a powerful lion. And we just think,

if we get this lion president in the United States,

so we get that lion, it's going to be a

different But if they don't have the lamb's heart, they

cause us more damage. And there's many people that has power,

but they don't have authority because they don't have the

Lamb's heart. So we spend a little bit more time

like Jesus. And by the way that it was so interesting,

John de Baptist, he came in and he roared as

a lion repent. He is coming until when he saw

the lamb in John chapter one, and he says, behold

the lamb. I'm not even worthy to touch his feet.

When he saw the lamb, and some of John's follower

they've been following this powerful minister, this lion, the grades

of all the prophets, is what Jesus called John, the

Baptists of the Old Covenant. But when they saw the lamb,

and Andrew and his friend, they came and they left John johnsons.

They pointed towards Jesus. And when they came with Jesus,

they're saying, excuse me, but where do you live. They're

kind of a nervous to be around this great spiritual leader, Jesus.

And Jesus says, come and see. He didn't say follow me,

he didn't say take up the cross. He says, come

and see. And I would like every Australia to have

that opportunity, just to come and connect with Jesus, get

to know him, come and see and as you get

to know him, the one you're beholding is the one

you're becoming. And what you become is what you release.

And I think we should give everybody an opportunity. Every

Australian deserves to have an encounter with a God just

like Jesus. And in that Jesus there is a land,

and there is a lion, and so I do believe

that we need to roar, but it has to come

from the lamb's heart. And in the Book of Revelation,

this is the revelation, not of Antichrist that the Bible said,

this is the revelation of Jesus Christ. And as you're

looking at Jesus Christ, and by the time he mentioned

the seven Church, at about time you get the revelation

for a John, he's there on the island of Patmos

and he's looking into the future of the things to come,

and he's saying, oh, I was looking to see, is

there anyone that is worthy to open up the scroll?

And he said, I started to wee because I've found

no one. But behold, there was the lion of the

tribe of Judah. When I saw the lion of the

trib of Judah. But then I looked a little bitfore

and there was a little lamb, and that lamb came

and he sat in the middle of the throne. And

that's when this worship started to take place. Over one

hundred million angels. One of those angels can take Australia.

But it was one hundred million angels. But they were

just starting. And the worship worthy is the Lamb. So

I'm saying that in the Book of Revelation, Jesus is

twenty four times lamb and only one time lion. So

the future Jesus for us as disciples of Jesus, don't

undermist and the spiritual formation in the disciple journey. If

you want the bee were Jesus, say that with me,

say be with Jesus. Become like Jesus. Say become like Jesus.

And then to do what Jesus did say, b become

do This is actually what spiritual fromation, This is what

the disciples ship. When we become followers of Jesus. The

one we are with is the one we become like.

So we are being with him that we're becoming like him,

and then he wants us to do what he did,

and later on it says greater things, but it starts

by doing the same things. That's a good starting point.

So I'm just warming up my voice so that you

can get used to my accent. I know there was

one man out there. He said, are you an American?

I said, no, I'm in Norwegian. And by the way,

English is my second language. That I'm in Norwegian a

happy Norwegian that married a Cherokee Indian in America. And

we have four grown children, and we have three grandchildren,

so you can kind of imagine our family the Norwegian

Viking with an American Indian and then we have a

chocolate grand baby. And I love my grandson. And we

have two granddaughters that live in Norway. So we have

this family in Norway and family in America, and sometimes

that's hard, but I love my family. And so as

soon as we're finished the meeting, we're going to have

lunch today and then I'm heading to Sydney and then

flying back home. And one of the first thing I'm

going to see when I walk home is my little grandson. Mothery,

I'm a little chocolate grandson. He's going to run up

and say Papa up, pop up, and he's going to

say pick me up. And when I'm looking at him

and he's looking at me, there's something that starts to

take place. And I think that this is also how

Papa God is with many of his sons and daughters

when we're coming in, pop up, Papa up a bah

Papa that we're just running and here lifts us up.

There's something because you see something different from his perspective.

Oh my desire is for everyone to know how good

Papa God is and how loved they are. I want

every Australian to know how good Papa God is and

how loved they are. And the only way that is

going to happen is for them to have an encounter

with a God just like Jesus. Can you say, hey man,

I've just been part of the Live to Love these

last few days. And I've known Hugh and Jane for

many years. They traveled with me in different parts of

the world and so they've been serving so well. And

I met quite a few of you. Let me ask

a question, how many of you been there to Live

to Love? And how many there's about almost half of

you and how many we were there last night. Yeah, okay,

I do have the Three Cheers again. It's going to

be a little bit different message, but I still feel

it's going to be very helpful for this family. Just

so that you have a framework. It's actually twenty four

messages I have on these Three Cheers. I've written actually

four books that is just connected to the Three Cheers.

But I'm going to need your help, So I'm going

to use about fifteen minutes and then I'm going to

go into my message because we're going to look at

a couple of people that we are familiar with this

morning in the Bible, that they were bought lions, but

how they were changing when they were were Jesus and

they became lamb that became lions. Jesus was a lion

who became a lamb, so we could become lamb that

become lion. And if I'm going to for you who

study theology, it's called keynosis, meaning how Jesus self empty,

how he gave up all the right came down, and

he humble himself. And then there's something theosis, which means

it's the divine nature that you see in the Lion,

you have to have a Friday to have a Sunday,

and a lot of believers they want to have a

Sunday the Lion without the Lamb on Friday. But there

is no Sunday without Friday. So I'm just putting this

into perspective. It is not a balance between the Lion

and Lamb. Jesus is one hundred percent Lamb, one hundred

percent Lion, and so are the believers. It is just

that we have to have in their value because who

Jesus is too is who Jesus would be true you

and I've seen some believers. I know exactly what kind

of a Jesus they have because whatever they beholding they're

becoming was just with a marriage a coupple that was

struggled with their marriage, and again and again he operated

so much as a lion. He would rather be right

than to have relationship. He rather roar than wash feet,

and as result that the wife was suffering and the

trust level was down. She didn't know if she could

handle much. Then there was not much intimacy and tenderness,

and primary she needed a little Lamb, needed somebody show

some tenderness and affection, but he had a tendency because

he'd been trained to be a lion, and that's who

Jesus was. His favorite scripture was Jesus cleansing the Temple,

and that's how he acts at home. Because who Jesus

is to you is who Jesus be through you. That's

what my encouragement for you. If you following Jesus through

the gospel, you will see about eighty percent lamb and

twenty percent lion. And usually when he was a lyon,

it was against religious leaders and judicial leaders. The sinners

love coming to the lamb. And one of the evidences

I know for believers if they understand the land, is

that sinnus a tax collectors love going around you, Sinners

feel comfortabing around you, and religious people don't. Are you guys? Okay?

So but I'm going to need your help this morning.

I have these three cheers with me and I am

now describing different people. Different family has to deal with

a paradigm and a perspective. So will you help me?

And if you help me very very well, we can

go pretty fast, and if not, we have to go

to twelve o'clock. This is Cheern Noble one wit cheer

is this? Oh, we have to try that one more time.

This is Cheernoble one. Whit chair is this? Ah? Very good?

This is cheering number two? Which chair is this? And

this is cheering number three? Which cheer is this? Ah?

Very good? Cheering Noble one. Every single one of us

in this room. You live your life either in Chernoble

one one or Channober two. And maybe there's some people

in here that are in chernob three. And if you

are here, congratulation, you're in the right place because you're

going to get an invitation to get to Chernober one today.

So if you're not saved chernob one, if you live

in Chernoble one, you're saved, say the word saved. If

you live your life in Chanober two, you are saved.

Say the word saved. And if you live your life

in Chanerber three, you are lost. Say loss. Chernober one

is all about the Kingdom of God, Say Kingdom of God.

I know the people in Chernober one because they are

seeking first His kingdom and his righteousness, and all these

things are being added to their life. If I'm looking

at the priority of their life, if I'm looking at

the kingdom at the calendar or their finances. I know

what they are seeking first. They are seeking first his kingdom,

say his kingdom, not your kingdom, but His kingdom. And

it is his righteousness, not your righteousness. Right relationship with Him,

right relationship with the people around you. And then all

these things are being added to their life. That is

Matthew six thirty three. The Bible says, repent because the

kingdom is at hand. It is close enough that you

can get hold of it. The Bible says, unless you're

born again, you cannot see the kingdom. The people in

Chernober one are not. You're seeing the circumstances of oh,

it's getting dark in Australia. No, they see the rule

and the reign of Jesus in every area. They're not

being overwhelmed about the darkness. They're being overwhelmed by Jesus.

They don't see how big Golia it is because they

see how big God is. It's a different operating system

for the people that are living the life in Chernober one.

Say Chernuber one very good. Then there is Chernuber two.

And this chernumber two is that soulish life. Say soulish life.

The people that are living here. Is about the kingdom

of self, and it is about me, and it's about

my ministry. And had one lady in Byron Bay. I

visited in Byron Bay. It's a beautiful place. So when

I go on Byron Bay, it's like critters everywhere. And

I just saw these people. I just walking by them,

they rolling their eyes and it was like, Wow, this

is wonderful if you're on the light business, because there

was so much darkness. And I'm in a light business

and my stock goes up every time there is darkness.

It all has to do with a perspective. And so

we started administered all these people. Well, one lady, she

came from Sydney and she came to Byron Bay. She

had watched me on television on a sid Rock program

and she said, I wanted to come and hear you speak.

And it was one of those meeting. We had about

four hundred young people and they were worshiping and it

went off for over two hours. I was so excited

because I knew the story on many of these young

people that was into new age and then they had

met to Jesus. They've been addicted to drugs. Now they

were ad dicted to Jesus, and I was so excited

to see these extravagant young people just worshiping with extravagant

I couldn't keep up with them, so they were a

little differ in generation. But I loved it and I

just celebrated what Jesus was doing. But this lady, she

came up and she was offended, and he said, brother Laith,

I came to see you, and I've read your books

and I watched you on television and I just wanted

to hear you preach. But these young people, I mean,

they were just jumping and dancing, and it was so loud,

and it went on for two hours and you only

got twenty minutes. So she said, I really didn't like it.

And I said, that's okay. It was not for you.

It was for him. Better Babile and Chenleber to give me,

touch me, bless me, film me. I didn't like the sermon.

I didn't like this, and it's all about me, and

even the gospel message is about them. It is what

Jesus is going to do for me. And if Jesus

doesn't live up the expectation, you get disappointed with Jesus

because it is about you. And here's all these promises

and the benefits I'm going to get if I following Jesus.

And then things starts to get a little difficult, that hard,

and you start experiencing little Friday moments and you want

to just go from Sunday to Sunday. But there is

no Sunday without a Friday. And so the people here

are living them with disappointments and then they have pain

in their life, and that pain seeks pleasure and it's

either sin, rebellion, or it is religion. They tried just

to do more or act better. And then there is

Chernoba three, which is the kingdom of the world, say

kingdom of the world. And here it saddens me. I

just heard the statistics in Australia that ninety three percent

of Australians are living in Chernoba three in darkness. I

mentioned if you're in Chernob one, you are saved, Cheer

two saved, but Cheer three you are loss. So why

is it that the majority of Australia's population are living

in chair three and they are loss? They do not

know Jesus. They maybe know about him, the most of

them have not said no to Jesus. They said no

to the cheer two version of Jesus. Are you guys okay?

We are heading somewhere, because when you get into chain

noble one, Oh, it's getting exciting. You become a joyful Christian.

And maybe the joy of the Lord would be your

strength because in his presence there is fullness of joy.

And Jesus unlearned the suffering because there was a joy

set before him, and I do believe that. Well, yeah,

we can give Jesus a good hand for that. Even

before I go any further, I wanted to honor you, Gabby,

the four people in your church that served food for us.

Do you mind just standing up just during these last

few days. There's four of your members that just yeah,

there's some of them that just could we just there's

maybe somebody else there, but I know, could you just

give them a good hand? Thank you so much? They

from here, if they honor us so well, they represent

the chair of but one in the way they were

serving and so all of us. The food tasted it

tasted like it was unhealthy, but it was very healthy.

I mean it was so good. I could eat more

and more, but you felt better and better, and so

they tasted a little bit like heaven. So I just

wanted to honor and thank you for the way you

loved on us and the way you served us, and

you did it without a hook. So my heart and

my desire is for every single one in this room

to be like Jesus. To become like Jesus and live

in love or do what Jesus did. Is that okay?

And then to show Australia if you go to the workplace,

in the classroom, in government, for all of them to

be able to have an encounter with Jesus that you

will live in love in such a way that it

will make it hard for people to go to hell

and make it easy for people to go to Heaven

because they will meet genuine, authentic real believers represent the

God that looks like Jesus's. That's my design, that's my

purpose of this message. But I don't want you to

live with condemnation because you're in chair two. Because when

I did a doctor degree. One of my doctoral degrees,

I realized in one of my research that ninety three

percent of the believers are in chair two. They may

be visit cheer one and a special conference or during

Sunday during worship. But then they get back into Cheer

two again and I oh, I oh enough to work.

I go and it is Monday, and I can't wait

to Sundays. I can have another visitation. And then they

leave Jesus behind and they go to work and they're

trying the best that they can just to be able

to survive in this world. And then they're being influenced

by the war. But if you live in Chaninuber one,

you are actually influencing the world. He would say, thank

god it is Monday. The doctors will show up in

the office on Monday. They represent Jesus in that office

and there is no secondary or second class healing because

they know that they're all instrument of him. The school

teacher will say, thank god it is Monday. Some people

will say add or adhd. You say creativity because if

you're in Chernoble one, you don't see people the way

they are, but how they're going to be. You don't

treat people based up on their history but their destiny.

I prophetic people in Chernuber two that will do it,

diagnosis what's wrong with the world and speak into it.

But in Channober one. You see the gold, and you

realize there's mud. But you see the gold, and you're

speaking for the gold that is in people and in

business as in a nation. It's a whole different operating

system in Channoble one. So you rather be prophetic than

pathetic chernober one, and the people in the conference, you

know the root system in channober One. The roots and

the foundation is love. Ephesians three seventeen B says you

are ruded and grounded in love. You are ruded and

grounded in love, rude and grounded in love. Ruded and

grounded in love, ruded and grounded in love. How high

and deep and wide and lung is Papa God love

for me? Some of you, I can see you need

to have a little baptism of love. Papa. The root

system and the foundation is love, Efficians three seventeen B.

Then you're stepping in and you're experiencing the depth of

his love, the width of his love, the length of

his love, the height of his love, so that the

fullness dwells in there Ephesians three nineteen So you're living

from full measure. We've been abnormal for so long that

we think this is normal Christianity, but Jesus is normal

cheern nober one. And anything that is not Jesus is abnormal.

And I know that you would say that's impossible. Of

course it is impossible. You and I were never create

it to live the Christian life. Jesus was, and he

gave us the Holy Spirit, which is a holy spirit,

so that he will not He will be in you

for yourself, but then come upon you for the people

around you, and then you will have the power to

live and love like Jesus. Can you say amen to that?

Cheernober one. Is about the spirit. Fill life, say spirit,

feel life. The Bible says when you walk in the spirit,

you will not fulfill the desire of your flesh. The

way you conquer the flesh is to learning how to

walk in the spirit. The fruit of that spirit is love, joy, peace.

So when I squeeze you love joy peace in traffic,

love joy, peace. Somebody runs in the front of you

love joy, peace, because you are abiding in him and

He is in you. And when you squeeze an orange,

what are you getting orange juice? You squeeze a Christian

What comes out is love. And then out of that

love there is joy, peace, and et cetera. Just try

it in your marriage. Bump into somebody and when it's

just love, joy, you know they're in chenable one. But

if there's something else coming up, he did that to

me or she did the fear shame gain There is

not angry is because you're offending me. How can you

offend a dead person? Well, I feel humiliated. How can

you humiliate somebody is humble? It just means there's some pride,

and that's okay. If there's some pride in an issue,

you can repent. Then you can get back to the

pent house where you belong pent. Don't be in the

basement here when you can be in the pent house

with pap by God. And then Ephesians two six were

you're seeded with Christ in the heaven lies. Oh you guys, okay,

So this is the spirit filled life. And I mentioned

Chair two is the soul ish life. You're rule by

your emotion, will minor personality. I think, I feel, I me, me, me,

There is none like me. Chernober two is about me

and Chernober one it's all about Jesus. You're getting around

these people, they will talking about Jesus. They will reflect Jesus.

They're just in love with Jesus. And the reason is

because you're being loved by the same father that Jesus

was loved by. And in chernob two you have father

issue and father wounds and father deficiency, and as a

result of that, you maybe have received Jesus as your

personal lord and savior. Jesus is the way way to

wear to the Father. He's the truth, truth about what

the Father. He said. If you have seen me, you

have seen what the father. Jesus came to show us

what the Father is like. And in John fourteen eighteen

he says, I will not leave you as an orphan.

I will not leave you as an orphan. I will

come to you. Jesus didn't just come to save you

from something. He came to save you to something. If not,

you have a half gospel. He came to bring you

home where you're living your life. You have a home,

You have a place of security, Say security. You have

a place of love, Say love. You have a place

of value, Say value. You have a place of purpose,

Say purpose. And you have a place of affirmation where

I'm hearing from the Father. You're my and you're my

beloved you're my beloved daughter, you my beloved son, whom

I love and whom I am well pleased. Before you

do anything, you have been affirmed by the Father, anointed

by the Spirit, and then it would be tested. And

the test is going to be I am what I do,

I am what I have, and I'm I am what

people say say. He popularity. But you don't have to

prove anything because you already have the approval of Papa God.

And then you can come up of the wilderness full

of the spirit, and said, the spirit of the Lord

is upon me and he has anointed me. In a

matter of all the bad news, I got some good news.

In sadness, I come with the oil of gladness and

we can become environment changers. Oh I wish that every

single one in this room, Grandma's and Grandpa's, fathers and mothers,

sons and daughters. What would it looked like we raised

up whole generation of the children and all they know

is channa but one lifestyle. We start to see this

in the Philippines, I see it in other places. I

was so surprised. I had a couple of twelve thirteen

year old Philippine and he ran up to me, and

they were so surprised because the person didn't stand up

of the wheelchair when we prayed. And I realized some

years earlier that I was there with the parents. We

were surprised when somebody came up by the wheelchair. But

the next general gat the next generation is so used

to seeing create a man miracles. They came and said,

how is it that this person didn't get healed? Because

they all they know is what Jesus did. One generation

pay so the next generation can play. But now it's

important for that generation to pay so the next generation

can play. And if not, you spend in hurt instead

of investing it, and we end up with entitlements. All

you guys are okay. The Bible says the Kingdom of

God is not about eating or drinking Chernober two, but righteousness.

Say that with me, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

I mentioned that the kingdom is in the Holy Spirit.

When you are in chernob one, you're in the spirit,

and the evidences of that righteousness, say righteousness and peace

and joy because you are in the spirit. So I

know you are in chair one. When there's right relationship

with God and the people around you. And you have

peace in the middle of the storm, and you have joy.

Those are the evidences the Bible says, I have not

given you a spirit of fear. Say fear that power,

say power, love and a sound mind, and that's where

wisdom flows from. I know the people in Chernober one

because you're full of love, full of power, and full

of wisdom, just like Jesus. You're not perfect, my heart

would be because none of you will be in chernob

one all the time. I had one person that came

up to me in a meeting and says, I never

go into chernumber two. And I said, let me talk

to your wife, because deception is very deceiving. And I

had another person that kind of gave me the same indicator.

I don't have that problem. I said, let's get all

of us to walk in your shadow, because whatever shadow

you stand in, that's going to overshadow you. And if

it is only Jesus, if you don't have love deficiency,

you don't have God deficiency. And every cancer cell is

going to die because cancer's divides love units. So if

there's just perfect love, let's walk in your shadow. And

I think then at that moment, there's an opportunity for

all of us to get back into chair one and

live the lifestyle of repentance. So for me, my heart

is that even when you're in chair two, every single

one in scriptures that I find, except for Jesus, visited

chair two. Actually most of them lived in chair two.

But eventually, being with Jesus becoming like Jesus, they started

to looking a little bit more like Jesus, and it

became more and more chair one maybe visited chair two.

So today now I'm going to use ten minutes. Are

you guys okay, because hopefully this is going to help you,

And don't when you go home, don't say we're chair

are you in right now? Because my wife said, if

you say that again, I'm going to hit you with

channeler three. So we're not allowed to use the chair language.

I know I get in Channulber two when I know

I am responsible for me and we encourage each other.

Let me ask an honest question, how many of you

being a little tired lately? I'm just talking about battle fatigue.

There's been one thing after the other in your life.

There's a lot a lot of battle. I mean, I'm

in America from the political to what's happened to spiritual,

A lot of my friends, a lot of messes, and

it's been a lot. I lost my dog after ten years.

Then I had had a very precious friend who died

a couple of weeks ago. I ended up first with

some prostate infection in the middle of it, and then

I ended up with shingles, and it was just like

one of those moments was like ten different things that

was going. I know, my son's father in law just

got stage four cancer right before I left, and I

could just go on and on. Honest, I was like,

I'm a little tired. Even before I started traveling. I'm

a little tired. My daughter is going to a divorce.

It's just been painful, been a painful season. And there

was a moment I just ended up a little bit

in Cheer two and I had a little pity party.

I was whining instead of I'm just honest that this

is always I say honor, say honor, Hunger, humility, and honesty.

It's just four things in your life. Honor is what

love looks like, always hungry for something more. When there's humility,

you receive grace because God resists the proud, but He

give grace to the humble. But let's be honest with

one another. How are you doing. I'm fine, and God

bless you. No, I'm not fine. I'm struggling. It's been hard,

it's been difficult. Let's be honest. He can handle the

honesty because knowing the truth sets you free. So at

one moment I was a little in chair too before

I left for Australia, and then I could just hear Jesus.

I came to Jesus. I'm a little tired right now

and feel a little weary and heavy. And he says, good,

because come to me, all of you who are weary

and heavy laden. I will give you rest. Take my yog.

You learn from me because I'm low and meek or

humble and hum and I give you rest for your

soul because my burden is easy and my yoke is like.

So there is no condemnation, but there is an invitation

when you're in chair two. So if you're struggling, congratulation

Jesus has come. If you have pride, you're going to

try to handle yourself. If you have humility, you can

tap into God's ability, and it's called grace. And we

need grace. There's no longer to be a good day

for me or a bad day, only grace days. And

sometimes I get a grace to enjoy, other times I

get a grace to endure. But there's grace available for us.

Some putty that just into perspective. I wanted to look

at two characters today from the Bible, and I have

quoted manuscripture verses, but I maybe even read a couple

of verses to make this meeting legal. The one character

I wanted to talk about versus John. Do you remember John?

He was known as a son of Thunder? How many

know who John is? It's actually my favorite book in

the Bible is the Book of John. And my favorite

character in the New Testament except for Jesus, would be John.

In the Old Testament is David. So I've been on

a journey for twelve years studying the life of John

and reading the Book of John. It's just the place

that because I want to be like John, because he

had something with Jesus that I want. Even when Peter's

asking the question, John gets the answer. But here's the

honest confession. If you ask me, who are you the

most like Peter? And that's what I don't like about myself,

and I'm opinion that down on Peter. But for years

it's like, I want to be like John. Because John

I could see the tenderness. He had more of that land.

But it wasn't a moment. He was also a chair too.

He was a lion. So when somebody didn't vote for

Jesus in our political climate, the Samaritans that come against Jesus,

what do you do when the people are coming against

your faith and everything else? And John had this Elijah

I think in his spirit and say, yeah, there's lion

without a land. Let's get fire from heaven to destroy

the ones that vote the way we do. We have

seen this in the political climate in America. And what

we do in Chir two, we operate from the tree

of knowledge, are good and evil, and we choose which

side you are, and if you're on the good side,

the other one is evil. Well, in chainob one, you

operate from the tree of Life. It's a whole different

in the world. They give you two options, or you

for this team or that team. Oh, neither one among

Jesus team. And this is what I love about both groups.

And you're not going to get me to be divided.

So I choose to love the Sun, the Muslimia, Muslims,

I love the Palestinian, and I love the Juice. And

it doesn't matter which group you're going to get them

in front of m I choose to love, and I

have an opportunity to influence ports, Juice and Muslim So

I'm putting this into perspective. John, let's get fired. He

roared without the lamb's heart. But the more he spent

time with Jesus, Jesus gently rebukes him. But he spent

time with Jesus and he started to be more like

Jesus became lamb like that John. Five different times in

the Gospel of John, John says I'm the one that

he loves. Matthew never says it, Mark never says it,

Luke never says it. But John says it, and John

says it about John, to whom Jesus loves. Standing by here,

I am his favorite one. I know that's very popular

in Australia. We have that tall puppy. So if one

of you stands up, I am the favorite one of

the pastor. But if you capture what John had, you

would be able to see the same thing. That was

not error agance, it was not selfish, it was not

cheered to us. Chair one he got to the revelation

John in a journey with Jesus. It was not just

how much Jesus loved John. Everybody knew that. And I

know everybody in this room, is that how much? How

many of you know that Jesus loves me? And everybody

would wave the hand, But can you look in the

mirror and say that you fully love you the way

that Jesus loves you, and as resort that that you

love your neighbors and even your enemies, just like Jesus.

Because in John thirteen thirty four he says, as I

have loved you, you love one another. And that's how

people is going to see that you are my disciples.

And in Jesus. In the Unanswered Prayer in John chapter

twenty one, Jesus praying that Father is very love that

you have towards me. That love is going to be

in them and I in them John seventeen twenty six.

And he says, also the glory they've had with the Father,

the love I had Father Father at this very thing,

and that's how the world is going to see. That's

how Abileen is going to see. Excuse me, Abilene, I'm

in Texas, Adelaide. That's how Australia is going to see

that we are disciples, that we are chair one because

we have learned how to love just the way Jesus loved,

washing the feet of the one that is about to

betray us, taking barrobbas place. That's the land, and I

know that's normal Christian Jesus is. That's why we need him.

So John spent time with him. I'm the one that

he loves. John was the one in the upper room

when Jesus says, one of you about to betray me,

and who is it? Everybody wanted to fight, and John

put his head against jesus chests, or you one that

know how to put your head against Jesus chest get

your ear warmed up by the heartbeat of your savior.

When everybody's asking the question, do you know how to

lean in for the answer. John was the only one

at the cross plus women. John was there on the Saturday.

John was there on the Sunday when things was tough

and hard. John was there And in one moment, Jesus

is looking at Mary and he's about to die, and

the most valuable thing in his life at that moment

is And it's very important to see this is in

John chapter nineteen, when Jesus is there on the cross,

you have a few more bread left, But he cannot

die yet because there's one more thing that need be fulfilled.

And he looks at Mary, his mother, and he looks

the disciple whom he love, and he says, behold, son,

this is your mother. And he says, behold, mother, this

is your son. And at that very day John changes

Apostolic calendar, and he took care of what is the

most valuable to Jesus. But why is that, John? And

could that be you that would be entrusted to take

care of what is the most valuable to Jesus? And

John was entrusted with the future of the things to come.

He got the revelation of Jesus Christ. Would you be

entrusted with the future and the things to come? So

I've been a student of John, but then now five

minutes on Peter. But Peter on the other side, I

struggle with that because I'm so much like Peter. My

intention is good, but not always my direction and anybody

else here. In one moment, I am in cheer one

and I really mean it. But then the fatigue level

comes in and before you know it, say fatigue. The

enemy is trying to wear you out. And when your

emotional tank is low, he pushed the button of fear,

and you go in the wrong chair. When you're in

this chair, you don't see the world the way it is.

You see it the way you are. And then the

enemy save failure, say failure. So I started with fatigue.

Then you fail. Then forsaken, say forsaken. The enemy isolates you,

and depression and anxiety. All these things comes in and

you're the only one here. And then you start to medicate,

either by rebellion, sin, something temporary to give you relief,

or more religion. You try to do more, to have more,

to become more, and the enemy is wearing you out,

and he blackmailed you. And there's three things that is fear, shame,

and guilt. Shame is a liar. Shame will tell you

that you are what you do. Shame will try to

point to you and point you about your failures. Papa

will always speak to your identity of who you are.

So Peter, on this side, I mean over and over again.

In one moment, he is here, and he is Peter.

In the next moment he is Simon, and Simon is

a chair of the two names. But in Matthew sixteen,

Jesus has declared that he's going to be Peter. After

Peter got a revelation of Jesus, because he said, who

do they say that I am? Who does Australia say

that I am? Cheer three? And some said he was

John the Baptist and the light, Well, who do you cheer? Two?

Say that I am Simon. Simon got the father revelation

of Jesus, and he looked at Jesus and says, you

are the Christ. What does that mean? The anointed one?

You are the Son's son, son of the Living God.

You are an anointed son. That's who you are. And

Jesus said, Simon Barjola, this revelation you can have only

got from my father. This is a father of revelation

that every one of us need to have of Jesus,

that he is an anointed son. Of all the things

you can say, he's a prophet, he's an apostle, he's

the bread of life. Here is the wine, here's the river.

He's no, He's an anointed son. That's how the Father

sees him. So when you see you the way that

the Father sees you, that's called the truth. And on

that truth will set you free, and free people will

set people free. And I'm landing. This airplane is a

little long landing field, but I hope this is going

to help you because I'm putting three messages together here.

But since I had this one chance, if not, that

would have broken it down. But you're getting to Peter,

Jesus has in one moment that one of your betray me.

He is right and no not me, no, no, not me,

maybe anyone else here. And he meant that he could

have passed the light detector. The last thing he wants

to do, the very one that is the love of

his life. You have seen the science wonders of miracles.

He didn't leave Jesus just as a savior. No, it

was lordship, and he followed the lordship of Jesus. He

left his family, he left everything to be a follower

of Jesus. He was genuine, he was real. And then

one moment and we am just pending a couple of highlights.

You're getting there. It's a Thursday, as we're heading into

Easter season. He is tired. It's been a battle. There's

the battle you fight before the battle you win, and

then there's the battle you fight after the battle you won.

And at this battle, the fatigue level is there. Say fatigue,

the enemy is just pushing the butt and say fear.

And at that moment he is in the garden and

they are praying, and there is Simon. Jesus brings his

friends and say could you just be with me? And

could you just pray for me? This is my darkest

moment in my life. But guess what happened to the guys?

They they fall asleep, and Jesus wake him up and said,

wake up. I mean, could you not carry with me

for this one hour? Happened the second time, then the

third time. How many times did they fall asleep? How

many times did they fall asleep? Three times they fell asleep?

When they're calling was to intercede? Why if you see

the pace they've had before fatigue, They were tired, they

were exhausted. And when you're fatigue level is low and

your emotional tank is low down to e that's when

the enemy is going to come, so be aware of

your emotional tank in this season, because the enemy is

going to push that button when it's down to e

And the very thing you wouldn't do, you will do.

Just ask Peter about it. And the next thing that

has happened. They're coming in and they're grabbing Jesus. We

know Judas is betraying him Peter and John is following

Jesus on the distance. They take him into this room.

There's this wall and you can hear the torture begins,

and Peter standing on the outside. John had favored to

be on the inside of the wall. And then eventually

John says he is with me. So John had some

favor and brought Peter in. And Peter comes into this

very place, and there is that fire John chapter eighteen,

verse eighteen. If you want to take note of this,

this is very key John eighteen eighteen. He comes, there

is a coal of fire, and he goes up that

he tries to warm himself up on the fire. The

enemy is going to build a fire for something for

you to warm yourself upward when your emotional tank is low.

And then he was thought, oh, are you not the

one he is in chair two now are you not

the one that and not me? And we know the

story how many times? Three times? And when he denied

them the third time, we know the rooster crow and

we know fear, shame and guilt came in. Peter was

not there on Friday, he was not there on Saturday,

he was not there on Sunday. Why the enemy was

blackmailing him? And the enemy is going to remind you

about your failure. And the enemy is going to continue

to going after what would you do during the worst

day of your life? There was that divorce. So here's

your failure, here's and the enemy is going to blackmail

One of the biggest reasons we're not touching Australia is

because the enemy has something on us. And who are

we to going into this war when you have issues

in your life? And so the enemy is there blackmailing him.

And then Jesus comes John chapter twenty. He appears before them.

There's three resurrection appearances and in the end the book

chap to John and excuse me. The end of chapter

twenty in the Book of John, Jesus did more miracles

that have seen before. And you're getting into John chapter

twenty one and they're all backslides. How is that possible?

They all go back to fishing again. When was the

last time they gave up fishing to follow Jesus? And

now they're going back and some of you trying to

go back again to something that was working before. But

even that doesn't operate any longer. They couldn't get fish,

and then there's this guy on the shore. Hey, boys,

did you get any fish? No? And then this guy

on the shore and it's Jesus that is there. Hey,

why don't you throw it on the other side? And

we'll remember the story end up one hundred and fifty

three big fish. And John recognized because now in the

glory of if I'm formed the one who see Jesus,

they couldn't see him, but that he could see them.

See even when you cannot see him, he can see you.

And at that moment John said, this is the lord.

But he recognized the Lordship. Peter just take off and

he jump in the water. Maybe the first time he

walked on water was faith. The second time's presumption to

be careful. But he swam and when he came in

the shore John twenty one, verse nine. It's the only

two times in the Greek and then I'm landing there's

a coal of fire. Do you remember the last time

there was a coal of fire? That's when he betrayed him.

Why would Jesus When John is swimming, he's coming up

the shore the same only two times in the Greek

you will find that there's this coal of fire. What

is he doing is a condemnation? No, it is an invatation.

And when he comes there, all the convictions takes him

back to the worst moment of his life. For some

of you, that was the divorce. So it was that moment.

There was something in your life that happened. But Jesus

wants to heal your past and he wants to set

you up for the future. So even if you have

struggled to believe in him, he believes in you. In

a moment, believe in Jesus, you get saved. In a

moment he believes in you, you get transformed. What is

he doing with Peter was it? Did John struggle how

much Jesus loved him? No, his struggle was Peter did

not love Peter the way Jesus loved Peter. Jesus loved

Jesus the way that the father loved Jesus, and he

prayed that love was going to be in us and

him in us. In the next moment, Jesus says, do

you love me? They have communion and then three do

you love me? Do you love me? Do you love me? Why?

Three times? He denied them? Three times, he fell asleep

three times? And how three times? Do you love me?

Feed my lambs, feed my sheep? And then you started

the prophece. I let me tell you about you. You

go back. You're cheer too, and then cheer one, cheer two,

until you love you the way that I love you.

You're going to continue to have this and he released

over him and he spoke the future. But I saw

you from the first time I saw you, I saw

somebody when you reach out your hand and he the

way Peter was going to die for Jesus. And on

Pendecost he is in cher no noble one. He has

the lambs hocked. And when you roar, unity has taking place.

People are gathering and not scattery. There's no fear. There's

boldness and the courage. And what we talked about, the

roar of the lion roared into the atmosphere that it

came from the place of love, not looking for love

and the wrong places.

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