Hello and welcome to
"Foundation of Our Faith."
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It is my joy to welcome you to
this wonderful hour of blessing
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on the Dare To Dream
Network and, by the way,
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you need to tell your friends
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about the Dare To Dream Network.
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This is a network
that is helping people,
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it's also delivering
people through God's grace
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and bringing
people to Jesus Christ.
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So tell your friends
about the Dare To Dream Network.
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During this hour,
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you will hear a powerful
message from God's Word,
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we are coming to you
from Southern Illinois
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through the 3 Angels Broadcast
Network, Dare To Dream Network
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and we want to ask
you to remember also,
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Dare To Dream in your
prayer and financial giving,
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so that this network
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will continue to reach
people for Jesus Christ.
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My name is John Dinzey
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and I'd like to welcome
all those that are present
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and all those that
joining us wherever you may be.
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During this hour, you will
hear a message from God's Word
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through the
ministry of Dr. Roland Hill.
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A message for this
opportunity is, "It's Done."
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This is a four part
series, so you will,
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next opportunity we'll
hear the message entitled
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"Vision Delayed."
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The third message is
"Wealth is in Your Worship"
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and the fourth message
in this series is entitled,
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"It's Bigger Than
Me", "It's Bigger Than Me".
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Perhaps you're not acquainted
with Dr. Roland Hills.
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I'd like to tell you
a little bit about him,
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Dr. Roland J. Hill is pastor
of the Allegheny East Conference
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist church
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and he's the former Director
of Development and Stewardship
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for the Texas Conference of the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
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He has 39 years of
ministry and seems like
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he's not about to slow down.
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The Lord is using him,
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taking him all over the
world to present seminars
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and to bring
people to Jesus Christ.
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I don't know
where he found the time
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but he has
written 18 books so far.
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So we praise the Lord for this,
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as a matter of fact,
one of the joys of his life
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was to marry the
woman of his dream,
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Dr. Susie M. Hill
that accompanies also,
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as he goes to the
seminars, he also participates,
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empowering people through
their stewardship messages
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in hundreds of
seminars worldwide.
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So we want to welcome
Dr. Roland Hill in a moment
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and we want to
encourage you to pray for him.
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He is a product of
the Oakwood University
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and also Andrew's University
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and also has studied at the
Reformed Theological Seminary.
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So we look forward to hearing
this message from God's Word,
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Dr. Roland Hill.
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When I met him, I
learned immediately
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that this is a man that depends
on the Holy Spirit to use him
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and so we are
pleased to have him here
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in the Dare To Dream Network.
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We also have the music ministry
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that is going to be brought
to us out during this series
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by one of God's servants.
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This person is also
a talented individual
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that the Lord has
blessed with a gift of music
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and this is Lyndon Carriger.
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As a matter of fact, he is
a product of Union College,
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the Seventh-day
Adventist University
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that is located
in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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And after
graduating from Lincoln,
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he thought he would continue
his career in television,
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as a master control operator.
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Trained as a technical
director and photo journalist,
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worked for four years.
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But there's
something about the call of God
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that is difficult to resist
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and the Lord called
Lyndon to a music ministry.
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So he left his
work in television
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and dedicated his
life to ministry in music
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and the Lord has been
using him in a mighty way
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to bring people to Jesus Christ.
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Thus far he has two
CD's that he has produced,
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by the grace of God,
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one "With all my heart"
and also "Whisper your name."
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And we want to
encourage you to get these
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so that you can
not only be blessed,
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but also help others
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to learn about
Jesus Christ through music
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and so Lyndon will be
singing for us during this time,
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a song entitled,
"Give Us This Day",
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"Give Us This Day."
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Before he comes,
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I would like to
encourage all to join me prayer.
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We would like to ask
you to stand for prayer
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and for those of you
that are wherever you maybe,
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I want to ask you to
pause and pray with us.
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And immediately
after the prayer,
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we will here the music
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that will elevate us
to God's throne of grace
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and then immediately following,
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the preaching of God's Word
in the lips of Dr. Roland Hill.
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So let us go to
the Lord in prayer.
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Our loving, heavenly Father,
we thank you so much, Lord,
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that we can
take this opportunity
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to hear a message
from Your throne of grace.
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And Father, we want to
ask You to bless Your servant
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with the Holy
Spirit, use him again.
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Use him in a mighty way,
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help us to understand
the message You have for us
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and the desire
that You have for us,
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Lord, to be close to You,
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to experience
salvation and peace
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and to also escape
this world of corruption
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and to find that
there is a better way
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and is found in Jesus Christ.
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We pray, Father,
for all that are present
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and all that are
joining us, wherever they maybe.
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We pray for Your blessing
and we ask it in Jesus' holy
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and blessed name, amen, amen.
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May God bless
you, you may be seated.
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We now leave you
with the music and song
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through Brother Lyndon Carriger.
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Give us this day
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Our daily bread
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You said you would
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Supply all my needs
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According to your riches
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I have but to ask
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And I receive
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To go, to go from here
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And share this love
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You gave to me
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To show, someone who's lost
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And help them find their way
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The way to truth and faith
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So they can be free
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Like me
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Free like me
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Lord, we need your love
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And Lord, we need your peace
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Lord, we need your joy
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This day
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Give us this day
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Amen, man, you make me
want to preach tonight.
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Thank you for that
anointed song, my brother
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and now you are part
of my evangelistic team.
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Good evening, saints,
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it is exciting to be
with you this evening
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and for the next few
messages, I promise you,
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it will be an
exciting experience.
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In fact, I'm so excited
I'm busting with praise.
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Take your
Bibles and turn with me
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to a passage of scripture
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that will be a
blessing for all of us tonight.
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Psalm 33,
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I want you to
follow along with me
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as I read verses 6 through 9.
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"By the word of the
Lord, the heavens were made,
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and all the host of them
by the breath of His mouth,
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He gathers the waters of
the sea together as a heap.
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He lays up the
deep in storehouses.
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Let all the earth fear the Lord,
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let all the
inhabitants of the world
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stand in awe in Him.
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For He spoke and it was done.
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He commanded,
and it stood fast."
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Tonight's message is
entitled "It's Done."
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Father God, as we
begin this message tonight,
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we know unless You
speak, we will not hear
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but when You speak,
we will not only hear,
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we will be touched and
we will be transformed.
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And that's our prayer, that's
our desire, that's our belief.
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So we look forward and
anticipate your moving tonight,
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is our prayer, in
the name of Jesus, amen.
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I'm convicted, my
brothers and my sisters,
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that believers ought
to be the most excited,
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positive and
productive people on the planet.
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I need to say that again,
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I believe that believers
ought to be the most excited,
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positive and
productive people on the planet
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and here's why, because
believers have the Word.
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God's Word is the
basis for all excitement
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because it is grounding
all of the possibilities.
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When you believe God's Word,
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you will believe,
you'll like this, it's done.
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You will believe
your salvation is done.
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You will believe
your success is done
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and I promise you by
the end of this sermon,
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you will be
shouting with me, it's done.
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In fact, practice with me right
now, say it with me, it's done.
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And honestly, when you say it,
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you feel better after you say it
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because it is a
completion that comes
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and is guaranteed
from the Word of God.
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Psalm 33:9 again says,
"For He spoke, and it was done.
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He commanded,
and it stood fast."
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What I want you to do now is
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wrap your mind
around that thought,
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"He spoke, and it was done."
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This eternal concept,
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to be truthful is
difficult for us to conceive,
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God spoke a
word and it was done.
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Can you imagine?
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A word and it was done.
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See for us,
words have some power,
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they can bring
comfort, they can bring cheer,
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they can even hurt people,
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but as far as
being a creed of force,
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we don't see that
as word, as power.
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For us, in some sense,
words are mainly wishes,
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vaporized
thoughts, momentary ideas,
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but for the
psalmist, he declares,
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listen now that God's Word
is a creative force, a power.
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"He spoke and it was done."
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Psalm 33: 6 says
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"By the word of the
Lord, the heavens were made,
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and all the host of them
by the breath of His mouth."
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In Genesis 1, God reveals
how His world is created.
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He speaks light, it's done.
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He speaks firmament, it's done.
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He speaks grass,
trees and earth, it's done.
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He speaks sun, moon
and stars, it's done.
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The only thing that wasn't
spoken into existence was man.
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And then for us, He formed
us out of the dust of the earth,
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listen now, He
vaporized His word
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and breathe into man's
nostrils, the breath of life
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and man became a living soul.
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Please, don't miss this,
please don't miss this point.
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All inanimate
and animate objects
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come and came into
existence by the Word of God.
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Can I be honest with you,
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pondering this
thought, quickens my spirit.
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Can you get excited with me?
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He spoke and it was done,
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in fact, if it's true
that when God speaks it's done,
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listen, then why
do we worry so much?
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Can I preach a little bit now?
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Then why are we so fearful
about attempting great things,
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why are we so quick to quit
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when life gets difficult,
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if in fact, when
God's speaks, it's done.
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If God said it and I
believe it, it's completed.
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It's accomplished. It's
finished, it's concluded.
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It's ripe, it's
ready, it's done.
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Psalm 33:9 actually
allows us, you'll like this,
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to catch a glimpse
of the mind of God.
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Let me say that again,
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when you look at Psalm 33:9
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it allows you to
peak into the mind of God,
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would you like to see
into the mind of God, tonight?
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When you said, He
spoke, and it was done,
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in the mind of God,
He process the past,
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the present and the
future at the same time.
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Eternity, or what we called
the perfect present, present,
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so when God speaks a word,
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listen now, a panorama of
reality flashes before Him
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and through His mind, it's done.
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Oh, I like that, He
spoke, the idea was created,
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planned and executed.
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Simply by the Word,
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please don't ask
me how it's done.
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I just have enough evidence
to know that it is done.
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No, no, I'm feeling you, please,
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don't dismiss
this labored thought
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as some high flung
theology, my brother.
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Don't think that
this preacher's trying to
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show his theological training.
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And please don't
think I'm simply giving you
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some nice words to
cover the preaching period.
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What I've discovered,
my brothers and my sisters,
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is that this concept
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is the foundation of all faith.
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Oh, I need to say that again,
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see this concept
about the Word of God,
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is the foundation of all faith.
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Oh, let's go the Word,
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Hebrews 11:3
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"By faith, we understand
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that the worlds were
framed by the Word of God,
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so that the
things which are seen
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were not made of
things which are visible."
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Again this is the foundational
concept for all faith.
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The belief in the creative
power of God, listen now,
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activate the
mission of the patriots.
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Everything they did was
based on their understanding
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that when God
spoke a word, it's done.
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Abel offered a sacrifice
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because he believed
God's Word about salvation.
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Noah built an ark
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because he believed
God's Word about judgment.
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Abraham left, as
a senior citizen,
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his home for the Promise Land
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because he believed
God's Word about promises.
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No, Moses, confronted Pharoah
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because he believed
God's Word about delivering
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so listen now and even Rahab
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hosted the spies
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because she was convinced
about the Word of God's mercy.
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Listen, who in their right
mind would tackle a mission,
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they didn't believe
could be accomplished.
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I know I wouldn't,
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I don't know too many who would,
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who would start out on
a mission and say, well,
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I don't think
I'm gonna make that.
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See the
patriarchs believe God's Word
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and they stepped
out on God's Word,
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they endured
because of God's Word.
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Because their
belief, listen now,
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was grounded in the
creative power of God's Word.
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They believed
that if God said it,
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it's done.
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Let me labor the
point just a little longer,
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see we struggle with
these deeper concepts about God.
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Can I get a shout out?
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Our thoughts about God
are often really shallow,
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the thing we know
about God is he's a nice guy,
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and that's why our
confidence about doing the work
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and mission of
God is often shallow
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because our ideas
about God are shallow,
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but this concept,
when received and acted on,
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will release your potential.
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And it will give you
confidence about your salvation,
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note this, God's
Word is not simply
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a harmonious blending
of consonants and vowels.
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God's Word is not
random, divine, rhetoric.
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God's Word is not powerless,
celestial proclamations,
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listen now, God's Word
is the concrete expression
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of the mind of God.
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Oh, I like that,
so I'll see one again.
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God's Word is the concrete
expression of the mind of God,
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listen now, it's a reality.
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It's the concretized
expression of a divine idea
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when God speaks a
word, something will happen.
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In fact, when
God's speaks a word
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one of three things
or all three happens.
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Either something is
created, produced or redeemed.
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Oh, he does it all at one time,
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creation,
redemption and production
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because when He
speaks something, it's done.
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Because we struggle
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with the reality of His Word,
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God decided to give
some concrete demonstration
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of the power of His Word.
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Therefore He gave us His son.
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John, come on, John 1,
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I want you to
read that with me...
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John 1, beginning with verse 1
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"In the beginning
was the Word, wow,
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and the Word was with God,
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and the Word was God."
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God says, I'm gonna give you
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a concrete
example and demonstration
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of the power of My Word.
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I will send My son
as the word made flesh,
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get down to verse 14,
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"And the Word became
flesh, and dwelt among us,
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and we beheld His glory,
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the glory as the only
one begotten of the Father,
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full of grace and truth."
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Jesus became or came
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as the
personification of the Word.
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The Word became flesh
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and God spoke about
this centuries before,
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He spoke a word
that His son would come.
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Isaiah 9: 6 "for unto
us" you remember that--
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that's that Christmas one,
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"For unto us a child is
born, unto us a son is given,
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and the government
shall be upon his shoulders,
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and his name shall
be called Wonderful,
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Counselor, Mighty God,
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The everlasting
Father, The Prince of Peace."
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He spoke it, it was prophesied
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and Jesus' coming
proved that it's done.
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And then Jesus
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lived out the power of the Word,
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he showed that when
God's said something,
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the word becomes a reality.
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And I get so exited
about this because often times,
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we don't see that
when God says something,
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it's going to come to past
and that's why we quit so quick
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because we don't really believe
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when God tells us
something, that will be done.
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Oh, it might be
done, it can be done.
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And maybe it should be done
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but I really don't
think, it will be done
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but when God speaks
a word into your life,
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when He tells you, what
you need to do on your mission
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and your purpose in life.
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Once He tells you
that you must believe
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and act as if it's done.
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In fact, one of my
favorite writers says,
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when you pray, you
should get up off your knees
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and act as if your
prayer has been answered.
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Go with me to Mathew 14
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and here now we
have a demonstration
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in the life of Jesus
about the power of God's Word.
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I want you to leave here tonight
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believing that
everything in your life,
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when God speaks it
to you, it will be done.
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Not maybe done, but will be done
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and God wants you to know
that you should not entertain
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one thought of failure,
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when you cooperate with
the one who knows no failure.
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Matthew 14
beginning with verse 29,
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"And Peter answered him"
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actually let's go up
a little bit, verse 23.
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"And when He had
sent out the multitude,
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He went up on the
mountain by Himself to pray.
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Now when evening
came, He was alone there.
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But the boat was now
in the middle of the ship,
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tossed by the waves,
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for the wind was contrary.
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Now in the fourth
watch of the night,
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Jesus went to
them, walking on the sea.
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And when the disciples
saw Him walking on the sea,
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they were troubled,
saying, 'It is a ghost!'
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And they cried out for fear.
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But immediately Jesus
spoke to them, saying,
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'Be of good cheer! It
is I, do not be afraid.'
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And Peter answered Him and said,
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'Lord, if it is
You, command me to go--
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Command me to come
to You on the water.'
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So He said, 'Come.'
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And when Peter had
come out of the boat,
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he walked on the
water to go to Jesus.
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But when he saw the
wind was boisterous,
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he was afraid
and beginning to sink
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he cried out,
saying, 'Lord, save me!'
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And immediately,
Jesus stretched out His hand
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and caught him, and said to him,
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'O you of little
faith, why did you doubt?'"
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You see the picture?
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Jesus is riding,
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all the disciples
are riding on the boat,
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the storm comes, the ship
begins to go back and forth.
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And it's interesting
that these are sailors
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who are accustomed to the sea.
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But yet they are
afraid some thing like us,
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when we come to the
turbulent times of our life,
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rather than
trusting God, we get scared.
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And Jesus now is
walking on the water,
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the disciples,
according to the Word of God,
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thinks he's a ghost.
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But when they
realize it's Jesus,
00:29:00.93\00:29:02.52
cause Jesus
says, don't be afraid,
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ain't it interesting?
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That God
understands our frailness
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and all through the
Bible He says, don't be afraid.
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Don't be
afraid, don't be afraid.
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So when Peter, who's
always the loud mouth,
00:29:19.11\00:29:25.56
says Jesus, I
want to do like you do.
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I want to walk on the water.
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And it's
interesting when he said that,
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Jesus responded right away,
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he wanted to show
him and the disciples
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the power of the Word.
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Like He wants to show us
tonight, the power of the Word.
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He wants you to
leave here convinced
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that when God says
something for you and your life
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and your ministry, your church,
your home, your children,
00:29:48.56\00:29:51.59
it's done, He wants
you convinced about that.
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So let's go back to the text.
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Matthew 14:29
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so he, speaking
of Jesus said, come.
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Isn't it interesting,
Jesus didn't give a dissertation
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on what he was to do.
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He didn't give a long, white
paper on what he should do.
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He didn't do a dissertation
on what Peter should do.
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He simple spoke a word,
00:30:21.42\00:30:23.34
sometimes, my
brothers and sisters,
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we don't need a
whole lot of word,
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one word from God is
enough for you to do.
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All you need to do.
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And God said to
Peter, Jesus said to Peter,
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come, he said to Peter, come,
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that word
concretized in the water
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and became a platform.
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You all now hear me,
became a platform in the water
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and Peter was
walking on solid water
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and he was walking successfully
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until he stopped
looking at Jesus,
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the word and began
to look at the ways.
00:31:09.80\00:31:12.53
Maybe the reason
why we struggle so much
00:31:12.56\00:31:15.28
and have failures,
00:31:15.31\00:31:16.43
we're allowing the ways of life
to keep us from seeing Jesus.
00:31:16.46\00:31:24.09
And just as he was
sinking, Jesus reached down
00:31:24.12\00:31:29.10
and grabbed his hand,
00:31:29.13\00:31:30.59
pulled him up
from the sinking water.
00:31:30.62\00:31:35.65
And said a powerful word to him,
00:31:35.68\00:31:39.45
"oh, you of little"--
00:31:39.48\00:31:46.73
how little faith we all have.
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We struggle
because we do not believe
00:31:51.97\00:31:56.18
that God's Word
is a creative power,
00:31:56.21\00:32:00.16
we really don't believe
that when God speaks something
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that it is a reality,
00:32:03.92\00:32:05.77
that it's not
guess work with God.
00:32:05.80\00:32:07.90
He's just not giving out a word,
00:32:07.93\00:32:10.18
we struggle to
have faith and he says,
00:32:10.21\00:32:13.39
oh, you of little
faith, why did you doubt?
00:32:13.42\00:32:20.06
Why do we doubt so
much, my brothers and sisters?
00:32:20.09\00:32:24.78
When God has made
it clear in His Word,
00:32:24.81\00:32:27.49
when He says it, it's done.
00:32:27.52\00:32:31.81
He wanted Peter to understand
00:32:35.96\00:32:39.22
that when He
said come, listen now,
00:32:39.25\00:32:41.63
when He said come,
00:32:41.66\00:32:44.28
his ship was
already completed to Jesus.
00:32:44.31\00:32:50.30
No matter what the
waves were doing around him,
00:32:50.33\00:32:53.51
if Jesus said it, he
could through the waves.
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Oh, I like that,
00:32:57.53\00:32:59.98
when Jesus speaks
into your life, a word,
00:33:00.01\00:33:02.72
you could walk through
the waves of your life.
00:33:02.75\00:33:05.16
Through the
struggles of your lives.
00:33:05.19\00:33:07.80
But you know what's sad?
00:33:07.83\00:33:10.09
Sometimes non-believers,
00:33:10.12\00:33:15.19
people who are not
in a faith community,
00:33:15.22\00:33:18.50
catch the power of
God's Word before we do.
00:33:18.53\00:33:23.72
Oh, I need to say that again.
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Sometimes non-believers,
00:33:25.82\00:33:28.80
people who are not a
part of a faith community
00:33:28.83\00:33:31.28
catch God's Word before we do.
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Luke 7:1,
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"Now when He
concluded all His sayings
00:33:51.21\00:33:55.18
in the hearing of the people,
00:33:55.21\00:33:56.90
He entered Capernaum."
00:33:56.93\00:33:58.23
Luke 7:2 "And a
certain centurion's"
00:33:58.26\00:34:04.16
and the centurion is
roman soldier not a believer,
00:34:04.19\00:34:08.05
"his servant,
who was dear to him,
00:34:08.08\00:34:10.31
was sick and ready to die.
00:34:10.34\00:34:12.34
So when he heard about Jesus,
00:34:12.37\00:34:14.46
he sent elders
of the Jews to Him,
00:34:14.49\00:34:16.89
pleading with Him, to
come and heal his servant.
00:34:16.92\00:34:20.07
And when they came to Jesus,
00:34:20.10\00:34:21.67
they begged Him
earnestly, saying
00:34:21.70\00:34:23.81
that the one for whom He
should do this was deserving,
00:34:23.84\00:34:27.63
for he loves our nation,
and he's built us a synagogue.
00:34:27.66\00:34:30.90
Then Jesus went with them.
00:34:30.93\00:34:32.83
And when He was
already not far from the house,
00:34:32.86\00:34:35.71
the centurion sent
friends to Him, saying to Him,
00:34:35.74\00:34:38.39
'Lord, do not trouble
Yourself, for I am not worthy
00:34:38.42\00:34:42.33
that You should
enter under my roof.
00:34:42.36\00:34:44.89
Therefore I did not even think
myself worthy to come to You.
00:34:44.92\00:34:50.56
But say the word, and
my servant will be healed.
00:34:50.59\00:34:55.88
For I also am a man
placed under authority,
00:34:55.91\00:34:59.11
having soldiers under me.
00:34:59.14\00:35:00.95
And I say to one,
'Go,' and he goes,
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and to another,
'Come,' and he comes,
00:35:03.21\00:35:05.28
and to my servant, 'Do
this,' and he does it.'
00:35:05.31\00:35:08.07
When Jesus heard these
things, He was marveled at him,
00:35:08.10\00:35:11.48
and turned around
and said to the crowd
00:35:11.51\00:35:13.72
that followed
Him, 'I say to you,
00:35:13.75\00:35:15.94
I have not found such great
faith, not even in Israel'"
00:35:15.97\00:35:20.17
Jesus is blown away.
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Here is this brother who's
not in the faith community.
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Who understands the
deeper things of God
00:35:27.88\00:35:30.29
because why, he
saw the works of Jesus,
00:35:30.32\00:35:34.56
he heard the word of Jesus,
00:35:34.59\00:35:37.31
he heard about Jesus
and he thought about it.
00:35:37.34\00:35:40.09
He said, you know what?
00:35:40.12\00:35:42.56
I got power in my words,
00:35:42.59\00:35:45.57
if I tell one of
my soldiers to come,
00:35:45.60\00:35:48.69
he comes, he doesn't hesitate,
00:35:48.72\00:35:51.36
when I tell one
of soldier to go,
00:35:51.39\00:35:53.26
they don't-- they
go without hesitation.
00:35:53.29\00:35:56.92
So if I can do this,
00:35:56.95\00:36:00.21
what about this
man called Jesus,
00:36:00.24\00:36:02.53
what can He do?
00:36:02.56\00:36:06.24
He thought about it and he said,
00:36:06.27\00:36:09.43
I'm asking this powerful
man to come to my house.
00:36:09.46\00:36:17.15
Maybe what I should do is just
go and ask him to speak a word
00:36:17.18\00:36:24.64
because if his word, listen now,
00:36:24.67\00:36:28.09
if his word can
open up blind eyes,
00:36:28.12\00:36:31.73
can make the lame to
walk, to cause the dumb to talk,
00:36:31.76\00:36:36.33
to raise the dead,
00:36:36.36\00:36:37.56
to feed five thousand
with a little boys at lunch
00:36:37.59\00:36:40.21
and can stop an angry wind,
00:36:40.24\00:36:42.78
surely his word
can heal my servant.
00:36:42.81\00:36:47.52
And sure enough, Jesus was
excited about this mans faith.
00:36:47.55\00:36:54.96
And he spoke a word
and the moment, the moment,
00:36:54.99\00:37:01.53
the moment He spoke the
word, the servant was healed.
00:37:01.56\00:37:08.78
Because when God
speaks a word it's?
00:37:08.81\00:37:14.08
Please don't miss this
point, when God says something,
00:37:14.11\00:37:19.59
it's accomplished, it's done.
00:37:19.62\00:37:26.51
Listen, the Word
of God is inseparable
00:37:26.54\00:37:33.04
from the being of God.
00:37:33.07\00:37:38.78
I need to run past that again.
00:37:38.81\00:37:41.70
Listen to me, the
Word of God is inseparable
00:37:41.73\00:37:46.99
from the being of God,
00:37:47.02\00:37:50.36
God can never say
anything that isn't a reality.
00:37:50.39\00:37:57.58
Oh, you should
shout with me on that one.
00:37:57.61\00:38:03.63
Isaiah 55:11 proves this.
00:38:03.66\00:38:07.09
Isaiah 55:11,
00:38:07.12\00:38:10.39
Word of God says,
you need to read this
00:38:17.40\00:38:19.84
or you need to
tuck this away in your--
00:38:19.87\00:38:21.71
in your memory banks.
00:38:21.74\00:38:24.22
So the next time when
God tell you something
00:38:24.25\00:38:26.65
and you start doubting him,
00:38:26.68\00:38:30.30
I want you to
pull out the sticks
00:38:30.33\00:38:32.51
and you will see that this
is not some high flung theology.
00:38:32.54\00:38:35.77
This is the
foundation of our faith,
00:38:35.80\00:38:38.95
the patriarchs understood,
00:38:38.98\00:38:40.77
until they knew the
creative power of God's Word,
00:38:40.80\00:38:44.00
they would move but
soon as they understood
00:38:44.03\00:38:46.40
the power of God's creative
Word, nothing could stop them.
00:38:46.43\00:38:51.52
Isaiah 55:11,
00:38:51.55\00:38:56.47
"So shall My word be
that goes forth from My mouth.
00:38:56.50\00:39:01.30
It might not return to me void.
00:39:01.33\00:39:04.65
It shall not return to Me void,
00:39:08.58\00:39:12.16
but it might accomplish,
00:39:12.19\00:39:17.45
it shall
accomplish what I please,
00:39:17.48\00:39:20.99
And it shall
prosper in the thing
00:39:21.02\00:39:23.21
which I sent it out."
00:39:23.24\00:39:25.62
So if God says it,
my brothers, my sisters,
00:39:25.65\00:39:31.05
I believe it, because it's done.
00:39:31.08\00:39:37.03
All of my doubts are settled,
all of my fears are dispelled,
00:39:37.06\00:39:41.08
all of my anxiety is eliminated.
00:39:41.11\00:39:43.45
All of my worries
are obliviated, why,
00:39:43.48\00:39:46.55
because I know that
God will never say anything
00:39:46.58\00:39:50.63
and speaking anything in my life
00:39:50.66\00:39:52.26
that will not be a reality.
00:39:52.29\00:39:54.76
It must come to pass.
00:39:54.79\00:39:57.93
But our biggest challenge
00:39:57.96\00:40:00.91
is our confusion about the Word.
00:40:00.94\00:40:06.08
It's interesting
how people want to speak
00:40:06.11\00:40:07.63
a word into your life,
00:40:07.66\00:40:08.85
be careful who you allow to
speak a word into your life.
00:40:08.88\00:40:15.99
And there's a lot of
confusion about the Word today
00:40:16.02\00:40:19.36
and there are many who believe
00:40:19.39\00:40:20.51
that they are many different
words and many different ways.
00:40:20.54\00:40:23.75
I got news for you,
that's the confusion,
00:40:23.78\00:40:26.40
that's why people are so
uncertain about their life.
00:40:26.43\00:40:28.93
That's why they have
no purpose in their life
00:40:28.96\00:40:30.78
because they're
confused about who is the Word
00:40:30.81\00:40:33.82
and what is the Word?
00:40:33.85\00:40:36.34
Can I be
straight forward with you?
00:40:36.37\00:40:39.31
Until we recognize
Jesus as the Word made flesh,
00:40:39.34\00:40:45.78
this concept that I'm talking
about means absolutely nothing.
00:40:45.81\00:40:50.88
Because when you
don't know Jesus,
00:40:54.86\00:40:59.07
as the Word made flesh.
00:40:59.10\00:41:05.02
You're constantly confused
00:41:05.05\00:41:07.51
by all the other
words spoken around you.
00:41:07.54\00:41:13.64
You'll be
constantly in search for truth
00:41:13.67\00:41:17.98
and I'm amazed as
I travel the world,
00:41:18.01\00:41:19.76
how many people
are looking for truth
00:41:19.79\00:41:22.61
and they are
looking over what is truth.
00:41:22.64\00:41:26.16
The Word of God
makes clear what is truth.
00:41:26.19\00:41:27.98
John 17:17, the
Word of God says,
00:41:28.01\00:41:30.42
"Sanctify them with thy truth.
00:41:30.45\00:41:32.28
Thy word is truth."
00:41:32.31\00:41:34.20
Jesus says, I'm the
truth, the light and the way.
00:41:34.23\00:41:38.40
And since Jesus is
truth and His Word is truth,
00:41:38.43\00:41:41.90
when I understand and
receive 'em into my life,
00:41:41.93\00:41:45.03
I discover a
certainty about my salvation
00:41:45.06\00:41:48.34
and confidence about my success.
00:41:48.37\00:41:53.25
Can I talk to you for a minute?
00:41:53.28\00:41:56.52
When you are
convicted about this concept,
00:41:56.55\00:42:00.26
you will never
again doubt your success.
00:42:00.29\00:42:05.00
In fact, the last
sermon in the series,
00:42:05.03\00:42:06.83
I'm gonna talk about success
00:42:06.86\00:42:08.62
and I'm gonna tell you
that success is bigger than you.
00:42:08.65\00:42:12.42
And I'm gonna help you
to understand that this word
00:42:12.45\00:42:14.44
that I'm speaking
tonight into your life
00:42:14.47\00:42:16.24
becomes the foundation
for all of what you believe.
00:42:16.27\00:42:18.81
And when you believe
when God speaks a word
00:42:18.84\00:42:20.84
it is a reality, it gives you
confidence about your success,
00:42:20.87\00:42:24.85
listen, and
confidence about your salvation.
00:42:24.88\00:42:27.57
I see so many
people struggling by--
00:42:27.60\00:42:29.51
oh, you say, I don't know.
00:42:29.54\00:42:33.20
But when you
understand the Word of God,
00:42:33.23\00:42:35.33
and God speaks
salvation into your life,
00:42:35.36\00:42:37.89
you receive it, then in there.
00:42:37.92\00:42:41.14
How do I know
00:42:41.17\00:42:45.65
that the real
Word is the real Word?
00:42:45.68\00:42:51.51
I've discovered in my own life
00:42:51.54\00:42:52.75
and my years of working with
people and pasturing people.
00:42:52.78\00:42:56.28
That in order to
know the Word of God,
00:42:56.31\00:42:58.49
you've got to
read the Word of God.
00:42:58.52\00:43:02.31
In order to know
that it's the Word of God,
00:43:02.34\00:43:04.73
you've got to read the Bible
from Genesis to Revelation,
00:43:04.76\00:43:07.78
from Genesis to Revelation,
from Revelation to Genesis.
00:43:07.81\00:43:10.86
You've got to
read the whole story,
00:43:10.89\00:43:12.93
not a text here
and a text there.
00:43:12.96\00:43:14.92
A book here and a book there,
00:43:14.95\00:43:16.28
you've got to
read the whole book,
00:43:16.31\00:43:17.75
you've got to see
the whole picture.
00:43:17.78\00:43:19.50
And I've discovered
that when people do that,
00:43:19.53\00:43:21.76
they began to hear God
speaks and believe His Word.
00:43:21.79\00:43:27.23
The next thing
you need to do is,
00:43:27.26\00:43:28.29
you need to examine the
results in the lives of people
00:43:28.32\00:43:32.13
who have accepted Jesus
as their personal savior
00:43:32.16\00:43:34.90
and understand His Word.
00:43:34.93\00:43:37.36
And you would
discovered that the excitement
00:43:37.39\00:43:39.75
and the productivity
that comes for people
00:43:39.78\00:43:42.60
who are walking in
Jesus and walking in His Word.
00:43:42.63\00:43:45.75
And the next,
00:43:45.78\00:43:47.86
you've got to obey God's Word.
00:43:47.89\00:43:53.89
Several years ago I was deep in
some study of the entire Bible.
00:43:53.92\00:43:59.01
And I realized that there over
a 1,000 passages of scripture
00:43:59.04\00:44:05.57
referring to obedience.
00:44:05.60\00:44:10.66
You see, the test of true
faith is not in your talk,
00:44:10.69\00:44:17.65
'cause people love
to do a lot of talk.
00:44:17.68\00:44:20.71
The rest of your true
faith is in obedience.
00:44:20.74\00:44:25.02
The Word of God says,
00:44:25.05\00:44:26.09
blessed are they who think
about obeying His Commandments.
00:44:26.12\00:44:32.07
Word of God says blessed are
they that do His Commandments
00:44:32.10\00:44:39.15
and then finally,
00:44:39.18\00:44:44.11
we need to stop
trying to be God.
00:44:44.14\00:44:47.88
See when God
says it, it is mine,
00:44:52.33\00:44:55.43
it's done instantaneously.
00:44:55.46\00:44:58.96
But for us, we got to wait,
00:44:58.99\00:45:03.61
and that's where the problem is
because we don't like to wait.
00:45:03.64\00:45:07.93
In this technologically advance
world, we don't like to wait.
00:45:07.96\00:45:14.30
When we're
booting up our computer,
00:45:14.33\00:45:16.54
if takes more than a half
of a second we get anxious
00:45:16.57\00:45:19.58
because we don't like to wait.
00:45:19.61\00:45:23.89
And so when God speaks a word,
00:45:23.92\00:45:26.04
it happens
instantaneously for Him.
00:45:26.07\00:45:28.24
But he purposely
allows it to be delayed
00:45:28.27\00:45:33.34
because it's
part of His testing.
00:45:33.37\00:45:37.63
When I preach tomorrow
night about vision delayed
00:45:37.66\00:45:40.16
and not destroyed, I
will talk about waiting,
00:45:40.19\00:45:42.37
but tonight,
understand that testing
00:45:42.40\00:45:45.90
comes in the waiting period.
00:45:45.93\00:45:48.67
Waiting
patiently on God is proof
00:45:48.70\00:45:52.53
that you believe that
what God says, it's done.
00:45:52.56\00:45:56.93
Oh, let me say that again,
00:45:56.96\00:45:59.37
waiting patiently without
anxiety and fear is proof
00:45:59.40\00:46:04.46
that you believe in
the creative power of God,
00:46:04.49\00:46:07.78
that when He said
it, it will be done.
00:46:07.81\00:46:12.06
See when you believe it,
00:46:12.09\00:46:13.77
it doesn't meant
on how long it takes.
00:46:13.80\00:46:17.60
It could take weeks,
it could take months,
00:46:17.63\00:46:21.31
it could take years,
but because you believe
00:46:21.34\00:46:26.92
what God says, you
know it will be done.
00:46:26.95\00:46:31.65
The ultimate proof of
God's Word is the cross
00:46:36.03\00:46:40.97
and this excites me.
00:46:45.35\00:46:49.78
Because Jesus
made a promise, a word,
00:46:49.81\00:46:55.31
1 John 1:9 He said,
"If you confess your sins,
00:46:55.34\00:47:01.35
He is faithful to
forgive you of your sins
00:47:01.38\00:47:05.57
and to cleanse you
from all unrighteousness."
00:47:05.60\00:47:09.61
This concept of God's Word,
00:47:13.75\00:47:18.87
being a reality is
crucial for your walk with God.
00:47:18.90\00:47:24.53
Because God speaks a
word, He says, again,
00:47:27.73\00:47:30.54
if you confess your
sins, if you confess your sin,
00:47:30.57\00:47:34.67
if you confess
your sin, He is faithful
00:47:34.70\00:47:38.03
and just to
forgive you of your sins
00:47:38.06\00:47:41.46
and to cleanse you
from all unrighteousness.
00:47:44.08\00:47:46.07
Watch this now, many people,
00:47:46.10\00:47:47.65
because they do not
believe this concept,
00:47:47.68\00:47:51.73
struggle with, well,
God, You said it but,
00:47:51.76\00:47:55.83
first of all, I don't know
if you love me enough to do it.
00:47:55.86\00:48:00.63
And then secondly, do you
have the ability to do it?
00:48:00.66\00:48:05.91
And so for years they go
struggling with guilt and shame
00:48:05.94\00:48:09.81
and they're
struggling in their sins,
00:48:09.84\00:48:11.76
they are hooked
on their addictions
00:48:11.79\00:48:14.32
and they're wondering
why they can't get free
00:48:14.35\00:48:16.49
and the reason why is
because they don't believe
00:48:16.52\00:48:19.16
that God's Word
is a creative power
00:48:19.19\00:48:21.97
that can break them
free of any vice, of any sin,
00:48:22.00\00:48:26.48
and hold them before
God as if they never sinned.
00:48:26.51\00:48:31.85
So He says, if
you confess your sins,
00:48:31.88\00:48:33.90
here it is, you are done,
00:48:33.93\00:48:38.87
Matthew 1:21 says, "And
she shall bring forth a son,
00:48:38.90\00:48:43.57
and you shall
call his name Jesus.
00:48:43.60\00:48:45.93
For He shall save his
people from their sins."
00:48:45.96\00:48:51.38
He made it clear that
if His people would believe
00:48:51.41\00:48:56.61
that this promise
that He would send a child,
00:48:56.64\00:49:00.87
not to save it in your sins
but to save you from your sins,
00:49:00.90\00:49:05.82
would come, and die for our sins
00:49:05.85\00:49:10.86
because the Word of God says,
00:49:10.89\00:49:12.29
in Roman 6:26-23,
"The wages of sin is death,
00:49:12.32\00:49:18.38
but the gift of
God is eternal life."
00:49:18.41\00:49:21.59
That's a promise, that's a word.
00:49:21.62\00:49:24.37
He said I'll give it to
you, all you have to do believe,
00:49:24.40\00:49:27.24
you can't earn it.
00:49:27.27\00:49:29.65
You can't buy it.
00:49:29.68\00:49:31.53
You can't work for it.
00:49:31.56\00:49:33.16
You just have
to believe my Word.
00:49:33.19\00:49:40.30
I can't tell you how many people
00:49:40.33\00:49:41.44
I've run a cross
through the years,
00:49:41.47\00:49:44.48
who can't
believe that it's done,
00:49:44.51\00:49:49.78
but I told you,
the ultimate proof of
00:49:49.81\00:49:52.58
the certainty of
God's Word is the cross.
00:49:52.61\00:49:56.15
Jesus said, I'll pay the price,
00:49:56.18\00:49:59.13
I'll pray the heavy price.
00:49:59.16\00:50:01.00
I'll carry the
world's sins on my shoulders
00:50:01.03\00:50:05.93
and there in
Calvary, Jesus hung there
00:50:05.96\00:50:09.75
as proof positive that
when God says something,
00:50:09.78\00:50:12.99
yeah, it took many
years for Jesus to come
00:50:13.02\00:50:18.18
but in the mind of
God it was already done
00:50:18.21\00:50:20.93
when in the counsel of
heaven, God the Father,
00:50:20.96\00:50:24.33
God the Son and
the Holy Spirit decided
00:50:24.36\00:50:26.92
on what they would
do to save mankind.
00:50:26.95\00:50:29.58
It was done right at the end.
00:50:29.61\00:50:33.72
So when Jesus went to Calvary,
it was God saying, it's done.
00:50:33.75\00:50:40.20
Hebrew 10:10-11, "By that,
will we have been sanctified
00:50:40.23\00:50:47.04
through the offering
of the body of Jesus,
00:50:47.07\00:50:50.10
once and for all."
00:50:50.13\00:50:53.46
Jesus said, I will pay it all,
00:50:53.49\00:50:58.91
all to him I owe, sin
had left a crimson stain
00:50:58.94\00:51:04.59
but Jesus washed
it, white as snow.
00:51:04.62\00:51:09.93
It was done.
00:51:09.96\00:51:12.83
And then as Jesus was stretched
out on Calvary's cross,
00:51:12.86\00:51:18.03
he made one of the
most profound statements,
00:51:18.06\00:51:23.87
that confirms the creative
power of the Word of God.
00:51:23.90\00:51:29.59
In John 19:20,
John 19:30 rather,
00:51:29.62\00:51:36.98
He said three
words, simple words,
00:51:37.01\00:51:43.68
profound words,
life changing words,
00:51:43.71\00:51:47.65
he said, it is finished.
00:51:47.68\00:51:53.79
It's done, listen,
00:51:56.61\00:51:58.78
your salvation
is complete in Me.
00:51:58.81\00:52:04.91
All you have to do
now, is believe His Word,
00:52:04.94\00:52:10.65
your shame is
done, your past is done.
00:52:10.68\00:52:17.75
Your guilt is done,
your frustration is done.
00:52:17.78\00:52:24.51
Your struggling to
save yourself is done.
00:52:24.54\00:52:30.32
Because of when God
says something, it's done.
00:52:30.35\00:52:37.44
Father, why don't
You teach this young boy,
00:52:40.55\00:52:47.09
how to trust this Word.
00:52:47.12\00:52:51.08
He wanted the young boy,
00:52:51.11\00:52:54.00
to understand that
when he said something
00:52:54.03\00:52:55.93
he could take it to the banking,
00:52:55.96\00:52:58.23
it was
satisfied, it was complete.
00:52:58.26\00:53:02.04
So he took his little
boy and marched him out
00:53:02.07\00:53:07.20
to a high, six foot brick wall.
00:53:07.23\00:53:10.61
Stood him on the wall
and then he left him there,
00:53:15.56\00:53:18.81
he said, stand still son.
00:53:18.84\00:53:23.06
He disappeared and he
came down below the wall,
00:53:23.09\00:53:25.12
the little boy couldn't see him,
00:53:25.15\00:53:26.60
he can only hear him.
00:53:26.63\00:53:27.66
And he yelled at to the
boy he said, jump, jump.
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And of course the
little boy is tentative,
00:53:40.96\00:53:44.36
he hesitates but
he knew his father
00:53:44.39\00:53:50.35
had never let him down.
00:53:50.38\00:53:52.74
Can I speak to your
hearts for a minute,
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God has never let us down.
00:53:54.80\00:54:00.31
And He will never let us down,
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when He says something
you can take it to the bank.
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You can know that your
future is secure in Jesus
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because when he
said it, it's done
00:54:08.89\00:54:11.00
and so the little
boy, couldn't see his dad
00:54:11.03\00:54:14.62
but he could hear his voice.
00:54:14.65\00:54:17.79
He knew the power
of his dad's word,
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because his dad
had never let him down.
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And so he jumped, fell
into the arms of his father...
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isn't that what God
wants for all of us tonight.
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Does it?
00:54:37.52\00:54:39.92
He wants you to
trust Him with your future,
00:54:39.95\00:54:46.06
with your success and
again, I see ministry struggling
00:54:46.09\00:54:53.29
because they can't believe God,
but in my years of ministry,
00:54:53.32\00:54:59.66
doing some impossible things,
00:54:59.69\00:55:02.90
I've had to
take God at His word,
00:55:02.93\00:55:06.53
I can't tell you
about the many things
00:55:06.56\00:55:08.51
that God has sent me out,
00:55:08.54\00:55:09.92
that was beyond my
abilities and capabilities
00:55:09.95\00:55:13.61
and everybody around me
told me it could not be done.
00:55:13.64\00:55:18.95
But as a young
boy, 6 six years old,
00:55:18.98\00:55:20.65
when I gave my heart to Jesus
00:55:20.68\00:55:22.33
and I accepted my
call to Jesus, I couldn't--
00:55:22.36\00:55:24.92
I was convinced there and there,
00:55:24.95\00:55:26.68
that when God
speaks a word, it's done.
00:55:26.71\00:55:30.65
And for all of my life,
00:55:30.68\00:55:32.03
I've been an obnoxious optimist,
00:55:32.06\00:55:36.65
trying things and doing things
00:55:36.68\00:55:38.43
because I know that if
God's spoken into my spirit,
00:55:38.46\00:55:45.63
it's going to be done.
00:55:45.66\00:55:48.26
And tonight, I encourage you
00:55:48.29\00:55:52.25
to trust Him in your ministry,
00:55:52.28\00:55:56.57
trust Him in your job,
00:55:56.60\00:55:58.78
trust Him in your
marital relationship,
00:55:58.81\00:56:02.91
I see people give
up on the marriages
00:56:02.94\00:56:07.57
and I've been blessed
to be married for 39 years
00:56:07.60\00:56:09.95
to the women of my
dreams, hallelujah,
00:56:09.98\00:56:13.93
but I'm gonna tell
you what has blessed us
00:56:13.96\00:56:16.29
to stay together is because
00:56:16.32\00:56:17.75
we believe God
brought us together
00:56:17.78\00:56:20.44
and He spoke into our life
00:56:20.47\00:56:22.28
and told us our
marriage would work.
00:56:22.31\00:56:23.93
Can I get a shout, amen.
00:56:23.96\00:56:26.58
And when it got tough, we
can holler out, it's done.
00:56:26.61\00:56:32.04
When the waves of
trails blew on us,
00:56:32.07\00:56:37.15
we could be convinced
00:56:37.18\00:56:39.36
that because God's
brought us together,
00:56:39.39\00:56:41.43
spoken to our
marriage, spoken to our careers,
00:56:41.46\00:56:44.35
spoken to our lives, it's done.
00:56:44.38\00:56:48.41
Will you pray with me now?
00:56:48.44\00:56:51.39
Eternal Father,
thank you for teaching us
00:56:51.42\00:56:54.53
about the creative
power of Your Word.
00:56:54.56\00:56:56.97
Forgive us for doubting You,
00:56:57.00\00:57:01.68
forgive us for
worrying and fretting.
00:57:01.71\00:57:05.56
Tonight, we
leave here convinced,
00:57:05.59\00:57:08.85
that what You
say, will come to pass
00:57:08.88\00:57:12.84
that it is done.
00:57:12.87\00:57:16.03
We will obey Your commands,
00:57:16.06\00:57:18.20
we understand that all of
Your biddings, our enablings,
00:57:18.23\00:57:20.91
if you've told us to do
it, it will indeed happen,
00:57:20.94\00:57:24.04
we just need to be patient
and wait on it, thank You, God.
00:57:24.07\00:57:29.01
We will make sure we
will spend time with you.
00:57:29.04\00:57:31.25