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

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