Heir Jordan

Joshua chapter 1 and verse 1, we're continuing

Joshua 1 · chapter mention

our Back to the Future series. It reads this

way. We'll read here, and then we got a verse

to read in the New Testament. But here in Joshua

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chapter 1 and verse 1, it reads, After the death

of Moses, the servant of the Lord, it came to

pass that the Lord spoke to Joshua, the son of

Nun, Moses' assistant, saying, Moses, my servant,

is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan.

Someone say Jordan. You and all this people to

the land which I am giving to them, the children

of Israel. And every place that the sole of your

foot will tread upon, I have given you as I said

to Moses. Now I'm going to skip to the New Testament,

Galatians. Chapter 3 and verse 29. Galatians

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3 and verse 29. And this one verse reads, and

if you are Christ, then you are Abraham's seed

and heir. Everyone say heir. According to the

promise. Amen. I've got a pretty cool title for

my message today. I've been waiting to share

it all week. Today I'm going to preach on this

thought, Air Jordan. I got a little wardrobe

change here. Hold on. All right. Maybe I should

have announced it to everybody. I thought if

I'm going to preach about. Crossing my Jordan,

I might as well wear them. Give God a hand of

praise. Is that all right? I might as well wear

them. You may be seated in the house of God.

Next time I promise to let you know when we're

going to have another Air Jordan service so you

all can join me. But I thought it would be fitting

to give you. an idea of what God is wanting to

do in in our lives and I feel really comfortable

right now I might preach a whole hour who knows

the scene before us is a vibrant one in scripture

and it's very familiar because what we see is

a very important transition in Israel's history

as they are now going from tent dwellers to land

owners from Vagabonds to heirs of divine promise.

This is a critical point in the journey of God's

people. Forty years spent in the desert, circling

and going through the motions. And during that

period of time, of course, they experienced many

things we read about. In Deuteronomy and Exodus,

we read about these things. But during that period

of time, a whole generation disqualified themselves

from being able to enter in. And so once that

generation passed, a new generation arose. It

was Joshua's generation. And we see a very...

prominent transition in leadership, prominent

transition in the mindset of God's people as

they are preparing to step into new territory.

A generation that had known nothing but desert

wandering and makeshift living is about to step

into something that is permanent, something that

is lasting, something that is sustainable. And

adding to this moment was the fact that Moses,

the towering leader of Israel's past, is now

gone. That familiar voice that they were so accustomed

to hearing on a day -to -day basis. legendary

figure in Israel's history, the one who called

plagues down from heaven, the one who parted

the Red Sea. We know that it was God that worked

through him. Nevertheless, he was the central

figure that led God's people, and so he was very

prominent, very important to the nation of Israel

in that time. In fact, his shoes were so big,

I don't think anybody could have stepped into

them. And to that end, they were struggling to

accept what was taking place before them. They

were struggling. They were in a state of bewilderment.

They were stunned and frozen in transition, unable

to take that next step. struggling to accept

the idea of moving forward without their trusted

leader. And perhaps they just could not imagine

what a future would look like without Moses.

Maybe they couldn't fathom what life would be

like without him. 40 years plus with this man

of God at the helm, they couldn't figure out

how tomorrow would look like without this leader.

guiding the way. And they were left with many

doubts and many questions about this new generation

that was rising up, particularly Joshua. Even

though he had learned and grown up under the

mentorship of Moses, he was still new. He was

untested in many ways. And so for that reason,

and for many others, they got stuck. at a very

familiar place, at a place where their ancestors

had come before, right there on the edge of the

promised land, right there near water's edge

of that Jordan, and they got stuck there. And

it seems as if, though, they forgot what this

was all about. They forgot that God didn't call

them just to go on a journey, but he called them

to arrive. Can I tell you today, God called you

to arrive. God didn't call us just to go in circles

and just go in cycles and just walk and walk

and walk and never arrive. God, he has called

all of us to arrive. There is a destination.

And I know we say things like, well, it's not

about the journey or not about the destination,

right? It's about the journey. Well, I come to

tell you, it's not just about the journey. It's

about the destination. We got to get there. Someone

say, I got to get there. I can't just circle

around this thing. We got to get there. they

seem to have forgotten or at least lost sight

of the ultimate goal as they were on the edge

of the Jordan River, and they just couldn't quite

move forward. They were stuck. They were stuck.

And I wonder if somebody today knows that feeling,

if you've ever been stuck before, if you've ever

been stuck in an emotion that you... are experiencing

stuck in a feeling uh stuck in a bad habit stuck

in a mentality uh stuck in some sort of circumstance

that you thought that by now you might be uh

beyond stuck in a season that that is Calendar

-wise, it's over, but you're still stressing

out as if though you're still there. It's still

stressing you out. You're long past that season

or that relationship or that phase of your life,

but somehow it's still influencing the way you

make decisions. It's still influencing the way

you love and the way you let people in. It's

still influencing how you go about your daily

life, how you pray and how you worship and how

you do the things. that you're supposed to do,

it's still influencing. You're just kind of stuck.

And sometimes we get to those places and we don't

even know why we're stuck anymore. We don't know

why we haven't grown to the next level, why we

haven't seen the fruition of God's promises in

our life. And we're just stuck. We're just stuck.

We're just unable to take that next step. It's

not that we don't know what it is. Sometimes

it's right there in front of us. But for one

reason or another, we can't just muster up whatever

faith. We need to take that step. We don't need

another Bible study about it. We don't need another

PowerPoint. We've seen all the reels. We've seen

all the graphics. We don't need a chart. We don't

need a Genesis to Revelation explanation. We

know already that there is this next level that

we need to take. But for reasons beyond our control

at times or for surroundings, we just get stuck.

I don't know if anybody has ever felt like that

in your life. This is where Israel was. This

is where they were. And that's why before God

told Joshua what to do next, he first had to

declare something that was so obvious to everybody.

He says, Moses is dead. Moses is dead. And this

is like one of those things where when you hear

it, it's nothing new, everybody. Everybody knew

that Moses was dead. But you know, sometimes

we don't need like a new and lofty revelation.

Sometimes we just need to be reminded of something

that is factual. Sometimes we need to be brought

back to our senses, not with some new revelation.

Ooh, that's something, man, I've never heard

it explained like that before. Man, the way that

I've never heard it like that. Sometimes we don't

need something brand spanking new. Sometimes

we need to be brought back to a realization that

the thing that you've been holding on to, the

thing that you've been stressing about, the thing

that's got your gears locked up, that thing is

over. Sometimes the greatest truth is not some

new revelation, but a realization. Of what God

has already done. Of a chapter he's already closed.

Come on, preach with me here today. Of a debt

that he's already canceled. Of a sin that he's

already forgiven. Of a threat in your life that

he's already removed. You're worried and stressed

and anxious about things that God has already

dealt with in your life. And I've come today

under the unction of the Holy Ghost to tell you

that it's all right to move on. Give God a hand

of praise right now. Hallelujah. God sent me

here today with an anointed assignment to tell

you it's all right. I give you permission. Take

that next step. You don't got to feel sorry about

it. You don't have to feel apologetic. Sometimes

we don't take that step because we feel that

by doing so, it sends a message to others around

us that we think we're better than them because

we're moving on. No, you moving on is not an

indictment on others who have not. It's you taking

ownership and responding to God's call in your

life and say, I don't have another year to waste.

Come on now. I don't have another month to waste.

I can't let another service go by. I can't let

another sermon. I can't let another opportunity

pass me by. This is the moment that God has placed

in front of me. And instead of looking at others

and what they're going to do, hey, are we all

going to like hold hands and jump at the count

of three? No. Sometimes you got to jump on your

own, my friend. But to get unstuck and get beyond

your Jordan, there are some things that we need

to do. Number one, you got to let. You got to

let old things pass away. You got to let old

things. Someone say old things. I like the song

we were singing, we got a new thing coming. But

some of you, you kept saying, I got an old thing

coming. I got an old thing coming. Because you

don't want to let go. That's not what the song

says. And that's not what scripture teaches us.

God's announcement. is that Moses is dead. And

it was a strong declaration that yesterday is

over. As great as Moses was, and we're not putting

him down. We're not trying to minimize or diminish

who Moses was and what he contributed. No. He

was a great man. But the fact of the matter is,

God has moved on. And where are we stuck where

God has moved on? It's like those that showed

up to the empty tomb. with their spices and to

worship, and the angel announced to them, he's

moved on. Sometimes we show up to places that

God has already moved on from. He's already on

to the next thing. He's already on to the next

person. He's already on to the next area of ministry

that he wants to use you in. So as great as Moses

was, he was gone and it was over. And that era

was marked, that era of Moses. And I feel bad

for him because he himself never got to step

in. He only sought from a distance. God allowed

him to see it with his eyes, but he never got

to step into the land that was promised to his

forefathers because he led a group of people

that for the most part most part they were spiritually

sick. They were disobedient and rebellious and

criticizing and they were ungrateful and they

were full of anger and then mostly they were

unbelieving for what God can do despite the miracles

that God had done through them, bringing them

through the Red Sea and feeding them manna from

heaven, leading them with a pillar of fire by

night and a cloud by day. all the miracles God

did, and still they were unbelieving. And these

are attitudes of the old nature. These are attitudes

of the flesh. These are attitudes of who you

used to be. But God is saying to us today that

season is over. Somebody say it's over. Like

Israel, God did not bring you to the edge of

promise just so that you can carry your old nature,

your old habits. You're all thinking into a new

season. God didn't bring you this far so that

you can carry that baggage into the next season.

Amen. Sometimes when you go places, you got to

get new things. One time I went on a trip and

they lost my baggage. Man, I don't know if that's

ever happened to you. But you know what? God

turned it into a positive thing. Because I bought

a whole new wardrobe. Praise be to God. Sometimes

it's a good thing when you lose your baggage.

Because I got something new for you to wear.

Some of you are thinking right now, man, when

I show up, I'm just going to lose everything.

So I can go to Macy's or Norsum's and hook myself

up and get a brand new. No, no, no, but sometimes

you've got to put on something new for where

you've got to put on Christ, got to put on a

new mentality. The old is out, out with the old,

in with the new. Those old cycles have got to

be broken. That old mindset has got to be renewed.

And let me tell you something. There's something

important that we cannot miss about this stage

of their journey, about how they're about to

go into it. As much as they loved what had happened

or as bad as it was or as good as it was, I call

it. the good, the bad, and the ugly. All of it

has got to be let go or else they cannot step

into where God is calling them to. The Bible

says this in 2 Corinthians 5 and 17. If anyone

is in Christ, he is a new creation. All things

have passed away. Behold, all things. Someone

say all things. All things have become new. If

you want to be new, if you want to be in Christ,

if you have yet to surrender your life to Christ

and say, I want that newness, I want to be new

and totally new, then this is the first step.

You've got to be born again of the water and

of the Spirit. You need to get your name written

in the book of life. You need to surrender, amen,

and be baptized in Jesus' name. name for the

remission of your sins. Hallelujah. So that those

old things can pass away and so that that old

man can be buried. If you want to step into the

newness, the first thing you got to do is bury

the past in the waters of baptism. I'm talking

to somebody here today and be born again of the

water. Is there anybody here today that's been

born again of the water and of the spirit? I

thank God. that when I went down in the mighty

name of Jesus Christ on that day, that when I

went down in the water, my old self, my old life,

my old mind, my old flesh, and my nature was

buried with Christ. And when I came up, my God,

I get excited. When I came up out of the waters,

I left that life at the bottom of the pool. I

left that life. Is there anybody a witness in

the house of God today? Woo, come on. How many

of you are glad that your sins have been washed

away? Thank you, God, of my sins. Every blemish,

every sin, every iniquity, every transgression

has been washed away in that watery grave. Don't

jump back in the pool for stuff that God has

already. Go fishing in the sea of forgetfulness.

Don't try to fish out things that God has already

buried in the water. The apostle Paul taught

us in Romans 6, we were buried. Somebody say

buried. We were buried with him through baptism

unto death. When you are baptized in the name

of Jesus Christ, you are buried with Christ.

You are symbolically. paralleling or mirroring

the steps, reflecting what Christ did in the

Gospels by being dying and being buried and being

resurrected to new life. And if there's somebody

here today that is contemplating and you hear

that call and hear this today, let this be God's

announcement to your life that this is the day

of salvation. God wants to save you. You, young

man, young lady, God wants your name to be written

in the book of life. God wants to bury the past

and bring you up into new life. It's for you.

But how about those of us that have already been

to the waters and have already been baptized?

What about us? Well, then you've got a responsibility

to remain in Christ. Because every day you wake

up, my friend, it's a choice to put on Christ.

It's a choice. If you can put him on, you can

take him off. Oh, Lord, help us when we wake

up some days and we don't put him on. I don't

want people to see me. I want them to see Christ.

And the only way that's going to happen is I

got to put him on. Got to put on Christ. Got

to remain in Christ and stand firm in the newness

of your identity. And don't let those old habits,

because the enemy will try to cause you to slip

back to where you came from. He'll try to sneak

in old lies and old habits creeping back into

your life. You need to remember, saint of the

living God, you need to remember you are a child

of God now. Hello, somebody. I said, you're a

child of God now. You're not just anybody. You're

the seed of Abraham. Oh, my God. You're the son

of the most high. Let me tell the ladies in here,

you're not just a woman. You're a woman of God.

You're a, oh, my Lord. You're a daughter of the

king. My God. You're somebody special. Men, you're

not just a man. You're not just a dude. No, you're

a son of God. Hallelujah. child of God. You're

a son of the king. You're a prince. Hallelujah.

And so since we have now received Christ and

have been born again and having our sins that

were a scarlet made white as snow, we have now

been called to a life of sanctification and holiness

under God, lifting up holy hands and guarding

our tongue, putting a brittle on our tongue and

being faithful unto the Lord and being who God

has called. Don't let nobody convince you that

you're anything but a child of God. You are a

royal seed. I wish I had. A witness. You say,

Pastor, why is it so important that I remember

who I am? Because that's the one thing the devil

wants to rob you of. The devil wants to convince

you that you're a nobody, that you're a has -been,

that you're a washed -up person. He wants you

to think that you're a loser, that you've got

nothing going for you, that you're at the bottom

and not at the top. But I've come to call the

devil a liar here today. I wish I had. I've come

to call Satan a liar. and say, Satan, I am who

God says that I am. If he says that I'm the head

and not the tail, that's who I am. If he says

I am above and not below, is there somebody that

believes what I'm preaching? I've got to know

who I am because if I don't know who I am, then

I can't access what belongs to me. Absolutely,

sir. Let's see some identification. You're like,

oh, well, come on, man, I'm him. Remember me

from last week? We don't do that around here.

We need to see some identification. You can't

even take out $5 from the bank account without

showing some form of ID. You got to prove who

you are. And every good thing, my God, every

good thing that God has promised to you, you

don't get to have it just because you dance and

shout. Anybody can dance and shout. You don't

get it just because you can run. Usain Bolt can

outrun all of us. You don't get it because you

can jump high. Michael Jordan. can jump higher

than all of us. You get it because you know who

you are. And even if you don't have strength

to jump and strength to run, even if you don't

have a voice to sing, all you got to know is

that I am a child of God and everything this

book says I can have, I can have. I don't got

to beg. Come on, somebody. I don't got to beg

for it. I don't got to cry about it. All I got

to do is claim my promises in the name. of Jesus.

I've got to claim it today. All I've got to do

is claim these promises that are mine. And saying,

devil, I'm not asking. I'm taking what belongs

to me. Oh, I've got to move on. Hallelujah. So

we've got to know who we are. We've got to let

those old things go and put on the newness and

walk. Walk in the newness. And there's a particular

way we must do this. Give me a few more moments

of your time because what the Israelites show

us is that we don't just rush into God's purpose.

We don't just run haphazardly or casually into

the things of God. When Israel reached the Jordan,

the leaders commanded the people. Watch what

it says in verse 3. When you see, Joshua 3, 3.

When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord

your God. and the priests, and the Levites. Then

you shall set out from your place and go after

it. The Ark of the Covenant symbolizes the glory

of God or his manifest presence. This was a symbolic

representation of the Spirit of God among his

people. And they were given clear instructions

that when you cross over this Jordan, you are

not simply jumping the river. You're not simply

to just dash across. You've got to make sure

that you follow the order that I have established.

God is a God of order. And he has ordered certain

things for us to follow. And he said, I want

you to follow this. And so for us today, this

means that you need to follow, number two, the

lead of God's glory. He must follow the lead

of his glory. Following the glory, following

the ark was not about logistics. It was not about,

in fact, if anything, it was anti -logistics.

It made things more complicated. It made things

a little more difficult to follow this heavy

ark across the Jordan. In fact, it made things

problematic. If you're looking at it, it's just

purely from a logical perspective. point of view

but this is what God has prescribed and sometimes

God will call us to follow him in a way that

doesn't always make sense to us in our natural

mind are you hearing me this afternoon he will

call us down a path or a direction that doesn't

always make sense don't try to understand God

Hello, somebody. Don't try to understand him.

The more you try to understand him, sometimes

his ways and his thoughts, the more confused

or discouraged you might be. But sometimes you

simply have to trust and not lean on your own

understanding, but acknowledge him in all of

your ways and he shall direct your... Oh, Israel

was learning a valuable lesson at this time.

They were learning that if you're going to enter

into the promises of God, enter into a greater

revival, enter into seeing your friends and your

family members saved, enter into seeing the miracles

of God come to pass in your life, enter into

a land that flows with milk and honey. If you're

going to step in, then you're going to do it

God's way. Someone say God's way. Come on, say

it again. Say God's way. You're not going to

do this on your own. You're not going to find

a back route. You're not going to find an alternate

route. You're not going to find a shortcut. You've

got to do it God's way. Hallelujah. And God has

a way. You know, there is a way that looks right

unto man, but the path thereof leads to destruction.

You better not be following your own intuition,

brother. Come on. You better not be following

your own God. I got good gut instincts. Your

good gut instincts got you into a bad relationship.

That's all it did. Hello, come on, somebody.

Yeah, I got good instincts. Your good instincts

got you signed up for something that you never

should have been involved in. I don't want to

trust my instincts in 2026. Come on. I don't

want to trust my intuition. I don't want to trust

what I'm hearing on Instagram. Just because you

saw a reel last night at 1 .30 in the morning

doesn't mean that's the will of God for you.

Just because there's a popular podcast. saying

this or that. I want to know what thus saith

the Lord. Come on, somebody. Just because you

found one or two people to agree with you over

a cup of coffee, that doesn't mean it's God's

will for your life. I want to be led by the glory

of God. Got to be led by it. Back in the day,

you know, people would consult horoscopes and

things like that. And it's concerning to me now

in the modern age. age and the social media age

and the Instagram real age and the clips that

we see, the viral clips and all these things

that are popping up in our feeds, what people

are being led. We're being led by people. I'm

talking to the next generation. Is that all right?

I'm going to say go ahead. You're taking advice

from people who don't have a relationship with

God. You're taking advice from people who consult

soothsayers and have witches in their life. You're

taking advice from people. who are not filled

with the Spirit of God. You're taking advice

from people who don't even agree with you on

the essentials of doctrine and salvation and

right living. You've got to be careful who you're

consulting in this hour. Let me tell you something

about the devil. Somebody say, go ahead. The

devil wears many different masks. He'll show

up on one day looking one way, and on the next

he'll use whatever mask works in your life to

get you to believe something that will take you

astray. So right now I am preaching to somebody

here today. You got to follow the glory of God.

What does God want for my life? And if that's

not what it is, then it's not going to work for

me. It might be a good thing. I don't want a

good thing. I want it to be a God thing. I don't

want a good opportunity. I want a God opportunity.

Come on. praise today. I'm preaching this today.

Somebody say, go ahead. I got to tell you that

you cannot be led. Don't follow your feelings

and expect God's favor. Don't follow your feelings

and expect God's favor. If you want God's favor,

you got to do it God's way. God's not going to

let you cut corners for you. He's not going to

bend the rules. If you want to be blessed, there's

a way. There's a pattern. Hallelujah. There's

a model that we ought to follow. Too many Christians

are self -led and they feel validated and justified

in what they're thinking, what they're feeling.

Because they found two or three people to agree

with them. Or like I said, they found a reel

that said, oh, I'm going to double like that.

I'm going to share it to my story. It doesn't

matter. I don't care if you share it to your

story or how many people you say. If it's not

God's will and if it doesn't line up with this

book. Come on now. Got a little quiet when I

said that. That's all right. Because the crickets

will praise God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. But

I want God's best. How many of you want God's

best for your life? Amen. I want his best. Paul

writes, as many as are led by the spirit of God,

these are the sons of God. These are the sons

of God. Being born again, what does it do? It

qualifies you for inheritance. Being born again.

As I mentioned, you can't even pull out $5 from

the bank without knowing who you are. And it's

the same in the kingdom of God. You got to know

who you are. You got to be led of the spirit.

And yes, being born again makes you a son. Being

led of the spirit keeps you a son. I'm under

the covering of God. I'm under the protection

of God. Under the secret place, under the shadow

of the almighty. Hallelujah. The secret place

of the most high. That's where I am. And I don't

want to get outside of that covering. And that

covering includes the covering that God puts

in your life, such as the pastor and the spiritual

leadership. I've got to cover you. I've got to

help you. I've got to shepherd you. And you've

got to stay within that. And I know that's not

a practice in the 21st century, but we've got

to get back to a place of covering and say, Pastor,

we would like your help and your blessing on

this. I'm going to lose everybody now. I'm just

going to do it. No, pastor's not saying I'm not

a financial consultant. I'm not a real estate

agent. I'm not none of those things. So I'm not

going to give you advice and say, yeah, go do

this and then you're in debt. Pastor told me

to do it. No. But when is it wrong to ask for

prayer? Give me one verse in the Bible where

it says it's wrong to ask your pastor to pray

with you about this. I just feel something. I'm

just going to go there. Because if we're going

to do this thing, if we're going to do it right.

How do I come under alignment? How do I ensure

that I'm following the glory? Because some people

say, well, I don't need leadership. I don't need

a pastor. As long as I got a Bible. As long as

I can pray. There's a lot of people who are praying

and they're praying themselves right outside

the will of God. I'm going to tell you something.

I got a tweetable hot thing you can tell somebody.

Praying is not a substitute for obedience. You

can pray yourself to sleep every night and still

be disobedient in what God is telling you to

do. Feeling the Holy Ghost. Can I tell you, goosebumps.

Woo -hoo. Goosebumps. That's not confirmation

that that's God's will. You're going to feel

something if you step in a cold room. You're

going to feel something if you step into a hot

atmosphere. You're just responding to what you

feel. Come on. I was preaching now. I'm talking.

But we got to get back to that. We got to get

back to that. And whether we like it or not,

the glory, the Ark of the Covenant was being

led on the shoulders of the priests and the Levites.

And the people of God were to follow them. Now.

Before you criticize those that are upholding

the ark, that are helping to lead, understand

that those people are carrying a weight that

not everyone else is called to carry. And not

everybody's going to carry the ark. Not everyone's

going to have to have the burden, the responsibility

of carrying the ark. And this is why I feel God

leading me to mention these things, to understand

that. Let me just say something about ministry.

Is that all right? Ministry is not for those

who are talented necessarily. It's not those

who are gifted. Ministry is for those who can

handle the weight. There's a lot of people that

got all the gifts. All the talent in the world,

but they're not cut out for ministry. Why? Because

you put just a little bit of weight on them,

and they crumble. A little bit of responsibility,

a little bit of, hey, how come you didn't call

me and tell me you were going to, oh, man, you

know, these people are demanding around here.

You don't show up to work, and what happens?

Oh, man, I just had better get ready to come

up to the keyboard in a few minutes, sister,

because I feel something happening now. And he

said, well, man, this is. That's old school.

Yes, it is old school. But, you know, sometimes

the old school kept people in line, serving God,

loving him. And I don't always like what they're

asking of me. But you know what? But this is

the right way. And I'm not willing to take any

gambling. I'm not willing to gamble with my salvation

and with the future of my children. And so back

to the ministry, it's how much you can handle.

Amen. And hear me. Those that were carrying the

ark over, that was not comfortable. Imagine.

Because the water hadn't parted yet. So they're

walking into a river. I don't know, maybe they

had little fishes that were nibbling on their

ankles or something. I don't know. It wasn't

comfortable. The water was cold. And then they

got this heavy ark on them. And so the people

of God were instructed to follow the leadership.

Now, if one of those people falls and one of

those people, then. That's between them and God.

But my job as being a part of the nation of Israel,

being a part of the congregation, God's holy

people, I've got to follow this ark because this

is the prescribed way that God has given to his

church, to his people. So they begin to follow.

And as they begin to follow, something began

to happen. Something started happening. And my

third and last point here, and then we'll wrap

it up, amen, is that you've got to cross over.

Someone say cross over. You've got to cross over

in faith. Cross over in faith. Not in the flesh.

Someone say not in the flesh. But in faith. Sister,

if you can come. I need to just deliver this

final point to you. Is you got to cross over

in faith. It all came down to this moment. Israel

had their marching orders. And it was all or

nothing. It was do or die. This was it. This

was the moment that everybody had been waiting

for. But they would come to understand something

about the way God works. That God, God has the

right to change things and do things a little

different than the way they were done yesterday.

Because the last time Israel crossed the body

of water, The Red Sea parted both ways, and before

they even stepped in, the ground was already

dry. But this time, they're stepping into something

that has not quite parted yet. This time, they

got to step. Now, imagine if they said to themselves,

well, wait a minute. This is not the way God

did it for mom and dad. This is not the way God

did it. So while some things. Won't change. There

are some other things that can change. And God

is saying, is your mind, is your heart open to

the things that I want to do differently in your

life today? That's going to look different than

how I did it yesterday. Amen, somebody. Somebody

say amen. They were ready to take the land. They

were ready to step in. On the other side of the

Jordan, you know what was there? Houses that

they didn't build. Amen. How many of you want

to go into a house that you didn't build? I want

to live in the Bay Area, man. I need somebody

to get me a house that I didn't build. And that's

free and clear. Praise God. Hallelujah. Houses

that you didn't build. You know what I feel like

prophesying to this church? God's going to give

this church a house we didn't build. Hallelujah.

I said God's going to give us a house that we

didn't build. Pastor, what does that mean? That

means take a good look at this building right

here. This is where we are today, but it's not

where we're going to be tomorrow. God's got something

greater. God's got a promise. God's got a blessing.

A house that we didn't build. Stand up on your

feet and let's give God some glory today. about

you but i'm ready for a house that i didn't build

i'm ready for a vineyard that i didn't plant

my god my god my god can i preach like i want

to for a few more moments right now There was

houses that they didn't build. And those houses

represent structures. They represent places.

And I prophesied to this church and every member

and every believer and every friend and guest

here today that God's got a space for you. God's

got a place for us. And all we got to do is be

obedient to the word of the Lord. All I got to

do is take my marching orders and march my way

right in. into the blessings of God. All I've

got to do is do it God's way. And if God says

go right, go right. And if God says go left,

go left. But at the end of it all, I'm going

to be placing my feet on the other side of the

Jordan. Placing my feet on the other side of

that obstacle. I don't know what that obstacle

is today. I don't know what that fear is today.

That fear, that anxiety, oh, that problem, that

impossibility, whatever that thing is, I've come

to tell you in the name of Jesus, you are an

heir, Jordan. I got to cross over. I got to get

to the other side. I got to see the blessings

and the promises of God. Somebody worship the

Lord today. Somebody magnify his name. on the

other side is the marriage you've always wanted

on the other side is the family that you've been

praying for on the other side are the children

that you've been praying for on the other side

are the souls that God wants to give you on the

other side is the promotion Blessing, restoration,

revival. Somebody give God a praise in this place

right now. hallelujah i wonder if you could just

give god the glory i wonder if you could just

thank god right now thank you jesus thank you

jesus hallelujah somebody's saying well pastor

what about that jordan in my life i've got a

big barrier between me and where i need to go

let me God did not bring you to the Jordan so

the Jordan would stop you. God brought you to

the Jordan so that you can cross over. The Jordan

is not. Let me tell you something right now.

Stop letting the devil tell you that the Jordan

is a wall or a barrier that cannot be overcome.

The devil is a liar. The Jordan is not a barrier.

The Jordan is a vehicle. The Jordan is transportation.

The Jordan is. There's a way to get from here

to there. Don't let nobody talk you out of your

blessing. Don't let nobody talk you out of your

miracle. Don't let nobody talk you out of revival,

of joy, of peace. In the Holy Ghost, somebody

lift up your voice. Somebody magnify the Lord.

Somebody bless his name. Somebody thank his name.

Here's your name. Somebody lift up a shout unto

the Lord with a voice of triumph, with a voice

of praise. Hallelujah. Shout hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Oh, God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

I'm going to tell you right now, I'm stepping

over my Jordan. I'm stepping over my Jordan.

I'm stepping over my Jordan. You know why? Because

I'm an heir of God. I'm a child of the living

God. I've got promises. My Bible says, Brother

Ben, that the promises of God are yes and amen.

That means it already belongs to me. It's already

got my name on it. It's already been designated

and set apart for me. And it's waiting on me.

To say it's mine. I wonder if there's somebody

right now that can shout it's mine. It's mine.

It's mine. Say it's mine right now. Now if it's

yours, I tell you right now, why don't you give

God praise for about 30 seconds.