Caption transcript for Sar Shalom: “God’s Spiritual Provisions” (7/8)

• 01:02 A HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 01:04 JEFFREY SEIF HERE WITH ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 01:08 PRESENTING THE 7TH OF AN 8 PART TREATMENT
• 01:11 OF "SAR SHALOM - PRINCE OF PEACE".
• 01:14 AND GOODNESS KNOWS WE NEED MORE OF IT.
• 01:18 SOMETIMES ONE OF THE GREATEST PEACE ROBBERS
• 01:21 IS FEAR AND FRETTING.
• 01:23 WE'RE TOLD IN THE SCRIPTURE THAT IF WE SEEK HIM
• 01:25 WE'RE GOING TO FIND HIM
• 01:27 AND THERE'S A VICTORY FOR US.
• 01:28 LET'S HEAR JESUS ON THAT NOW AND MORE.
• 01:49 A WOMAN STANDS AT AN UNOPENED DOOR NOT LIFTING A FINGER...
• 01:53 "KNOCK AND IT WILL BE OPENED", SAYS THE LORD.
• 01:58 "SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND."
• 02:01 IT SEEMS SHE HAS THE SEEKING PART JUST FINE.
• 02:05 SHE LOOKS THROUGH THE WINDOW,
• 02:08 BEHIND THE HOUSE
• 02:10 AND THEN RETRACES HER STEPS
• 02:12 STILL UNABLE TO FIND AN ENTRANCE.
• 02:15 COULD IT BE SHE HAS OVERLOOKED ONE ADMONITION?
• 02:19 SIMPLY... KNOCK AND IT WILL BE OPENED.
• 02:30 ANXIOUS ARE WE?
• 02:32 A LITTLE RESTLESS PERHAPS?
• 02:36 IF NOT NOW,
• 02:37 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AT A PLACE IN YOUR LIFE
• 02:41 WHERE YOU WERE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS...
• 02:44 YOU HAD A NEED....
• 02:46 YOU HAD A PROBLEM...
• 02:47 OR TO USE THE JEWISH EXPRESSION,
• 02:49 YOU HAD "TZOROS"... "TROUBLES"...
• 02:52 TROUBLES LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE!
• 02:54 IF SO YOU'LL BE PLEASED TO KNOW
• 02:58 THAT I'M COMING TO YOU FROM BETHSAIDA IN THE GALILEE.
• 03:02 BETHSAIDA IS FROM AN ARAMAIC TERM
• 03:06 MEANING "THE HOUSE OF FISH".
• 03:08 IT'S AN OLD FISHING VILLAGE
• 03:11 POPULATED BY THE LIKES OF PHILIP, ANDREW, PETER
• 03:14 AND OTHER OF JESUS' DISCIPLES.
• 03:18 WHEN JESUS TOLD THE STORY ONCE ABOUT "SEEK AND YOU'LL FIND",
• 03:23 "KNOCK AND IT WILL BE OPENED",
• 03:25 I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF MAYBE, JUST MAYBE,
• 03:28 HE WAS ALLUDING TO EXPERIENCE HERE IN BETHSAIDA,
• 03:32 PERHAPS A WOMAN, PERHAPS A MAN,
• 03:34 SOMEONE GOING HOUSE TO HOUSE LOOKING FOR A NEED.
• 03:38 I THINK WE ALL HAVE A NEED
• 03:40 AND SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK IN THE SCRIPTURES
• 03:42 AND SEE THIS FAMOUS STORY AND HOW IT MIGHT APPLY TO US TODAY.
• 03:48 I WANT YOU TO LOOK WITH ME...
• 03:50 DON'T GET COMFORTABLE WITH ME
• 03:51 BUT LOOK WITH ME HERE PLEASE IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 7, VERSE 7.
• 03:56 AND THE REASON WHY I SAY DON'T GET TOO COMFORTABLE WITH ME
• 03:59 WILL BECOME APPARENT IN A MOMENT.
• 04:01 JESUS SAYS "ASK AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU".
• 04:05 YOU GO "YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WANT...GOD TO GIVE IT TO ME."
• 04:09 OKAY...
• 04:10 HE SAYS "SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND".
• 04:13 "YEAH, THERE YOU GO GOD...YEAH HOOK ME UP."
• 04:16 "KNOCK AND IT WILL BE OPENED TO YOU."
• 04:20 SOUNDS GOOD DOESN'T IT?
• 04:21 GOD IS THERE AND WE JUST TAKE OUR PRAYERS TO HIM
• 04:25 AND HE'S LIKE THE PIZZA DELIVERY MAN, HE'LL GET IT TO YOU QUICK.
• 04:29 IN VERSE 8, "FOR EVERYONE WHO ASKS RECEIVES"
• 04:33 "AND HE WHO SEEKS FINDS"
• 04:35 "AND TO HIM WHO KNOCKS IT WILL BE OPENED."
• 04:38 SOMEONE CAN GO..."YEAH THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT..."
• 04:41 "I CAN USE SOME RELIGION LIKE THAT."
• 04:44 "HERE I AM DOWN HERE ALL MESSED UP"
• 04:46 "AND GOD'S WILLING TO SHOW UP."
• 04:49 WELL FOR YOU I'VE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS AND SOME BAD NEWS.
• 04:54 THE GOOD NEWS IS HE MEANS WHAT HE SAYS AND HE DOES SHOW UP.
• 04:58 HE WILL SHOW UP.
• 05:00 THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.
• 05:01 THE BAD NEWS IS THAT THIS STORY ISN'T ABOUT WHAT HE'LL DO
• 05:07 AS MUCH AS IT'S ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO.
• 05:13 THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT,
• 05:15 HE SAYS "YEAH, GOD'S GOING TO HOOK YOU UP,"
• 05:17 "GOD'S GOING TO HELP YOU."...
• 05:19 REALIZING THAT... WHAT SORT OF MEN AND WOMEN OUGHT WE TO BE?
• 05:26 THIS IS THE POINT IN VERSE 12,
• 05:28 MINDFUL THAT WE HAVE A LOVING GOD WHO'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF US, JESUS SAYS,
• 05:32 "THEREFORE, WHATEVER YOU WANT MEN OR WOMEN TO DO TO YOU DO ALSO TO THEM",
• 05:40 WHICH IS THE POINT OF THE STORY,
• 05:42 "FOR THIS IS THE TORAH", OR "THE LAW",
• 05:45 OR "THE TEACHING", "AND THE PROPHETS",THE "NEVI'IM".
• 05:50 IF ONE LOOKS AT JESUS' POINT,
• 05:54 NEVER MIND OUR OWN WANTING THE LORD TO SHOW UP AND BE OUR SANTA WITH PRESENTS IN HAND,
• 06:00 THAT BEING TRUE, HE'S WILLING TO DO THAT;
• 06:03 WHAT HE WANTS FROM US IS
• 06:06 HE WANTS US TO DO UNTO OTHERS THE WAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE GOD TO DO UNTO US.
• 06:12 NOW LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION,
• 06:14 IN YOUR HEART OF HEARTS DO YOU HAVE THAT MESSAGE,
• 06:19 "WHATEVER YOU WANT MEN TO DO TO YOU DO ALSO TO THEM"?
• 06:25 INASMUCH AS YOU WANT TO BE SERVICED BY GOD AND OTHERS,
• 06:28 BE OF SERVICE YOURSELF TO OTHERS
• 06:32 AND YOU'LL SEE THE LORD COMING THROUGH FOR YOU IN WAYS YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE.
• 06:54 IT'S A NARROW, PRECARIOUS PATHWAY.
• 06:57 SOME HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY TO THE TOP SUCCESSFULLY,
• 07:01 WHILE OTHERS HAD NOT.
• 07:03 THERE'S LITTLE QUESTION THAT THE WAY IS DIFFICULT,
• 07:07 LITTLE QUESTION THE OBSTACLES ARE REAL
• 07:11 BUT THE GOAL IS WORTH THE PRIZE.
• 07:15 WAITING JUST AHEAD AT THE END OF THE PATH
• 07:18 IS LIFE ETERNAL
• 07:22 AND THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
• 07:31 AND JESUS SAID "ENTER BY THE NARROW WAY,"
• 07:35 "THE WAY THAT LEADS TO LIFE".
• 07:39 HE SPOKE OF THE OTHER WAY AS A WAY THAT LEADS TO DEATH.
• 07:47 I'VE DISCOVERED BY THE WAY
• 07:49 THAT PEOPLE CAN LEAD THEMSELVES TO RUIN VERY EASILY.
• 07:54 JESUS SAYS THE WAY TO LIFE IS RATHER HARD TO FIND,
• 07:58 IT'S A NARROW WAY
• 07:59 AND THOSE THAT MAKE THEIR WAY TO IT ARE FEW.
• 08:04 THE BROAD WAY, THE WIDE WAY IS THE EASY WAY, IS RATHER SIMPLE,
• 08:08 IT'S RATHER NATURAL AT ONE LEVEL.
• 08:10 YOU CAN GO THE WAY OF RUIN ONE FORK FULL AT A TIME,
• 08:15 ONE SODA POP AT A TIME,
• 08:17 EATING THE WRONG FOOD,
• 08:19 DRINKING THE WRONG DRINK
• 08:20 COULD JUST BRING YOU DOWN.
• 08:22 IT CAN BE YOUR ADDICTION, YOUR LOVE OF ALCOHOL,
• 08:25 YOU CAN JUST DRINK YOURSELF INTO RUIN,
• 08:28 YOU CAN EAT YOURSELF INTO RUIN,
• 08:30 YOU CAN JUST FOLLOW THE NATURAL INCLINATION OF SEXUAL APPETITES GONE AWRY
• 08:34 AND BRING YOURSELF INTO RUIN THAT WAY.
• 08:37 AND WE LIVE IN A WORLD TODAY DON'T WE,
• 08:40 WHERE THERE IS SO MUCH PAIN,
• 08:42 SO MUCH DESPAIR,
• 08:43 SO MUCH DISORIENTATION,
• 08:45 SO MUCH RUIN.
• 08:46 WE DO WELL TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT JESUS SAYS ABOUT THAT NARROW WAY
• 08:50 AND THAT BROAD WAY.
• 08:54 AND HE SAID "ENTER BY THE NARROW GATE"
• 08:58 "FOR WIDE IS THE GATE AND BROAD IS THE WAY THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION"
• 09:02 "AND THERE ARE MANY WHO GO IN BY IT."
• 09:06 THE PATHWAY TO HELL IS THE HIGHWAY TO HELL.
• 09:09 CONVERSELY HE SAYS,
• 09:11 "NARROW IS THE GATE AND DIFFICULT IS THE WAY WHICH LEADS TO LIFE"
• 09:15 "AND THERE ARE PRECIOUS FEW WHO FIND IT."
• 09:21 THE WAY IS NARROW, IT'S HARD;
• 09:23 FEW FIND IT...
• 09:25 THIS SOUNDS VERY CHALLENGING TO ME.
• 09:28 WHEN THE LORD TALKS ABOUT WALKING ON THE PATH TO LIFE
• 09:33 HE'S HARKING TO A JEWISH EXPRESSION,
• 09:35 RABBINIC THEOLOGY SPEAKS OF "HALAKHA"
• 09:39 WHICH IS THE TORAH OBSERVANT WAY TO WALK FOR OBSERVANT JEWS.
• 09:43 THERE'S WHAT'S CALLED "MIDRASH HALAKHA";
• 09:46 THE WORD "HALAKHA" IN HEBREW COMES FROM "HALAK";
• 09:50 IT'S A VERB WHICH MEANS "TO WALK".
• 09:52 THE JOURNEY WITH GOD IS CALLED A WALK.
• 09:56 THE LORD BECKONED ABRAHAM TO WALK WITH HIM.
• 10:00 OTHERS WALKED WITH GOD;
• 10:02 IT SAYS, I BELIEVE, THAT ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD, STEP BY STEP,
• 10:06 DELIBERATELY GOING DOWN A PATH WITH THE MAKER.
• 10:09 IT'S INCUMBENT UPON DISCIPLES TO BE THUS MINDED,
• 10:13 TO BE THUS ORIENTED.
• 10:15 IN FACT, "DISCIPLES"... "DISCIPLINE",
• 10:17 THE WORDS ARE CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH
• 10:18 BECAUSE THERE'S A KIND OF DELIBERATENESS,
• 10:21 THERE'S A DECISION,
• 10:22 THE LORD SAYS BROAD IS THE OTHER WAY,
• 10:24 IT'S EASY BY NATURE JUST TO BE LED AWAY FROM GOD.
• 10:29 I BELIEVE IT'S JOB WHO SAYS THAT MAN IS INCLINED TOWARDS SINS JUST LIKE THE SPARKS FLY UPWARD.
• 10:35 THE NATURAL INCLINATION OF THINGS IS TO GO AWRY.
• 10:39 IT'S EASY, ONE CAN EAT THEMSELVES TO DEATH WITH ALL THE WRONG FOOD,
• 10:43 THEY CAN DRINK ALL THE WRONG DRINK AND JUST BE MISERABLE INSIDE
• 10:46 BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LOOKING GOOD,
• 10:48 THEY'RE NOT FEELING GOOD,
• 10:49 AND THEY'RE NOT THINKING GOOD.
• 10:50 PEOPLE'S EYES CAN LEAD THEM ASTRAY OFF THE PATH.
• 10:52 THEY'RE LOOKING FOR LOVE,
• 10:54 IT'S ALL ABOUT LUST,
• 10:55 IT'S ALL ABOUT CONSUMERISM
• 10:57 AND PEOPLE SPEND THEMSELVES FOR THEIR OWN PLEASURES AND TREASURES
• 11:00 AND DESTROY THEMSELVES AND OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THEM IN THE PROCESS.
• 11:05 IT'S EASY TO GO THAT WAY
• 11:08 BUT JESUS BECKONS DISCIPLES TO BE DISCIPLINED.
• 11:12 HE SAID, "NARROW IS THE WAY THAT LEADS TO LIFE"
• 11:16 AND HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH,
• 11:19 OR FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, OR FIRST ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH.
• 11:23 THE WAY THAT LEADS TO LIFE, HOPEFULLY, IS TOLD IN A CHURCH
• 11:26 BUT IT'S THE WAY OF LIFE THAT'S LIVED OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH.
• 11:30 IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT THE LORD TALKED ABOUT ATTENDING TO OUR BUSINESS,
• 11:34 BROTHERS LEARNING TO DWELL TOGETHER PEACEABLY,
• 11:36 MEN AND WOMEN LEARNING TO COME TO TERMS,
• 11:38 ONE'S HOLDING THEIR SEXUAL APPETITES IN CHECK,
• 11:41 THEIR ANGERS, WHAT TO DO WITH THE MONEY, WHAT TO DO VARIOUS ENERGIES, ETC.
• 11:46 IT'S ALL THERE IN THE SERMON.
• 11:47 HEAR JESUS' WORDS, IT'S A WAY THAT LEADS TO LIFE
• 11:51 AND YOUR LIFE WILL BE BETTER BY VIRTUE OF YOUR SO DOING.
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• 12:28 AS JESUS WALKED BY THE SEA OF GALILEE
• 12:30 HE SAW SIMON AND ANDREW CASTING A NET INTO THE SEA
• 12:34 FOR THEY WERE FISHERMEN.
• 12:37 TODAY THE GALILEE STILL BECKONS
• 12:39 AS DO THE FISHERMEN LIKE DANIEL CARMEL.
• 12:44 SHALOM.
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• 12:48 ON THE SEA OF GALILEE WORSHIP BOATS.
• 12:51 JOIN US IN WORSHIP ON THE GALILEE.
• 13:02 FROM A HEBREW PERSPECTIVE,
• 13:04 TO KNOW SOMETHING IS TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING.
• 13:06 AND TO REALLY KNOW SOMEONE IS NOT JUST TO KNOW FACTS ABOUT SOMEONE,
• 13:12 ...IN THE HEBREW "I KNOW",
• 13:14 IT MEANS TO EXPERIENCE
• 13:18 AND WOULD THAT YOU REALLY EXPERIENCED THE BLESSING THAT IS ISRAEL.
• 13:24 OH MY WORD, PEOPLE ARE TRANSFORMED.
• 13:27 THAT'S WHY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GOING FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
• 13:31 HOW ABOUT YOU?
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• 13:47 ISRAEL IS ONE WAY,
• 13:49 ANOTHER WAY,
• 13:50 YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE US UP ON THE OFFER FOR TODAY.
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• 13:55 "JESUS, THE JEW'S JEW".
• 13:59 MANY PEOPLE LIKE TO CONSTRUE JESUS AS EX-JEWISH
• 14:02 OR ANTI-JEWISH
• 14:03 BUT THAT'S MORE THEIR OWN PREJUDICE.
• 14:05 JESUS WAS THE WORLD'S GREATEST JEW.
• 14:08 WE SEE THAT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
• 14:10 AND ZOLA WEIGHS IN ON IT IN BOOK FORM AND WITH THE CD AS WELL.
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• 14:28 AND SPEAKING OF PICKING UP,
• 14:29 LET'S HEAR MORE ABOUT JESUS.
• 15:28 JESUS SAYING THAT "YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS"
• 15:33 TO MY WAY OF THINKING BECKONS TO A THEME THAT'S REPEATED OVER AND AGAIN IN THIS SERMON
• 15:39 AND THAT IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PRETENSE GOING AROUND.
• 15:42 LATER ON IN THE NEXT LITTLE TEACHING MOMENT HERE
• 15:46 JESUS IS GOING TO SAY
• 15:48 "MANY OF YOU SAY LORD, LORD" AND CAST OUT DEMONS AND ALL THE REST,
• 15:53 "BUT THE TRUTH IS, IS THAT I REALLY DON'T KNOW YOU."
• 15:56 HERE AGAIN THERE'S PRETENSE OF RELIGION AND FAITH
• 15:59 BUT IT'S REALLY NOT THERE.
• 16:01 PREVIOUSLY JESUS WENT ON RECORD TALKING ABOUT HOW SOME PEOPLE,
• 16:04 THEY'RE ALL PIETISTIC IN THEIR PRAYERS FOR SHOW,
• 16:08 THEY'RE CHARITABLE YES,
• 16:10 BUT FOR SHOW
• 16:12 AND THEY GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF HAVING SOME KIND OF BIBLICAL FAITH
• 16:16 BUT THE TRUTH BE KNOWN IT'S MORE SHALLOW THAN SUBSTANCE.
• 16:21 AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT
• 16:23 YESHUA IS ON RECORD SAYING,
• 16:24 "YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS".
• 16:28 NOT JUST THAT,
• 16:30 YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY THEIR 'TOOTS'.
• 16:33 YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO THAT SOME PEOPLE CAN TALK A GOOD TALK
• 16:38 BUT THEY REALLY DON'T WALK THE WALK.
• 16:41 IT'S NOT BEYOND THE PALE OF REASON TO LOOK TO CONSIDER
• 16:45 WHAT DOES JESUS ACTUALLY MEAN WHEN HE SAYS,
• 16:49 "YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS"?
• 16:51 IF ONE LOOKS AT THIS SERMON ON THE MOUNT
• 16:54 THEREIN HE TALKS ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS
• 16:57 THAT HE'S LOOKING TO SEE MANIFEST OVER TIME,
• 16:59 A GENTEEL KIND OF SEEKING AFTER GOD,
• 17:02 DIFFICULTIES NOT WITHSTANDING,
• 17:04 A PRIVATE PRAYER LIFE,
• 17:07 PERSONAL PIETY IS MANIFESTED IN CHARITY,
• 17:10 THE JUST AND EQUITABLE EMPLOYMENT OF FINANCIAL RESOURCE FOR GOD'S GOOD PURPOSES,
• 17:15 NOT JUST ONE'S OWN.
• 17:18 IN DIFFERENT WAYS INDIVIDUALS ARE BECKONED TO CULTIVATE THIS
• 17:23 WHICH IS THE KIND OF LIFE THAT THE LORD'S LOOKING FOR.
• 17:26 IT'S NOT JUST A QUESTION OF SHOWING UP AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH,
• 17:29 OR FIRST WHATEVER CHURCH
• 17:31 AND SINGING THE HYMNS
• 17:33 AND SPEAKING THE RIGHT KIND OF LANGUAGE,
• 17:35 HAVING THE RIGHT KIND OF TALK
• 17:37 BECAUSE YOU CAN RECALL PERHAPS THE LORD WHO SAYS,
• 17:40 "THEY PROFESS ME WITH THEIR LIPS"
• 17:42 "BUT THEIR HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME".
• 17:45 THE WAY TO HAVE A HEART THAT'S WITH HIM
• 17:47 IS THROUGH DEEDS
• 17:49 NOT JUST CREEDS.
• 17:51 LOOK WITH ME HERE AS JESUS TALKS ABOUT IT
• 17:53 AND WE'LL CONSIDER MORE DELIBERATELY WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
• 17:56 IN CHAPTER 7, VERSE 15, HE SAYS,
• 17:59 "BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS WHO COME TO YOU IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING"
• 18:05 "BUT INWARDLY ARE RAVENOUS WOLVES."
• 18:08 THEY HAVE THE PRETENSE OF BEING AMONG US BUT TRUTH BE KNOWN,
• 18:13 THEY'RE BENT ON DEVOURING US.
• 18:15 AND HAVE YOU EVER MET SUCH PEOPLE?
• 18:18 I HAVE AND IT'S NOT PLEASANT.
• 18:20 IT'S IN THE WAKE OF THIS WARNING WHEN YESHUA,
• 18:24 WHEN JESUS, AGAIN WEIGHS IN FORCEFULLY SAYING
• 18:26 "LISTEN, YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS."
• 18:29 HE SAYS AS MUCH IN VERSE 16,
• 18:31 "YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS"
• 18:33 AND HE GOES ON TO EXPLORE THAT A LITTLE
• 18:35 AND THEN HE REPEATS IT AGAIN IN VERSE 20,
• 18:38 "THEREFORE BY THEIR FRUITS YOU WILL KNOW THEM."
• 18:40 I MEAN GUYS LISTEN, HE SAID IT TWICE IN JUST A FEW SENTENCES
• 18:44 AND THAT CAUSES ME TO BELIEVE THAT HE'S SERIOUS ABOUT IT.
• 18:48 THERE ARE OTHER REASONS THAT I BELIEVE THAT HE'S SERIOUS ABOUT
• 18:51 US BEARING THE KIND OF FRUITS IN OUR LIFE AND TEMPERAMENT.
• 18:54 KEEP IN MIND IF YOU WILL PLEASE
• 18:57 THAT WHILE HE'LL KNOW US BY OUR FRUITS,
• 18:59 KNOW THAT IT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD
• 19:02 TO BE JUDGING OUR FRUITS
• 19:04 AND FOR THE REST OF US,
• 19:05 KNOW AS WELL THAT FRUIT DOESN'T ALWAYS APPEAR RIGHT AWAY.
• 19:09 ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION I'VE TRIED TO LOSE WEIGHT
• 19:12 AND I'D GET UP IN THE MORNING AND WEIGH MYSELF
• 19:14 AND LOOK FOR THE FRUITS OF MY LABOR.
• 19:16 IT DOESN'T HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY
• 19:17 BUT THE RIGHT KIND OF DECISIONS EVENTUALLY LEAD
• 19:20 TO THE RIGHT KIND OF MANIFESTATION.
• 19:23 LET'S MAKE SURE WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR JESUS
• 19:25 AND TRUST THAT WE WILL IN FACT BEAR FRUIT
• 19:27 AS A RESULT OF OUR SO DOING.
• 19:31 ♪THERE SHALL BE A HIGHWAY IN THE DESERT♪
• 19:38 ♪FOR THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD♪
• 19:44 ♪AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE LORD OF HOSTS♪
• 19:51 ♪SHALL GO FORTH A FIERY SWORD♪
• 19:56 ♪AND THE WORLD WILL SEE♪
• 19:59 ♪YESHUA♪
• 20:02 ♪AND THE WORLD WILL SEE♪
• 20:05 ♪SALVATION♪
• 20:08 ♪AND THE WORLD WILL SEE♪
• 20:12 ♪YESHUA♪
• 20:15 ♪AND THE WORLD WILL SEE♪
• 20:18 ♪HE IS KING♪
• 20:22 ♪THERE SHALL BE A FOUNTAIN IN THE CITY♪
• 20:29 ♪TO CLEANSE ALL THE PEOPLE FROM SIN♪
• 20:35 ♪AND WITH THE TREE OF LIFE IN THE MIDST OF HER♪
• 20:42 ♪FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS♪
• 20:47 ♪AND ALL THE WORLD WILL SEE♪
• 20:50 ♪YESHUA♪
• 20:53 ♪AND ALL THE WORLD WILL SEE♪
• 20:56 ♪SALVATION♪
• 20:59 ♪AND ALL THE WORLD WILL SEE♪
• 21:03 ♪YESHUA♪
• 21:06 ♪AND ALL THE WORLD WILL SEE♪
• 21:09 ♪THAT HE IS KING♪
• 21:38 ♪AND ALL THE WORLD WILL SEE♪
• 21:41 ♪YESHUA♪
• 21:44 ♪AND ALL THE WORLD WILL SEE♪
• 21:48 ♪SALVATION♪
• 21:51 ♪AND ALL THE WORLD WILL SEE♪
• 21:54 ♪YESHUA♪
• 21:57 ♪AND ALL THE WORLD WILL SEE♪
• 22:00 ♪HE IS KING♪
• 22:03 ♪AND ALL THE WORLD WILL SEE♪
• 22:07 ♪HE IS KING♪
• 22:18 ♪...HE IS KING♪
• 22:22 SOMETIMES WHEN WE LECTURE PEOPLE OR PREACH
• 22:26 IT JUST THROWS THEM ON THE DEFENSIVE.
• 22:29 I BELIEVE THAT WORSHIPPING THE LORD
• 22:31 HELPS US TO LOWER THE DEFENSE
• 22:34 AND LET THE LORD THE MORE SO TAKE THE OFFENSE.
• 22:37 WORSHIP HAS A WAY OF REMOVING THE FENCE BY THE WAY
• 22:40 IN HELPING US TO PASS THROUGH THE GATE
• 22:43 INTO GOD'S PRESENCE.
• 22:45 WE'RE MORE THAN A LITTLE MORE SENSITIVE TO LEARNING OF HIS WAYS
• 22:49 AND COMPLYING WITH HIS WILL.
• 22:54 AND SPEAKING OF WILL,
• 22:57 WE HAVE OUR OWN AND WE DO THE BETTER...
• 23:00 I KNOW I'M PREACHING TO MYSELF IF NO ONE ELSE...
• 23:03 WE DO THE BETTER TO LEARN TO SURRENDER OUR STUBBORN WILLS
• 23:08 AND PICK UP WITH YESHUA'S AGENDA,
• 23:11 TO PICK UP WITH JESUS' WILL AND WAYS.
• 23:15 ZOLA LEVITT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT JESUS
• 23:17 AND HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS WE GO TO HIM NOW.
• 23:23 "THY WILL BE DONE" IS THE NEXT PHRASE.
• 23:26 THE LORD SAID IT IN THE GARDEN;
• 23:28 HE SWEATED DROPS OF BLOOD AS IT WERE
• 23:31 FALLING TO THE GROUND
• 23:32 AND SAID "NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE".
• 23:35 AND "GIVE US OUR BREAD, THE DAILY BREAD",
• 23:39 BREAD IS OF COURSE THE MANNA FOR THE JOURNEY,
• 23:42 THE SPIRITUAL STRENGTH FOR OUR OWN WILDERNESS JOURNEY.
• 23:45 FOR US IT'S MESSIAH, THE BREAD OF LIFE,
• 23:48 THE ONE BORN IN BETHLEHEM,
• 23:49 "HOUSE OF BREAD",
• 23:51 THE ONE WHO SAID "THE BREAD IS MY BODY",
• 23:54 "AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS".
• 23:56 BELIEVERS ARE CONSCIENCE OF THEIR SINS;
• 23:58 UNBELIEVERS DON'T KNOW THEY'RE IN DEBT TO GOD.
• 24:00 OLD TESTAMENT SACRIFICES WERE NECESSARY TO SQUARE ACCOUNTS WITH GOD,
• 24:05 NOW WE CAN CONFESS OUR SINS,
• 24:06 I JOHN CHAPTER 1, VERSE 9,
• 24:08 HE'S JUST AND MERCIFUL TO FORGIVE US.
• 24:10 FORGIVENESS IS MANDATORY IN THE KINGDOM.
• 24:12 THE LORD TEACHES IN THE SERMON,
• 24:14 "IF YE FORGIVE NOT, YOU WON'T BE FORGIVEN",
• 24:17 "AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION",
• 24:20 IT'S AN HONEST HEART PLEA BY THOSE CONSCIENCE OF THE SINS AND THEIR WEAKNESSES.
• 24:26 "THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, THE GLORY" SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
• 24:29 AND THIS WORD "AMEN" MEANS "I CONFIRM IT",
• 24:31 "I BELIEVE IT",
• 24:32 "I ENDORSE IT".
• 24:33 IF YOU HEAR "AMEN AND AMEN" YOU DOUBLY CONFIRM IT,
• 24:36 DOUBLY BELIEVE IT,
• 24:37 AND DOUBLY ENDORSE.
• 24:39 BE A GOOD CITIZEN OF THE KINGDOM; STUDY THIS SERMON,
• 24:41 MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 TO CHAPTER 7.
• 24:43 KNOW THE NEW LAW.
• 24:46 ZOLA TALKED ABOUT BEING A GOOD CITIZEN OF THE LORD'S KINGDOM.
• 24:52 LET'S EXPLORE WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN A LITTLE BIT.
• 24:56 WHEN I THINK OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP
• 24:58 I THINK OF HONORING THOSE THAT ARE AUTHORIZED JUSTLY, I THINK
• 25:05 OF FOLLOWING THE CONSTITUTION AND THEIR CHARTER DOCUMENT,
• 25:09 I THINK OF PAYING TAXES,
• 25:12 I THINK OF LOOKING TO DWELL PEACEABLY WITH OTHERS.
• 25:16 THAT'S WHAT I THINK OF WHEN I THINK OF KINGDOM PRINCIPALLY.
• 25:20 AND THERE'S THE KINGDOM OF THIS WORLD YES
• 25:23 AND THEN THERE'S THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND OF HIS CHRIST.
• 25:28 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN IN THAT?
• 25:32 IT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION TRUE,
• 25:34 BUT IT'S ONE THAT'S WORTH ASKING I BELIEVE
• 25:36 BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF BAD CITIZENSHIP GOING ON.
• 25:40 A LOT OF... ATTACKING MINISTERS,
• 25:43 A LOT OF NOT FOLLOWING THE CHARTER DOCUMENT, THE NEW TESTAMENT,
• 25:48 A LOT OF NOT PAYING THE TAXES,
• 25:50 NOT TITHING, OFFERINGS, AND THE LIKE;
• 25:53 I THINK WE DO WELL TO LOOK TO BE GOOD CITIZENS.
• 25:57 I KNOW HOW IT WORKS
• 26:00 THAT SOMETIMES WE THINK THAT IF WE REALLY LABOR TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN IN THE LORD'S KINGDOM
• 26:04 THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE SOMETHING,
• 26:06 WE'RE GOING TO LOSE MONEY,
• 26:07 WE'RE GOING TO LOSE OUR PREROGATIVES AND RIGHTS
• 26:09 BUT BE REMINDED OF THIS PLEASE,
• 26:12 THAT SAR SHALOM, THE PRINCE OF PEACE,
• 26:13 SAYS THAT IF WE LOVE OUR LIFE WE'LL LOSE IT,
• 26:16 BUT IF WE LOSE IT WE'LL FIND IT.
• 26:20 WITH ZOLA I THINK IF WE PLACE MORE OF A PREMIUM ON GOD'S KINGDOM, THE KING'S DOMAIN,
• 26:27 WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT OUR OWN INTERESTS BELIEVE IT OR NOT
• 26:30 ARE GOING TO BE ENHANCED AND EXPANDED ON PLANET EARTH.
• 26:33 I HOPE YOU'RE LEARNING ABOUT GOD'S KINGDOM.
• 26:36 THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME INTO YOUR LIVING ROOM, HEADS AND HEARTS.
• 26:39 COME WITH US ON THE JOURNEY NEXT WEEK.
• 26:41 AND AS YOU GO NOW,
• 26:43 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 26:45 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM