Sunday Message - Pastor Tony Augustus (July 15, 2012) | Life Bible Church

Thank you for your warmth, your love, and your

prayers. I appreciate each one of you very much.

I often feel like I'm a missionary sent to India

from this church. And I come back every year

with the report as to what the Lord is doing.

I think I'm on a furlough. I have all good news

for you. I'm not here to tell you what the devil

is doing in India. But I'm here to tell you what

the Lord is doing in India. And let me tell you,

the Lord is doing great things in India. Great

things are happening. Greater than ever before.

I've been a Christian more than 45 years. I accepted

the Lord in the year 1965 -66. Why I'm saying

1965 -66? Because I don't know if it was 65 or

66. Well, you can say, well, it is such an important

date you forgot. No, I haven't forgotten. I didn't

have a watch. Did you understand this? No, maybe

not, because it happened in the night of 31st

December. We were having a watch night service.

If it happened before 12 o 'clock, it was 65.

If it happened after 12 o 'clock, it was 1966.

and because I didn't have a watch so I can't

tell what time it was but we've been praying

for these days for all these years and now these

days have come that God has opened all the doors

in India and people are more hungry today than

ever before and we are enjoying cutting the harvest

exactly like Mark enjoys reaping the harvest

and I enjoy seeing them how happy they are. They

work 16 hours or 18 hours because they are so

happy that they are harvesting and every time

they bring in, they weigh the truck and they

say this time more yields are better and it makes

them very happy. Not them, but me very happy

also. This is what Adam says. Adam said, if we

win, you win. So, we don't pray that much all

through the year as we pray in the harvest time.

your harvest time. And I tell you, it is a real

harvest time in India, a spiritual harvest. And

we are happy to see great things. I wish I can

share all those things that are happening in

India. Amazing things are happening. We saw people

coming to the Lord before, but not like this.

We are baptizing more than a thousand Hindu people

in one year from first of January to 31st December,

only in one baptism tank that is in Lucknow.

And every alternate Sunday is a baptism Sunday

and we have. more than 50 ABC churches in Lucknow

zone, so after the morning service on Sunday,

they all bring their members who want to take

water baptism, and most of them are Hindu and

Muslim people, and we baptize them after the

service, after the service of the main church,

different pastors will go in the baptism time

and they baptize their members, and then they

will come out and the other pastors will go and

sometimes we have this go on for three hours.

I remember one baptism service when we had 138

baptisms and it's amazing to see what the Lord

is doing in India but we need your continuous

prayer for this and we appreciate people from

this church coming to India. to bless us in different

area of our life. We had Pastor Brad and the

team this year who came in the pastor's conference

and we had amazing pastor's conference. And Pastor

Jan Venture also came with them and we enjoyed

a great time. Thank you very much for sending

all of them and don't let these muckers cease

from coming to India. And I think they have been

designed for India. They have been designed for

India. And, you know, Adam was telling me if

he works anywhere, the only condition will be

if he gets to go to India once a year. So, anywhere,

anything he does, I'm praying for this. Mark

said to me yesterday, he said if I don't come

next year, just send you the money. I said, they

will come and beat you here if you don't come.

Already we have seen great things happen in India

by what you guys have imparted in India. Alton

was there with his son to India this year. And

we saw the excitement in young children and excitement

in Sunday school teachers. Great excitement.

And we did Sunday school all these years, but

we never did Sunday school with the puppets.

And so, last to last time when they were there,

they took some puppets and they introduced. Now

we have started buying our own puppets, you know,

or making our own puppets. And everybody all

over India is showing puppets, you know. And

it's amazing to see how you can affect the nation,

you know, impart things. When first time... Mark

came to India in 1993 and they had brought a

team and they were playing instruments, especially

guitar. Young children will watch guitar like

this. I mean, not anybody knew how to play guitar

and they were just glued to their guitars. But

what a great impact. Today, not dozens, But,

thousands of people are playing guitar in India.

At least, I will say, a couple thousand people

are playing guitar all over India. I mean, in

my church, small children, two years, three years,

everyone had bought the guitar. They don't know,

but like a professional guitarist, they go like

this. Everywhere, guitarist. Thank you very much

for doing this. God has joined us together. It's

not only one way traffic, it's both sides. I'm

willing to come here and do anything that can

bless you. Sweep the floor or cook the food.

Yeah, that's what I can do. I feel so connected

with you guys. And I'm not an itinerant preacher

now. I am a part of this family. And you are

part of our family. And our house is your house,

you know. You just get okay from your pastor

and you are there, you know. If you want to come

to India, meet Mark. He's our coordinator, you

know. And we would love to have you. And more

people come to India. more prayers come from

here to India because when you come to India

and see what it is and you know how to pray for

them. And when you pray, you can see their faces

that you are praying. And the pastors and pastor's

wives and leaders and elders and members, worship

leaders, they all love you very much. And when

I leave from there, Different ones come from

different places say give my hello to so -and

-so give my hello to so -and -so So here's all

the hellos for you, you know hundreds of hellos

So I am so excited to see what the Lord is doing

and what what he is going to do in the days to

come Some folks may ask me some folks may say

Who is this Jesus? You talk about every day.

He is my savior. He sets me free. Now listen,

let me tell you what he means to me. He is my

everything. He is my all. He is my everything.

For great and more. He gave himself for me. Made

everything new. He is my everything. Now how

about you? Some folks may ask me. Some folks

may say, who is this Jesus you talk about every

day? He's my savior. He sets me free. Now listen,

I'll tell you what He means to me. He is my everything.

He is my all. He is my everything. For great

is God. He gave Himself for me and everything

new. He is my everything. Now how about you?

He fills my soul with joy. A long life way He

tears me through and through Each night and day

I noise my head with oil My cup of flow Before

I call in prayer My G's he knows He is my everything

He is my all He is my everything Forget his balls

He gave himself for me Made everything new He

is my everything excited you know I'm truly telling

this from the depth of my heart when I came to

the Lord I was very excited very excited I was

only 13 years but I've never had never been had

been excited like this that night that when I

came back to my house from the church to my house

was only half a mile and it was early morning

one o 'clock And we were coming back home, we

had to walk because there's no transportation

at that time. I was not walking on the road,

I was floating in the air. I was so excited,

I was floating in the air. I was very excited.

And I was very poor, so I was working in a house

as a servant, small child, children, you know,

help, babysitting or go to the market and buy

some grocery and all that. That's what I was

doing here and the guy came to me the head of

the house and he said Tony Go and get me a pack

of cigarette and I said, oh, please don't send

me to buy a cigarette No, I don't want that something

on the main road if I'm buying a cigarette people

who think I smoke and I spoil my testimony and

He was a Hindu guy and he didn't say anything

but his wife heard it. She came she jumped in

What are you saying? And this lady was backslidden

Christian. And she had received the Holy Spirit

baptism. Backslidden Christian. And she came

and she said, what are you saying? What are you

saying? You're saying that you're a Christian?

You cannot go to buy a cigarette? She said, you're

very excited. I will ask you after two years.

I will ask you after two years that you are.

You think you are a very big Christian, you are

very excited about Jesus. I will ask you after

two years. Half a dozen times you said two years,

after two years. I'll ask you. So I thought this

excitement is for two years. So I thought this

is the validity of the excitement for two years.

And I went back home and I felt before God and

I started crying. I started crying. I said, God,

you never told me that it's only for two years.

Folks, I'm telling you, I heard a voice from

heaven. And somebody put his hand on me and said,

no, not for two years, forever and ever. This

excitement is forever and ever. 46 years have

passed. I'm still excited saying that. I'm very

excited about God. Folks, nothing else can excite

you more than Jesus Christ. And I feel like jumping

before you because God is doing great things.

God is doing great things here in your house,

in your church, and there in India, in Japan,

every part of the world, the Lord is doing great

things. Just brag about your God. Talk about

your God wherever you are. You are in a train,

you are in a bus. You are buying or selling,

doing anything. Brag about your God. Tell about

your God and let people know about your God.

It's amazing. Oh, I feel so privileged that God

has given me this opportunity to talk to you

about him. And you know, every time you talk

about him, count yourself privileged because

you're ambassador. You're not ambassador from

America, you're not ambassador from India, but

you're ambassador of heaven. ambassador of heaven.

And you are representing heaven wherever you

go. You're representing Jesus and his kingdom,

which is the largest kingdom and biggest kingdom.

Every other kingdom is under that kingdom. Hallelujah.

He's the king of king and the Lord of lords.

Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. I want

you to turn with me in the key scripture that

is Hebrews 11 chapter 27th verse, and this is

going to be my key scripture for this morning's

message. If you remember the key scripture, you

will remember my message all your life. And this

27th verse of Hebrew 11, I've asked Mark to read

my references, reads like this, listen to this.

Is he turned on? Test by faith he forsook Egypt

not fearing the wrath of the king for he endured

seeing him who is invisible. Now this is written

about Moses, and you know the life of Moses,

what he was going through. Now this guy was educated

and raised in a very big palace, you know. He

had all the facilities available, but when he

started serving God, he sort of had to go through

rough times of his life, you know. At times people

used to have the stones in their hand, and they

come to Moses, they said, we'll kill you. you

know, they're talking blah, blah. Even sometimes

his own sister talking against him. His own brother

started talking against him. You know, the Bible

tells us there was something because of which

he was able to endure everything. And he continued

to go with God. He never said, I give up. No,

I'm not going to take these people to Canaan.

I'm not going to be their leader. God, give it

to somebody else. I'm sick and tired of these

people. No. He went strong, and the key, many

times, you and I feel like that, you know, Christian

life, I thought it was going to be a very marvelous

Christian life, but you know, people talk about

me, you know, they ridicule me, and it's very

rough and tough road, and often, we wonder what

we should do to be encouraged, and here, the

key that I'm going to talk to you this morning

is Moses endured. What was the key that he endured?

His endurance, there is a key to his endurance.

Bible tells us he endured or the other word,

he persevered or the other word, he was steadfast.

No discouragement, no drifting and no disheartment.

He was encouraged and he continued to go with

God. Something has happened there. He said he

saw that was not seen. He did not only see. We

only see things that are seen. We've got a car

standing in front of me, so I know about a car,

that's all. And we see our house, that's all.

But many times, God wants us to see the things

that are not seen, unseen things. And you know,

when you go in God, don't only see the things

that people see, but you see the things nobody

sees. Because of faith and because of God, because

you're walking in God, you see the things that

nobody sees. Now this is amazing, Brother Tony,

how would I see things that are not seen? This

is what Jesus said in the New Testament and he

was talking to Pharisees and he said, I have

come so that all those people who have eyes may

become blind. And he said, but all those people

who want to see, Their eyes will be opened, but

he said one thing if you want your eyes to be

open to see the things He said those who are

blind will see So in order to see things that

Jesus wanted to see and those Pharisees they

said what do you mean? Are we blind? Then you

want to give me side is that you are not blind

they said no way he said okay, then you'll stay

blind Because you're not blind and he said you

know what he said he said your sin remains Your

sin remains so that means what he was saying

Listen to what he was he was saying if you want

your eyes to be opened if you want to see the

things of the Lord You have to say God. I'm blind

Have you ever said God I'm blind have you ever

said God I'm undone Have you ever said, God,

I'm a sinner? Have you ever said, God, I've done

things that I should not have done? When you

accept your sins, when you accept that you are

a wrong man, when you accept that you have forsaken

God, then that is the time God opens your eyes.

What eyes? The eyes that will be able to see

things that people will not see. And you will

have this in your life that you will be able

to see things. And your brothers and sisters

and uncles and aunts and people around you who

do not know the Lord, they will say, where is

it? I can't see. I can see, I can see, I can

see. You will say, I cannot see. But you know,

there was a time when I started a church and

I remember a lady came to me, Tony, what are

you trying to do? You're trying to raise a church

in Lucknow? Nothing grows here. Don't waste your

time. Go somewhere else. Nothing will happen

there. I said, no, but there's gonna be a big

church? There's gonna be a big church? 10 years

we worked hard not one person came to the Lord

10 years not one person came to the Lord and

not one church was established and people come

to me they said nothing will grow here I used

to go to Kanpur and these people in Kanpur said

what are you trying you're wasting your time

nothing will happen but you know what happened

I I didn't say that, well, it will happen. I

saw with my eyes, you know, I saw with my eyes

hundreds of churches all over. I saw thousands

and thousands of people coming to the Lord, and

because I saw, we have it there. We have it there.

Every church is, you know, growing. The Kanpur

that we had very hard time, a guy came to me

and he said, 100 people at least I know who came

to Kanpur city and tried to raise the church

and nobody could raise the church. Today we have

a church in Kanpur that we started about 25 years

ago. This year we are celebrating a silver Jubilee

and the church has planted 71 churches. We have

a congregation of more than 6 ,000 people in

Kampur, Hallelujah. And we are believing the

Lord for 500 churches in Kampur. But you know,

you will have those things, and you'll be steadfast,

and you'll not be discouraged, and you'll be

encouraged. When you go to a church, there are

only five people there, and you'll be encouraged.

Why? You don't see five people, you see 500 sitting

there. You can see things nobody else can see,

you know. When nothing is happening, you can

see things happening, because you have prayed

to God, God, I'm a sinner, and God has opened

your eyes, and that's what happened with Moses.

Moses was able to see that was unseen. important

to see the unseen things and you know I will

take you to an example and I will ask you to

read Luke's gospel 23rd chapter 42nd verse Luke's

gospel 23rd chapter 42nd verse listen to this

one and he said to Jesus Lord remember me when

you come into your kingdom everybody's ridiculing

him Everybody's ridiculing him. Everybody's saying,

you blasphemer. You said that you will give me

a new life and you are hanging on the cross and

dying. And everybody was against him. Even the

other thief he was saying, if you are the son

of God, come down from the cross. But this thief

who's been a bad man, he said, hey, you're not

an ordinary man. You're a king. You're a king.

You're a king. Today these people see the thorns

on your head. I can see a crown on your head.

I can see you walking on the gold. I can see

you. Everything is bowing before you. Why was

this thief who spent his... Whole life, in bad

doing, he was able to see Jesus Christ as a king.

He said, you are a king, and I salute you. I

respect you and honor you. Could you please take

me in your kingdom? I want to be in your kingdom.

Instead of ridiculing, this guy was able to see

Jesus as a king. Why were other people not able

to see Jesus as king? Why was he able to see

Jesus as a king? You want to see that? Read verse

41. Verse 41, this is the reason why he was able

to see Jesus Christ as a king. You want to see

him as a king? You don't want to ridicule? You

want to understand every principle of the word

of God and understand the word of God? You need

to do this thing. What did he do? Listen to this.

And we indeed justly, for we receive due reward

for our deeds. This man first time, he said,

whatever is happening to us, it's a just thing.

We have done wrong things. We have looted the

houses. We have killed people. We were undone

people. This is right. This should have happened.

We are sinners. Very few people accept that this

is my fault. And you go to court. Even if you're

caught red handed, still you spend money and

have an attorney and attorney will fight for

you. No sir, he didn't do it. And he spent his

life in saying this, I didn't do it, it's not

my fault, I was not there, maybe somebody else,

but first time he has come to a place and said,

I did it, my fault, my mistake. We should not

have done all those things. We did everything

wrong, we are justly punished. There is a fight

going on between husband and wife, fight is going

on, it's not my mistake. She says, it's not my

mistake. I didn't do it, he said, I didn't do

it. Two people in India, they were driving a

motorcycle, and they collided in each other.

And the one person says, I was going on the left

-hand side, because they drive on the left -hand

side. The other one says, no, I was going on

the left -hand side. And I want to ask them,

if you were going on the left -hand side, and

you were going on the left -hand side, how did

you collide in each other? Nobody wants to accept

that I was wrong. From the childhood, you know,

when you do things, you break a cup and mother

comes, you say, no, I didn't do it. I didn't

do it. From the very childhood when you're three

years old, you hide your mistake, but this man

has come to a place where he's saying, I have

done mistakes. I'm wrong. I should not have done

this. And because he's doing this thing, he's

able to see Jesus Christ not as the one who's

crucified on the cross, but he sees Jesus Christ

as a king. Say, you are a king. You have a kingdom.

Jesus, I want to be remembered by you in your

kingdom. Folks. things become different your

road that is very narrow and very bad becomes

good and instead of Sorrows you start rejoicing.

He said I'm good. I am a Christian I like this

song. I like this word. I like my church. I like

to be ridiculed by people I like to be mocked

by people when people don't invite me in their

function Oh, I have no problem because you know

what because you can see something else you can

see angels walking You can see Jesus with you.

You can see the hand of God upon you. It's important

for everyone who wants to be steadfasting and

endure hardship needs to see things that nobody

sees. Do you see it? People say, but when will

I get it? You only talk from the pulpit. You

come to me in my house and pray, God bless him,

give him this big business and joy, but when

will I get it? You know what? The principle of

the word of God is you believe and you have it.

The principle of the word of God is not you have

it and you believe it. A lot of people say to

me, if God gives me a million dollar, I'll give

him 100 ,000. I tell them, you give 100 dollars

and he'll give you a million dollars. They say,

no, if God gives me, some people even say, God,

you want to give me a million dollar? Take 100

,000, just give me 900 ,000. But God wants you

to believe that you got the 100 ,000. Now I will

take your place now listen to this one This is

a very important place and let me take you to

this this place and show you that is Mark's gospel

and fifth chapter a lady decides that she's going

to a convention a convention of Jesus Christ

and This lady is in very bad shape This lady

can't even walk This lady has had a very bad

time, and doctors have all taken all the money,

and she's worse than before. And the lady decides

that she's going to go to Jesus' convention.

And her son says, Mom, what are you talking about?

There are 10 ,000 people around Jesus Christ,

and you can't even go to your bathroom, and you

want to attend that convention? And moreover,

you don't have the front seat. How would you

go? There's so many people and there are so rough

people there. She said, no, I'm going to go there.

But mother, they will crush you and they'll walk

on you. They will kill you. No, no, no. She sees

something else. And she said this thing, you

know, listen to this 27 verse, 27 verse. When

she heard about Jesus, she came. behind him in

the crowd and touched his garment yes for she

said for she said if only i may touch his clothes

she was when she was walking she was seeing what

i'm touching the hem of his garment and i am

i'm healed now and she seen herself jumping and

leaping and praising god what do you see a lot

of times we see ourselves crushed We see ourselves

kicked out. What if they don't accept me? Lot

of people don't go to anybody to share the gospel

because this is what they see, they will not

receive it. They will kick me out. They will

ridicule me. There's no good going there. So

they don't go. What? See that they will receive

you. They will start crying. See that they're

saying oh, please tell me about Jesus See that

they were coming to church See that they are

ready for water baptism. See that the Holy Spirit

coming on them Nobody else sees this You would

be very discouraged if you want to serve the

Lord if you don't see those things that are not

happening If you only see the things that are

happening, then the whole world is ridiculing

Jesus Christ. But you see those things that are

not happening. When you see those things that

are not happening, but then start happening.

They start happening. They start happening because

you see. Because of you seeing, they start happening.

And what happens moreover, when you start seeing

things that are not happening, then you start

becoming very encouraged in God. And when you

talk about God, a lot of people talk about God

because they, because they only see what's happening.

And they go to a congregation or a crowd and

they know everybody's laughing at them. And they

go to them and they say, I don't know how you

feel about Jesus, you know, but don't mind, you

know, I'm just inviting you to my, don't take

me wrong, you know, my church that I, you don't

want to come, come, don't come. Because we see

very negative. But see it like this. Somebody's

ready to come to my church. You want to come

to my church? You ready? You want to bring your

wife also? It's 11 o 'clock second service. You

want to come there? It's a great church. I know,

I know you want to come. I will come and I'll

pick you from here. Why do you see those things

that are happening? Only also see things that

are not happening. And they start happening.

A lot of people are not talking about God because

they say, no, no, no, Tony, you don't know this

is America. Don't tell me this is America. I've

been coming to this America for the last 34 years

and hundreds of people have accepted Jesus Christ

as personal savior. You know, if I get a chance,

I'll take the team and go everywhere. What will

happen? At the most, they will say no. They're

gonna kill me? But you know, you see those people

who are cunning to the Lord. You see some of

the people that you are going to talk about Jesus,

they are going to become preachers and they're

going to go to India and all over the world and

preach the gospel. Some of the people that you're

going to share the gospel with are going to be

mighty healers. And some of the people that are

going to share the gospel who are drug addicts

today, tomorrow they will be pastor, but see

it. I have young children, and I raise them up,

and they can't even speak one word of English,

you know, and they don't know Bible, they can't

read Bible, but you know, when I train them,

I see them as pastors of big churches. I see

them preaching in the big congregation. I see

them preaching the conventions, and you know,

it has happened. My sons have planted as many

as 60, 70 churches. One pastor has planted 20

churches in last six years, 20 churches. hallelujah

because why see that's not happening that that

person is ridiculing you see him as calling you

for the dinner that man said no get out from

here don't see him as kicking you out of his

house, but seeing him one day crying and inviting,

please come to my house. You are my savior. You

gave me the world that saved my life. See it!

It'll happen. This lady wouldn't see what her

son saw. She wouldn't see what her sister saw.

She wouldn't see what other people there in the

congregation. Lady, where are you going? Those

10 ,000 people around Jesus Christ, they looked

at the lady. Where are you trying to go? Where

are you going? You lady, you will be killed.

She said, no, I will not be killed. I will be

healed. I will be healed what do you see you

will be killed see that you will be healed and

you will be healed and the lady was healed and

Jesus not only the lady was healed but lady was

introduced to Jesus Christ she is the first lady

today that having encounter with Jesus Christ

and Jesus Christ said great lady what's your

name you know I'm glad to heal you you have a

great fight you know oh yes Jesus I'm healed

and I don't know what happened you know maybe

they would have exchanged their addresses and

all that and she might have invited Jesus Christ

for a dinner and Jesus said, can I stay three

days here? And then she became a follower of

Jesus. All those things are not written. But

you ask me, how do you know this thing happened?

I will ask you, how do you know it didn't happen?

If you know it didn't happen, so I know it happened.

Okay. Let's go to another story. You know in

the Old Testament, we don't have to read this

story. You know in the Old Testament, there is

a master and the disciple. The disciple gets

up very early in the morning. One good thing

in the disciple, he got up early in the morning.

A lot of people can't get up early in the morning,

especially for me. This man got up early in the

morning. He went to fetch up some water. In Eastern

culture, everybody doesn't have the water at

house. So there is a community pump, hand pump,

and people go to community. In those days, there

was a community well. So this man got up early

in the morning because he had to start cooking

breakfast for the master and some water for his

bath. So he got up early in the morning, he went

out, and he's, oh, what? He saw his whole house

is surrounded by houses and chariot. And he came

back and said, Master, my house is surrounded

by the enemy. You know what Master said? Master,

don't worry. Don't worry. Our house is surrounded

by enemy. You see that? But our enemy is surrounded

by our God. And those who are with us, they're

more than those who are against us. He said,

what? We don't even have a knife. Yesterday,

I peeled the potato. I went to a neighbor house

to get a knife. And she said, after you're finished

with the knife, please bring it back. So I gave

that knife back. We don't even have a knife.

And those people are with a sword and spears.

What are you talking? We don't have anything.

He said, you don't have the eyes to see the things

that I see. That's the reason why many people

are discouraged. Many people are scared. The

guy was very scared. He was trembling. He said,

alas my master, what should we do? Many Christians

today, even though they go to church, they say,

alas my master, what do we do? In this situation,

what do we do? But you know the man of God knew

the problem. Man of God knew the problem. And

man of God didn't say anything. Man of God only

prayed a prayer. You know what he'd say? The

man of God prayed a prayer. God, open his eyes.

His eyes can only see, his eyes can only see

the seen. His eyes can only see the seen, but

open his eyes that will see unseen. You have

opened my eyes! God and I can see unseen and

when you start seeing unseen the sin has seen

has no problem seen is meaningless because you

see unseen unseen a lot of people used to have

that verse in the house Jesus is the head of

this house the unseen guest at every meal and

I complained to Bible Society in India and I

said you said Jesus the head of this house the

unseen guest how can a head be the guest how

can a head be the guest they changed it now they

write it like this Jesus is the head of this

house the unseen host He is unseen host. Even

if your eyes don't see, he is the host of the

house. So consider Jesus not to be absent from

your house, but consider him, he's the host.

He's the one providing everything. He's the one

laying the table. He's the one giving money.

You know, whatever's happening, he's the unseen

host. If your eyes cannot see, don't care about

it. Your faith can see. And you continue to walk.

Continue to walk. His eyes were opened and then

he saw and then his trembling was gone because

eyes were open. It's important, but it is possible.

Sorry about that. It's possible that you're a

servant of a man of God, but still your eyes

are closed. You're cooking for the man of God.

You get up early in the morning and make breakfast

for the man of God. You fetch the water for a

man of God. Bath. But still you can't see. The

guy did everything very good, but he couldn't

see. What he saw was what? Enemies, sword, horses,

chariots, people against us, homosexuality, lesbianism,

and drugs and marijuana, hashish and people disobedient,

children going away from parents. Don't see only

that, but see the hand of God, hallelujah. Talk

about those things only. Talk about God. Talk

about the goodness of God. The goodness of God

is so much that you'll be talking from morning

till evening and the goodness of God will not

finish. Unnumbered goodness of God upon you.

Start counting everything. See, like a master.

don't see like the servant. He only saw with

his natural eyes and that made him so discouraged

that he came back to the master and this is what,

today people are coming to the master and they,

when they pray to master, this is what they say,

master, I ask my master, what should we do? Don't

pray like that. When you come to master, you

say, master, thank you very much that you have

surrounded me. Your horses and chariot fire have

surrounded me because you can see You could be

a servant of the man of God. You could be doing

something very good. You could be giving a lot

of money in the church. You could be very helpful.

You could be cleaning the church and everything.

But still, you have to pray. God, open my eyes.

The master is praying that everyone's eyes open.

Everyone working in the house of God, everybody

helping the house of God should have their eyes

open. Until your eyes are open, it will be very

difficult for you to go this road. This road

is very tough and you will not endure. Whatever

anybody say. Don't say this. This is enough.

I can't bear anything. Or else I'll stop coming

to church. Why couldn't you bear it? Because

you didn't see the reward from heaven. I want

you to read this one. This is very good. And

that is Acts of the Apostles. Seventh chapter.

Acts of the Apostles 7 chapter and verse 60 Acts

of the Apostles 7 chapter verse 60 And he knelt

down and cried out with a loud voice Lord do

not change from them With the sin and when he

had said this okay fell asleep somebody died

And what was his last prayer? The last prayer,

he's being stoned and he's dying and he's praying

a prayer. His name is Stephen. He's praying a

prayer, Lord, don't count this against them.

Don't put this sin against them. Please don't

punish them for this sin. Don't put them in hell

for this sin. He's dying. Generally, people don't

say like this. Generally people's prayer at that

time, first of all, they can't bear that much.

One stone and they say, stop it. If you don't

stop it, then I got this stone also. But this

guy didn't throw any stone from this side, and

he kept receiving stones, so much so that he

was close to death. And he started praying a

prayer, and the prayer was a very different prayer

than we do. We pray a prayer, God, did you see

this? In your private prayers, in your private

prayers, in corporate prayers also, we pray,

God, you take care of the enemy. You know what

enemy is doing, God. Have you seen this? Did

you count how many stones they throw at me? Big

ones. This is one of them. This guy is praying

a different prayer. But I was amazed when I read

this. How can this guy, how can this guy, when

he sees the enemy and he scream on them and gnashing

their teeth and saying dirty things, throwing

stone, still praying a prayer like that. Now,

I'll give you the key. Read verse 55. verse 55

listen to this one verse 55 this man was when

he was stoned and when they were gnashing their

teeth something happened but he being full of

the holy spirit ha what being full of the holy

spirit oh if somebody throws stone on you and

ridicules you and gnashes teeth on you what are

you full of huh what are you full of anger What

else? Fear. What else? Revenge. Good. That's

good, Anthony. You get the right answer because

you are after my name. We're two Anthony's. American

Anthony, Indian Anthony. I heard there was a

third Anthony also here. Good. You better, newborns,

give them this good name. He was full of the

Holy Ghost What made him to be full of Holy Ghost

folks? I won't tell you when things happen if

you're walking a hard road and people are ridiculing

you and They snatching things for you and they're

talking against you How will you be full of Holy

Ghost I'll tell you listen to this one he gazed

into heaven and saw the glory of God He gazed

into heaven gave me He's not even looking to

the stone or the people who are throwing the

stone and people they're planning that let us

kill this man. Don't look at those things but

see the things. See the things that nobody else

sees and you have those things available for

you to see because your eyes are open. One day

you have said God open my eyes. Your eyes are

open and you can look up. into heaven when you

look up into heaven you will be full of the holy

ghost and you can see what you can see heaven

open when you see heaven open this road is so

easy for you to walk but when you see hell open

why do you see your hell open you see heaven

open because your eyes are open and your eyes

can see those things that nobody else sees People

are throwing stone, don't see the stone. Many

times you're so engaged in throwing stone. Oh,

where did this stone come from? How heavy will

this be? How did they throw? How many were there?

What should I do again? Don't worry about stone.

Don't debate on the stone, you know, and don't

talk 30 hours on the stone. Just look into heaven.

hallelujah oh and you're full of the holy you

see what now listen to this heaven open what

else he saw heaven open what what else and jesus

standing at the right hand of god what in this

situation many people see devil when people are

ridiculing you they generally see devil You know

what? Devil came to my house and people started

speaking against me. It was devil in them, you

know? And devil was throwing the stone and devil

was making them join together and devil was against

me. Don't see devil. Look up into heaven and

see heaven and like Moses, you will be able to

endure everything. Like Moses, you will be able

to endure. If I start telling you what happened

around my house and how many times I was... ridiculed

by people and how many times they tried to kill

me and how I lived without food for months and

months together. If I tell you, you will cry.

But you know how I survived and how I was steadfast

and how I was able to endure? It's not because

of my father's wealth. It's not because of my

mother's education. It was because I looked up.

into heaven and I saw Jesus in all those situations

when I had no food, no food in my house, but

I felt like Jesus was with me and Jesus was saying,

Tony, don't worry, I am with you. And I saw Jesus

and Jesus, I haven't eaten, don't worry. Don't

worry, I will give you everything. And in those

situations, I used to say, God, these people

are ridiculing me, and they're saying that when

you marry, how will you feed your wife? How will

you feed your children? And they're talking about

all those things. And I used to see this thing.

God used to say, you will have food, and you

will have money, you will have a house, you will

have cars, and everything. And I saw that in

those days, I used to take bicycle, which was

not owned by me. Which was not owned by me. Somebody

else's bicycle. I will take the bicycle and I

will start the bicycle like this Like motorcycle

and start the bicycle like this. What are you

doing? What are you doing? People say I'm starting

on my motorcycle. This is a bicycle. You say

it's a bicycle. I see motorcycle And you know

everybody else Everybody else will ride a bicycle

like this. I will ride a bicycle like this And

they say why are you? Is it a car? I said, you

see as a bicycle. I see as a car. Folks, a few

days ago, there were 130 people staying in my

house. There was a time I didn't have a place

to sleep. There was a time I... didn't have place

for a whole night prayer, we had to knock doors

after doors, and nobody opened the door for the

whole night prayer, so we had to go in the public

place, in open place, in railway track to pray

there, because we had no place. Thank God we

have 100 church buildings in India. 100 church

buildings that we build, we own 100 church buildings.

We have prayer tower, prayer center, halls, auditoriums,

and everything. Why? Because one day when we

didn't have it, I saw it. I could have gone away

discouraged, but he saw heaven open. Try to see

heaven, not hell. You try to see Jesus, not devil.

You try to be filled, but the Holy Ghost, not

by anger. Okay. Let me ask you to read this scripture.

This is very good. I don't know how much time

I've got left. Oh, it's one o 'clock. Sorry,

I am going to be scolded. Oh. Let me now ask

you to really just say, the guy who came to Jesus

Christ and said Jesus Christ, he ran to Jesus

Christ and came and bowed before Jesus Christ,

and he said, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, what I do to

inherit the kingdom of God, I want to have it,

I want to have it, I've heard that you give the

kingdom of God, how much it'll cost, he's already

calculated, it may be $1 ,500, I'll give him

and get it, because he has bought so many things

there, and whatever he wanted to buy, because

he was a rich man, he will go and buy it, he'll

see a property, he'll buy it, see a house, he'll

buy it, he'll see a horse, he'll buy it, this

time he wants to get there. Kingdom of God, he

said, maybe it's $2 ,000, I'll buy it. He came

to Jesus Christ and Jesus quoted a price. Jesus

quoted a price. He said, oh, that much? That

much? He didn't like the transaction. He didn't

go into the deal. He was going back and Bible

tells us he was sad. Why are you sad? It's the

first time I couldn't buy it. Every time I went

to buy a car, I bought it. Every time I went

to buy a horse, I bought it. Every time I was

looking for a land, I bought it. Even if they

were asking some little bit more money, I said,

who cares, I bought it. This is the first time

I couldn't buy it, because he was asking too

much. No, that's not worth it. You know why?

This guy didn't know, he couldn't see this. He

couldn't see what he was getting. And Jesus Christ

said little, little, little. You know, after

some time somebody explained, hey, you didn't

take it? How much he was asking? He was asking

all my wealth. He was asking all my wealth. Oh,

you're a fool, but you didn't hear what he said

after that. He was talking to his disciple, Peter,

and he was saying, anybody who has invested any

money for me, anybody who has invested any money,

how much money you had that he was asking? Well,

I had $2 million. He was asking all. He was asking

me to give all and then get the eternal life.

$2 million? And you didn't give? You're a fool.

You would have received 200 million because he

told his disciple Peter, if there's anybody who

will give anything, I will give him 100 times.

You would have got 200 million. You didn't see

what you were buying. God said so many times

I've gone to see a land and I'm so experienced

I see the land and I know it's worth it and I

bought it I want to see a house and I bought

it First time I failed because my natural eyes

Made me to fail and I should have asked God to

forgive me forgive my sins and I should have

taken the spiritual eyes and I could have seen

this transaction was good, and I could have said,

Jesus, take all $2 million, no problem, and he

would have returned me 200 million. See with

the spiritual eyes, and you are never at a loss.

See with your natural eyes. They will fail you.

They will cheat you. They will misguide you.

And you will be totally torn apart. But you take

the guidance from your spiritual eyes. Your spiritual

eyes see beyond people see. They see beyond science.

They see beyond medical science. They see beyond

any other person can see. Jesus had 10 lepers.

The 10 lepers came to Jesus Christ, and all those

10 lepers, they were saying, Jesus, heal me,

Jesus, heal me. The lepers were not supposed

to come inside the city, so they were going at

the boundary wall. They had to go to the boundary,

boundary walls. They are not supposed to come

in this, and they were supposed to shout, leper,

unclean, unclean, so they can't come in the city.

And they're not supposed, so they were shouting.

Jesus saw them, lepers. Go and show yourself

to the high priest. High priest? What are you

talking? We are not supposed to go to the high

priest. High priests live there in downtown.

We can't come inside. We are lepers. We are lepers.

See? We are lepers. These lepers gathered together

and they decided, we are not lepers. We are not

lepers. We are healed. to the high priest and

show them we are healed and he'll give us a certificate

so they even though they were still lepers they

saw something natural eyes couldn't see and they

started but it said and as they were going where

are you going I'm going to show the high priest

that we are healed We don't have any leprosy.

What are you talking? What are you talking? Are

you talking about your leprosy all the time?

You're talking about your bad son, bad boy. You're

talking about your marriage failure. You're talking

about business failure. You're talking about

negative things. No, you will not be able to

walk this road. This is a very hard road, and

you will not be able to pursue. You will not

be able to persevere. You need to talk about

healing and they were they saw healing and they

were saying among themselves And Bible says as

they were going They were healed it doesn't say

as they were healed they went As they were going

they were healed who are healed Only those are

healed that are going who are going only those

are going that can see themselves as cleansed.

What do you see yourself? You see yourself so

unclean. I am so bad. I cannot sing. Don't ask

me to sing. I cannot play. I am not a preacher.

You know, I am no good in the church. I can't

help you in the church. I can't help you. I am

poor man. I don't have money. Now, see beyond

your eyes can see. I know you're ready to kick

me out, but I want to preach all day. Thank you

very much church for having me. Thank you very

much. Great musicians and great worship. I need

to send all my people here to learn from you

guys. But we want to tell you folks, we want

to walk in this road and not stop. We don't want

to be discouraged. We don't want to be negative,

but we want to be positive. The only way to do

that like Moses did because Moses saw something

that nobody else saw This is a great transaction

do it Have Jesus and walk with him and see heaven

open and be filled with the Holy Ghost and see

Jesus is standing Every adverse situation that

you are in you see Jesus there Shall we pray?

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