God bless you. Good evening, wherever you are this evening. Thank you so much for joining us here in Elim church, may God bless you and strengthen you wherever you are across the earth. It is roughly 734 I believe, here in the UK and wherever you are, wherever your timezone is good evening, good morning, good afternoon. You might even be so far in front this Merry Christmas, wherever you are right now. May God bless you and strengthen you in the mighty name of Jesus. We're going to jump straight into the New Testament in the Gospel of John. We are in the Gospel of John, and thank you so much. I can see everybody hopping online. Thank you and for all those in the world of podcasting. Thank you so much for sharing, for downloading all through lockdown. And just before as we started these recordings, these podcasts, we are so blessed to have so much feedback coming back. It is absolutely fantastic. 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I think this is very, very relevant for what is going across the political platform was going across the platform, the military was going across the platform with the fuel crisis going across the platform with light going across everybody's life. I think we can cross reference, I think we can actually pinpoint this. It's in some parts of our lives and whatever may be going on. I think every one of us, you know, even when you say in faith out of faith, unchurched church, whatever, different religions, I think one word that is pretty common for humanity at this moment in time is a word peace I believe everybody is looking for peace is looking for stillness is looking for rest in our heart. Looking for a place just to rest and to pause for a moment and to be still know that he's God the Scripture is so so on point. But let's let's press straight in man got much time. Let's let's dive straight in. So we're in the Gospel of John Chapter 14, verse 27, and this is very relevant. And this is Christ speaking to the church speaking to you, speaking to those that are not even saved yet through predestination, and, and, and remembering what we always look at and what we always like to reference that nothing can snatch us, and I think can take us as the scripture says, out of the love of of God, Christ Jesus. So you are saved, you are sanctified, you are a child or living God, maybe there's things in your life in your heart, in your mind, maybe you're you're living very historically, and you're living in a pattern. That was you're so used to the way of living and God is calling to a new beginning, God is calling you out into a new land, you know, but that promised land, for many, the promised land can look quite daunting, because there are many believers that there is many in humanity that are so used to living under the hand of Pharaoh so used to live in under the hand of a controlling system, controlling government, controlling church controlling pastor controlling leader controlling music team, controlling family, controlling life, controlling government's control, control, control, control. So we are in a very interesting position. And the position is that we can see very clearly that the controllers are trying to get re voted in, we are saying the controllers are trying to do certain things to get people back into the measure of ticking in certain areas or certain boxes. But we got to be very careful, I'm going to put my weight in the system. And what they're saying. And what they are saying is that the the value of this and that is we're going to drop the value of this and that trying to keep us on point. But then what happens is if I go with all that, and I listen to that, and I start scratching backs again, we've all that sort of stuff and start smoothing all that and just just relaxing in that I put my eyes back onto the pound sign and put my eyes back onto the pound when actually I should be looking at Jesus. It doesn't matter what governments say. It doesn't matter what the fuel pump price is, it doesn't matter how high a food gets in price, it doesn't matter about all this sort of stuff because when I realized that my God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory and also it says in Matthew, very clearly He first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, God will always supply and God will always refer your God will always make a way where there is no way. But as soon as I start putting my weight and my reliance and my hope into money, and my hope into the pound sign of my hope, into the keeper of the purse, that they're going to drop this, they're going to drop that they're going to lower that, because if they don't do that, I won't make it. But what I got to remember is that my God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory. So this is a bit of an opener, you know, God has opened up the envelope of Scripture, God is moving very powerfully, we are seeing great and wonderful mighty things in the name of Jesus. But if we look in John, chapter 14, verse 27, you may have gone ahead of us we're in when we're moving, let's press forward. This is all about peace. This is all about peace, wherever you are at this moment, you know, God is a God of order. He's got a justice. He's a God, of structure. He's got a planning, he's a creator, He speaks and he that I love that scripture that says he calls the things that are not as though they are we serve a God that calls the things that are not as though they are if he was to unpack that, and spend some time exposing that text and looking at that text and elongating it and just opening that word up man, just resting in that we serve a God. So I serve so I am a servant, I am a servant of the most higher, I worship him, I praise him. In every area of life I serve, so we serve so I serve Him, I worship him, I, I lift him. So the Scripture says we serve a God, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, we serve a God that calls the things that are not so everything that we see before us through our perception, through our for our eyes, for our vision for our focus, for for our hearing, for our preset perceptive ways through smell, touch, you know, sensual perception, touching this, understanding that getting the fabric, getting the feel, even feeling the atmosphere, understanding the environment in that is all by perception and feeling. But the Bible says the chair shall live by faith. You know, even when we walk by faith even though we go by faith, even Lord, we are driven by faith. There comes a point when suddenly we feel that our faith has dropped out of our shoes. Faith has dropped out of our boats Lord, what is going on? Where are you in these situations? Lord, what the doctors are saying doesn't look too good lord, what is happening over here isn't too good lord the finances the pound sign Lord is is shrinking I can't seem to grab it we can't seem to keep a handle on the bills. The debt is rising Universal Credit the bedroom tax law the children are this the children are that law does is division at home, there's division at work, there's division in marriage, there's stress over here, and stress over there. That part of the family is is okay, but that one is a bit wayward. So So life is is very precarious life is is very sad. It's like a wave, isn't it? There's like the ocean. It's always crashing down. It's always moving. You know, you can't depict which way the the wind is gonna blow you can't depict you can't tell how the wave is gonna come in and crash, you know, but there is there is a power and that power is the name of Jesus. There is power in the name of Jesus. So I'm going to read this. This is just one text. This is a simple text. I just want to keep it easy tonight. Just want to rest in the Scripture tonight. You know we are in John chapter 14, verse 27. Peace I leave with you My peace I give you do not give as I do not give us a world gifts. And do not let your hearts be troubled. Do not let your heart be troubled. And do not be afraid. Let's read that again. So we're in John chapter 14, verse 27, Peace I leave with you. Who is this one that is doing this peace. I leave with you John chapter 14, verse 27, Peace I leave with you My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled. And do not be afraid, so much to draw from so much. So we got to keep it simple. We got to stay fixed. We got to stay focused in the word I really believe over the last few weeks for the moments for the hours that we're here that we're looking at. We're studying, we're doing some expository preaching expository sermonizing. We are, we are there is quick five scripture there a time when we spend a bit more time in the scripture when God is revealing more and God is leading more. But I believe tonight and this morning for coffee and prayer and for a couple of other sermons and for a few other things at this moment in time. I really believe Christ is telling us peace he leaves peace with you. So first 27 of John chapter 14 Peace I leave with you. It is a deposit. It has been given. He leaves peace with you. He leaves that in our lap, he leaves out upon us, he leaves that around us. It is part of God. It is God. It is Christ, he is leaving that with you. Peace I leave with you that is so important. That is so critical to understand that Christ leaves peace. He and also when you think about that, it's different to give. But he says Peace I leave with you. It is being left at your door, it is being left on your heart. It has been left in your mind, it is being left in your presence. It is being left within you and around you Christ is telling you, and he is telling me tonight because when I say you are referring to me, when I say me, I'm referring to you. So if I use the word you are use the word me, I'm referring to every one of us. And thank you so much for staying with us as we just press through the Scripture. And as we look very, very clearly, verse 27, Peace I leave with you, he has deposited, he has left he has handed it over. And as he was speaking to the audience that was around him, and before him, and all those that was with him at this particular point and you will find very sorry, you will find very clearly the beginning of sex. Verse 15, if you will back up a few texts, verse about 13, verses backwards, you will find that Christ is promising the Holy Spirit. So the Holy Spirit is the advocate, the advocate, sorry, the Holy Spirit is a counselor. The Holy Spirit is the Comforter, the Holy Spirit is the one that leads us and guides us to that place of stillness of rest. The Holy Spirit, you know the power of the Holy Spirit. God is moving through his word God is you and your look at the deity, the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit union. Look at the power of the deity of Christ Jesus and the Godhead. When you bring all this together, he will find very clearly that the Father and the Son, the Holy Spirit go together all the time you will find an I dare to use I don't even like to use it. But there are times when you see very clearly a distinct individuality I will use of the Godhead so you'll see the sun, you'll see the Holy Spirit and you'll see the Godhead the father, working very individually, but very, very fluidly together in unity. But there comes a point when you see Christ and you see God, and you see the Holy Spirit, you know that the deity the Trinity, together, but I won't. But I will say the word separate, but I'm not using the word separate. But that's just a quick five piece of language, but in their unique in their very powerful in their individual way, in the way that they are depicted through the Scripture. So we understand the Holy Spirit. We understand Christ we understand the Father God. But right now this is Christ. And Christ is clearly saying to anyone, anyone that feels disturbed, anyone that feels lost, anyone that feels treacherous, anyone that feels lost, peace, I leave with you, God is leaving peace. He is a God of order. He is a God of justice, he is a God of all and he is leaving peace within you tonight. And some so often it is very difficult to find peace in situations when you look across the military strength and a moment when you look at the famines, the wars, the rumors of wars, when you look at the finance markets when you are trying to stretch Universal Credit when you're trying to stretch your your finances when you're trying to make the wages stretch, but you know you got the VAT Bill, you got the tax bill, you got the bedroom tax, you got to put fuel in the car, you got 90 plus 90 appears it probably I don't know probably around about 90 pence. Easy is tax I know we've had today, they've come out the keeper of the purses barking on a bit about I'm gonna save you a couple of quid here and now. But you know, it's it's all about well, I won't get into that tonight because this is about peace. So whatever you look at the fuel pump of life, as we said on Sunday, the fuel pump, you know, all of us go to that fuel pump, we pull the trigger, and we are in charge of what we put in that tank. So we're always in control but with Christ, He shall supply all our needs, he shall supply everything. So he's the God of order. He's got a peace, he's got a justice. And wherever you are tonight across this globe, Peace I leave with you My peace I give you so there is a deposit Christ is making a very clear statement. He's making a very clear factual point here. He's saying I leave you peace and I give you peace to different areas and he makes it very clear. He speaks very powerfully. He you can hear this you can sense this. You can pick this up in the text, verse 27, Peace I leave with you. So it is left. And then also he brings it in a different way. And he says My peace I give you so he speaks about Peace I leave with you and then he says My peace I give unto you. So it is with you. It is for you, it is about you. And I pray tonight that wherever you are, that you will find absolute complete peace in the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit in the Word of God, that God will strengthen you, God will guide you, you will find healing, you will see miracles, we serve a God, that codes are things that are not as though they are. And I need to remind myself I need to remind this human body that I serve a God that speaks this universe into being he stretches out the universe at this moment in time in the Old Testament, it is clear to read very, very, very clearly that God is a God of order. He is a creator, and the power of his voice around about 23 times. And he says in Genesis, And God said, And God said, And God said there was and God said, And God said, And God said, and then suddenly, at the end, it says And God saw. So there is times in our lives where we keep speaking into it, we keep speaking over it. We keep praying through that. We keep looking at that we keep sharing that we keep bringing it to him, you know, I got to keep speaking. The more I speak speaking to God, is prayer, speaking to God, conversation is prayer. You know, we don't need to go inside a box. We don't need to go inside to some place. We don't need to go inside the church. Prayer can be wherever you are, across the earth, prayer is powerful. But at the end of the day, what is prayer, prayer is speech. Prayer is communication. Prayer is sharing prayer is is not even necessary, like to move your lips because the scripture says when you're a bit of a paraphrasing, when you're tired, when you're weary, and you can't pray and you can't talk, the Holy Spirit intercedes. The Holy Spirit groans with utterance with words that are not depicted out of any thought fissara Sorry, out of any dictionary out of any language, there is a heavenly language, that there is a connector even when you're tired, and when you're exhausted, when you are under pressure, and you are all prayed out, and you can't even face another prayer meeting. You know, God is a God of order. He's got a justice, he's the God of history, he's the God of the present. And he's the God of the future, He is the great I Am but there is a message tonight. And the message is so so, so simple peace, I leave with you second part of the text, my peace I give you so there is a leaving and there is a given there is a leaving at your at your feet, there is a leaving in your innermost being, then also there is a strengthened him through Christ saying I give you so it's almost as Christ is really pushing this and really emphasizing what he's saying through the text. I give you if I leave you this is really important to you as a human being, as a believer, as a son and a daughter, I give you and I leave with you, I give and I leave, I give and I leave. So then comes into the arena of life and into the discussion, that pool of discussion into the arena of conversation. Why do I feel so fearful? Sometimes? Why do I feel so doubtful? Why do I Why do I struggle with certain areas of my walk in Christ? Why? Why why God? That is the question why? Why? Why are my lifestyle choices? Excuse me, my voice is disappearing a bit there? Why, Lord, some lifestyle choices difficult? Why, Lord? Is it awkward to make this choice? Why Lord, am I struggling here? Why, Lord, you know, it is easy to look at the military storm in the Ukraine and Russia, it is easier to look at that rather than to focus on Christ, it is easier to look into the news and to look at the word it is easy because our humanity is drawn. Our humanity is is governed by structure by what is coming over the airwaves and through situations around the world. But there comes a point when I've got to cut myself off from from the BBC News and The World News and all that stuff. Yes, it's good to be connected to what's happening. And I'm not talking about ostracizing yourself and putting yourself in a cupboard and humming all day Kumbaya. I'm not talking about that. But what I'm referring to is focusing on the Word of God keeping in the word, focusing on God's word, because God's word will tell us very, very clearly where we are in the calendar of life. God's word, will tell you where we sit, God's word will speak to you first, and then you can flick on the news. And you and God will speak through His Word and tell you what's happening. And when you can find out and just go hang on. I'm going to check turn on the news and what God's Word is saying is happening through the social media streams and through the news channels inferring is going on. But we often look at it the wrong way around we will look at what the world is saying. And then that will put fear in us rather than looking at what God's Will He's saying, so God has for told God's word as prophesied God's word has explained. God's word has spoken into the future. God's word is prophesying, God's word is is revealing God's word is exposing, it's not that the news channels are in front of God is just the news channels. And the world is telling us very clearly that the Word of God is perfectly written. And exactly what the Word of God is saying is that the world is on time in the calendar of events of what the Word says, when you look at Israel, when you look at certain nations around the world, when you see about the weather system, when you look at the sun, when you understand astrology, now I've just said astrology now I'm not referring to, to astrology, as in the satanic side, but understanding about how the structure of the stars work, how the structure of the universe how how everything works together for good and how God puts everything running perfectly, you know, it is amazing, even the human body, you know, even if you looked at look at just the human eye, how powerful the human eye is, how powerful central perception touch, even when you look at your skin and and you look at your body and your work out how does this work? We are miracles, you know, when you look at the the creation, and then suddenly the creation starts to open up, and then you suddenly start to look at creation, not in a way of studying creation, but then looking at it looking at the Creator. So when you get to know the Creator, suddenly you understand that fear starts to disappear, worry starts to disappear. When you start to get some form of a hold or, or a look into what is the Scripture telling us at this time. Suddenly, you find that the Word of God is on point. So let's bring a reference point again. So let's bring it back to basics. Let's bring it back. You have to bring it to the Word of God. So we're in the Gospel of John Chapter 14, verse 27, peace be with you. That is really important. That peace is with you tonight. Whatever your circumstances, whatever your life is, whatever you are going through, whatever you feel that you are facing in your life at home, at work with your children with marriage with relationship issues with your brother, your sister, you might have you're waiting on some results you are waiting on your job, you're worried about your job, you're worried about the universal credit situation you're worried about the fuel bills, the heating bills, you know many we're looking at Oh, it's this is brilliant springs on its way summer's on its way. I haven't got to worry too much now about the heats in warm in the house up. You know, winter is such a dark time for so many reasons. The winter of life, the darkness, the shortness of day, having to put more money into the system or the heat in absolutely everything you know. So now is coming a point where we may be able to breathe a moment. But obviously it still doesn't take away from the fact that the energy crisis, the food crisis is the fuel Christ. There's always a crisis, there is always an issue. There is always something to deal with. But when I understand what the scripture is saying, and in Christ is telling us right now, right in the middle of the storm, you are in a storm. If you are in a breakout moment in your life, and everything is breaking out on all kinds of kinds of corners, the Northeast, the south and the west. God is speaking God's word is speaking into your storm. He is in control of the storm. He is in control of your Goliath. He is in control of the walls of Jericho. He's in control of the stars in the heavens, he is your God and He is your King. And at this hour, there are so many people that fear the terror and the arrow of night Psalm 91, you will not tell you not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow, nor the pestilence that stopped and the arrow flies by day and all this stuff that comes at us just in general life but peace be with you. Christ is telling us it's very simple. One verse is very simple. One line, this is for your life. This is for my life. This is for your family, this is for my family, this is for your house, this is for my house, this is for your business, this is for ministry, this is for this this is for that this is for church, this is for humanity. This is for those that are just perusing through social media tonight, just holding and looking out how many people just cruise through social media, trying to find that feelgood factor trying to find the magic button of life. The Big Bang fairy this button that button trying to find the happy button trying to find the place of rest the place of peace. Will this is it tonight my friend. God is speaking directly into you and directly into me and he is saying Peace I leave with you. He is depositing peace and not fear. He is depositing joy and not stress. God is a God of Order. And even though you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, there is peace beside you peace to the left of you, peace to the right of you at the front and actually behind you, your God is for you, if God is for me, who can be against me, so I need to make a clear understanding as a believer, when the Scripture says, We serve a God, that cause the things that are not as though they are, we serve a God, we serve a God, what God is that the world has 1000s of gods, the world has 1000s of idols. The church you can even say has 1000s of Gods he I'm going to say that because it lifts up saints, it lifts up humanity. It lifts up symbolism, it lifts up so much, it puts so much in front and in in a higher posture and position than Christ. I'm afraid I have to say that, you know, we do not go into a building to look around the building and to worship the building. The building is the Lord's house. God says I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail. Yes, we have to have nice buildings. Yes. God makes it very clear in the book of Hosea. It is very, very important. He was looking at that audience and he said he said directly to them. He said, My house is a wreck and ruin. But your house your house has beautiful flat screen TVs. Your house has central hates in your house is fine. Your house has gold. Your house is built out of beautiful, beautiful Acacio wood. Your house is a palace, but my house is a wreck and ruin. Isn't that interesting that the God of the Old Testament is speaking directly to us today. Your house Ben is beautiful. Your kitchen is lovely. Your carpets are hoovered, you've got a telly in every room in every cupboard, you flick the lights on, lights, come on heating comes on. You've got this you've got that your house is God said Your house is made of fine, gold, fine art your house is made of. But my house is Iraqi and ruin. When you really think about that scripture. When you really think about that. Now we need to be very careful as the church and God's house and not going over and above board but religion goes over and above board. It has priceless are hanging on the wall and outside its doors. There is this congregation that are on Universal Credit that can't afford to put fuel in the system of their tanks of life. Fine Art costing uncountable amount of money, houses after houses, land acres after acres Fine Art dripping gold jury votes with uncountable earthly treasures. Gold, silver you know, you know, you know, you know. So no wonder, no wonder no wonder no wonder. We are where we are. But God is saying very clearly to me and to you tonight. Peace, I leave with you. My peace I give you I do not give as the world gives very interesting text. I do not give us a world gives. I don't even need to spend a moment on that. Because we've only got to look outside the window of our house outside the window of our faith and say, I see what the world is trying to do. The world is trying to confuse me. The world is trying to hurt me. The world is trying to manipulate me the world is trying to frighten me. The world is trying to bully me. The world is trying to make make me big be fixated on war. The world is trying to make me be fixated on poverty. The world is trying to make me big, be fixated on politics, because it is so easy to get trapped in what the world is saying what is the world saying? You know exactly what the world is saying. Because the news is funded through every airways all day long. Social media has the news. It is always trying to pull you down trying to knock you down, trying to pin you down. But when you read the Word of God, the Word of God will give you life the Word of God will give you hope. So when I read the word and I studied the word and I keep in the word and I see the prophecies that where we are I don't need the news channels. What the news channels become is just ah, the news channel is just catching up with My God said a few 1000 years ago, ah, the world is just coming online with what my god for told about Russia, about Syria, about Iran, about about Israel, about the UK. Ah, the world is just exactly where it is sitting according to God's Word, God's word that is what and how it should be. But it is the wrong way what round we are going to say me I lean maybe more is he saying it tonight I may lean more into what the world might be saying about the news and what what the word is saying. So now we might see why there's a there's a bit of a kilter why there's a bit of a bit of a lean the wrong way. So what I got to do is I got to lean into Jesus, as I lean into Jesus as I lean out of the news channels, or lean out of the world, not because I'm living and I'm forming and be enlightened, uh, well, but my is my ears are hearing my eyes are seeing what the world is saying. So suddenly, as I lean into the news channels, and I lean into the world, the Scripture says, Go into all the world, but he says, Don't be part of the world. So I've got to make sure that I'm spiritually separated. I cannot physically separate myself, I cannot live my life completely all the time. They serve by transcend or meditation and floating across this nation. On the holy segway, like the Church says, We do flow around on my physical being is now to the terra firma. So I walk the earth, I live in the earth, I go to work in the earth. So my physical being is, is working and moving within the earth. But what I cannot do is partner with that spiritually. So I'm separated from that I live, I work in the world, I do what I got to do in the world, I give the world and I partake with what the world is doing for work for understanding and through what we do. Of course we do, but there is a separation. And the separation is the spiritual separation. So that's why it becomes very turbulent in our lives, because our eyes can affect our faith. Our ears can affect our faith, society and culture, the hashtag social media, the trends of life, you know, all that affect the way that we live our lives, if we allow it. So if I keep leaning into the world, not because I am of the world, but because I am working in it. I'm living in it, I'm walking in it. Sunday, if I lean more to that side, I've got to actually come back back back back to the word because if I read the word, studied the word, I will get peace because in the world, Christ has actually said it straight there. Verse 27, he says, Peace I leave you my peace I give you, I do not give you as the world gives. He gives us a slight inclination, he opens the door of that word in the next part of the text. Do not let your hearts be troubled. So far, following on from what you're saying about the world, I do not give to you, as the world gives. So the world gives the opposite to what God gives. So when the two come together, when the Spiritual World Clyde comes and collides, I will use a word collides and and the two are face together. So the physical world in which we live in this very physical, this temporal place, this this essential place, this place of touch, this place of experience, this place that we see with our eyes, when when suddenly the spiritual me, has been awoken, by God, by the power of the Holy Spirit to this world is more than a physical world. That is what salvation is about, that I am saved from this world, I am saved from the penalty of sin, I have been given the gift of salvation. Suddenly, I realized that the spiritual me is clashing against the worldly me, the worldly, me leans into news, a worldly me leans into that, that sort of structure, not that I partner with it, but sometimes you can't help but lean into that. And God is saying, come this way, lean this way. You got to lean into Jesus, I got to lean into him. You know, I got to walk straight. I gotta, you know, the Bible says, Keep your eyes. Hebrews, chapter 12, verse two, keep your eyes on Jesus. Keep your eyes on Jesus. Keep your eyes on Jesus, the author, the perfecter of your faith, keep your eyes on Jesus. Keep your eyes on Jesus keep repeating that. Keep saying I got to keep my eyes on Jesus, the author, and the perfect or what is on offer someone that writes someone that has written, so he has written and the scripture says as Christ said to Lucifer, it is written, it is written so what do I say to the world? Economics that is going on? What do I say to the military? What do I say to the news? And I say this very carefully and very wisely, very godly as I go. through my life, it is written, My God shall supply all my needs according to His riches and glory, it is written, there is now no condemnation for those that are in Christ Jesus. It is written, I serve a God that calls the things that are not as though they are, it is written, For God so loved the world, that whosoever shall believe in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. It is written, even I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me, your rod and your staff, they comfort me, it is written, Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shelter of my God, it is written, He will, and he shall command his angels concerning you, to lift you up in all your ways, so that you will not strike your foot against the stone, it is written, God said, Let there be light, then there was it is written that God created the heavens and the earth, it is written, And the Word became flesh, and made his dwelling among us. So peace is a very powerful part of Christ. Peace is Christ. Peace, I leave with you, my peace I give you, I do not give as the world gives to you. What is the world trying to give you now? The world is trying to give us trouble and strife the world is trying to give us grief, the world is trying to give us fear the world is trying to drum us and push us and hurt us. What is the world trying to do to you? It is trying to box me it is trying to trap me it is trying to fixate me onto certain areas of culture and life. It is trying to drill me to a place of despair. But Jesus says I do not give you or to you rather as the world does. So there is that clash, that clash, and the word will always and drive out that clash. And when that clash comes together, it is not as if the world is holding God's word at a ransom and there is a tug of war because it cannot because God's word when it collides with what we understand God's word flattens what the world is saying, because the world and Lucifer and the area of demonic forces cannot stand the presence of the Holy God. He they just cannot bear they cannot be near. So it is an interesting study and an interesting read about deliverance ministries. We are going to say certain movements certain cultures, certain denominations, certain churches or ministries give more time over to Lucifer Leviathan over to the dark side. They spend more time studying and looking into that than they actually studying Christ ology. If I was to study Christ and Christ ology, if I was to study creation, if I was to study the Creator, if I was to keep my eyes on the author, the perfecter of my face, Christ, it there's, I don't need to look at what the satanic world is doing. Because it is irrelevant, because it cannot God does not partner with it. But what happens, it gets broken, it gets smashed, it gets destroyed, the demonic forces said to Christ, we don't know the ones that are around you, Jesus. We don't know Philip, we don't know that John, we don't know your disciples, who are they? But we know you. We're not worried about their religious folk, when they can't touch us. They can't, that that is such a beautiful part of the text. And my mind escapes me because of all these scriptures that are coming in God give me the reference in the name of Jesus, that that is such a powerful part of the text. When when a when the man goes up to the disciples, and He says, basically, I need you to pray over my child, because he is having convulsions. He is having fits of rage. This spirit has got out of him. And he went up to Christ and he said, Actually, Christ, I went to your disciples, and they couldn't they didn't even they couldn't even do anything about that spirit. But look, if they prayed over him, they spoke to it. It hasn't moved. But I know you, but I know You Jesus, your disciples, that nothing they could do about it but you but you Jesus says always about Jesus. There are certain things that the church cannot do. There are many areas I will say that the church cannot do and you know what church I'm actually talking about the name it and claim it, the prosperity gospel, all that pyramid, satanic selling, building a pyramid, God's Kingdom is not a pyramid. It is fluid. You can't box it. You can't shape it. You can't work it you can't move it. You can't eat it God's Kingdom the Kings don't mean it is everywhere. It is within it is moved. When you are part of you are in the king's domain, it is and it has for power it has for eminence it has full stretch, it has full charge over this physical world. But why does the church why the ministry is why does certain leaders and teachers, why does certain people fixate their selves on the left voice rather than their voice and we know that we clearly understand in Genesis, so we find deliverance ministry being spoken about without bringing the word deliverance ministry clearly into the text, right back into the book of Genesis. God said, I give you instruction, do not touch of this tree. Do not touch that tree of life. I'm telling you, everything else around you is yours. Everything else around you I have given it is for you. To use to work with to grow to live your life. Take it it is yours. But just don't touch that. Okay, Lord, we won't touch it. Sure, we won't. We won't. Lord, we hear you, Jesus, we hear you got, we hear you on bed a bit flippant. Please forgive me, we won't. Because if you do what God's saying, you will die mortality. So there is already already in God's plan, the plan of redemption, because God knew that humanity would fall in the garden. Because he said, If you do touch, you will die. If so the F was almost becoming when you do touch that, you know, there's there's going to be a change from what you see. Because you were created not to die. You was brought into existence, not for this very purpose. So when you look at creation, that's why it's so important to understand Genesis Creation, because when you understand Genesis and creation, suddenly when you start coming out and walking up the word and moving up in the Word, you suddenly start realizing that deliverance ministry mysteries, prophecy ministries, all that sort of stuff. It has no forbearance to a certain degree, because you are if you are foundationally, strong in Genesis, when I'm strong in Genesis, it talks about the beginning it talks about the end, it talks about creation, it talks about God said God said, it talks about the spoken word, it talks about the Holy Spirit, it tells us very clearly do not touch. So and it also talks about the two voices. Now what do you mean the two voices? God said do not the snake comes along? And he says Are you sure God said? So they humanity reacted to the lesser voice? We understand that is very clear that humanity reacted to the lesser voice. It was more attracted to the lesser voice because i Are you sure? Are you sure? Are you sure God said? See when confusion comes in? Even when God has spoken into you and over you, what God has spoken into you and over you can almost become irrelevant, because you're hearing what your flesh wants. Yeah, maybe that that that I can maybe I could maybe I didn't quite hear God, what maybe, maybe, maybe maybe so they reacted to the lesser voice, rather than they react into the voice that said, do not touch. So now we understand why there. And it is very difficult to find peace. We've reached the point of coming to rest now. And bringing this to some form of just a place to hold it. And I'm going to I'm going to read this scripture again. So wherever you are across the earth tonight, this is for every one of us. It says first 27 of John chapter 14 Peace I leave you my peace I give you I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled. And do not be afraid very clearly. Three areas of the world I do not give as the world gives you. Do not be afraid. Do not worry. Do not look, do not draw into it. Do not be captured by it. But Christ mentions peace twice. Peace I leave with you and peace I give unto you. Then he says Do not let your hearts be troubled. If you are troubled tonight. Just say that simple prayer Father in the name of Jesus. I need you to take the fear away. God I need you to bring peace to my heart today. Lord, my house needs peace. My children need peace. I need peace. The family needs peace. The world needs peace. We just need peace. So I ask you wherever you are, don't wrestle fear anymore. Don't try and be that missing jigsaw piece of life and try and fit into certain areas of life. I think the the clear answer is tonight. It's just a prayer simple Prayer. And I'm going to press through this and we're going to pray out of this. And we will we will catch you. Sunday morning next week, whether next service Sunday morning 1045, please, sharing out that we do. But let's just pray. Father in the name of Jesus, we thank you for John chapter 14, verse 27, we thank you for that text tonight. Lord, I thank you for your patience that has given your peace you leave with us, Lord, you do not give us as the world is trying to give us. So Lord, we will not let our hearts be troubled. And Lord, You are telling us Do not let your hearts and do not be fearful. Do not be afraid. So tonight, Lord, take my worry. Take my fears. Take my doubts. Take the trepidation. Take the anticipation. Take the fearfulness. Lord, I pray tonight, Lord, that You will just bring joy to our hearts peace to our mind, that you shall restore all the years that the locusts has taken. So Father tonight I pray that everyone will sleep well, Lord, that they will not have any more anxious bones upon them, that they will find the joy of the Lord and the joy of the Lord shall be their strength. Tonight, Lord, let peace run through their house. Let Joy run through their body. Let your Holy Spirit Lord just bring that comfort to their lives tonight to their family, to their homes, to their workspace to their relationships. Let the joy of the Lord abound in their being in their heart, in their business in their workspace in their home. Father, I just pray tonight that the glory of the Lord will be wrapped around them and the power of the Holy Spirit. I thank you that the power of the Holy Spirit is the comforter. So tonight Lord, let your will be done. That your power come out tonight Lord, I pray for every home. Lord, whatever scenario we are living in. Whatever our home life is like I pray that you will breathe peace through the letterbox that you will push peace down that chimney. Father that you will open the windows Lord, and you will push peace into lives into situations. Those that are out tonight law put peace in their vehicle, put peace around them those that are working, Let peace be in their workspace those that are studying, reading, listening to this capture in this tonight on this podcast next week, Father, let peace abound in our heart. I thank you that perfect love drives out all fear. And we didn't even have time to get to that scripture. perfect love drives out all fear. God drives out all fear. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. And everything else shall be added on to the thank you so much for joining us tonight. Whether you're joining us through social media feeds, whether you're joining us online streaming service, we're sorry, your search sharing your stuff out. 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You will accomplish you will make it through not because you have strength but because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. God bless you. And may God strengthen you and take you from faith to faith from glory to glory. Blessing to blessing in his mighty name in Jesus name. Amen. God bless