Sunday Message - Pastor Tony Augustus (July 20, 2014) | Life Bible Church

just on the fly, covering for me. I was down

and out for a while, got acquainted with some

verses, to be absent from the bodies, to be present

with the Lord, was thinking about praying that.

Anyways, but miraculously, the healing grace

of God came, and so I feel a ton better. Just

my strength returned. Late, late Monday night,

early Tuesday morning, and I appreciate that

so much. Thank you for your prayers. It's a privilege.

We've had this scheduled, and Pastor Tony from

India being with us, and what a great work that

he's doing, and we are grateful to be partners

with him in that work. We take that very seriously,

the planting of churches and the releasing of

ministry and the work that God has. partnered

with us around the world. That's why we have

Life Bible Church. We have the world there because

it's not just about what's happening in Harrisburg.

It's about the kingdom of God that he is connecting

us with relationships all around the world and

seeing God's glory fill the earth. How many say

that's a great thing? Come on. This morning,

would you just welcome to the pulpit as we do

at Life Bible here? Would you just stand and

welcome the man of God as he comes and brings

the word of the Lord this morning? Thank you

very much, God's people. Thank you for Your warmth.

Thank you for your love to allow me to come to

worship the Lord with you. I'm here basically

to worship the Lord and as an act of gratitude

towards each one of you for what you have done

in India and doing in India for your prayers.

for generous support, and for sending your people

to India to bless that land of more than 1 billion

people, 1 .25 billion people. And it's amazing

to see what the Lord is doing in India. Since

the time we started relating, we have already...

planted hundreds of churches together. Anybody

ask you, you can just say, Life Bible has planted

650 churches. We are in partnership. And anybody

ask you how many members you have, you just add

your 1 ,000 people and just say 75 ,000 more,

76 ,000 people in the church. I just thank you

very much for coming to India, for sending your

finances, and for what you have done. And I believe

that you are already receiving 30 fold, 60 fold,

and 100 fold as to what you have sown or sowing

in India. You know, I was thinking about how

the Lord... Has blessed you. You invested in

India. To complete the convention center. And

God gave you. A convention center. Which is under

the construction. I believe that it is going

to be amazing. Convention center. With all the

facility. Available here. Not only that, but

God will continue to bless you as you continue

to serve the Lord and extend the kingdom. It's

all one thing. Somebody asked me, hey, why so

many people coming to the Lord in India? Why

not in America? I said, well, God is the owner

of a big house. And if you're an owner of a big

house. And sometimes you'll be remodeling your

kitchen. Sometimes you'll be remodeling your

bathroom. Sometimes you will be remodeling a

bedroom or a lounge. But it's all your house.

And so God owns the whole big house. Sometimes

he's working that side of the world. Sometimes

he's working. But we are all in big house. And

everything belongs to our God. And he is doing

amazing thing. So I just want to thank the Lord.

what he's doing in the life of ABC and LBC. LBC

is Lucknow Bible College and LBC is Life Bible

Church. For some reason, we have the same name.

And I just thank the Lord for the land of India,

which is from top Himalaya and bottom Kanyakumari.

which is in English Cape Comrie. And on the west

coast is Bombay City and the east coast is Calcutta.

And we sing like this. This land is my land.

This land is your land. From the Himalayas down

Cape Comrie. From Bombay City to Calcutta. This

land was made for you and me. This land for Jesus.

Is the answer. This land is Jesus. The youth

must tell her. Tell of the savior. His changing

power. Stand and declare his love to all. Stand

and declare his love to all. This land is my

land. This land is your land. From the Himalayas.

Down Cape Camry. From Bombay City. To Calcutta.

This land was made for you and me. This land

for Jesus is the answer. This land is Jesus.

We do not tell her. Tell of the Savior. His changing

power. Stand and declare His love to all. Stand

and declare His love to all. Among the all amazing

things the Lord is doing in India, something

great has happened a couple weeks ago. First

time in the history of ABC Assembly of Believer

Church, we have planted three churches in three

days in three major cities. The first one was

on 22nd. of June when we planted a church in

the suburb of Lucknow with a young man and then

I traveled 500 kilometers and planted another

church in the city of Ghaziabad with another

young man and then traveled again to Punjab and

major city of Punjab where the golden temple

is Sikh golden temple in the city of Amritsar.

We planted the third church on the third day,

which is June 24th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, all three

days. We planted three major churches and they

are doing very good. First day when we opened

the door. for Punjab Church, 75 people walked

in there. And it was amazing. And these young

people, they're all excited for the Lord. And

we thank you for your prayers. And your prayers

are big support to us. And what your church has

done, the teams have gone from here and led in

praise and worship. And you taught us in our

pastor conference, in our annual conventions.

And that has been a Great. Blessing to us. We

are looking forward to next year, March, when

your pastor Brad is leading a team and coming

to India to preach in our pastors and leaders

convention. And it's going to be great. We just

appreciate you for encouraging us and standing

with us. And we thank you for sending Smucker

family on a regular basis. And I feel like we...

We are two partners of the same business. And

God has blessed everything that this family has

done. And we have been mightily blessed. And

I appreciate you very much. As I told you before

that we planted the first church of ABC in 1973

on the 21st of October. And we prayed a prayer

of a million souls. And we were 33 people. And

then next Sunday we left. We lost two people.

Then another Sunday we lost four more people.

We came down to 24 people. Nothing happened.

Nobody getting saved. No church. could be planted

and from 1973 to 83 nothing happened and on the

10th of March we got the first opening in Delhi

and when we planted the first church on the 10th

of March 1983 so in 10 years one church and we

were praying for 10 ,000 churches I needed to

live for 2 million years to complete it but God's

doing amazing. From 1983 to 1993, next 10 years,

we planted six churches. And from 1993... To

2003, we planted 146 churches. From 2003 till

now, we are planting more than one church every

week. So we've gone from one church to 650 churches.

And it's growing. Our goal is one church every

day. And folks, continue to pray and continue

to stand with us. We thank you very much for

helping us to build. building in the village

situation. In some of the villages, one day we

go and plant a church. 100 people or more get

saved and we plant a church and the villager

will give us a land and we start building the

church building. The whole building we built

for 10 ,000 US dollars. And that building is

not only a church building for Sunday, but Monday

to Friday we have a free school. 50 to 100 children

are educated because there's no education in

the villages. cannot read or write but we use

that building for Sunday service as well as for

a school and we have a project we call it PCF

Poor Children Fund and many of you are supporting

that project and we trained and we educate the

children. And we do one more thing. Every church

building in the village has a well. And that

when you go 50 feet, you get water. But we go

another 150 feet to get clean water. And that

is very important need in those villages. 60

% people in some of the villages are sick because

of their stomach diseases because of unclean

water. But we provide whole village water and

they don't have to go to church to get the water.

It's outside of the church and they can get the

free water. And we do all these things in Pakistan

for 10 ,000 US dollars. A lot of time somebody

comes and meets me and just leaves a check in

my hand. And my hand goes like this because it's

a church building. And it's very heavy. I remember

one time I was in a coffee shop and a guy came

on a wheelchair. And he looked at me and he was

kind of goofy. I said, oh, Tony, that was a good

meeting. I'm sorry I couldn't get to give you

any offering. And he wrote me a check and gave

me. I put it in the pocket. I didn't realize

because the check was very dirty and half torn.

And then later on I saw there was $10 ,000, a

church building. And I came here and I said,

Mark, I don't know if the check is okay because

this is very unclean. He said, oh, this will

work. And then we built a building. there so

continue to pray our project is completed last

year and we thank you for your giving but a little

bit is left that we are finishing this year December

everything the whole center will be paid off

so I thank you for your giving continue to do

that because you have a part in it you know you

continue to give and God will continue to return

you and we have a big Partnership together. In

the land of India. And we are excited about next

year. Those of you who want to come to India.

You see your pastor. As soon as you have a recommendation,

we will have you and we will house you there.

We love you. You are a family. You know, I'm

a missionary sent from this church to India.

I come back every year with a report what's happening

in India. And you receive me very, very nicely.

Thank you very much for this. This is my vacation

place. And for a week, I'm having fun, you know,

sleeping more than I do there whole year and

eating good food. Amazing, you know. Nobody here

to wake me early morning except a couple of times

when I have morning prayer meeting and all that.

But I appreciate God for everything. I want to

speak to you from the word of God. And my key

scripture is going to be John's Gospel 13 chapter

and 8th verse. And this is going to be my key

scripture. My message is based. On this key scripture.

And there is a topic. Every time I speak. I take

a topic from a key scripture. And everything

is based on the word of God. So I have asked

Mark to read my key scripture. And it says like

this. Listen to this one. Peter said to him.

You shall never wash my feet. Peter refused.

He said Jesus wanted to wash Peter's feet. And

he said no never. You shall never wash my feet.

And what did Jesus say? Listen to this. Jesus

answered to him. If I do not wash you, you have

no part in me. Peter, if you don't allow me to

wash your feet, you have no part. So basically,

number one, what I'm talking to you this morning

is God intends to make you partner. He doesn't

only want to have a big ministry and ask you

to be a servant, give me a glass of water or

take my shoes and put it there or work on the

overhead projector. No, but God's plan is that

every one of us becomes a partner in the ministry.

And that's why he said to his people, he said,

whosoever believes in me, you shall do these

works that I do and even greater works will you

do. So that's the plan of God for you to become.

partner and he wants you to be equal partner.

He also said, in my father's house, many mentioned

there, I am going to prepare a place for me and

you'll be living in the outhouse. And when I

need food, I say, hey, come here, bring some

lunch. And when I have to travel, you'll come

and carry my bags. He didn't say that. He said,

in my father's house, there are many mansions

there. And I go to prepare a place for you and

for me so that we can live together. There will

be a room for me, a room for you. And that's

what God's plan is. For you to stay in the same

building and same mansion. He wants you to be

partner with him. He also said that I made you

sit with me in the heavenly places. He's sitting

on a throne in heavenly places with father and

intends to. have you in the same place where

he is where I am you may be Also. Wow. That's

a great plan. God wants. Everyone. Every Christian

says. Hey God. That's very good. I want to be

in heaven. You know. I want to meet all the angels.

And I want to have the streets of gold. No blacktop

roads. A street of gold. And I want to have those

rivers that have milk and honey. Just take a

liter of milk and a liter of honey. Mix it together.

And drink it. That will be a great time. Everybody

wants to be a partner. But Jesus Christ is saying

to Peter. Who was willing to be a partner. and

he wanted to do a lot of things. He said, Peter,

if I don't wash you, if I don't wash you, you

have no partnership. Jesus wants to make you

a partner, but he knows and he's telling you

and I that we can only become his partner if

we allow him to wash. Many times this is very

difficult. We don't want him to wash. Hey don't

wash me. You use me as I am. If you can use me

as I am. This is my style. And this is what I

want to do. And this is what I can do. Don't

do anything. Don't do any changes. And don't

wash me. But he said if you don't allow me to

wash you. You cannot be the partner. You want

to be a partner with Jesus Christ. You and I

have to allow Jesus to wash us. And allowing

Jesus is very very important. to wash us. I want

you to read a scripture, Proverbs 30 chapter.

Proverbs 30 chapter and read verse 12. Listen

to this one. Yes. There is a generation that

is pure in their own eyes. Not one or two people.

More than one or two people. There are many thousands

and thousands and millions of people. There is

a generation that are pure in their own eyes.

What's wrong in it? I don't see anything wrong.

I like it. You know, this is okay. Don't tell

me about this. And we don't want to be. There

is a generation that is pure in their own eyes.

You know, according to my thinking, I am. totally

right. There's nothing wrong in me. My house

is right. My wife is right. My children are right.

My program is right. My walk is right. And whatever

I'm planning is right. There is a generation.

There are millions of people like that in this

world who are right in their own eyes. Listen

to this second part. It says, yet. Yet is not

washed from its filthiness. They're still dirty,

but they say I'm clean. They're still dirty.

They say I'm clean. And God comes to you. He

said, hey, I intend to make you partner. I intend

to take you to heaven. I intend to do things

in you. But you need to allow me to wash you.

And Peter, you are very close to me. You love

me and I love you. But I cannot make you partner

until you allow me to wash you. You may be anybody.

You may be very close to God. You may have 13th

translation of Bible. You may have gone to many

big conventions. You may have done a lot of good

things in the church. But it is important before

you become the partner with Jesus Christ to allow

him. God, wash me. Wash me. It's very important.

God wants to wash us. And washing is very important.

I want you to read this scripture and Psalm 51

Psalms 51:2

verse 2. Psalm 51 verse 2. A man of God, David,

Psalms 51:2

is saying something to God. He's talking to God.

He's not saying, hey God, I want to come to heaven.

Hey God, let Gabriel talk to me. Hey God, give

me this. What he's saying, this, listen to this.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquities. He said,

God, I feel unclean. I feel dirty. Wash me thoroughly.

Cleanse me, God. A man of God who's after the

own heart of God. God says, well, David is like

my heart. His heart is my heart. It's just same.

But still the man is praying because of the walk

of this word. Because of what I've done. I feel

very dirty. And he said, God, not only wash me,

but wash me thoroughly. Listen to this verse

13. He says something. Wash me thoroughly. And

then he says in 13th verse what? Then I will

teach transgressions. Then I will teach. That

means it's not easy to teach until you have been

washed. When you teach, you're tired. You're

angry. You don't like people who are sitting

there. You preach and you don't like it. You

want to finish it and go away. Because it's very

difficult to teach anybody until you are washed

yourself. You have been assigned a job in Sunday

school and you can blame everybody else. Those

children are not good. Parents are not good.

Sunday school class is not good. I don't have

the amenities I need. I don't have the projector

I need. I don't have those songs that I need.

And that's why I don't do any good. I don't like

the Sunday school. Take the Sunday school from

me. You know, folks, let me tell you, it's not

those things. You come to my country in India

and you see people are so excited teaching Sunday

school without anything. It's because we have.

not being washed. And if you're not being washed,

you don't like the job. You won't like the church.

You don't like the pews. You don't like the songs.

And you don't like the preaching. You don't like

the pulpit. You don't like nothing. It's because

when you are washed, you feel good. Don't you

feel good after you take a shower? And you say,

ah. Wow, I feel so good. And before that, you

were like that. Oh, I don't know. I'm very tired.

And you can still come to church without being

washed and sit in your pew. This is too long

a message. I don't know what he's doing, you

know. I don't like these songs, you know. Why

should I stand a number of times? For 45 minutes,

I've been standing. What is this? You would not

like anything. But folks, let me tell you, allow

God to wash you. Allow God to wash you. And the

moment he starts washing you, you start feeling

so good and so good. And because of the washing.

You feel a part of the church of God. You feel

a part of what Jesus is doing. You feel a part

of heaven. And you feel like in the family of

God. Because you have allowed him to walk. Don't

only allow him to walk one time. And only one

time. Historically. 13th of October. 1955. I

was washed. That was the last time I took the

shower. . You know what happens if you don't

wash yourself on a regular basis. Nobody wants

to come close to you. And you know, you don't

enjoy anything because of washing is very important.

And he's saying to his disciple, if you don't

allow me to wash you, you cannot have all these

things that you're desiring to have in your mind.

Your heart wants to do things. Peter, I know

you want to do things. And I believe that many

of us want to do a lot of things. And God is

intending to make you a partner. And you would

be exactly doing what Jesus did when he was upon

the face. of this earth. And he wants to give

you heaven experience on the face of this earth.

And he wants to do great and mighty things. But

just allow God. Wash me. Wash me. And then will

I teach. Listen to this. Second thing he says.

Then will I teach your precepts. You will not

enjoy teaching anybody or talking to anybody

about Jesus until you're washed. Listen to this

second thing. And sinners will be converted to

you. Ah, don't blame city. Don't blame people.

Nobody in this city wants to come to the Lord.

People are very stubborn in this city. You know,

because of the methods, people spoiled everything.

Because of the idol worshipping, nothing is happening

in this city. Moreover, people here in this city

are too much drawn to money. People in this city,

this big city, nobody wants to come. No! People

are not coming to Jesus Christ. It's because

you are not washed. It's because you are not

washed. God wants preachers to be washed people.

God wants teachers to be washed people. God wants

Christians to be washed people. And God wants

Peters, who are the disciples of Jesus Christ,

to allow Jesus to continuously wash you. If I

don't wash you, if you don't allow me to wash

you, you have no part with me and you have no

partnership with me. God's wanting to make you

a partner, but he wants you to allow him. Lord,

Wash me. And then will they turn. You know. Your

church will be a successful church. Your house

will be a successful. Your testimony will be

a successful testimony. Because you allowed.

You know. It's good to have. Major breakthroughs.

It's good to have great successes. But you know.

If you read the story of Old Testament. After

the great success. In Jericho. After the great

success in Jericho. When they destroyed the whole

Jericho. There was a defeat. After the success

in Jericho. There was a defeat. And that defeat

was not because of the. angst and ammunition

that the people in that small town, the name

of the town was Ai. Ai defeated. First defeat

for God's people. After a great success in Jericho,

there is a great defeat and 36 people have been

killed. You know why? This defeat was not because

the God's people were tired and they couldn't

fight good. The defeat was because they needed

to be cleansed. They needed to be cleansed. And

God said, my people, you cannot win. You cannot

win anywhere because you are dirty. And then

God started cleaning. And then God cleansed his

people. And they further was victorious again.

I want you to read this scripture. This is very

good. And this is, if you read the book of Joshua,

third chapter and fifth verse. Book of Joshua,

third chapter, fifth verse. Book of Joshua, chapter.

3 verse 5. And listen to this. What the man of

God is saying to God's people. Joshua chapter

Joshua 3:5

3 verse 5. 3 verse 5. Then Joshua told the people.

Purify yourselves and tomorrow the Lord will

do great and wonders among you. Why not today?

what are you reading? I want blessing today.

We have the situation. You know, when you postpone

somebody for tomorrow, they're angry. They want

right now. Many people pray, and one guy was

praying, and he's saying, God, I want patience.

I want patience, and give me right now. People

pray and they want right now. And the Bible says,

and Joshua said to half a million people, he

said, you cleanse yourself today and tomorrow

God will do wonders. Today is not the day of

wonders. Today is the day of washing. And washing

is very important. And God's talking to his people.

Today is the day of washing. And tomorrow is

the day of miracles and blessing. And success.

You know, the king of the Old Testament, the

king of Nineveh, he was a very wise man. And

he brought the whole parliament. And he asked

them to sit down on the ashes and wear filthy

rags, you know. And he started praying. He said,

God, cleanse us. But the king of Israel, Saul,

didn't do that. He was stubborn. He didn't do

it. But you know what happened to King of Israel,

Saul? And you know what happened to King of Nineveh?

The King of Nineveh, instead of defeat, instead

of being beaten, instead of losing, they had

a victory. God came. God wants to come in your

situation. He wants to give you a great victory.

You know, if you're feeling down, if you're feeling

defeated, if things are not happening, if your

children are going the wrong way, if you're not

receiving what you want to receive, People don't

want to accept anything from you. And they don't

want you to talk about Jesus Christ. If the problems

one after the other. It's not because God is

mad. But because God is just waiting for you

to allow him to wash you. Washing changes a person.

I want you to listen to this one. You know a

lady was talking to Jesus Christ. I mean somehow

we have experienced ladies more interested about

the things of heaven more than men. Are you happy

about it? I often tell this in India so that

my wife is happy and I get good food. This lady

is very much interested and she's talking to

Jesus Christ. Lady at the well. You know, lady,

Samaritan lady at the well. She's talking to

Jesus Christ. In 4th chapter of John and verse

15. Jesus is talking to her. He said, lady, you

come every day for water? She said, yeah, I don't

like it. I hate it. You know, this is too much

to come. You know, I had to come in the afternoon

because in the morning the well is very much

crowded. And the men folks will not allow me

to take water. And I come in the afternoon. This

is very hectic. I don't want this. And Jesus

Christ said to this lady, had you known who I

am, you would have asked me and I would have

given you water that you will never get thirsty

again and you would never have to come back to

fetch the water. She said, listen to this 15th

verse, what she said. When you hear, Jesus can

heal, Jesus can provide, and Jesus can multiply.

The moment you hear, say, hey, Jesus, give me

two million. Give me firehouses. Give me a Rolls

Royce. Give me a Mercedes. The moment you and

I hear what Jesus can do for us, we start asking.

So the lady said, what did she say? 15th verse.

And the woman said to him, sir, give me this

water. Give me this water. Like us. You know,

even 2 ,000 years ago, people were like us. Give

me that water. There's so many people today saying,

give me the water. I want to have that water

so that I never get thirsty and never have to

come back again. Give me that water. A lot of

people in this world are asking God to give great

things. Give me that water. Listen to this. And

Jesus, what did he do? Jesus said, take the water.

How many bottles? Two, three, five? How many

bottles you want? He didn't say. When she said,

give me the water, Jesus said. And Jesus said

to her, go and call your husband and come here.

Why are you calling my husband? What has it got

to do with my husband? Just give me water and

that's enough. I'm the member of your church.

You just preach your message and give me the

flyer and that's it. Don't ask me where I'm coming

from. A lot of people don't want that. When Jesus

starts doing the washing. When Jesus starts asking

about the things, we don't like it. We only like

heaven to visit us. We want Gabriel and Michael

to be left and right. We want the legions of

angels to be with us. We want all the gold and

silver of heaven to be poured on us so that we

don't have any place to keep the blessing of

heaven. We want all those things. But when God

starts inquiring, when this lady said, give me

the water, and Jesus said, let me wash you. And

when Jesus started washing, Do you like the washing?

You know what happened? I thank God for this

lady. This lady allowed Jesus to wash her. How

do you know that? Is there any verse? Yeah, it's

written there. When Jesus said, you have five

husbands. When Jesus said, you have five husbands

and the one you are living with is not your husband.

When Jesus said this, the lady immediately should

have said, you are a false prophet. She didn't

say. You know what he said? She said, you sound

like a prophet. That means she's saying, you're

right. You're right. Sometimes when a man of

God comes, he knows the situation in your house

and he knows what you're going through. And the

man of God puts his hand on your shoulder and

said, you know, I feel you're going through this

situation. Many times we fight, we argue. We

throw it. And we don't allow Holy Spirit to wash.

How did you say that? Who told you that? No,

that's not true. I'm not like that. Even though

we know that Jesus is correct, we're going through

this. Peter, I know you need to allow me to wash

your feet. And you're fighting. I know what happened

to you. I know you're so much discouraged what

people said to you. I need to wash your feet.

Because I want to become, I want to make you

partner with me. And I want you to have the whole

heaven. The lady accepted and said, Jesus, you're

right. This is my situation. And not only that,

listen to this. No, no, it's easy. One -on -one,

accept. Yes, pastor, you're right. Yeah, I'm

going through. Don't tell anybody. Don't tell

anybody. But the lady, listen to this. Lady,

after she accepts that you are a prophet, whatever

you told, everything is correct. You know, you

wash me. And not only that, but she went into

the city. She went into the city. And in the

city where she has hidden all these things from

the city. And she went to the city. In the Eastern

culture, a woman cannot go in the city by herself.

You know, she went in the city. In the Eastern

culture, a lady cannot shout like this in the

city. But the lady started shouting in the city.

Hey! people. Come and see a man. He told everything

correct about me. That means she's telling the

whole masses that I have been a bad lady like

that. Instead of telling the masses, come and

meet this man. He's blaming me. He's calling

me a dirty lady. Come and stone him. She's not

saying this. Folks, it's easy to refuse, to throw,

to argue. And to not accept it. But by that you

won't be washed. But you allow God to wash you.

Allow God to wash you. The lady allowed God to

wash. And you know what happened? What happened

when you allowed God to wash? When she allowed

God to wash. When she accepted what Jesus was

saying. When she went in the town and told everybody.

And because of what she told everybody. Everybody

was so influenced. The first time somebody was

able to bring the whole city to Jesus. You're

praying for two people and you're not able to

bring them to Jesus Christ, but you want to bring

the whole city? Before this happens, you got

to accept Jesus was right. Before this happens,

you got to say, I am wrong. You got to say, Jesus,

wash me. Wash me more and more. You wash me so

that I am able to become a blessing for my whole

city, for my whole family, for my spouse, for

my children. I want to become blessing. Peter,

if I don't wash you, you will not become partner

with me. God wants to be. Partner of yours. And

he wants to allow you to be his partner. Now,

I have written a few things. I don't know how

much time I'll have. Wash what? Wash what? The

number one is Hebrew 10 -20 second. Hebrew 10

-20 second. Listen to this. Hebrew 10 -20 second.

Wash what? Let us draw near with a true heart

in full assurance of faith. Yes. Having our hearts

sprinkled from the evil. Number one thing that

has to be washed. Is what? Heart. A lot of time.

You can speak good words. And you can wear good

clothes. And you can walk good. Polish way. You

know language is very good. You can say excuse

me please. Thank you very much. You're welcome.

Those words are very good, but the heart could

be very bitter. You know, first of all, God wants

to wash your heart. You remember that guy whose

name was Simeon? He came to Peter and he wanted

Peter to give him blessing so that he lays his

hand on people and they receive the baptism of

the Holy Ghost. And Peter said, your money perished

with you because I see your heart is dirty. And

I see you're in gallop bitterness. And I see

you're bound. He wanted something. He wanted

to become a partner with Peter. And Peter said,

no, your $50 ,000 will not give you partnership

with me. Because to be a partner for God's blessing,

you need to wash your heart. The guy, you know

this guy, he was a sorcerer. And he's telling

everybody, I'm not an ordinary man. I'm a big

man. He was pretending to be something. Pretending.

You know when you pretend. You're so full of

jealous and hatred with everybody else. Why is

he like that? I am bigger than him. Does he think

that he sings better than me? He plays better

than me? He thinks he's more smart? I'm more

smarter than him. You may have 50 ,000 rupees

or 50 ,000 dollars in your bag. And you have

come. People think that you are a great person.

But you need to be washed. I need to be washed.

Until and unless I'm washed. My heart has to

be washed. So it's very important. And Paul said,

my heart does not blame me. My heart says you're

correct and correct. Everyone's heart says you're

all right. It's his fault. You're all right.

But my God knows what's in my heart. It's very

important. Number one, the heart should be washed.

And number two, the hands. If you read Isaiah

115, Isaiah 115 says, you praying and lifting

up your hands, This is amazing. A guy who came

for prayer, stretching forth his hand for prayer,

Isaiah 115, and listen to this, what God says.

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my

eyes from you. Even though you make many prayers,

I will not hear. Why? Your hands are full of

blood. What? You could be stretching forth your

hand in prayer. You don't have to have a knife

or a gun in your hand to have your hands full

of blood. But you could be sitting in the prayer

meeting but still be so full of hate for somebody.

And you wish that man is finished and killed

and destroyed. In order to become the... In order

to pray a prayer. So the heaven is open. God

wants you and I to become that people. So that

we pray and the heavens will be opened. He wants

you to become a partner. But before this happens.

He wants to cleanse our hands. He wants to cleanse

our heart. He wants to cleanse our hands. And

he wants to cleanse Isaiah 6 .5. Isaiah 6, 5.

Listen to this one. Isaiah 6, 5. Another thing

that God wants to cleanse. And that's Isaiah

6 chapter and the fifth verse. And it reads like

this. Isaiah 6, 5. So I said, woe is me for I

am undone because I am a man of unclean lips.

Oh, a prophet. He's been saying by now, by today,

one to you, one to you, one to you, one to you.

You are cursed, you are cursed, you are cursed.

But something happened and the guy realized that

I need my lips, I need my mouth, I need my speech

to be cleansed. He was against everybody. He

was not going to anybody. He was not talking.

But after, the Bible tells us, an angel came

and took a coal and cleansed his lips. You know

what he did after that? After his lips were cleansed,

he never said, one to you, one to you, one to

you. But he said, God send me. I want to go.

Where he did not want to go. He hated those people.

People who took bribe. People who were drinking.

People who were murdering. He was against and

prophesying against. But after his mouth was

cleansed. After God took coal and cleansed his

mouth. He said, God, I want to go. I want to

sit with them. I want to talk with them. I want

to change them. I want to change the situation.

Folks, you and I are going to be partners like

Jesus came from heaven. And he loved the people.

You and I are going to be lovers of people. a

partner because God's going to do this. But unless

I wash your mouth, unless I wash your heart,

unless I wash your hands, you have no partnership

with me. Not only that, but I want to wash another

thing. Hebrew 10, 22. Hebrew 10, 22. Listen to

this one. Let us draw near with a true heart.

Yes. In full assurance of faith. Yes. Having

our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.

Yes. And our bodies washed. Bodies. Pure water.

Washed. Bodies washed. Body. God wants to wash

as a body. As a body he wants to wash. Peter,

I want to wash. I want to wash your brain. I

want to wash your eyes. I want to wash your mouth.

I want to wash your heart. I want to wash your

hands. And I want to wash your body. And the

last thing he said, I want to wash your robe.

But my punchline or icing on the cake. Only in

three minutes I finished the punchline. I've

got four minutes. I finished this punchline.

Every time we wash, we use some detergent. Right?

Detergent. Sometimes we use joy. Sometimes we

use tide. And if there's a stain that is not

coming out, then what do you use? Different things

you use. But God also knows that there are certain

things that will be washed easily. But certain

things will not be washed easily. Then he's got

some detergent. He's got some certain things

that he's going to use. What is he going to use?

Number one thing that he's going to use, Hebrew

10 .22. Hebrew 10 .22. Again, read Hebrew 10

.22. He's going to use this. What? What is he

going to use? 10 .22. Yeah. Let us draw near

with a true heart to the full assurance of faith,

having our hearts sprinkled from evil conscience

and our bodies washed with pure water. Pure water!

Pure water! When this pure water is sprinkled,

it is given to you. Take this pure water and

don't say, what was he preaching? Was he preaching

to me? I went to a convention. A guy came to

me. He said, you were preaching to me. I said,

of course I'm preaching to you. Your pastor called

me to preach to you. I was not preaching to neighbors.

I was not preaching to the Muslim people. I'm

preaching to you. So if anybody says this, Brother

Tony, you're preaching to me. Yeah, I'm preaching

to you. Okay, now what's the second thing? In

Hebrew 9 .14, 9 .14, the next detergent. Number

one is water, the word of God. The next detergent,

Hebrew 9 .14. Listen to this one. How much more

shall the blood of Christ through the eternal

spirit offer him without spot to God, cleansing

from dead works. Cleanse you from dead work.

What? The blood of Christ. The first washing,

not joy, not tide. The first washing is the word

of God. The number two washing is the blood of

God. Blood of Jesus Christ washes you. Number

three washing is a bit difficult. 51 chapter

of Psalm, seventh verse. Psalm 51, seven. Psalm

51, seven. This is icing on the cake. Listen

to this. 51, seven, yeah. Purge me with hyssop.

Purge me with hyssop. Sometimes a stain not coming

out, then you have to use the hyssop. It's a

sponge. You know, it hurts. It hurts when sometimes

God is washing you, not just with the water,

not with the blood, but then, you know, it's

a hard spot. Hyssop. Rubs on you. And the last

one is Proverbs 20, 30. Proverbs 20, 30, this

is very bad. And a lot of people leave the church

when you preach to this. To them this thing.

That you come to this church and you will be

washed with the water of the word of God. They're

happy. And you will be washed with the blood.

They say, okay, thank you very much, Jesus. Thank

you for your blood, which is free for me. Thank

you very much. You'll wash. And then he said,

oh, hyssop. Okay, one or two times you can use

a hyssop. But this one is dangerous. Don't use

this one. This detergent we don't want. Listen

to this one. Blows that hurt cleanse away evil.

What? Say it again. Blows that hurt. Other translation?

Somebody has got another translation? Purifies?

Yeah. Physical punishment. Punishment. What else?

Some other translation? Stripes. Other translation?

Stripes. Scores. Slap. Are you going to do this

in your church? Of course. I'm not going to do

it. Holy Spirit is going to do it. Because Holy

Spirit wants to make you partner. If you want

to become partner, it will wash you with the

word. It will wash you with the blood. It will

wash you with hyssop. But if there is a need,

if there is a need, boom, boom, boom, boom. And

you know, that's not to destroy you. That's not

to kill you. That's to educate you. And that's

to make you a... partner in the kingdom of God.

So when God starts scorching you, when God starts

rubbing on you, when things get hard and you

don't like it, you say, God, I know you want

to make me partner anyway. Do it, Lord. You wash

me, Lord, and I'm willing and ready. Folks, I

believe that there are many sitting here. God

wants to do something great in your life. Say,

wash me. Make me clean. He will do it. We thank

you. Thank you, God's people. Thank you very

much. Just ask God to wash you. He wants to make

you partner. He wants to give you things that

you've never dreamt of. Things that you've never

thought of. He's going to make you partner. God

bless you. Hallelujah. Just allow that word to

sink in a little bit. We can bow our head and

close our eyes just a moment. Lord, you are the

only one that can make us clean. Not only from

the moment of salvation, but Lord, all the way

through. this thing called sanctification. You're

the one that removes the errors. You're the one

that removes the stains. You're the one that

removes the hardness of heart. Brings us your

ways, your will. Lord, today we ask now, Holy

Spirit, as we As we've listened to your word

and as we've been in your presence, like David

prayed, create in us a clean heart. Renew a right

spirit. Remove any stain, remove any mindset

that be contrary. Lord, that we would allow your

word to have All of your word. Not just the parts

that we gravitate to, but Lord, allowing your

government, allowing your authority, allowing

your eyes to see. Lord, that we would step behind

and out of the shadows into the light and say,

Lord, here am I. Cleanse me. To feet. To heart.

To mind. To our garments. Being washed. Let the

pure word of your spirit come. The pure word

that is Jesus. Removing every offense. Removing

every spot or wrinkle. Lord, even in the difficult

things, let it come. In Jesus' name. In Jesus'

name. Amen. Well, praise the Lord. Thank you

so much for being here this weekend. Thank you

so much for just being attentive. And would you

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