My Belief

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amen live on top of the world You know, the reason that's important is because God has made us the head and not the tail a man. We have to understand who we are in Christ Jesus. Amen. We are the head and not the tail. So we supposed to be living on top of this world a man not living beneath it not having it attacked us, but we should we should be living on top of the world. Hey, man. God bless the praise team. Amen. Yeah, I'll be over there feeling like the height man ain't answer my phone. Come on, you know because you know what, I just think if we can get excited over other things we should be able get excited for Jesus. Amen. I just I just I find nothing wrong, especially as a man just expressing who I am for Christ Jesus. Amen. I think if I yelled at the football games in the basketball game and yell at TV, I can yell for Christ. Amen. And so I am just grateful for our praise team and our Tech Team a man they be back there working it out. Hey, man. Y'all it's two years. We've been here a man. I am so I'm so grateful to God for that. Amen. And for those who have work with the ministry for two years a man those who are new guess God bless you. Thank you for coming a man. Y'all just sit back and relax. You know, we do what we do a man. We just give God praise hit me first things first. We got a man y'all join me in praying for our young people father. We thank you for our young minds are young bodies are young people Lord? Future of our ministry future of our Christian lifestyle future Lord, and I just pray to God that you would cover them from the crown of their head head to the sole of their feet man. I pray God that you would Minister to their hearts right now and I asked God that you would watch over their instructor that is she speaks to them. Then words of wisdom that they would grab those words from the Bible and hide them in their heart that they may not sin against you that they may be great representation of Representatives of who you are in their classrooms in their home and in the community and we just thank you for all that. You do giving you honor and praise in Jesus precious name let everybody say man. Alright, our young people are dismissed a kid's world Amen. So we're going to finish up this series today a man. Oh, wait. Wait. Wait. Wait, I did. I'm sorry. Thank you for having my wife should maybe try to help me out the pass to be messing up. When way bring young people back in a minute. Bring them people back in you. No, excuse my ebonics a man. I actually know how to speak English, but I get excited. Hey, man, we're young people.

Ashley and come on up here. Come on up here. So, you know what all of these, you know Pastor love all our young people. Amen all of them and so come on over so Ashley is is a senior in high school and you know when you become so you can make decisions about what college you going to and you know, and and all the sudden get it. It's the craziest time, you know, I remember so she is going to go on a tour of historically black universities hbcus want to be a blessing to her. And so I don't last week we brought up and Barrister. She's like really Pastor you going to ask me like that. So we took a special offering and I just want you to know that UCF loves you. So here's $500 for you to do what you got to do. the First Lady That's just a little token of appreciation for all that you do Ashley and sings on the praise team. She teaches our young people a man. She just does a lot of stuff behind the scene, you know, and I and we got some other young people coming up. So UCF we need to start a scholarship fund. Hey, man, we we we need to start a scholarship fund. Amen. Amen. So listen, we're going to close out this series on the bandhan life today, and I want to talk about an area that we all have to figure out what we going to do with Lynch. That's our belief system. What type of figure this thing out y'all we got it. We got to make some decisions about my belief or Your belief right? Cuz cuz the way this thing operates in the kingdom of God, is it operates based on faith, right? And in faith is all about believing. So what I want to talk to you about today is is my belief so are foundational scriptures don't come from John chapter 20 verse 29, if you stand lest we go together, if you go to go to your Bible John chapter 20 verse 29. If not, it should be on the screen a man and let's read that together John chapter 20 verse 29. Let's begin Jesus said to him Thomas because you have seen me you have believed blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed in our confession of Faith reads like this. I want you to repeat this after me. I am not move. By what I see. or by what I feel I am moved by what I believe. I believe the word of God the victory is mine. I have it now. I can see it through the eyes of my face. In Jesus name now. Let's give God a big hand of Praise. Let's bless His Name Lord. You are worthy to be praised God. We thank you for just being God all by yourself. We lift you up. We magnify your name. We thank you for this day and all the blessings that you have given to us. We thank you for those who have come to our worship. Service Lord. We thank you for those who couldn't make it but would have loved to been here Lord. I just pray the Holy Spirit that you would take over right now and speak to your people. We ask all these things in Jesus precious name let everybody says a man a man. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord so last week for those who are here. We we done with this issue of looking back. So the title the message last week was don't look back and and you remember the story of Lot's wife Sarah when when God brought them out of the the mess in Sodom and Gomorrah. He told them not to look back. And she stopped because she was connected to what she what her previous life wasn't she looked back and turned into a pillar of salt and so it still the message there is when God delivers you are the sun. You can go back to it because you get back to what you get stuck there any man and so so when God talks about moving forward, we can't look back. Does that make sense a man? The challenge is I believe the challenges. Sometimes we start looking back and I shared it in our Sunday morning Bible said I should sometimes we're comfortable with the way things were or are in our lives and we don't want to let it all go and so we started doing this thing where we're 1/2 in the world and 1/2 in the Church Say Amen we do this thing where we can we listen to some some some worldly music and we listen to some Christian music right? It's so we try to blame this thing together and we end up stuck because we really haven't made a decision about where we're going. Does that make sense? So the challenges is what do you believe what the question becomes at the end of the day? It is not the four walls that you believe in. It's not the pastor that you believe in. It's not the Deacon board or the deaconesses or order. It is the word of God that you have to make a decision that you believe in a man the challenge with many of us today is we intellectually know the word of God, but we don't transfer to our heart and act upon it. Does that make sense? It's so so when we when we look at this text is to to to think about really God. I know you real. God I heard all about you Mom and I talked about you didn't go to church the pastor preach but really where am I at in my relationship with you and in my belief system, amen, because that's the issue right there. And you know what the interesting thing about God is he knew we would be challenged with these things. That's why he already put stuff in the Bible. So we don't go to John chapter 21 verse 11 and many of us know the story of Jesus's resurrection a man. We know about the crossing he died and was buried and he rose again right to come pick this up where

Mary and the disciples have gone to the tune. Right and they go look at a tune and he's not there right so that the Bible says in in verse John chapter 20 verse 11, but Mary stood outside of the Tomb weeping and then she went she stooped down and looked into the tune. So we know where ever marry what she has to step down and look inside to see what was in there a man. Check this out. Where's 12 says and she saw two angels and white sitting one at the head in the other the feet were the body of Jesus headlining verse 13 says then they said to her. woman Why are you weeping? She said to them because they have taken away my Lord and I do not know where they have laid him. What's 14 now when she sit when she had said that she turned around and saw Jesus standing there and did not know it was Jesus.

She said she'd see I want to see this. Sometimes we're so caught up in our emotions. We can't see when Jesus is in the midst. Check this out. Look at what it says in verse 15 and says Jesus said to her woman. Why are you weeping? Or are you seeking and she said the Bible says she supposed to be the gardener and said to him if you had carried away telling me where you have laid him and I will take him away. I don't want you to see this Look what Jesus said to her. He said Mary.

See when you spend time with God and he calls your name, you know it.

He called him and he said Mary. And she looked around the Bible says she she turned on and said to him web only which is this a teacher. So it wasn't when Jesus called her name and she recognized who he was and sometimes like the Bible says, you know the name when you spend time, you know his voice when you spend time. You won't know his voice if you don't spend time with him, but when you spend time with Christ, you know when he's calling you. Cheetah mixed up all her all her pain all her going through all her drama all her tram about losing Jesus. She still has to spend enough time there when he calls her. She could hear his voice.

Here's what I want you to get. Don't 17. Jesus said to her do not cling to me for I have not yet ascended to the father. Now. What I want to focus on is we think and she did she want some he said don't cling to me in other words. You cannot stay when you went don't clean to me in the physical because I got to go somewhere. She sometimes we get caught up in the seeing it and we can't let go because when it changes we don't know what to do. Make sure my belief is challenged if I don't see it if I don't feel it if I don't touch it if I don't hear it, but Jesus told her I know you going to miss me don't clean on to that memory of the physical me because I'm going somewhere and I need you to do something. You can't stay here. Does that make sense? What the text says Jesus said to her do not cling to me for I have not yet ascended to my father, but go say go. She changed her condition. She she was caught up in the emotional part and you don't have some of us get caught up in the emotional part of something. We lose someone we will divorce occurs when someone is sick and we get caught up in the emotional part of we can't move forward. What Jesus said I can't I can't use you if you're going to get caught up in your emotions and stay right there. I need you to go. So don't hold on to me physically. I need you to continue doing what I called you to do matter fact, some of us. God will change your commission.

Bible says in verse 17. Jesus said to her don't clean to me for I have not yet ascended to my father, but go to my brother and it say to them. I am ascending to my father and your father and to my guy and you're a guy. Cycop, Mary in the midst of her emotions in the midst of her pain because they lost Jesus physically and sometimes we will lose things physically, but we can't stay there. Sometimes things don't go the way we want them to go but it doesn't mean that God doesn't have a new commission a new direction for us to go to sometimes we get stopped because things don't go the way we want them to do and we can't move forward because of our emotions and goddess and don't get stuck there because what you thought was going to happen didn't happen. You keep going

That makes sense. We got it. We can't get stuck because we don't have our building yet. We know God is going to bring it. We got to keep doing what God has called us to do. We have to keep going some people just never supposed to tell me. I don't come to the church when you get your building, I won't need you then a man. We need to keep moving forward. Wall. God is preparing. What is ours a man? Cuz if we get stuck, He can't use it. Does that make sense? So you told Mary you say Mary. I know you emotional Mary. I know you going to miss me more I know but I can't have you Clinging On to the physical me because I'm about to change the relationship and I'm a little offended that I know you have been used to seeing me everyday. But I've got to go to my father. Does that make sense? So my challenge then becomes. What is it that you're clinging to? That's preventing you from moving forward. What hurt? What pain? What disappointment what person are you missing out on the physical? That's got you stuck so that you can't move for what it what what did someone say to you and how did they lie to you? That's got you so distraught that you're standing still and don't know what to do. God says go.

Does that make sense?

He told Mary you can't stay there because I got a new relationship with you. The true relationship is going to move from the physical to the spiritual. I have to believe that I have to believe that my relationship with Jesus Christ is a spiritual relationship because he's not here physically and that's the challenge with most of us if we can't touch it and we can't see it. If we can't hear it. We have a challenge believing it but Jesus is saying no, I need you to believe that the relationship is just as real in the physical as it is in the spiritual. Does that make sense? It's all belief system gets challenging. And yes, I know it's right and intellectually I have it but since I haven't seen or touched her or she looked at them, I have a challenge believing that the relationship is real.

Are you with me?

It's a new relationship.

See before when Jesus was with Mary. He was the teacher in the master and now he's about to turn this thing upside down. In the Bible in John chapter 20 verse 28 Thomas comes to a revelation will get there. But Thomas comes to a revelation says okay. Now you've moved from teacher and master to Lord and God. The question becomes this is he Lord and God in your life.

See, I might have to believe something. Any longer believe he's going to he's going to control my life where I'm going to control my life. amen Y'all stay with me.

So so we're moving from a physical relationship with Jesus Christ to a spiritual relationship and I got to believe that cuz if I don't believe that then I'm always going to have issues and I'm always having issues for 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 says 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 verse 16 Does this is just blew my mind look at it says therefore from now on. yasuda We regard no one according to the flesh. I can look at the situation fits from a physical perspective. I was doing some premarital counseling yesterday and and the couple they were talking about, you know preparing to have a baby when they get married, right? NN she said I bring this up to him and he deflects we can't afford it we can't do this we can do that, you know to deflection. So I said to him what she's talking about has nothing to do with her physically. This is a spiritual issue. So this is more this is something that's deep inside of her where God has placed. It says. Yes. She's learning to have a child. And all she's doing is bringing this up this to let you know this is what's inside. This is not physical with his not about the sex part. It's about something that's more spiritual and she said to me Pastor that said that I couldn't put my finger on it. But when it's something that spiritual and you bring it up sometimes when we're in the flesh, we think it's physical. Does that make sense? So sometimes we're going through things and it's a spiritual issue and we're trying to justify it in the physical. Does that make sense and it doesn't mean it's not working out? So we have the desk when I told him I said here's what you guys need to do. You have to go before the Lord in prayer. So that you can understand what God is speaking in her spirit and for him, but your reaction needs to be cuz it can't be about finances. It can't be about old when we get our careers expects. Not what this is all about. We can't afford kids. Yes, you can there's a bunch of folks who don't have what you have taking care of kids and other folks kids. Amen. So it's never about the finances. It's always something more. Amen.

So where was I thank you. Holy Spirit. According to the flesh. Look at what he says. He says even though we have known Christ at some point. They knew Christ according to the flesh yet. Now, we see him. That's no longer. We don't see him that way anymore cuz he's not here. He's not here physically a man. So I can't I can't say I touched him a mentor I touch him because he's not here so I can't look at the situation that way anymore. Sometimes we're looking at things in the Flash and we should be looking at them in the spirit.

Sometimes with bogged down by things because we can figure it out and we never taken that thing to prayer. We never taken a situation or circumstance just prayer and battle for that thing in the spirit. Does that make sense? And we wonder why folks won't do what we want him to do and why this ain't happening because you're still trying to deal with a spiritual issue in the flesh. Got to look at it differently. Does that make sense? What's 17 says therefore and here's the deal if anyone is in Christ. He she is a new creation. All things the way I looked at stuff to all stuff has passed away and all things have become new now. The reason that's important is when it comes to my belief system. I can't look at it the way I used to look.

She see, I can't operate in my relationship with Christ. Like, you know, I got braids in my relationship with business a man because business is a physical thing when I'm talking about where Christ and God it's in the spirit Realm. Take some things. You cannot do in the physical because they are spiritual thing. I have to look at things differently. My belief system has to be different. I have not seen it, but I still trust him.

Does that make sense all things? You know what I'm not going back to what I used to do. That's all.

Everybody know I'm on a New Journey. I mean I look like you. How much honey? I'm on a journey, so. quit eating meat amen, I quit eating so Actually, it's not it's pretty cool, you know just for those who are interested. But I have to look at things differently. I used to and people know me. I used to slap a bunch of bacon and you know, I just You ready? I love you know, I'm but now instead of that I think about what can I substitute do what I got to think about new things. Old things that used to that's the old me right now again, I'm all for the the meat eaters a man. I made some bacon from My Wife and and my right hand, you know, I need that they child it down right in front of me.

While I was eating mushrooms, don't y'all laugh it was good. But I say that to say this when you start on a New Journey, sometimes you got to leave the whole things alone. Hey, man, I'm not going to go back and do Tuesday. I'm doing mean and Wednesday. I'm not that's confusing Amen on Sunday. I'm a Christian but on Saturday, I'm in the club.

You know what I'm saying? You confusing people matter fact, you don't even know who you are because you're trying to mix a and b. Who says when you were in Christ you a new creature creature old things have passed away and no I'm not going back to what I used to do. I'm focusing on the new here's the challenge. I don't know how the new was going to play out. But I do know what the old is it sound like the stand all because I know the results of the office, but I got to trust God for the new. Are you waiting? We got me believe is in here who trust in God for the new we got to believe in him and trust in God to live on top of the world and not being that we got any believers in here. You know what I forgot. I'm going to live and forgot. I'll surely. Who is the belief in here who not trying to be in the old and the new?

Say my belief system.

I'm going to believe this iPad is going to work.

All right, is this making sense so far? Alright. Alright. Here we go. Let's go to church. church service, so Mary and the disciples come to realize Jesus isn't there. So they go back even though Mary had an encounter with Jesus. She spoke. He spoke her name. She recognized and he told her to go tell his disciples. The key in that is go. Go go.

You got to tell somebody when Jesus calls your name till somebody are you with me what happened? So now they had church service on chapter 20 verse 19. The Bible says then the same day at evening being the first day of the week when the doors were shut where the disciples were symbol. That's the church service, right? They were just they were symbol for the fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood in the midst and said to them peace be with you. So I told him. I need you to have peace with everything you going through.

See this. Sometimes we missed this cuz our belief system gets so shattered in the midst of your struggle and it's a financial problems and mental sickness and mental relationship. God wants us to have peace.

To get all in and caught up in anxiety and problems and depression and stuff when God never intended for us to go through that. He intended for us to have peace. That's why he came in the midst of the church service when the doors are closed because it was drama out there. The Jews was trying to get to the Believers and he walked in and said peace be with you. So you have to look at your life and say where's the turmoil and what is God saying about he saying peace? He said I need you to come in the mister this situation. I don't know what you're going through or what problems you have. But in the midst of your situation God is speaking piece into it. It said I didn't intend for you to be anxious and depressed and popping pills and doing all that. I need you to have my piece of the interesting thing is when I do when I when I go to the hospital and visit with people they are more picky than those of us who were walking around on the outsider. Because they understand that some people have said, you know in the mister this I don't care. I know who got it is. It is one of my oh my gosh. I cannot wait peace be with you. In what world six? Pizza is peace be with you. Why am I anxious about the woman depressed? Why am I frustrated? Why am I angry when. Clearly says peace be with you. Sometimes you got to speak to it. Jesus came in the midst of the the church. Service. Amen. Thank you. Holy Spirit and said Peace. Guess what? We should be having today. Peace you don't realize and anybody who knows me knows I'm not one of them pastors that you can come to and say hey, I'm going through this. I'm going to let you know what I'm going through the same thing. Hey, man, I'ma keep it real, you know, cuz you know pastors are committing suicide and pastors are going through problems and Drug addictions all that because they isolate themselves cuz everybody puts this pressure on them to to be a certain way in to do a certain way. And so they take that on a man when God never intended for them to take that home. Amen. And so I come to realize I'm just a man and I'm just like everyone else God is just giving me the charge to preach the word of God. They meant what do I have to put my pants on the same way you do? Yes right. Now I have to deal with Morgan right do I believe God is going to take I do I do but are those times when I need to go to the word and say peace be with you I do. Amen, I want you to know that we're all the same. We're all in this thing together a man. And so when I say pray for us to pray for us, you know, the accountability of God, but I need prayer. Amen. They were at the church service and he said Peace be 20. He said he had said this he showed them his hands and his side then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord here. Again. This is the physical he had to show him something. right So Jesus verse 21 said to them peace to you as the father has sent me. I also send you go see you go to the prom with the church. Now as we stand still. We're expecting the church doors open. We expect people to come in without us going out. Amen, don't stop the damn. I was just opening up for doing putting United Christian Fellowship for the ABC Baptist Church, or the whatever you want to call it out there on the Marquee is not working today. You should go I'm sending you go. Have you told anyone about who you are in Christ Jesus or is that a well-kept secret a man when we clearly they charge to go when we clearly been sent to tell someone. Amen. We can't put this we're supposed to be delighted a man and we're running like

to have a commission. Here's what I want you to understand. It was a church service, but here's what happens when you miss the church service.

Wait, wait, wait wait. Sometimes was so upset. The Jesus died rock their world. They ain't even come to the church to the meeting. What happens when you need to do when you miss the church service for watching football or watch? Whatever you miss an encounter with Jesus. What's this? Check this out? This is amazing. This maze John chapter 20 verse 22 23 service you miss that. Did you miss that if you wouldn't had that mean when Jesus showed up and he breathed on them and they received all you missed it. She sometimes you going to miss the church service cuz you think something was important, but you miss the gift that Jesus had for you after church service. Because in verse 23, if you forgive anyone says there forgetting if you do not forgive them. They are not forgiven. Y'all need to let go of some stuff.

Yeah. Somebody who didn't make church service cuz they feelings was hurt.

Brother Thomas he decided he wasn't going to the church service. He had been doubting cuz Jesus was gone and Thomas had made it up in his mind that Jesus was going to be the Messiah and he was going to be the one that gave all the power to the Jews.

Here, let me tell you something when you start putting all you have in flesh. Trust me. You can be disappointed.

Who is Thomas and he's like as long as Jesus was here. He had the hope. Y'all know like when Barack Obama was in the in the in the office we have to help. Now we put whatever number 45 in or whatever. Everybody running and crazy. You know, what? Wait, wait a minute. What what happened? What happened? Cuz you put your trust in. amen Michelle Thomas Was now all confused. Y'all know they put you put everything. Jesus is the man Jesus Jesus Jesus and he didn't understand it because Thomas had his own motive.

So you got watch people who would you be called and they had their own motive. Thomas was when Jesus cuz he had his own more. He wanted power. The song when Jesus was crucified it was like man.

What y'all y'all told me he was the Messiah and I believe that. Salon coming to your church service anymore, you know, you'll pass to get up there and he said something that offended me. I ain't coming to that church no more sister. So and so over that God damn it. I'm coming to that church. No more all these people, you know what to do with them. Y'all get a musician will come to the church. You know that

Are you waiting for something in the flesh evil? Miss all the spiritual blessing that God has Could you demonstrate something you got a different motor? Does that make sense? Wait, check this out. Thomas was so angry.

Did the disciples at Thomas? No, I ain't going to believe nothing until I can see him and touch where they crucified him how angry and mad he was no matter what people say to him. He was not hearing it. You know, how close did when they've been burned by people in the church. I'm not coming to no church anymore. I know them folks right ain't been in the church cuz somebody said something about them. They still focusing on the Flesh and missing all the spiritual. Are you with me? So here's Thomas. Convert 20 John chapter 20 verse 24.

They call Latoya. What are the 12? Was not with them when Jesus came he missed the church service.

Cuz he was all in his flesh and he was mad cuz what he wanted didn't happen.

Look at the Bible. The other disciples therefore I said to him we have seen the Lord. So he said to them unless I see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the printer that and put my hand into a side. I won't believe. Another belief issue. Another belief is unless I see it. I believe you successful when you get a mega church. When you got a big house, I believe he was successful when you got whatever it is. I'm till I see it. See that comes from the heart. That's the motive from the heart. That's not what you can do don't care about anyone. That's just what you need to see and what you want. And so because Jesus was not here in the flesh. She was like, I ain't believing nothing.

Are you with me? We got family members like that. Until they see it. But because Jesus knew Thomas his heart. Look at what happened.

Come says I won't believe. What's 26? All right. What time is it?

The Deacon board went over to the st. Thomas. Jesus was here. He spoke to my brother Deacon. I'm not messing with you no more. Motherboard came with Thomas now, you know, babe.

You've been with us a long time and I was at church service and she is K. No, I'm not believing not buying this one only with the Bible verse 26 and after 8 days.

The disciples were again inside. And guess who was at the church service?

Thomas was at the church service came to the church service. Amen. That's why we're not going to give up on anybody. Amen. You just got to keep telling them and keep telling him and keep telling them a man we go to Bible says Thomas was with them. Jesus came the doors being shut and still in the missing. What do you say peace to you? What do you always say? Peace? I need you to. Calm your situation. Thomas

listen, let me take some before I go next. I can't tell you. If we stay in this place of doubt, we will miss our blessings. If you constantly doubting, you know, when people come to me, they always like well, but Pastor the butt but passed the butt, but this is, but they always doubt it. Right and you know, what I learned to do a long time ago and I share this story with you when I started off and ministry as a deacon long many many years ago and I'm teaching Bible study. Somebody was challenging the Sunday school and I got in my flesh and I said, what do you teach the class but you know, they cut me some slack you ever turn over your class to anyone. I was like Okay, I get it. I was in my flesh. It had nothing to do with me. Sometimes you guys watch what you arguing about. watch what you in Conflict about watch what's creating doubt in you cuz you will miss your blessing. Hey man, Thomas missed the first church service when Jesus showed up and could have been a lot further along. except for his doubt Does that make sense?

So check this out. verse 27 So Jesus is in the room.

He says the Thomas put your finger here and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side and then he says don't be faithless.

Was he have to do that for Thomas to get him on the other side here to show them because he knew Thomas his heart. Thomas head got stuck In his unbelief, so he had to unstick them by showing him. It was real. It wasn't enough for Thomas the tip for the for the disciples to tell Thomas. He had to see it for yourself and I would have Jesus hadn't shown up. What year was an interesting thing about Jesus? He always knows what's in our heart. And so he will do what he has to do to get us unstuck and moving forward. She said to Thomas.

Don't be faithless any longer. believe That's when Thomas made the transition to Jesus. Just being a teacher to Jesus being Lord. The Bible says in verse 28. He said my Lord and my God.

question for us Is Jesus chest? your savior or is he your lure? and a seizure

or is money your God Fame and Fortune your God and Jesus just your savior. And you come to church as an addendum to everything else you doing or do you understand? You are the church no matter where you go. You're the church for walls. Don't Define you as the Church of the Holy Spirit defines who you are no matter where you at. You're the church. Does that make sense?

I know the Jesus knows every man's heart. Every woman's heart every child. He knows all of the spirit, but he is still calling us to have peace in the midst of everything because we represent him.

Here's what I want to say to you. the great thing Thomas was in a place with Jesus can reach him. He was at the church service had to come to the church service to get what he needed. A man is so what I come to realize is I don't care what I'm going through. I'm not going to let anything stop me come from coming to the church service. Because there may be a spiritual blessing for me. Amen that I won't get anywhere else a man and so sometimes fellowshipping with the Brothers and Sisters in Christ, even though some of them. Y'all know. We ain't we all in the process a man. Hey, man, I'm not going to miss my blessing. Hey, man.

And so this Abundant Life that we've been talking about. You can't move into it until you change your belief system.

I want to hit you with something. In verse 29 and here's where we going to close in verse 29. Jesus said to him Thomas because you seen me you believe. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believe? See the relationship is different now y'all. No, Jesus isn't walking on this Earth. He sent the Holy Spirit. But the word of God says blessed are those who have not seen? and yet believe

I am challenging your belief system. I am challenging you to believe the word of God to believe the spirit that God has placed in you which is the holy spirit. I am challenging you to be the church at all times. Not just when it's convenient for you or you feel guilty because you represent Jesus Christ on this Earth where his eyes his feed his hands he will use to get to the doubting Thomases. It's our responsibility.

So to have the Abundant Life. You got to believe the word of God without seeing Jesus In the Flesh. Amen. Give God a big handle price.

Alright, so I got some next steps for you. So I need you to go in memorize Galatians Chapter 5 Verse 22 and 23 since y'all know me. I really have a hard time.

with those who call themselves Christians and all we want to do is hear the word.

Don't want to do it. We don't want to apply it. You know, I want to hear some of those days are over with. Amen with the church. God is calling us to go. So we've got to get the word inside of us. Amen. So then when we're out there we have something we can sit challenge you to memorize Galatians Chapter 5 Verse 22 pray for someone, you know who may be struggling, you know, somebody who's doubting right? They don't know what they want to do. They've been hurt they've been burned by the church, you know, pray for me man. Don't kick him to the curb pray for me man. Let him know the guy still love me and trust me. The only reason we're all still here is cuz God Favored us a man. There's nothing that we did to deserve what we were getting. God has favored. So don't think he doesn't love somebody else who's going through that doubting Thomas syndrome. Amen. So pray for him and then the biggest challenge invite them to the church service. There might be a spiritual blessing for May May. It may be a few of us. But hey, have you been blessed by the word today? Then give God a big hand of praise.

See those who stayed at home to watch football missed it say man. I ain't talking about nobody. Amen. Alright, so here's the deal.

We we we preach the word. Preach the word.

the one perfect That someone might come into a intimate relationship.

With God through Jesus Christ. The only reason we we preach because that's the only reason because someone preach the word. And the minister to my spirit and I wanted that relationship with God through Jesus Christ, and I never knew that God had this planned for me. Cuz I was too caught up in myself a man. But here's what I'll do just like it happened to me over 30 years ago.

I extend this invitation to you.

If you were here, and you have never accepted Jesus Christ. Is your personal savior? And your personal Lord? He's knocking on the door of your heart. And he says if you would if you would just open up the door, I'll come in, but I'm not going to force myself then. I need you to open the door so that I can come in. Here's the most amazing thing. I can tell you. When she comes in there so many blessings that come with. Bruce Willis Salvage when you accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior you move from separation from God to the presence of God. Rotella T So that means when we leave up out of here. We go to a place where there's no more weeping.

No more hurting.

Everyday is like my mom used to say it's howdy howdy. I never understood that but now I do everyday somebody's got something good to say cuz it's all good.

If you were here and you've been struggling with how should I or what does that mean? Let me tell you.

Or I can ask you to do is trust.

And watch what happens it comes into your life, and yes, he cleans out some of the other stuff but he feels you up with all the good stuff.

And it's real simple. He doesn't make us jump through hoops to have this intimate relationship with God through him. simply did you pray this prayer? Let's all cuz it maybe somebody who says I need to read stablish my relationship. I need to get back to where I used to be. So I need everybody to pray along with his father.

I sent.

I know you are savior.

Open up my heart.

I asked you to come in.

I believe. You died. kripparrian and you were raised. And you paid the price? for all my sins I can't repay you. But I want to know you. So if you would accept me as your child. I will do everything. I choose to live for you. For the rest of my life. In Jesus name amen. the simple prayer starts the process