Sunday Message - Dr. Yan Venter (January 26, 2014) | Life Bible Church

Would you do a big favor for me? Would you give

a Life Bible welcome to our friend, Dr. Jan Venters?

He comes and shares the Word of the Lord. Thank

you, Pastor. Love you, man. Thank you. Thank

you. Thank you. You may be seated. I appreciate

that so much. If you will stop there at the table

and buy us out so we don't have to carry that

back. You know, on the airplane, I would appreciate

it. There's not too many left over there. And

if you want to, let me sign your book. It becomes

more valuable. Glory to God. I always enjoy the

second service a little better because, you know,

you're not so rushed for time. But I'm not going

to keep you longer than what it takes. And so...

I shared over this weekend with people that,

and if you were here, I basically talked on Wednesday

night and connecting it again on last night about

seasons. God, and it just so happened when they

asked me to talk about that, I'm busy writing

a book on seasons. God has you guys at the moment.

The pastor has been teaching. You know about

seasons. Obviously it's not as good as mine.

But. I'm kidding. The. No I'm not. Seasons is

something you have to understand. Because that's

the way God works. God doesn't work with time.

Now he can. any time he wants to and create a

kairos moment. That means a created moment and

work with us at that time. But basically God

works with us on seasons. And so one of the problems

with people is, you know, when the season becomes,

when you come in season, it's creating what we

call a window of opportunity. And oftentimes

many churches miss revival because they miss

that window of opportunity. And so they have

to go through the whole cycle again. And so many

people are continuously just on the same old

cycle over and over because they don't position

themselves for revival. And so I was telling

the people, you know, over the weekend that your

time for a new dimension has arrived. you are

at the verge of going to another dimension. You

know, I look, when I close my eyes, I actually

see a very large congregation of people who are

living out destiny and touching the world and

the nation. There's no reason. You know, why

this cannot be so. In fact, it is going to be

so. Many prophecies have been spoken to you and

given to you over time. And on last night's service,

Pastor Brad gave a prophecy here which I thought

was just profound. You know, when it's a prophecy,

that's God speaking to the people. When it's

tongues, it's us speaking to God. And so that

was God speaking to... the congregation and it

was just phenomenal now you heard uh you know

the two men that spoke here before the service

brother charlie and anthony and they they were

not in the service this morning so once again

it underscores what i feel that god is saying

and wanting to say here this weekend and you

must not miss it During the intercessors' prayer

meeting, without them knowing what I was going

to talk about, a variety of them got up and shared

the word that they had gotten said that God is

going to use this weekend and these services

to bring us into a new place. This, in fact,

was referred to as going to become a pivotal

moment. It's got nothing to do with me or, you

know, how good I am, as good as I am. You know,

people sometimes don't understand my humor, but

that's just me. It has nothing to do with me.

It has to do with, you know, I'm just like them,

a mouthpiece in the hand of God to just deliver

a message. And so when Pastor asked me to bring...

To tell him, I think this is the fifth or the

sixth year that I'm here, and he's never, as

far as I can remember, asked me what the theme

was going to be. And it just so happened that

that morning when the request came through to

let me know, let him know what the theme was

going to be, I was busy dealing at that moment

with what I'm sharing with you here this weekend.

And that morning... I was at the seventh mile

with the men on the way to Emmaus. And so I told

him, I said, well, you know, I believe it's going

to have something to do with the seventh mile.

And I'll make that plain here shortly, hopefully.

Now, having said that, you must understand that

when we minister as people, we minister, you

come and... preach a sermon, preach and evangelism

comes from the same word. It means when you preach,

you deliver the gospel. And when you deliver

the gospel, the gospel is believed. You share

the gospel and people are drawn towards the kingdom.

And repentance takes place in all those things.

Now, when you teach, teach is the same word as

doctrine. When you share teaching, teaching is

designed by God to form a basis, to develop you,

to establish you, to bring you to a place where

a connection can take place regarding your future.

And I told the people also in the first service

that, you know, when you talk and teach about

Christ, Christ is, there's something that happens

in the Bible. Let me see my water there. Thank

you very much. Oh, thank you. I didn't want the

one that he drank on. There's a concept in the

Bible, it's called like as. You will be like

as a tree. You're not a tree, but it's likened

unto a tree. His messengers are like stars. We

call it metaphors. The metaphors in the Bible

plays a very important role when you want to

understand destiny. And so he connects us to

these metaphors. Whenever you speak about Christ,

Christ is like a rock. When you speak of Christ,

he is the rock. Of our salvation. Upon Christ

the solid rock I stand. And so it's very important

that you understand that when you teach Christ.

You teach foundational principles. When you teach

the Holy Spirit. He is like as water. That's

why Charlie's word of encouragement and prophecy

here this morning was so profound. Because he

was talking about the river flowing, water. You

understand? And so that I know you are established

on Christ. But what God is trying to get you

to connect to will be the flowing of the water.

Now, having said that, the problem with many

churches nationwide is, where really nothing

is happening, is they have dammed up the water.

Try and just make it as comfortable as they can,

putting picnic tables out there and, you know,

people can just come and just have fun. But that's

not the way God works. When God works... I'm

telling you, it happens sometimes so fast you

have to struggle to keep your balance. You know,

he takes you into the rapids. It's a river that

flows and it takes things in their way, you know,

things in its way. It takes it out of the way.

And so God is wanting to take this church to

another level. But last night I shared with the

church that I believe that you are not seeing.

Where God has you at the moment. You're not,

you're totally disconnected or in that sense

disconnected from really what God is wanting

you to start seeing. You've got to think big.

You have to think big because God has got a big

plan for this little town. And so what I share

with you this morning and this weekend, I feel

myself sharing with you as a father, as a spiritual

father. And to bring you, that doesn't mean that,

you know, there's something wrong with you. Yeah,

it really means that too. But, you know, when

we're not connecting with God's plan, then, you

know, he'll send people, you know, your way.

Prophets, teachers, evangelists. come and just

shake you a little bit. Especially when he brings

somebody in that's got a Texas accent, and so

you listen a little better, you know, because

his accent is a little different. Now, you know,

I'm trying to just quickly, I don't want to waste

your time and use your time, but it's important,

you know, when you preach over a weekend and

you have three different congregations to preach

to, it's hard to... make sure that they don't

miss out what you said because the first message

really connects with the next one. And so what

I'm sharing with you here today is if we don't

let go of our own pain, that's what we talked

about last night, we don't disconnect with your

own pain or your own discouragement or whatever,

you will not recognize what God is trying to

do. Amen? So, here's the thing. Take your Bibles

and go to John 1 before we go to Luke 24. John

John 1 · chapter mention

chapter 1. Go there quickly. You know, before

we read, just look at me and let me just make

this statement. Very important to display excitement.

This world is filled with so much disappointment

and troubles, heartache, problems. Turn the news

on and all you hear is... Obama's health plan.

I'm so sick of that thing. And bad news. And

so on. When we come to church. We have to display.

Everybody say display. Display his glory. Look

what happened this morning. When the Holy Spirit.

Was let loose on that. Guitar player. I mean

a man. Don't know how to play guitar. But man

when the Holy Spirit took over. You know. When

the Holy Spirit takes over. It goes to another

level. Say another level. Because when. What

you have. You connected with God. It becomes

incredible. And phenomenal. And so. What. The

church have done is they have lost, and I want

to teach you just on this principle quickly,

the church and you have to be careful that we

don't forget the value of stirring up our most

holy emotions. That's scriptural. So we have

to stir up our most holy emotions. To do that,

It comes from, you remember we're talking about

water. It comes from inside and it flows out.

Say, go like this. Say, it goes from inside and

it flows out. See, it comes from our mouth. Psalms

118 says, the goodness of the Lord must be spoken.

He says, let the house of Aaron say. The Lord

is good and his mercy endureth forever. Say,

it's got to come out. This morning when I spoke

about that, another lady took another translation

and she says, it must be repeated. That's another

translation. Repeat. And so when a word comes

out, don't nod your head. There, you see, it

flows out. And when it flows out into the atmosphere,

it builds excitement. The angels are saying one

to another, holy, holy, holy. And what happens

is it fills the atmosphere with the repetition

of the truth. And so when something is said here

and you like it, you know, amen it. And somebody

dares to clap hands, join them. I mean, fill

the air with excitement. By the way, give the

Lord a good hand clap of praise. Isn't that wonderful?

Do it again. I forgot to join you. Glory to God.

Now shout also. Glory to God. Glory to God. Glory

to God. Oh, wow. See, we're not going to damn

up this thing. We're going to ask God, Lord,

break this damn problem. You know, the problem

with the dam, just break it, you know. And so,

let the river flow. Say, let the river flow.

Say it again, let the river flow. Now, in John

John 1 · chapter mention

chapter 1, I'm not going to preach this, but

I want to connect it. And so, they're bringing

to Jesus different men that's going to join in

the ministry. And so one of the men that they're

bringing is Nathaniel. Okay, and so we start

reading there, verse 47. Are you there? Say aye.

So Jesus saw Nathaniel coming towards him and

said concerning him, See, here's an Israelite

indeed, in whom there's no guile. That means...

nor deceit, nor falsehood, nor duplicity. I'm

reading the Amplified, so if it sounds a little

loud, it's the Amplified. And so, Nathaniel said

to Jesus, how do you know me? Jesus said to him,

before Philip called you, when you were still

under the fig tree, I saw you. And Nathanael

answered, teacher, you are the son of God. You

are the king of Israel. See, he formed a doctrinal

opinion. And I'll show you that this morning.

But Jesus replied, because I said to you, I saw

you beneath a fig tree, is that why you believe

in me? He says, from here on, and this is my

prophetic encouragement for you, from here on.

Everybody say, from here on. You are going to

see greater things. Then in verse 51. He said

to him. I assure you. Most solemnly. I tell you

all. You will now see heaven opened. And the

angels of God ascending and descending. Upon

the Son of Man, but I want to read it like this.

And I say unto you, saith the Lord, that most

solemnly I confirm you will see heaven opened

and the angels of God ascending and descending

upon life Bible church. Oh, come on, just give

him a great praise offering, will you? Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Come on, hallelujah.

Come on, praise him. Glory to God. Hallelujah.

Now turn in your Bibles, please, to Luke chapter

Luke 24 · chapter mention

24. Luke 24. Put your hand on your heart and

ask God to speak to you through revelation. Heavenly

Father, I come to you as your child, your servant.

Lord, it's such a wonderful privilege to be able

to minister on your behalf to your people. And

I realize that our words can make or break. And

I ask, O Lord, that you would grant that something

phenomenal. Will happen not only here in the

service. But from this day on. To change what

lies ahead. For us to connect to. Help me not

to speak no more or no less. Than what you want

me to in Jesus name. We thank you Father. Amen.

What a great feeling to feel heaven opened. Come

on you've been there. You know what I'm talking

about. Help me fill the atmosphere with amens.

Yes. You know it's a great feeling to just. And

all of a sudden, whoa, God starts moving up and

down. Angels start ministering and so on. And

for you to fulfill what God wants for you, it's

going to take a jump. It needs a leap forward

to another place. I've been now with you long

enough to where I know that, you know, some of

you are goods and you're bads and the ugly. Amen.

You know, believe me, you're not as bad as what

pastor says you are. Now, honestly, that's a

joke. But we do have, I looked at you and you've

been just a typical congregation, you know, where

they complain about things and, you know, murmur.

And, you know, that's just pretty normal. If

you want to go where God wants to connect you,

you have to now learn to just follow where he

leads you. Stop complaining. Stop murmuring.

Look at somebody next to you. Help me preach

and say this to them. Go ahead. Look at somebody.

Make eye contact. Say, you've got to stop being

so pitiful. Amen. So, because if the prophetic

utterances that have come to you through the

years, and this weekend is true, and they are.

Everybody say they are. You have to embrace His

plan. Say, God, open up the heavens. Because

we don't want to, I don't know about you, but

I'm not satisfied with just having church. Anybody

can just have church. And you know, anybody can

have good musicians and entertain us. We don't

need entertainment. We need to reach Oregon.

And if you want to reach Oregon, we want to reach

Eugene. We want to reach the areas around us.

It is not by coincidence that God had brought

this church here and now expanding it. You know.

It's really, I mean, it's just a marvel that

God brought in among you, your ministry team.

And I know you're going to have to just absolutely

tolerate Ron. Glory to God. So here this morning

in Luke chapter 24, we pick it up in verse 13.

Luke 24 · chapter mention

This is after the crucifixion. If you missed

last night, please get the tape. I'm not going

to have time to go there. After the crucifixion,

two of them were going away from their destiny.

They were walking and moving away from Jerusalem.

Going back to Emmaus. That's happening to us

all the time where we just miss God. And so in

verse 13, two of them went that same day to a

village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem

about three score furlongs. That means seven

miles. And so when they are now on their journey,

Jesus joined with them. And as they, in verse

15, communed together and reasoned. Well, church

people are known to do that. And they reasoned,

Jesus himself drew near and went with them, but

their eyes were holding that they could not recognize

him. And so when Jesus asked them, you know the

story when Jesus asked them, you know, why is

your countenance so sad? You know, what is this

talk that you're talking? And so they started

telling him and they were quite amazed. Anyone

here in this area that doesn't know what had

just happened here most recently about the man

that is called Jesus. And I'm paraphrasing now.

I just want to put it within the words of my

context where they're saying, we really expected

him to be the one that would overthrow the rule

of Rome. Doesn't say that on those pages, but

you have to read between and then have to go

look at some of their questions before. Everyone

really was hoping to get someone to give them

some relief from Obama. Or Bush. And boy, how

wrong they had it. Yes? You know, I'm so amazed

at how through the times of man, man have missed

God. Boy, we've missed God several times. You

only have to go back to the times, the life and

times of Israel to see how many times they've

missed God. I mean, there were times when they

even formed and created for themselves a golden

calf. And then they thought it was right. Atmosphere?

Yes? They thought it was right. That's one of

the problems is when you're so blind and you

don't know you're blind. You are wrong and you

don't know you're wrong. You connect with something

that is a mile, 10 miles, 100 miles away from

God, but you don't know it. If you know that

you're doing, you're on the wrong path, it's

different. You can change and make alteration

and then connect. But you understand, with God,

God has to literally come and show you you're

wrong. They've missed it in the past. I'm so

concerned that the church is missing God right

now where we are. I'm talking about the overall

church. They're totally missing God. They've

missed God before. So here at this critical junction

in the life and times of the United States, I'm

so afraid to say that the church is absolutely

missing God. They have created for themselves

an environment of comfort, and they think God

is right there. But God is water that flows,

becomes a river, and we just need to get in the

river. Yes? And so what is going on is we're

talking about missing God. You know, they missed

God when Jesus came in the first place. They

crucified him. And here we are, you know, I love

talking and debating with your pastor. He's a

debater. And just now and again, don't tell him

I said this, but now and again, I just let him

win. Just so that our relationship stays good

and my offering is fair. But you look at what

goes on in the church. It is clear man is missing

God so far. The church is not what they're supposed

to be. The world don't trust us. Our young people

are running away from God. They don't want what

is being offered because it's filled with so

much hypocrisy. They come to church to find God

and they find everything but God. They find programs.

They find people's ideas and doctrines and so

on. But the living Christ is not being found.

And so what is happening here is God is calling

out. Every now and again God calls out a people.

And he offers them the key. If you'll take this

key. I'll give you the keys to the kingdom. And

so what God is doing, I'm convinced what God

is doing here in Harrisburg, in this area, is

God is offering you something exceptional. But

you have to embrace it. And you have to ask God,

please, show us where we are blind. And reveal

it to us. And so here they are, you know, they're

walking. And Jesus himself joins him with them

and their eyes are holding. They cannot see him.

And they don't know that here is the one. But

they don't see it because, number one, they looked

at the one at their situation through eyes of

pain. They looked at, oh man, the events that

took place a few days before was more than horrible.

I don't think we could even begin to comprehend

what went on through their minds when they saw

him hanging on that cross. And literally his

bones disconnecting. Going out of joint. His

muscles tearing and causing pain. And blood to

form pockets underneath his arms. And him crying

out. My God why has thou forsaken me? And they're

there. They have put their hope on him. That

he would deliver Israel. And then. The horror

of stepping down and taking Christ down and holding

him in their arms. Lifeless. And it's all over.

It was all one big lie. We don't know. I mean,

we've heard this preached through the years about

this and that. And now we're wrong. It's like

the rapture. Somebody go. I mean, they edged

it, edged it, edged it right to, right to. And

I don't want to mess with your theology, but

they edged it right here to the beginning of

the millennium. Millennium was, ooh, Lord, it's

going to happen any moment now. I mean, it's

just incredible. And then they stretched it a

little bit further. You know, just a little bit

further. And now we are here on the seventh mile.

Fourteen years into the seventh mile. wonder,

my God, can you help us through this dilemma?

And so, that's for another time. So Jesus was

listening to them, all this. And then in verse

27, are you there still? Beginning at Moses.

But actually, let's back up to verse 35. Then

beginning at Moses, it's 1245 now, Pastor. More

or less, what time are you normally? How little?

Okay, I'm going to just take you as close as

I can to two. And verse 25, he said to them,

O fools and slow of heart, slow of heart. Everybody

say slow of heart. To believe all that the prophets

have spoken. Then he goes on, ought not Christ

to have suffered these things and to enter into

his glory. And then beginning at Moses and all

the prophets. He expounded unto them in all the

scriptures the things concerning himself. And

then when they drew nigh unto the village, he

pretended like he was going to go on. They said,

please stay with us. And then in verse 30, it

came to pass as he sat at meat with them, he

took bread and blessed it and break it and gave

it to them. And then their eyes were opened.

Why don't you just say this this morning? Say,

God, please open my eyes. Do it again. Say, Lord,

please just open my eyes. Wow. Let me just get

there quickly. See, here's the thing. When we

look at these men on the way to Emmaus, you must

understand, we're talking about missing God.

People have ever missed God would be then because,

I mean, they knew him. Yes? It's like you. You

know him. And yet we can miss him. And you look

at them, you know, they knew him in his authority.

They knew him with his voice. They knew him with

his message. And here, they're walking, and even

though he's taking them back, they still don't

get it. He's trying to tell them, but they don't

get it. Here's the problem. You preach to people

all the time. You preach something here on Sunday

and on Monday. And during the week, you have

to counsel people on the very thing you preached

on Sunday. Because it just seems like they just

don't get it. And you've got to ask God, please

Lord, let me get it. So what was happening is

they didn't understand him. They didn't recognize

him. Because number one, as I said, they were

looking at the situation through their own pain

and their own misery. And then number two, the

reason they missed him is because they looked

at him through their own doctrinal persuasions.

I mean, if you want to walk with God, you have

to ask God, Lord, please enlarge my tent. Enlarge

the border of my habitation. Lord, let me not

be locked into this small environment of what

we believe in an open Bible church. A life Bible.

Life Bible church. Because If I'm right, and

I normally am, I believe God is going to take

you to a place where the heavens are going to

open. Come on, feel the atmosphere. Oh, come

on, clap hands for Jesus. And so, You know, if

these things have a connection with us, surely

you should ask God. Because what is happening,

what is lying ahead for you guys here right now,

is not just moving into a very nice facility,

as nice as it is. God has a plan. And all you

have to do is you have to ask God, please help

us to connect with the plan. And it's going to

be a phenomenal thing. You know, I don't think

it's by coincidence that God has given you that

school. I mean, that hotel. Because I need a

place to stay from now on. God has a great plan.

But as they walked, I mean, here's Jesus sharing

with them. He's taking them back to the time

of Moses and the prophets. And he says, what

happened with Moses really was everything to

do with me. So before you can go on, you have

to go back. You have to understand that what

happened in the past has bearing on the future.

And so he took him back to Moses. Now, you know,

if I was going to talk to you about Moses, you

know, Moses, then, you know, possibly it would

be nice to just say, I'm going to tell you a

story. About baby Moses. In a little basket.

I saw a picture of it in a book one time. I think

that's what Jesus said. No. He took them back.

Because here they are. They're missing God because

of their pain. Their misery. They thought that.

Their plan died at Calvary. So now he says, I

want to take you back to Moses. And I want to

show you Moses, really, his dealings was really

with me. And so here's what he says about Moses.

Moses being out of his wits with a people that

are so stiff -necked and hard -hearted. And they

keep on complaining and murmuring. Oh, the music

is too long and it's too short. And it's too

loud and it's too soft. And the people that plays

on the piano is just, you know, this way and

that way. And too much makeup and too little

makeup. And, you know, shoes too high and shoes

too low. And, you know. And it's like the Holy

Spirit wants to say, how dumb can you be and

then still breathe? We're so opinionated. And

he says, hey, listen, guys, you think this was

bad. You just don't understand the Christ. You

don't understand who he is. If you could just

understand. Tell us who he is. It's going to

change your entire perspective. Because Moses,

when he was so frustrated, he said, God, will

you please show me your ways? That's the answer.

Find out what is God's ways. Kenny. Because,

you know, God brings people in like this and

he has a reason for doing all of this. And what

is happening in your life, it's not Satan that's

in charge. You are the workmanship of Christ.

And he wants to bring you to a place where you

can finally embrace the open heavens and see

the activity of God in the heavenlies for this

church. Come on, give him a praise offering.

And how God took Moses and brought him and said

to him, come up to the mountain early in the

morning. There I will speak to you and show you

my glory. And so he said, when you come up, make

sure it's just you. See, when you want to hear

what God has to say. Jenny, that's why your quiet

time in the morning is so important. She's up

early in the morning. He sleeps until 10 o 'clock

in the morning, but she's up early in the morning.

And so that's where God speaks to you. It's early

in the morning. And that's where he helps you

to disconnect with pain. Pain will always be

there. Suffering is your choice. And so he goes

up and he says as he climbs up, God placed him

on a rock. Because when you want to get a revelation

about the dealings with God, you cannot be unstable.

You cannot stand on slippery places. You've got

to get to a place where it's solid. You have

solid ground because God now wants to show you

great and marvelous things. Because we are known

as a church, you know, that we are limited. We

find ourselves limited because of our own environment

concerning the things of God. But he wants to

show you things that eye has not seen, ear has

not heard, neither has it entered in the mind

of man. Come on, give him a praise offering.

And so there, he puts Moses in a rock, in a cleft

of a rock, and puts his hand in front of him.

Because he said, Moses, you cannot see my face,

but I want you to know my ways. You cannot see

my face because you'll die. And then God said,

I'm keeping you covered while I pass by you with

all my goodness. The Lord is good. Say, the Lord

is good. Come on, don't forget that. Say the

Lord is good. Let the house of Israel say the

Lord is good. Let the house of Aaron say. Let

the house of Brad say. You understand, don't

forget that. Don't focus on your pain. Don't

focus on your doctrine. Not when you want revelation.

And so he passed by with all his goodness. And

then. When his goodness was all past, he opened

up his eyes so that he could see the hinder part

of God. The hinder part. It wasn't just like,

you know, I heard a preacher once preach and

said, well, you know, just, it was like a comet

that passed by and all this big glory. And then

at the end, just the very tail end, God showed

him that, no, no, no, no, that's not what it

was. God let him see the hind apart with other

words. What is behind everything that God is

doing today? You've got to go back in order to

go forward. He's showing him his hind apart.

That which is behind it all. God took him back.

I want to submit to you that God took Moses back,

back. Everybody say back, back. You know, go

back, back, back. Just so that you can understand.

Moses, you're complaining about a few complainers.

But I want to take you back. Show you my hind

part, back. Everybody say back. Back to the very

first man. Adam. And then back behind that. To

where Lucifer and all his cohorts were slain.

I mean fallen down. And then back to the pre

-Adamite world. And then back. Back to where

nothing was. Just. Can you see Moses standing

there in pitch darkness? I see nothing. Because

all there was when there was nothing was God.

See, God was before all things. And all you could

hear is just His breathing. The breath of God.

And Moses standing there just enveloped in all

this revelation of who it is that I'm dealing

with. And then God's voice taking him from the

very hinder part. Now moving him back to where

his destiny will be unfolded. And here he can

see the creation of all things. And he starts

to hear angels singing. And angels declaring

the holiness of God. And then being brought forward.

And there amongst all things. To hear the voice

of God suddenly. When there's nothing else. And

silent a hush had fallen over the angelic group.

All of a sudden the voice of the creator. That

speaks and says. Let there be light. He's saying

to Moses, that was me. He's saying to the man

on the way to Emmaus, that was me. You're concerned

about what happened here the last three days.

You think that puny death will stop me. You have

no idea who you're dealing with. You have absolutely

no idea what is going to happen. Come on, just

praise him. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Wow. And

so because we're out of time, I'm going to have

to skip here again. But, you know, he's taking

him step by step through creation and then possibly

into the heavens. So that he could see the tabernacles

of God in heaven. And God says to him. Go down.

And go and put up a tabernacle like mine. But

in a small form. So that it could be said the

tabernacle of God is now with men. And put it

up, Moses, in three dimensions. And that tabernacle,

if I had some time here today, I'd go into the

tabernacle with you and show you really the entire

tabernacle was Calvary. Taking him step by step

through the tabernacle, three dimensions, out

of court, holy place, holy of holiness. That's

where you have to understand I want you to be.

I want you to be in a place. I want you to come

to a place, Nathaniel, where the heavens are

opened. You're dwelling in the first dimension

where the blood and guts were spilled. And I

go to churches and all I see is blood and guts.

All they want to have you preach is repentance

over and over. You know, I always use the first

dimension of the tabernacle as a... I use the

analogy, excuse me, I hope you're not offended

by this. If you are, just build a bridge and

get over it. It's the toilet area. That's where

we get rid of stuff. Before we move in. You've

got to get rid of stuff. A lot of people want

to just live in the toilet area. My son, my youngest

son, when he was little, man, he had a strange

attraction to toilets. We're going to the nicest

restaurant, Jenny. And first thing he wants to

do is go and visit the toilet. I mean, I'd say,

Eugene, look at the menu. His healing came when

we were in an airplane one time flying to Germany.

And the first thing he wanted to do is, is there

a toilet here, Dad? And I said, yeah. But this

is an old airplane. The toilets are outside.

He said, I'm not going to go there. Look at the

person next to you and say, it's time to go to

the next level. Okay, let me close by saying

this. Are you getting it so far? Are you with

me? Just to understand God is a phenomenal privilege

that he gives us. But he is saying to you and

I clearly, stop getting hung up on issues. Look

at the Messiah. Move with God through revelation.

He wants to take you far. Yes? So he says to

the men on the way to Emmaus, when they get to

the end of the seventh mile, say, the end of

the seventh mile. They still don't get it. When

he tells them these things that I had just related

to you and much more, they still didn't get it.

And he says, The Bible says that he pretended

like he was going to go on. And he goes like

this. You know, I am sure he goes like, you know.

Okay, guys, I'm going to see you. You know, maybe

they'll see the hole in his hand. I'm going.

I'm going to go on. And they still don't see

it. Can you imagine how blind we can be? And

they said, oh, no, please, come in with us here.

So they go in. And they go. And I told the people

in the first service, you know, sometimes you

just have to invite a stranger in. Maybe I preach

stuff that you don't know. There's churches I

go to, and they're so ignorant concerning the

things of God. I had a man one time, a preacher,

ask me, should we fall when you pray for us?

You know, they ask me sometimes, you know, are

you pushing them over? See, it's the ways of

God. Pastor Brad, I went to a church one time,

my first service, first time I'm ever there,

and I arrived late. Something happened with the

traffic and I arrived late, Kenny. Now, you're

a prophet, you know what I'm talking about. And

so when I... When I. Are you a prophet? Say it.

Yeah. So when I get there. God gives me 17 names.

To call out. I call out 17 names. And. Tell them

what is wrong with them. 17 different people.

It just so happened. That the pastor had. On

his. Laptop. Those 17 names. People that have

called in for help. And he put it on a prayer

list. To, you know, just pray for the people.

And so I call out those 17 people. And the pastor

up until today believes that somehow or another

my team hacked into his computer. Never had me

back there. I don't even know how to hack. I

don't know what hack means. I don't know where

hack happens. But you see, these things happen

when people don't understand God. And so Jesus,

because you understand, we know God because we

heard of him in the Bible school. Or in the Sunday

school. Or you've read it in the Bible. But listen,

you still don't know him. You've got to know

his ways. Come on, give God a praise offering.

And I end with this, and I say this. You know,

when they sat down, Jesus, the Bible says. Took

the bread. Say he took the bread. And then he

blessed it. Say it. And then he broke it. And

then he gave it. Say it with me again. He took

it. And their eyes were opened. Say it again.

He took it. Blessed it. Broke it. Gave it. And

their eyes were opened. Once you become acquainted

to the ways of God, he always works the same

way. That's the way he worked with Moses. He

took Moses. I've got to hurry. He took Moses.

Remember, he talked to them about Moses. So he

took Moses from his mother, and then he blessed

him, took him to Pharaoh's house. He became second

in charge, rode on the chariots with Pharaoh.

And then God broke him. God absolutely depleted

him of him. And then he gave him to Israel. See,

it's the ways of God. Isn't that what he did

with Joseph? He took Joseph from among his 12,

11 other brothers. And then he blessed him. Man,

he became the favorite of his father. Then God

broke him. Into the pit. Then into prison. Broke

him until he was just no more of himself. And

then God gave him to Israel as the deliverer

of Israel. Isn't that what he did with David?

He took David from following the sheep. And tending

the sheep. And then he blessed him. I mean he

killed the bear. Killed the lion. Killed the

giant. And then went into the king's palace.

Was even given the king's daughter. And then

God. Say it louder. He broke him. I mean when

God broke him. It's almost too hard to read.

When you follow the life of David. And when he

was done. In Ziklag. The Bible says he cried.

Until he had no more tears left to cry. And then

God gave him. And God has taken this little church,

taken you from different places. I mean, you

know, it's just amazing how you all came together.

And then God really blessed you. Broke you when

he gave you this pastor, but blessed you. Honestly,

God blessed you. And then God took you through

a season. This last couple of, you should have

been, you know, on all practical purposes, you

should have already been in your fourth service,

you know, I mean, jam -packed full, stuff like

that. But instead, you lost people. People started

leaving. They don't understand the plan of God.

And here we are. Play for me, please. Here we

are. God is about to give you. Look past the

building. The building is just a tool. Come on,

fill the atmosphere with some amens. The buildings,

yeah. You know, when I joke about the things

about your pastor, they really are just jokes.

God has given you a wonderful team here. Come

on. The only good thing that can happen over

and above that is if I can join the team too.

I'm kidding. How many of you would like to see

me join the team here? How many of you will be

okay with it if they offer me a salary of 10

,000 a month? He will lose much more hair. What

am I saying? You are here. It's time. Everybody

say it's time. Look past yourself. Look past

your problems. Look past the things that are

going on and have been going on. Lock in with

God. He's got a time and a future for you and

a purpose. This next few months, in fact, the

next two years, it's going to be phenomenal.

But you're not through the breaking experience

yet. And when you get to the place where God

can finally use you, you will finally get to

a place where you realize it's all God. It's

not us. It's all God. Stand on your feet. Raise

your hands towards God. Say, it's all God. You

know, as you stand there this morning, I don't

know how many of you, I feel most of you, can

connect with this message that God has brought

to you this weekend. And what you need to do

is connect at the highest level of relationship.

That means it becomes a blood connection with

this church. God needs this family to be closer

to each other than ever before. Because of what

is going to happen. Come on, can I hear an amen?

Yeah, go ahead. Clap hands. need to do right

now is i'm going to ask you right there where

you stand to disconnect from what you thought

the enemy is doing whether it be pain emotional

pain physical tonight we're going to have a healing

service and god is going to heal many people

but here this morning i want you to disconnect

from disappointments the past Everything that

happened in the past. Disconnect from it. Connect

with him who walks with us. Come on, can I hear

an amen? Because you have to know him in the

power of his resurrection. That's what Paul said,

that I may know him in the power of his resurrection.

So, will you take your two hands like this and

put them on your bosom. Like this. And what I

want you to do is I want you to do this in the

spirit. That means you're going to have to use

your most intense imagination. And grab pain.

Grab disappointment. Because all those things

have happened to you for a reason. Come on, can

I hear an amen? But I want you to disconnect

from it. It's now time for the future. And I

want you to grab it as if you can. Just let your

knuckles become white around it. As I pray. Father,

I ask you to send the Holy Spirit. as our connection

here this morning to everyone. Holy Spirit, I'm

asking you, please, let a miracle happen in the

lives of moms, dads, children. In the name of

Jesus, bring me up a little bit more. Bring me

up. Bring my sound up a little bit more. Now,

Lord, I want to ask you, as we... Disconnect

from the pain in the past. Will you connect us

to the promise of the future? In the name of

Jesus. Now, take that pain and the disappointments,

the heartaches, family problems, and pull it

out of yourself as if you could. Keep your hands

closed, your hands, and lift it up high. Like

this with the hands closed. Lift it up. Say this

with me corporately. Say Holy Spirit. Here it

is. You know my heart. You know my pain. I don't

need to carry it on my shoulders no more. I'm

not going to Remember the pain. Let me see you.

In the name of Jesus. Now with your hands up

there. Open your hands and release it. Go ahead

and praise God as you release it. Go ahead. or

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