Church out of the Box 3

So my question is what was he talking about?

We know the Bible is true. It is the word of God says it's infallible. That means there's no error in it. To what was Jesus talking about? When he said he will lead you into all truth. He was talking about for the present moment. And in moments to come you was talking about Jess in his word. We was talking about the present moment and moments to come he wants to guide you into truth.

In dealing with him guiding you in the truth. You may show a little bit of uncertainty some uneasiness about that. Let me just stop for a moment. Andrew Mister Kool Okay, my tablet not connecting. cool

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afternoon securities So Jesus wants to take you out of your box and he wants to take you past insecurities pass fears. He wants to take you into a place. That is very very uncomfortable. Are you like being in a comfortable situations?

Do you know that's where the power of God shows up at?

When you are the most uncomfortable, that's when his power shows up. Did you know that?

I want to give you a story in the Old Testament. The story about King David that we know the story of him fighting Goliath. We understand that story, but do you know what happened after he fought Goliath? He became a warrior to give a champion Warrior and has became a champion Warrior. Whose name was Saul. Highly threatened and the story goes like this ever comes from 1st Samuel 18th chapter the 6th through the 16th verse. And if they were coming home when you return from killing the Philistines. the women came out of all Israel town is your lifestyle and singing and dancing to meet King Saul with Timbo songs of joy and instruments of music and the women responded as they laughed and Frolic saying Saul has slain his thousands and David his ten thousands and so was very angry for saying for the same displease him and he said they have the Scribe to David ten thousand, but to me they have a stripe only thousands what more can he have but the kingdom Sauce and saw jealousy I David from that day forward the next day an evil spirit. From God came mightily upon soul and he Rave madly in this house while David played the tire the line the livelier with his hand as at other times and when and there was a javelin installs hand. It's all cast of Javelin for you. Thought I will pin David to the wall and David have aided him twice. Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him. But a departed soul. So sorry move David from him and made his Commander over 1,000 made and made him his Commander 1000 and went out and came before the people.

David acted wisely in all his ways and succeeded. And where was with them when Saul saw how capable and I was successful David. Was he stood in awe of him? But all Israel and Judah Love David, we went out and came in before them. Let's stop there.

Why do you think King saw?

You read that sweet. Why you thinking someone to kill David so bad?

Scizorite in the scripture You got jealous of David. He got jealous of David success. He got jealous of David scene of people singing about his success. He got jealous a hundred percent and it made him want to kill him. Do you understand Saul's insecurities caused an evil spirit to come upon them when it wasn't dealt with

How late do scripture passages passages and understand when Saul didn't deal with his insecurities and evil spirit came on him?

He was angry at David and jealous and it drove him mad to the place where you wanted to kill him a once known leader. I'm once known friend the champion of Israel who slayed Goliath.

And it said he was afraid of David. Your insecurities if they're not dealt with just room for demonic activity.

Are you guys following me?

Let me say it again your insecurities when not dealt with makes room for demonic activity and your lives. To affect not only you but other people around you.

That's what happens.

The only did Saul throw throw Spears at him, but he chased him down like a dog in all Israel. Because it's insecurities got the best of them church when our insecurities get the best of us. We will fight amongst each other.

Let me say clear wolf fight. Google will go back to the lesson last week, which is what it means to be his disciple. Do you know what John says he said by your love for one another they will know you are my

do we really want to follow him? Because I realized following Jesus will cost you everything. It will cost you everything that you have and everything that you know to follow him. And when you think that you lost it all for sign his life and see there's more to lose.

You ever get frustrated when he does that to you? Did you ever get mad or retain it. What are you talkin about?

What's wrong with you? And I know you wanted me to give this up to you? What do you mean? It's hard. It's not easy. It's not for the faint of heart. But as for those who are chosen and elected by God, and that's every one of you.

Could you get me the next flight please? Cuz my tablet completely stopped. So dealt with rejection. Do you know what else don't rejection because I promised you and security is Linked In Fear And it's wrapped around rejection.

Thing about insecurity being what's in the box and wrapped around. It is called rejection. Lexli, please.

Jesus was rejected. Scripture says that he came to his own people, but they did not want him. They didn't want him. Jesus knows rejection, but how did he handle it?

How did Jesus handle it? next slide

not only did Jesus handle it, but he also told his followers. Just remember when the unbelieving world hates you they hated they first hated me. What are you doing words like that?

The minute we hear things like that. Does that make you want to hold off sharing the message? Can I make you want to not go in somewhere and say hey guys. Jesus is not like me. That's how you feel. I don't want to tell you Jesus went to give us hope you want us to get give us encouragement. He wanted us to know that even though you're going to be facing against the world. You're going to be faced with hard decisions. You'll be faced with rejection fear even persecution.

He wanted us to know that he overcame it. I bet you can overcome as well. big slide We're going to pick up in Matthews 10 16 225 Jesus talking to his disciples and he's like I want you to know something. I want you to remember something. He says now remember it is I who sends you out even though you feel horrible as lands going into a pack of wolves Sylvia shrewd as snakes harmless as doves. Be on your guard for there will be those who will betray you before their religious councils and brutally beat you with whips and public Gatherings. And cuz you follow me they will take you to stand trial in front of the rulers and Kings as an opportunity to testify of me before them and the unbelievers. So when they arrest you don't worry about how to speak or what you would say for your hope for the holy spirit will give you at that very moment the words to speak. It won't be you speaking. But the spirit of the father repeatedly speaky repeatedly speaking through you. A brother will betray his brother unto death. Even a father his child children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

Except expect to be hated by all because of my name. Stop, that's a heavy word in it.

That's Heavy You know Jesus and expect opposition expect not everyone would agree with you expect these things. He's getting his disciples prepared. Mentally. He's getting them prepared in their hearts to not be afraid of what stands against you. I think the Bible says if God is for you.

Who can be against you or another interpretation the tap for God is for you. Matter who doesn't like you?

If God is for you doesn't matter any who's against you if God is for you it's moving but be able to the end and you will experience life and deliverance. And when they persecute you in one town flee to another but I promise you that you will not you will not deliver all the cities and towns of Israel until the son of man will have made his appearance a student is not Superior to his teacher any more than a servant will be greater than his master. The student must be satisfied to share and its teachers faith and the serving his master if they have called the head of the family board of five. No one in line the members of his family. Play only music all the members the same thing. Do you understand that Jesus is saying we're no different than he is. But the difference that we face is that he did not succumb to fear we sometimes do.

Who wants to be honest about that how many times you felt God prompt you to speak up, but instead you chose the Lesser out. Anyone's going to be honest about that. Come on, you wanted to speak up you got was pumping you but you didn't want to do it because all the sudden you you felt if I speak up. They won't like me. They don't want to hear me. Don't reject me and never want to have nothing to do with me again. Am I talking to someone today? The root of that is sphere.

Never afraid and it's okay to be honest and say I feel fear because I came to work for you guys today. He didn't give you a spirit of fear.

He gave you a spirit of power and it was going on that there was a cyst in the world of panic and fear, right?

It's still there. And now with the the racial tension and cultural divide going on. There's a sense of O my God, what are we going to do? Let's be honest. Come on, man. If we're going to be listing a real Church meets a real world.

I know I'm not here to get on some political steel or bring that in I'm saying a real church needs a real world and they're not afraid of the mess has the Bible says blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called. What do you know? They can't see that we're sons of God if we're still fighting with each other in the house of God.

They can't recognize Jesus if we're not coming together as the body of Christ. They're not seeing that we're his disciples to because we're fighting among ourselves.

And it's all from a place of fear fear of not being heard fear of being cast aside fear of being rejected fear.

Fear because the music was too loud. True because of drummers hit it too hard. Here because I'm just picking up my worship team cuz I'm not serious. Okay? of this year that we don't like the way the pastor dress looks a little like wear dress, but that's closed I got

beer there was someone else making us look bad.

You ever had that that's a real thing. Let me give you the story of Jesus. Do we like the picture of Jesus that you know, Jesus was from a town called Nazareth was full with You know, it was full of it was full of people that you probably would not want to be associated with.

Let's be honest. His oldest Bible says where's this guy from always from now because he said can anything good come from that place. This is the Bible that we read.

So it's like no way in the world. Troublemakers you don't want my favorite artist. You got the song called Rebel and it went like this is beginning. Jesus is a rebel a renegade Outlaw Sanctified Troublemaker, buddy. Never send. He lived his life by a different set of rules. Cultural had the culture had abused them, but that's the way they do and then it goes on.

Jesus never allowed the fear of what other people thought about him or the fear of persecution or opposition's deter him from speaking the truth in love and following the father. Even if it meant his death on the cross. Are you guys ready to cross those lines?

Thanks like please.

Jesus disciples couldn't do it on their own. Do you understand when they saw him in the upper room when they saw him after his resurrection, they believe he was the son of God and that he rose again. Did you guys understand that? Do you say I know you believe you're saying you're born again? But you knew he couldn't leave them just like that. He tells them later on. I want you to wait till you go to Jerusalem for you to receive power on high. He says I need you to wait for a special date called 10 cost. Do I have the scriptures? What does anyone know the story of Pentecost? I mean who knows 3 Pentecost? One where the hell is that? Check. Imma go this way Larry Craig. mom mark And Jim, could you guys come up to the front?

Okay.

Is Mike is on is going to be cool? We're a little game you guys ready?

What time you guys remember the events of Pentecost? I want you to go to a certain extent and Jim. I want you to pick up I want you to pick up next is that I want you to pick up is it I want you to pick up and I want you to finish it.

Telstra Pentecost

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What is this really Jesus introduce the holy spirit before he left he told us that the comforter would come he told the disciples to. Wait, I believe it was in Jerusalem. for the comforter to come for the Holy Spirit and they were all together. in an upper room Thank you, Craig. I realize it's a better way of preaching in it. I have I believe they were in a room for a number of days. They waited like 10 days and before the the spirit King.

As they're waiting it says that suddenly the suddenly came in where rushing wind came through. And it was Holy Spirit moving upon them.

And there appeared cloven tongues as a fire and set upon each of them.

It was like a mighty rushing wind that Came Upon them.

I know.

Yeah, the wind. I know it said something about the fire resting upon their heads and speaking in tongues and all that.

And they went out onto the streets and speaking in tongues and the people some thought they were drunk and Peter stood up and said no, this is the third hour of the day. They are not and people actually heard them all in their languages and they said I hear I'm in this language in this language in that language houses. So and Peter said, this is the holy spirit that has fallen upon us and he preached to them and my shortening the story said he preached to him and many were saved about $3,000 out of that day.

So we know the story of Pentecost. We know that Jesus said that you must receive the Holy Spirit Waits. You must receive him. He said actually and it says be clothed with power power to overcome your insecurities power to overcome your fears power to overcome persecution power to overcome. The very World. Jesus said you need to have Pentecost if you expect to overcome as a Believer, we must have a personal Pentecost if we're ever going to come out of her own box and as a church, we must have a corporate Pentecost if we're ever going to break out of our own mindset as a group. When you add the Holy Spirit to any situation it changes. I called the god Factor. When you have you can have all the facts up, but when you had but God when you add God into it the scenario has to change. Jesus said I'm sending my church out someone explain. I'm going to dive into this just for a moment. Then we're going to wrap it up.

Some of the reasons why in our lives that we still have our insecurities ruling Us in fear because we need to tap into the power of God.

We need to soak into the Holy Ghost. We need to encounter him to the place where he's no longer a whisper, but he's an actual person that we communicate with in our very lives.

Let me say what I mean. Peter was Jewish give you guys another story and it's found in Acts chapter 10 from not mistaken. Right Andrew. Acts chapter 10 the Holy Spirit was poured out at that time only on Jewish people. Jewish people had no dealings with anyone who wasn't Jewish especially if you were gentle and they did not like Samaritan either because they were parked you and part something else. They didn't like that either.

I'm going to make this practical for a world right now. You ready? So Peter has a vision. He said the Bible says he went into a trance.

Cues on a rooftop praying and he went into a trance and he has this thing come down a blanket full of all this meat. You know, I really like that passage that lets me know gospel. Okay with meeting meet. We got this blanket full of meat protein. I didn't know he's like God I can't eat. None of that is against my religious rules and laws that we follow through for a long time and it's happened three times and got her only said whatever I say is clean, you must not cold dirty.

Immediately these Italians came and said we're looking for Peter of Joppa cuz our our leader Cornelius had a vision when he was in prayer and the angel came and said sin for Peter of java. How many people do we need that today?

We need that same stuff happening today.

So Peter isn't going with them. And Peter is a Jewish man, and he's in a Jintao home. Do you understand that this was very bad culturally. I guess following me. It was really bad the other Jewish people be like What are you doing, Peter?

Can I leave really push the envelope today? Is that okay with you guys? I want to push it is you're mad at me. We can talk later. But Imma push it now because I'm angry because I love every one of you. Peter what are you doing in the Gentiles home? Dude, these Italian people, you know, this is only for the Jewish Nation.

It's only Ross. So the story fix up here as soon as well Peter was speaking. He gave him the gospel message. He told me about the Savior being Jesus the Messiah and then the holy spirit is the holy spirit cascaded over all those listening to his message the Jewish brothers who had a company Peter worst honest that the Jews Talk about racial tension.

What happened next in speaking and super naturally given languages and passionately praising God. Peter said how could anyone object to these people being baptized for they have received the Holy Spirit just as we have so he instructed them to be baptized and pop and the power of the name of Jesus the anointed one after their baptism. They ask you to stay with them for a few more days.

Go ahead.

What happened? something changed

something changed his Jewish dude. He's in a room full of gentiles. And the Gentiles could have said Gentiles lives matter and the Jewish guy could have said Jews lives matter.

That was a button.

What's something greater had to mean something more? Someone greater had to become something real.

Something bigger had to enter into the room to put the nonsense the silent that love would have a voice.

And it said Peter was it they were astonished that God did another Pentecost.

And it wasn't just preaching the gospel. Let me see this clear. It wasn't just proclaiming Jesus is the Messiah it was for claiming. He's the Messiah with the power of the Holy Spirit Bears witness and the evidence being made known. They could not deny that they were one in spirit. How you break past your boxes in your insecurity is that we need a Pentecost. We need a Pentecost. Just we need gospel preaching but we need the fire of the almighty God to come back on the house.

How do you get the fire got back in the house? You get the fire God first in your home?

That's how you burn the bra boxes. That's how you burned the device. That's how you stop the nonsense in the church. I think the biggest travesty that we're looking at isn't really what's going on in the outside of the world is that the church still doesn't have a voice chat in it in the world.

I'm being strong, but I'm being loving.

Where are Christians leaders at? Where's the voice at where those you're going to cry in the wilderness safe for the way of the Lord? Make his paths straight?

for those voices at some of us are quiet because we don't know how to speak and even enter into the conversation cuz we're afraid of offending people.

How do you know it's true?

If we're going to allow the gospel to be seen that we have to be okay with offending people. Cuz Jesus was.

And when we actually come with the gospel and allow the spirit of God to Bear witness, he will unite everyone of us in the spirit. To wear boxes don't even matter anymore. We probably would burn them down. We've break every divide that's out there because it doesn't matter anymore. And when I said burning down, I'm not talking about riots. Okay? Just clarifying some things to my cousin my words.

I'm talking about we would stop having to divide between the body of Christ.

Yes. Absolutely.

And I don't want to make a flower. Go for it, but I was raised a racist. My father and my grandfather were very strong races was raised. I was young boy in the 60s when Martin Luther King was preaching and Aurora race riots that happened not that Martin Luther King, but my father thought the Martin Luther King was responsible for them. And the n-word would fool around in our family very freely. And my mother wasn't of that opinion, but she was submissive to my father and and didn't make waves. But she felt very strongly that black people were. misused and abused especially because my father and my grandfather and so I was raised in that. And but God began to do a work in me. Ronnie will you come out?

and God we had we had a little house we bought a house that had a rental house on the other side of the driveway. And God brought into our lives this man that lady of back there. And he began to change my heart and my attitude. And the event was the Holy Spirit began with my mother and he began to change me and it was because of the love of this man. That really itch relief cemented that and change my heart, you know, it isn't it isn't by. Rioting and it isn't by showing our anger the word of God and James says that the anger of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.

But but the Holy Spirit and the love that he began to flow in me and in this man for me.

That's what changed me. That's what's going to change our churches. That's what's going to change. Our you know, it is so neat that Taps, Taps parents are sitting here and his sister and Ricky is our drummer and Ronnie and Angela. They're coming, you know, is it with as we begin to know each other? And people like this guy.

you know that it begins to change our attitudes and then that race idea doesn't even you know, yeah, he just has a little more melatonin then and but we love each other. And that's why you know that when the Holy Spirit we allow the Holy Spirit to see if I wouldn't have allowed the Holy Spirit to break down that box break down those wall. Then then that couldn't have happened in in for him to you know, I'm sure that there was some of that going on in his life, although his mother was a little bit different in that regard, but you know, if if we wouldn't have allowed the Holy Spirit to come And bring follow God's love into our hearts for each other. We would have stayed separated. I wouldn't I would have never let would have been for what my mother taught me. We would have never let them come and rent that you know that little house and look what we would have missed out exactly exactly. You know, he's closer to me than my brothers are. And so I just want to testify that that's what God did and you know, Annie and he will do it in our church is already beginning and heat and is we allow that to flow out from us that will happen in our world? And we have to love each other. We have to look beyond all of this mess that's going on and love each other. Me and I can remember the riots in a convertible. Don't go up there is that's where the riding and I can remember him cussing at my father.

Then I can remember him coming back by the house with the windows busted out.

But you know, I love.

as the church the body of Christ These are conversations that we cannot shy away from any more.

We read the gospel read the the book of Acts for crying out loud. I think Paul even had to yell at Peter one time and I correct. Cuz you could even with Jen thousand. Come on, this is real stuff in our Bible that we read and we worship Jesus about but when it comes to talking about it as a church and meeting it head-on we want to remain silent.

Just like we were silent about the abortion when it started back during the 50s. It's time that we rise up in the only way that happens is if we get a taste of the power of God the power of the Holy Spirit comes

To come inside of you to empower youth for Revival that will lead to a Reformation.

That's why the power of God comes it is to heal the sick and cast out demons is dealing with the heart of people that their hearts can become free that their minds can become free and it starts with you and it starts with me here.

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Holy Spirit

We do not want just a normal church as we have seen it done before covid broke out. We don't want that. We want your power to be on display. We want your love to be on display. Your word says God that love has been spread abroad in our hearts by our love for one another. It's his by the holy spirit is Fred in our hearts. So God send. Holy spirit so strong that we cannot contain the love that we have for each other that we cross every / first in your house got before we ever step out the front door from conservative Christians to charismatic Christians. God. Let us cross the Divide of doctrinal beliefs God From Baptist to Methodist device send the holy spirit with fire. To burn away all these men may Traditions boundaries religious rules that you will have your church God purified in holy for the day coming. Then Lord Jesus break us out of our insecurities boxes from cultural preferences break that wall down and give your church a voice again.

Who were the presidents in the Nations will come to hear what the church have to say?

Give everyone a stirring in their spirit. A story for you a hunger for you and let that hunger overtake interaction. other preaching of your word

and your name Jesus? Use this house as a bridge. Use this house as a bridge. Let us be known as those who repair the breach.

If you can use a couple people in the upper room to change the whole world. We give you our selves to do the same in our day.

And we thank you and we bless your name. In Jesus. Mighty name. We all said amen. Gosh. I love you.