Sunday Message - Dr. Yan Venter (February 4, 2018) | Life Bible Church

All right, well, we've had a Friday night meeting,

a Saturday morning breakfast, a Saturday night

meeting. It's been great, great deposit of the

Word of God. For those of you that, how many

have not heard Dr. Jan Venter? This is your first

time hearing him. Just kind of lift your hand.

Okay, I'm going to introduce him. He is formerly

from South Africa, and then he got saved and

came to the United States. No, I'm just giving

him a hard time. There's quite a, I can't go

into the lengthy history, but quite a history

of what God's done in and through his life. He's

been preaching the word of God for almost, what'd

you say, 48 years? 48 years. Man, you don't look

like that. I know, amazing. God has been good

to you. And he's been through quite a journey

with his life. He's here with his wife, Bessie,

and she's South African as well. They're both

now. Travel the United States of America and

abroad. Go back to South Africa frequently. I've

been with Jan to South Africa. We've done some

crusades there. He operates. He's been pastor,

evangelist, prophet. He operates at a lot of

things. He's earned his doctorate. He's an amazing

man. Speaks about six languages. Today, I'm hoping

you'll just stay with English. That would be

good. We love him, and he's a very close friend.

God knit our hearts together about 10 years ago.

So would you welcome Dr. Jan Venter as he comes

and brings the word this morning? Thank you.

Thank you so much. You may be seated. Thank you.

Thank you. So good to be here with you this morning.

I haven't taken time this week to talk to you

about what is in our product table, but I sure

want to encourage you to just stop there and

go and buy up everything I have there. And then

after you're done, leave an offering. But, you

know, our ministry, we try and absolutely be

open to minister wherever God opens doors. Many

times pastors of big churches have encouraged

me not to go to small churches. I'm serious because

they say it develops a stigma to your ministry.

I have decided to totally disregard, thank you,

that as total utter nonsense. It is tough sometimes,

you know, when you go to small churches, our

budget remains the same. And so to do that and

to get around that, we always ask people, if

you feel, and if you're in this service here

today and you feel encouraged by the Holy Spirit

to join us as a partner in our ministry. both

in prayer and doing something to help us financially

on a monthly basis, we would encourage you to

do that. Please do not take your tithe. Please

do not take anything that belongs to your church

or any commitments that you've spoken out towards

helping here at the church. Change that to support

us. But if you have room in your budget to...

maybe do $25 a month, please stop at our tape

table and just give my wife or somebody at the

table your information. And then we'll call you

once a month to pray with you and your family.

These books on the tape table, this one here

is for those of you that have the first volume.

This is the second book we're just now releasing.

It says, Can You Believe It? Every story in here

is true. And so... What I've done, these are

short, a compilation of short stories. And I've

written it in such a way that it became bathroom

reading material. You know, put it there and

really, you'll enjoy that. You'll find that life

becomes much more easier after you read one of

these stories. The other one is this little booklet

here. It's called The Broken Branch. It's a phenomenal

book in the sense pastors are actually ordering

these from us now, boxes full, and handing it

out to their people. We're dealing with a problem

in our society today that cannot be fixed up

with legislation. It cannot be fixed up with,

you know, with... by using the government. It's

a spiritual problem that God prophesied at the

end days will happen. You know, the hearts of

the children separated from the fathers and the

other way around. It's an epidemic that's taking

place here right now. I've called this book The

Broken Branch. And I know that a vast majority

of you here are struggling with situations like

that where you feel, you know, there's something

wrong in our family. Well, there really isn't,

but it's something that can be fixed up by turning

back to the ways of God on that situation. So

please get yourself a copy of that book. Put

it under your pillow. Sleep on it. Ask God to

make that your lifestyle. Many people have been

asking us for my testimony. This is my testimony

or one of many testimonies. This one deals with

my arm. For those of you that will see me preach

this morning and you'll wonder, you know, is

that guy double -jointed? Well, I'm not double

-jointed. It's just that I don't have an elbow.

And God miraculously, just totally miraculously,

decided to heal this arm. And for the sake of

heavenly humor, he decided to just leave my arm

the way it is. And people said, whoa, what's

going on there? Well, that's my chance to tell

you about the greatness of God. Then finally,

there's a book here. I've got about, I think

we brought about nine different books. You want

to stop there and look at them. This one here

is called, is titled, I Think God Likes Me. And

what it is, you know, people say, well, God don't

like me. He loves me. Big difference. Thank you,

Pastor. Will you throw that out to somebody that

wants it? Just one by one. Just throw it in.

Those are all his buddies. He's throwing it to

all his buddies. Yeah, the book is titled, I

Think God Likes Me. And people said to me, well,

God loves me. Big difference. How many of you

have children? Let me see your hands. How many

of you really, really love your children? Let

me see those hands. Now, one more question. How

many of you at times don't like them? You see,

you know, that's the way it is. That's the way

it is with God. He loves all of us, but you know

there's times when God don't like you. And so...

You got to read that book. It's really a good

book and some good illustrations in there also.

Take your Bible. I want to continue where I left

off on Friday night. We didn't get a chance to

really speak much or teach anything last night.

Wasn't it great the way that God... Thank you,

Pastor. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Wasn't it good

the way that the Holy Spirit worked here last

night? You know, and it's all God. Say it, it's

all God, okay? We are going to try and push this

through until noon hour and then see what happens

after that. But when it gets close to noon, pastor,

just wave at me, will you please? Thank you.

Also, just... Of course, we didn't have time

to hear her testimony, but here's Shiloh sitting

right here up front. She used to, yeah, Shiloh,

for those of you, come on, go ahead and give.

Come here, Shiloh. Come here quickly. Come here.

I think it's worth stopping. Yeah, Shiloh, if

you don't want to sit down right there, it's

fine. You know, she's young, and I know it's

hard for me to expose her in front of somebody

else. Hey, Shiloh. Look, Shiloh, look at Brother

Venter. It's okay. I'm going to just ask a question

and you just confirm it. Is that okay? You just

confirm it. And so I don't want to put her on

the spot. She used to get like, am I correct

that it was thousands of seizures a day? Am I

correct? Raise your hand and just say it's correct.

Yes. And then several years ago, God touched

her. And instantaneously, there's now no more

seizures. Is that correct? I mean, put your hand

up like that and just come on, give God a praise

offering. That's okay. We call that, we call

that, I call that supernatural. It's miraculous.

Or if you want to just get a short explanation

for something like that, it's spelled G -O -D.

God. Come on, give him a praise offering. It's

just the way it is. I also ask, before I start

here, I ask God, on my way here, this here, I

ask God, please give me a word for the church.

I feel so closely attached to the church and

to my friends, Pastor Brad and Sister Jenny and

the kids, Jackie and Jessie Jo, and then their

parents. I mean, and then you. I really should

be the other way around because you're the one

that gives the offering and they just write the

check. But I ask God for a word. And so here

is what God gave me. I put it down in writing.

So if you want to just get a copy of it, there

it is. So just give it to me so I can read it.

You know, the theme this week is God decides

and you choose. But I had nothing to do, you

know, this word has nothing to do with that.

It's just, I asked God, give it to me. So here

it is. Just let it roll because I don't have

it in front of me. So now that is wrong. That's,

just give me the, well, I've got it right here,

so. Yeah, got it? You know, here's the way. I

was never more ready to turn my back on a here

than last here. How many of you agree with that

one? I mean, I was really ready. I waited on

God for a word for you regarding 2018, but I

sense nothing new. Here it is. It'll be a challenging

here that lies ahead. But I see trophies all

around me. As I glance over the appearance of

2018, I see lion rugs, bear rugs. I see stuffed

up wolves around warm fireplaces. I see the eight

-foot spear of a defeated giant. Go ahead, give

him a praise offering. Yes, it will be a year

of accomplishments. Now remember, the Lord is

saying, many of you have started things in the

past with good intentions, but then you never

finished it. But I'm announcing this here to

be one of completeness. You will start and you

will finish it. This will also be a year of strong

commitments. While some will find pleasure in

remaining as mere spectators, I am placing a

strong desire in the hearts of my people here

at Harrisburg to commit. Yes, I'm bringing people

even from other corners to collect themselves

inside this stadium of gladiators. The term all

hell will break loose. Yeah, all hell will break

loose in the lives of some, but then all of heaven

will also break loose. And in this place, people

will know you are mine and I am yours. Therefore,

sharpen your swords, polish your shields, and

fill yourself with my bread, which I will provide

bountifully. Go ahead and praise him in the house.

Give me the next. Now, while I was waiting on

my knees, you know, for the Lord to give me all

of this, I kept on hearing the chants of spectators,

but they were not crying the usual USA, USA,

USA. But I heard them cry here out of this stadium

of gladiators. Emmanuel, Emmanuel, Emmanuel.

Come on, praise him, will you? Glory to God.

Now, the Lord is saying, raise my banner of victory

among yourselves and rejoice because this will

be the year of the following. Give me the next

slide. First of all, reconfirming, reconfirmation.

I reconfirm your call, Brad and Jenny, as my

shepherds. I reconfirm your call to this congregation

as my people. who are called by my name. And

I post this confirmation on the walls also of

your surroundings. Namely, you are my people

and I will answer you. Secondly, it will be a

year of reassignment. This will be a year of

reassignment. Some will step out and some will

step away. But for anyone leaving, there will

be a handful of others to take their place. I

will assign you and you will not feel out of

place, says the Lord. Come on, praise him. Glory

to God. Number three, God says this will be a

year of encounter. You've prayed and asked for

the outpouring of my spirit. Know this and remember

it. My spirit has indeed already been poured

out, but this will be the year of encounter.

This will be the year in which you will get to

know me like you've never known me before. You

will close 28th saying, it was a year unlike

any other. Yeah, come on, praise him. Glory to

God. You know, I thought this next one was just

absolutely powerful, the way God gave me this

one. God says, this will be a year of timekeepers.

Meaning, I am appointing you as the Ishikar kind

from the Torah tribe, who would bear the burden

for victory and wages. I want you to understand,

I want you to understand time and interpret my

word in connection of these times. I will connect

you to Zebulun because provision for the journey

and the supply for victory is very important.

Come on, give him another praise offering. Glory

to God. Switch it. Finally, make sure you remain

properly identified as my people. So remain to

be a humble people. remain to be a kind people

and remain to be a loving people and a submitted

people. Come on, give him. Stand with me, will

you please? Give the Lord a praise offering.

Come on. Now, while you remain standing, this

morning, Just as I'm about to send this to the

church for them to get it by email, the Holy

Spirit put this in my spirit and said, the heavens,

go and tell them the heavens are shouting with

you. Don't lose your excitement for what God

has called you to do. Your excitement excites

the Lord and his angels. It is your excitement.

In the face of your Jericho or the face of your

Goliath that will provide the victory for other

people. Glory. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Let's

pray together. Father, I lift up myself and these

people. And sure enough, my friends. Brad and

Jenny and their kids. Lord, I lift them up before

you. And I, first of all, want to say thank you

so much, Lord, for giving them to Basie and I

as an asset. We are, yes, Lord, they are an asset

even to your people here. They certainly are

an asset to your kingdom. And I want to pray,

Lord, that in this year that comes and lies ahead,

that they will get the opportunity to know you

more than ever before. Lord, that they may know

you as you are to be known. And finally, Lord,

I want to pray. Will you help them to understand

the times? The times, Lord, where we are right

now and the time where they are right now and

the time relating, Lord, to your spiritual river

that you have symbolically allowed them to be

placed right here on the corner as the river

is making a turn. Lord, let that be symbolic

as to what is happening in the life of Oregon

in Jesus' name. And we thank you, Lord. Give

him a hand clap of praise, will you? Glory to

God. Hallelujah. You may be seated. Thank you

very much. Boy, can you believe 15 minutes went

by for that one. And I got so much I want to

share with you. Our theme this weekend is, you

know, let, I mean, God decides and you choose.

You know, God is the one, and I'm not going to

have time to recap on what we said on Friday

night. I would highly recommend you get that

CD because the one leads up to where we are right

now. But it's very important that we get to a

place where we can understand God better. Because

as I go around in the world and after 48 years

of full -time ministry, I realize more and more

that people just don't know how God works. And

you understand that if you can understand better

how God functions, your faith level is going

to increase substantially. Faith does not need

any homework. Faith just needs to get to a place

where we comprehend. You see, because faith is,

faith is God in action. See, all we need to do

is just let faith rise up in our hearts by understanding

how God works. You understand when you listen

to how people pray. Oftentimes, people pray out

of ignorance. Fear, when you see people with

fear, they are afraid because they just don't

know God. You understand? In fact, John writes

very clearly, kind of a scary verse in 1 John

4, when he says that those who have fear have

no love. He says, in fact, when you have perfect

love, it casts out all fear. So he brings the

conclusion to that. Go and read 1 John 4. And

he says very clearly that if you have fear in

your heart, that means you really just don't

know God. You see, you know God, I mean, you

have fear in your heart because you've only read

or so about God. Once you understand who really

is on your side, then you will understand why

Paul writes very clearly to the Romans, since

God is for us. I know the modern translation

says if, but really, I want to just add my little

bit in there and call it since. Because God is

for you, right? And so since God, we're talking

about God. We're talking about Yahweh. We're

talking about Jehovah. We're talking about the

creator of heaven and earth. Since God is for

you, who can be against you? Yes. Now, it makes

it even better. It makes it better if you know,

you understand, if you know the amount has already

been deposited. If you know that you have to

go and draw $100, but yesterday you know that

your bank account was close to zero. Now you

want to go and draw your $100 that you need,

but you know, you saw it. It was posted. It was

brought under your attention. You checked it

out on the internet that an amount of a million

dollars has already been deposited into your

account. At first, you could not believe it.

But now you checked it over and over. You picked

up the phone. You called the bank, and they confirmed.

Yeah, I don't know why you don't believe it.

It's there. A million dollars has been deposited

into your account. And it's yours. Now, do you

understand how that changes the way you approach

the $100 check? Yes? Amen? You know, here's the

problem. Have you ever believed a lie? How many

of you have ever believed a lie? You know, how

many of you? Well, I'm going to tell you a story

first. You know. This lady meets the guy as he's

about to walk up to the door of the truck stop.

And she meets him. Actually, she first stares

at him for the longest time. She stares at him.

While she's staring at him, he notices that and

kind of makes him feel a little uncomfortable.

But then as he walks up to the door, she approaches

quickly from behind. Excuse me, sir. He turns

around and then she says to him, you know, I

apologize for staring at you the way I did, but

you remind me so much of my late son. He died

in Iraq. And man. When I saw you, she said, it

was just like my entire world changed. And so

he said, ma 'am, no, that's fine. So she chatted

with him a little bit. And then on her way out

back to the car, as she's standing in the store,

the guy's ready to pay. She says, can I ask you

a small favor? It won't mean much to you, but

would you mind? As I walk out of here to just

cry out, bye mom. And so he says, sure enough,

I could do that. And Jenny, as this lady walks

out, I mean, he puts a little extra enthusiasm

behind his greeting. Bye mom. And so she walks

out to her car. And then when he pays for the

water that he placed down the counter, the guy

gives him a bill of $46. He says. what is the

$46 for? I'm only buying water. He says, well,

you're paying for your mom too, aren't you? And

so he runs out and he's actually just in time

just before she pulls away. He opens the door

and she resists somewhat, but he kind of grabs

her by the leg and pulls her leg just like I've

pulled yours. You know, it's a lie. It's a lie.

You know, it's actually something that's been

floating around on the internet, on Facebook.

How many of you have actually gotten that? You've

read that before. There's several hands. A lie.

It's amazing how in the spiritual world, people

will grasp or last onto a lie and then believe

a lie. See, when you come to the gospel, it is...

the truth. Come on, give him a hand clap of praise.

It is the truth. When you look at any of the

promises of God, it is all truth. In fact, I'm

telling you, we said it here this morning that

God relies heavily, if I can use that word, God

relies heavily on your and my report about his

glory. He loves it. In fact, God, if I could

call it that, God hates it when people have unbelief.

God doesn't, he doesn't smile on it easily. He

calls it, in fact, Paul, and we'll read it in

a minute. Paul calls it, Paul calls it, Paul

calls it, sorry. Paul calls it an evil, unbelieving

heart. God wants you to let your heart believe

the truth. Stop believing a lie. Yeah, go ahead

and praise him. Stop believing a lie. Can you

throw up our, can you put on the screen, not

throw, but can you put the verse on that we used

over the weekend and that's Ecclesiastes. He

says Ecclesiastes 3, and you remember on Friday,

I told you that when you look at Ecclesiastes,

the preacher there was explaining what the days

of our lives are like. He says the days of our

life, if you read the first few verses, in fact,

the first 14 verses, you will read as he gives

us an account of how our lives are. Our lives

are really with stop and goes. In fact. That's

a great name for a restaurant, stop and go. But

it's also a great name for any human being. We

are stop and goers. Time to be born and time

to die. Time to plant, time to pluck up that

which is planted. You know, chapters. They are

beginnings and ends. Full chapters. You have

a beginning and then you have an end. And these

are all little chapters. And in between there,

I mean, the whole thing in between, we call that

history. And the history have all sorts of up

and downers and they're good and bad and they're

fast and slow and so on. We have these, you know.

They're the chapters or the days of our lives.

But then he comes and he switches from the comparisons

that he used there for 14 verses. And he comes

here to verse 14 and he says, now he's switching

over to the way God is. He says, I know that

whatsoever God does, it's forever. You see, he

says, nothing can be put to it nor anything taken

from it. Here, let me explain it like this. You

see, if you looked at man's life, then you'll

see man. If you look at the black here on the

platform, I don't have a thing here to write.

But if you look at the black there, just imagine

that that's a straight line. And you have the

beginning there. And then you have the end, the

arrow that's pointing there. And that's the end.

That's the cutoff point. And in between here,

we have all the in -betweens. And so in between

here on this line here is where somewhere where

your puppy was born and there your cat died over

there and so on. But not so with God. You understand,

if I had to use God, then I would use this as

a circle. You see, with God, everything is in

a circle. See, with God, there's no beginning

and there's no end. Everything evolves around.

You remember one of the times I was here, I talked

to you about the wheel. And you remember that?

I talked to you about the wheel and I said everything

really, when you want to work and understand,

you want to understand how God works, then you

have to be able to understand the wheel. Everything

God does, he creates like a wheel. That's why

you'll see the planets, they're all round, the

galaxies, they're all round, your head is all

round and so on. Most. Now, again, you find a

square head, you know. But so he says the first

14 verses, that's the life of man. And then he

comes here to verse 14 or 15. And he says, now,

I know that whatever God does, it's forever.

It's eternity. It's no end. He says, and God

does it. the end of verse 14, that men should

fear before him. And that, he says, here it is.

That, watch this, that which has been is now.

That, better, easier English, that which already

happened is actually happening now. That's what

that verse is saying. And then he says, and that

which is still to happen actually already happened.

You see, I call that, you understand, I call

that, there's a word for it in the English, and

that's the word manifest. You look at the word

manifest. Manifest means it is appearing right

now. It means brought to completeness. It's the

word completeness means there's nothing that

still has to happen. It's now manifesting. It's

like, you understand, here is the line of man.

Just look at me for a moment. There's man's line.

And then you have the beginning, Adam. And then

you have the end, wherever that will be at the

end of the sixth spiritual day, millennial day.

And in between here, Calvary happened. Right?

More or less how many years ago did Calvary,

more or less how many years ago was Christ crucified?

2000. Now, let me ask that again. More or less

how many years ago was Christ crucified? How

much? Oh, somebody is finally getting it. Where?

Hall. So the real answer is before the foundation.

That means that really what happened 4 ,000 or

2 ,000 years ago was the cross what? Manifested.

But it actually already happened before time.

You understand? So that's why I want you to,

I'm mentioning this here for a reason this morning

because it is going to help you in the area of

your faith. So that you can understand. What

merely happened here 2 ,000 years ago was something

manifested. It appeared what actually already

happened. That's why Paul writes and he says

about some of the illustrations in the Old Testament

like the Ark of the Covenant and many of those

things. He says those were shadows of what? Things

to come. You remember, you read that in the Bible.

It says those were shadows of things to come.

What does that mean? You know, what does it mean

when you see my shadow? There's my shadow, but

you don't see me. If you see my shadow, what

does it mean? It means I'm there, right? The

fact that you don't see me doesn't matter. You

see my shadow. So those things that happened

in the Old Testament that were shadows of things

to come, what does that mean? It means that...

It was something that was pointing at something

that already happened. It's already happened.

You see, if you can understand this, then you'll

understand Hebrews 3. Let's go there quickly.

Hebrews chapter 3. Now, I want to read Hebrews

Hebrews 3 · chapter mention

3 in the light of what I just said. It already

happened. And so after it's happened, see, whatever

happened and it's... or is brought to completeness,

that means there's nothing that needs to be added.

After that, I can rest. All my work is done.

See, that's what it is. All of what needed to

be done was done before it's manifesting. You

understand what I'm saying? So let's read Hebrews

3. Are you there? Do you have your Bible open?

It may be something that you want to highlight

now and again. So I'm going to read it like this.

Therefore, holy brothers. Holy moly, it's already

12 o 'clock. So let's quickly just, Pastor, is

there something I need to do in particular right

now? I mean, releasing people or can I? Okay.

Can I fly? Can I fly a little bit? I just thought

maybe there's something in your program that

happens at 12 o 'clock. Okay, so he says here,

therefore, holy brothers, sharers in a heavenly

calling, consider Jesus the apostle and high

priest of our confession. Now, what he's saying

is, we're going to use him as an example. And

he says, who was faithful to the one who appointed

him. He's talking about Jesus who was faithful

to the one who appointed him. As Moses also was

to his household. For this one is considered

worthy of greater glory than Moses. Inasmuch

as the one who builds it has a greater honor

than the house. For every house is built by someone.

But the one who built all things. Right? It's

God. So he's talking, he's using some comparisons

just so that we can understand. He's using these

illustrations and he says, now, just like you

build your house. And then come to a place of

completeness. So we're talking about God who

builds his house. And he says, now, and Moses

was faithful in all his house as a servant for

a testimony to the things that would be spoken.

But Christ was faithful as his son over his house,

whose house, excuse me, whose. house we are if

we hold fast to our confidence and we hope we

can be proud of now uh let me just i'm gonna

read all that he says therefore just as the holy

spirit says today you know every time i come

here pastor brad every time i come here you are

bound to quote uh or to prophetically or spiritually

mention part of my sermon and you did it again

this morning Always does it. And here he says

today, when you hear his voice, do not harden

your heart. You remember you said that. And he

says, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

he's talking about them, what happened in the

wilderness. How many of you at times have been

so astoundingly alarmed at the way that they

did not believe God? After God would do this,

God would do that, then they would. Be filled

with unbelief again. Every time I look in this

direction, I hear Stephanie. Is there a Stephanie

right here? Stephanie, is there? Do you know

a Stephanie, sir? Stephanie. Here. You. This

man here in front. I'm talking about you. Somebody

in your life that has a Stephanie. I'm just saying,

I hear Stephanie. And so I believe that God is

fiction to bring new hope, new encouragement,

new strength, new vigor in the life of Stephanie.

Is that you? Are you Stephanie? No? Is there

somebody in your life that needs encouragement?

There she is. You're Stephanie. I'm going to

pray for you at the end. Are you connected to

this man somehow as a friend or somebody? You

know him? Okay. Why is God showing me? I'm sorry?

Okay, okay, okay. Okay, so. Now, he says, when

you hear his voice, he says, don't harden your

hearts like in the rebellion, where your fathers

tested me by trial and saw my works for 40 years.

Therefore, I was angry. He was what? I was angry

with them, and I said, They always go astray

in their hearts and they do not know my ways.

They don't know my ways. And so I swore in my

anger. That's verse 11. They will never enter

my rest. Why am I focusing on the rest issue

here? I'm going to connect that to your faith

here in just two or three more minutes. He says,

watch out, brothers, lest there be in some of

you an evil, unbelieving heart with a result

that will fall away. Now, look at verse 16. He

says now. They, when they heard all of these

things, were they disobedient? Yeah. Surely it

was not all who went out from Egypt through Moses.

And with whom was he angry then? Was it not with

those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the

wilderness? And to whom did he swear that they

would not enter into his rest except those who

were disobedient? And so we see that they were

not able to enter because of unbelief. The rest

of that remains for the people of God. Then,

verse 4, therefore, let us fear while there remains

a promise of entering into his rest. What does

it mean, God's rest? Let me tell you what it

means. It means God decided, he did it, finished

it, completed it, and all you have to now do

is say, Lord. I believe it will manifest. Yes?

It's already done. See, everything you need,

everything you need has already been done, made,

finished, completed. Yes? See, it's been finished.

It's completed. People don't understand that

because, you know, we're connecting this with

eternity, thoughts of eternity. We don't understand

eternity because we're time creatures. We're

connected to time. But give me Genesis 2 quickly,

verse 2 and 4. Let me show you an idea, or I

may have mentioned this to you before, but I'll

just quickly throw it in here. These are the

generations of the heavens. This is concerning

the creation, okay? So these are the generations

of the heavens and of the earth when they were

created in the day that the Lord God made what?

The earth and the heavens and... Every plant

before it was. He made every plant before it

was. Come on. I want that to sink in. He made

it before it was. He made it before it grew.

Look at the rest of that verse. He made it before

it grew. So it was there even before it showed.

Before it manifested. It was already made. It's

like your miracle that you need. It's already

made. All you need to do is. Put faith in action.

Understand it's done. It's finished. It's completed.

So God decided what's good for you. All you now

have to do is choose to follow. Choose to obey.

Choose to say, Lord, I'm heading in your direction.

You already established the direction, so I'm

just now following. Does that make sense? And

so therefore, I want to close this by saying

it this way. This way. There is actually a miracle

in your mouth. So all you have to do is say that

which you believe. With a heart we believe, with

a mouth confession is made. So all you do is

you confess it. You speak it. Why can I speak?

I don't confess somebody else's Cadillac and

say it's going to be mine. You understand? Because

that's stupid. You know, I mean, you're suffering

from, you're struggling from the spirit of stupidness,

you know. The only reason I can, the only reason

I can connect to a confession is if I connect

to something that I know has already been done.

It's already done. Say it's done. See, that's

why when we have somebody we pray for, we can

pray for them as if we already have it. So that's

what happens with God. He calls things into becoming

real as if they already exist. Why? Because it

actually already exists. He already made it.

It's already done. So he's calling that into

existence which is or which is not. He calls

it into existence. And so here this morning,

God is turning your life around. If you can believe

it and you're a child of God, start believing

what he did. Stop believing what he didn't. Start

believing which he already created. Stop. believing

a lie of the enemy that says that it's going

to be the other direction know his will come

on give stand on your feet and give god a hand

cup of praise glory to god glory to god if you

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