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Empowering multimedia ministry for bold Christian living: Weekend Messages, Deep End Podcast, Deep Dive Bible Study. Tim Hatch, Lead Pastor, Waters Church, 26 years of pastoral ministry, book author.
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0:00 In Matthew chapter 1 verse 23, it says, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and thou shall call his name0:12 Emmanuel, meaning God with us. Emmanuel, God with us. I0:24 have noticed over a number of years by attending conferences, reading books, listening to different preachers, that there is something that is very0:36 important that has been overlooked0:39 or even dismissed.0:43 Very seldom do you hear preachers preach about it, then most times they speak about church growth. When you go to a conference, the main speaker will tell you how0:55 he made his church grow. But there's something that I feel is really missing today in the body of Christ, and that is that God is the God of the1:07 supernatural. That he is the God of the miraculous. He's a miracle working God. And there are 3 groups of people1:19 in the church today. There are those that believe anything and everything. No discernment whatsoever. And there are those that do not believe1:31 that miracles are for today. And then there is a small group that believes God still performs the miraculous. Amen. Now,1:43 don't understand how people, very well educated people can say that the day of miracles is over. When the Bible clearly says Jesus Christ,1:55 the same yesterday, today, and forever. In fact, there's not 1 verse of scripture in the New Testament that will tell us that the days of miracles2:07 is over. And that's why I believe it's so important for us to understand that our God is the God of the miraculous. In the very beginning, it says God took some dust2:19 of the earth and he formed man. That was already the first miracle. And he breathed into man the breath of life, and man became a living soul. He began to2:31 have a relationship and a communion with his creator. And then it says, God planted a garden. Now you can imagine what that garden looked like when God2:43 planted it, and he put man in that garden. And there's a reason for that because God wanted to have a relationship. He wanted to have fellowship communion with that2:55 person or that creature that he had created. And he said they can enjoy everything in that garden, but there are 2 trees, the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and if they eat of the tree3:07 of good and evil, they will surely die. And we know that Adam disobeyed God. And the result of that disobedience, they were put out of the garden. What3:18 does that mean? It means they were put out of the presence of God. While they were in the garden, the Bible says, God would come in the cool of the day, and he would speak to Adam3:30 because there was this intimate relationship between the creator and the creature. But now man was put out, and God put angels with flaming swords that they could not get back into the3:42 garden. But God had created man, for a relationship, And now it seems that the plans of God were messed up. But now3:54 when you look at scripture, you see God's plan continues. Now God brings in the great plan of redemption. In fact, the theme of the Bible is redemption.4:08 From the book of Genesis to the book of re revelation, it's all about redemption. Everything that man lost because of sin has been redeemed by the blood of the Lord Jesus4:19 Christ. Jesus has redeemed everything, and everything will come together in the end time. But God wants a people, and so now he chooses a people4:31 through Abraham, the people of Israel. And God pours out his blessing upon them, and God wants everyone to know that these are his people,4:44 that they are people that have relationship with him. And God created them so that they may reflect his glory, his mercy, his compassion, his goodness, all the attributes4:56 of God will be revealed through these people, Israel. God gave them commandments, but they did not obey. Time and time again, they would disobey God. And5:08 the moment they disobey God, God will allow the enemy to come in and to take them into captivity. And while they were in captivity, they would realize how silly they have been. And once again, they would5:20 call upon God, and God's mercy would be revealed, and God would deliver them. So that was the history of Israel. Now in the New Testament,5:33 God has another group of people. It's called the church, those that he's redeemed with his own precious blood. We are called to have this relationship with God, and we are5:45 called just like Israel to reveal his glory, to reveal his power, to reveal his love, his mercy, his grace, his judgment, everything about God. All the attributes of God5:57 should be revealed through the church so that the world can see Christ, the hope of glory. The Bible says we have been created for his glory.6:09 And so God has those people, and God used miracle after miracle in the lives of Israel, and then in the early the New Testament6:21 church. And so God is the God of the miraculous. In fact, there are 83 miracles in the Old Testament, and there are 80 miracles I'm sorry, in the Old Testament, and there are 80 in the New6:33 Testament. God is a miracle working God, and nothing's going to change that. Now God's not a showman. God does not show. God does not6:44 brag. God does not perform miracles just for the sake of miracles. And we know that in in the church today, many places, there are false miracles because there are too many false6:56 prophets at this moment. In fact, I saw the other day in the church in South Africa, the people were protesting outside. Had big cars and on us, and they said, we're we're sick and tired of7:08 false miracles and false prophets. We understand that. But that does not nullify the fact that God is a miracle working God. That God be true and every man a liar.7:21 He's the God of the miraculous, but he doesn't show off. You you see there are many showmen in the church today. They will perform on the platform. The platform has become the center of attraction in the7:33 church of Jesus Christ. And so there are those that would pull perform as foolish things on the platform, to show people the a manifestation of the power of God. But many times, it's7:45 false miracles. But God is still a miracle working God. And right throughout the Old Testament, we see the miraculous. Israel is taken7:57 into bondage. They're suffering in the land of Egypt. They're suffering under a hard taskmaster, Pharaoh. And then they decide to pray and to call unto God, and God's mercies are new every8:09 morning. And God responds to that, and he brings deliverance through Moses. Gets him gets Pharaoh to let his people go. He says, let tell Pharaoh to let my people go so that8:20 they may worship me. And so God delivers them, and they are set free. And as they go towards the promised land, the Bible says they come to a place where the Red Sea is in front of them,8:32 mountains on the side. Pharaoh sends his soldiers and his chariots after them, and Moses is standing in front of the Red Sea does not know what to do. And God says, raise your raise your8:44 arm and and raise your rod. And as he does that, the sea Red Sea opens up, and they go through. And as the enemy comes behind them, the sea closes because he8:56 lifted his rod and they were all drowned. All the Egyptian army was drowned. That's a miracle. Yes. Amen. You know, so you know, there are those today that say, well, you know, that's a lot of9:07 nonsense. But you you can read that online, by the way. In that particular area, at a certain time of the year, the water's only 2 inches deep. Well, if that's true,9:19 it's a greater miracle because the whole Egyptian army was drowned in 2 inches of water. You cannot nullify the miracles of God.9:31 Joshua needed time to to fight against the enemy and to wipe them out. And so the Bible says he tells the sun to stand still in Gibeon, and he says to the moon in the valley of Agilon. And the9:43 Bible says, the sun and the moon stood still at the command of Joshua. He's not the miracle worker. God is the miracle worker, but God made the sun and the moon stand still.9:56 What about Elijah the prophet? Came before the people of God and he said, how long hold you between 2 opinions? He could have said, you are supposed to be the people of God, but you're worshiping idols and then you10:07 worship God. You you you you you stand in between 2 opinions. You've got to make up your mind. And so he challenges the prophets and the priests of Baal because they were all worshiping this false god Baal. He says,10:19 let's go to the mountain and each 1 build an altar, and we put our sacrifices on that. And then we'll pray and see which God answers by fire, and the 1 that answers by fire, let him be God. And10:31 the Bible says Elijah's walking there by himself, but 1 man right with God is the majority. And the prophets and priests come with their crowd and all their religious garb and all their10:43 ceremony and all their rituals, and they tap dance around that altar for a long time, and they pray, oh, Baal, hearers. Oh, Baal, hearers. But there's no fire. And here comes an ordinary10:54 man, Elijah. And he says, oh, Lord, let it be known this day that I'm your servant, and I'm doing all things at your command.11:06 And the Bible says, as he prayed, the fire came and consumed the altar, and everything was burnt away, and the people said, the Lord, he is God. The Lord, he is God. It was a miracle11:18 because he's a miracle working God. Daniel thrown into the lion's den. The king comes afterwards and he opens the door and says, Daniel,11:30 did your God save you? He said, yes. He sent some angels down to close the lion's mouth. That was a miracle. So right throughout the old testament, there are miracle after11:41 miracle after miracle that God performs on the behalf of his people, and there's always a purpose behind every single miracle. Then we go to the new testament. They11:53 had just been born again. The church has just been birthed. Peter and John go up to the temple to pray. There's a man sitting 40 years. That's a long time. He'd been lame from his mother's womb. He'd never12:05 walked. He never stood. He never danced. He never ran. He'd been in this miserable condition for 40 long years. But along comes an ordinary man filled with the Holy Spirit,12:17 understanding the power in the name of Jesus. And he looks at the man and he says, silver and gold, we don't have, but in the name of Jesus, rise up and walk. And he pulls him up, his ankles are strengthened, and he's12:28 healed instantaneous. That was a miracle. Amen. Amen. The bible says he danced right into the synagogue. You can imagine how those stiff necked Pharisees were12:40 shaken up that day when a man comes dancing in there. Amen? It's a miracle. What about the water into wine keeps the best wine for last? It's a miracle. Demon12:52 possessed man in the graveyard screaming day and night, cutting himself. You know, I I read these stories and I look into it a little bit and I was often wonder, what about his poor family?13:04 Can you imagine if I was living in the graveyard screaming and cutting myself naked every single day and down the road and lose my mom and my dad and my my sisters and my brothers? How embarrassed they13:16 would be. There's not you know, you because whatever you and I do, others suffer as well. And so, yeah, this man is screaming day and night. He's in a terrible condition, but what happened? Jesus cast the demon out13:28 of him. It's a miracle. And they find the man sitting in his right mind and he was clothed. So the New Testament is full of miracles. Oftentimes we talk about Jesus walking on the13:39 sea and he tells Peter to come and walk on the water as well. We don't realize that the sea has waves. It wasn't flat water. It wasn't a calm water. He walked on the waves. And13:51 Peter, because he believed and trusted him, he walked on the waves as well. That was a miracle. Amen. And we also see in in,14:03 Lazarus when he was dead for several days. His sister said he's already smelling. Jesus stands in front of that tomb and says, Lazarus, come forth, and the man walks out of that tomb, resurrected14:15 from the dead. Not unto eternal life because he died again, but he rose again from the dead. It was a miracle. So right throughout the Old Testament into the New Testament, we see miracle after14:27 miracle after miracle. Not 1 scripture, not 1 verse, 1 not line, 1 line saying, it cannot happen today. But here, what I've read to you this morning, His name shall be14:39 called Emmanuel. Amen. God with us is the greatest miracle of all. The greatest miracle of all. In the beginning was the word, the word was with God, the word was14:50 God, and the word became flesh, and we beheld his glory and his truth. Amen. The word became flesh. When God became a human being,15:02 the eternal word became flesh to dwell among us. What a miraculous sign. What a miraculous happening. And this is the central miracle15:14 of Christianity. When this omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient God, the God who hung the stars in space, the God that spoke the world into existence, this might and great15:26 God became a man just like you and I, limited to time and space. For the body that was prepared for me, that wasn't a step up, it was a15:37 step down. But God did it. Why? Because God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting15:49 life. God was willing to step down out of heaven and become a man because of his love for each 1 of us, because he wants to redeem us with his precious blood.16:02 The great miracle, the miracle of the incarnation. Why? Because why would God do that? To rescue us, to save us16:14 from our sin. Man could not keep the law. If you broke the law in 1 place, you were guilty of breaking the whole law. It was impossible for men to keep the law. So Jesus come with16:26 came with grace, and now we are saved through grace, not of ourselves. It's a gift of God and not of works lest any man should boast. He came down being become a man so that you and I can step16:37 up and become the children of God. That you and I could be redeemed with his precious blood. The Bible says, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?16:49 He's not saying reject. He's saying neglect. How many people are sitting in church this morning who have neglected their salvation? They're not taking it seriously. They're not reading and filling themselves17:01 with the word of God. They're not abstaining from all appearances of evil. You're neglecting your salvation. He says, how will you escape? There's not an angel in heaven. There's not a demon in hell that will be able to17:13 come and show you a way of escape because there is no way of escape. But he says such a great salvation. Our salvation is great. Our redemption is great. And17:26 what we need to understand this morning is because of our salvation, we are also supernatural. Because a man came to Jesus 1 day and he was a religious17:37 man. And you understand this morning that religious people can be lost. Religion doesn't save. But this man came to Jesus and he said, oh,17:49 we know that you're a teacher sent from God. He says, your miracles prove it. That's what Nicodemus said. And Jesus looked at him and said, Nicodemus, except the man be born again,18:01 he cannot see the kingdom of God. And Nicodemus says, how can a man be born again? How can I be born again? An old man like me go back into my mother's womb. And Jesus said,18:13 except a man be born again, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. He says, look at the wind. You hear it, but you you you don't know where it comes from and you don't know18:25 where it goes. That which is born of flesh is flesh and that which is born of the spirit is spirit. So I have to come to an understanding that there was a day that I was born in the flesh,18:37 when I was born to, my mom and my dad. But there's also a day that I was born of the spirit because he said that which is flesh is flesh and that which is spirit is spirit. Amen. So we18:49 are spiritual beings. If a man is in Christ, he's a new creature, all the old things pass away, everything becomes new. There's no greater19:01 miracle than that except the incarnation. We we we take salvation sometimes so likely, oh, they gave their life to Jesus. Wonderful. It's a miracle every time somebody responds to19:13 the gospel, to the good news, and they get born again. It is a miracle. In fact, it is the greatest miracle that the church will see today. Let me tell you this. When a man gets out of a wheelchair, when blind eyes19:25 are opened, and deaf ears are stopped, the Bible does not say the angels rejoice in heaven, but it says when 1 sinner repents, all the angels in heaven rejoice. Why? Because salvation is the19:36 greatest thing for God. Jesus didn't die that we might be just be healed, and that's because we we will be healed 1 day, but it's for our salvation. But God is so19:48 good, he heals too. Now I believe God doesn't heal everybody. I believe God heals here and there. He does miracles here and there. What it is is raindrops to remind20:00 us there is a day coming when all shall be healed, when all shall come alive, when all shall be eternal. Hallelujah. We can't force God20:12 to perform miracles, but we know that he's a miracle working God. I went to alcoholic's home. I went to different places. Nothing could help me. I I love to drink. I love to get drunk. I love to20:24 fight. I love to live that kind of life. That was the that was what it all about. But deep down, I knew there was an emptiness, and deep down, there was a fear that if I would die, where would I wake up? Because I know20:36 there's a burning hell. And then 1 day, I went to a service and someone preached the gospel, I stepped stood up at the back and I walked down and I gave my life to Jesus, and from that moment, I've never20:47 smoked, I've never drank, I've never sworn. My life was changed and transformed. I'm not talking about reformation. I'm talking about being born20:59 again. What's the use if I'd stopped all those things, but I had no relationship with God? I know God this morning. I speak to God. God speaks back to me. Amen? Amen. And that's the greatest miracle21:11 anybody can experience, and we see it over and over and over in our churches. It is time that we stand up and rejoice when people repent as well. Amen. Amen. It's a miracle.21:24 God's a miracle working God, and this coming year, I'm gonna encourage people to look to God for miracles, miraculous for the miraculous. First of all, I think we must21:36 learn to think supernaturally. Think supernaturally. We've got to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. Unlike you, we get21:48 bad thoughts. Sometimes the devil shoots those fiery darts, and he and he tries to pull us down. He tries us to do foolish things, but we have to take every thought captive to the obedience of the Lord22:00 Jesus Christ. Proverbs says, as a man thinketh in his heart, so he is. We must saturate our minds with whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure. If anything is22:12 excellent or praiseworthy, think on such things. Take charge of your thought life. Amen? Supernaturally. We must learn to plan22:24 supernaturally. Plan according to God's plan and God's purposes. Let's be honest this morning. I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna start this business. I'm gonna go there. I'm gonna do all22:35 these things. Do we ever include God in our plans? Most times we don't. Most times we end up in a mess and say, why did this happen? But if we include him, he will give us22:47 direction. Listen what the Bible says. It says many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purposes that prevails. It's God's purposes that prevail.23:00 So I've got to include God in every part of my life, and I've got to learn to pray supernaturally. I can give you testimonies this morning, but I don't want to do it23:12 because I don't want anyone to think that I'm bragging. But I've prayed and supernatural things have happened, and things I've prayed for years ago in Norwood is only coming to pass now.23:24 You see, God is faithful. He does it in his time. Amen. Learn to trust supernaturally. Don't let things pull you down and then you begin to23:35 distrust God. You've gotta trust God. God will never fail us. God will never let us down. He never has and he never will. Amen? The bible says Shadrach, Meshach,23:47 Abednego said we will not bow. We will not bow to that false god. Our God is able to deliver us. And if not,23:59 we still will not bow. That's faith. That is trust. In other words, if God does not deliver us from this fire, it is his plan and his purpose. We're still trusting him. And what happened24:11 When they were thrown into that fire, heated 7 times hotter than ever before, they came and they looked in the fire. They said, we thought we put 3 men in there. Now there's 4, and the fourth is like unto the son of man.24:22 Jesus came down to be with them in the fire. We've got to trust him. When we walk through the waters, we will not drown. When we go through the fires, we will not burn. No weapon24:34 formed against us will prosper. If God is for us, who can be against us? Greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world. I have you in the palm of my hands and no man shall block you out. God24:46 is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we even ask or think. Hallelujah. We trust him.24:58 He's never failed us. There's tough times and there's been difficult times, but God has never let us down. Hallelujah. Pray supernaturally.25:10 The Bible says the fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. The fervent prayer of a righteous man. What happened to Elijah? The Bible says25:22 he's a man like passions as we are. What does that mean? It means he was a man like me, and he commanded the rain to stop for 3 and a half years and it stopped.25:34 And then he commanded the rain to fall and it fell. He prayed supernaturally. You and I must pray supernaturally. Trust God for big things because he's a25:46 big God and he's able to bring it to pass. Hallelujah. Many people here this morning that can confess and testify. God has never failed them. And sometimes we25:58 pray for something that doesn't happen tomorrow, but hold on. It will come to pass 1 way or another. Amen? Give supernaturally. Be generous. We're the people26:10 of God. There are far too many people, that are Christians that are so tight. Oh, they hold on to every little cent. Listen, if you die the next moment, it's all gone. Be26:22 generous. Give supernaturally. The Bible says, give and it shall be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over. Hallelujah. You see, the more you get, the more26:34 God gives you and the more it runs over so you can bless other people. Amen. Whatever we give to God, he will bless and he will multiply. Abraham gave his son.26:46 God said, take your son, put him on an altar. Man, that's sacrifice. He took his son. Fortunately, God stopped it and so God said, your descendants will be26:58 like the sand on the seashore. That's how God multiplied it, and God blessed it. Amen? The boy with 5 loaves and 2 fish was just standing there. 5000 people.27:10 Jesus says, bring him here. He takes the 2 loaves and the 5 2 2 fish and 5 loaves and he blesses it and everybody gets fed, gets fed and his 12 baskets over.27:23 He multiplies it. Whatever we give him, when he touches it, he will bless it. Amen.27:29 You know, God gave his son. He gave his son for me27:41 while I was yet in my sin, while I blasphemed his name, while I swore and I cursed. Not big He didn't give me a son, send his27:53 son because I was so nice. Just the opposite. That's how much love God has. He gave his son. Jesus gave his28:05 life. He said, no man takes my life from me. I have the power to lay it down, and I have the power to take it up. No greater love28:17 of a man than this, the man gave his life for his friend. We weren't even friends. We were enemies. The Holy Spirit has given us 928:28 manifestation gifts for the church so we can do the work of the ministry. So God is a big giver. Amen? So let's let's28:40 trust God for this coming year that we will think supernaturally, plan supernaturally, trust him supernaturally, pray supernaturally, and28:52 give supernaturally because we are a new creation created in Christ Jesus, not of the flesh, but of the spirit. Amen.29:04 And I pray that God will bless you this coming year and with a great year in your own personal life and in whatever you do, whatever you lay your hand to. In his name, I pray29:16 that you will prosper and that you'll enjoy the blessing of God.
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