1 00:00:14,099 --> 00:00:17,339 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,399 --> 00:00:24,100 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,739 --> 00:00:26,660 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:35,039 --> 00:00:37,240 Father God, we thank you for being here. 5 00:00:37,939 --> 00:00:41,439 We thank you, Lord, that we can share communion together. 6 00:00:42,539 --> 00:00:47,380 We thank you that our dear brother, PB, Pastor Bill Devlin is in the house. 7 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:48,880 You brought him in to us today. 8 00:00:49,500 --> 00:00:50,420 Thank you for that, Lord. 9 00:00:50,780 --> 00:00:52,460 And we're going to have communion together. 10 00:00:52,460 --> 00:00:55,619 And, Lord, thank you that your word always speaks. 11 00:00:56,359 --> 00:00:58,740 And you're the same yesterday, today, and forever. 12 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,700 So, Lord, as we open up your word, we ask you, Lord, to just penetrate 13 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:08,260 our heart and our mind so that we can really just discern you in the 14 00:01:08,260 --> 00:01:10,659 Scriptures, in Jesus' name, amen. 15 00:01:12,060 --> 00:01:12,980 Yeah, that was great. 16 00:01:13,620 --> 00:01:17,859 You know, I'll tell you, the big takeaway I texted Jamie after I watched 17 00:01:17,859 --> 00:01:21,459 the service and the big takeaway from me, you know, I love what he 18 00:01:21,459 --> 00:01:22,400 said towards the end. 19 00:01:22,620 --> 00:01:27,060 He said, you know, I used to pray, Lord, just pour down your spirit, 20 00:01:27,239 --> 00:01:28,599 just like you did in Pentecost. 21 00:01:28,939 --> 00:01:32,760 Just anoint me, Lord, with like new gifts of the spirit and all this. 22 00:01:33,159 --> 00:01:36,379 And just like, just, just pour your spirit down upon me. 23 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:41,640 And then he heard in the inner core of voice, and I'm paraphrasing a lot. 24 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:42,000 Okay. 25 00:01:42,019 --> 00:01:43,299 You'll have to listen back yourself. 26 00:01:43,719 --> 00:01:45,200 But then he says, but you know what? 27 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:49,700 I heard the voice saying, why don't you release what I've already given you? 28 00:01:49,700 --> 00:01:52,040 And I'm like, that's, that's so true. 29 00:01:52,239 --> 00:01:56,819 I mean, he's poured so much, he's invested so much into you. 30 00:01:57,260 --> 00:01:59,239 And he's saying, just release it. 31 00:01:59,459 --> 00:02:01,480 Just start pouring it out to others. 32 00:02:01,620 --> 00:02:01,719 Amen. 33 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:05,239 And so now we're going to look at Acts chapter three and only the 34 00:02:05,239 --> 00:02:09,960 first 11 verses of it, and we're going to be looking at a miracle, 35 00:02:10,139 --> 00:02:12,259 the first recorded miracle. 36 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,280 We know that there were miracles, you know, of course, before the 37 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:19,560 ascension of Christ, but after the ascension of Christ, we read 38 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:24,719 last week that there were going to be a lot of signs and wonders happening. 39 00:02:25,939 --> 00:02:29,539 And in fact, if you can put that up, hi Tammy, you're running PowerPoint. 40 00:02:30,180 --> 00:02:31,000 Good job today. 41 00:02:32,060 --> 00:02:39,740 If you could put up Acts chapter two verse 43, and we, we skimmed over this 42 00:02:39,740 --> 00:02:44,680 last week that they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and 43 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:49,400 fellowship in the breaking of bread and in prayers, and then fear 44 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:56,259 came upon every soul and many signs and wonders were done through the apostles. 45 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:01,300 You know, by the way, when you look at those two verses, you can actually 46 00:03:01,300 --> 00:03:07,620 see really five foundational things in the Christian lifestyle, those two 47 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:09,039 verses wrap it all together. 48 00:03:09,620 --> 00:03:15,280 And I'll show you in that, first of all, the word of God, you know, back 49 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,840 then they didn't yet have the new Testament written, but the word of God, 50 00:03:19,979 --> 00:03:21,379 they drew from the old Testament. 51 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,280 The next thing, fellowship, right? 52 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:29,759 Getting together, not only believers, but also just making sure we're 53 00:03:29,759 --> 00:03:33,180 interacting with the world to bring the glory of God, right? 54 00:03:33,719 --> 00:03:37,439 The next thing, breaking of bread, communion, which we're doing today, 55 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:40,879 praying, praying for one another. 56 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,259 And then finally signs and wonders, good works. 57 00:03:44,259 --> 00:03:49,080 You know, we always think of signs and wonders as miraculous healings 58 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:50,960 and they're wonderful, but you know what? 59 00:03:51,300 --> 00:03:55,080 Signs and wonders are someone getting saved, someone just 60 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,460 surrendering their life and saying, I need Jesus Christ. 61 00:03:57,919 --> 00:03:58,900 That is a miracle. 62 00:03:59,080 --> 00:03:59,860 Do you realize that? 63 00:04:00,020 --> 00:04:02,360 That is the greatest miracle. 64 00:04:02,719 --> 00:04:06,460 That's greater than any healing of the body because when your 65 00:04:06,460 --> 00:04:09,080 soul gets healed, it's eternal. 66 00:04:10,300 --> 00:04:13,000 And so right there, and those five foundations, actually, I just 67 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,819 want to mention is we have cell groups that we gather together. 68 00:04:17,620 --> 00:04:23,180 Um, and they, they cover these five foundational concepts of Christian 69 00:04:23,180 --> 00:04:29,139 life, and it's so good to really stay, uh, engaged in, in all parts 70 00:04:29,139 --> 00:04:29,980 of Christianity. 71 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:32,819 Am I, am I reading the word enough? 72 00:04:33,819 --> 00:04:36,040 Am I in fellowship enough? 73 00:04:37,220 --> 00:04:40,560 Am I in communion, you know, have actually having communion 74 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:47,579 with other believers and am I praying enough and am I seeing 75 00:04:47,579 --> 00:04:51,139 good works done through me, the fruit of the spirit pouring 76 00:04:51,139 --> 00:04:56,459 out through me, you know, am I experiencing the fullness of 77 00:04:56,459 --> 00:05:00,759 being a believer because we need all of those things operating 78 00:05:00,759 --> 00:05:04,199 in our lives to really live that abundant life. 79 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,439 And if you want to talk more about that after the service, I'd 80 00:05:07,439 --> 00:05:09,720 love to talk to you about these cell groups and really just 81 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,819 growing in these areas because, you know, Bible studies are awesome. 82 00:05:14,319 --> 00:05:20,319 They really are, but why not experience the fullness of what it is 83 00:05:20,319 --> 00:05:21,319 to be a believer? 84 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:23,160 We have a great life. 85 00:05:23,860 --> 00:05:26,920 So anyway, so these signs and wonders were starting. 86 00:05:27,540 --> 00:05:31,040 And of course they were starting before Christ even was crucified. 87 00:05:31,199 --> 00:05:35,420 He anointed his disciples to do these things, but now it was spreading 88 00:05:35,420 --> 00:05:38,019 out and these signs and wonders were happening. 89 00:05:38,019 --> 00:05:42,180 And Jesus told his disciples, the last supper, you know, you should 90 00:05:42,180 --> 00:05:46,300 be glad that I'm going to heaven to be with my father because when 91 00:05:46,300 --> 00:05:49,519 I do, the Holy Spirit will come down upon you and he will 92 00:05:49,519 --> 00:05:51,480 anoint you for many things. 93 00:05:51,879 --> 00:05:57,040 And in John 14, 12, he said just this, most assuredly I say 94 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,600 to you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will 95 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:05,939 do also and greater works than these will he do because I go 96 00:06:05,939 --> 00:06:06,920 to my father. 97 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:13,800 So we can expect amazing things to pour out from us to others in 98 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,560 our lives and people that we come in contact with. 99 00:06:17,319 --> 00:06:21,540 And also just before Christ ascended probably the last couple 100 00:06:21,540 --> 00:06:26,459 days or so in Mark chapter 16, he told his disciples these 101 00:06:26,459 --> 00:06:30,680 things and these signs will follow those who believe in my 102 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:31,040 name. 103 00:06:31,199 --> 00:06:32,680 They will cast out demons. 104 00:06:33,519 --> 00:06:37,160 They will speak with new tongues and they will take up 105 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,300 serpents and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no 106 00:06:41,300 --> 00:06:42,439 means hurt them. 107 00:06:43,060 --> 00:06:45,120 And you know, all these things I've actually seen and 108 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:49,259 experienced or been part of and they will lay hands on the 109 00:06:49,259 --> 00:06:51,779 sick and they will recover. 110 00:06:51,939 --> 00:06:54,800 And that's what we're going to look at today, a healing, but 111 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,579 these signs and wonders yet. 112 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,899 Did you ever say, Lord, I want, I want to experience these 113 00:07:00,899 --> 00:07:04,860 signs and wonders pouring out through me with the Lord saying 114 00:07:04,860 --> 00:07:08,079 that, you know, these are things that can operate in our 115 00:07:08,079 --> 00:07:08,639 lives. 116 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,660 And so we're going to read now about the first documented 117 00:07:12,660 --> 00:07:17,980 healing through the hands of Peter and really laying hands 118 00:07:17,980 --> 00:07:18,699 on the sick. 119 00:07:18,759 --> 00:07:21,560 You know, we do it regularly here. 120 00:07:21,699 --> 00:07:23,500 In fact, at the end of the service, we're going to have 121 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:24,459 prayers up here. 122 00:07:25,060 --> 00:07:27,819 And if you're sick, if you have ailments and you would 123 00:07:27,819 --> 00:07:30,259 want prayer, we're going to have a prayer team up here that 124 00:07:30,259 --> 00:07:33,120 you can come up and receive prayer for those things. 125 00:07:33,639 --> 00:07:36,360 And we believe that the fervent prayer of a believer 126 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:38,540 accomplishes a lot. 127 00:07:38,860 --> 00:07:39,680 Do you believe that? 128 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,139 Like prayer accomplishes so much. 129 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,720 It's the fuel of the kingdom of God. 130 00:07:45,879 --> 00:07:46,500 It really is. 131 00:07:46,879 --> 00:07:51,279 And so anyway, without further ado, uh, I left my glasses 132 00:07:51,279 --> 00:07:51,819 somewhere. 133 00:07:52,139 --> 00:07:54,160 So anyway, Oh no, I didn't look at this. 134 00:07:54,300 --> 00:07:56,740 I'm more equipped than I thought they're in here 135 00:07:56,740 --> 00:07:57,339 somewhere. 136 00:07:58,259 --> 00:07:58,899 Bear with me. 137 00:07:59,439 --> 00:08:01,439 Just say hi to that person next to you. 138 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:05,100 If you didn't already, they're stuck there. 139 00:08:05,259 --> 00:08:06,319 They're okay. 140 00:08:06,579 --> 00:08:06,920 All right. 141 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:07,240 Ready? 142 00:08:08,259 --> 00:08:10,540 I'm still in denial that even need these things, but 143 00:08:10,540 --> 00:08:11,079 that's okay. 144 00:08:11,839 --> 00:08:12,040 All right. 145 00:08:12,439 --> 00:08:16,199 So acts chapter three, verse one, we're only going to 146 00:08:16,199 --> 00:08:17,240 stop a couple of times. 147 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:18,100 So don't get annoyed. 148 00:08:18,379 --> 00:08:18,860 Okay. 149 00:08:19,019 --> 00:08:24,740 Ready now, Peter and John went up together to the temple at 150 00:08:24,740 --> 00:08:27,040 the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 151 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,560 So let's just stop there. 152 00:08:29,699 --> 00:08:30,600 You're like, Oh, really? 153 00:08:31,019 --> 00:08:31,879 But just for a minute. 154 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:32,200 Okay. 155 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:33,580 Again, there's only a couple of stops. 156 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:34,039 Okay. 157 00:08:34,759 --> 00:08:40,299 But so they, they went into the temple for prayer at 158 00:08:40,299 --> 00:08:41,299 the time of prayer. 159 00:08:41,419 --> 00:08:44,100 And you know, it's really neat is if you study like 160 00:08:44,100 --> 00:08:46,879 the Jewish tradition and so forth, they met for 161 00:08:46,879 --> 00:08:51,720 prayer three times a day at 9 AM, 12 PM and 3 PM. 162 00:08:52,340 --> 00:08:54,460 And they would meet together and you could see this 163 00:08:54,460 --> 00:08:58,500 format in David's life, in Daniel's life, praying 164 00:08:58,500 --> 00:08:59,799 three times a day. 165 00:09:00,919 --> 00:09:05,179 And so they, they did this, but what's amazing is 166 00:09:05,179 --> 00:09:09,039 that they had just gotten saved and baptized in 167 00:09:09,039 --> 00:09:09,820 the Holy Spirit. 168 00:09:10,279 --> 00:09:10,299 Okay. 169 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,659 And yet they still continue to do the things that 170 00:09:14,659 --> 00:09:16,100 they knew were right. 171 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,100 They didn't suddenly say, I'm going to reject all, 172 00:09:19,100 --> 00:09:22,860 all tradition, those things that the Lord 173 00:09:22,860 --> 00:09:24,500 implanted in their lifestyle. 174 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:26,320 They say, well, that's still for today. 175 00:09:26,980 --> 00:09:28,559 And so they went in to pray. 176 00:09:29,159 --> 00:09:31,820 And when I was thinking about this, the time 177 00:09:31,820 --> 00:09:35,840 from 9 AM to 3 PM, you know what happened during 178 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:40,019 that time also, Christ was crucified. 179 00:09:40,899 --> 00:09:45,399 He was crucified at 9 AM at 12 PM. 180 00:09:45,779 --> 00:09:49,799 The land became dark, pitch dark for three hours. 181 00:09:50,039 --> 00:09:51,899 I mean, people were saying, what is happening? 182 00:09:51,899 --> 00:09:54,940 I mean, this is like, this can't be an eclipse. 183 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,519 This is something deep and dark. 184 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,600 And then at 3 PM, the earthquake, he gave up a 185 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,539 spirit and the lights came back on. 186 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:07,639 And we see this whole picture. 187 00:10:08,460 --> 00:10:12,039 Isn't it amazing that it lines right up with the 188 00:10:12,039 --> 00:10:15,080 times of prayer, because Lord, the Lord was 189 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:19,700 fulfilling all the old things of traditional of, of 190 00:10:19,700 --> 00:10:22,539 everything in the Jewish heritage, pointing to the 191 00:10:22,539 --> 00:10:25,740 Messiah, and now he's saying it's for all of you. 192 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:30,039 And so, so they, they continue to do that and to 193 00:10:30,039 --> 00:10:32,500 pray and now let's move on to verse two. 194 00:10:34,299 --> 00:10:39,000 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was 195 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,279 carried whom they laid daily at the gate of the 196 00:10:43,279 --> 00:10:48,960 temple, which is called beautiful to ask alms from 197 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,820 those who entered the temple, who's seeing Peter 198 00:10:52,820 --> 00:10:58,179 and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. 199 00:10:58,940 --> 00:11:02,039 So here's this beggar at the temple that his 200 00:11:02,039 --> 00:11:04,820 family would bring, and they would lay him right 201 00:11:04,820 --> 00:11:06,720 there at the door of entry. 202 00:11:06,899 --> 00:11:08,419 And thank you, Tammy, right there. 203 00:11:09,220 --> 00:11:12,539 And this, this, this gate, okay, which they 204 00:11:12,539 --> 00:11:16,399 call the, the gate called beautiful was actually 205 00:11:16,399 --> 00:11:19,659 called Nikkeinor, aren't you glad I took an 206 00:11:19,659 --> 00:11:22,799 attempt at that, but Nikkeinor, and it was a 207 00:11:22,799 --> 00:11:25,960 temple, it was the gate that led from the 208 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:29,279 courtyard of the, of the Gentiles. 209 00:11:30,039 --> 00:11:31,620 You can see that's, that's all them. 210 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:32,139 Okay. 211 00:11:32,820 --> 00:11:35,220 And if you're a Gentile, you got to stay out 212 00:11:35,220 --> 00:11:38,120 here, but then the gates were opened. 213 00:11:38,460 --> 00:11:38,940 Okay. 214 00:11:39,519 --> 00:11:42,379 And you went in and first it was the court 215 00:11:42,379 --> 00:11:44,720 of the women, everything was still segregated 216 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:45,720 in a sense, right? 217 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,580 And that was the courtyard of the women. 218 00:11:47,899 --> 00:11:50,059 And then you went even deeper if you were a man. 219 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,039 And then of course, if you were a priest, you 220 00:11:52,039 --> 00:11:54,659 went even deeper into the temple and so forth. 221 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,480 So this man was laid right here. 222 00:11:57,740 --> 00:11:58,039 Okay. 223 00:11:58,340 --> 00:12:00,679 So that he could beg from all the Jews going 224 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:02,700 in to worship God. 225 00:12:03,879 --> 00:12:05,600 And when you think about what a strategic 226 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,539 place to be placed, right? 227 00:12:08,340 --> 00:12:10,679 Um, you know, first of all, people are 228 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:13,779 going in, okay, to worship God. 229 00:12:14,039 --> 00:12:14,519 Okay. 230 00:12:14,519 --> 00:12:18,039 So as they enter, okay, they're thinking, 231 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:19,960 well, like, look at this poor guy, like here. 232 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:23,159 I mean, I, you know, I can't just walk past him. 233 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:23,580 Okay. 234 00:12:23,879 --> 00:12:25,440 I'm going to praise God. 235 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,639 And yet this poor guy, he needs something, you 236 00:12:28,639 --> 00:12:30,620 know, so it's a great place to give. 237 00:12:31,039 --> 00:12:33,460 But if you even were, were calloused enough 238 00:12:33,460 --> 00:12:36,580 to walk past him and go in and say, I don't 239 00:12:36,580 --> 00:12:37,740 see him, I don't see him. 240 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:38,059 Okay. 241 00:12:38,500 --> 00:12:39,879 And now you're in your worshiping God, 242 00:12:40,019 --> 00:12:42,200 you're feeling so glad about everything. 243 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,320 And you're so grateful for your life and so 244 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,980 forth, and now you're coming out, I don't 245 00:12:47,980 --> 00:12:50,100 see, that's hard, that's more difficult even 246 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:52,440 to walk out without giving him something. 247 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:52,700 Right. 248 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,379 So he was strategically placed in a perfect 249 00:12:56,379 --> 00:13:00,240 place at the gate called beautiful. 250 00:13:00,519 --> 00:13:02,960 You know, this gate, they say it could 251 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,980 have been as much as 75 feet high, this 252 00:13:05,980 --> 00:13:07,179 doorway, okay. 253 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:10,159 And the doors were Corinthian brass. 254 00:13:10,399 --> 00:13:12,840 They just glistened in the sun, you know, 255 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:14,419 and they were just beautiful. 256 00:13:14,820 --> 00:13:16,519 And so that's why they call it the gate 257 00:13:16,519 --> 00:13:17,480 called beautiful. 258 00:13:18,299 --> 00:13:20,620 And as people went in, they would give him 259 00:13:20,620 --> 00:13:21,139 money. 260 00:13:21,519 --> 00:13:25,059 And so Peter and John were walking by and 261 00:13:25,059 --> 00:13:25,899 they saw him. 262 00:13:26,759 --> 00:13:29,740 And let's take another look at more of 263 00:13:29,740 --> 00:13:31,559 the temple, just so you can get a better 264 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:32,600 picture of this. 265 00:13:33,259 --> 00:13:34,700 So this would have been right there. 266 00:13:34,799 --> 00:13:36,000 There's 15 steps. 267 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:36,600 Okay. 268 00:13:37,019 --> 00:13:38,919 All the Gentiles were out here and out 269 00:13:38,919 --> 00:13:41,539 here, and, but this was where he would 270 00:13:41,539 --> 00:13:42,159 have been laid. 271 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:46,120 And this is called the Solomon's porch or 272 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:46,720 portico. 273 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,980 And you'll see this in verse 11, when they 274 00:13:49,980 --> 00:13:52,179 went out there and started preaching with 275 00:13:52,179 --> 00:13:53,779 the beggar that would be healed. 276 00:13:53,980 --> 00:13:54,379 Okay. 277 00:13:54,759 --> 00:13:55,580 This is a model. 278 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,519 If you could tell, this is actually, 279 00:13:57,620 --> 00:13:59,139 this model is in Israel. 280 00:13:59,279 --> 00:14:00,700 If you ever go to Israel, you could see 281 00:14:00,700 --> 00:14:02,519 this and here's a walkway. 282 00:14:02,659 --> 00:14:04,679 So this is very tiny because this 283 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,179 walkway, if a person was standing there, 284 00:14:07,259 --> 00:14:08,639 they would look like a mammoth giant. 285 00:14:08,919 --> 00:14:09,320 Okay. 286 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:11,159 And we actually stood there and looked at 287 00:14:11,159 --> 00:14:12,840 the whole model, very cool. 288 00:14:13,379 --> 00:14:15,980 And so, so that's the picture of it. 289 00:14:16,639 --> 00:14:19,379 And so here we have this beggar at the 290 00:14:19,379 --> 00:14:21,740 gate, and I found this cool painting. 291 00:14:22,159 --> 00:14:23,759 Well, it's not the real painting, but 292 00:14:23,759 --> 00:14:26,120 it's a photo of it, of this picture 293 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,779 painted sometime in the early 1700s of 294 00:14:29,779 --> 00:14:33,860 this picture of, you know, of Peter and 295 00:14:33,860 --> 00:14:36,759 John, and of course this beggar. 296 00:14:36,879 --> 00:14:39,679 And, uh, as, as they speak to him. 297 00:14:39,679 --> 00:14:42,320 And so, you know, as I was thinking 298 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:46,600 about this, right, he's, he's laying at 299 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:48,980 the doorway, okay. 300 00:14:49,460 --> 00:14:51,320 So that he can get something as people 301 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:56,000 come in or come out, but he didn't crawl in. 302 00:14:56,740 --> 00:14:59,519 I mean, if you're right there, why not 303 00:14:59,519 --> 00:15:02,659 be brought in to the courtyard? 304 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:03,320 Okay. 305 00:15:03,779 --> 00:15:05,580 And we can hypothesize many different 306 00:15:05,580 --> 00:15:08,279 reasons, but here's what it reminded me of. 307 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,759 So our church gets a plethora of phone 308 00:15:12,759 --> 00:15:15,379 calls throughout the year. 309 00:15:16,559 --> 00:15:18,919 And we get calls from complete strangers. 310 00:15:18,940 --> 00:15:19,440 Okay. 311 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,259 And they say my rent's behind, um, or 312 00:15:23,259 --> 00:15:24,620 they say, you know, do you have any of 313 00:15:24,620 --> 00:15:27,840 those food cards and, and constant, 314 00:15:27,860 --> 00:15:30,519 you know, phone calls needing things. 315 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,320 And so, you know, we want to be good 316 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:34,580 stewards of God's money. 317 00:15:34,860 --> 00:15:36,399 We don't know who they are, what 318 00:15:36,399 --> 00:15:37,379 they really need. 319 00:15:37,379 --> 00:15:38,220 We don't know anything. 320 00:15:39,460 --> 00:15:41,899 So, and I start talking to them. 321 00:15:42,039 --> 00:15:43,539 Well, do you belong to any churches? 322 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:45,120 Well, no, you know, okay. 323 00:15:45,340 --> 00:15:47,559 Well, can you come in and let us meet you? 324 00:15:47,799 --> 00:15:48,039 Okay. 325 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:50,100 Well, that right there kills about 326 00:15:50,100 --> 00:15:52,419 95% of the requests. 327 00:15:53,420 --> 00:15:53,940 Okay. 328 00:15:54,059 --> 00:15:57,019 They can't even come once to meet us. 329 00:15:57,299 --> 00:15:57,759 Okay. 330 00:15:58,519 --> 00:16:01,440 And I'm getting somewhere with this is 331 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,820 that their issues could, could be 332 00:16:04,820 --> 00:16:08,460 resolved by just coming into church and 333 00:16:08,460 --> 00:16:11,720 meeting believers and meeting with God. 334 00:16:11,980 --> 00:16:14,080 Do you realize that so many of our 335 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:17,100 problems we are in so much lack and need 336 00:16:17,100 --> 00:16:21,139 because we refuse to enter in according 337 00:16:21,139 --> 00:16:25,519 to God's design approaching him with 338 00:16:25,519 --> 00:16:28,480 accountability, see just writing a check 339 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:29,980 or given a bit, we do it. 340 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:31,779 Don't get me wrong when people are hard 341 00:16:31,779 --> 00:16:33,779 up and you know, we don't put strings 342 00:16:33,779 --> 00:16:35,700 attached to all these things, but we 343 00:16:35,700 --> 00:16:38,299 would rather give them something 344 00:16:38,299 --> 00:16:40,200 formative in their lives that actually 345 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,700 transforms their lives, help them 346 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:45,720 transform their spirit, their soul, and 347 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,039 their actions that would truly change 348 00:16:48,039 --> 00:16:50,679 their lives, but just handing them 349 00:16:50,679 --> 00:16:52,620 something is like putting a band-aid 350 00:16:52,620 --> 00:16:53,659 on a missing limb. 351 00:16:54,039 --> 00:16:55,679 You know, it just, it doesn't accomplish 352 00:16:55,679 --> 00:16:57,779 what God really wants to accomplish. 353 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,399 And it's sad because the church many 354 00:17:00,399 --> 00:17:03,159 times has shifted to this humanitarian 355 00:17:04,299 --> 00:17:06,799 giveaways without any accountability. 356 00:17:08,099 --> 00:17:09,920 And it's, and it's not God's design. 357 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,680 If you notice, he taught for three days 358 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:15,119 before he fed the people. 359 00:17:15,279 --> 00:17:15,940 Do you realize that? 360 00:17:16,539 --> 00:17:18,119 He didn't start with the breakfast. 361 00:17:19,039 --> 00:17:21,279 Three days, they were about to drop. 362 00:17:21,759 --> 00:17:22,599 Then he's like, maybe we should 363 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:23,400 give him something to eat. 364 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:23,920 Okay. 365 00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:26,720 And then the other time was a full day. 366 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:27,259 Okay. 367 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,440 And then you didn't hear about it anymore. 368 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,160 In fact, he even rebuked them. 369 00:17:32,279 --> 00:17:34,000 You're only following me for the bread. 370 00:17:35,019 --> 00:17:35,720 Do you remember that? 371 00:17:36,420 --> 00:17:38,180 So I think sometimes our perspective 372 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,660 of Jesus just giving away, giving away 373 00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:45,380 with no accountability is not Godly because 374 00:17:45,380 --> 00:17:47,180 it doesn't truly transform the lives. 375 00:17:47,259 --> 00:17:48,460 We have the government to do that. 376 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:50,099 Unfortunately, right? 377 00:17:50,660 --> 00:17:51,940 Because there's no accountability 378 00:17:51,940 --> 00:17:53,019 there at all. 379 00:17:53,420 --> 00:17:53,440 Okay. 380 00:17:53,759 --> 00:17:55,299 I'm not getting political by the way. 381 00:17:55,319 --> 00:17:56,500 I'm just telling you the truth. 382 00:17:56,740 --> 00:17:56,759 Right. 383 00:17:57,380 --> 00:18:00,180 So anyway, but so, so, so 384 00:18:00,180 --> 00:18:02,819 here we have this gentleman and he's 385 00:18:02,819 --> 00:18:04,880 asking, he just wish he would come in, 386 00:18:05,079 --> 00:18:08,640 you know, because things could really 387 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:13,200 change for him if he had just come in 388 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:14,559 and met with the Lord. 389 00:18:14,700 --> 00:18:16,240 But anyway, he's meeting the 390 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,019 Lord through Peter and John. 391 00:18:18,319 --> 00:18:19,259 So let's read on. 392 00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:23,599 So where are we? 393 00:18:23,819 --> 00:18:24,259 Verse four. 394 00:18:26,140 --> 00:18:28,119 And fixing his eyes on him, 395 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,819 meaning Peter with John. 396 00:18:31,059 --> 00:18:32,299 Peter said, look at us. 397 00:18:33,059 --> 00:18:34,720 And so he gave them his attention 398 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:37,519 expecting to receive something from 399 00:18:37,519 --> 00:18:40,500 them. And then Peter said, silver and 400 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:43,380 gold, I do not have, but what I do 401 00:18:43,380 --> 00:18:47,160 have, I give you in the name of Jesus 402 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,579 Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. 403 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:53,059 And he took him by the right hand 404 00:18:53,059 --> 00:18:55,539 and lifted him up and immediately 405 00:18:55,539 --> 00:18:58,460 his feet and ankle bones received 406 00:18:58,460 --> 00:19:01,380 strength. And so he leaping up, 407 00:19:01,599 --> 00:19:03,720 stood and walked and entered the 408 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,079 temple with them, walking, 409 00:19:06,299 --> 00:19:08,759 leaping and praising God. 410 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,140 And all the people saw him walking 411 00:19:12,140 --> 00:19:14,660 and praising God and verse 10. 412 00:19:14,839 --> 00:19:17,160 And then they knew that it was he 413 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,160 who sat begging alms at the 414 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,000 beautiful gate of the temple. 415 00:19:23,319 --> 00:19:25,519 And they were killed with their 416 00:19:25,519 --> 00:19:26,880 killed. They were not killed. 417 00:19:27,299 --> 00:19:29,579 They were filled with wonder and 418 00:19:29,579 --> 00:19:31,859 amazement at what had happened to 419 00:19:31,859 --> 00:19:34,299 him. And now verse 11 is where 420 00:19:34,299 --> 00:19:36,740 we'll end now as the lame man 421 00:19:36,740 --> 00:19:39,720 who was healed, held onto Peter 422 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,099 and John, all the people ran 423 00:19:42,099 --> 00:19:45,059 together to them in at the in 424 00:19:45,059 --> 00:19:47,140 the porch, which is called 425 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,019 Solomon's greatly were greatly 426 00:19:50,019 --> 00:19:51,579 amazed. Sorry, I'm botching this 427 00:19:51,579 --> 00:19:52,740 up the reading a little bit. 428 00:19:52,980 --> 00:19:54,200 I've been up since three thirty. 429 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,019 You just can't go back to sleep 430 00:19:56,019 --> 00:19:58,859 and you're like, but anyway, so 431 00:19:59,460 --> 00:20:02,640 so here is this beggar. 432 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,220 And what's really cool is, do you 433 00:20:04,220 --> 00:20:06,640 notice like he's hanging on 434 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,640 to Peter and John, not for 435 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:10,240 balance. 436 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,359 He didn't need to be balanced 437 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,799 because he already stood up. 438 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,599 He was hanging on to them for 439 00:20:17,599 --> 00:20:20,380 love, for gratitude, for like, 440 00:20:20,619 --> 00:20:21,880 man, I don't want to go 441 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:23,440 anywhere away from these guys. 442 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,740 These guys in introduce me to 443 00:20:26,740 --> 00:20:28,660 the real power of God. 444 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,200 And so he's just going to follow 445 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:31,259 them from then on. 446 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:33,319 And that's so awesome to see 447 00:20:33,319 --> 00:20:35,119 that. But let's rewind a little 448 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:36,859 bit and just show up on the 449 00:20:36,859 --> 00:20:37,440 screen. 450 00:20:38,700 --> 00:20:41,019 Acts chapter three verse seven. 451 00:20:43,299 --> 00:20:45,559 He took him by the right hand 452 00:20:45,559 --> 00:20:48,640 and lifted him up and immediately 453 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,740 his feet and ankle bones 454 00:20:50,740 --> 00:20:52,460 received strength. 455 00:20:53,019 --> 00:20:53,779 You know, what I thought was 456 00:20:53,779 --> 00:20:56,160 really interesting and important 457 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,880 there is that Peter actually 458 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,500 took him by the hand. 459 00:21:01,339 --> 00:21:02,200 Did you notice that? 460 00:21:02,759 --> 00:21:04,920 Now, a lot of times in scripture 461 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:06,279 that doesn't happen. 462 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:09,000 OK, in fact, you know, Paul, 463 00:21:09,299 --> 00:21:11,079 while he was walking along, he 464 00:21:11,079 --> 00:21:14,240 saw someone who who had faith 465 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:15,640 to believe in healing. 466 00:21:16,220 --> 00:21:17,119 And he said, get up. 467 00:21:17,299 --> 00:21:17,920 And he got up. 468 00:21:18,519 --> 00:21:19,880 Jesus did that to remember when 469 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,240 he saw the the the gentleman 470 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,039 with his mat at the portico, 471 00:21:24,220 --> 00:21:26,559 I mean, the pool of Siloam. 472 00:21:27,180 --> 00:21:28,640 And he's just like laying there, 473 00:21:28,740 --> 00:21:30,079 you know, day after day, 474 00:21:30,279 --> 00:21:30,980 year after year. 475 00:21:31,059 --> 00:21:32,140 And every time the stirring of 476 00:21:32,140 --> 00:21:33,579 the water, everyone gushes 477 00:21:33,579 --> 00:21:34,940 towards there because the first 478 00:21:34,940 --> 00:21:35,819 one in gets healed. 479 00:21:36,099 --> 00:21:36,859 We're not going to get into 480 00:21:36,859 --> 00:21:37,359 that today. 481 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:39,140 But you know, but he would just 482 00:21:39,140 --> 00:21:40,099 lay there and he could never 483 00:21:40,099 --> 00:21:41,299 get to the water in time. 484 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:42,660 He couldn't get past everybody. 485 00:21:43,220 --> 00:21:44,619 And then Jesus, in fact, let's 486 00:21:44,619 --> 00:21:46,119 show that I love this section. 487 00:21:48,279 --> 00:21:49,779 John chapter five verse 488 00:21:50,439 --> 00:21:51,420 six to eight. 489 00:21:51,420 --> 00:21:53,880 Then Jesus saw him lying there 490 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,759 and knew that he already had been 491 00:21:56,759 --> 00:21:59,400 in that condition for a long time. 492 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:01,619 He said to him, do you want 493 00:22:01,619 --> 00:22:02,859 to be made well? 494 00:22:03,839 --> 00:22:05,700 And the sick man answered him, 495 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:07,480 Sir, I have no man 496 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,079 to put me into the pool. 497 00:22:09,940 --> 00:22:11,759 And when the water is stirred up. 498 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:15,500 I'm sorry, but when the water 499 00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:17,460 is stirred up, but while I am 500 00:22:17,460 --> 00:22:20,039 coming, another steps down before me. 501 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:22,660 Jesus said to him, rise, 502 00:22:22,980 --> 00:22:25,059 take up your bed and walk. 503 00:22:25,779 --> 00:22:26,579 In other words, he's like, 504 00:22:27,619 --> 00:22:30,980 get up, get up. 505 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,839 OK, so sometimes the Lord 506 00:22:33,839 --> 00:22:35,980 just says, get up. 507 00:22:36,940 --> 00:22:38,259 You already have what you need. 508 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,519 But sometimes we need some 509 00:22:40,519 --> 00:22:42,519 help getting up, right? 510 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:44,859 And in this case, this man 511 00:22:44,859 --> 00:22:46,799 needed Peters assured 512 00:22:46,799 --> 00:22:48,099 so you could do this. 513 00:22:48,380 --> 00:22:49,039 You can get up. 514 00:22:49,039 --> 00:22:50,799 Let me help you up. 515 00:22:51,079 --> 00:22:52,460 You know, we all need 516 00:22:52,460 --> 00:22:54,420 some help sometimes, don't we? 517 00:22:54,940 --> 00:22:56,359 We all need mentors. 518 00:22:56,859 --> 00:22:59,799 We all need people to pray over us 519 00:22:59,799 --> 00:23:03,059 and to and to show us 520 00:23:03,059 --> 00:23:05,680 what success and healing 521 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:06,960 looks like in our lives. 522 00:23:07,220 --> 00:23:09,259 We all need that, you know, in fact, 523 00:23:10,279 --> 00:23:12,839 I love this quote from Henry Ford. 524 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,039 Sorry, Tammy, I'm all over 525 00:23:14,039 --> 00:23:14,799 the place up there. 526 00:23:15,460 --> 00:23:16,500 But did you ever see this? 527 00:23:16,539 --> 00:23:17,380 In fact, it's on one of 528 00:23:17,380 --> 00:23:18,500 the Ford commercials, 529 00:23:19,140 --> 00:23:20,559 whether you think you can 530 00:23:20,559 --> 00:23:22,500 or think you can't. 531 00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:23,140 You're right. 532 00:23:23,579 --> 00:23:25,519 I put that up sometime in the past. 533 00:23:25,779 --> 00:23:27,359 But isn't that so true? 534 00:23:27,759 --> 00:23:29,359 As a man thinks, so is he right? 535 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:32,359 And if you think you're already right, 536 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:34,339 because if you don't think you can. 537 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,700 Right. Sometimes we need encouragement 538 00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:41,220 believing that we can. 539 00:23:42,079 --> 00:23:44,799 You know, even Henry Ford had a mentor 540 00:23:45,580 --> 00:23:46,579 and you know who it was? 541 00:23:47,220 --> 00:23:48,180 Thomas Edison. 542 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:51,099 Yeah, the inventor of light bulbs. 543 00:23:51,259 --> 00:23:52,920 He was working for his company 544 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:53,900 and he started talking about 545 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:55,940 these fuel combustion engines 546 00:23:55,940 --> 00:23:59,160 and and, you know, and Thomas Edison 547 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:00,220 is like, sounds great. 548 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:01,880 You should pursue that, you know. 549 00:24:02,259 --> 00:24:03,960 Who knows how else he helped him 550 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:05,440 get to where he was? 551 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:07,859 But like we all need someone 552 00:24:07,859 --> 00:24:10,339 to believe in us, to believe 553 00:24:10,339 --> 00:24:13,519 what God wants to do in us now, 554 00:24:13,859 --> 00:24:15,420 whether it be physical healing. 555 00:24:15,420 --> 00:24:17,420 But I'm really have more of a focus 556 00:24:17,420 --> 00:24:20,500 today on life healing, 557 00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:23,299 transformative living. 558 00:24:23,900 --> 00:24:26,059 In other words, believing that I already 559 00:24:26,059 --> 00:24:28,440 have everything I need to achieve. 560 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,319 I don't need anything else right now 561 00:24:31,319 --> 00:24:32,500 to accomplish everything 562 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:34,519 the Lord wants to do in me. 563 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:35,819 And I just believe that 564 00:24:35,819 --> 00:24:38,220 whether I'm limping, crawling, whatever. 565 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,460 I have what I need today 566 00:24:40,460 --> 00:24:43,599 to accomplish what the Lord has for me. 567 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,160 I don't need any more. 568 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,099 I don't lack. 569 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:47,980 No matter what I do or don't have, 570 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:48,779 I don't lack. 571 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,900 You remember, even even Paul said, 572 00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:54,980 you know, sometimes I had a lot, 573 00:24:55,900 --> 00:24:57,059 sometimes I had a little. 574 00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:58,380 And here's a guy 575 00:24:58,380 --> 00:25:01,140 who had scars all over him, OK, 576 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:03,140 who probably could barely see 577 00:25:03,140 --> 00:25:05,059 from being beat so many times 578 00:25:05,059 --> 00:25:06,220 and his optical nerve 579 00:25:06,220 --> 00:25:07,319 probably being damaged. 580 00:25:08,180 --> 00:25:08,900 I mean, he went through 581 00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:09,700 a thing or two. 582 00:25:09,980 --> 00:25:10,920 If you ever see his resume 583 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,339 of punishment, it's long and lengthy. 584 00:25:14,839 --> 00:25:15,279 Right. 585 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:17,559 And yet he said, through all of this, 586 00:25:17,700 --> 00:25:18,859 I could do all things 587 00:25:19,319 --> 00:25:21,140 through Christ who strengthens me. 588 00:25:21,299 --> 00:25:22,140 I don't need more. 589 00:25:22,319 --> 00:25:23,000 People always think that 590 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,299 that has to do with like 591 00:25:24,299 --> 00:25:25,880 winning a boxing match 592 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:27,380 or or something like that. 593 00:25:27,460 --> 00:25:28,400 No, it has to do with 594 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,420 being able to endure 595 00:25:30,420 --> 00:25:32,099 and actually succeed 596 00:25:32,099 --> 00:25:34,640 through any life's circumstances. 597 00:25:35,420 --> 00:25:38,160 We can do exactly what we need to do. 598 00:25:38,220 --> 00:25:39,099 Do you believe that? 599 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:41,319 Yeah, because not all of us 600 00:25:41,319 --> 00:25:42,119 are going to be healed. 601 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:44,819 Not all of us are going to be 602 00:25:45,339 --> 00:25:46,640 some of these ailments 603 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,740 in our tents here in this world 604 00:25:48,740 --> 00:25:50,259 are all going to be fixed. 605 00:25:51,099 --> 00:25:52,819 And you know that some things 606 00:25:52,819 --> 00:25:56,019 for one reason or another may stay. 607 00:25:57,059 --> 00:25:58,140 OK, but guess what? 608 00:25:58,299 --> 00:25:59,019 I have what I need. 609 00:25:59,980 --> 00:26:02,240 I have everything I need to succeed. 610 00:26:02,380 --> 00:26:03,380 I don't need more. 611 00:26:03,559 --> 00:26:04,240 Neither do you. 612 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:06,279 You could pray for more. 613 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:07,519 Lord, I really want this. 614 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,119 I really, Lord, please just help me. 615 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:11,460 You know, if you can help me, 616 00:26:11,460 --> 00:26:12,960 if you can heal this in my body, 617 00:26:13,059 --> 00:26:14,259 and that's totally just 618 00:26:14,259 --> 00:26:15,859 to pray for those things. 619 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:18,180 In fact, if you don't pray 620 00:26:18,180 --> 00:26:19,279 for those things, it might 621 00:26:20,299 --> 00:26:21,720 reflect some doubt. 622 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:23,000 Don't doubt. 623 00:26:23,740 --> 00:26:25,160 OK, pray for everything. 624 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,440 But you have what you need. 625 00:26:29,019 --> 00:26:30,079 According to God's will, 626 00:26:30,220 --> 00:26:31,220 you have it already. 627 00:26:31,839 --> 00:26:32,920 Because if we're just going to pray 628 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,519 and pray and pray for something 629 00:26:34,519 --> 00:26:36,839 that for one reason or another, 630 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,460 the Lord has just allowed it 631 00:26:38,460 --> 00:26:40,539 to persist in your life. 632 00:26:40,539 --> 00:26:41,940 And you're not going to start 633 00:26:41,940 --> 00:26:43,940 anything else until this happens. 634 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,980 It's going to be possibly 635 00:26:46,980 --> 00:26:48,420 a lot of wasted days 636 00:26:49,099 --> 00:26:50,339 or years of your life 637 00:26:50,339 --> 00:26:52,140 while you're waiting for something 638 00:26:52,659 --> 00:26:54,119 that may not happen. 639 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,599 You have what you need. 640 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,960 Now, the Lord, he chose 641 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,200 to heal this beggar. 642 00:27:02,079 --> 00:27:03,099 You know, he was looking 643 00:27:03,099 --> 00:27:04,579 for a hand out. 644 00:27:05,799 --> 00:27:07,140 But he got a hand up. 645 00:27:08,500 --> 00:27:08,680 Amen. 646 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,099 Like, that's the problem 647 00:27:11,099 --> 00:27:12,420 in this world, everyone 648 00:27:12,420 --> 00:27:13,380 like everyone who calls 649 00:27:13,380 --> 00:27:14,700 our church and everything just 650 00:27:14,700 --> 00:27:16,160 can I have, can I have, can I have? 651 00:27:16,380 --> 00:27:17,019 And they're just looking 652 00:27:17,019 --> 00:27:19,140 for something that is like a band aid. 653 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,519 Dude, you need a brand new life. 654 00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:24,940 You don't need a bandage. 655 00:27:25,380 --> 00:27:26,660 You need a whole new life. 656 00:27:26,799 --> 00:27:27,799 You need a new heart. 657 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:29,619 You need everything. 658 00:27:30,619 --> 00:27:31,799 Forget about the band aid. 659 00:27:32,039 --> 00:27:34,180 You need every you don't need a meal. 660 00:27:35,019 --> 00:27:36,140 You need a new life. 661 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:37,720 That's what you need. 662 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,460 That's what this world needs. 663 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,240 And unfortunately, people are even 664 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,779 coming to the church for the hand out. 665 00:27:45,940 --> 00:27:48,259 But the Lord wants to lift us up. 666 00:27:48,539 --> 00:27:49,480 I love what he says. 667 00:27:49,839 --> 00:27:51,720 If you if you humble yourself 668 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,519 beneath the mighty hand of the Lord, 669 00:27:54,019 --> 00:27:55,500 he does what? 670 00:27:57,339 --> 00:27:58,859 He lifts you up. 671 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:01,660 He lifts you up. 672 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:02,420 Amen. 673 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,680 This man was just looking for so little 674 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,400 and he got so much. 675 00:28:08,059 --> 00:28:11,119 I think we can't satisfy for the temporal things. 676 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:13,680 We don't even want to be satisfied 677 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,339 with physical healing. 678 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:16,900 We want it all. 679 00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:18,859 Lord, I want everything. 680 00:28:19,779 --> 00:28:22,720 I want to be everything you want me to be. 681 00:28:22,859 --> 00:28:25,980 I want to be the temple of the Holy Spirit 682 00:28:25,980 --> 00:28:30,500 moving in power and might able to walk on water, 683 00:28:30,619 --> 00:28:32,920 whether it be physical or symbolic. 684 00:28:33,519 --> 00:28:35,900 I want to be able to walk through the fire 685 00:28:35,900 --> 00:28:36,660 and not burn. 686 00:28:36,839 --> 00:28:39,119 I want to be able to cast out the demons 687 00:28:39,119 --> 00:28:39,799 and people's life. 688 00:28:40,180 --> 00:28:41,920 I want Lord, I want it all. 689 00:28:42,799 --> 00:28:44,380 Don't you want it all? 690 00:28:45,059 --> 00:28:47,839 Why are we so satisfied with temporal things? 691 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:49,940 I want eternal things. 692 00:28:50,779 --> 00:28:52,619 We don't fix our eyes on the temporal. 693 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,279 We fix our eyes on the eternal. 694 00:28:56,380 --> 00:28:58,200 You know, when we keep our eyes on things 695 00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,519 that are not yet, 696 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,220 and I don't want to sound like Kamala Harris 697 00:29:01,220 --> 00:29:02,099 for a minute, okay? 698 00:29:02,660 --> 00:29:02,940 What then? 699 00:29:03,579 --> 00:29:07,259 But we keep our eyes fixed on things that are not yet, 700 00:29:08,119 --> 00:29:09,859 but believe they will be. 701 00:29:11,140 --> 00:29:12,059 They happen. 702 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,440 Because we create through our faith. 703 00:29:16,220 --> 00:29:19,960 We create through what we believe God is going to do. 704 00:29:20,779 --> 00:29:22,039 You know, I believe that the Lord 705 00:29:22,039 --> 00:29:24,559 is going to bring peace somehow, 706 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:25,920 some way over in Iran. 707 00:29:26,839 --> 00:29:27,980 I'm going to believe it. 708 00:29:28,660 --> 00:29:31,359 And I know there's a lot of evil and conspiracies 709 00:29:31,359 --> 00:29:32,960 and all this stuff, you know? 710 00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:36,460 But I want to believe that God wants to bring unity 711 00:29:37,420 --> 00:29:39,680 and salvation to the Muslims. 712 00:29:41,019 --> 00:29:41,440 Why not? 713 00:29:41,779 --> 00:29:43,680 They're so fervent after a false God. 714 00:29:44,180 --> 00:29:47,000 How fervent will they be after the real creator? 715 00:29:47,579 --> 00:29:50,460 The real Messiah, Jesus Christ. 716 00:29:51,180 --> 00:29:51,259 Amen. 717 00:29:51,819 --> 00:29:53,099 And then Israel, you know, 718 00:29:53,119 --> 00:29:54,859 they're still rejecting the Messiah. 719 00:29:55,820 --> 00:29:58,339 What if the Lord does something here and now? 720 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:00,220 But you know what, if he doesn't, 721 00:30:00,359 --> 00:30:02,880 we Christians have to stay the course 722 00:30:03,660 --> 00:30:06,839 and stay on track tethered to Jesus Christ. 723 00:30:07,339 --> 00:30:10,339 You know, our hope is not anchored in Donald Trump. 724 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,380 Our hope is not anchored in Israel. 725 00:30:13,519 --> 00:30:17,859 Our hope is not anchored in even peace in the Middle East. 726 00:30:18,319 --> 00:30:19,680 Our hope is not anchored in any of that. 727 00:30:19,779 --> 00:30:20,940 Where's our hope anchored in? 728 00:30:21,779 --> 00:30:24,140 Jesus Christ behind the veil, 729 00:30:24,140 --> 00:30:26,400 where our forerunner is, 730 00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:28,500 our author and finisher of our faith. 731 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:28,859 Amen. 732 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:30,960 You know, hallelujah. 733 00:30:32,900 --> 00:30:37,559 You know, we can't get anchored in the situations of today. 734 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:38,819 We just can't. 735 00:30:39,039 --> 00:30:43,019 It's just going to pull us down to the lower depths 736 00:30:43,019 --> 00:30:44,960 if we get dragged into this, 737 00:30:45,180 --> 00:30:46,440 if we're tethered in heaven. 738 00:30:46,539 --> 00:30:48,619 I always love this picture, really, 739 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:54,019 of like being suspended from the things in this world. 740 00:30:54,759 --> 00:30:57,039 Because we're anchored in heaven. 741 00:30:58,019 --> 00:30:59,720 Whatever happens down here, all right, 742 00:30:59,859 --> 00:31:01,019 I'm hanging above it. 743 00:31:01,460 --> 00:31:01,859 I'm hanging. 744 00:31:02,299 --> 00:31:03,880 I'm just hanging out here, okay? 745 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,099 Yeah, I see that, I see that, I see that. 746 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:06,940 But guess what? 747 00:31:07,059 --> 00:31:08,519 I'm not anchored to any of it. 748 00:31:09,079 --> 00:31:10,480 I'm anchored from above. 749 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:11,299 Amen. 750 00:31:12,140 --> 00:31:15,099 And then we can truly see things clearly 751 00:31:15,099 --> 00:31:16,700 and say, okay, I get it. 752 00:31:16,799 --> 00:31:17,640 All right, I see this. 753 00:31:17,779 --> 00:31:18,759 Yeah, this doesn't look right. 754 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:19,759 That doesn't look right. 755 00:31:19,980 --> 00:31:20,759 But he looks right. 756 00:31:21,500 --> 00:31:22,480 He's always right. 757 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,920 He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. 758 00:31:26,759 --> 00:31:27,720 He never changes. 759 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,680 The things down here will continue to change. 760 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:32,240 They'll continue to be evil. 761 00:31:32,599 --> 00:31:34,420 Sometimes they'll continue to start getting good. 762 00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:35,279 But guess what? 763 00:31:35,559 --> 00:31:37,079 We know there's going to be a new heaven and a new earth. 764 00:31:37,380 --> 00:31:39,920 We got to keep our eyes fixed on eternity 765 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:42,200 and keep the kingdom of God. 766 00:31:42,759 --> 00:31:46,759 That's where our, we're citizens of the kingdom of heaven. 767 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:47,920 That's where we're from. 768 00:31:48,460 --> 00:31:52,059 Right now we're in exile, in a sense, on this planet. 769 00:31:52,940 --> 00:31:54,660 But we could still thrive. 770 00:31:55,380 --> 00:31:56,680 That's what always struck me 771 00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,940 that the Lord allowed Israel to thrive in exile. 772 00:32:00,099 --> 00:32:00,920 Did you ever realize that? 773 00:32:01,420 --> 00:32:01,980 They thrived. 774 00:32:02,079 --> 00:32:03,039 They didn't want to go back home. 775 00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:06,160 And like God said, oh, I treated them too well out here. 776 00:32:06,859 --> 00:32:08,619 They don't want to go back now, okay? 777 00:32:09,140 --> 00:32:12,539 He said, no, no, just settle in there 778 00:32:12,539 --> 00:32:15,380 because eventually you're going to go back home. 779 00:32:16,020 --> 00:32:18,900 Well, the Lord is going to bless us here 780 00:32:18,900 --> 00:32:21,279 and even more so beyond, amen? 781 00:32:22,599 --> 00:32:25,319 We'll just finish up and we're going to have some communion. 782 00:32:26,380 --> 00:32:27,740 I hope I wasn't all over the place. 783 00:32:27,900 --> 00:32:30,720 I feel like I was, but you know, 784 00:32:31,340 --> 00:32:32,799 are you tracking me a little bit? 785 00:32:34,180 --> 00:32:35,160 Praise God, amen. 786 00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:36,140 Thank you, Lord. 787 00:32:37,119 --> 00:32:38,460 See, the Lord can use a donkey. 788 00:32:40,319 --> 00:32:42,940 But I just wanted to show you, again, 789 00:32:42,940 --> 00:32:48,000 this last word that in Acts three, nine to 10, 790 00:32:51,839 --> 00:32:55,200 and all the people saw him, again, the beggar, 791 00:32:55,819 --> 00:33:00,440 but now he's walking and praising God, okay? 792 00:33:00,819 --> 00:33:01,940 He's praising God. 793 00:33:02,319 --> 00:33:06,240 And then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms 794 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,539 at the beautiful gate of the temple, 795 00:33:09,180 --> 00:33:12,279 and they were filled with wonder and amazement 796 00:33:12,279 --> 00:33:14,339 at what happened to them. 797 00:33:14,519 --> 00:33:16,900 You know, we all have a testimony. 798 00:33:17,940 --> 00:33:19,200 We all have one. 799 00:33:19,420 --> 00:33:21,500 If you don't, perhaps you don't know the Lord yet 800 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:23,700 because once you give your life to the Lord, 801 00:33:23,859 --> 00:33:25,200 you're going to have a testimony. 802 00:33:25,599 --> 00:33:29,200 Looking back at how dirty and rotten I was. 803 00:33:29,759 --> 00:33:31,460 Really, Jill can give an amen to that. 804 00:33:31,740 --> 00:33:32,859 No, please don't. 805 00:33:33,180 --> 00:33:36,059 No, but really, I mean, we're all, 806 00:33:36,259 --> 00:33:38,240 like no one's better than anyone else. 807 00:33:38,359 --> 00:33:39,180 You ever think about that? 808 00:33:39,700 --> 00:33:42,140 It's level ground at the foot of the cross. 809 00:33:43,019 --> 00:33:44,460 No one deserves anything. 810 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,960 It's Jesus Christ who did it all, right? 811 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,660 And so when they saw this beggar, I'm like, what? 812 00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:53,519 Praising God, he's that dirty guy. 813 00:33:54,059 --> 00:33:54,579 And look at him. 814 00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:57,299 And we thought that it was all the sin 815 00:33:57,299 --> 00:33:59,279 in his parents' lives or his life. 816 00:33:59,420 --> 00:34:00,759 That's why he's crippling all. 817 00:34:01,019 --> 00:34:01,920 But look at him. 818 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,339 Like he's praising God. 819 00:34:05,180 --> 00:34:06,960 You know, that's your life. 820 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,739 When you suddenly are born again 821 00:34:09,739 --> 00:34:12,119 and you're praising God and you're saying, 822 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,000 man, I have a new life. 823 00:34:14,139 --> 00:34:16,360 I am a new creation. 824 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:19,820 Walking in the newness of life. 825 00:34:19,820 --> 00:34:22,179 That's you when you come to Jesus Christ 826 00:34:22,179 --> 00:34:23,860 and surrender your life. 827 00:34:24,460 --> 00:34:25,380 That's you, amen? 828 00:34:26,579 --> 00:34:26,820 Amen. 829 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,280 So we're going to have communion now 830 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,900 as the gentlemen start passing that out. 831 00:34:34,119 --> 00:34:37,739 And why don't we have the worship team come on up? 832 00:34:38,820 --> 00:34:45,619 I know it's a little bit early, but... 833 00:34:46,119 --> 00:34:47,800 Pastor, will you come on up, please? 834 00:34:50,219 --> 00:34:51,579 I'm going to give a little intro. 835 00:34:52,420 --> 00:34:53,519 Most of you know PB, 836 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,320 the Indiana Jones of the gospel, I call him. 837 00:34:58,320 --> 00:34:59,960 Oh, yeah. 838 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:04,780 See, Frank never heard that identity idea. 839 00:35:07,559 --> 00:35:08,920 Come with me. 840 00:35:09,559 --> 00:35:09,659 Yeah. 841 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:12,619 To Nigeria, Northern Nigeria. 842 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,519 But PB is just a dear friend of ours 843 00:35:17,519 --> 00:35:19,420 and we've known him for years and years. 844 00:35:20,420 --> 00:35:22,099 And he'll be preaching sometime soon. 845 00:35:22,199 --> 00:35:23,639 And when he comes, he brings fire 846 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,280 because of the things that the Lord brings him through. 847 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:29,619 Somehow you're still never burned. 848 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:32,739 You smell better and better, do you know that? 849 00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:33,800 You smell like Jesus. 850 00:35:34,460 --> 00:35:37,099 More and more each trip you take. 851 00:35:37,980 --> 00:35:39,619 Let me give you a mic, hold on. 852 00:35:40,159 --> 00:35:41,659 Praise the Lord, Lansdale Life. 853 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:42,679 Great to be with you. 854 00:35:42,739 --> 00:35:44,380 Let's give Jesus a hand clap 855 00:35:44,380 --> 00:35:46,860 for what he's doing here this morning. 856 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,119 Amen, amen, hallelujah. 857 00:35:50,579 --> 00:35:52,559 I am just in from Northern Nigeria. 858 00:35:52,980 --> 00:35:54,659 I was there to rescue eight children. 859 00:35:55,339 --> 00:35:56,900 There were 16 children kidnapped 860 00:35:56,900 --> 00:35:59,639 by the Islamists six years ago 861 00:35:59,639 --> 00:36:04,139 in order to Islamize them and convert them to Islam. 862 00:36:05,179 --> 00:36:08,000 And went there with the authority 863 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,639 of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen. 864 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:16,159 Went there a year ago and a mob showed up 865 00:36:16,159 --> 00:36:19,500 and they wanted to stone me to death. 866 00:36:20,559 --> 00:36:23,880 And as we take the Lord's supper this morning, 867 00:36:24,579 --> 00:36:26,719 oftentimes people say, well, what's a Christian? 868 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:30,480 Here's a definition I want you to memorize today. 869 00:36:30,940 --> 00:36:32,139 You know what a Christian is? 870 00:36:33,219 --> 00:36:36,719 It's one beggar telling other beggars 871 00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:38,760 where to find bread, amen. 872 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:41,599 I'm just a beggar, amen. 873 00:36:42,559 --> 00:36:43,960 Begging for the Lord's grace. 874 00:36:44,159 --> 00:36:48,159 And as you take the bread and the cup this morning, 875 00:36:49,739 --> 00:36:55,380 remember that communion has a past influence in your life, 876 00:36:55,599 --> 00:36:57,639 a present and a future. 877 00:36:58,420 --> 00:37:00,500 And as I stood in the midst of that mob 878 00:37:00,500 --> 00:37:03,059 that were ready to take up stones to stone me 879 00:37:03,059 --> 00:37:07,079 on March 19th, 2025, straight up raw and uncooked. 880 00:37:07,699 --> 00:37:08,539 And you know what I said? 881 00:37:08,599 --> 00:37:10,820 I was here with my two Nigerian team leaders. 882 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,679 I said, Lord, as the mob was gathering 883 00:37:14,679 --> 00:37:19,039 and they were shouting, let's stone him, let's stone him. 884 00:37:19,079 --> 00:37:20,519 And there I am dressed like this. 885 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,059 And that's why I like to dress like this pastor 886 00:37:23,059 --> 00:37:25,519 because I want to stand out a little bit, amen. 887 00:37:26,860 --> 00:37:27,619 For Jesus. 888 00:37:29,559 --> 00:37:32,260 And I just closed my eyes and I said, Lord, 889 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,539 if that's how you want me to go, 890 00:37:36,340 --> 00:37:42,219 if you want me to enter in to the communion of St. Stephen 891 00:37:42,219 --> 00:37:43,500 and be stoned to death. 892 00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:47,599 And I said, Lord, my life is not my own, amen. 893 00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:49,780 And your life is not your own. 894 00:37:50,739 --> 00:37:54,300 For us to live as Christ, to die as gain, amen. 895 00:37:55,119 --> 00:37:56,619 I am crucified with Christ. 896 00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:59,840 Nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me. 897 00:38:00,099 --> 00:38:02,760 And the life that I now live is we take the Lord's supper. 898 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:06,000 I live by the grace of the Son of God who loved me 899 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,480 and gave his life for us. 900 00:38:09,599 --> 00:38:11,019 Do you believe that Lansdale life? 901 00:38:11,940 --> 00:38:13,579 Do you believe that Lansdale life? 902 00:38:14,199 --> 00:38:15,639 Do you believe that Lansdale life? 903 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,739 So we remember the death of Jesus Christ. 904 00:38:21,059 --> 00:38:23,480 That's the past influence in our life. 905 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:27,519 And what's the current that we can be empowered 906 00:38:27,519 --> 00:38:29,739 like release when you first made the intro, 907 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:31,480 release that power within me. 908 00:38:31,599 --> 00:38:33,739 You know, you have the power right now, 909 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,280 the same power in your chest 910 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,159 that raised Jesus from the dead. 911 00:38:39,420 --> 00:38:40,099 You got it. 912 00:38:41,099 --> 00:38:43,920 And that's why as that mob was gathering, 913 00:38:44,260 --> 00:38:46,840 and I said, Lord, if you want me to join St. Stephen, 914 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:47,420 I'm ready. 915 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,619 And then we prayed against spiritual wickedness 916 00:38:50,619 --> 00:38:51,400 in high places. 917 00:38:51,599 --> 00:38:54,199 We prayed against principalities and powers 918 00:38:54,199 --> 00:38:56,739 and rulers of darkness in high places. 919 00:38:57,340 --> 00:38:59,900 And we stretched out our hands to three of us 920 00:38:59,900 --> 00:39:04,019 and we said, Lord, deliver us from evil, bang, bang. 921 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,860 And the Lord delivered us from evil that day 922 00:39:08,860 --> 00:39:10,500 in order to live another day. 923 00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:14,880 And we took authority in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. 924 00:39:16,059 --> 00:39:18,340 So I go on death-defying missions. 925 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:20,880 And if you want to come with me, 926 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:22,139 I'll pay for a one-way flight. 927 00:39:24,199 --> 00:39:26,480 We'll get you fitted before you leave. 928 00:39:27,300 --> 00:39:28,659 And man, I only take man, 929 00:39:29,159 --> 00:39:31,519 make sure you have a lot of life insurance, amen. 930 00:39:32,260 --> 00:39:36,260 Your wife will be very, very happy, amen, hallelujah. 931 00:39:36,639 --> 00:39:37,639 But we live for Christ. 932 00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:42,880 So the current is the power of Christ released in us 933 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,340 as we take the bread and the cup, amen. 934 00:39:46,639 --> 00:39:47,980 And then what's the future? 935 00:39:48,159 --> 00:39:50,179 Well, you're taking the bread and cup this morning 936 00:39:50,179 --> 00:39:53,579 to remember Jesus is coming back, amen. 937 00:39:55,079 --> 00:39:57,280 And it might be today, amen. 938 00:39:57,619 --> 00:39:59,119 Can you imagine what if Jesus came 939 00:39:59,119 --> 00:40:00,760 at like two o'clock today? 940 00:40:01,340 --> 00:40:02,019 Are you ready? 941 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:04,699 Amen, are you ready? 942 00:40:06,039 --> 00:40:08,039 Okay, you sound ready if you're not ready. 943 00:40:08,099 --> 00:40:09,880 See Pastor Chris afterwards. 944 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:12,960 You can get your ticket punched today, baby. 945 00:40:13,199 --> 00:40:14,820 Come on, up in here, up in here. 946 00:40:16,739 --> 00:40:18,079 If you don't know Jesus, 947 00:40:18,699 --> 00:40:20,599 you can get your ticket punched today 948 00:40:20,599 --> 00:40:23,199 by the blood of the lamb slain before the foundations 949 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:25,619 before the world was laid down, amen. 950 00:40:26,739 --> 00:40:29,199 And it's also a time for those of you who are believers, 951 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:31,860 it's a time to examine ourselves. 952 00:40:32,119 --> 00:40:34,320 Lord, you heard the message this morning. 953 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:36,179 When you take the bread and cup, 954 00:40:36,739 --> 00:40:38,480 you should be like that beggar. 955 00:40:38,639 --> 00:40:40,480 You should leave out of here to your car, 956 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,019 walking and leaping and praising God. 957 00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:45,619 My sins are forgiven, amen. 958 00:40:46,699 --> 00:40:49,539 We should walk and leap and praise God. 959 00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:52,539 We should be leapers. 960 00:40:53,300 --> 00:40:55,260 John the Baptist was a leaper, right? 961 00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:57,079 He was a womb leaper, amen. 962 00:40:57,639 --> 00:40:58,960 He left an Elizabeth womb 963 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,400 when he heard the message of the Lord Jesus Christ. 964 00:41:01,900 --> 00:41:02,880 So are you leapers? 965 00:41:03,519 --> 00:41:03,719 Yes. 966 00:41:04,579 --> 00:41:08,300 We wanna be leapers and praisers and walkers, amen. 967 00:41:09,260 --> 00:41:12,400 I know Pastor Chris, you're a leaper, amen, amen. 968 00:41:14,260 --> 00:41:16,239 So let's examine ourselves. 969 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:17,739 Let's just close our eyes 970 00:41:17,739 --> 00:41:19,739 and before we take the bread and the cup. 971 00:41:21,219 --> 00:41:22,960 You know, Jesus is the bread of life. 972 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:28,780 As Pastor Chris said, we are nothing without him. 973 00:41:29,900 --> 00:41:31,619 And so you're taking the bread 974 00:41:31,619 --> 00:41:34,800 that is a symbol of his body 975 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:38,079 and the sustenance and the bread. 976 00:41:38,219 --> 00:41:40,260 As you take that bread into your mouth, 977 00:41:41,340 --> 00:41:44,699 it should remind you that everything you have 978 00:41:44,699 --> 00:41:47,500 comes from Jesus the Messiah. 979 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,320 In our hands we bring nothing, 980 00:41:51,519 --> 00:41:53,360 but in his hands he brings everything. 981 00:41:54,119 --> 00:41:55,760 And so the word of God says for, 982 00:41:56,199 --> 00:41:56,880 and this is Paul, 983 00:41:57,880 --> 00:41:59,480 I've received of the Lord something 984 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,480 that I'm also gonna say to you. 985 00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:04,420 And here's the good words, 986 00:42:04,900 --> 00:42:07,500 that the Lord Jesus, the same night 987 00:42:07,500 --> 00:42:10,780 in which he was betrayed, he took bread. 988 00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:15,500 And when he had given thanks to the Father 989 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,059 and to those in the upper room, he broke it, 990 00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:21,780 which was a symbol of what he would do 991 00:42:21,780 --> 00:42:23,300 in a few short hours. 992 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:26,900 He broke the bread and he said, 993 00:42:26,900 --> 00:42:29,380 and we say to you, take eat, 994 00:42:30,019 --> 00:42:32,739 this is my body which is broken for you, 995 00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:35,079 this due in remembrance of me. 996 00:42:35,559 --> 00:42:37,239 So let's take the bread together. 997 00:42:38,260 --> 00:42:41,920 And then after this same manner, Jesus took the cup. 998 00:42:43,639 --> 00:42:44,960 And you know what the cup is? 999 00:42:45,099 --> 00:42:47,460 The cup is a symbol of God's holy wrath. 1000 00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:52,079 And Jesus would drink the cup of God's wrath 1001 00:42:52,900 --> 00:42:55,579 till the very bottom, drink it to the dregs. 1002 00:42:56,900 --> 00:43:00,579 Jesus did it so we wouldn't have to, amen? 1003 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:06,300 And so Jesus says to his disciples, 1004 00:43:06,820 --> 00:43:10,760 this is the cup of the New Testament in my blood. 1005 00:43:13,420 --> 00:43:16,679 This due you as often as you drink it 1006 00:43:17,420 --> 00:43:19,159 in remembrance of me. 1007 00:43:19,659 --> 00:43:21,320 So let's drink the cup together. 1008 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,619 Remembering that Jesus, the King of Kings 1009 00:43:25,619 --> 00:43:28,179 and the Lord of Lords, God becoming man, 1010 00:43:28,820 --> 00:43:30,739 he drank the cup of God's wrath. 1011 00:43:32,300 --> 00:43:34,960 So as our eyes are bowed, as our eyes are closed 1012 00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:38,480 and our heads are bowed, and our eyes are bowed too. 1013 00:43:39,739 --> 00:43:41,139 Lord, thank you for this gift 1014 00:43:41,139 --> 00:43:43,719 of the past remembrance of your death. 1015 00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:45,960 And thank you for the present remembrance 1016 00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:48,699 that we have the power of the Lord Jesus Christ 1017 00:43:48,699 --> 00:43:51,260 to do signs and wonders, hallelujah. 1018 00:43:52,159 --> 00:43:54,679 And Lord, it's also a reminder of your future coming. 1019 00:43:55,399 --> 00:44:00,139 So we give all honor, glory, praise and adoration. 1020 00:44:00,380 --> 00:44:02,039 Lord, fill us to overflowing. 1021 00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:04,320 Help us to be done with discouragement. 1022 00:44:04,619 --> 00:44:06,260 Help us to be done with depression. 1023 00:44:06,559 --> 00:44:08,480 Help us to be done with despotency. 1024 00:44:08,639 --> 00:44:12,900 Help us to be done with distress and live as believers 1025 00:44:13,519 --> 00:44:15,420 in the new life of Jesus Christ 1026 00:44:15,420 --> 00:44:18,179 because we have taken the bread and the cup. 1027 00:44:18,659 --> 00:44:20,760 And we pray this in the name of God the Father, 1028 00:44:21,380 --> 00:44:23,940 God the Son and God the Holy Spirit 1029 00:44:23,940 --> 00:44:26,460 in Jesus' mighty name, we pray. 1030 00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:31,039 And all God's little people and little beggars shouted. 1031 00:44:31,980 --> 00:44:32,360 Amen. 1032 00:44:33,019 --> 00:44:33,579 Whoo! 1033 00:44:37,900 --> 00:44:41,320 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church 1034 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,840 as we praise God and discuss his word. 1035 00:44:44,519 --> 00:44:47,579 Don't forget to join us for worship live Sunday mornings 1036 00:44:47,579 --> 00:44:50,019 at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 1037 00:44:50,980 --> 00:44:53,079 Be blessed and have a great day. 1038 00:44:53,940 --> 00:45:03,019 Thanks for joining us at 11 a.m. Eastern on YouTube.