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Adam Mesa is Lead Pastor of Patria Church and speaks to a congregation of 12,000 about how the gospel of Jesus Christ brings purpose to every life. Patria
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0:00 Family, would you do me a favor? Stand to your feet and please welcome our very own pastor Julian Lowe all the way from last Come on, Patriots Church. Come on. Give that praise to the lord. Give that praise to god. Come0:12 on. If you're grateful anybody grateful for what the lord has done in your life? I'm a just give you 20 seconds to praise the Lord. Just 20 seconds. God, we thank0:23 you. We are so grateful. We're so grateful. Stay standing for just a second. You know, I grew up in this region. I I went to Eisenhower High School in Rialto and0:35 and lived in San Bernardino. And I didn't know this church was here. I didn't know Rancho had a thriving church where people were meeting God, and I needed0:47 it. I needed it. It's 1 of my highest honors to come back to my hometown and and home region and and speak. And before you sit down, you know,0:58 I want you to understand something about what's happening here. This has gone beyond a church. This has gone beyond a ministry. This has gone beyond what's happening in the1:10 room. Here's why. No matter where you're watching from, the ministries happen in rooms. Revivals happen in regions. There's never been a revival that happened in a room.1:22 I don't care how long you clap your hands. You could praise them till your lips are chapped. If what happened in the room doesn't move to regions, it wasn't a revival.1:34 I'm telling you this right now. So if you're watching online and you're watching this video or you're watching whatever's happened, that's because the church1:46 is in revival and the gospel's going to regions. And so my thing that I want to understand want you to understand before I even get in the word is that I'm1:58 humbled that pastor Adam would ask me to speak into a move of God like this 1. And I am acutely aware of what the Lord has done, is doing, and will do in2:10 this place. Amen. And I pray that nobody from the outside will ever be able to see the glory of the lord in this place more than you can. Amen.2:21 And so maybe before we get in this word, maybe just close your eyes for a second. Maybe just ask the god to open your eyes once again to what he wants to do in you, through you, for2:33 you, not just in the room, not just in your life, but in this region. This is special. Thank you, God, for what you're doing. Thank you, God, that you're using2:45 us. Thank you, God, for my pastors. Thank you, God, for the legacy. Thank you, God, that this grown man who grew up in this same2:57 region, a little boy, is saved and now ministering and gets the chance to share and preach. So, father, we thank you,3:09 lord, for the grace that's in this place. In the mighty name of Jesus. Come on. Amen? Amen. Amen. Turn to your neighbor and say, our3:20 black brother is back. Our black brother is back. And then go ahead and have a seat. Go ahead and have a seat. Hallelujah. Yes, sir. If you're taking3:32 notes, I wanna preach a message called the stumbling block. The stumbling block. You understand the title of that message, towards the end, the stumbling block. O over the last season of3:44 my life, you know, I've always tried to make sure that I'm in alignment with the Lord, reading the bible and having devotional times. But more often, more recently, I'm becoming obsessed with the life of individual3:56 people in scripture. And I was doing this study about people's lives, whether it's David, or Daniel, or Elijah, or whoever that may be. I got on Abraham for a while there. And I've discovered4:08 through this study that there's only a handful of people that are talked about in the Old Testament, but they don't arrive to the New Testament. I would imagine it would be really important if somebody's talked about in4:19 the Old Testament, and they don't arrive to the New Testament. That's a really important person. 1 of the people that was talked about in the Old Testament didn't arrive until the New Testament, believe it or not, was4:30 Judas. The Bible says that God would raise up someone to betray Jesus. Now this has nothing to do with my message. But isn't it interesting that God would raise up somebody to betray Jesus in order to get Jesus to the4:41 cross? Some of you got to Jesus through betrayal. Thank God you searched their phone. Come on. Who am I talking to? Because it was your broken heart that brought you into the house of the4:53 Lord. Somebody knows exactly what I'm talking about. Today. Judas was prophesied about in the Old Testament. Another person is obviously Jesus.5:05 Jesus first was mentioned in Genesis chapter 3 when God says he would raise up someone, some offspring from Eve that would destroy the offspring of the serpent, and that offspring, his heel5:17 would crush the serpent's head. And this is a prophecy of Christ. Now we would know that because that's throughout Isaiah and Ezekiel and Daniel, and the list goes on and on about how much Jesus5:29 was prophesied about. But another person that is sometimes overlooked that was talked about in the Old Testament and and showed up in the New Testament is John the Baptist. John the Baptist.5:41 A man who would prepare the way for the coming of the Lord. Here is what's crazy. We think God shows up in rooms. We could have5:53 the the Patriot Conference, or you could be at this service, or you could be at the next service. And your prayer might be, God, I pray that you would show up. And that is a6:05 valid prayer. But I wanna submit to you today that if indeed the God that we prayed to show up indeed shows up, he didn't show up6:16 unannounced. Someone, somewhere prepared the way. Someone's been praying. Someone's been serving. Someone's6:28 been giving. In this very region, People that you've never even met prepared the way for the coming of the Lord. You're in this seat6:39 today because someone was in that seat 20 years ago. And prepared the way for the move of God In this region, the anointing on this church is6:51 so strong. How do you not know that that anointing, even though I never stepped foot in this room, but the authority of this house over this region, hit a young boy named Julian7:03 in in San Bernardino. And now pastor Julian showed up. And if it wasn't for the anointing over this region, convict Julian could have showed up. Someone had to prepare7:16 the way. Couldn't Jesus just show up? Yes, of course he could. But the bible says that he sent someone to prepare the way. And Isaiah 40 speaks of this prophecy7:28 about this man who would show up and prepare the way. Isaiah 40 verses 3 and 5 says this. That the person who will prepare the way for the coming of the Lord will be a voice of the 17:39 crying in the wilderness. Wait a minute. What prepares the way for the coming of the Lord is tears.7:51 Tears. You know, the Bible says if you sow in tears, you will reap with joy. And I would suggest to you that if you never cried, you're not sowing hard enough.8:02 I would imagine if you took a microscope or some type of, you know, DNA machine and you would look8:14 in the deep recesses of the carpet in this room, you would discover that the seeds of revival have been watered with the tears of the8:26 saints. I I don't know anybody who's done anything of any any significance and they haven't cried. We cry over our children.8:40 We cry over our families. And I believe that what prepares the way for the coming of the Lord is when we cry over a region. But you know when I would drive8:52 through San Bernardino, I wouldn't always cry. I would complain. And God didn't say he raises up a voice of complaining in the wilderness. He raised up a voice crying in the9:04 wilderness. You know, we drive around our city and we think we know everything when we see things wrong in our city. Now by the way, Rancho was Beverly Hills compared to San Bernardino. Praise God. We was trying to make9:15 it to Rancho. We're like, Lord. I'm over there off of, e street in San Bernardino. There was 2 places that we considered the promised land, Rancho and Redlands. Anybody know what I'm talking9:26 about? Lord, if you could just get me the Rancho. When they built the Ontario Mills wall, we will walk mall, we will walk around and dream. Lord, if it be your will, let my9:38 house be off a haven. Anybody else know what I'm talking about? Anybody move from Rialto to Rancho and you felt like Abraham walking through the wilderness? Anybody But oftentimes, we9:50 drive around the city, and if you're like me, we drive around LA, and we immediately become like angry politicians, experts. Oh, they're clean up. They need to clean this up, and you shut down the freeway again. Oh, you10:00 put down the freeway to 2 lanes. Look at all the homeless. Look at this. Look at the graffiti. And and what if God says, hey, why don't we stop complaining and learn to water the seeds of revival with the10:12 tears of the saints? He raised up a voice to cry in the wilderness. And look what it says about John the Baptist.10:25 That this prophetic tears will prepare the way of the Lord. It will make straight in the desert a highway for our God. And every valley shall be10:37 exalted. And every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked places shall be made straight. And the rough places smooth, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed. And10:48 watch this. All flesh. When we when we prepare the way for the coming of the Lord, anyone can with skin on can tell it it's God. All flesh shall see it together for the mouth11:00 of the Lord has spoken. Fast forward to the very last chapter of the very last book of the Old Testament. Malachi chapter 4 gives yet11:12 another prophecy about John the Baptist, preparing a way of the coming of the Lord. Listen to what it says. It says, see, I will send the prophet Elijah, not the actual prophet Elijah, because the prophet Elijah was11:23 swept up into heaven. But it's talking about John the Baptist will come in the power and spirit of Elijah. I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.11:35 The the power of God will manifest itself. The same power that Elijah had when he said it's not gonna rain for 3 years and it didn't. Elijah stopped rain. Elijah lit11:47 an altar on fire with no accelerant, no gasoline. And it says that I'm raising up a prophet like this type of Elijah with11:59 the same power of God. Here is what's crazy. When we think of the power of God, we think of healing. And the power of God does heal. I hope you come to the healing night. The power of God does12:11 restore. The power of God does transform. People prophesy by the power of God. The same power that raised Christ from the dead lives in you. But yet when you12:23 see this type of power being released in the man who will prepare the way for the coming of the Lord, it mentions none of those miracles. What is the power of God gonna do?12:35 Verse 6 tells us. It will turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the hearts of the children to their parents. The original translation is the hearts of the fathers, the forefathers.12:48 The power of God will show up and transition legacies from 1 generation to the next. No wonder God's going crazy. And I feel like I that13:00 needed a praise right there. Come on. Go ahead and praise God wherever you are at. Which means when pastor Diego13:12 transitioned to pastor Adam, that was more than a plan. That was power. So the power of God has increased13:24 to turn the hearts of the fathers. When I met pastor Adam, what God was doing in pastor Adam and in pastor Ashley was using the power of13:35 God so that he would carry the burden and the legacy of his father. And because Adam said yes to not just the plan, but the power. Now13:47 what God is doing at Patriot Church can increase to where no eye has seen and no ear has heard what the Lord wants to do. And13:59 what you think happened between pastor Adam and pastor Diego is also happening between you and your children. I'm14:11 talking to anybody praying for their kid right now who's who's they're not walking fully with the Lord. The power of God is moving in this house because the power of God transitioned the church. And the power of God it14:22 was not about church. It was not about titles. It was about the power of the Lord transitioning spiritual legacy. The tears of the old saints mixing with the tears of the young14:33 saints, and together they water the seeds of revival. And this is what prepares the way for the coming of the Lord. Transition14:46 from 1 generation to the next. And it says, or else I will come and strike the land with destruction. Without this type of14:58 transition, regions are destroyed. Regions are destroyed. Interesting enough, this is the last chapter of the Old Testament. And15:09 virtually the last sentence of the Old Testament. That God would raise up someone in the power and spirit of Elijah. To turn the hearts of the fathers to the hearts of the children. And then you15:21 turn the pages of your bible. And whether you turn to Matthew 1, or whether you turn to Luke chapter 1, or whether you turn to John chapter 1, or whether you turn to Mark chapter 1, any 1 of the beginning of the15:33 gospels, as you flip the pages of Malachi chapter 4, you, my friends, have flipped the pages 400 years. All bible scholars agree15:45 that in between Malachi and Matthew, in between Malachi and Luke, 400 years have gone by, and no 1 can find or or discover not in any scroll a single15:57 thing God did or said. 1 scholar called this 400 years of silence. And after 400 years of silence, God says he's gonna raise up a crier. Isn't that interesting? Because16:08 in the book of Exodus, how long did Israel cry? They cried for 400 years. But their cries was in the response to slavery, and this cry was in the16:20 response to silence. To this day, in the church I pastor in Los Angeles, people are still plagued by slavery and silence. They're slaves to their sin, and they cannot hear from God.16:32 But yet God raises up those who are willing to sow so much. It would bring them to tears. And it is those16:43 tears and that sowing that prepares the way for the coming of the Lord. What pastor Herron did was not just the offering message. That is a16:54 prophetic act to sow into revival. And if we can't sow into revival, we miss the fact that God loves to sow back into revivalist.17:07 Did you hear what I'm saying? So 400 years. Let's just turn the pages 400 years. You mind if we turn the page 400 years? Somebody's like, where is he going? We'll get there.17:18 So Luke chapter 1 verse 41 to 43. Here comes John the Baptist. Here comes John the Baptist in Luke excuse me. Not Luke chapter 1. Luke chapter 1 verses 11 and 17. My apologies.17:31 We're gonna hear a story about Zechariah's father. Then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah's I mean, to John the Baptist's father, Zechariah, standing at the right hand of the altar of incense. Verse 12 says,17:41 when Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear. But the angel said to him, do not be afraid, Zechariah. Your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.17:53 He will be a joy and a delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth. For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He's never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the18:05 Holy Spirit even before he is born. He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. And he will go on before the Lord in the18:17 spirit and power of Elijah. And there it is. To turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous to make18:29 ready a people prepared for the Lord. Guys, 400 years of silence, and God shows18:40 up and repeats himself. Says the exact same thing he said 400 years ago. I wanna submit to you that some of us come to church18:52 for a new word when we haven't done the old thing. Can I help somebody today? God repeats himself like a dad. Y'all some of y'all are parents. Any parents19:04 gotta repeat themself? Yes. Come on. Raise your hand if you gotta repeat yourself. Yes. Boy, when my when my family had to repeat themselves, you was in the danger zone. Don't make me say it again.19:17 1 time my dad had to say something 3, 4 times and threatened to punish me in a way that went against science. He said, slapped the black off of you. You don't listen to me 1 more time. I19:29 almost got up here looking like pastor Adam. Thank God I obeyed and got to stay black. Anybody know what I'm talking to? Praise God that I got to stay black and walked in obedience to my father. I almost came up here19:41 looking like pastor Adam if I wouldn't obeyed my dad. And then make my father repeat himself. But the Lord says the exact same other thing, 4, 300 years later. Some of us get in the presence of the19:53 Lord, and and we feel like we can't hear him. And it's not that we can't hear him. He's just repeating himself. Because it's that 1 thing that you got going on that prepare the way for the coming of the Lord. Fast20:05 forward in Luke chapter we're still in Luke chapter 1 verses 41 through 43. Elizabeth is now 6 months pregnant with, John the Baptist, And and Mary's pregnant with Jesus. And and John20:17 the Baptist and Jesus are cousins, like real cousins. Not like how we call people cousins. Like real cousins. Like everybody of them, that's my cousin. You just met him. Like and watch this. Mary20:28 is pregnant with Jesus. And Mary says hello to Elizabeth, who's pregnant with John the Baptist. And it says in verse 41, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb,20:41 and Elizabeth was filled with the holy spirit. And in a loud voice, she exclaimed, blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear. But why am I so20:52 favored that the mother of my lord should come to me? John the Baptist was so anointed, so filled with the Holy Spirit, that from inside his mother's womb,21:05 he could recognize who Jesus was. And we can't see him unless he does what we want him to do.21:17 And John the Baptist could see him from his mother's womb. Fast forward. John the Baptist is now out of his mother's womb, moving in ministry. We had21:29 a baptism recently. The big what do we call the big baptisms that are coming up? Baptize America. Y'all baptize so many people. Y'all baptize so many people. Praise God for that.21:41 I want you to fathom John the Baptist is in literally a baptized Israel moment. He's baptizing so many people. And somebody asked him a question while he was baptizing in in21:54 John chapter 1 verse 24 to 34. And these people that asked him a question had been sent from the Pharisees. And they asked him, then why are you baptizing if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet? John22:04 answered them, I baptized with water, but among you stands 1 you do not know. Even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie, these things took place22:16 in Bethany across the Jordan where John was baptizing. So not only did John the Baptist recognize who Jesus is from inside his mother's womb, but John the Baptist in the middle of22:28 thriving ministry said, there is 1 among you whom you do not know. I can recognize who Jesus is while I'm serving him. The bible says the22:40 next day, Jesus coming toward him. He saw Jesus coming toward him, and he said, behold, the22:52 lamb of God. The day before when he's just doing ministry and Jesus was in the crowd, he said, there's 1 among you whom you do not know. The very next day,23:04 as the proximity increased, the revelation got greater. He went from there's 1 among you whom you do not know to Jesus approaching him. And he said, everybody23:15 stop. The day before he's baptizing, he stopped no 1. He just said, there's 1 among you while I'm baptizing whom you do not know. But when Jesus approached him, he had everybody stop. Don't look at me.23:28 Behold, the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. This is he23:39 of whom I said, after me comes a man who ranks before me because he was before me. I myself did not know him, but this for this purpose, I came baptizing23:51 with water that he might be revealed to Israel. And John's spirit begin to bear witness. I saw the spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know24:03 him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, he on whom you see the spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the holy spirit. And I have seen and I24:15 have borne witness that this is the son of God. So John the Baptist recognizes who Jesus is from in his mother's womb. In the24:27 middle of a thriving ministry, he recognizes who Jesus is. There's 1 among you whom you do not know. And then the very next day, as Jesus drew nearer to him, he said, behold, the24:38 lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. This is. I testify to you that this is Jesus, the son of God.24:51 Well well, fast forward. John the Baptist sees a janky king by the name of Herod who has taken his brother's wife. And I'm paraphrasing. I'm I'm I'm reading from the25:03 SBV, the San Bernardino version. And so, like, it it I'm a write this version 1 day. And yeah, and all these people are gonna read it. This is gonna be crazy. So I'm just gonna read it to you from the San Bernardino25:14 version. So it was kinda like a Maury Povich show where where where John the Baptist confronts Herod and says, your wife is janky. That kid, you are the father. All that stuff.25:26 Right? And so Herod, he confronts them and he shades them in front of everyone. Embarrasses the king. So fast forward,25:38 the king is now at a party with this woman, and they're dancing at the party. They're singing. It's going great. They're like, just a small town girl. He's pointing out there, living in a lonely world.25:49 They are party. He's feeling. And he turns to her. He said, girl, you look good. You're looking real good, girl. Anything I can do for you? And this was a custom of kings when they were pleased some with26:01 someone would ask them, is there anything I could do for you? And you could say whatever it is you wanted. And because the king was so mighty and the king was so powerful, they would do it for you. They would ask in26:12 front of the guests. And whatever your answer was, they would give it to you in front of the guests. And you know what she said while she was dancing? He said she said, babe, I want John the Baptist's head on a platter.26:24 And the king said, oh, snap. I'm still in the SBV, but you you get what I'm wrong. And so the bible says that he doesn't want to kill26:35 John the Baptist, but he has to. Because he promised in front of everyone, and this was the tradition. So he has John the Baptist thrown in jail and sentenced to26:47 death. And the very next verse we are going to read, bible scholars say John the Baptist has been in jail about a year. Coincidentally enough, this is likely26:59 the time where he would actually be executed. As I read this next verse, I want you to just visually pictures picture yourself in John the Baptist27:10 situation. Because as John the Baptist the Bible says we're getting ready to read a letter that John the Baptist got word to Jesus. And it is very likely as he is writing this letter, he can hear27:22 the executioner sharpening the axe. And this is what John the Baptist says. In Matthew 11 verses 1 through 6, it says, when Jesus hadn't finished27:34 instructing the 12 disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. Now verse number 2. Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of Christ.27:46 Somebody say deeds of Christ. Deeds of Christ. So he heard about what God was doing for other people. Do you you get what I'm saying? He27:57 heard what Jesus was doing for other people. While in prison for a year, he heard about what his cousin was doing for other people. He's in the worst situation28:09 he's ever been in his life, and he heard about what Jesus was doing for other people. All he did was serve God. All he did was prepare the way for the coming of the Lord. He was the voice crying in the28:21 wilderness, and now he's in a situation hearing about what his own cousin, the son of God, is doing for other people. He said, when I heard about the deeds of Christ, he got word to28:33 Jesus. And and listen to what the word was in verse 3. Are you the 1 who is to come, or shall we look28:45 for another? Wait a minute. Isn't this the same John the Baptist? That from within his mother's womb, he28:56 leaped. He leaped in such a way his own mama got filled with the Holy Spirit. He could see who Jesus was from inside his mother's womb. Isn't this the same John the29:08 Baptist that when he was baptizing thousands of people at the baptized Israel event, he said, behold, there's somebody among you whom you do not know. Isn't this the same John the Baptist? The very next day when29:20 Christ drew near to him, he said, behold, the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. I testify and declare29:33 that this is the son of God. But the moment he's in a situation that Jesus is seemingly doing nothing about, are you the29:44 1? Or or should we be waiting for someone else? Oh, in church, when pastor Daniel's leading us well.29:56 Fighting back the darkness. In the name of Jesus. Enemies defeated. And we will shout it out. Yeah. Yeah. Or wait till them that that debt30:07 get in the mail. Wait till you get that student loan bill. Are you the 1? Or should we be expecting someone else?30:22 Singing along in church, going to all the events, but you are on your third healing night and your back still hurts. Are you the 1? Or should we be expecting someone30:34 else? I submit to you if it can happen to John the Baptist, it can happen to you and I. There's been times in my life where God's going crazy, the church is growing, the marriage is great, the kids are thriving. And then30:45 all of a sudden, I'm doing the same things I've always done, serving the Lord. And I hear about the deeds of Christ that God is doing in other ministries. And I start asking God, are you the 1?30:58 Every time I come to Patriot Church, I say, are you the 1? I parked in Goofy and waited for the tram. And when nobody came and got me, I just walked in the building. That's how big this building is. I just I31:10 had I took a picture of where I parked. Waited for the tram like I was at Disneyland. No tram showed up, so I just start walking. And 15 minutes later, I was in the building.31:22 Come on, ladies. Some of y'all bring shoes in your purse to walk to your car in this parking lot. That's how much God has blessed this church. You put your heels on in church and then put your slides on to get to the31:32 car. God is so good. But if you're not careful, you've been praying for what God is doing to another person. And when you hear about the deeds of Christ in Patriot Church, you go back to Oasis and say, are you the 1?31:44 Or should I be expecting someone else? Here is the thing. Jesus actually answers his question. And I believe I've been sitting here by the Lord to answer your31:56 question as well. Because if you are a church of this size, in this reach, in this many regions, there's somebody in the room that is praying for something, believing for something that God is32:08 seemingly being slow to answer. And it will change you from God is fighting for us, pushing back the darkness to, are you the 1? And so Jesus actually answered John the Baptist's question in the32:19 same way I believe he wants to answer yours. Let's see what Jesus said to John the Baptist. Verse 4 out of Matthew 11 says this, go and tell John what you hear and see.32:32 The blind receive their sight. The lame walk. The lepers are cleansed. The deaf hear. The dead are being raised up, and32:44 the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is the 1 who is not offended by me. You know what that word offended is translated? Stumbling block.32:57 Jesus said, you will be blessed if what I'm doing for others doesn't offend you because you're still waiting on what you want me to do for you.33:12 Listen to this. Listen to way you answer the question. These are physical things with spiritual implications. The blind receive their sight. That means people's eyes are being33:24 opened to the love of Jesus. The lame are walking. That is the kingdom's dominion. That's why we're having a healing night. The lame are going to walk. The lepers are being cleansed. This is a picture33:36 of what the blood of Jesus does in the life of people when they believe and repent. The deaf ears are being opened. The dead are being raised up. New life is being given.33:48 And the poor has good news preached to them. So if you are going through something in this room right now, and you're like,34:00 God, where are you? Are you the 1? Jesus is answering the question in the same way. Look around. Watch34:11 online. Look how many regions we are in. I know you're waiting, but God would say to Patriot Church, tell Patriot what you hear and see. The blind34:23 are receiving their sight. The lame are walking. The lepers are being cleansed. The deaf hear. The dead are being raised up. And the poor is getting preached to.34:35 If you are in a regional revival, you will eventually experience a personal revival. But we go, oh, no. It's not my season to serve. I'm still waiting on34:47 the Lord to do something for me. Oh, it's not my season to give. I'm still waiting on the Lord to do something to me for me. And you don't realize that you have to prepare the way for the coming of the Lord every time34:58 you give, every time you serve. I just want you to know that the the the laying are being healed. The gospel's being preached. Do you know how beautiful it is? What God35:10 is doing here? And Jesus would answer the question the same way. Now now now here's interesting as as as we close, and I wanna invite35:22 the team to come up. Thank you, Lord. All over every location, every every region,35:34 every campus. The Lord wants to meet you right where you are. And I don't know what you're praying for, and I don't know what's going on with you.35:47 But the gospel being preached, the dead are being raised up, the lame are walking, the deaf are hearing. Eyes are being opened to the love of35:58 God. What a beautiful thing. Can I be honest with you? Nearly everything I ever wanted to do in my life36:10 before meeting Jesus, I didn't get to do. Nearly everything. And I realized a couple years ago, thank God he36:22 didn't answer those prayers. Because God is using me to open the eyes of the blind, that the deaf's ears would hear, that the gospel would be preached, that the dead36:34 would be raised up, that the lepers would be cleansed. My highest36:46 desires in life have compared to nothing to my greatest honor. What an honor it is to be in this room.36:58 What an honor it is to steward this platform for just the 35 minutes that I got a chance to do. What an what an honor. I wasn't smart enough to pray for this.37:12 I wasn't holy enough to ask for it. I wasn't enlightened enough to believe for it, and God did it anyway.37:25 God did it anyway. And so in every location right here in this room, I want you to bow your heads. I want you to bow your heads.37:42 And the Bible says this, that because of this cross, this this stage is shaped in the shape of a cross, and I believe that is so profound because Jesus was hung on a37:54 cross, and there's somebody in this room that has not repented. And repentance means to change your mind after being with God. We've been in the presence of God, and God wants to change your mind and38:06 have you follow him. Whether you're doing that for the first time or you're coming back to the Lord, the blood of Jesus redeems. Through the blood of Jesus, it38:17 purchases. It cleanses. Maybe you are a leper, and a leper just means that you your life is stained and38:29 bruised with sin. But here's what I know. The Bible says he was pierced for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities. And what does that mean? The transgressions, the blood38:41 flowed from Jesus for the sins that flowed from you. But what is a bruise? A bruise is blood under the skin. What is an iniquity?38:52 Sins in you that you have not yet even done. So the blood of Jesus covers your transgressions, the sins you do, and the bruises cover the things in you you39:04 have yet to do. It is all cleansed by the blood of Jesus, and somebody needs to receive him right now. And if that's you, no matter where you are, no matter what location39:16 you're watching from, or if you're in this room right now, can you lift your hands and say, I wanna receive Christ for the first time or come back to him? Just lift your hands right now. Just lift your hands right now.39:26 Thank you, Lord. I see hands in this room. I I know there's hands online and in another campuses and locations, and I wanna pray for 1 more group of people. Because for you, you're alreadyShow more
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