What Are You Presenting?
Morning, church family. Today is Sunday, April. 24th. 2022. We are continuing at our. Let It Go Ceres and our title today is what are you presenting? We've already talked about. Proverbs 4:23. We're going to Del today and to the 12th chapter of Romans and primarily we're going to focus on verses 1 through 5. Just remember what Proverbs 4:23 says which is keep that heart with all diligence for out of it, are the issues of life. Today, we have a special treat because Apostles going to leave. And he'll start with the 12th chapter of Romans verses 1 through 5. Let's just read that into your hearing and will give it on over to Apostle Anthony Bennett. Amen. Versus 12:1, says it's followed. I beseech you, therefore Brethren by the mercies of God, that you present, your bodies, a Living Sacrifice. Holy and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service and be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. That you may prove. What is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God, not to think of himself more highly. But to think soberly, according as God have dealt to every, man, The Measure of Faith versus forces for, as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office. So we being many are one body in Christ and everyone members of another praise God. So without further Ado I turned over.
2, Apostle Bennett.
Bring some clarity to some of what we read and also to basically expose some of the flaws of former teaching because some of it has been misconstrued. And so to encapsulate the idea that the apostle was actually trying to present, we just going to provide
so you can follow along as you know that when the checks and chapter says I beseech you therefore my brother and Paul is not trying to Jim. Applicable only to the mills in the face is actually is all inclusive. That includes both the brothers and sisters and we can see that by the writings that took place in the first chapter of Romans and on dresses, actually to the brothers and sister. So I'm more accurate. Announcement. I exhort you brothers and sisters by the mercy of God, but before we go,
Gives us a better understanding of what actually is going on and we can follow Paul's mine. Openly with the New Testament Believer from the 11 chapter into the 12 chapter. So you have a better perspective. And so I want to start right at 11.
Transgression riches for the world mean riches for the Gentiles. How much more will there full restoration bring? Now I'm speaking to you. I am an apostle to magnify my Ministry, if somehow I cook for both my people to jealousy and have some of them for if their rejection is reconciliation of the world. What will their acceptance be? But life from the dead. If the first portion. Of the do offer his home. Then the whole batches hope and if the roof is wholly, so too, are the branches to bring into some perspective. Paul is basically talking to the Gentiles and giving them an understanding that they don't have reason. I feel like they're above anyone in particular and life in many stages of our Christian experience. If they believe that the Jews, What are the killers on the murders of Jesus Christ? So as a result all of their anger and hostility towards it out, all of the name of them, killing the crops and so they have been in treated because those who are the perpetrators. Did not read the text because the text tells us exactly what God's intent was with this whole process. So, instead of becoming angry and disenchanted with the Jews. They should actually celebrate the impulse going to give us because he experienced some of the same things. Many of the Christians worked at the Jewish Community as something, other than let because of who Christ was and what he had done for the Gentiles and done for Humanity in particular, is that they were Christian. I somehow another that they replace the juice. If you remember back in the seventies and eighties, that's the furthest thing from the truth because the objective is not to displace the Jew, the objective is to show how the blessings of benevolent. He is that he set aside for them, so that we can be inducted. Bar in Grafton to the box, right?
They did that all on the umbrella of being Christian.
Enemy. And the Jew was not the enemy. Did you was actually our Allied, the Jews. Actually our helper did you is actually a benefit to the Gentiles because but for them? Christianity. That's why we talk about our experience. We need not talk about our experience from the Western we have to say to you is that you're not Christian, you are judeo-christians. Bring that you are a part of this whole. Experience. Because Call God's plan. And because it's so broad is outside of the realm of understanding of, man, and you going to see because all takes time to save and put into work, and he helps us to understand that. No, you can't disregard them. And so, did you, you see what we just read? I want you to take a look at it. If the first portion Everybody that has to do with something that is being set aside, our offering to God, and it's remain useful to God, it remains useful Chula. So if the Jews are the first group,
That means that even though God is dealing with Mankind in a different way. He set them aside. Because they are useful. So he has a use for them and he is admonish in the church. That God is not through with them. And it's nothing exceptional about you. Because without them, there is no you.
10 reasons. So, hostility shouldn't be addressed.
Because God has an idea that's beyond understanding. In Paul's going to make sure that we understand. I want to take a look at that. Offer is home.
But don't be talking about something.
Now, listen to what he say.
It is what it is.
To the Genesis. He goes back to ideas and Concepts, like the route. Meaning that they can't be a tree without a roof. So, the starting the formation of everything. Because everything on a tree, That is connected to the trunk. Is the branch. But do you know what in botany, what the truck is called? It's called a primary Branch because it's the first branch. What is the primary current? Because it's the first Branch isn't in is connected or attached.
20%, as a relates to the Jews, their primary And then I did his concept. It is comprehensive. It includes everybody in. This is Rodney's from John Gospel of the world that he gave. What do you love? The world are the Jews of the Hebrews? Are they part of the world course they are.
What did God do? Because you'll remember in the Old Testament?
Because I selected you not because you had status because you had a dominant, you know, military group not because you were you the least of everybody.
She got constantly goes to this idea. This teaching as a relates to humanity about humility. He's trying to get us to understand the process of humility. He wants us to understand that I must be baptized in humility.
Your life has to be dipped in humidity. Baptism actually is is is is is ritual immersion the process of cleaning washing machine in the washing machine.
The objective is the product that's being baptized being immersed. Being washed is being separated from the filth. That is at
In the movement is to force it to surrender. What has been attached, what we go through in life, the ups and the Downs, the cycle, the wash cycle.
Gear for one thing and that one thing is to get you separated from the field that has attached itself to you by virtue of the elements that are round and you walk in and you was nice and clean. All the sudden had all this dust connected. Have you ever been in a situation where is iron in the dirt? And you had that static electricity and different, you know, fabrics and different things. Connected from youth to above and beyond. All God is not interested in how many things, He's interested in, you understand the process. And what's your conduct?
And the only way you are.
Idea. Idea is to shake loose, the things that are attached to self to. And you didn't ignore me.
Is the process of God in the objective is to bring?
And what happens in our mind is constantly being filtered of all. Reverse things. Always challenging Us in the heart of our mind is where the battle is fought and we're always dealing with issues of try. Boost. Scott is trying to prove that we are something that we don't really believe. The fact that you have to prove. It means you don't believe it.
You know, like your ethnicity has black brown yellow and that's it. That's all. Does that make sense call gets to that particular part then he's already laid the plaque. For them to gather brief understanding. In the objective of the teacher is not just fill you with a bunch of information.
Just sweep your porch clean. So that it's a simple. As the morning sun. And is as warm as the razor gender from it. So our objective so that you can physically see what's really.
All right, cuz you can have enough sitting right on your porch. But because of all the rocks and other things that are surrounded, you think it's a rock to nugget.
And their there is visible to you because of all the Clutter.
All the few things are not supposed to be clear. I saw you walk in expectation. You walking hope but certain things are right there. And if you were able to see them, you wouldn't have to spend wasteless time hoping for them because
What should be obvious is the things that are rich. I kept. Not the things that enrich our bank account.
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And participated. Call me or was a participant of the richness of the olive. Do not boast over the branches, but the root supports. No more.
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And guess what? Guess who was it?
Hey, he's telling you you're off you. Your secondary.
So, if you cut off the price.
Don't forget, you still.
This message that Paul is bringing was two, but since I let him know, I'm the Apostle in the church.
I've been sent.
Proposed, letting them know that don't eat will wear different.
Equality there with you and the Hebrews and God.
That he chose.
And substitute you in in their place, know you have a place and so do that. Oh, by the way, God hasn't forgotten.
Don't want you to see. What college is dealing with. I want you to expand your thinking. This guy is a bad tooth. He has the capability of doing one thing and he can pause that on. Hold start a whole nother process. Never eliminate their effectiveness, but be consistent in this part of many people. I think it's a dispensation. You know, you've heard it was just in a lot of time in which God is dealing with people in it. So we save dispensation not because it's some kind of biblical term that we got out of the book, but no, it has happens to understand what You're absolutely what God is engaged in because we're able to put a title to this stage and what she's doing. Any questions so far? Helping us understand that though. He's dealing with this.
And in fact, he goes so far to put emphasis on it to say that we are to be faithful. Two in her somewhere to deal with us over here.
So he never intended to leave us out. He's always had.
That's why he's the god of the Testament cuz it's not two stories as one complete story.
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He says.
They were broken off. The reason we know he's not talking about this first. Truth being Jesus. Cuz this is what he said. He tells you they were broken off because of
she is granted. They were broken off.
Everybody see that.
You're still fear your system because of their faith. It was broken off because if they're fake. What is Ashley there? Because remember state is not always structure in as a positive, is what you put your faith in. What your faith is based in. You know, I believe.
You got Billy, you got unbelief, which means it's the belief that you don't believe.
You got disbelief, that's means. It's displaced belief.
So, your faith. Is multi-dimensional awesome? Because your faith could be put in something or response to something with some of you. Even though God says that, you didn't know your feet is that you're not the hate because you always function as a chick. So you don't anticipate anything, you don't believe that God's going to do anything. You don't think you deserve anything. You think what things happened to you? What you believe that you did that was in opposition to him. And many of those things are the furthest thing from the truth. But your faith is applied there so you can never get the yelling there because you can't see you. How about some music?
And God sees you totally toe.
Perfectly perfect. Completely Complete because he's not looking at you through your eyes. He's looking at you and he sees you through the lens of Jesus Christ. So his righteousness.
That's why no one can lay anything to your charge. Because you're not moving on your righteousness righteousness and all these things come together.
Christ died for you. He died as a lot substitution.
So, the rapping anger of God is not exhibiting what you? It was taken out on a price. And he deposited our stash. Do anything at the cross.
And then just liberated in the resurrection.
See what I'm trying to get you to see you. Sometimes we take for granted, what we have this thing is so, so complex yet. So simple.
That you will never monopolize. You will never fully take it. It's not possible because it reflects is the which is beyond understanding this one and get something completely different.
So beyond just reading like a Huckleberry Finn's book. You got to jail, then to it and you got a lot of the Holy Spirit to bring you to a place where you can understand it. This is part of what this is about the Holy Spirit. What the Holy Spirit mean?
That you can extract and then you bring it into your personal.
Really becomes grandma. To you. It gives you a piffany it launches you forward. I'm not trying to prove to you. How much I know I know a whole bunch of stuff I'm trying to do is to give you some ideas. So you can send that will sponsor an environment that you can be overwhelmed by and overwhelmed to get you into the game. Because whether, you know, it or not you're actively engaged in, there are parties engaged in it. And if you're not to load up, if you're not in school. You're not filled up. Then do named Lucifer.
My name is not Satan. His name is Lucifer. His is Satan cuz that means adversarial. What is name is Lucifer? And this dude comes to the party ready to engage and he said, time to observe you before you got here, so he knows when you're happy. That's why God tells you to study the word to Mother it over because he wants to change what your habits are wise people. That attend the game Can U still down by your happiness because Siri knows your habits, you used to work for him. And if you get into this, this, this this jostling for position.
Then you lose.
Because these are the things that he uses to talk about our reality is how are you living in a funeral cast? Helps you to neutralize the old habits. And I want you to remember this because you got to keep this in this perspective. You got to keep having it in your mind because by the time we get down to the number 12, you go to see all transition. And in order to break these habits. Any uses Greek words like Metamorphosis, which is an astounding change, an adjustment of your moral, and spiritual thinking. In about to give you an example of standard protocol Hulk. Normal until he gets excited. He gets excited. What happened transformation. Use that loosens at the idea. Your transformation should be drastic. Where you goes from a weak M, person to some superstructure that is completely beyond belief with the strip.
I should be that died in there. So if he's anything less than y'all something else. Facebook and I see all these different people in the name of God, trying to find their five minutes of fame and show. How beautiful and how handsome, how different they are? And how they got this going on the whole world, how great they are. What that tells me, you have not transitioned into change. Your humility is lacking. You're awesome, other stuff.
You do some other stuff. People that are tremendously Rich, you might not even know him if you walked up next to him, because I don't dress, like they are. They're not trying to prove anything. They know what their bank account look like. I don't care what you think.
Cuz your thoughts and get them there. You shouldn't care what people think they can take you somewhere else.
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At least come into the wrapping it up.
Okay, listen to what he says.
He says, do not be what?
Bat, my version, says High minded.
Now, I'm glad you are bring those on the timeline in this area.
I think it's so interesting, especially with the example that you gave about Facebook, but that's what I was thinking. Wow. I think we're in an age of narcissism. Like I've never seen before and I was just thinking how much has Facebook contributed to this narcissism that we see. I don't know if it's just feel that I'm into that is so probably or if it's just the community as a whole and it really does seem to be contrary to what we're supposed to be doing it and who we are supposed to be in the Lord. Absolutely, absolutely.
Because everything keep in mind, Lucifer. Satan. because people think,
He's doing it. But if you look in the text anytime, there's no mention of him and it wants to give some attention to what Authority. He still holds. He's called a prince.
Power of the air.
It's called Lucifer.
Who win Christ? Wants to describe him by, to let him know who who you are in relation to me.
But you are adversary to me.
So, when you see cry, stalking. Any demonic activity is out of cereal.
And when he says things like get behind me, Satan, we say stuff like that. We acknowledge that, that's not your name, because we know your name, and we know what you are, and who you are to our father, our brother, our calls, we can then speak to you, by what you do to let you know. We know it's you, that's doing it, and that is adverse to what we're doing. But it's not. I'm Calling You by name? If you look at June, the last book that we read before Revelations noticed that the Bible goes as far as to say, Michael acknowledged, who he was. And he wasn't going to loose or recklessly try to identify her accuse him. So guess what? He did. He use an authority higher than he is.
And said the Lord rebuke the Lord's going to stop you. I don't want you to just throw in the Blues terms out there. Like average Christians do, who haven't read the text. Your adversary is Lucifer. You don't study who you are in relationship to God and large part was responsible.
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Now, watch this shift, is it? No one there? Play music This dude. He got a grasp on it. Unbelievable.
See. He's in his field and nobody beats him in his field. He was designed.
What is adversarial to the cause of God. And guess what? You are part of the cause of God, so that makes it to you. So you can say, Lucifer. I don't know you. You are an adversary to me.
Bran. People get off on YouTube.
Conjure up some psychological term to address it to minimize. Duffy's adversaries in our world today. So we will give you a medical pill to something that is happening.
This is exactly what it is. It's the rules of darkness in this world. He tells you what you need to do because we know what they are. I don't care what the doctor say.
Little numb your mind so you can deal with it, but it will not make it go away because there are powers that are beyond our grasp. And the only way we can identify this. We are a part of him. Branch. They talked about earlier. So you should be able to sense it a certain type of sensitivity people that walk in the room as soon as they walk in the room, you know, it's something foul about me. Let you know, we're not in crashing into the body of Christ. They are not a part of what you are part of. And guess, what they do is they try to play it down until your spiritual, your Holy Roller, your holier-than-thou. All of these on M temps by the adversary who's behind them. Just like God behind you. He's behind him and he's trying to get them to move in a certain fashion and hopes that they escaped you. And if your mental and spiritual aptitude is on zero, they will escape you because you won't be able to identify then. But God says, I'm not going to let you rely solely on you Spirit without measure. And put him inside of you. So when you come up, you got a monitor. Do I automatically? Let you know. This is not of God.
That's why I hope this is still our Pursuit and it's not locked up into long dresses in in, in, in, in no makeup and no braids in your hair and all they can find some foolishness that history.
What does clothes have to do with your holiness? Are you available to see if you see how crazy we dying? Anyway.
And it's not talking about torment tormented fear, some original fear of God, did not spare. The natural branches perhaps. He will not spare. You know, that's not fair. You got two different actions going on the same time.
Well, let me give you something else to carry the same Authority, same strength, but also notice.
You continue? Why did you continue in his kind and kind otherwise?
And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief will be grafted in.
God is able to craft them in again.
God is able to, in graph in set aside because of their unbelief. Oh God, don't attend illegal sensor. You said, I'm giving them hope to let them know and just simply start believing in him. He's going to be in Grafton.
Am I right? Stop it.
Yes, you were cut off from what is by nature. The Wild Olive Tree and grafted contrary to Nature. Into a cultivated olive tree.
Uncultured to cultured. How much more will these natural branches, is a natural breast?
be grafted back into their for I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery brothers and sisters so that you may not be
A partial hardening has happened to Israel now.
Everybody see that they've experienced hardness in part so that the Gentiles can get in grafted. He says this. Until the phone number has coming. And so, all Israel be saved as it is written. The deliverer will come outside. He will remove ungodliness from Jacob. And his and this is my Covenant with them. Everybody see that. That's a quote from Isaiah 59 2021. And then he is that these apostles were not coming in with some Christian stuff. They were basing everything on the fire team that was in Judea the promises that God made to the father's Abraham. Isaac, and Jacob, the covenants that he had with them.
The prophecies that he brought all these things, the promise of God. So he's referring back to an authority and he's quoting from Isaiah. He calls from Joe equals from Jeremiah. Because he cannot just Ginger it from his own self. He has to have an authority. So when preacher start preaching and teaching and they do the authority, do not listen to me. Because there's no Authority and you have to have an authority. If you go too long, they have to go back to points in the forest.
You have found a thought when you in school blanket, paper. You Gotta Give me a picture. I want to know every so what you use cuz that's your points of a fart.
Price of the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But in regards to election, they are duly beloved for the sake of the father. For the gifts. And the calling of God is irrevocable. Just as you were formally just to have now receive Mercy due to their Disobedience. So you will be because of their Disobedience, but God hasn't forgotten them because God's promise that they did, what they did. And not the weak and inferior. God said, I saw him and then gave you something special? Because I have not forgotten them. And this is the reason because I'm trying to keep those promises because that's what makes me.
Does make sense?
McAllister is telling them. I beseech, you brother and other words. I'm calling you to Soundside lines. Don't you take this for granted?
God had mercy on you. in his Mercy, was prompted by ver, just so be
So, I expect you to come in, but I recognize you.
You wow.
You know, that's why he was wildin out.
I brought you in.
And I placed you. But I am replace them. With you. I have a plan for them to
so that's why we got to be careful. What we say and what we do, how we entreat others, cuz you don't know.
You don't even know if you don't read. You don't know that you're in here because of his Mercy. They were elected. Did you hear that?
You here on Mercy?
She's very left. They're here because a purpose. You're here, because of Mercy, because of their Disobedience. You are here. If you want to feel special.
And I was like, being invited to the party. I had a party. So you're not here because you were the first choice.
He just invited us to the park. So we'd better act, right? He got here. What a powerful word. Amen. What are you presenting? If you think you are something special because you confess the word of God and what is since you are. But not to the detriment are exclusion. If anybody else? So what are we presenting? You should be presenting the spirit of humility. Understanding the grace and the mercy that God has extended to us and being mindful that we can't afford to be judgmental over how somebody else's live cuz you don't know. What? God has in-store? Amen? Why would you look at that temporary heart. My versus that blind? These are people that were elected in chosen of God, but God, allow them to be blind for a. Of time and more importantly, for our sake, what a wonderful thing to remember, as we go throughout this week, and I am looking forward. I don't know about you, two Apostle continuing this or next week. Amen. Hallelujah, so until then be blessed in Jesus name.