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We were looking at the two great mysteries

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mentioned in the New Testament, and we saw

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the first one, 1 Timothy 3.16, the

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mystery of godliness.

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I just want to say a few words

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before moving on to the second mystery, and

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that is, there is an opposite or a

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counterfeit to everything that God does.

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And idolatry and heathen religions that have a

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trinity are all examples of these counterfeits.

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And just like there is a mystery of

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godliness, which is a great thing, the Bible

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speaks in 2 Thessalonians 2.7 of a

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mystery of iniquity.

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The mystery of iniquity is the opposite of

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the mystery of godliness.

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The mystery of godliness is that Jesus Christ

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came in our flesh and lived a pure

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and holy life, and now seeks to come

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and dwell in us, and through the power

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of the Holy Spirit, manifest that same life

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of God through us.

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That is what God wants to do.

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And in the measure in which the Holy

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Spirit is able to manifest the life of

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Christ through you and me, in that measure,

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God has succeeded in fulfilling his purpose.

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And in the measure in which you restrict

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or hinder the life of Christ from being

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manifest through you, in that measure, you are

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frustrating the purpose of God on earth.

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The mystery of iniquity is where people use

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religious language and appear to be leading you

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to God.

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It speaks here in 2 Thessalonians 2 about

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the Antichrist who sits in the temple and

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displays himself as being God.

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He is filled with the devil, but he

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doesn't say, I am the devil manifest in

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flesh.

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No.

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He says, I am God manifest in flesh.

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Remember when Eve, we were thinking of that

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day before yesterday evening, when Eve was tempted

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to sin, the devil didn't say, you'll become

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like the devil if you eat that.

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You know what he told her?

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You'll become like God.

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So Eve wanted to become like God.

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That's how she sinned.

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Do you know that you can sin when

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you want to become like God?

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When you want to become like God in

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having authority over others, ruling over others, making

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demands on others, then you sin.

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Jesus also came with a message, you can

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become like God in humility, in service, in

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goodness.

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It's a totally different message, even though the

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words appear the same.

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So here is the Antichrist who displays himself

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as God, but he's actually possessed by the

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devil.

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He's the devil incarnate, the opposite of Christ.

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And that's referred to here as the mystery

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of iniquity, verse 7, where people use religious

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language and appear to be leading you to

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God, appear to be leading you to Christ,

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use biblical language perhaps, but their life is

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not the life of Jesus Christ.

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So that's why we have to be very

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careful in our day.

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If you don't want to be deceived by

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the mystery of iniquity, that you don't just

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listen to a man's doctrine.

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A man's doctrine being right proves what?

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The devil's doctrine is right too.

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What does it prove?

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Does it prove he's worthy of being followed?

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Not at all.

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What about his life?

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In our church, I tell people to use

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three tests.

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Is a man trying to control your life,

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dominate you as an elder or a leader?

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Beware of such people.

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Stay miles away from such people.

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Even if their doctrines are absolutely right, even

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if they are powerful speakers, one who's got

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the spirit of Christ will never want to

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run your life, will never want to control

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your life in any way.

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He'll only want to wash your feet.

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And when you want your feet to be

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washed, he won't grab your feet and wash

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them, even if you don't want them to

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be washed.

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There are people who do that, you know,

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and say, well, I'm determined to wash your

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I'm a servant.

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He's a cult leader.

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Don't follow him.

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The second thing I say is, is he

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interested in your money?

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That's the second thing you need to ask

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yourself.

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Is he always asking you for money?

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That disqualifies almost all these television preachers.

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Is he interested in your money?

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I never see Jesus once asking people to

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give him money.

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That is Christ manifest in the flesh.

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I have believed that, practiced that, followed that

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for over 27 years.

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I want you to know that any money

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you put here into a box or an

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offering box may cover the cost of my

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travel, but not one cent of it will

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be used for my personal expenses.

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Not one cent.

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I take care of my own personal expenses.

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And even Annie's travel, you take care of

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that.

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From the books and tapes here, I get

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nothing.

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No royalty from books, tapes, CDs.

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Because I don't believe Jesus would have taken

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royalty from books and tapes and CDs.

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It's a very important area.

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Money.

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If we are not clear in that, that's

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why Paul was so careful.

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He was able to tell people, I was

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not interested in your silver or gold, or

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I didn't want you to give me clothes

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or any such thing.

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I came to serve you.

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He said, nobody will rob me of this

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boasting anywhere.

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He was very clear on that.

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And that's how I've sought to serve, because

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I feel that I have to fight against

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the spirit of the Antichrist, which seeks to

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dominate people, which is interested in people's money.

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And that's how our workers serve in India,

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in our churches.

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I myself have served in my church for

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twenty-seven years, never taken one cent from

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that church.

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And our workers in our churches serve like

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that too.

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We seek to follow the Apostle Paul in

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making tents and earning our living and serving

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the Lord.

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Any money that's used from church offering is

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only used for travel or publication of books

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or tapes, etc.

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So that we have a very clear testimony,

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which is a unique thing in India.

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In fact, it's a unique thing everywhere in

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the world.

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But that's the second thing you need to

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ask yourself.

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Is that man interested in your money?

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And the third thing I ask people to

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be careful about is, does that man flatter

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you with nice words to win your heart?

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Beware of people who flatter you or seek

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to dominate you or are interested in your

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money.

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There could be other warnings.

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I don't know whether you've read a second

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-century book called The Teachings of the Twelve

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Apostles.

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It's a little twelve-page booklet.

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It's not Bible.

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It's just a writing that's come down from

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the second century.

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One of the things that is written there

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is that any man who asks you for

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money is a false prophet.

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That's the way they protected people in those

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days, because they didn't have a Bible to

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teach people what was right doctrine and wrong

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doctrine.

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So the only way to protect some fellow

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who landed up there and said, well, Paul

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sent me, or I was with the Apostle

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John for many years, and now I'm a

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servant of the Lord, was, the test was,

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does he ask you for money?

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And the second thing was, does he stay

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too long in your house without doing any

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work?

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Send him out.

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Send him out.

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These lazy people who come and plonk themselves

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somewhere and decide to stay for weeks on

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end.

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The apostles were very cut and dry about

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these things because they wanted to protect God's

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people from deceivers.

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So there is this counterfeit that is there.

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We must face the fact the counterfeit is

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there in the world, and we have to

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be aware of it, the mystery of iniquity.

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It's a mystery because it appears to speak

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the righteous language.

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I tell you, we have to be very

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careful in our day of people who have

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the right doctrine.

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Look for the life.

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Look for humility.

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Look to see whether that person has got

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the humility and the serving nature of Christ,

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whether he wants to be a brother among

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you or a Lord.

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This is one reason in our church is

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we never have any titles.

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I say, don't call me reverend or doctor

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or anything.

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I'm not those things.

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You know what I am?

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Romans 8.29 says, I'm a younger brother

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of Jesus Christ.

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I've been predestined to be conformed to the

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image of his son that he might be

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the firstborn among many brothers.

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When I had only one son, I called

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him the only begotten.

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Now he's the firstborn because I've got four

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Do you know that when Jesus came to

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the earth, he was the only begotten.

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After his resurrection, he's never called the only

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begotten.

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He's always called the firstborn.

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Because he's got younger brothers.

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And I'm one of them.

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And so I said, please call me brother.

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Younger brother of Jesus Christ.

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Brother.

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Don't call me by lowdown titles like reverend

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and doctor and pastor and all that.

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Give me a dignified title.

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Brother.

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That's what I want to call you.

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Tell me, can you find a bigger title

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than this?

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Younger brother of Jesus Christ.

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Try and find one.

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There isn't.

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That's why we call one another brother, sister.

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We're equal.

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We may have different gifts, different functions, but

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we're equal.

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There is only one head.

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Jesus Christ.

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Sometimes babies are born with two heads.

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You know, they don't live.

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They don't live long.

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And we have churches sometimes with two heads.

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Jesus Christ is one and the local leader

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is another.

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They don't survive.

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No baby with two heads can survive.

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There has to be only one head.

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Jesus Christ alone.

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You know what they sing in heaven?

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Thou alone art worthy.

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It's not thou and Paul.

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Paul is somewhere there in the corner.

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It's Jesus Christ alone.

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Thou alone art worthy, O Lord.

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Think of that.

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And the church which leads you to worship

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Christ, to be centered in Christ, where every

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man, no matter how gifted, is an ordinary

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brother.

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That's the church I want to be in.

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Because that's a foretaste of heaven, where they're

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only going to glorify Christ.

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And so be careful of any church where

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a man becomes very prominent.

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No doubt Paul was a blessing.

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He wrote at least 13 of the New

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Testament epistles.

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But that's because God called him for that

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type of gift.

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And some people have a unique gift.

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Like I said, the tongue does all the

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talking.

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But still, the tongue is as important as

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the little muscles and sinews in my body,

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which you can't see.

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There are a lot of parts of the

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body which are equally important.

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And without them, the tongue wouldn't function.

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So this mystery of iniquity is that which

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uses religious language, but which is not motivated

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by the Spirit of Christ.

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It's not the life of Christ.

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And you can sense it.

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You know, I believe we must be sensitive

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to the voice of the Spirit.

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When you listen to a man, I always

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tell people in our church, don't just listen

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to his words.

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You'll go astray.

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I believe you'll be led astray into cults.

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Listen to his spirit.

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Whenever a man speaks, like body odor.

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You know how a dog can pick up

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body odor?

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Much better than we can.

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We can also pick it up when it's

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bad enough.

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But a dog can pick it up.

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But body odor is something which we don't

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realize.

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Like bad breath.

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See, I don't realize when I have bad

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breath, unless someone is kind enough to tell

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me.

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It comes out whether you like it or

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not.

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I mean, bad breath.

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That's why we use things to wash our

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mouth.

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Bad breath comes forth and it's not deliberate.

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It's unconscious.

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It comes out.

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It's like that with our spirit.

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You don't realize it, but when you speak

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to people, there's a spirit that comes forth.

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And if that man is a spiritual man,

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like a dog, he can pick it up

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immediately.

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But since 90% of people in a

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church are not usually spiritual, they can't pick

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it up.

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That's the danger.

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And that's how a lot of people push

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themselves, build their kingdoms over poor simple people

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who get dominated and ruled and destroyed.

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We're living in such a time.

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I would urge you to be very, very

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careful.

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Be very cautious.

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Don't be deceived just because somebody's got the

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right doctrine.

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Don't be deceived just because a meeting seems

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to be lively.

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Drunken parties are lively too.

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It doesn't mean God is there.

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You know, liveliness and activity, you go to

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rock music converts, they make a lot of

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noise.

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It doesn't mean God is there.

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Noise is not the mark of the Holy

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Spirit.

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When Elijah was in the mountain, there was

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thunder, earthquake, fire and everything.

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God was not in them.

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God was in a still small voice.

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So we need to develop in these days

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a sensitiveness to know what is of the

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Holy Spirit, what is of Christ and what

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is not.

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And the test is always Jesus.

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Whenever you see a leader, compare him with

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Jesus in the Gospels and you won't go

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wrong.

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Do you see the spirit of Christ in

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him?

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Do you see his freedom from the love

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of money in him?

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Do you see a freedom from the desire

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to dominate in him?

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Do you see a spirit of service?

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Does he consider you equal to him?

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These are the tests.

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And you can protect yourself from multitudes of

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Protestant evangelical leaders who are cult leaders with

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right doctrines, destroying lives, building their own little

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kingdoms, submitting to nobody, answerable to no one

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except themselves, imagining that they are under the

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authority of Christ.

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God doesn't bear witness to such people.

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Where God builds something, where God gives ministry

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to a person, he brings him in fellowship

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with others.

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Even a Paul was in fellowship with Peter.

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A Peter was rebuked by Paul and he

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accepted it.

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This is the fellowship there was among the

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apostles.

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The elders of churches in the New Testament

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were under the apostles.

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That's how they were protected.

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But today we have a whole lot of

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people who are under nobody, answerable to no

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one except themselves.

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Beware of such people.

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I can only warn you.

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Whether you listen to the warning or not,

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it's up to you, but I've done my

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job.

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The mystery of iniquity, it's a mystery.

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It's a mystery because it appears to be

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right.

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The doctrine appears to be right.

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But it's not Christ manifest in that flesh.

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It's the dominating power of Satan.

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You know, there's a difference.

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Have you noticed in the scriptures, it never

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speaks about the spirit possessing people?

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Demons possess.

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The spirit fills.

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Do you know the difference between spirit filling

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and demon possession?

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The difference is this.

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When a demon possesses a person, he controls

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that person totally.

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The fellow has no control over himself.

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He automatically speaks.

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He automatically writes.

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He does so many things, tears his hair.

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He's demon possessed.

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When the spirit fills a person, the fruit

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of the spirit is self-control.

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Galatians 5.23. He has more control over

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himself than before the spirit filled him.

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For example, he couldn't control his temper before.

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Now he can.

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He couldn't control his eyes from lusting before.

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Now he can.

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The spirit of the prophets are subject to

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the prophets.

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He can control himself.

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When I hear people say, oh brother Zach,

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the spirit came upon me and threw me

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to the other end of the room and

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I had lost control of myself.

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I said that was not the Holy Spirit.

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I don't know what spirit it was, but

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it was not the Holy Spirit.

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Because if you've got the Holy Spirit, you'd

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have control over yourself.

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I've heard people say, I was stuck to

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the floor.

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I couldn't get up.

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Well, that was not the Holy Spirit.

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If it was the Holy Spirit, you could

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have got up.

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There are people who say, I was filled

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with the spirit and I kept on speaking

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in tongues.

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I couldn't stop.

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Well, that was not the Holy Spirit.

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I've heard people speak in unknown tongues.

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When the evil spirit is cast out, they

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stop.

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I've also heard people speak in tongues through

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the Holy Spirit.

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So there is a difference.

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And we live in a day of tremendous

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deception, counterfeit.

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But if you apply some of these tests

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that I have mentioned, you'll protect yourself from

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these counterfeits, if you want to.

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But if you are after excitement and entertainment,

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well, the devil's got everything out there with

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a Christian name, with Christian language, with the

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right doctrines to fool you.

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You'll be a little poorer at the end

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of the experiment.

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That, of course, but probably a lot poorer.

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Somebody else will be enriched at your expense.

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But you would have got the entertainment and

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the excitement that you wanted.

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And you'll finally have wasted many years of

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your life and even be lost if you

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continue that way.

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The mystery of iniquity, beware of it.

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The mystery of godliness is that the Holy

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Spirit comes to reproduce Christ in us.

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In our flesh, we can live an overcoming

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life like Jesus lived.

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Progressively, like it says in 2 Corinthians 3

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18, from one degree of glory to another,

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he transforms us into his likeness.

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I want to speak about the second great

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mystery, and that is mentioned in Ephesians in

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chapter five.

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In Ephesians chapter five, it speaks about the

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second great mystery.

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There are only two great mysteries mentioned in

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scripture, and this is Ephesians chapter five and

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verse 32.

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This mystery is great, but I'm speaking with

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reference to Christ and the church.

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What is that?

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Verse 31, for this, verse 30, we are

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members of his body.

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For this cause, a man shall leave his

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father and mother and cleave to his wife,

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and the two shall become one flesh.

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Referring to husband and wife, but it says

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not only referring to husband and wife, but

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referring to Christ and the church, that our

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relationship with Jesus Christ is exactly like that

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of a wife to her husband.

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Exactly the same type of relationship.

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Is it possible?

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This is a great mystery, but it's true.

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You know, it says in a little example

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of that in one Corinthians in chapter six,

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where the same expression is used, the two

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shall become one flesh is referred to a

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harlot there.

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But whether with a harlot or with your

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wife, there's a physical union, which makes you

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one flesh with your wife.

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One Corinthians 616.

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Don't you know that the one who joins

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himself to a harlot is one body with

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her, for the two will become one flesh.

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But when you're joined with your wife, that

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also, the two shall become one flesh in

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exactly the same way.

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Verse 17, the one who joins himself with

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Jesus is one spirit with him.

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We're not one flesh with Jesus, because it's

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not a physical union, but we are one

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spirit.

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But the union of our spirit with Christ

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is very similar to the union of a

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man and a woman.

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See, when a man and a woman joined

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together in physical union, they are one flesh.

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The man doesn't become the woman and the

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woman doesn't become the man.

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They still remain man and woman, but they

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are one flesh.

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And when I joined with Christ, I don't

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become Christ and Christ doesn't become me.

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He's Christ and I'm a sinner saved by

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grace, but I'm one with him.

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We have to be careful.

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Stay within the limits of Scripture and you'll

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00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:54,860
be all right.

555
00:22:56,220 --> 00:23:00,340
When we use our reason, like Eve used

556
00:23:00,340 --> 00:23:02,680
her reason, we go astray.

557
00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:04,900
But this is a wonderful mystery.

558
00:23:05,780 --> 00:23:06,900
This is a great mystery.

559
00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,280
But I'm speaking concerning Christ and the church.

560
00:23:11,940 --> 00:23:15,400
Jesus Christ, the head and the church, the

561
00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:15,720
body.

562
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:18,980
Ephesians chapter 5.

563
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,100
Husbands ought to love their wives, verse 28,

564
00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:25,440
as their own bodies.

565
00:23:28,890 --> 00:23:31,070
So the relationship between a husband and wife

566
00:23:31,070 --> 00:23:33,750
here is pictured like the head, the husband,

567
00:23:34,250 --> 00:23:35,830
and the wife, the body.

568
00:23:36,830 --> 00:23:38,170
The head, the brain.

569
00:23:39,750 --> 00:23:41,330
That's what it means when it says the

570
00:23:41,330 --> 00:23:42,970
head and the wife is the body.

571
00:23:43,790 --> 00:23:46,430
In the same way, Christ is the brain

572
00:23:46,430 --> 00:23:50,150
and the church is the body.

573
00:23:53,070 --> 00:23:55,550
We are related to him, connected to him

574
00:23:55,550 --> 00:24:01,170
spiritually, just like a wife to her husband.

575
00:24:02,230 --> 00:24:04,870
And we are to be subject, and it

576
00:24:04,870 --> 00:24:07,310
uses the picture of the body here.

577
00:24:07,470 --> 00:24:10,170
That means we are members of his body,

578
00:24:10,330 --> 00:24:10,770
verse 30.

579
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:18,420
So our calling today as the spiritual body

580
00:24:18,420 --> 00:24:25,180
of Christ is similar to the calling that

581
00:24:25,180 --> 00:24:26,880
Jesus had when he came in a physical

582
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:32,060
body to the land of Palestine 2000 years

583
00:24:32,060 --> 00:24:32,380
ago.

584
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:39,500
What did Jesus come to do in his

585
00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:40,400
physical body?

586
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,360
Why did he come from heaven?

587
00:24:43,060 --> 00:24:44,460
I want to show you the one verse

588
00:24:44,460 --> 00:24:46,320
that I have found which explains it better

589
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,420
than anything else, which sums up in a

590
00:24:48,420 --> 00:24:51,780
nutshell everything that Jesus did in 33 and

591
00:24:51,780 --> 00:24:52,220
a half years.

592
00:24:52,340 --> 00:24:55,280
When many people, you ask many people, why

593
00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:56,140
did Jesus come to earth?

594
00:24:56,180 --> 00:24:57,260
They'll say he came to die for our

595
00:24:57,260 --> 00:24:57,480
sins.

596
00:24:57,740 --> 00:24:59,020
Actually, that was just one day of his

597
00:24:59,020 --> 00:25:00,020
33 and a half years.

598
00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:01,360
Tell me what he did for the rest

599
00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:01,840
of his life.

600
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:03,620
Well, he was born in a stable.

601
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:04,940
Okay, that's also one day.

602
00:25:05,780 --> 00:25:06,980
But can you tell me in one sentence

603
00:25:06,980 --> 00:25:08,280
what he did in 33 and a half

604
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:08,600
years?

605
00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,600
Which includes everything, being born in a stable,

606
00:25:13,140 --> 00:25:15,540
growing up as a carpenter, submitting to Mary,

607
00:25:16,780 --> 00:25:18,900
dying on the cross, raising from the dead.

608
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,720
Everything is summed up in one sentence in

609
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:22,900
Jesus' own words.

610
00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:25,920
John chapter 6, verse 38.

611
00:25:26,580 --> 00:25:28,260
And I've never found a better verse than

612
00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:31,380
this to explain the ministry which Jesus fulfilled

613
00:25:31,380 --> 00:25:32,480
when he was here on earth.

614
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:36,600
Why do we need to see this?

615
00:25:36,780 --> 00:25:38,420
Because this is our calling as a church.

616
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:40,320
We are one flesh with him.

617
00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:42,140
We are one spirit with him.

618
00:25:45,230 --> 00:25:47,030
Jesus said in John 6, 38, I've come

619
00:25:47,030 --> 00:25:50,850
down from heaven, in a nutshell, my entire

620
00:25:50,850 --> 00:25:54,890
life, never to do my own will, but

621
00:25:54,890 --> 00:25:56,070
the will of him who sent me.

622
00:25:56,890 --> 00:25:58,170
Why was he born in a stable?

623
00:25:59,450 --> 00:26:00,790
Because he didn't choose his own will.

624
00:26:01,270 --> 00:26:02,330
The father's will was that.

625
00:26:03,350 --> 00:26:04,950
Why did he, why was he a carpenter

626
00:26:04,950 --> 00:26:08,250
for maybe 12 of his 30 years?

627
00:26:10,170 --> 00:26:11,350
Because that was the father's will.

628
00:26:11,450 --> 00:26:12,190
It wasn't his choice.

629
00:26:13,770 --> 00:26:15,130
Why did he go out to preach only

630
00:26:15,130 --> 00:26:16,170
for three and a half years?

631
00:26:17,570 --> 00:26:18,490
It was the father's will.

632
00:26:20,230 --> 00:26:21,470
If he had to die for the sins

633
00:26:21,470 --> 00:26:23,150
of the world, why didn't he die decently

634
00:26:23,150 --> 00:26:24,890
in a corner instead of dying in such

635
00:26:24,890 --> 00:26:26,790
a horrible death on a cross?

636
00:26:26,930 --> 00:26:27,850
That was the father's will.

637
00:26:29,290 --> 00:26:32,930
There was only one factor that determined everything

638
00:26:32,930 --> 00:26:33,790
in Jesus' life.

639
00:26:35,150 --> 00:26:37,070
What is the will of my father?

640
00:26:39,870 --> 00:26:41,730
And you remember that great agony that he

641
00:26:41,730 --> 00:26:45,670
went through in Gethsemane, where he pleaded with

642
00:26:45,670 --> 00:26:48,270
the father that, father, please take away this

643
00:26:48,270 --> 00:26:48,950
cup from me.

644
00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:52,820
And the father said, no.

645
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:54,260
He prayed again.

646
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:55,340
Father said, no.

647
00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,520
He prayed for one hour, prayed a third

648
00:26:58,520 --> 00:26:58,940
time.

649
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:00,140
Father said, no.

650
00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:04,860
What was it that Jesus dreaded so much?

651
00:27:06,100 --> 00:27:08,840
What was it he, he certainly wasn't physical

652
00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:09,180
death.

653
00:27:09,860 --> 00:27:11,740
I mean, I've heard of martyrs who went

654
00:27:11,740 --> 00:27:14,220
to the Roman Coliseums when they were going

655
00:27:14,220 --> 00:27:15,680
to be eaten up by lions and who

656
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,360
sang praises to God and sang hallelujah while

657
00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:20,160
their head went into the lion's mouth.

658
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,280
Amazing boldness.

659
00:27:23,380 --> 00:27:25,760
And I can't imagine that Jesus was less

660
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:26,500
bold than them.

661
00:27:27,300 --> 00:27:29,020
No, he was not afraid of physical death.

662
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:29,760
Not at all.

663
00:27:30,020 --> 00:27:31,340
He'd have been willing to die a million

664
00:27:31,340 --> 00:27:32,120
physical deaths.

665
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,100
He's the one who gave courage to the

666
00:27:35,100 --> 00:27:35,660
martyrs.

667
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,860
And he certainly was very bold himself.

668
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:43,160
But there was one thing that Jesus dreaded,

669
00:27:43,780 --> 00:27:46,940
dreaded, dreaded, dreaded, dreaded terribly.

670
00:27:48,220 --> 00:27:51,400
And that was what he valued most in

671
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:52,120
his life.

672
00:27:53,820 --> 00:27:57,380
Fellowship with the father, which he had experienced

673
00:27:57,380 --> 00:27:59,000
from all eternity.

674
00:28:00,580 --> 00:28:02,340
He was not interested in comfort, money.

675
00:28:02,740 --> 00:28:04,280
He was not interested in the things that

676
00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:05,660
many Christians are interested in.

677
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,340
He was not even interested in being a

678
00:28:08,340 --> 00:28:10,600
leader of a group like some Christians are.

679
00:28:13,530 --> 00:28:15,250
He was not interested in any of those

680
00:28:15,250 --> 00:28:15,710
things.

681
00:28:16,370 --> 00:28:17,990
He was not interested in having a ministry

682
00:28:17,990 --> 00:28:19,530
like some Christians are.

683
00:28:20,030 --> 00:28:21,990
Don't think you're very spiritual if you're interested

684
00:28:21,990 --> 00:28:22,570
in the ministry.

685
00:28:22,790 --> 00:28:23,730
I want to tell you that.

686
00:28:24,090 --> 00:28:26,070
Don't think you're spiritual if you're interested in

687
00:28:26,070 --> 00:28:26,610
being a leader.

688
00:28:26,810 --> 00:28:31,450
You're carnal like any other carnal adulterer.

689
00:28:34,770 --> 00:28:36,330
Jesus was not interested in these things.

690
00:28:36,450 --> 00:28:38,510
A spiritual man is interested in only one

691
00:28:38,510 --> 00:28:38,970
thing.

692
00:28:40,070 --> 00:28:41,110
Fellowship with God.

693
00:28:42,670 --> 00:28:44,190
He's not interested in ministry.

694
00:28:44,490 --> 00:28:45,570
He's not interested in leadership.

695
00:28:45,930 --> 00:28:47,430
He's not interested what people think about him.

696
00:28:47,730 --> 00:28:48,710
He's not interested in anything.

697
00:28:48,870 --> 00:28:49,910
He's interested in fellowship with God.

698
00:28:50,170 --> 00:28:51,750
And if that's all you're interested in in

699
00:28:51,750 --> 00:28:54,410
life, you're a spiritual man and woman.

700
00:28:54,690 --> 00:28:56,730
Otherwise, you're not, no matter what you think

701
00:28:56,730 --> 00:28:58,570
of yourself, no matter what other people think

702
00:28:58,570 --> 00:29:00,630
of you, no matter what other people in

703
00:29:00,630 --> 00:29:02,470
your little group think of you, you are

704
00:29:02,470 --> 00:29:03,990
not a spiritual man.

705
00:29:05,980 --> 00:29:08,280
So Jesus was only interested in fellowship with

706
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:08,700
his father.

707
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:09,760
That's all he had.

708
00:29:10,220 --> 00:29:12,320
That's what he had from eternity long before

709
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,920
there was a world or heaven or earth

710
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:15,960
or angels or anything.

711
00:29:16,220 --> 00:29:17,600
He had fellowship with his father from all

712
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:18,000
eternity.

713
00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:23,300
And now he faced the prospect of a

714
00:29:23,300 --> 00:29:27,600
three-hour break in that fellowship on the

715
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,720
cross if he were going to take our

716
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,700
sins, the punishment of our sins.

717
00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:33,340
Only three hours.

718
00:29:36,470 --> 00:29:37,830
You and I have had break of fellowship

719
00:29:37,830 --> 00:29:39,450
with the father for days on end.

720
00:29:39,930 --> 00:29:41,110
It never bothered us.

721
00:29:41,190 --> 00:29:42,790
So long as we had money and comfort

722
00:29:42,790 --> 00:29:44,730
and a good bed and good food, it

723
00:29:44,730 --> 00:29:46,150
didn't matter if we didn't have fellowship with

724
00:29:46,150 --> 00:29:47,170
the father, but not Jesus.

725
00:29:48,030 --> 00:29:49,530
He wouldn't want to break a fellowship with

726
00:29:49,530 --> 00:29:50,650
the father even for one minute.

727
00:29:51,710 --> 00:29:52,210
You know why?

728
00:29:52,930 --> 00:29:55,470
Because he had the divine eternal perspective, which

729
00:29:55,470 --> 00:29:57,550
realized that fellowship with the father is the

730
00:29:57,550 --> 00:29:59,230
only thing worthwhile.

731
00:30:00,170 --> 00:30:01,250
We haven't come there.

732
00:30:01,850 --> 00:30:03,730
We still think a comfortable bed, good food

733
00:30:03,730 --> 00:30:06,950
and sex and money and all the enjoyment

734
00:30:06,950 --> 00:30:08,950
of luxuries of life are also necessary.

735
00:30:08,950 --> 00:30:10,210
Jesus knew they were not.

736
00:30:10,990 --> 00:30:13,070
He knew the only thing necessary for man

737
00:30:13,070 --> 00:30:14,050
was fellowship with the father.

738
00:30:15,750 --> 00:30:17,150
He had the right perspective.

739
00:30:17,330 --> 00:30:19,210
And the more you come to that place,

740
00:30:19,250 --> 00:30:20,510
the more spiritual you are.

741
00:30:21,590 --> 00:30:24,330
And the less you have an interest in

742
00:30:24,330 --> 00:30:26,930
all these vanities that the world offers you.

743
00:30:28,950 --> 00:30:30,550
A lot of people who think they're spiritual

744
00:30:30,550 --> 00:30:31,390
are not spiritual.

745
00:30:31,790 --> 00:30:34,130
Like I've often said, my dear brother and

746
00:30:34,130 --> 00:30:35,610
sister, you are not as spiritual as you

747
00:30:35,610 --> 00:30:39,650
think you are, unless you value only fellowship

748
00:30:39,650 --> 00:30:42,210
with the father as the only thing you

749
00:30:42,210 --> 00:30:42,990
want in life.

750
00:30:43,750 --> 00:30:46,670
Everything else, ministry, having a little church to

751
00:30:46,670 --> 00:30:49,110
run, to get some little ego satisfaction, all

752
00:30:49,110 --> 00:30:49,750
this is garbage.

753
00:30:52,420 --> 00:30:52,900
It is.

754
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,440
Fellowship with the father is the only thing

755
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:57,580
a spiritual man desires.

756
00:30:57,900 --> 00:31:01,040
And beyond that, what God gives him, opportunity

757
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:02,700
to serve other people, he serves them and

758
00:31:02,700 --> 00:31:03,220
moves on.

759
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:05,080
But these are not the big things for

760
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:05,240
him.

761
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,380
And God has shown me that more and

762
00:31:08,380 --> 00:31:08,980
more in my life.

763
00:31:09,060 --> 00:31:10,700
And I praise the Lord, it's liberated me.

764
00:31:11,540 --> 00:31:13,860
Ministry is no longer important to me.

765
00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:15,360
When I was a young man, it was.

766
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,000
I wanted to impress.

767
00:31:17,380 --> 00:31:18,960
I wanted to do this, that and the

768
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:19,100
other.

769
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:19,540
No longer.

770
00:31:20,820 --> 00:31:23,060
I'm not interested in writing books or making

771
00:31:23,060 --> 00:31:25,700
tapes or ministry or traveling or even having

772
00:31:25,700 --> 00:31:26,400
a little church.

773
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:28,940
I've told the Lord, I say, Lord, if

774
00:31:28,940 --> 00:31:30,820
one day you paralyze me and make me

775
00:31:30,820 --> 00:31:32,500
lie down on my bed and I lose

776
00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:35,680
my voice, it won't make any difference to

777
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:35,880
me.

778
00:31:36,460 --> 00:31:38,080
I still love you with all my heart

779
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:38,880
and fellowship with you.

780
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:40,500
Nobody can take that away from me.

781
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:42,340
If somebody locks me up in an Indian

782
00:31:42,340 --> 00:31:44,620
jail for preaching the gospel and I sit

783
00:31:44,620 --> 00:31:46,200
there for 20 years.

784
00:31:47,300 --> 00:31:47,660
Fine.

785
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:49,520
If that's the will of God, that's perfectly

786
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:50,240
okay for me.

787
00:31:51,980 --> 00:31:53,920
Well, we have persecution coming in India.

788
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:55,680
There's a real possibility of such things happening.

789
00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:56,540
That's fine.

790
00:31:58,820 --> 00:32:01,360
Nobody can take away from me what God

791
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,260
has given me through the Holy Spirit in

792
00:32:03,260 --> 00:32:03,720
Christ.

793
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:05,880
Fellowship with my heavenly father.

794
00:32:06,420 --> 00:32:09,320
That is what Jesus was afraid to lose

795
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:10,100
in the garden of Gethsemane.

796
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:11,900
He pleaded with the father, isn't there any

797
00:32:11,900 --> 00:32:12,360
other way?

798
00:32:12,660 --> 00:32:13,680
Isn't there any other way?

799
00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:15,400
And father said, no.

800
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,340
If you don't face that and come back

801
00:32:19,340 --> 00:32:20,500
to heaven, you can come back.

802
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:21,120
No problem.

803
00:32:22,540 --> 00:32:24,200
But nobody will be saved.

804
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:28,360
That was a struggle.

805
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,160
I see the love of Jesus for me

806
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,580
in Gethsemane, long before he went to Calvary.

807
00:32:35,820 --> 00:32:40,740
I see him in that moment choosing a

808
00:32:40,740 --> 00:32:43,040
way which was the greatest agony for him

809
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:48,180
and saying that for the sake of that

810
00:32:48,180 --> 00:32:51,500
fellow who's going to be born in India

811
00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:53,160
in the 20th century, for his sake, I'll

812
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:53,640
do it.

813
00:32:53,940 --> 00:32:56,040
For my sake, for your sake.

814
00:32:56,980 --> 00:32:58,960
He chose to go that way.

815
00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:00,920
And I say, Lord, thank you.

816
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:02,900
I'll never forget it.

817
00:33:03,780 --> 00:33:07,020
That you chose three hours of agony, which,

818
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,140
you know, you and I will never know

819
00:33:10,140 --> 00:33:10,920
what that agony is.

820
00:33:10,980 --> 00:33:12,040
If you want to know what that agony

821
00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,000
is, you've got to spend eternity in hell

822
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,140
to understand it, to be forsaken by God.

823
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:22,280
Jesus experienced hell for three hours.

824
00:33:23,780 --> 00:33:26,600
But because he was an infinite being, not

825
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,120
a finite being like created beings, in three

826
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:33,100
hours he could experience concentrated eternity in hell.

827
00:33:34,300 --> 00:33:37,680
Infinity multiplied by three is finite being multiplied

828
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:38,380
by eternity.

829
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:39,920
It's very simple mathematics.

830
00:33:40,980 --> 00:33:45,600
He experienced he experienced eternal hell because he

831
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:46,540
was an infinite being.

832
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:47,960
Three hours was enough.

833
00:33:48,900 --> 00:33:50,260
And to experience it, you've got to go

834
00:33:50,260 --> 00:33:52,400
to that man who spends eternity in hell

835
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:53,740
and ask him to tell you what it's

836
00:33:53,740 --> 00:33:54,000
like.

837
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:55,940
That's what Jesus experienced on the cross because

838
00:33:55,940 --> 00:33:57,440
that is the punishment for sin.

839
00:33:59,340 --> 00:34:00,900
And by the time the cross was over,

840
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,560
he had finished.

841
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:05,480
He said it's finished.

842
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:06,780
I've taken the punishment.

843
00:34:07,900 --> 00:34:09,880
After that, the Bible says he descended into

844
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:10,320
Hades.

845
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:11,440
That's not hell.

846
00:34:11,980 --> 00:34:15,300
That's just the place of departed spirits, mistranslated

847
00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:16,880
as hell in different places in the King

848
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:17,340
James Version.

849
00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:23,540
He was in paradise with the thief, proclaiming

850
00:34:23,540 --> 00:34:25,060
to the people on the other side of

851
00:34:25,060 --> 00:34:26,480
hell that they were defeated.

852
00:34:27,020 --> 00:34:28,679
Satan was defeated on the cross.

853
00:34:29,900 --> 00:34:33,760
So he came to do the father's will

854
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,760
on earth, whatever the cost.

855
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,580
And now we have become one spirit with

856
00:34:39,580 --> 00:34:39,780
him.

857
00:34:42,219 --> 00:34:42,920
What is our calling?

858
00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,159
To do this, to live the same way

859
00:34:46,159 --> 00:34:46,840
on earth.

860
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,320
Then we are his body.

861
00:34:52,409 --> 00:34:55,750
Never to do my own will, but the

862
00:34:55,750 --> 00:34:57,250
will of God.

863
00:34:58,750 --> 00:35:00,130
Do you know that the members of my

864
00:35:00,130 --> 00:35:00,430
body?

865
00:35:01,710 --> 00:35:04,010
Now, I want to say this to only

866
00:35:04,010 --> 00:35:06,670
those who are serious about not who want

867
00:35:06,670 --> 00:35:07,690
points for sermons.

868
00:35:08,150 --> 00:35:10,170
Some people listen to me to get points

869
00:35:10,170 --> 00:35:11,410
for sermons, which they want to go and

870
00:35:11,410 --> 00:35:12,530
preach somewhere else and get honor.

871
00:35:13,170 --> 00:35:14,890
I'm going to say, I'm not talking to

872
00:35:14,890 --> 00:35:15,310
such people.

873
00:35:15,430 --> 00:35:17,210
I'm talking about the people who are not

874
00:35:17,210 --> 00:35:19,350
even interested in an intellectual explanation.

875
00:35:20,310 --> 00:35:22,210
I'm talking to people who are interested in

876
00:35:22,210 --> 00:35:24,430
following Jesus day by day.

877
00:35:24,930 --> 00:35:26,170
It means self-denial.

878
00:35:26,590 --> 00:35:28,230
It means dying to your rights and your

879
00:35:28,230 --> 00:35:30,650
reputation and your honor and your own will

880
00:35:32,090 --> 00:35:33,450
every day.

881
00:35:33,750 --> 00:35:35,270
Do you know that every part of this

882
00:35:35,270 --> 00:35:38,810
body never does its own will?

883
00:35:40,250 --> 00:35:43,950
My hands have done the will of my

884
00:35:43,950 --> 00:35:46,070
brain for 62 years.

885
00:35:47,790 --> 00:35:49,270
From the time I was a little baby

886
00:35:49,270 --> 00:35:52,630
to now, it's never once have they done

887
00:35:52,630 --> 00:35:53,290
their own will.

888
00:35:54,710 --> 00:35:59,190
They have voluntarily surrendered their will to the

889
00:35:59,190 --> 00:35:59,970
will of the brain.

890
00:36:01,270 --> 00:36:02,130
The head.

891
00:36:02,490 --> 00:36:05,470
Every part of my body has functioned like

892
00:36:05,470 --> 00:36:05,790
that.

893
00:36:06,270 --> 00:36:09,550
And that's why my body has never fought

894
00:36:09,550 --> 00:36:10,110
with itself.

895
00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:14,220
My right hand has never slapped me.

896
00:36:15,540 --> 00:36:17,640
My right leg has never kicked my left

897
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:18,500
leg in anger.

898
00:36:19,580 --> 00:36:20,420
Amazing, isn't it?

899
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:22,640
For two people to live in fellowship like

900
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:23,800
that for over 60 years.

901
00:36:26,870 --> 00:36:29,890
Is it possible for Jesus Christ to reproduce

902
00:36:29,890 --> 00:36:33,450
in his spiritual body what he has already

903
00:36:33,450 --> 00:36:34,550
done in my physical body?

904
00:36:35,390 --> 00:36:36,850
Isn't this a miracle, the way God has

905
00:36:36,850 --> 00:36:39,010
made my body that my brain controls everything

906
00:36:39,010 --> 00:36:42,010
and every part is genuinely concerned in the

907
00:36:42,010 --> 00:36:42,490
other part?

908
00:36:43,870 --> 00:36:44,930
This is a mystery.

909
00:36:46,210 --> 00:36:47,330
The devil says impossible.

910
00:36:48,370 --> 00:36:48,650
Okay.

911
00:36:49,490 --> 00:36:51,370
If you believe the devil, according to your

912
00:36:51,370 --> 00:36:52,990
faith, be it unto you, it will be

913
00:36:52,990 --> 00:36:54,250
impossible in your life.

914
00:36:56,470 --> 00:37:01,260
But if you believe God, if you believe

915
00:37:01,260 --> 00:37:02,720
that this is what Jesus came to do,

916
00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:05,140
if you believe that this is what Jesus

917
00:37:05,140 --> 00:37:07,120
came and died on the cross to accomplish,

918
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:08,360
it's a mystery.

919
00:37:08,460 --> 00:37:09,260
I agree, it's a mystery.

920
00:37:10,020 --> 00:37:11,000
That I don't question.

921
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:11,920
It's a great mystery.

922
00:37:12,260 --> 00:37:13,680
It's one of the true great mysteries in

923
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:15,260
the New Testament.

924
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:19,100
The church, the body and the bride of

925
00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:22,820
Jesus Christ related to him just like a

926
00:37:22,820 --> 00:37:23,700
wife to a husband.

927
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:26,480
Becoming more and more intimate with him.

928
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:33,620
Not seeking to take the glory away from

929
00:37:33,620 --> 00:37:34,060
her husband.

930
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:39,280
A true wife always works behind the scenes

931
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,540
to promote her husband.

932
00:37:42,380 --> 00:37:45,740
That's how church does, to promote Christ, to

933
00:37:45,740 --> 00:37:48,080
lift up Christ, not herself.

934
00:37:49,020 --> 00:37:50,740
Be careful of a man who's trying to

935
00:37:50,740 --> 00:37:51,680
lift himself up.

936
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:54,460
Steer clear of him.

937
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,420
No matter what his doctrine, steer clear of

938
00:37:57,420 --> 00:38:00,840
him, he'll destroy you in the process of

939
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:01,680
destroying himself.

940
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:04,460
Steer clear of such people.

941
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:06,500
There are lots of them floating around.

942
00:38:07,820 --> 00:38:10,420
Little heads, big heads, all seeking to promote

943
00:38:10,420 --> 00:38:10,960
themselves.

944
00:38:13,300 --> 00:38:14,640
But in the church, there is to be

945
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:16,080
only one head, Christ.

946
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,380
You need to be ministered to by a

947
00:38:20,380 --> 00:38:23,260
man who will draw you to Christ and

948
00:38:23,260 --> 00:38:24,040
not to himself.

949
00:38:25,700 --> 00:38:27,760
A man who will connect you to Christ

950
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:28,620
and pull out.

951
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,500
You know, one of the best examples, this

952
00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:33,640
is what the Holy Spirit does, by the

953
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:33,800
way.

954
00:38:35,060 --> 00:38:39,260
You know, it says in John chapter 16,

955
00:38:47,490 --> 00:38:48,770
the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

956
00:38:50,870 --> 00:38:53,610
Verse 14, speaking about the Spirit when he

957
00:38:53,610 --> 00:38:56,590
comes, Jesus said, he will glorify me.

958
00:38:57,710 --> 00:38:59,990
He will take of the things that are

959
00:38:59,990 --> 00:39:02,250
mine and disclose them to you.

960
00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:07,400
He will not glorify himself.

961
00:39:10,780 --> 00:39:13,620
Verse 13, he will not speak on his

962
00:39:13,620 --> 00:39:14,620
own initiative.

963
00:39:15,860 --> 00:39:20,020
The Holy Spirit will not speak of himself.

964
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:25,600
It says he will glorify me, not himself.

965
00:39:29,060 --> 00:39:30,660
When a man is filled with the Holy

966
00:39:30,660 --> 00:39:33,860
Spirit, he will not speak about the Holy

967
00:39:33,860 --> 00:39:34,120
Spirit.

968
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:35,180
He will speak about Christ.

969
00:39:36,260 --> 00:39:36,980
That's what it says here.

970
00:39:40,260 --> 00:39:45,160
I am so scared of these meetings where

971
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:48,140
they talk about the Spirit, Spirit, Spirit, Spirit,

972
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:48,700
Spirit, Spirit.

973
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:49,440
There's no Christ.

974
00:39:52,170 --> 00:39:56,370
Beware of a Christless Pentecost that a lot

975
00:39:56,370 --> 00:39:57,530
of people seem to be having today.

976
00:39:57,650 --> 00:39:58,790
It's a counterfeit Pentecost.

977
00:39:59,650 --> 00:40:01,850
It's a counterfeit baptism in the Holy Spirit,

978
00:40:01,850 --> 00:40:05,050
which does not make Jesus glorious in your

979
00:40:05,050 --> 00:40:08,490
eyes, because the Holy Spirit does not speak

980
00:40:08,490 --> 00:40:08,930
of himself.

981
00:40:09,150 --> 00:40:10,170
He speaks about Christ.

982
00:40:12,460 --> 00:40:13,660
He lifts up Christ.

983
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:16,160
He draws you to Christ.

984
00:40:17,780 --> 00:40:21,580
And he hides himself, just like Jesus, when

985
00:40:21,580 --> 00:40:23,580
he was on earth, he pointed to the

986
00:40:23,580 --> 00:40:23,880
Father.

987
00:40:25,460 --> 00:40:28,020
When the Holy Spirit has come, he points

988
00:40:28,020 --> 00:40:28,380
to Christ.

989
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:29,660
This is how the Trinity is.

990
00:40:30,820 --> 00:40:31,960
They don't point to themselves.

991
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:35,260
That's why I say you be careful of

992
00:40:35,260 --> 00:40:37,200
a man who is lifting himself up.

993
00:40:38,460 --> 00:40:41,000
A spirit-filled man, light filled with the

994
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,640
Holy Spirit, will naturally point you to Christ,

995
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:43,800
because that's what the Spirit does.

996
00:40:46,930 --> 00:40:51,230
And so the most spirit-filled meeting is

997
00:40:51,230 --> 00:40:54,310
a meeting where even if the Holy Spirit

998
00:40:54,310 --> 00:40:57,410
is not mentioned, you will see Jesus more

999
00:40:57,410 --> 00:40:59,910
clearly and be drawn to him.

1000
00:41:00,190 --> 00:41:02,650
This is the test, because that's what Jesus

1001
00:41:02,650 --> 00:41:03,310
himself said.

1002
00:41:03,770 --> 00:41:05,590
I tell you, if you followed these simple

1003
00:41:05,590 --> 00:41:07,830
teachings of Jesus, we would be saved from

1004
00:41:07,830 --> 00:41:09,230
all deception.

1005
00:41:09,390 --> 00:41:10,650
You know why believers are deceived?

1006
00:41:11,330 --> 00:41:13,510
Let me tell you in one simple sentence.

1007
00:41:14,070 --> 00:41:16,350
They are too lazy to read the Bible.

1008
00:41:18,850 --> 00:41:20,250
They're too lazy to read the Bible.

1009
00:41:20,990 --> 00:41:22,850
They want to be spoon-fed, spoon-fed,

1010
00:41:22,950 --> 00:41:23,490
spoon-fed.

1011
00:41:24,150 --> 00:41:26,290
And there are multitudes of deceivers who are

1012
00:41:26,290 --> 00:41:27,790
ready to spoon-feed them with the wrong

1013
00:41:27,790 --> 00:41:31,110
thing, which will promote their own kingdoms, build

1014
00:41:31,110 --> 00:41:34,370
their own financial empires, satisfy their own egos,

1015
00:41:34,930 --> 00:41:36,770
that they've got a little group of people

1016
00:41:36,770 --> 00:41:38,590
following them and their peculiar teachings.

1017
00:41:39,650 --> 00:41:40,570
Beware of these people.

1018
00:41:43,250 --> 00:41:45,550
Anyone who does not connect you to Christ,

1019
00:41:46,090 --> 00:41:46,850
steer clear of him.

1020
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:49,920
Steer clear of him.

1021
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,500
I used to say, stay a million miles

1022
00:41:53,500 --> 00:41:54,860
away from him, but I discovered that the

1023
00:41:54,860 --> 00:41:59,120
whole circumference of the earth is only much

1024
00:41:59,120 --> 00:41:59,640
less than that.

1025
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:00,880
So you can't stay a million miles away,

1026
00:42:00,940 --> 00:42:02,660
but stay as far as away as possible.

1027
00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:07,540
Stay as far away as possible from these

1028
00:42:07,540 --> 00:42:07,820
people.

1029
00:42:07,940 --> 00:42:09,500
There are lots of them floating around the

1030
00:42:09,500 --> 00:42:11,320
world today, and particularly in our day.

1031
00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:17,680
They are proud, they're selfish, they're self-centered,

1032
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:19,780
but they talk the right language.

1033
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:23,540
And they talk clever stuff, which sounds very

1034
00:42:23,540 --> 00:42:25,300
much like the real thing, but it's the

1035
00:42:25,300 --> 00:42:26,620
mystery of iniquity at work.

1036
00:42:29,570 --> 00:42:32,230
The mystery of the church is being one

1037
00:42:32,230 --> 00:42:33,530
body with him, his bride.

1038
00:42:34,270 --> 00:42:37,550
Anyone who ministers to you in a way

1039
00:42:37,550 --> 00:42:41,650
that your bridal relationship with Jesus Christ is

1040
00:42:41,650 --> 00:42:46,290
enhanced, is being led by the spirit.

1041
00:42:47,370 --> 00:42:50,230
That's like saying, if you see a husband

1042
00:42:50,230 --> 00:42:53,030
and wife, anyone who helps them to come

1043
00:42:53,030 --> 00:42:55,390
closer to each other is led by the

1044
00:42:55,390 --> 00:42:55,630
spirit.

1045
00:42:56,290 --> 00:42:59,210
Anyone who tries to come between them to

1046
00:42:59,210 --> 00:43:01,470
separate them from each other is led by

1047
00:43:01,470 --> 00:43:01,810
the devil.

1048
00:43:02,350 --> 00:43:04,610
Even in a human marriage, what God has

1049
00:43:04,610 --> 00:43:06,310
joined together, let no man put us under.

1050
00:43:07,170 --> 00:43:09,190
I would never in my life want to

1051
00:43:09,190 --> 00:43:10,450
come between a husband and wife.

1052
00:43:10,990 --> 00:43:11,290
Never.

1053
00:43:14,190 --> 00:43:18,890
I've seen preachers who, because of the power

1054
00:43:18,890 --> 00:43:20,990
they have through their ministry, and I know

1055
00:43:20,990 --> 00:43:22,610
I can exercise that too if I want

1056
00:43:22,610 --> 00:43:24,010
to, but I won't.

1057
00:43:24,710 --> 00:43:26,470
It is to, you know, you can exercise

1058
00:43:26,470 --> 00:43:28,710
power in your ministry where people see you,

1059
00:43:29,110 --> 00:43:31,650
they are so blessed by you, that they

1060
00:43:31,650 --> 00:43:34,190
respect you, they admire you, they'll do anything

1061
00:43:34,190 --> 00:43:34,850
you say.

1062
00:43:35,990 --> 00:43:37,870
And you can use that power in a

1063
00:43:37,870 --> 00:43:38,410
wrong way.

1064
00:43:41,350 --> 00:43:44,550
I've seen how women are attracted to certain

1065
00:43:44,550 --> 00:43:45,110
preachers.

1066
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:50,440
I've had married women in our church come

1067
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:52,520
to me and say, Brother Zach, oh it's

1068
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:54,320
so blessed to hear what you say.

1069
00:43:54,620 --> 00:43:57,500
It's so wonderful, and my husband doesn't appreciate

1070
00:43:57,500 --> 00:43:58,380
all these things.

1071
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:00,260
And I'm not fooled by all that.

1072
00:44:00,300 --> 00:44:02,140
I know there's a demon lurking there.

1073
00:44:04,900 --> 00:44:07,760
I mean, not she's a demon, but somewhere

1074
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:09,400
in that vicinity, there's a demon.

1075
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:13,760
And so I always tell this sister, Sister,

1076
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:15,520
you please listen to your husband.

1077
00:44:15,700 --> 00:44:16,780
Go home and listen to him.

1078
00:44:16,980 --> 00:44:17,640
He's a good man.

1079
00:44:19,570 --> 00:44:21,170
And then she'll come to me another week

1080
00:44:21,170 --> 00:44:22,710
and say, oh Brother Zach, that was wonderful

1081
00:44:22,710 --> 00:44:23,950
what you shared and all that.

1082
00:44:24,250 --> 00:44:25,570
I say, Sister, listen to your husband.

1083
00:44:26,450 --> 00:44:27,270
You should listen to him.

1084
00:44:27,510 --> 00:44:29,150
After two, three weeks, they learn they can't

1085
00:44:29,150 --> 00:44:30,050
try these tricks with me.

1086
00:44:32,370 --> 00:44:34,850
I am in the business of joining these

1087
00:44:34,850 --> 00:44:36,690
people together, whom God has joined together.

1088
00:44:37,330 --> 00:44:41,510
I'm not interested in getting that woman's admiration.

1089
00:44:42,210 --> 00:44:42,750
I'm sorry.

1090
00:44:43,010 --> 00:44:44,330
I'm not a servant of Satan.

1091
00:44:44,750 --> 00:44:48,190
I'm a servant of God, who's joining people

1092
00:44:48,190 --> 00:44:48,650
together.

1093
00:44:49,070 --> 00:44:50,670
I've seen lots of preachers who don't do

1094
00:44:50,670 --> 00:44:50,910
that.

1095
00:44:51,990 --> 00:44:52,950
Lots of preachers.

1096
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:57,040
They say, well, what to do if people

1097
00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:57,560
admire me?

1098
00:44:57,780 --> 00:44:59,540
Well, you should push them off.

1099
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:00,680
That's what I do.

1100
00:45:02,340 --> 00:45:03,340
Push them on to Christ.

1101
00:45:03,620 --> 00:45:05,060
Get them closer to their husbands if they're

1102
00:45:05,060 --> 00:45:05,320
women.

1103
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:08,020
Get them closer to Christ, not to yourself.

1104
00:45:10,790 --> 00:45:11,450
How to do that?

1105
00:45:11,590 --> 00:45:13,430
Well, correct them, rebuke them.

1106
00:45:13,690 --> 00:45:14,770
They won't get attached to you then.

1107
00:45:15,130 --> 00:45:16,090
They'll get attached to Christ.

1108
00:45:17,090 --> 00:45:18,690
They get attached to you because you flatter

1109
00:45:18,690 --> 00:45:18,890
them.

1110
00:45:19,090 --> 00:45:20,350
Oh, Sister, is that right?

1111
00:45:20,630 --> 00:45:21,950
Oh, I'm so glad that I've been such

1112
00:45:21,950 --> 00:45:22,590
a blessing to you.

1113
00:45:22,650 --> 00:45:23,730
And you talk like that and they get

1114
00:45:23,730 --> 00:45:24,450
more attached to you.

1115
00:45:25,150 --> 00:45:26,210
Give them a word of correction.

1116
00:45:26,330 --> 00:45:27,550
They won't get attached to you anymore.

1117
00:45:28,930 --> 00:45:30,310
That's what I do in my church all

1118
00:45:30,310 --> 00:45:31,650
the time to brothers and sisters.

1119
00:45:33,980 --> 00:45:36,280
I do not want anybody attached to me.

1120
00:45:37,180 --> 00:45:38,560
I want them to be attached to Jesus

1121
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:39,120
Christ.

1122
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:42,540
I'm a member of the body.

1123
00:45:43,180 --> 00:45:45,320
Till my dying day, I'll be a member.

1124
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:48,800
I will not be a second head competing

1125
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:50,880
with Christ in the body of Christ like

1126
00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:51,800
so many leaders.

1127
00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:53,420
Don't be one.

1128
00:45:54,380 --> 00:45:56,980
And don't follow one like that unless you

1129
00:45:56,980 --> 00:45:57,920
want to destroy yourself.

1130
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:01,500
This is a great mystery that Jesus has

1131
00:46:01,500 --> 00:46:04,600
given us such a tremendous privilege to function

1132
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:07,140
on his behalf, to lay hands on people

1133
00:46:07,140 --> 00:46:09,220
in the name of Jesus.

1134
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:10,520
What an honor!

1135
00:46:12,180 --> 00:46:14,220
Don't ever take advantage of it.

1136
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:16,520
Walk in humility.

1137
00:46:17,660 --> 00:46:19,520
It's a tremendous privilege to be able to

1138
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:22,320
walk on this earth as the representatives of

1139
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:26,480
Jesus Christ, to take his name upon us.

1140
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:29,180
Do you know the very word Christian, which

1141
00:46:29,180 --> 00:46:33,700
has been abused, misunderstood, and degraded, devalued?

1142
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:34,920
Do you know what it means?

1143
00:46:38,420 --> 00:46:39,620
Shall I say it reverently?

1144
00:46:40,540 --> 00:46:42,200
Reverently, don't misunderstand me.

1145
00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:45,360
It means Mrs. Christ.

1146
00:46:48,620 --> 00:46:50,080
When did my wife get my name?

1147
00:46:50,260 --> 00:46:51,180
When she married me.

1148
00:46:53,900 --> 00:46:55,300
You know when I'm supposed to call myself

1149
00:46:55,300 --> 00:46:55,720
a Christian?

1150
00:46:56,620 --> 00:46:58,240
When I'm married to Christ.

1151
00:46:59,020 --> 00:47:01,140
Unworthy, wretched sinner that I am.

1152
00:47:01,940 --> 00:47:02,500
Christian.

1153
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:07,500
That devalued name has got such dignity about

1154
00:47:07,500 --> 00:47:07,620
it.

1155
00:47:07,720 --> 00:47:08,720
If only you understood it.

1156
00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:12,260
And the devil is determined to degrade that

1157
00:47:12,260 --> 00:47:15,300
name, devalue it, because he wants to devalue

1158
00:47:15,300 --> 00:47:16,160
and degrade Christ.

1159
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:19,380
It's a great honor to be called a

1160
00:47:19,380 --> 00:47:22,640
Christian, to be the bride and the wife

1161
00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:23,680
of Jesus Christ.

1162
00:47:24,620 --> 00:47:26,120
That's what Ephesians 5 says.

1163
00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:26,820
It's a mystery.

1164
00:47:29,540 --> 00:47:31,780
And woe unto that wife who tries to

1165
00:47:31,780 --> 00:47:34,240
push her husband down to promote herself.

1166
00:47:34,500 --> 00:47:35,860
There are a lot of Christian leaders doing

1167
00:47:35,860 --> 00:47:36,180
that.

1168
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:40,280
Our job is to hide behind the scenes

1169
00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:42,360
and promote Christ, like the Holy Spirit does,

1170
00:47:43,100 --> 00:47:45,340
to lead people to Jesus.

1171
00:47:46,500 --> 00:47:48,740
And do you know the result of what

1172
00:47:48,740 --> 00:47:50,540
we have seen in our own labors in

1173
00:47:50,540 --> 00:47:52,420
the churches in India over the last 25

1174
00:47:52,420 --> 00:47:52,900
years?

1175
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:56,340
20 years, that the first seven years God

1176
00:47:56,340 --> 00:47:58,660
kept us in one place, consolidating the work.

1177
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:00,580
In the last 20 years, we moved out

1178
00:48:00,580 --> 00:48:02,700
and God's raised up all these churches all

1179
00:48:02,700 --> 00:48:02,900
over.

1180
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:04,740
You know the wonderful thing we have seen?

1181
00:48:04,900 --> 00:48:08,480
Because we have deliberately pushed people onto Christ

1182
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:10,280
and refused to let them lean on me.

1183
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:12,400
Well, initially, you know, there's the initial stage

1184
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:14,260
for one year or so when a baby

1185
00:48:14,260 --> 00:48:17,040
has to drink milk from its mother.

1186
00:48:17,260 --> 00:48:18,180
People are dependent.

1187
00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:19,960
But as soon as possible, we teach them

1188
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:21,520
to be on their own.

1189
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:23,040
Do you know what's the result of that?

1190
00:48:24,260 --> 00:48:27,320
Leadership has come up so quickly in church

1191
00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:28,560
after church after church.

1192
00:48:30,140 --> 00:48:31,980
Godly brothers who are gripped by the same

1193
00:48:31,980 --> 00:48:34,460
thing, who would never have become leaders if

1194
00:48:34,460 --> 00:48:35,560
they had been dependent on me.

1195
00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:37,160
I pull out.

1196
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:38,760
I go away from there.

1197
00:48:40,790 --> 00:48:42,290
And I don't write letters to them all

1198
00:48:42,290 --> 00:48:43,290
the time to control them.

1199
00:48:44,750 --> 00:48:45,430
I say, you grow.

1200
00:48:46,310 --> 00:48:47,310
That's the church.

1201
00:48:48,070 --> 00:48:49,770
That's how the Apostle Paul did it.

1202
00:48:49,770 --> 00:48:52,470
He went to establish churches, appointed leaders and

1203
00:48:52,470 --> 00:48:52,950
moved on.

1204
00:48:53,470 --> 00:48:55,610
Then he established another church, appointed elders there

1205
00:48:55,610 --> 00:48:56,170
and moved on.

1206
00:48:56,530 --> 00:48:57,770
And when they had a problem, of course,

1207
00:48:57,830 --> 00:48:58,550
they consulted him.

1208
00:48:59,870 --> 00:49:02,530
And he gave them advice, sorted out their

1209
00:49:02,530 --> 00:49:03,030
problems.

1210
00:49:03,690 --> 00:49:04,890
Little babies have problems.

1211
00:49:05,270 --> 00:49:06,470
They get sick, they get a cough and

1212
00:49:06,470 --> 00:49:07,750
a cold, they get a fever, they get

1213
00:49:07,750 --> 00:49:09,430
chickenpox, all types of things.

1214
00:49:09,670 --> 00:49:11,470
And we're there to help them.

1215
00:49:12,250 --> 00:49:15,170
So little children, little churches also have such

1216
00:49:15,170 --> 00:49:17,170
problems, teething problems and all types of things.

1217
00:49:17,170 --> 00:49:18,510
And we're there to help them.

1218
00:49:18,590 --> 00:49:20,150
That's what the apostles were around for.

1219
00:49:21,850 --> 00:49:23,050
But the apostles were servants.

1220
00:49:23,270 --> 00:49:25,410
They never got people attached to them.

1221
00:49:25,470 --> 00:49:26,650
They connected people to Christ.

1222
00:49:28,250 --> 00:49:30,810
And this is how your personal relationship must

1223
00:49:30,810 --> 00:49:30,970
be.

1224
00:49:31,190 --> 00:49:33,490
You, even if you were born again today,

1225
00:49:34,210 --> 00:49:36,510
you must have a personal relationship with Jesus

1226
00:49:36,510 --> 00:49:39,670
Christ, exactly like a member in the body

1227
00:49:39,670 --> 00:49:40,250
to the head.

1228
00:49:40,890 --> 00:49:42,950
Don't let anybody come between you and Christ.

1229
00:49:43,550 --> 00:49:45,690
Don't let any pastor or leader or anybody

1230
00:49:45,690 --> 00:49:47,030
come between you and Christ.

1231
00:49:47,910 --> 00:49:49,810
I'm sorry to say that there are some

1232
00:49:49,810 --> 00:49:52,130
people who come between people and Christ.

1233
00:49:52,550 --> 00:49:53,870
And I'm not talking about the Roman Catholic

1234
00:49:53,870 --> 00:49:54,130
priests.

1235
00:49:54,230 --> 00:49:56,910
I'm talking about the Protestant popes who are

1236
00:49:56,910 --> 00:50:00,980
more dangerous than the Roman Catholic one, who

1237
00:50:00,980 --> 00:50:03,460
make themselves out to be a little one

1238
00:50:03,460 --> 00:50:06,000
who can find God's will for you and

1239
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:07,800
prophesy what you should do.

1240
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,940
Please steer clear of these Protestant popes who

1241
00:50:10,940 --> 00:50:11,900
call themselves prophets.

1242
00:50:12,420 --> 00:50:13,420
Please steer clear of them.

1243
00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:14,920
I'll tell you this.

1244
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:16,880
You don't need a mediator between you and

1245
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:17,280
Christ.

1246
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:20,760
This little finger does not need anything between.

1247
00:50:20,900 --> 00:50:23,380
When the head says to this little finger,

1248
00:50:23,460 --> 00:50:24,220
move, it moves.

1249
00:50:24,640 --> 00:50:24,980
It doesn't.

1250
00:50:25,060 --> 00:50:26,700
There's no mediator between the head and this

1251
00:50:26,700 --> 00:50:27,180
little finger.

1252
00:50:28,140 --> 00:50:30,620
Even my last little toe, so far away

1253
00:50:30,620 --> 00:50:34,960
from the body, it can move under direct

1254
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:35,840
command from the head.

1255
00:50:36,300 --> 00:50:37,600
It does not need a mediator.

1256
00:50:38,420 --> 00:50:40,320
You don't need a prophet between you and

1257
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:40,520
God.

1258
00:50:40,580 --> 00:50:42,040
You don't need a pastor between you and

1259
00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:42,340
God.

1260
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:43,960
You are a priest.

1261
00:50:44,100 --> 00:50:45,660
You can have a direct connection with Christ.

1262
00:50:46,300 --> 00:50:47,200
And I'll tell you this.

1263
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:50,180
If I did have to have a mediator,

1264
00:50:50,500 --> 00:50:51,600
I would choose Mary.

1265
00:50:52,380 --> 00:50:54,740
Because at least she's a holy woman.

1266
00:50:54,860 --> 00:50:56,120
This pastor, I don't know whether he's holy

1267
00:50:56,120 --> 00:50:56,580
or not.

1268
00:50:58,740 --> 00:51:00,860
But thank God, I don't have to have

1269
00:51:00,860 --> 00:51:01,440
a mediator.

1270
00:51:02,340 --> 00:51:03,800
But I'll tell you honestly, if I didn't

1271
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:06,120
need a mediator, I would choose Mary any

1272
00:51:06,120 --> 00:51:06,500
day.

1273
00:51:07,220 --> 00:51:08,400
Because she was a holy woman.

1274
00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:11,300
I wouldn't choose this fellow roaming around calling

1275
00:51:11,300 --> 00:51:12,000
himself a prophet.

1276
00:51:12,180 --> 00:51:13,740
I don't know what his private life is

1277
00:51:13,740 --> 00:51:13,960
like.

1278
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:17,160
Mary is not interested in my money.

1279
00:51:17,980 --> 00:51:18,560
That's for sure.

1280
00:51:20,240 --> 00:51:22,160
But the wonderful message of the gospel is

1281
00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:23,340
you don't need any mediator.

1282
00:51:23,420 --> 00:51:24,120
You don't need Mary.

1283
00:51:24,220 --> 00:51:25,020
You don't need that pastor.

1284
00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:25,820
You don't need a prophet.

1285
00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:27,620
Go directly to Jesus Christ.

1286
00:51:27,720 --> 00:51:29,520
There is only one mediator between God and

1287
00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:29,700
men.

1288
00:51:29,780 --> 00:51:30,620
The man Christ Jesus.

1289
00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:32,180
You are connected to him.

1290
00:51:33,900 --> 00:51:35,280
That is true Christianity.

1291
00:51:36,220 --> 00:51:39,180
You must develop a bridal relationship with Jesus.

1292
00:51:40,100 --> 00:51:42,880
A relationship like the members of the body

1293
00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:43,460
to the head.

1294
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:46,700
A relationship like a woman who's deeply in

1295
00:51:46,700 --> 00:51:47,960
love with a man.

1296
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:51,080
Madly in love with a man.

1297
00:51:51,620 --> 00:51:53,160
Always wanting to be with him.

1298
00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:55,520
That's the type of relationship you must have

1299
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:56,140
with Christ.

1300
00:51:56,760 --> 00:51:58,640
Always wanting to do things together.

1301
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:02,060
Marriage counselors say the secret of a happy

1302
00:52:02,060 --> 00:52:03,680
marriage is do things together.

1303
00:52:04,940 --> 00:52:07,320
I say, certainly with Jesus Christ it's like

1304
00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:07,600
that.

1305
00:52:07,780 --> 00:52:08,520
Do it together.

1306
00:52:09,180 --> 00:52:11,260
When you're sitting and watching a television program,

1307
00:52:11,740 --> 00:52:13,020
don't watch it alone.

1308
00:52:14,360 --> 00:52:16,040
Watch it with Jesus Christ.

1309
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:18,920
And if he says, no, I don't want

1310
00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:19,680
to watch that.

1311
00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:21,220
Turn it off.

1312
00:52:24,330 --> 00:52:25,170
Turn it off.

1313
00:52:25,230 --> 00:52:26,070
Do you want to do it alone?

1314
00:52:26,370 --> 00:52:27,730
The secret of a happy marriage is what?

1315
00:52:28,350 --> 00:52:29,890
Do things together.

1316
00:52:31,030 --> 00:52:32,670
Will you follow that the next time you

1317
00:52:32,670 --> 00:52:34,590
go watching some movie on television?

1318
00:52:35,570 --> 00:52:36,390
I don't know.

1319
00:52:37,050 --> 00:52:39,010
It sounds wonderful here in the meeting, but

1320
00:52:39,010 --> 00:52:42,310
this is the secret of a godly life.

1321
00:52:43,090 --> 00:52:44,290
This is a great mystery.

1322
00:52:45,330 --> 00:52:46,930
People want religious language.

1323
00:52:47,070 --> 00:52:48,310
They want to live as they like.

1324
00:52:48,690 --> 00:52:50,250
When they sit in front of the television.

1325
00:52:50,430 --> 00:52:52,710
When they are doing 101 things during the

1326
00:52:52,710 --> 00:52:52,910
week.

1327
00:52:53,010 --> 00:52:55,490
I say, brother, sister, you can do what

1328
00:52:55,490 --> 00:52:56,150
you like.

1329
00:52:56,670 --> 00:52:58,670
But you'll never be a godly person.

1330
00:52:59,530 --> 00:53:00,970
Not in a hundred years.

1331
00:53:01,590 --> 00:53:03,530
Until you learn to lay down your will.

1332
00:53:04,270 --> 00:53:06,210
That thing which you want to do so

1333
00:53:06,210 --> 00:53:06,870
badly.

1334
00:53:07,110 --> 00:53:09,270
Which you have done so much and enjoyed

1335
00:53:09,270 --> 00:53:09,790
so much.

1336
00:53:09,830 --> 00:53:11,110
You're going to give it up from now

1337
00:53:11,110 --> 00:53:11,450
on.

1338
00:53:12,030 --> 00:53:13,950
Because you want to do everything along with

1339
00:53:13,950 --> 00:53:14,270
Jesus.

1340
00:53:16,660 --> 00:53:17,320
One last thing.

1341
00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:18,600
Do you know what the opposite of this

1342
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:19,300
mystery is?

1343
00:53:21,650 --> 00:53:23,290
That's in Revelation chapter 17.

1344
00:53:24,230 --> 00:53:25,910
Just like there's an opposite of the mystery

1345
00:53:25,910 --> 00:53:27,510
of godliness and the mystery of iniquity.

1346
00:53:28,170 --> 00:53:29,710
There is an opposite of the mystery of

1347
00:53:29,710 --> 00:53:30,090
the church.

1348
00:53:30,090 --> 00:53:32,130
And that's the mystery of Babylon, the false

1349
00:53:32,130 --> 00:53:32,590
church.

1350
00:53:33,630 --> 00:53:36,270
It says in Revelation 17 of Babylon, the

1351
00:53:36,270 --> 00:53:36,630
harlot.

1352
00:53:38,190 --> 00:53:39,490
You know what a harlot is?

1353
00:53:40,710 --> 00:53:44,370
A harlot is one, supposing here's a young

1354
00:53:44,370 --> 00:53:47,450
girl who's engaged to be married to a

1355
00:53:47,450 --> 00:53:49,750
man who's gone on a long journey.

1356
00:53:50,410 --> 00:53:52,310
And says, just wait, be loyal to me.

1357
00:53:52,330 --> 00:53:53,650
I'll come back in a couple of years.

1358
00:53:53,870 --> 00:53:54,750
You must marry me.

1359
00:53:54,770 --> 00:53:55,270
I love you.

1360
00:53:55,590 --> 00:53:58,710
And she writes all these love letters to

1361
00:53:58,710 --> 00:53:59,610
him regularly.

1362
00:54:00,170 --> 00:54:01,010
Particularly on Sundays.

1363
00:54:01,470 --> 00:54:02,430
I love you so much.

1364
00:54:02,650 --> 00:54:03,850
And all this type of stuff.

1365
00:54:03,910 --> 00:54:05,030
I surrender all and all that.

1366
00:54:05,470 --> 00:54:07,610
But during the week, she's fooling around with

1367
00:54:07,610 --> 00:54:08,070
other men.

1368
00:54:08,990 --> 00:54:11,250
What would you call such a young girl?

1369
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:17,060
That's why the Bible calls Christians harlots.

1370
00:54:17,580 --> 00:54:18,640
James chapter 4.

1371
00:54:18,780 --> 00:54:21,020
James says, you adulterers, adulteresses.

1372
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:24,560
Know ye not that friendship with the world

1373
00:54:24,560 --> 00:54:25,940
is enmity with God?

1374
00:54:26,540 --> 00:54:28,260
You send all these love letters to God

1375
00:54:28,260 --> 00:54:28,760
on Sunday.

1376
00:54:28,940 --> 00:54:30,180
You sing so many songs to him.

1377
00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:31,680
But how do you live during the world

1378
00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:33,380
during the rest of the week?

1379
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:36,260
You live for money.

1380
00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:37,220
You live for yourself.

1381
00:54:37,740 --> 00:54:38,620
You live for entertainment.

1382
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:41,300
You live for the unrighteous things that worldly

1383
00:54:41,300 --> 00:54:42,060
people live for.

1384
00:54:43,240 --> 00:54:45,640
You sit listening to all that rock music,

1385
00:54:46,060 --> 00:54:51,280
inspired by demons, involved with drugs and witchcraft

1386
00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:51,860
and all that.

1387
00:54:52,300 --> 00:54:54,740
And you say you're devoted to Jesus.

1388
00:54:55,360 --> 00:54:55,840
Rubbish.

1389
00:54:58,800 --> 00:54:59,340
That's Babylon.

1390
00:55:00,020 --> 00:55:02,000
Has got the right language and all that.

1391
00:55:02,120 --> 00:55:03,740
But it's harlot.

1392
00:55:04,080 --> 00:55:04,480
Harlot.

1393
00:55:05,060 --> 00:55:06,580
The spirit of harlotry.

1394
00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:09,360
We're living in such a day.

1395
00:55:10,620 --> 00:55:11,760
You know what the Lord's word is to

1396
00:55:11,760 --> 00:55:12,440
people in Babylon?

1397
00:55:12,680 --> 00:55:13,880
Come out of her, my people.

1398
00:55:14,460 --> 00:55:15,580
Come out of her.

1399
00:55:16,700 --> 00:55:18,060
Revelation chapter 18.

1400
00:55:18,220 --> 00:55:20,600
It says, come out of her, my people.

1401
00:55:20,780 --> 00:55:21,200
Verse 4.

1402
00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:24,820
That you don't participate in her sins and

1403
00:55:24,820 --> 00:55:26,280
that you don't receive her judgments.

1404
00:55:27,220 --> 00:55:30,040
If you participate in her sins, you will

1405
00:55:30,040 --> 00:55:32,800
receive her judgments, no matter how much you

1406
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:35,660
call yourself spiritual Christian or speaking in tongues

1407
00:55:35,660 --> 00:55:36,420
or whatever you like.

1408
00:55:36,780 --> 00:55:38,000
If you got the spirit of the harlot

1409
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:40,200
in you, the spirit of loving the world

1410
00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:41,600
and trying to love Jesus at the same

1411
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:43,280
time, it will not work.

1412
00:55:44,340 --> 00:55:45,400
This is harlotry.

1413
00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:48,540
And this is the message that is being

1414
00:55:48,540 --> 00:55:49,620
preached around the world today.

1415
00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:51,760
Yes, you can be a Christian.

1416
00:55:51,900 --> 00:55:52,900
You can go to heaven and you can

1417
00:55:52,900 --> 00:55:55,160
also enjoy all the things in this world,

1418
00:55:55,540 --> 00:55:56,840
just like any worldly person.

1419
00:55:57,820 --> 00:55:59,540
You can live for the world, enjoy yourself

1420
00:55:59,540 --> 00:56:01,300
and spend your life doing your own will.

1421
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:02,500
And at the same time, you can go

1422
00:56:02,500 --> 00:56:03,740
to heaven when you die.

1423
00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:04,880
It's a lie.

1424
00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:06,380
It's a deception.

1425
00:56:06,860 --> 00:56:08,340
It's the same old lie of the devil,

1426
00:56:08,420 --> 00:56:10,240
which he told Eve in the Garden of

1427
00:56:10,240 --> 00:56:10,440
Eden.

1428
00:56:10,540 --> 00:56:12,260
You will not die spiritually, he said.

1429
00:56:13,140 --> 00:56:13,700
But she died.

1430
00:56:15,160 --> 00:56:16,760
And so will you, if you listen to

1431
00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:17,140
the devil.

1432
00:56:19,340 --> 00:56:20,900
True Christianity is a serious thing.

1433
00:56:21,020 --> 00:56:22,000
It's being discipleship.

1434
00:56:22,080 --> 00:56:24,760
It's being a disciple of Jesus, being his

1435
00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:26,700
bride, being part of his body.

1436
00:56:27,480 --> 00:56:29,160
May God help us to live according to

1437
00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:29,580
that light.

1438
00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:30,260
Let's pray.

1439
00:56:32,260 --> 00:56:33,740
While it's about in prayer, I want to

1440
00:56:33,740 --> 00:56:36,460
invite you to respond again to the word

1441
00:56:36,460 --> 00:56:39,160
of God that you have heard today.

1442
00:56:40,960 --> 00:56:42,400
You want to live a godly life?

1443
00:56:43,540 --> 00:56:44,400
Do you want to be part of his

1444
00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:44,860
church?

1445
00:56:45,800 --> 00:56:46,740
Body of Christ?

1446
00:56:48,520 --> 00:56:49,520
Member of his body?

1447
00:56:50,740 --> 00:56:52,440
In a bridal relationship with him?

1448
00:56:53,440 --> 00:56:54,400
The choice is yours.

1449
00:56:54,540 --> 00:56:55,660
God never forces anyone.

1450
00:56:57,280 --> 00:56:58,840
He invites you to be devoted to his

1451
00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:01,380
son and not to any man.

1452
00:57:03,420 --> 00:57:06,180
To function as a local church in your

1453
00:57:06,180 --> 00:57:06,680
locality.

1454
00:57:07,320 --> 00:57:10,380
To be an expression of that body of

1455
00:57:10,380 --> 00:57:10,780
Christ.

1456
00:57:12,300 --> 00:57:15,940
Heavenly Father, help us each one to walk

1457
00:57:15,940 --> 00:57:16,900
in the light of your word.

1458
00:57:17,680 --> 00:57:18,780
We pray in Jesus' name.

1459
00:57:19,040 --> 00:57:19,360
Amen.